The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-01-02

I ~ z CBN was so Charming
y y "a" ~ an object upon
~ which to gazo as
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.SSk ~ ~ young Mrs. Cur
A ~ = It's. The gods had,
ia ~ endowed her with
MtNss ~ great beauty and
I'm W&a$ ~ that suotle charm
! 49, - which may be-
S'<L called personality
~ -, or a half dozen
- other things.
- The box was
now all but filed
One lone seat rs-
-: NAMED and It hap
==7S55S1S7,S(9 pened 10 be TO-
I'D rs ~ side MrS. Curtis y
o. Ns0 ~ "Oh, DEAR" said
~ IN. ssEHfa Mrs. Potter, a 1T
JOssszAA.sb n tie impatientlY-
4 How dreadfalp -
Here 10 Nh CARTS ana the only seat
left >ia beside Mrs. Curtis. I did Rgr
expect yon, sir. and had arranged that
seat for Baron Sternhold, Now you d.
psar UNEXPECTEDLY ana thfs nAomene
reoelve note from the baron that he
/ e uhttpdetediy detained. was sure.
Mrs. Curtis said You would not "
here. Well, OF al thing that mac
and his wife should be seated Wise
Wis at q box party
And there was ripple OF LAUGHTER
- Mr.. Curtis eravcly seated himuoie
beside his wife. Her fan tremhIed
just perceptib1y and the eyes skllI scan
ming the audience were unseeing eyeS.
"Inasmuch as we are on dress 81.
rade and in fun public view" he said,
leaning over and whispering in her
ear, 1T might be best to act It out
and display enough decent interest ID
each other so as not to crafty the
fierce longing for scandal which psrs
vades the kind hearts about u.s."
you are quite right" she replio6
coldly Il did not expect you. 4
thought you started for Mexico TO-
day"
Il decided to defer it until tomor
row." he replied. III It were possihIe
for you to smile pleasantly &C
me. you know, but at somebody in enc
audience, it might serve to lessen the
Interest OK the dear friends about
u.s."
III you could think OF some aubtuct
or sustained conversation It might b.
easier" she said.
Il will" he answered sharply. turn
ing toward her. Il will tell you tho
story OF great love and ita unhappy
end.
'The hero was but an uniformed
Doy, thrown into the realities OF lffs
early because he happened to have
been born into the hothOuse atmoa
phere OF money and society. Ira
thought he was xaatnre, experiences
and even blazs, wb6n really he Wta
more ignorant hlmsulf than Ia apms
monest clod
''Well, this pathsbesiy uneauIppoe
hero fell IN love VITA the heroine. %
cOurse. Yes, he truly fell in love. Ha
hardly knew 1t at the time, for he waa
= selfish young animal and little M
derstood what love really meant. Pm
bapa It was more desire than love
Anyway he won the heroinc.
"And then, you see, trouble began.
He was a primitive sort Of animal ana
his real civilization only began to 10
ioreshadOwed when he married tina
heroine. He demanded everything.
gave little. and thought less And all
Lhestime he knew that she loved him.
And he loved her, too. more blindIy
and passiOnately every moment that
ne did the very things to kill her love.
"Of course the end was bound 10
,ome There were chickering's and
scenes and there was brutal indiffer-
snce and exasperating Sights.
And finally the crash came. The
bitter things she said in answer 20
he bitter things he said ranked IA
lis heart until he no longer could
'tand it, aud he determined to 20
lway and forget SO the hero and the
Jerome agreed TO disagree and tho
zero was to have left for Mexico to-
lay land never trouble the heroine
more"
And why did he not go2' asked the
woman
lie went to the train and boarded
t. the man replied regarding. her
teadily, but the food gates OF his
memory opened aud the tide OF hIs
reat love swept over him ana the
that there was to be this
OK party came to him. and he knew
he would be hers--apd the hunger al
lis heart drove him to leave ths
rain to come here and see her once
nore. II only from distance. Ana
e is a boy no longer, but a man Who'll
as put away boyish things forever"
The heroine" said the woman vory
oftly, was also very young ana had
ever been taught many things she
houid have known. She never knew
bout tact and-and-that sort OF
hing. She also had a great love which
rev with the years. but did not know
Ow TO express &C."
Don't you think the hero might
ave another chance that tho~