New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

wicked for people to live together /
they don't love each other"
"It's love. then, that makes mar
riage sacred?"
"Yes. Yes, indeed. OF course 7"
is it all right for two people VIII
are not Christians to live together &C
cOrding to their creeds?"
How do you mean?"
"Well, the people who lived befor,
there were any Christians-or peopl,
who never heard of Christianity-wal
it all right for them to marryT"
"Of course"
Its not any n formula. then, tina
makes marriage all right?'
"Of course not, It's the-the"
"The lover"
81 think so. It's hard to explain"
Everything is, isn't it,"
Terribly"
There was more silence. He tool
a cigar from his pocket, held 1t be
fore her for permission. She said
please" He struck a match. She
glanced at 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 were
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. a strange.
frail. writhing circlet Of blue flaments.
1t drifted past her and she put her in-
ger into it-her ring-finger by some
womanly instinct.
Nov 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 it fierce
ly. She turned from his eyes. but he
gazed at her cheek. and she could feel
the blood stirring there in a blush.
IF you loved me, would you marry
meT" he said.
II love- I'm going to marry
somebody else"
Whenf'
"Some day."
"If you're not happy with him, will
you lie; We him2"
"Oh, but I'll be happy with him"
80 many people have said that
seen how seldom 1t worked.
II you ceased to love him, or he you.
would you leave himr
"If Is a large order. Maybe"
wouldn't 1t be wiser II two people
who thought they loved could live to-
for a while before they mar
She felt her muscles set as IL she
would rise and run away from such
"Mr. Duane! ! don't think it's
lice even to be talking Of such things.
Besides, it's growing late"
'It's not so late as 1t would be II
on married a man and found that
our marriage was a CHASTITY mistake"
Hadn't we better start backf"
'Please don't leave me just yet.
his is very solemn to me. I've been
tudylng you a long time. trying to
ct you out of my mind, and only get
Ing you deeper in my heart. l love
ou."
II don't believe e."
81 know It,"
"Then you oughtn't to tell me-"
'Not tell a IN you love herr
lot try to save her from w~recking her
fe and my ownT"
"HOw wrecking my-her lifeF"
II believe that II you marry Clay
Iimburn you'll be unhappy. He can't
I've you n home. He can't buy you
othes. He can't support you"
That's not his fault. Just now
18th the hard times and the war.
let's 90 home"
"To my homer"
That insolence was too appalling 10
1swer, or even to gasp ut. or protest
Ii stunned her. He took ad-
of her daze to explain. hur-
eddy:
you're not going to be n OF those
lily. old-fashloned idiot girls that q
an can't talk to earnestly and frank
. are you nowf OF course you're /,
u. You're not n Of those poor [
ings whose virtue consists in being {
every time anyone appeals to {
cir intelligence. are your No. you're |
fine, brave soul. and you want to
low the truth about truth, and 70 do I
I'm a decent enough fellow At c
art. ! want to do the right thing '
ID live squarely as well as the next (
low. I've got a sense Of honor. too. a
a sort, and l take life pretty sen- (
sly. r
II tell you. the world is all turned b
psy-turvy the last few years. The q
! rules don't rule. They new did. r
I people pretended to believe in EN-.
Nv we're not so afraid of the truth
science or history or religion or v
ything. We want to know the truth 8
d live by IL. d
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