San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05

TO Jne glove. Anu a1ISA wv -
located this paragon-and ana
lived her-and decided that you
can stand her defects"
"why, them" he said, eff she
were that, she'd probably want to
help me with some of my wild
schemes, wouldn't she?"
"And with whose money?
Hers?" ~
down and out / might be, l
wouldn't ever marry for money.
But if 1 liked a girl, and she hap.
pened to be erich, I don't think I'd
be cad enough to throw her over
on that account"
She discarded the glove. "Weli,
suppose YOU had all the money
YOU needed" she said.
The afternoon had long since
worn away; the room was slowly
filling with fashionables. come for
tea. but the two had forgotten
the clock. And in forgetting the
clock they had also forgotten elias.
distinction and the shortness OF
their acquaintance.
In the beginning he had sketch
ed for her a model factory and a
modern village; but between his
plans and those of other Utopians
there was a wide divergence. be-
cause this man seemed to know
what he was talking about. HIS
chief interest was in the youth,
the clerk, the helper with ambi-
ton to rise above his father. And
vet as she listened, it hurt her
to recall that this man, so young
and purposeful and enthusiastic,
Twas himself convicted of incompe-
tence. Else why should he be
unemployed and dependent upon
stranger for the very food he
had eaten?
"Now, that" he had said, at
the end of a period, sis what !
might do. And then again-this
keeps coming back to me-would
it be the best thing for the work,
men? Of course. from my point
of view, it would be, but from
theirs-wno knows? And that's
where so many beautiful schemes
, fall down, because people do what
they think ought to help others
and nine times out OF ten they're
wrong -,
, She drew a very long breath
"Tf | had the money, I'd like
nothing better than to see tha'
through"
He had made no response, but
, in his eyes she had detected
, fleeing expression which moved
her, an expression of hopefulnes'
; which was pathetic because there
was nothing else pathetic ano
, much that was lndomltaoie
about him.
From the imaginative, then
| they had drifted somehow bach
! to the personal, and she ha'
I caught herself more than once II
the reflection that both in man
ner and in disposition he wa:
r what you might call lovable. Anc
as time passed she beheld on MS
= face. at intervals more and more
20 frequently, that same expression
:; which had already affected her
: she interpreted it, now, not So
much as apprehension for the fal
distant future as for that nearer
!, future which was almost upor
4 him-the future which was tt
\ mark the end of the day, anC
I to send him back to his brother
4 failures.
Il He proved her intuition cor
d rect. "You've given me an after
y noon in a thousand" he said alb
4 ruptly. "And I've repaid yot
;, very badly"
vi She answered: ''No, it's the
other way around.
n "You see, didn't know it wa
n going to be like this. | thought
4 you might bring me over here ant
\ talk a lttle-and I'd never Sc,
you again. If I'd known i
4 would be like this" He lef
the sentence unfinished.
H She knew that above all els'
she could imagine she wanted t.
see him again. And to her tn,
u day had been so pleasurable-anC
\ his remark was so unfathomable
4 She stared at him searchingly
4 "You don't mean to say vol
wish you hadn't Gomez"
"In some ways" he said delib
\ erately, 81 wish | hadn't come
a Because it was bad start, ant
\ I'm afraid it's going to be ,
4 worse finish"
A At last she spoke very slowly
4 almost painfully. Don't 70,
A think - everything considered -
Y that?"
\ He nodded. 81 was going 20
anyway" And after a momen
he went on, with utter simplicity
/ II said if i ever wanted to MARI
anybody, she'd have to be lik
you. Only there isn't anybod
!. else like YOU"
a The color faded from he
: cheeks. "You shouldn't have sal
d that. And that isn't true"
/ mot true?"
i "Maybe because you're gratefr
: to me"
d "Grateful?" he said. "Why
v gratitude's the one quality
" haven't shown youl"
v Her eyes were wide, and sh
) was fumbling with her gloves
you've been such a nice boy, 5