The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-05
THE DAILY
IN AN ASH CAN

49,
ny a. ~ Psas
4 AIRY turned hSr back upo
MI him and looked out 9 the
80 window into the dueksalied
street. Her dnsert pieked ~ the
.urtain. but her mind was busy.
3he waA almost ready 20 urn and
Az into his arnise hy did his
\ Acre provence siit her sp7 But
! AZ kept hefseIf n hand md lis
tened.
"Tomorrow i s % New YORK.
IN the morninE am sailing Tor
London. n sou love me ask me
To come back n soon as com.
nlcte my busineAs or shethrm i
YOU do NOT, i ma5 not come back
tor yearA. ! can stay asthe firms
AGENT will have nothing 20
como hack tor yon know ne said
his voice ending with light note
Of amusement
She turnao upon him and look
"a al him thoughttully. Tall and
slim. he stood before her, bis dark
bEiie eyes rcstins tendetly Upon
her. But that note IN his voice
4stanieN i do think 20 much Of
you-so mrch~4bnt something
always holds mp back Yo1 are
500 Inclined 10 take things
liehtly. and 4 don want to pc
taken lightly mower neyeri No
-piease don't touch met There
seems 10 BIZ 50 little you regard
erlouAy-many things that I3doi
and I don't want To- intrust my life
4to you-and yether voice
lbroke-p1 dol ia.
A she stayed his quick EFFORT 10
fold hep in his arms
"pHase ave me time III wtite
'QkouE toSyonf hoteltn New York
M hnai deeikion Mftte Il l
viii marry you; II don't write,
then youfl1 know
He nodded Yes ! Will know
he added easily, completing her
unanlshsd sentence But, ro-
@msmber. III You write the letter
I must 10 out tcntght II you DO
not write, ms dear one YOU VIII
neyer be Bothered by me asain-
though i know shall never tor-
get youi
wheE he had zone she went
slowly to her room, face TO face
with the decision THAT meant more
{ than any other decision she would
every make. SHE SIT down at the
/ desk and mused. His easy ways
: OF disposiftk OF matters OF right
and wrong his otitatid decisions,
his careless attitude toward much
| mat she thought deserved care
all had combined to make her
wonder.
4 knock on the door was fol.
lowed blythe appeafance lone OF
the slfls In the house
Hello, Maiy Mary and what
are you dotng-being contrary?
say, 1 saw stsniey here He is
one honny specimen % d man. But
honest. honey, ! hope you won't
marry hinal j feel guilty for in
Producing him 10 you" Bertha
eafd sobef4y
Mafy looked keeniy al her old
friend Wen + am 10 decide in
the next haif hnttf-s
Not Bertha face was pale.
wish you Wouldn't
MARY smiled Bert have you
soraethine you wantSto tell meiand
va wonsfa
fhe other sat in silence, the
laurhter gone from her eyes and
face. Then attersSa little, she
tspoKe.
He "a attractive. but there is
eomsthinr1-bnt / can't tell you"
Maryss hands grew cold on the
desk. She knew the stanoh little
comrade Of years would not MEM
ton gossip. Bert thislis serious.
j am donbtfui about Stanley, but
only aiittfe. and Il yohEkhoW any
thing tell me. do want to be
happy with minor without
hiinfu
II Rnowsthiss Bertha answered,
her face pale. HeiWfites3i letters
every now anditffsn to d girlin his
old howe. and know he has gone
% see her. He Doesn't dictate
them to me--bnt I happened to
rfance at one on his desk, and 1t
ri 1 loving affair.
"You see. He's that way.
y.ou're sott or a cold beauty that
chaiienees 4 man like himH
Mari smiled fainfly. dpefhApi
but he has a nght oScafe FOR
uo 80 aiSs n ~ an.