Jackson County journal., 1919-02-28

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went as humbly as couple Of paupers
evicted for the rent.
Daphne was afraid to speak. She
saw that Clay was sick with wrath,
and she dill not know him well enough
to be sure how he would take her in
reference In his thoughts. She trudged
along in utter shame.
The worst Of her shame was that |
! she was so ashamed of it. Why should |
she care whether waiter smiled or |
~frowned? But she did care, Infinitely. !
! Daphne could not pump up any en-
thusiasm for the scenery. Her lover
took no advantage Of the serial Of
arbors and the embracing bowers. He
never kissed her, not once.
Daphne ceased to be sorry for Clay
and felt sorry for her neglected self.
Then she grew angry at herself. Then
at him.
At length she said, with ominous
sweetness, care you going to walk all
the way, dear?"
"You said you wanted to. didn't
you?" he mumbled, thickly.
That's so.'
She trudged some distance farther
a few blocks it was; it seemed miles.
Then she said, "How far is it home
altogether?"
"About three miles and half"
us that all? The heroine Of an
English novel I've been reading used
/ to dash off five or six miles before
breakfast"
Patriotism and pride helped her for
: quarter of a mile more. Then she
resigned:
: II guess I'm not an English heroine.
| l don't believe she ever really did it.
I'll resign! I'll have to ask you to call
Q me a cab"
:. pretty hard to find an empty one
+ along here at this hour" he said. and
urged her on.
8 Let's go over that way to the In
habited part of town." she said, "and
: take street car or the subway"
e And then he stopped and said. with
Q guilty brusquerie, "Have you got your
q pocketbook with your
. mo, left 1t at home tonight. Why?'
n Daphne. I haven't got a cent?"
:. "Why, Clay! you poor thing!"
o 'That's why was so rough with tn,
q waiter. If I'd had the money. do 70,
% think I'd have made row before y0a
about q few little dollars? Never! Yol
b see, didn't expect to 60 out to Glare
mont after the theater. The taxi cos
more than expected, and then CAV
:. the head waiter five dollars instead o
~ one. / ordered with care so that
=, would come out right. But that bus
80 ness about the melon finished me.
=. just made 1t. I never was so ashame
~ in my life. And had to drag you int
~ 1t, and now I'm numbering your poo
40 little feet"
y "That's the funniest joke I eve
heard. Why didn't you tell me before
Its no joke"
ne "Why. of course it is! You hay
a' only to go to your bank tomorrow an
draw some more"
Il He did not answer this. He sal
= nothing at all. She had terrified fee
s ing that his silence was full Of mea
II ing, that his bank account would n
* respond to his call. She could not as
him to explain the situation. She W,
N afraid that he might.
= She marched on doggedly, grown
3 more and more gloomy and decrep
i Her little slippers with their stilt'
A heels pinched and wavered, and eve
N step was pang.
Nil Lets go over there and get on
Nb street car, and dare them to put
u Off" she suggested.
J Its pay-as-you-enter car"
\ groaned.
~ The world was a different wol
now. The drive that had been SO Il
mendously lovely as she sped throu
it in = taxicab was a pathway in N
jave. She limped through the hideo1
hateful. objectionable length, and f
: that it was a symbol of the life abe
> of her. She had counted on escapi
from the money limits Of her hOr
She was merely transferring hers
- from one jail to another.
Her young lover had dazzled
with his needless courtship, flown aW
,r a with her on motor WINGS dipping
earth now and then to sip refre
ments at high cost, and then SWO
ion. ing off with her again.
Tor And now his wings had broken;
gasoline was gone; his motor bu
sted out; and the rest Of the journey v
to be the same old trudge.
was She had been leaning heavily
elon Clays arm. Now she put it away fl
her in - mixture Of pity for him ;
of self-reproof. When he protest
the she said:
II think I'll walk better alone fo
be WHILE"
oped So she hobbled and hobbled by
own self, he pleading to be allowed to
legs her. But she kept him away.
'kets And they crept on little fart
he loving each other piteously.
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