The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-15
DRQADWW JONES
EDWARD MARSHALL NTH PHOTOGRAPHS
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lief that che Asd known hs would. Mo-
had the faet that Broadway. Q sAaF
minute bseors. had suspected. viii
good reason. that she seriously dosbt
ID hin. any inhuenss Whatsvse o. III
deep pleasure vhea he discovered tia
she did not-did not because she coul1
not. not because she would not
Men do NOT think clear to the bottoa
Of these things T1sy take what won
- give them. vhsa they give tAsu
anything. and are Asnbly grateful a.d
surprise1 because they get . smile
when they deserve one, rather than q
brick when they - not deserve one
Nothing which the world has ever Of
tered to the gass oe ths philosopher
has been one-half 70 pitiful - the a.
tonfshsA gratitude of the right-minded
male when hs An1s that the one fe
male for whom hs has begun. con
sciously or without his knowledge. to
live his life and do his deeds. does not
utterly condemn him when he has
done his level best and that BEST has
been worthy. Men are the worlds nat
urel "comeoas." wonen the worlds
natural vendors Of psychological. sen
timsatal and often very raw gold
bricks.
SO when Josie soulfully declared
that she had known he would. Broad
way did not let 1t pass with an unap-
preciativs. "Of course you did," but
looked At her with gratitude alisht in
bis pleased fses and humbly qusrisd
Did your
For Q moment the fact that she de.
clarod that she had known he would b
dsosnt aad not villainously selasA 20
completely overwhelmed him land
please Do not forget that she. within .
minute. had admitted that she thought
him capable Of bassst sslashnsss) that
he could not hnd words with which to
proceed eeavsrsationally. All msa are
that way.
But presently he recovered self-pos-
session and continued:
Nov. don't know anything about
business. and don't know anything
about money. never did days work
in my life for the simple reason that
never had TO-"
He looked at her with Q shamed
smile. the arst evidence that hs had
ever shown sf anything but pride In
his ability to live idly with enormous
and successful effort.
"TAs saly trial Of skill into which I
have catered since went from Jonss-
Nile 70 New York has besa Q general,
sadlsss contest with the world at large
to So Which could stay up the latest.
I have gsnsfaliy won-won in Q walk"
She was listening intently. All WON.
en- are intent to breathlessness when
they are hearing any man tell his un-
worthiness: II there 10 = hint ee . con.
fession Of real wickedness In his decls-
ration they will listen with an absorp.
tton which approaches q hypnotis
trance.
"T'vs never done anything good, b.
cause I've never had anything good to
do" Broadway went on. before he
reached the next full stop.
She sat absolutely spellbound. Did
she feel vivid hope that he would 70
into detail Of the things which he had
done which were not good? Such re-
citals always pain good women ex.
quisitely. yet they never shun them.
never interrupt them-never, By the
way. forget them or fail to have them
At their tongues ends Afterwards.
when. by recalling them, they can
abash the man who In . moment Of On.
guarded foolishness has made thea.
But Broadway told NO details Of NJ
villainies. This was not brilliancs n
his part: 1t was sheer luck.
II she was definitely disappoin' ID
her distress was more or less allcvi.
ated the next moment, for he burst
forth somewhat wildly:
What I've needed all along v., an
incentive-something to spur me on
something to inspire me. What I've
needed was"
He could not complete the sentence
1t was as II his tongue had found an
tnsurmountable obstruction in. the
groove Of language which 1t had begun
to follow and had to leap out to a side
groove. An expression Of disgust
grew on his face. He hesitated, flushed,
then reached his hand into his pocket
and drew forth the paper on which he
had labored with such assiduity and
such tensely working cheek manipu-
iatfng tongue in the small hours that
morning.
What I've needed was"-he once
more said. in desperate endeavor to
remember what came next, and, find.
Ing 1t impossible to continue with his
recitation, looked at her wild eyed, dis
appointed, selfdisgust writ plain upon
his face. and dropped his hands in
helpless and disorganized fashion to
his sides
Can you beat that?" he demanded
OF the fascinated girl. Il knew that
thing by heart when l left tho hotel"
Almost angrily he thrust the paper in
to her receptive hands.
1T took me hours to write that!" he