The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-26
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He turned upon her squarely.
Where did you ever learn how to
say such things as that7" he de-
manded.
II was an opening for mockery and
good-natured raillery, but she did not
make use of it, Instead, she let him
look as deeply as he pleased into the
velvety eyes when she said: 1T is
given to some of US to see aud to
understand where others have to learn
slowly, letter by letter. Surely. your
own gift has told you that, Mr.. Girls
wold?"
at has," he acknowledged. But
have found few who really do under
stand"
(Which is to say that you haven't
yet found your other self, isn't it?
Perhaps that will come, too, If you'll
only be patient-and not expect too
many other gifts of the gods along
with the one priceless gift of perfect
sympathy"
when find the one priceless gift,
l shall confidently expect to find ev-
erything else" he asserted, still held
: a willing prisoner by the bewitching
eyes.
} She laughed softly. You'll be dis
t appointed. The gift you demand will
i preclude some of the others; as the
r others would certainly preclude it
8 How can you be an author and not un
derstand that?"
/. 81 am not an author, 1 am sorry tt
s saw" he objected. 81 have writer
t but the one book, and l have neve
T been able to find publisher for it."
o But you are not going to give up?
mo; l an soing to rewrite tn
Z. book and try RGain-and yet again,
needful. 1t Is my message to mar
q kind, and I ntsSn to deliver It,"
= "Bravo!" she epplauded, clappin
# her hands in little burst of enthr
h siasm which, II II were not real, wa
n at least an eScellent stimulation. 81
r is only the wesk ones who say,
y hope. For the truly strong heart
In there is only one battle cry, I will
q. When you ger blue and discourage
ID you must co'he to me and let m
cheer you. Nhcering people is m
h mission, if l 'Save any"
- Griswold's fale face flushed and tn
- blood sang lil'ingly in his veins. H
- - wondered if sAe had been tempted
- read the manu script of the book Will
- he was fighting his way back to Co
- sciousness and life. If they had bee
~ alone together, he would have aske
- her. The bare possibility set all tt
springs of the authors vanity upbu
le bling within him. There and then
- promised himself that she should hei
IT, the rewriting of the book, chapter
IS- chapter. But what he said was o.
81 of a deeper and worthier underthougt
lS- You have many missions, Mi
90 Margery; some of them you choos
ny and some are chosen for you"
ne NO." she denied; nobody has eV
VI chosen for me-"
THAT may be true, without makil
lu- me a false prophet. Sometimes WHIT
us we think we are choosing for OF
m selves, chance chooses for us; often
ng than not, believe"
m She turned on him quickly, and f
as single swiftly passing instant t
nd velvety eyes were deep wells of sobt
Is ness with an indefnable underdep
ar of sorrow in them. Griswold had
ST. sudden conviction that for the fiji
ca time in his knowing of her he W
looking into the soul of the real MI
ess gerry Grierson.
Ter What you call chance may p'
he sibly have a bigger and better nam
'rt' she said gravely.
Ter Some little time after this Raym
me who had been one of the men int
hat duced by Jasper Grierson, turned
en- again in the invalid's corner. Rayn