Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
Seeking a Hus-
band
By CONSTANCE CLARKE.

T NIGHT have known that it
wouldn't be possible to avoid
Dick forever. The very morning
after the concert with Mr.. Woods
there was a note from him at my
place when l came down FOR break
fast. A very short note, but a very
characteristic one
You must know that I am coming
TO see you tonight Dick."
Dick is decidedly cave man. He
never asks, he takes what he wants,
and usually hasn't a bit OF trouble
ia love to be carried off by cave
man, just for an experience. YOU
know, OF course, I'd hate to stay
with him always but I like men to
have the courage of their convictions
hate to have a man ask for things
and that's why when Dick touched
me that night | felt the way / did.
and-well We decided that I'm in
love with him anyway.
When he came ] was almost afraid
30 go down. and when I was halfway
down ] saw that he was standing at
the bottom of the stairs waiting for
me.
why. Dick I said softly. what
are You doing down there?" He knew
that ! wasn't as cool as ] sounded.
and so did l. But he stood still and
waited and there wasn't a thing to do
but to walk down as calmly as /
could. And then lie caught me before
was all the way down and lifted
me down into his arms
''Oh, Peggy, Peggy, Peggy" he
Haid, kissing my hair very roughly.
OF want you! When are YOU going
TO marry me?" And then the whole
world seemed to be going around so
very fast that just couldn't say any
thing, and then he slowly forced my
head back, but | held my face down
on his shoulder and Whispered,
'Please, Dick. not yet" / might have
hknown, though. that that wasn't
Dicks way of doing things. He just
held me closer and took both my
hands in one of his
l remember that he whispered II
wonder if your mouth is as sweet as
your hair" and then | closed my eyes
II he would take it. | didn't want to
know when ii happened And then
st happened, and / thought he would
never let me go. ] never knew that
It would be like that; | had feel
ing that ! didn't want to look at him
when | finally struggled out Of his
arms, but the light in the library
was very dim, and I curled up in the
davenport with the light behind me.
so that he couldn't see my face !
caught my breath when he looked at
me, the expression in his eyes was So
funny.
You shouldn't have" ! burst out
stormily, Il wanted to be sure. and,
and-you Just took it, and
Are you sure now he inter-
rupted.
u don't know" I gasped miserably.
q. But YOU kissed mel"
some time when you won't hate
being kissed kept running through
my mind Dr. Hammond hadn't
kissed meat least, that little place
under my chin didn't eount-and he
wanted me just as bad as Dick did.
] don't know whether ] like cave
men methods in all things
Dick was drawing the large dia-
mond ring from his little finger Il
want YOU to be sure" he said abrupt
~. 80 | won't get YOU one of your
own until you say so. But ! want to
leave something of mine with YOU
And he slipped it on my finger, where
# blazed away sullenly
I held it up against my cheek and
there was a sudden throbbing silence
while he waited.
Let me do it in my own way" !
whispered, and ] suddenly put my
arms around his neck and kissed the
top of his head He caught me up
against him roughly for a second and
then he left me, and it was all over.
The library seemed very empty.
Nothing seemed at all real-but that
kiss. ] climbed up on the fire railing
and looked at myself i'm the glass
severely
"Did you ever know that kisses
were like that" ] said to the girl in
the mirror.
But the girl in the mirror smiled
mysteriously She had learned a lit
tie bit more about life