The Glenwood post., 1923-01-04

boyish now than she had looked an
hour before when they had boarded
the train. Her cheeks were smoothly
rounded, her lips rather full, her
lashes very long. He could not look
up without looking directly at her for
her chair, which had not been moved
since Avery left it, was at an angle
with his own.
To avoid the appearance of study
ing her too openly, he turned slightly,
so that his gaze went past her to the
white turmoil outside the windows.
ITS wonderful" she said, isn't it?"
"You mean the storm?" A twinkle
of amusement came to Eaton's eyes.
ut would be more interesting if it
allowed little more to be seen. At
present there is nothing visible but
snow"
SIS that the only way 1t affects you?
An artist would think of it as a back
ground for contrasts-a thing to
sketch or paint; writer as something
to be written down in words"
Eaton understood. She could not
more plainly have asked him what he
was.
'And an engineer, 1 suppose" he
said, easily, would think of 1t only as
an element to be included In his for
mulas-an x, or an a. or b, to be
put in somewhere and square-rooted
or squared so that the roof-truss he
was figuring should not buckle under
its weight"
"Oh-so that is the way you were
thinking of it,"
"You mean" Eaton challenged her
directly. "am I an engineerY'
"Are you?"
"Oh, no; was only talking In pure
generalities, just as you We're"
LET us go on, then" she said gayly
81 see I can't conceal from you that
am doing you the honor to wonder
what you are. A lawyer would think
of 1t In the light of damage 1t might
create and the subsequent possibilities
of litigation" She made a little pause
"a business man would take 1t into
account, as he has to take into account
all things In nature or human; It
would delay transportation, or harm
or aid the winter wheat"
"Or stop competition somewhere
he observed, more interested.
The flash of satisfa ction which cnrne
to her face and as quickly wns
checked and faded showed him she
thought she was on the right track
Business" she said, still lightly,
"will-how is it the newspapers put
it?-will marshal its cohorts; 1t VIII
send out its generals in command of
brigades Of snowplows. Its colonies In
command of regiments of snow shov-
elers and Its spies to discover and to
bring back word of the effect upon the
crops"
"You talk" he said, "as if business
were a war;
isn't it?-lilse war. but war in
higher terms"
"In higher terms?". he questioned,
attempting to make his tone Ike hers,
but sudden bitterness now was be-
trayed by 1t. "Or in lower?"
"Why, In higher" she declared. "de
manding greater courage, greater de-
votion. grenter determination, greater
self-sncrifice. Recruiting officers can
pick any man off the streets and make
good soldier Of him. but no one
could be so sure Of finding satisfac-
tory employee in that way. Doesn't
that show that daily life, the every
day business of earning n living and
bearing ones share in the workaday
world demands greater qualities than
wnr?'
Her face had flushed eagerly MS she
spoke; a darker. livid flush answered
her words on his.
But the opportunities for evil are
greater, too he asserted almost
ffercely. How many Of those men you
speak of on the streets have been de-
liberately, mercilessly, even savagely