The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-12-16

Harry. wouldn't have come if |
hadn't wanted to play the game fairly
I'm sorry for what said" She spoke
now suddenly. impulsively.
What was it you said?'.
when said-when I called you--a
coward. l didn't mean it."
You said it."
But not the way you thought. ]
only meant you took an unfair advan-
tage of girl. running off with her
this way and giving her no chance to-
to get away. But now you do give me
a chance-you meant to all along-and
in every way. as I've just done telling
auntie. you've been perfectly fine, per.
fectly splendid. perfectly bully too! 1t
has been a hard place for q man. too,
but-Harry. dear boy. III have to say
it. you've been some considerable gen
tleman through it all! There now"
THANK you. Helena" l said.
And as to your being any other
sort Of coward-that you had physical
fear. that you wouldn't do a mans
part-why. never did mean that at
all. How could 1? And if I had
why. even Auntie Lucinda said your
going out after that Chinaman the
other night was heroic. even it he
couldn't have cooked a bit, and you
know Auntie Lucinda has always been
against you"
Eyes, and you both called me cow
ard because I quit my law office and
ran away from misfortune"
Yes. we did And meant that too!
say it now to your face. Harry. But
maybe don't know all about that
Maybe not"
"Well. wouldn't want to be unjust,
Of course, but don't think man
ought to throw away his life. You're
young. You could start over again.
and you ought to have tried. Your ia.
Their made his own money, and so did
my father. Why. look at the Sally M
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 60 out IN the same way
and do something in the world?
don't mean just make money, you
know, but do something. That's what
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 all my nne qualities Of
mind and heart" said I, Il lost all
when I lost my money!"
''What do you meanT'
I'm tell you what mean-you drop
ped me because you thought me poor.
Well. I don't blame you. 1t takes mon
ey to live. and you deserved all that
the world can give. 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-alj our many
meetings and partings-h have come out
Of those two facts"
did you think that Of me?" she ask.
ed at length slowly. suppose she was
pale. but could not see.
II certainly did. How could think
anything else?"
"Harry!' she half whispered. "Why,
Harry. Harry!'
admit that you did," exclaimed
bitterly. "And let me start from that
as a premise. Listen! II you were a
man and loved woman and she chuck
ed you when you lost your money. do
you think you'd break your neck to
make any more success in the world
after that? Why should you? Why
does man work? It's for q home,
for the sake Of power and mostly for
the sake of the game"
EYES,"
"And l could play that game I can
play it now and win at it, any time l
like. I quit 1t not because was afraid
of the game. It's the easiest thing in
the world to make money II that's all
you really want to do. That's all your
father wanted or mine, and 1t was
easy. can play that game. But why2
All, If it were to win quiet home.
the woman ! loved, independence, use
fulness. contentment-yes! But when
all those stakes were out Of the game,
Helena. l didn't care to play it any
more. And that was why you thought
| ran away. l did run away-from
myself and you"
She was silent now and perhaps
paler, could not see
land if you don't think me able and
disposed to play a mans part in the
world you oughtn't to care copper
for me. That is plain. isn't it?"
"Yes, quite plain"
"And the fact that you did and that
you do has nothing to do with it, moth
ing in the world. has it, Helena?'
mo" She must have been very
pale, though l could not tell.
therefore, as logic shows us. my