Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-12-29

um' 49,, =" WI! ST lost witho;:; the n,he-
n', Il" E"' big ana little. han. !, h.r
~ Har' AMI fast, anybody liza, v,n,.
''' ought 10 want the Who'll. r,r,;,,. :"
re cant have it," said ,h.. iuI,..
with Il grin. '"''S'
'' >h""i h'r finger a. him "Y,,
"'' III | la'!h u nilinnair. sin.
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''' S"'h G'lriU> ia | am for
'''t'''ioh [" poverty will sir,.ly mo
'"'''''" Ill t"rty-odd To claim, rirhes
, as right" ''ne'
!. "''''loh with a man attached
,' '""' your idea OF happlnesst" the
Juuse asked bowling. EXACTLY" said
Ills daughter. But, having liberal
soul. l won't refuse him n ba ho.
TWO millions or even five"
ana just then Fate stepped in with
man worth five millions: no
S'oo" ut the door, a lost and lonely
sou'. bound for the tislicrmun's house
OUT stranded on the way to il. or
e'"'s'' lie was succored, guided. LATER
%" welcomed and cherished in spite or
oaiu head With grizzled fringe ut tb,
ears and a face shrewdly bumor,u,
hard 'e'
ie cam" Tor three days. saw Loren
WIS conquered and STAYED for thrc.
weeks. Long before the end of Them
ne iii" declared himself, first aslin.
'ne Iu"SrS ieav", then authoritarian.
himself aud his standing. 10 Ioren
he said frankly: IL know Won ore
not Tor sale; hut maybe money may
"e'P YOU L" endure mc-it can't give
me us much happiness any other WAY
as In putting all the worldS beauty
round about YOU. Think it o-cr we'll
pe1orc YOU answer; but tell me This
much now: Is there any other mauy"
Loren was rs frank. I'm not sure
-E"t-of anything" she said. Life
with You would be the fultllment OF
my dream. Always have wanted to
90. lhihSs, in big ways-tO help with
out those needing it knowing whence
1t came, to have beauty in everything
not I" make my home fairy palace
hut simple homely heaven on earth.
open to sunshine and rain, tn Joy and
sorrow. to those who laugh and those
others who walk in shadow. But
love has walked and wrought with me
In my paradise-hc may not come. no
matter how earnestly l ask him"
So MnrchmOnt, the man of millions
went away in dOubt--nOt of Loren
her he trusted as completely as he
loved her, hut OF how the scale would
tip i'm the end She had asked for Il
summers grace--hc went overseas to
MAKE certain he would not hurry her
Sh" took up life as usual. apparently
the >ane merry. helpful. impairment
young creature she had always been.
Eut there were how and then CLEANS
in her eyes toward dusk altogether
strange.
Fro>aically the CLEANS meant nearly
always Sam Wesley. He was Il fine
outstanding fellow, good Ia look at.
with il tenor voice sweet enough for
the heavenly choir Listening TO it
while she was all but sure she loved
him. Other whites there spread
through her consciousness burning
mist. She would not let herself think
of Marchmont and all he meant-the
thing in hand was to discover was
she truly enrtfree?
Chance decided for her by the
agency Of pretty flapper, rs rich as
she was foolish and impressionable as
wax, with whom Sam eloped upon
three days acquaintance. After one
hard breath Loren felt a sense OF en-
largement, JOY Qyef the turn of the
game. So she cabled to Marchmont:
"Come home. want You. There is
not, has never been, anybody else"