El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-07
DO YOU REMEMBER?

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/ life, or he simply couldn't act such a
part You believed too much in the
( Inherent goodness of the man to
think for one instant that he didn't
mean every line that was credited TO
him. You just knew there was no de-
ception in those large brown eyes. The
reel was nearly finished The climax
was almost at hand Oh. what a tense
moment, you thought How closely
you watched his every movement
Them don't you remember, when
he chose between the two paths-one
which was easy. where the prim roses
. lined the way. hiding the thorns in the
background. the other. cold. hard.
mOnotonous and irksome2 The last
was the path Of truth, OF hard work.
OF suffering, Of self denial You knew
which path your favorite would
choose. You felt he was your man
during that gripping moment. Even
II he wasn't, he was your kind Of man
anyway. You wondered whether his
sweetheart would follow him for that
Ions, hard, monotonous trip along the
path he had chosen. You felt Ike
numbering her in cold blood. had she
let him go the true way alone. But
YOU were happy when you saw her
throw out her arms to him and call
out to him: Take me with you. where
my way. for after all I love you and
love IS the greatest thing in all the
world" Didn't the closing scene make
you happy2 Then. don't you remem-
Der how your favorite seemed to turn
for one single instant AMI look over
towards where you were situng2 It
seemed even more than that he was
just looking in your direction You
were sure that his clear eyes actually
caught yours. and held them in a di-
rect. searching glance for the precious
moment which you viii never forget
In that instant you knew you caught
an insight into the soul Of that good
man There seemed to be an admoni-
ton IN that glance. Little girl. there
is only one way" those expressive
ewes seemed 70 saw GO that way,
come what may. as Il leads TO the only
things in life which are really worth
the while" You viii never forget the
depth Of that impression as long as
you live, viii Eou2
Then. don't you remember the big
ball that was given for some charity
Few months iater2 You and your
chum went alone. None OF your men
friends had asked YOU to 90 and You
did so love TO dance. You decided 10
90 by yourselves, as you just couldn't
miss that dance You remem Der, too
u know you do-of meeting those
two men during the evening. In fact,
you danced together nearly the en-
tire evening. Come on girls" they
said. as the last strains of Home
Sweet Home" died away. Tets 80 on
q real party tonight We have al
ready ordered the machine We have
picked out the dandiest road house.
where we can have some real fun and
where We can get All We want 70
drink. Come on let's get &C
Quainted. You can't be young but
once and you are 2 long time dead
you know"
Don't you remember how quickly you
drew yourself away from your escort.
for you could remember clearly Just
how your movie favorite had looked
at you on that never TO be forgotten
evening. He had taught you which
was the right path and there must be
no compromise.
NO. We VIII 20 home alone" you
said, without giving your chum time
70 help you decide we thank you
for your attentions this evening and
we have had a good time, but We will
say goodnight NOW"
It was probably several months, or
perhaps a year later that you met
Bill II you remember correctly. il
was at the Informal dance given by
the officials OF the telephone com
pany for the employees. You see the
management was interested IN You
girls They were always looking out
for your comfort and pleasure, and
protection. And BIZ was sincere and
genuine. too. You didn't know any
thing about him when you met him.
did you. and you didn't care. for you
just knew that he must be a true,
good man in real life and that he
would never act a part he didn't live
with all his heart
That was many years ago and you
have never regretted your prompt
decision when he asked you 70 90
along the way with him Don't you
remember telling him the story Of
your favorite movie actor. whose pic
ture even now hanEs on the wall Of
your living room2 BIZ has never been
Jealous Of that picture, either. he
cause Bin loves him, too Now. isn't
it a pretty good world after ail2
Claiborne Adams.