The Detroit times., 1914-02-05

Clayton and some of these goih ln the
village like 90 believe size Was, and
perhaps she wasn't What Mind uf
people She and my father We're We
can only Judge hy their daughter. ana
sometimes. cod help me Porter all
most believe that they were uol very
good people
Fielding drew himself up very
straight aud looked ber s1parely I'D
the eyes.
There are times Pay he said.
when ] cant understand you ilmcs
when / don't know what you mean.
There was puff OF Wnd and af
put The boar about and with 70 nee
sail pointed toward fhe andiny.
No" she SAID with a l,tle sigh and
am EFFORT 10 smile. "A know that.
know that You don't understand me
sometimes Porter II would Dee very
difficult for ans man 90 understand.
Because n you had no family or posi-
tiou you could 80 ont and night Tor
one. but IFS not SO easy ior girl 60
DO that Then men down here are an
right because they think I'm pretty
! suppose but the WOMEN say VINO
is SHE and The answer Is that nm a
founding and was adopted by some
kind natives They might give me
tile benefit OF the doubt and take {
for granted that my people were az
least nice decent people but they
don't They treat me as ~ | We're a
freak or something worse ( tell You,
Porter. women aren't naturally kind
to other women Why there isn't a
day that 10 20 The links or the hotel
OF 10 dance on saturday nights that
don't have 20 be or my guard every
minute. The women speak 10 me,
but they never forget that the only
mother / have does their washing for
them II / we're an out-anG-out ma.
tive il would be- better, bat I'm not.
I'm something that noated IN on "A
wreck-a derelict
Day after day I've gone down 10
the Twin Dunes, and DO You think
that ever for one moment. when I've
looked g the place where they found
me that night, that | was thankful?
Not once. Porter I'd sit there and
look at the waves. and all they ever
seemed 10 say 10 me was that line
from Markheim ~ my life be an
i'll thing l can lay II down That's
all they ever said TO me, and they We
pounded IL into my head until |
thought I'd go mad One OF these
days I'll
Don't say that Fay, Fielding
threw back az her ! don't think that
you're fair 10 Yourself or 10 The won
en-. You're naturally very sensitive"
Sensitive she repeated "Of
4 Gel,
treated as | have been by these good
and carefully protected wives and
daughters yOu would BE- sensitive. too.
The only thing | can do is TO take
the men away from them. and / like
70 think that I'm too much OF Won-
an 10 stoop that low tell you. Por-
ter I'm tired OF H. I'm tired OF
Pleasantville and I'm tired OF the
people who come here. and Im tired
OF their snubs, and the hypocrisy OF
their charity. and ii Max Lusk or any
body else gives me chance TO get
away and be somebody on my own,
then I'm going to get away and the
quicker the better
Fielding shrugged his shoulders.
"All right. Fay" he said, have il
your own way. | wish | could ad-
wise you, but | know no more OF the
lie that Lusk throws out 10 you than
you do. It's up 70 you 10 decide"
When the girl spoke again il was
almost IA a whisper, and her voice,
as we'll as her manner. was very
tense and hard.
Il know that" she said: II know
It's up to me. It's been up 10 me ever
since the night | was born down
there on the beach and now / m going
10 take chance TO get out into the
world and do something and be some.
body. | know / oughnt 10 leave
these old people and Margaret. but
I'm going to be selfish. Porter. All
my life I've kept myself down"
I've been starved in this place ana
all the time something inside OF me.
that my mother put there. has been
cry ing out for chance in the big
wcrld And now il it's come 10 me, so
help nv God, I'm going TO take that
chance"
For few moments they sat In
silence while the little boat drirted
toward the end OF the landing. but in
that short time Fay's manner under
went complete and wonderful
change. She turned 10 Fielding once
more, her old calm Joyous self.
Don't worry about me. Porter" she
laughed You'll nnd that ri come
out all right. and don't YOU forget that
] II 70 see I,usk before he goes back"
That allimportant interview, per-
haps the most important in the life OF
Fay Clayton, took place the following
morning on the beach In little arbor
built or pine boughs far from the
Oathers and the crowd OF onlookers.
For an hour she and I.usk sat alone.
and this time il was the man who
did the talking. and when l.usk was
sufficiently Interested he talked ex.
tlemely Well. His arguments through
out were prejudiced and unfair. but
he was wise enough TO speak only OF
the case or the girl who regards the
stage ia the light or an honorable and
legitimate profession. and ignores any
outside means OF adding 10 her in
come. lie began his argument by ad-
hitting that certain amount OF hard.
ship was necessary to the beginning
Of any career. or this phase he spoke
but "A few words and then hurried on
60 tell at great length OF the rewards
that were sure 10 come with her sue
cess and he did not fail 10 paint in
vivid colors the advantages OF any
lie that she might lead in the city as
compared TO her present duh exist
ence in Pleasantvile.
l.usk had a quick clever mind. and
il WAS not dihlcult for him to answer
the many questions she asked him or
20 make light OF the obstacles She
most feared But, after all. il was