The Detroit times., 1914-08-10

might have instructions 10 shoot you
on sight. can't spare you just AZ
present, Mr.. Norton. You've been
godsend: and II II seems that some
times did not trust you fully IL was
because l did not care TO drag you In
too Deep
Deepg Norton thought OF Florence
and smiled inwardly. Could anybody
be In deeper than he was? Once IL
was on the tin Of his tongue TO con-
fess his love for Florence. but the
gravity OF Jones countenance was an
obstacle TO such move; II did not IN
wife II.
To be sure, Jones had no rear
authority to say what Florence snou,a
or should not do with her heart. sun,
from all points OF view. II was better
to keep the AFFAIR under the rose TIL
there came o more propitious hour
IN which to make the disclosure.
Love. In the midst OF all these
alarms! Sharp. desperate rogues oa
one side, millions on the otner, anu
yet love could enter the scene Sc
renely, like an actor who had misseu
his cue and came on too soon
Oddly enough. there was no rear
such as you often reau
about. A pressure Of the hand,
glance from the eye. there was seldom
anything more. Only once-that menr
orable day on the river road-haa ne
kissed her. No word Of love had oeen
spoken on either side. In that WIN
moment all conventionalities mad as
appeared like smoke In the WHO. fhe,e
had been neither past nor future. ohiy
the present In which they knew tna'
they loved. With her he was happy
] for he had no time to plan over the
future. Away from her he saw tnc
inevitable barriers providing against
the marriage between poor
Young man and q very rich young
woman. A man who has any re-
spect wants always to De on
equal terms with his wne, nnan
lcially more than in any other tnins.
It's the way this peculiar organization
called society has written down us
rules. Doubtless q relic OF the STONE
are. when Alb went out with hrs ciuo 10
seek a wife and drag her by the nair
| 10 HIS den, and there to care TOT her
and to guard her with his LIES piooo.
II II one OF the few primitive sensa-
lions that remain to US, this wantins
the female dependent upon the mare.
Perhaps this accounts for mans iach
Of interest on the suffraset question.
Only Susan suspected the true state
of Affairs. being woman. HAVING
had no real romance herself, she de-
lighted In having second hand one:
as you might say. She intercepted
many q glance and pretended not 10
see the stolen hand pressures. the
wedding was already full drawn In her
minds eye. These two young people
should be married ct Susan Fariows
when the roses were climbing up the
sides OF the house and the young rob-
lins were boldly trying their fuzzy
wings. II struck her as rather
strange. but she could not conjure up
Tat this wedding) more than two men
besides the minister, the bridegroom,
and the butler.
BY forsaking Ills accustomed haunts.
under the advice Of Jones, the hidden
warfare ceased temporarily. You can't
very we'll kill man when you don't
know where TO And him. He ate his
breakfasts haphaxardly, now here.
now there. He received most OF his
assignments by telephone and wrote
his stories and articles In his club. In
the writing rooms Of hotels. and In
variably dispatched them to the ONCE
by messenger. The managing editor