The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-05
EVENING STORY
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(By Lois EnSleibh.

laughed.
condition it's SO loaded it would be |
like playing with a grenade. I'd blow /
myself up. By the way, that box of |
books came yesterday and they look /
fascinating. If I don't put in an ap- |
pearance for week you'H know I'm ,
reading the latest fiction and running /
my digestion with the last box of can /
dy you sent. I've counted up-in !
three weeks you've sent me twenty /
pounds. That would spoil an armor !
plate stomach"
Don't eat it,
II don't. 1 gave five pounds to the
Bryson children at the hotel and five
to Aunt Mary"
That's right" he laughed.
But it's such a waste of money"
she protested.
"Nothing's a waste of money if it |
makes you think of me for five min
utes."
You're extravagant of speech as
well as money" she replied lightly,
getting away from thin ice as quickly
as possible.
Not extravagant. The price is new
/ er too high if one really wants any
"Then you think interest is to be
| bought?'
Yes"
She shuddered. That's horrid of
| you Frederick TIT sort of spoils
everything you've done. Why tits
bribery"
They turned the end of an island
and came suddenly upon some won
derful scenery where mountains rose
from the lake-great masses of jagged
granite, snow capped and glacier
scanned. But what counted these
| monuments of time, what counted the
whole world, when a man and maid
| were discussing destiny-their des-
| tiny.
bribery. I like that"
| 'fWell. you just said so. You said
affection could be bought
Yes. know 1 did. But not with
money. There are other things.
There's sacrifice, for instance. Most
affection can be bought by sacrifice"
| She was Modified but not con-
WINGED. And then Winthrop lost what
ground he had gained by repeating his
first question.
IF you think of anything you want.
| let me know. 1 am going back to
| New York tomorrow to be gone sever
| al days, and I'd bring the town back
| if you wanted it,
There's nothing, thank YOU
Suddenly he leaned toward her.
"Cathartne, why are you SO distant
with me, so cool? You know I love
you I'm crazy about you. You're
the only thing in the world I care
about"
| EXtravagant again.
=. m not. I mean it,
L.. You mean you care more for me
/
/ in the world?'
Yes, do, dear"
That's a lot, Frederick"
ITS truei"
+. More than your money, your posi-
| ton, everything you have?"
| There's only one thing I wouldn't
give up for you. Catharine. That's my
country
: Well, I don't suppose any one
/ would ask you to-" she laughed. II
guess you may keep it,
| Kitty. dear, tell me you love me-
| Il can't, Frederick. 1 Just can't
somehow 1 have the feeling that I'm
Just one more thing you've taken a
most-forgive me-spoiled young man
| she knows, that you've always had
| everything your own way. It's funny
to hear you talk of sacrifice
He set his lips grimly. 80 you think
me incapable of that, do you? You
think l couldn't give things up?"
7 don't suppose you'll ever be call
ed to-" she answered.
Look here. Catharine," suddenly
would you like-would 1 have a bet
ter chance if 1 were poor? ?"
It's too hard to imagine. 1 don't
know
"Catharine. will you marry me"
~ knew you'd say that. I'm going
to ask you something else, tho.
Promise not to get engaged to any
body else, will you, until get back %
She looked surprised Why I
bureau" she protested. Pm MT GET
| ting a proposal every day.
you forget that Scott Everett. is
coming tomorrow. You told me your
self he used to be sweet on you,"
gloomily. And Richard Markham is
! generally within megaphone call if
you want him."
Catharine made a deprecating ges-
ture. Don't mention either of them,
Fred No. I'll not marry anybody
while you are away. Don't worry
They had made a. circuit of the
lake and were nearing the hotel
so there's nothing 1 can bring you,
Catharine-not even a husband?''
why, 1 hadn't thought of that
she answered archly. Yes. you may,
if you find the right man" Then
seriously: Say, Freddie, don't let's
be bad friends 1 do like you-oh,
ly when you're gone. We've had such
splendid times together. It's just that
well, what told you"
If | We're poor it would be differ
| ent-thats it, is it %
Yes. Oh, 1 don't know. i just
can't think of you as any other way
than as you are Please don't say
anything more about it,"
The day Fred returned Catharine
was out on the lake. So he took a
| motor and went to find her. It wasn't
| hard. There in her favorite little cove
| On one of the islands was tied her
canoe, and farther up on the bank
| with a book sat Catharire. He was
| enough of an artist to appreciate the
picture she made in her white dress
among the ferns and rocks
| When she heard the boat she looked
up and waved welcome When he
came nearer she paled slightly look
ing hard to make sure she was not
| mistaken. Could it be-yes il GER
tafnly was Fred Winthrop-in the
uniform of a soldier.
AZ wonder if you'll be cross if I ask
you the same old question Kitty?' he
asked a minute later. will you mar
ry me? Or at least say whether or
| ,,o,, love I've -