The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-04

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70 ,,anded the younger man
80 I hHtracf sheet that ne n n'su
sfiniahed. compiling from Lne
%So11rs and 4 sat frownang tnousaL.
sfWify whileS Co1laEd, with zen zen. s -.
4 Gf,in & nance, TOOK " .nr
8Tnpleasant Information tne pap't
!. :.
at' vor g than ! thought
said Co1Iard. -
s5sEE;...1t isn't worse, though, than "
kspnfniesg to be- all winter. m UP
SSrainEt H. ] oe. w m not caplLAn1-s
#adTto stand the losses that eVen
little business like this Is oouuu
TO make between now ana s ~ t 1u,st
40 hate like poison to az -, -, 80
I'VE Eotsto let Miss Blythe e
Collard shot disco1n 2! ,ea1.sa.
glance at: his employ er: Mss Mss
Blythe :',9 he exclatme WY
Lane cuts "a good deal more ~ y ~, u. :
Son$your payroll !, any my one - = !
Ego lsshould thin K
an alive! Bob's been Win
me almost as long as you !. a ase !. :,
and the girls com parauveiya
I've got TO play ia; 1a 'a'"i,
~ oe.''Ss s3s !.
So It came that, with much
Esnons broke to Rose Blythe the
Ihad8 news that afters the following
gsatnrday the book and stationary
\ Al aS,a Would have to be conducted
without the benefit Of her services;
Mr.. Emmons, sald
sSRoseg fbravely, and Emmons ie1t
Nher#ereat1y relieved that she nad
taken the matter SO coolly. But
Bob Lane, returning from iunch
earlier than usual. surprised the
sEirlsi in the back room. f1shtlns
ssWitfiGc fenched hands to restrain
flood OF tears.
lit wouldn't be$so bad, she fal-
8Eared ION " mother has simply got
&toa have things reasonably decent
ssz-.-.s he,s1morethana half an Invalid,
ss; v,,nern5know-and it's just allGwe can
gdoS to#get along now AS Tor get
position, in this town
8andainS these tim s! ''-Rose threw
ont $her5hands in gesture of hope
ss1essness.
I Bob might have said: Never
mind little girl; there's way out
Rsrutarrysma and M AXE one salary DO
theSWork OF two" He might have.
THAT is,fif he had yielded to his
FIRST impu lse. Instead, he thought
No, that wo. Id be taking rot
ten advantagHSs And Bob wasn't
the kind ito take advantage. So
Ehe went straigh to Emmo ns.lr
here you'd be keeping
Miss Blythe on, wouldn't you, MT,
sEmnons ~ he asked point blank
5S-.ss..undau btedly,""5 replied his en-
@ployer, Blu why do you ask.
Bob ;
III .sss Because I'm through I'm I'm.
marked Gollard as he and Rose
were Erearrangiag5t the fiction sec
@ers saw anybody go down the line
80 fast Three months and our
snat Bob is "a bum! Think I'd
have pride enough left to stay
away ifs / was in his place"
sssBut r thought he had such
snne spositionsin Buffalo" exclaim-
ed&Rose. He told me he had,
when The left here SO suddenly.
I'm sorry, II always liked Bob.
Sap Somethingsin the girls tone
#broughtStosC ollard sudden convic-
#tion8 OF what until now had been
merely uneasy suspicion-----it was
with Rose;E twas Bob Lane who,
though months absent and seem
ingly gone out of her life. was
Sthes underlying cause. of the hesi-
stating reluctanceS with which the
girl accepted Co1lard's attentions
$50 he told you that, did he?s
SAID Collard well, now that
he's had Sthe bad taste to come
back here, your better know the
Etruth. 4Emmons fired him. You
that college professor
who disputed his bill Of S 32-said
she was certain he had paid 1t in
scash Well it turned out-but I,
2promised Emmons I'd keep still.
ne said he didn't want to ruin a
Young fellows chance to change
This Eait. He's queer that way
&be fhotsunder the collar II he knew
It'd said this much. Keep 1t mum,
ACoIlard added as he started to
meet an incoming customer
lssS5NeYer8until that very moment
Shad Rose Blythe realized how
Smuch Robert Lane--sunny help
sfuIs ad meant to her. And
now, along with the realization,
came storm of Sresentment that
5he should have dared to make her
4 think him fine and clean and all
Sthat;gwas desirable in manhood,
while hiding from her, and doubt
less dertding her ess,
thatshldeous, 18th er side of him that
SIMMONS had found out and Col
lard so suddenly and belatedl " re-
lsvea1ed. She felt Hvfctimized and
4disgraced in her own eyes.
In this mood she went out to a
most Unsatisfactory lunch. And in
this mood she was returning, when
AT a street corner she found her
sen looking squarely into the eyes
sofs Bob Lane. He was poorly
sdressed, indeed, and his face was
thin and haggard. There was a
trace OF reimbursement too. as he
put himself in her way and ex-
tended his hand but the eyes
frank as ever-and eager.
lose had not thought of meet
ing him thus, or at all. She had
splaaned no course OF action. Sud
denly she was aware that her
heart had given one great wild