The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-31

When we had finished our supper
We sat and talked for another long
time, and Cecil was all cheeriness and
smiles. / knew then the worst, that he
had been hungering for sight of me.
In fact he spilled the beans after he
lad polished off large dish of red
lcurrant tart! Men are always most ex-
lpansive after good meal, YOU know.
OF course, told him that he was
very foolish, especially under the cir
cumstances, and that there was moth
Ing to be done about it all, as far as
was concerned; so he had better pull
himself together, be a man of the
world, and get on with the work at
hand. Namely, to go back and take
that position he had accepted in Bos-
ton, and face things out bravely. AS
! pointed out within a year he would
find some nice girl; that is, If he still
wished to be tied down to wife, and
then he would have a good. old laugh
at his nonsense-and his carousings in
Paris.
Look at me-" cried I. I'm not as
happy as I let the world believe, not
much, but you don't see me careenfng
off to Paris,nor deserving the ship, nor
anything. But ! could, for my daddy
gave me five hundred dollars to spend
on my very own self, before / left
home, and that would give me a few
days in Paris, or anywhere where one
may drown sorrow. But don't do 1t,
Cecil. I hold on tight. I'd be ashamed
not to, and I'm only woman. Yes,
sir, one Of those same weak, despIsed
creatures in skirts, that you men nave
called the weaker vessels. You had
better take leaf out of my book, and
forget all this nonsense and begin over
again. And If you're good boy III
iplay with you for a few days. until
Sour boat sails back for America"
/ finally won him over to my way or
tseeing things, and it made me feel
hundred per cent better. He also asked
me most specially not to tell mother
that he was here in England. Nor
anything about having seen him. |
guess he felt ashamed, so of course l
promised not to.
Cecil behaved himself very well the
whole evening, and not by word or
deed did he cause me any uneasiness
las to what his future conduct towards
Inc would be. In fact, he seemed to
have gotten a complete grip on HIM
self and his emotions, to have even
forgotten that he had once made
violent love to the likes O me. For
which | was thankful.
We strolled through Kensington
Gardens, after our supper, and the new
moon peeped down shyly on us, and /
felt happier than I had for long time.
I really do like being with Cecil ever
20 much, and especially when / feel
that am helping him and necessary
to him. That's the way Of most women,
! believe.
He let me feel and read in every
move and tone his need OF me, and
this was so different from the Cecil OF
old, the Cecil of the bold attack and
the impetuous kiss, that l hardly
recognized him.
He told me of the bad times he had
put in in New York, after we left, and
how lonely it was. Daddy was out most
of the time, and after he had left and
gone up to Boston he just couldn
stand the idea of staying on-any-
where in America. So he took the first
boat over. At least he had friends
here in Europe, and they did count in
a fellows life.
We walked all the way back to
Russell Square, and sat down a
moment on a bench just before l went
in. 1t was then that Cecil took my
hand in his, lifted it to his lips, and
thanked me in a trembling voice for