The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-05-30

cording to their creeds?"
"How do you mean?"
swell, the people who lived before
there were any Christlans-or people
who never heard of Chrlstianity-waJ
1t all right for them to marry7"
''Of course"
SITS not any one formula, then, that
makes marriage all rightT'
"Of course not, it's the-the-"
'The love"
II think so. It's hard to explain"
Everything is isn't lt?"
Terribly"
There was more silence. He took
a cigar from his pocket, held It be-
fore her for permission. She said
"Please." He struck a match. She
glanced nj his face in the little lime
light of the match. 1t was very hand
some. A pearl of drowsy luster
cleaned in the soft folds of his tie.
The hands sheltering the match WIRE
splendid hands.
She watched the cigar fire glow and
fade and the little turbulent smoke
wells float into the air and die. One
of them formed a wreath, q strange,
frail, wrIthing clrclet of blue f1laments.
1t drifted past her and she put her I'm
ger into it-her ring-hnger by some
womanly instinct.
snow you're married to me-" said
Duane.
There was a sudden movement Of
his hands as If to seize upon her. She
recoiled a little; his hands did not
pursue her. They went back to the
steering wheel and chung to 1t fierce
ly. She turned from his eyes. but he
gazed at her cheek, and she could feel
the blood stirring ttere In a blush
"If you loved me, would you marr3
me-" he said.
I'll love I'm going to mar1y-
somebody else"
Whenf"
"Some day."
"If you're not happy with him. win
you leave himf"
"Oh. but I'll be happy with him."
$50 many people have said that
You've seen how seldom It worked.
II you ceased to love him, or he you,
would you leave himf"
eff is a large order. Maybe"
"Wouldn't 1t be wiser If two people
who thought they loved could live to.
gether for a while before they mar
riedT
She felt her muscles set as II she
would rise and run away from guch
words. "Mr. Duane don't think it'l
nice even to be talking Of such things
Besides, it's growing late"
ats not so late as 1t would he II
you married a man and found thai
your marriage was a CHASTITY mistake"
Hadn't we better start backf"
"Please don't leave me just yet
This is very solemn to me. I've been
studying you a long time, trying ia
get you out of my mind. and only get
ting you deeper In my heart. love
you"
81 don't believe It"
II know It."
"Then you oughtn't to tell me-"
"Not tell a woman you love heri
Not try to save her from wrecking her
life and my ownT
slow wrecking my-her lifeT
II believe that II you marry Clay
wimburn you'll be unhappy. he can't
give you a home. he can't buy you
clothes. He can't support you"
"That's not his fault, Just now
with the hard times and the war,
Please let's 60 home"
.sTo my homer"
That insolence was too appalling to
answer, or even to gasp at. or protest
against. It stunned her. he rosk adj
vantage Of her daze to explain. hur>
riedly:
"You're not going to be one Of those
silly, old-fashioned idiot girls that q
man can't talk to earnestly and frank
ly, are you nowf OF course you're
not. You're not one Of those poor
things whose virtue consists in being
insulted every time anyone appeals to
their intelligence. are your No. you're
fine, brave soul. and you want to
know the truth about truth. and 90 do
/.
aTm a decent enough fellow al
heart. I want TO do the right thing
and live squarely as wen as the next
fellow. I've got a sense of honor, too.
Of a sort, and / take life pretty ssri-
ously.
Il tell you. the world is all turned
topsy-turvy the last few years. Ths
old rules don't rule. They never dc,
but people pretended to believe In EN-
Now we're not so afraid Of the truth
In science or history or religion or
anything. We want to know the truth
and live by II.
GRO BE coSTrNUEol