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

: might 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 al my
place when I came down for break
fast. A very short note, but a very
characteristic one.
You must know that ] am coming
to see you tonight. Dick!"
Dick is decidedly a cave man. He
never asks, he takes what he wants,
and usually hasn't a bit OF trouble.
I'd love to be carried off by a cave
man, just for an experience. YOU
know. OF course, I'd hate to stay
with him always, but l like men to
nave the courage OF their convictions
] hate to have a man ask for things,
and that's why when Dick touched
me that night l felt the way I did.
and-well, I've decided that I'm in
love with him anyway.
When he came I was almost afraid
4. TO go down. and when ! was halfway
down | saw that he was standing at
the bottom of the stairs waiting for
the
why, Dick" I said softly. what
are you doing down there" He knew
l. u.
and so did l. But he stood still and
waited and there wasn't a thing 10 do
but to walk down as calmly as
could, And then he caught me before
j was all the way down and lifted
tne down into his arms.
oh, Peggy, Peggy, Peggy" he
said, kissing my hair very roughly.
81 want you! When are you going
40 marry me?" And then the whole
world seemed to be going around so
very fast that just couldn't say any
1hing, and then he slowly forced my
head back. but I held my face down
on his shoulder and whispered,
-P1ease, Dick. not yet" l might have
known, though, that that wasn't
Dicks way of doing things. He just
'held me closer and took both my
hands in one Of his
I remember that he whispered. Il
wonder if your mouth is as sweet as
eour hair" and then / closed my eyes
af he would take it, I didn't want to
Know when it happened And then
Il happened. and l thought he would
never let me go, | never knew that
st would be like that; I had feel
ing that l didn't want to look at him
when I finally struggled out OF his
arms. but the light in the library
was very dim and l 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" l burst out
stormily, Il wanted to be sure and,
snd-you just took it, and
Are you sure now" he inter-
rupted.
Il don't know I gasped miserably.
But you kissed me-"
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 count-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
~, $50 l won't get you one of your
own until you say So But I want TO
leave something of mine with you
And he slipped II on my finger, where
it blazed away sullenly.
I held ii up against my cheek and
there was a sudden throbbing silence
while he waited.
Let me do it in my own way" |
whispered, and l 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 in the glass
severely.
Did you ever know that kisses
were like that?" I 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.