Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-29
JlM'S INSPIRATION
BY CORONA REMINGTON


iii Davidson ignored the elevator,
1al;ed up the three flights of stairs 10
his apartment, unlocked the door AMI
threw himself into the nearest chair.
He was facing Il terrible situation
for the first time in his life that very
evening he had made the discover
tllnt he was in love.
Lie had thought Vera Goodwin was
Just like other girls until this evenine,
when the sight OF her seemed to in
toxicate him. Old Mother Nature
kept singing to him: "She's the gin
for you. She's Your nate, how can
you ignore il? Take her, tell her yol
love her, N.arr? and be happy Bus
another voice inside spoke more II; :
perously still: BE careful, old ms
if you want to get to tie top y. i
have neither time nor money for i
wife and Children
But although nature spoke more
quietly and less dictatorially she hal
stronger influence and for one blind
moment Bill Davidson had held VEN
to him tight and had told her hati
frantically that he loved her. Thea
without a word of apology or eXpIa-
nation and without having proposed,
he had fed out of the house and back
to his apartment and here he was
sitting in the dark with his head in
his hands trying to face the stua-
ton.
Certainly he should not marry for
ten years yet. He would be only forty
then and by that time he ought to ~,
well along toward that Office next
door to the president, If not actually
sitting in it.. But there was Vera AMI
lie loved her more than he had ever
dreamed any man could love AND size
would never wait ter years and som,
other man would get her. Madly ",
scIenchcd his fists and struggled {,
work it out
Along toward morning he came to
the conclusion that If he We're strcn.
enough he could resist his longing for
Vera and forge ahead toward his
goal.
The next morning big Jim Williams,
the much envied and adored pred
dent, came through Bills department
and stopped at his desk.
GLOW about having lunch with nj,
today. Davidson?'' lie said genlally
"You know my hobby for keeping
personally in touch with my men,
and lunch times. about my only
chance.
THANK you so much Mr.. Williams.
I'd be glad to come, for we all enjoy
; talking to President jim"
Thanks, I appreciate that" He
slapped tire younger man on the back.
"Come to my Office at one and we'll
go TO quiet little place where we
can talk"
AS it happened, their quiet little
place was pretty well crowded and
only table In the window was left.
Williams, always keenly interested IN
everything, gave the ORDER then
watched the passersby on the street
with all the eagerness of child
"Say, Davidson p he exclaimed sud
denly Look at that shabby little
couple taking in the pastry. Newly
wcds, III bet, and from the country,
too. How she clings to him! I'd give
anything I had to be in their shoes.
They've got the light Of heaven on
their faces"
"Why do you envy them?" Davidson
asked.
Good Lord don't you? He's got
some one to work for and some one
to tell Ills troubles to and some one
to worship him, all in one Watcl,
how she looks ut him. If you were to
go out there this minute and offer
yourself as swap-and mind you,
you're handsome as picture and bet
ter dressed than she ever saw any one
in her whole life--why, she wouldn't
exchange her redfaced, raw -boned
farmer boy for dozen OF you! No,
sir, she wouldn't. That girls happy,
and he is, too, only he's kind of sheep.
lsh about It,"
"Well, If you think all that, why
didn't you Bill broke off embar-
rassed."
"Why didn't | marry, son2' the
president went on evenly. Il did, but
! lost my little wife when our boy
came, and somehow I never could
J think of taking another And, after
all, you don't really lose anything
you've loved. / struggled harder than
ever to be success after she went
away because l knew she'd like II.
She was always so Interested In the
business. And I've tried to be the
sort of man she'd have mo be, too
I've Eeen lonely, internally lonely at
times, but I'd rather have married her
and lost her than to have any OTHER
woman I've ever seen and have her
as long as lived"
When Williams looked across the
table there were tears in the younger
mans eyes.
THANK YOU for telling me- David
son mumbied, putting out his hand
you've shed new light on every
thing. I've been so dreadfully, sell
fshly blind. And--and may | have
the afternoon off? There's something
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