Jackson County journal., 1919-03-07

planet. Inc world was too much with |
them. The little car was Transparent.
Even at night etiquette required them |
to light it up within.
WImburn did not return to New |
York so soon as he expected. It
seemed impossible to uproot himself |
from that pleasant soil. One aher-
noon when he had already overstay.d
MS furlOugh Daphne and he were rid
ing in the little car through the outer
suburb known as Shaker Heights-a
section rapidly evolving from a sleepy
religious community to a swarm of CITY
residences.
Inc late afternoon moon had risen
IN sky still rosy with the afterglow
OF sunset. The air was murmurous
with pleading.
suddenly Wimburn cried aloud, to
his own surprise and hers, Daphne
Miss Kip! l can't stand everything.
you know! I'm only human, after all"
WHAT'S the matter?" she asked in
prosaic phrase but with a poetic fiut-
ter of breath.
love you, d-n it!-pardon me,
but I'm Internally in love with you.
I'm tOrmented. / came here on busi-
ness, and instead of my finishing it
you've finished me. I'm two days over
due in New York and I've had to lie
to the office to explain why. And all
| can think of now is that I'd rather
resign and Starve to death than go
back and leave you here"
"Honestly?" she barely breathed.
desperately he moaned whats
| to become of me?'
You'd better go back, I suppose.
You'll soon get over it and find some
| body else to. love-"
There's nobody else in the world
worth loving. I'd die if 1 gave you up
I'd simply die"
| He went on with aching anxiety:
| Gould you care for me just a little?
Ii you could love me or just promise to
try to, | could face my exile for
while. Do you think you could love
| me ever?'
She dropped her chin on her breast
and sighed.
Il guess 1 do now.'
The miraculous felicity of this situa-
ton overwhelmed them both. He clipt
her in his arms and she flung hers
about him, forgetting entirely the
steering wheel. The neglected little
car promptly Scuttered off the road,
crossed q gutter into a vacant lot,
scooped up a For Sale" sign, and was
about to tip over into an excavation
when Daphne looked up long enough
to shut off the power. Then in blind
rapture she returned to where she be-
lOnged-hiS embrace.
Soon she was assailed with fears for
the credibility of this wonder work,
and when he said:
when shall we announce our en-
gagement?" she protested:
oh not till we are sure"
I'm sure now"
"But we must be terribly sure. It's
such dangerous thing, getting mar
ried. So many people who think they
love each other find out their mistake
WELL"
You mean you don't know me very
WELL"
I'm not afraid of you, but for you.
I'd hate to disappoint you, and I don't
really amount to much. I can't do
anything except CAD around; and you'd
tire of me-"
Not in this world-nor in the next"
Its darling of you to say it, and
you think you mean it-now. But
Il know it, Daphne honey, now and
forever. l don't want anybody but
you. Life won't be life without you.
You've promised to be my wife.
hold you to your promise"
"All right" 1t was exceedingly sat
isfying to surrender her soul into his
keeping. She had reached harbOr al.
ready after so brief and placid voy-
age.
He ended long, cozy silence with
the surprising remark, Il suppose ]
ought to ask your parents CONSENT?
The daughter of the twentieth cen
tury laughed: Parents consent! You
do read lot of ancient literature
don't you?"
"Still imagine we'd better break ii
to EN-
"You leave it to me to break it to
'em. They'll be glad enough to get me
Off their hands,
"Pll never believe that
When they reached her home it was
, late and his hotel was so far that
since he would be spending his last
| evening with her, anyway, she asked
him to stay to dinner.
She broke that news to her parents
and it caused them acute distress. Her
. father and her mother were deep in
) the battle that always broke out be-
tween them when the monthly bills ar
rived. Daphne was SO used to this
that she hardly noticed it.
After dinner the parents retired tC
: the living room to read and sew anG
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