Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-11-07


ats Only Few Weeks Since Was
Knocked Down to the Highest Bid
der"
ten shillings-say three pounds at the
most Every girl child she bears and
rears brings him hundred per cent
return, and in addition she keeps house.
cooks, chops wood, totes water ana
tills his fields"
Again Andrea jerked him out of his
role with her incOnsequenee. what
does tote meant" she asked rather icily.
ITO tote means to carry, fetch, lug.
bear"
Thank you" she interrupted. "By
the way, did you mean to measure me
against that three-pound standard?"
Il did," said the man.
She threw out her arms In q gesture
of disclosure and laughed. "To think"
she said, that it's only a few weeks
since 1 was knocked down to the high
est bidder at twenty thousand year !"
mot you" said the man quickly.
HE wasn't buying you. You never
even thought it. 1 happen to know him.
perhaps better than you do, and l can
assure you that the tinsel and the
pomp he was bargaining for, innocent
enough in themselves would have be-
come despicable and tainted by his
possession
He was silent for moment; then,
just as Andrea's lips were opening to
a remark, he added, I'm glad you
brought him to my mind. The thought
of him has freed me from my regret.
You're here, I'm glad you are, and you
shall stay. The only question is
whether you are going to sulk or
whether you will smile and accept the
cure of the philosophy of contrasts"
THAT'S new one" said Andrea.
mot at ALL" replied the man. The
of contrasts is based on
the idea that rut and death are one
and the same thing"
you've missed your vocation, White
Man" said Andrea fiippantly. you
should get your pulpit and turn mis-
slonary TO society,""
1--WE got the face of the earth for
4 pulpit" said the man easily. "and
couldn't do with less"
Il had suspected that there was
colossal about you" replied
andrea quickly, "and now 1 know
t. 1t is your impertinent self-suffi-
iency-"
"You misunderstood me-" interrupted
he man, himself unmoved. "What
mean by that famboyant statement
vas that no philosophy has ever lived
kept through example and one can't
ulfill the creed of contrasts with less
han the whole world for play
round"
And has 1t never failed?"
His eyes wandered to the half.
rocked aeroplane. eyes, it has failed
-once."
"A case of physician cure" began
ndrea and stopped. His eyes had
verved back TO hers and the naked
ok of regret in them frightened her.
Well" she continued. glancing away
lstlly, do you really want to-ts
'nyert me?"
He started in his chair and Il he
Id been thinking Of his personal
ouDles. promptly forgot them. Had
been merely chance shot, he spec
ated, or was this young lady pos
sseo Of that rarest of virtues,
irk Of mischief in the face Of ad-
rsity? Women know no CONVEX
IN except through love-" were the
act words he had used. He recalled
EN- perfectly, and watching in silence
ielltale flush rise from her bare neck
o her hot cheeks, he perceived that
2 also remembered.
oh" cried Andrea. 81 think you are
rrible"
l haven't said anything" remon.
ated the man.
'Ihats why" snapped Andrea.
on could have said something. You
ep quiet and give beastIy signif-
lce-significance-"
ie helped her out. ITO little
e. he finished and added quite
vely; BE sure shall do all iu my
YER not to convert you"
Continued next week.