The Washington herald., 1914-11-22


Il You've got me there. T fsncv
couid DO It with piece of chalL, and
a blackboard" 'A anu
wen, IT'S million, I'm sureD Psr-y
SIS summed it. Think of that a mil
non nights OF stairs the first wear Of
IndInage! What love could survive ~
I hno now many rooms is your sky-par-
lor going to haveY
] Seven and bath"
On Twelve hundred a year1' PerS;,
sSspeg; Aren't you going to eat any-
.1meh' we could manage with tvor
"a Two rooms Persis Easped a1ai,
Tnnd your mothers house has thirtvI
wants Sleep" VIII u'e 'er-
Alice averred, stoutlv 'sS'
an And her husNand-to-be prote<,.d
NO, Alice, I'll never let Won so;I 49,
pretty hands with work"
lersis pressed the point. "But -.,I-
! ~, now, what about food5"
III i0u g can DO wonders with a cha6ng-
dish, said Alice. e'i4iins
And chahng-dish can do S,
with stomach" said Persis SPrH.S
ana cheese-that is to say, Welsh -
DHs-and kisses as steady dict5p 81.
shook her head. She
Alice made another try. .U.u ,
everybody says you can buy almost
everything in cans"
Including ptomaines. Oh cb;rd-.
you >, don't know what's in store for
- vi course we shall have hardsb;,s" "
stowe confessed; but nothing can he
worse than this unoertanty, this sepa-
oh, yes, it can. Stowep PEREZ.
Grled There are harder things to hear
tnan the things we lose. and thew are
the things we can't lose
=. Inc things We can't lose7" said
Stove; that means me, suppose ,"
Oh' Ahce, come back to earth |" Per
SIS urged. with all her might "Tb;nk
now nov, tired you'll get of living in darE
little pigeonhole away I'D in the air
WIN no neIghbOrS but working peopIe
ana when your pretty gowns are worn
out and you lose your pretty looks
ana your pretty figure and YOUR fresh
0oior-ior those are expensive Iuxuries
ana when you see that your husband
Is growing disappointed in YOU because
Ine ,!e harder you work for him the home
her and duller you become-that's a
:, woman tate, Alice: to ALLEVIATE a man
py the very sacrifices she makes to bind
MIN closer; and when"
Oh' Gon t'tell me any more whens."
Ail'e whlmpered. What do | care2
want Stowe. He needs me We arc
unhappy away from each other"
hen wait-waitI' Persis pIeaded
Marriage is risky enough when there =
no worry about money. But when ~
bills come in at the door love fies out
at the window"
Stowe seized Alice's hands with A.
dor. Don't listen to her. Alice
But I'm frightened now" Alice
walled It's for your sake, Stowe
We muStn't-not yet And now NAV I
please go home where can cry nv
eyes out"
Persis in triumph called the address
to the chauffeur Stowe Webb in the
depths Of detection, left the cab and
stared after it with eyes of bitter re-
proach.
Alice's tears were standing out Ill.
ORIENT pearls impaled on eyelashes az
she said good-by to Persis at her own
curb.
You hate me now" said Persis
but you'll be very glad this happened
some day."
Il don't hate you said Alice. %
know you're terribly wise: bur II
wish you hadn't come along"
PersIs laughed tenderly. Its onIv
for your happiness, Alice darling. Well.
good-byr
Persis was not the only busy person
IN New York. Willie was kept on the
Jump preparing his share of the per-
tormance. The ushers were to he
chosen, and their gifts, and dinner
gwen to them; and his list OF friend,
to receive announcements and invita-
tons must be made up. and the brides
gift selected, and the itinerary OF the
honeymoon arranged, his Yacht put into
commission. and 4 dinner OF farewell
to bachelorhOOd accepted and endured.
FORBES was busy, too Senator Tart
had easily arranged his appointment as
military attache. He had his duties TO
earn IN this capacity He had to polish
up hIS French and take lessons in con-
SersatiOn and composition. and learn
what he could about the French mill
AIRY establishment and procedure. And
le had 10 make ready for a long resi-
ience abroad
10 MN. too. preOCCupatiOn was an
'pIate for suffering Ambition and
'ride were resuming their interrupted
way. So long as he was busy he count
d Persis as one of the tragedies of his
'ast. and his love of her as a thing
wed down and sealed in the archives
# his heart
Forbes was dumbfounded at the pub
city OF Persis. He was tempted TO be-
eve that she had gone mad and hired
press agent. But a woman who mar
les rich enough man needs no boom
lg today. The whisper of her engage
lent starts the avalanche She be-
ONES as public as a queen or poll
clan or I>criminal
The InceSNnt encounter with Persis'
eauty IN every newspaper. morning
nd evening and Sunday. and in the
luStrated weeklies, Kept Forbes \
-ound open. He could not escape her.
was like being a prisoner at wins
ow where she was always passing. She
mled at him everywhere. and always
18th the shadow of the Enslee name
imminent above her.
On the morning of the day he sailed,
5 he held his newspaper between his
Oftee and his cigar, certain headlines
aped up and shouted at him from the
,p of a column with a roar as of
pocalyptic trumpets. He haStened to