Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-25

whats the trouble, now, child-ii
II Sam or Charleyf"
"Neither-I mean both. d0n'i
know which I'm In love with. think
it's Sam till Charley comes to see me,
and then he IS so good looking
just like a collar ad-and he looks
at me so deepiy-you know how
nean-that I think I'm all wrong again
and It must be he. He's ever so much
more popular with the girls. too. Now.
Sam never says any OF the nice little
things Charley does. and he's eve 80
blunt sometimes, but somehow ! don't
know. I'm not sure. but ' think Sam
IL the better man. You're older and
wiser than I am. Barbara; tell nre why
you admire Sam more. I've always
thought you did whenever 7 taIh about
them, but you've never said anything.
Please tell ne"
The older girl got up and walked
over to the window. For a moment
h did not say anything. Then she
sank into a seat with n little sigh.
Polly. child there Isn't anything In
the world I know against Charley-it
wouldn't be fair to say there was. for
he may care for you even more than
I think he does-but I'm going to tell
you a little story. II you have tir e to
listen"
"Of course. Babs." assured Polly. set
Ting her attractive little person into q
perfect nest of cushions.
Once upon q time" began Barbara.
"there was a giri-not a beautiful girl
just a bright. frank. cheerful girl,
with a sense Of humor and lots of
friends. She liked men sincerely, but
she was neither very susceptible nor
very foolish. and she had seen some
thing Of life.
There was n man 8 te had known
for a long time. and she always adj
mired and liked him tremendously.
$50 they went out together. danced
together and talked together. and he
very nice to her. She found that
she could talk to him rs she had never
been able to talk to anyone before. and
he always seemed to understand. She
began to value his friendship. above
all her other friends. and to depend on
his help and advice in many little
he liked to help her. and as
the ronths passed they grew to be bet
ter and better friends. with a clearer
understanding of each other thar they
had ever had.
'Then. she went away for a long
And he almost made her believe
that he would really miss her badly
and she was very glad.
"And she wrote to him naturally, as
child would write to a very favorite
uncle or a dear kind friend who was
and wiser than she, long, newsy
letters about all the daily happenings
and she dearly loved to write to him.
HE wrote to her twice; then there
a long lapse. Then. a third letter
came which might have been written
ar utter stranger with perfect safe
and weather being the main
This al after she had I'M
pulsively written TO him for help and
over what seemed to her a
very great trouble. and he had failed
her-dismally failed her. She wrote
to him once more, but she never sent
the letter. She could not thrust her
friendship upon him II he did not want
Il.
sand though she was bound to meet
him and did not wish to obviously
avoid him. she did not need to. for he
showed no desire for any sort Of q
meeting and fitted about among the
girls as he had probably always done.
And she tried always to be fair to him
and not to Judge him-she liked to re-
member him rather as q friend who
had died than one who had ceased to
value her friendship-she simply could
not understand. That's an I know
about Charley and It's two years ago
he's probably forgotten all about II
long ago.
'That's all. Polly dear. It isn't much
Of q story. but ! thought I'd tell II to
you. Somehow. from nay own stand
ards. It doesn't e to me rs II q RAN
who would hurt anyone 30 cruelty. 50
blindly and with such utter indiffer-
ence, could asu up to quite the
same standard al q man like Sam. who
ID fair and square in everything he
does.
Polly sat still for a long time after
Barbara stopped talking.
'sThank you for telling me the story"
she said at last.
A maid came to the door with q tele-
gram. Polly glanced at the address,
seized It and tore It open hastily. In
q moment the paper dropped to the
floor.
"It's from SAM" she gulped. "and
he's gofng to the front. and he wants
me to tell him before he goesEthey
won't let him OF to come himsslf-oh.
| dear, it's terribler~
swhat are you going to write to
hint"
"writs to him why. I'm going to
| that camp to~night-jcst n fast AZ
can pack mothers bag and my own ;
and I'm going to marry him tomorrow
II they only let ms . him for 1vs
minutes. I haven't any choice In the
matte-there wasi ! see Il ~
now N plain a. the . on my face
he's the better man, the best man
| the very best man In the world ~ far
a. I am concerned. at least. and
ought to have known Il all along. Kisa
-a p.r . TIL hava m hurry. When