Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11


couldn't have cooked 4 bit. and you
know Auntie Lucinda has always been
/ against you"
Yes. and you both called me & COW
ard because 7 quit my law office and
ran away from misfortune"
Yes. we did And 7 meant that tool
I say IL now TO your face, Harry But
maybe I don't know al about that
Maybe not"
We'll, I wouldn't want to be unjust
Of course. but I don't think a man
ought to throw away his life. You're
young. You could start over again,
and y0u ought TO have tried Your ia
Their made his own money. and so did
ny father. Why, look at the Sally NJ.
mine that has given me my own for
tune. Do you suppose that grew on
a bush TO be shaken off? So why
couldn't you so out in the same way
and do something in the world? 1
don't mean just make money you
know. bur do something. That's what
a girl likes And you were able enough
You are young and strong, and YOU
have your education. and I've heard
my father say before he died-and 9th
er men agreed with him-that you
were the best lawyer at our bar and
that you had an extraordinary mind
and a clear sense OF justice, and,
and
"But with al my fine qualities Of
mind and heart" said I, Il lost all
when I lost my money!"
What do you meant"
I'm tell you what I mean-you drop
ped me because you thought me poor.
Well, don't blame you. It takes mon
ev to live. and Won deserved all thar
the world can give. I don't blame you.
There were other men in the world
for you. The trouble with me was that
there was no other woman in the world
for me. All our trouble-aI our many
meetings and paruugs-baYe come out
Of those two facts"
Did you think that OF meg" she ask
ed al length slowly. I suppose she was
pale, but could not see.
II certainly did. How could I think
anything eIseT'
Harry she half whispered. why.
Harry Harry"
admit that You did I exclaimed
bitterly. And let me start from that
as a premise. Listen! If Won were q
man and loved q woman and she chuck
ed you when you lost your money. de
you think you'd break your neck ia
make any more success in the world
after tbat3 Why should E0u2 Why
does "a man work2 It's for Il home,
for the sake of power and mostly for
the sake Of the game"
Yes"
And I could play that game. can
play it now and win at it any time
like 7 quit it not because was afraid
Of the game, It's the easiest thing in
the world to make money If that's a.l
you really want to do. That's an your
father wanted or mine, and it was
easy I can play that game But whyE
Au. If it were TO win a quiet home.
the woman / loved, independence, use
fulUass. COureu1meut-ycs But whom
all those stakes were ont of the game,
Helena, ] didn't care to play it any
more and that was why YOU thought
ran away. I did run away-from
myself and y0u-"
She was silent now and perhaps
paIer could not see
"And if you done think me able and
disposed to play q mans part In the
world you oushtu't re- care copper
for me. That is plain, isn't itl"
Yes. quite plain"
"And she fact that you did and that
you 40 has nothing 10 do with if, moth
ing I'm the world has it. Heleual'
so" She must have been very
pale, though I could not tell
Therefore. as logic shows us. my
dear. and because We never did get
our premises straight and SO never
will get our conclusions straight, eli .
Their, we don't belong together and
never can come together, can weE'
NO" I could barely hear her whisper. +
"No. And chat is why, inst before f.
you cane was trying 10 pun myself F.
together and 20 advance as best an (
unhappy devil may upou chaos and .
the dark. And that's al I see ahead .
Helena. without you-chaos and the .
dark"
at was All Won saw that night in the
little boat" she said after q time. yet .
you weDt2~
ON, yes. but that was different"
"Is this all Harry she said, and .
moved toward the door.
Yes. my dear it is aIi-but all the .
rest"
Her color must have risen, for I saw .
dimIy that she raised both her hands .
TO her bosom, her throat Thus the .
jade stood. her head dropped. /
unable to meet the piercing gaze Of my /
eagle eye.
There came faint scratching at ths
door, q little whimpering whine,
1T is Partial my dog. come after
you,' said / bitterly, He knows you
are here He never has done that way
for me He loves you"
He knows you are here, and he .
loves you said she. THAT is why
things come and scratch at doors
where ruf1ans live"
I flung open the door. Partial"
said I. come in. and choose between
us"
As to the first part Of my speech. the