The Washington times., 1913-12-29

X that night with very mixed feel.
~ ings. He had arrived in France
in restless and cynical frame
OF mind. The whole world was wrons
ana rotten to the core, and the loneli.
ness OF the place had not seemed tc
snow any promise of taking him ou,
of himself
Toinette had literally appeared On the
horizon as the sole distraction. Ht
mad looked forward to. INDUCING in g
snatching q kiss or two and thus help.
ing to kin the boredom of an empty
seaside place.
But as he stood in the bedroom with
It's plain walnut furniture dimly lit by
small oil lamp, which smelfed abom.
inably, change seemed to have taken
place IN him. He was leaning out OF
the window in his shirt sleeves. gazing
across the links, black and misty under
lhhumerapie stars. The smoking lamp
still
The bored cynicisr was gone. Hi.
eyes were glowing and his hands
Stripped tightly together. The perpetual
Sisarstte was in the corner Of his
zip. He had forgotten to light 1t.
Everard was once more On the sand
dunes. He could still. feel the pressure
OF her lips, the warmth of her as she
nestled in his arms. II love you" he
And, after long pause, he suddenly
stood upright with a deep sigh and
found that his cigarette was NOT alight
and that the lamp was smoking.
The affair was no longer a mere fir
tation. Toinette was not the girl from
whom one snatched kiss and then
forgot Toinette was not an ordinary
girl at all. She was extraordinary,
amazing, worker Of miracles.
So extraordinary was she and so
Nnn6pTf1l1l,- hQ cd
although he had only twice had her TO
himself. the realization of love had
been, as it were, dragged from him,
surprised out of him, at their second
meeting. She had transformed Wine
reux from a dull hole into the only
place on earth in which he desired to be.
She had changed him from a mere
philanderer into passionate lover,
from a young prig into an earnest man.
who sincerely felt that, although she
was TO all intents and purposes bar
maid, the daughter of publican, he
Was not good enough for her.
She was So fragrant in mind and body
that for the first time in his life he re-
GREETED some of the things that he had
done. They were not fair to Eer. They
placed him so far beneath her that it
would be almost impossible to work
lack to anything her level. But she
loved him-Toinette loved him. That
redeemed him of a great deal
And then a wave OF pracucality en-
EuIfed him. What about money? He
had only what his father allowed him,
and with a smile of bitterness he re-
nected that it would be stopped at
his ears. Neither would his mother
have any sympathy for him. For her
son to marry beneath him " ould be dis
grace unforgivable, unheard Of. what
was he 10 do?
He would earn money! He would
snow them that he was not weak
ling. He would be independents man.
There were thousands of ways in which
10 make an income. He assured him
self with youthful optimism that with q
public school and university training
behind him there was nothing he could
not do no job which would not be glad
20 welcome him
Then, as he undid his tie and took
off his collar, he laughed a little: kora.
How he was anticipating! Why, dash IL,
All that sort of thing was for the re-
mote future 1t was absurd to worry
about il now when he hal only JusI
found such happiness. What was the
good of spelling the all too snort tnhe
He kicked off his shoes noisily,, de,
termined TO thrust everything benlnd
him and enjoy the present 10 the IuIi;
and as he turned out the lamp ana
sprang into bed in the darkness ne e pc
gan to hum the air of Toinettes song.
When everything goes right II Is SO
easy 10 be scornful of relying on any
strength but ones own, and SO, unlke
Toinette. who saw the hand OF the poh
Dieu in everything that hap,eneo; Icy
den went 10 sleep that night like a
Young animal with simply deep sign
OF content and a relaxing Of all mus-
cles.
He had told the Able Guercbsrd Una.
God didn't matter-he hal a!ways gov
along without a God-so why should he
bother? la
But was it not possible that God hao
point of view?