Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-20
One Man In His Time:
ny Ellen Glasgow,
ocontInucd from ycytcrday)

Her step quickeuod into a run: ana
G"rshom. stridjnr. tn order TO keep
up with her. looked at her with the
joviai laugh that she hated You're
In powerful hurry today. amt
YOU" he remarked
I'm always in u hurry You have
10 hurry TO get anything out OF
life AS She siauccd up into his
adniriur eyes. She found herself
wondering what stephen had
Thought while he watched her? She
wished that 1t had been anybody but
Gcrshom lie seemed an unworthy
instrument cf revenge, though. she
reflected. with q touch of her fathers
saeacity. on" couldn't always choose
tn" tools ono would Ike best Mos,
people would adnii, mat he was
sood-!oo King in common way. She
supposed. and II Was only NJ late
| tina, she had realized how essentially
vulgar nc yvas.
I'm sorry you haven't time to
| listen" he said. II have news for
| YOU" Then. a. She fen into a SLOW
or step. he added, with an abrupt
| change 10 slightly hcctorlng tone:
! We passed that young Culpeper jus,
! n"w. D!d YOU soc him"
| IN" shook her head disdalnfully.
WASH i'Dtl1R AT i'frl.
He may have been on his way To-
| the mansion" There was taun--
| ing note in his voice. as If nc were
trying deliberately 10 work her into
temper
1T doesn', matter" She smoke
| hiprantly Il don't care whether he
was or not"
Ger~hom laughed "Tha, sounds
good 20 no oven If take &, with t..
! grain OF salt was beginning -
| DC afraid that you liked him"
she turned on him angriiy. What
/ business IS that o: yours
His Availability. as soon as he had
struck ire, became impcrturhabl,
We'll I've known YOU a long time.
Patty, and take an interest in you.
YOU sec. Now, don't fancy this
young Culpeper He is a concci,ed
! sort OF ass like his father before
| him. tho sort that thinks all clover
! is his fodder
Though Gorshom would have
scorned philosophy had he ever heard
| ri it, he was well grounded in that
practical knowledge OF human per
Hersity from which all philosophers
and most philosophic systems have.
! sprung. Had his next words been
hArbcd with stce! they could no,
nave pierced Patty's pirllsh prid.
more sharply. 4 reckon he imar-
Ines all he's got =" do is 10 look
sweet at girl. and she'll fall at his
feet"
patty's eyes flashed with anger
He Is not unusual in that. is hc?"
81" asked mockingly.
Wei, YOU can't accuse me of thar,
f"i'y.' said Gcrshom, with sin
, c"ri,y which made him appear less
!
at but one girl in my life. not since
hrNt saw you. anyway--and don't
seem eyer to have had an idea tina,
Sh" would fall al my feet But |
| Hidh bring YOU out here to begin
| kldd!ng want 10 talk TO YOU
shout tho Governor, and l was afraid
/ :" would eaten on TO something IL
/ "" stayed indoors"
About father" She looked a,
MN IN alarm: is there anything
Without turning his head. lc
/ glanced a, her keenly out of IN.
I corner Of his eye. 1t was "A trick %,
/ his which always !rrita;cd her be-
/ cause IL reminded her of the sly and
! iur.:ve side o; his character
You've pretty good opinion OF
tn" old man, haven't you. Patty"
mink he is the greatest man in
! the world"
Ana YOU wouldn't like him 10
run against snag. would YOU"
what do YOU mean? Has any
'h!nS happened 10 worry HIM"
ne mad stopped just beyond the
nearest Sid" entrance to the square.
'ht automobiles before the City Han.
ana ne stood now. with his eyes on
whiie he fingered throughtfully the
ornamental sCarf-pin in his rr.-r,
hnn purple tie. "Thcre's always