Evening star., 1922-07-30


ride to Pink Beach. where the cora
waves; and to make UP for the ex
travagance they dined for half
crown at q native cottage. The
wanted to sail the length of tn
island and eventually they manage
it for six shillings. They went t
st. Georges as ballast for a fisher
man in a two-reef breeze, and cam
home in state on a rafting dra,
They felt obliged to see the famou
but they made further sacrifices t
pay 1t.
"We could have spent a thousan,
dollars apiece" said Sargent, IAN,
not have seen as much, or had a
much fun seeing it,"
YES" she agreed. "but-do yo,
know what day of the month it is?
1.-The twentieth"
"And college begins on the twenty
fifth. So if your draft doesn't com,
by day after tomorrow"
Ttll come" said Sargent, conf
IDENTIFY.
well. if it doesn't, I'll be put OIL
probation for being late after Eastel
recess, and that means 1 won't ge
my degree anyway" She gazed ou
over the coral sand. II don't thinl
I'd care such lot if it didn't come,
she said soberiy.
II wish you didn't feel SO gloom,
about it. Oh, ! know. you said yo,
hadn't one chance in fifty of taking
a degree. but college isn't the mos
important thing in life. However
let's see how much you know"
He gave himself. methodically, tt
the task of finding out how mucf
she knew about the decisive course
and when he had finished he sat ir
deep meditation and tried not to star,
at her. Staring seemed to make hel
nervous; she blushed.
Well"
'Iil-think it over" he stammer red
DO you really need to? You car
be quite frank, you know. / ca,
stand It,"
I'm afraid" he said. you dom
know much about it. I'm sorry"
nd-disappointed?"
81 couldn't be a teacher and not b.
disappointed"
CHE faced him. "All through thi.
= vacation, up to now, you've beer
a peach: but just as soon as il comes
down to a matter of college, why
you're a professor again. aren't you.
lat he
last of it. either. We'd better droI
the subject and go swimming" She
gave him one of her taHtalizins
smiles. You wouldn't pass such g
gorgeous examination in that your.
self" This hurt him, because Mis-.
Dennison was an expert, while Sar.
gent only foundered.
"Well," she said absentIy, that even.
ing. cts almost over. isn't it? And
came down here to get away from
professors, and you came down to get
u.s."
AT least" he reminded her. you've
had an unusual experience
In the darkness her smile was rather
wistful. Yes. I'll always say so. I
I'm glad we weren't susp ,ctel
again. aren't you?"
Sargent suddenly put out his hand
intake OF her breath.
Its been SO pleasant to sec this lit.
tie corner of the world, ! wondered il
We couldn't go and see the rest of it
together" He bent forward. 1--WE
never told you-maybe the reason I've
understood You so well is because !
was once in the same boat as you are.
have a grandfather with lot of
money; he was a trustee of Waban:
he wanted me to be Pin. d. and de-
partment head. Well, he bought me.
Bought my youth and my ambition and
my longing to go off on hunting run.
over the world: and they never came
back to me-until now. But you can
bring back everything l lost. The price
of my degree can pay for yours, too" /"
He moistened his lips. your uncle
offered you only two years; I'm offering
you a lifetime, if you want it-where-
ever you want to go and live it,
At the end Of the longest moment
he had ever known. her voice came
to him. 1t was barely audible And
is that all you offer me?"
What else is there to give? Ex-
cept my-love?"
Her hand was trembling under his
own. ''Bvt. if you give that. l don't
care where l live, as long as it's where
you are
She had hidden her face, but when
he spoke her name in tone she
to resist him, and no inclination.
WHEN he met her in the morning
w. he told her that his draft had
come; and, manlike, he wanted to
celebrate with a luncheon at a grand
hotel Womanlike, she insisted upon
revisiting the first picnic ground where
they had begun to practice economy,
and to love each other.
The day was warm. and Sargent be-
fore he hurried off for firewood, had
thrown his coat on the rocks. Miss
Dennison watched him down the beach,
waved to him. blew a kiss to him.
sighed from the bottom of 4 happy
heart and turned to make a table.
Then, as her eyes fell upon his coat.
she paused and stood stock-still. In
credulous. bewildered, she went down
on her knees to pick up the leather
wallet which had fallen from an inner
pocket. 1t was plump with cards and
papers and yellow bank bills. 1t was
certainly the wallet which he had lost
on the boat-and how hae he got it
again, and why hadn't h. told her
about it?
She sat back, gasping. She remem-
bered now how taciturn he had been
when he returned from his interview
with the ships captain. He had sim
ply said, I'm glad you didn't go with