The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-28

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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, "Are you going to walk all
the way, dear?"
''You said you wanted to. didn't
your" he mumbled, thickly.
"That's So"
She trudged some distance farther
few blocks 1t was; it seemed miles.
Then she said, "How far Is it home
altogether
"About three miles and half"
as that all7 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
a quarter Of mile more. Then she
resigned:
II guess I'm not an English heroine.
I don't believe she ever really did 1t.
I'll reslgnl I'll have to ask you to call
me cab"
"Pretty hard to find an empty one
along here at this hour" he said, and
urged her on.
Lets go over that way to the in
hablted part of town." she said, "and
take street car or the subway"
And then he stopped and said, with
guilty brusquerie, slave you got your
pocketbook with your"
"No, left 1t at home tonight. Wny?"
'Daphne. haven't got cent?"
"Why. Clayl you poor thingl"
"That's why was so rough with the
waiter. If I'd had the money, do you
think I'd bsve made row before you
about few little dollars? Neverl You
see, / didn't expect to go out to Clare
mont after the theater. The taxi cost
more than expected. and then gave
the head waiter five dollars instead Of
one. I ordered with care SO that 1t
would come out right. But that busi-
ness about the melon finished me.
Just made 1t. never was so ashamed
in my life. And had to drag you into
Ii, and now I'm numbering your poor
little feet"
"Thats the funniest joke ever
heard. Why didn't you tell me beforeY'
"It's no joke"
"Why, of course 1t isl You have
only to go to your bank tomorrow and
draw some MORE"
He did not answer this. He said
nothing at all. She had terrified feel
ing that his silence was full of mean
ing, that his bank account would not
respond to his call. She could not ask
him to explain the situation. She was
afraid that he might.
She marched on doggedly, growing
more and more gloomy and decrepit
Her little slippers with their stilted
heels plnched and wavered, and every
step was pang.
Lets go over there and get on Q
street car, and dare them to put III
off," she suggested.
"Its a pay-as-you-enter car" hs
groaned.
The world was different worlt
now. The drive that had been so ire
mendously lovely as she sped through
1t In taxicab was a pathway In Mo
jave. She limped through the hideous
hateful. objectionable length, and fel
that It was a symbol of the life ahead
of her. She had counted on escaping
from the money limits CT her home
She was merely transferring hersel
from one jail to another.
Her young lover had dazzled he
with his needless courtship. flown ava.
with her on motor wings, dipping t
earth now and then to sip refresh
ments at high cost. and then swoop
d. Ing of with her again.
n And now his wings had brokenl hi
gasoline was gone; his motor burn
d out; and the rest of the journey wa
to be the same old trBdge.
Is She had been leaning heavily o.
n Gays arm. Now she put 1t away fro
her In a mixture OF pity for him an
Iof self-reproof. When he protested
le she said:
Il think III walk better alone for
'e while"
q So she hobbled and hobbled by h.
n self. he pleading to be allowed to bel
> her. But she kept him away.
Is and they crept on . little farthe
e loving each other piteously.
d In the course OF time they reache
the Soldiers and Sailors monumen
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In Il can't 20 any farther" she sal
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