Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10

taken out of his hands, and he was
anxious and uncomfortable.
But when at length Stanley looked
up again his face was stern.
Il wish she was here now" he said
after a little. He spoke to the man
| before him, but he was turned partly
toward the pine shrubbery. II wish
all the foolish women were here who
| take their happiness in their hands
| and play with danger because OF
something they call romance.
should say to them all: There is nc
| life of romance. No one ever know
| ingly lived in this world a life of
| romance. Romance is a dream, a
| fancy, a mirage-something we see
| from a long distance, but never will
| touch so long as we live He wheel
| ed savagely upon the younger man.
And you with your life-next-to-
the ground" he cried. you make
me sickl You never had the slight
est intention of trying to take a
gentle-born and bred woman to such
an existence. She couldn't stand 1t
for a week and you know 1t. She'd
loathe it and you in two days" He
threw himself down again on his
bench, but after a moment he looked
up and his tone was milder, less
angry.
why" said he, "she and I have
together come closer to the true .ro-
nance than you in your squalid rest
less wandering up and down the
earth have ever come or ever Will
come. We have been happy. Have
you? Have you?" he demanded again
when the other did not speak
h. ,f
length, but there was no ring of
calmly:
That's a lie. You haven't.
"She and l." he went on, wander
over the world. too. We see all the
beautiful things the world has to
offer, and we see them without the
bodily discomfort that robs things of
their beauty. We hear beautiful
music, and we hear it together, and
| it brings us closer together still.
| There are certain operas which mean
so much to US that we always go to
them alone together, and we sit there
| in the dark and hold each others
hands and then music makes us one
one where two were before. That's
nearer the true romance than you
ever reach, my friend
why, we've do everything to-
gether. We feel everything together.
When somebody says something
that's particularly pat, or makes a
| little joke, she looks up to see If I've
got it and l nod at her and we laugh
| like two children"
"And yet" said the younger man,
standing his ground, yet all this is
only the outside of things. It's no
more than a simple friendship. And
/ l. L., Iii. g.
self. You're showing only your own
side of the thing. The point Is that
she doesn't love you. She loves me
and she's going away with me-"
Stanley leaped to his feet and his
eyes blazed fiercely.
why, you blamed adventurer!" he
cried. do you mean to say you're
taking yourself seriously in all this?
Do you think l don't know my wife
after three years? Do you think l
doubt her for one little fraction of a
second? Love youi You make me
laugh. You're so funny that you're
not even insulting"
The younger man seemed for the
first time to lose control of himself
He raised his fist and shook it in the
! air.
You'll see whether I'm funny OF
not" he cried shrilly. you'll see
| whether I'm joke or not! You wait
a few hours and See!"
Stanley sprang at him without a
word and caught him by the throat
with his two hands. He did not
strike the man, but he shook him as
a terrier shakes a rat. 1t has been
said that he was a big man. and he
was as strong as he looked. He
shook him until the younger mans
arms tossed and tapped helpless al
his sides, and his head rolled weakly
upon his shoulders.
| But there came cry from behind
and the two stood still. Mr.. Stanley
turned his head and his wife was
there, her hands pressed together
over her heart, her face white ano
full of terror.
LET him go, Tommy" she said
"Oh, let him go! It's not all his
fault. It's partly mine. Pll-explair
it to you. Only let him go first"
| Her husband gave a sort of reluc.
tant growl, and the man he had held
staggered a few steps away and stood
there breathing hard, his clothes al
awry about him. He stared under
his brows at the other two and his
mouth moved and twisted, but nc
words came.
I'm sorry" the woman said to
him. 1T was partly my fault. Yes
q great deal my fault. 1 seem-l
y Qaarfa tn have lost my haad Rrf