The Colorado statesman., 1915-09-25

seem to be very fond OF you-perhaps
Brajaska will be jealous. We are all
made that way, we men,"
But the rich lady will be with
him. said Magda. He will have no
eyes for anyone else. l could never
stand it,
However, Drew was able to per-
suade her that little skillful acting
might bring back Brajaskas affec-
tions. She was very pretty, Drew told
her, even il the other lady was beau
tiful.
1t was gay assemblage that met
In the woods. and although Magda's
heart was heavy the sound of the
music and the festivity brought the
light into her eyes and the color to
her cheeks. She laughed and needed
little artifice to disguise the true feel
ings of her heart. Brajaska and Kath-
crime had been watched by their
associates more closely than Rather
inc enjoyed. She was very beautiful,
Drew thought, in comparison with
their simple, stoiid peasant women.
He had never before realized how
beautiful she was.
He was alone for a minute. Magda
had gone of to take part in some
contest. He was surprised to see
Katherine standing alone at his side.
! her eyes flashing and the color high
in her face.
Professor Drew" she said distant
ly, Il am surprised. 1 never thought
1t of you
Never thought what, Katherine?"
he asked, feeling somehow that what
he had come to the excursion for had
begun to happen.
Il never thought that you would
come to one of these affairs with a
| Hungarian woman. Don't you sup
pose that it will get back to father
and the college?"
What about yourself?" asked Drew.
That's quite different. Every one
knows about Brajaska and me. And
you are just trifiing with these people.
1t is quite different"
| How do you know I am trifling?"
asked Drew, feeling the charm of her
beauty now that she was angry. Per
haps I am as serious as you are"
You, you don't meant isn't that
little Magda creature?"
| "I wonder how serious you are,
Katherine" he said. do you really
mean that you are going to marry
Brajaska?"
"Oh, no, 1 couldn't do that quite.
But Brajaska is wonderful. He has
so much more spirit than any other
man 1 ever knew"
But suppose you were to find that
the men of your own class had more
| spirit than you thought? Suppose that
I were to tell you and prove to you.
Katherine, that had more spirit than
to let you throw yourself away on a
person like Brajaska, that had feel
ing enough to fight for you. Suppose
l were to tell you that / have been
following you and watching you for
the whole winter and that for a week
I have been living with Brajaska Just
to find out for myself whether you
and he were really capable of being
happy together?"
But what about Magda?" Rather
ines jealousy was still uppermost.
THAT little Magda." said Drew. is
| 6OAho W AhaAiy ioJdohd IL yOu hdN0
the good sense to let him alone You
have been behaving like a child, but
love you"
Katherine looked him in surprise,
her breath coming fast.
At sundown Brajaska took Magda
home to the little boarding house. and
Magda had forgotten all about the
long months of her unhappiness, so
happy was she to rest her head on his
broad shoulders and feel that after all
they were promised to each other and
would sooE be married.
| But Brajaska," said Magda, sud-
denly remembering that the kind
hearted boarder who had gone to the
excursion with her had not returned.
where is the new boarder? He was
a good friend of mine'
"The new boarder 1 will tell you
about him some time." replied Bra
jaska. I'VE had a long talk last night.
He and I are always going to be
friends. He is man, like ourselves
with great feelings, but he knows, as
I do, that to be happy, one must love
a woman of his own Glass;
| Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
| per Syndicate.)
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