The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
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daze. He was insensible
81 a, the raw February air.
10 Needless of sloppy pave
|6HI uents: the gray day had
- suddenly turned gold. He
.,ald not realize 1t all at once; Ten
es"..nd year-for him and Edith!
s..rt swelled with love Of Edith;
~ "a sacrificed so much to become
= y. ~ws Of a man who had tried to
- an artist of himself, and OF
-, fate, or economic determInism'
.omething, had made a cartoonist'
e;at 4 surprise for her! he must
,he swelling of his heart he felt |
-. not only Of Edith but OF the |
~. world. The people he met
-.s.sd dear to him; he felt friendly
- avery one, and beamed on perfect
.,~ers with broad. cheerful smiles.
Z. stopped to buy some flowers for
r,,th --daffodils, or tulips, which
,umised spring. and he took the daffo
q. because the girl said:
= think yellow is such a spirltuelie
Ia, don't your" and inclined her
s.sd IN a most artistic manner
Rut daffodils, after all, which would
,.,e been much the day before. SEEM
= Insufficient in the light of new pros
..yty and Kittrell bought a large
su,ea. beautiful in its graceful spread
d pink blooms.
.Where shall / send it," asked the
trl whose cheeks were as pink as
aaleas themselves.
T think I'll call a cab and take 1t to
Ar myself" said Kittreil.
And she sighed over the romance OF
lila rich young gentleman and the girl
Z the azalea, who. no doubt, was as
kesutiful as the young woman who
ms playing Lottie. the Poor Sales
l,dy at the Lyceum that very week.
Kittrell and the azalea bowled along
Clsybourne avenue; he leaned back on
he cushions, and adopted the express
ION of ennui appropriate to that thor
osehfare. Would Edith now prefer
czsybourne Avenue? With ten thou
und a year they could, perhaps-and
MT at first it would be best not 10
ut on airs, but to go right on as they
tere. In the fiat. Then the thought
eame to him that now, as the cartoon
1t on the Telegraph, his name would
become as well known in Claybournt
Avenue as 1t had been in the home:
q the poor and humble during hi:
years on the Post. And his thought!
NV to those homes where tired mel
Il evening looked for his cartoons
md children laughed at his funny pic
tmss. 1t gave him a pang; he hat
(olt subtle bond between himself ant
n those thousands who read thu
) Post II was hard to leave them. TIT
Iost might be yellow. but, as the CIR
4 nd said. yellow was spirituelle color
i end the Post brought something Int
their lives-lives that were scorne'
b the Telegraph and by these peopl
O the avenue. Could he make ne'
friends here, where the cartoons h
drew and the Post that printed Their
had been condemned, II not despised
His mind few back to the dingy o.
nce Of the Post; to the boys there, tn
yhole good-natured. happy-go-luck
png; and to Hardy-ah, Hardy
Who had been so good to him, and gi'
a him his big chance. had taken sue
PAINS and interest, helping him wit
neas and suggestions, criticism an
sympathy. To tell Hardy that he wa
going to leave him, here on the ev
d the campaign-and Clayton, tn
mayor, he would have to tell him. to
oh, the devil! Why must he thin
Il these things now?
After all, when he had reache
home, and had run upstairs with ii
news and the azalea, Edith did NJ
seem delighted.
But, dearie, business is business
be argued. "and we need the money
Yes, I know; doubtless you're RICH
Only please don't say business Is blu:
uess;' It isn't like you, and"
But think what 1t will mean-t'
thousand year,"
"Oh, Neil, I've lived on ten thousaI
year before, and ! never had half Il
fun that had when We we're gettil
along on twelve hundred
yes, but then We we've alwa,
dreaming Of the day when Id make
lot: We lived on that hope, didn't We
Edith laughed. You used to S;
We lived on love"
You're not serious" He turned
gaze moodily out of the window Al
then she left the azalea. and perch
on the fat arm of his chair.
Z Dearest" she said. II am seriol
! know all this means to you. We
human. and we don't like to chip
crusts like Hindus,' even for the sa
OF youth and art. ] never had IL
sions about love in a cottage and
that. Only dear. ! have been hapl
30 very happy, with you, because
& well, because ] was living in an attn
sphere of honest purpose. honesl am
ton. ard honest desire ~ do sol
good thing in the world had ney
known such an atmosphere before
nome, you know. father and Y
James and the boys-well. 1t vas
money, mCrey. money with them. a
teey Couldn't understand Why l.
\ Gould marry a roor newspaper
list! That's just the Point"
SNe ru' Ter hand 10 his lips
Now dear If they couldn't und
Gand, so much the worse for the
III they thOrght IL meant sacrifice