Pocahontas star herald., 1914-03-27
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morning." he said simply, ~ ne Of.
fered every dollar he has In the world
Mr.. Wallace and l sat up talking Il
over until two o'clock this morning. I
told him everything you said. and went
over the whole situation with him. I
promised TO take his advice and he's
convinced ne ihat the neht lh.rr to
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ncf hll uai iniiniti Mi.H sfoIaf
tten al lIcIaul oi D f0aa f9l r.r
plc'ol. ahe became cull aauc o.sf
reason for enthul.asm.
4 knew yoa would she cr.c. u
kncw--i knew you w0nidi"
She had not known De would. she
nd feared. had half believed that he
would not, but that now made not the
slightest difference With her Grm be.
lief that she had known he would Nor
had the fact that Broadway a short
minute before. had suspected. With
good reason. that she seriously doubt
cd him, any influence whatever on his
deep pleasure when he discovered that
she did not-dld not because she could
not. not because she would not.
Men do not think clear TO the bottom
Of these things. They take what won.
en- give them. when they give them
anything. and are humbly grateful aud
surprised because they get a smile
when they deserve one, rather than a
brick when they do not deserve one
Nothing which the world has ever Of
fered 10 the gaze OF the philosopher
has been one-half 30 pitiful as the as
toniahed gratitude OF the rightmlnded
male when he finds that the one fe-
male for whom he has begun, con
sosously 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
ural "come-ons." women the worlds
natural vendors OF psychological. sen
timental and often very raw gold
bricks.
So when Josie soulfully declared
that she had known he would. Broad
way did not let Il pass with an unap-
preciatiye, "Of course you did" but
looked AZ her with gratitude alight in
his pleased face and humbly queried,
did you?"
For a moment the fact that she de.
clared that she had known he would be
decent and not villalnously selfish so
completely overwhelmed him land
please do not forget that she. within a
minute. had admitted that she thought
him capable OF basest selfishness) that
he could not find words with which TO
proceed conversatlonaIly. All men are
that way.
But presently he recovered self-pos-
session and continued:
Now, | 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 a shamed
smile. the first evidence that he had
ever shown OF anything but pride in
his ability 10 live idly with enormous
and successful effort.
''The only trial OF skill into which |
have entered since went from Jones
vile to New York has been a general
endless contest with the world at large
TO see which could stay up the latest.
have generally won-won in walk.
She was listening intently All wom'
en- are intent TO breathlessness when
they are hearing any man tell his un-
worthlness: II there is hint OF con-
fession Of real wickedness in his decla-
ration they will listen with an absorb
tIon which approaches hypnotic
trance.
I've never done anything good' De-
cause I've never had anything good 10