New Britain herald., 1924-09-23

your face and hands the instant you came within her reach. And, at any rate, I am now by way of getting square with your father-I am going to marry you.' MARJORIE shook her glowing head. 4'A "No," she whispered.
 "Oh,y hang it! Don't be so selfish. It's unwomanly."
 But she only shook her head.
 ''Stop that!' said I. "It's annoying. I'm not used to it, and it argues a poor vocabulary. Marjorie, is there another man?"
 ''All of them.'' r,.. "Bosh! Nowhere so much as in love is there safety in numbers. And it can't be because I'm poor, since your father is rich enough for seven"
 Its not that" said Marjorie.
 "Then--oh, but this is impossible! It. 1t cant be that you're not in love with me!'
 Marjorie's little hands gripped the porch rail Bending toward her so that her hair brushed my cheek caught her scented whisper: .-.
 "Tom," (she said 'Tom'D "are you never really truly serious?"
 Marjorie, when you use that tone I am, really, truly anything you happen to want. I cant help myself, and it's not fair, because you know l can never hold out when you talk that way!'' She looked up at me. Tt doesn't much r,,ttar Top, urhathar h Ioyn xr;th ro,, or not the point is that m not certain of you"
 Prove mel" said I.
 She gave me swiftly her little hand, firm, throbbing, warm. T will prove you," she said
 I cast one pitful glance over my shoulder as if to bid farewell to my last bridge burn ing in the rear and then valiantly mur- mured, "Try!" =
 ''Tom,' she questioned lis there any chivalry left in this cynical world of ours?" LyEN in the moonlight I could see the G storm signals. "Yes." said, there is plenty of chivalry left; of course there is.
 She smiled 'I'm glad of that because at heart I've never yet got over my school girl dreams. I've always wanted my ideal. I've always wanted the man loved to be a knight. I've always wanted him to wear my colors next his heart and then at my bidding to ride away for me on quest" I'm very fond of travelling, Marjorie. 'On a quest to the worlds end, braving everything, courting every danger for my sake.'
 Marjorie, said I, "where do you want me to go?'
 The wing of embarrassment just brushed her brows II told you" she said, that I had-that other men had kissed--"
 ''Oh. pifHe!' said I,
 "Yes," she persisted, "but there was one whom I rather liked. IT wrote him letter or two i've were engaged) and wouldn't feel that the slate was clean un- less had those letters"
 Nothing simpler" I asserted, Write and ask for them. The mans gentleman, of course?',
 'Of course"
 Well, then, what in thunder would he want
 But, Tom, and she looked at me with one of those thrillers again-''it's not what he would want. It's that l want you to prove yourself"
 You mean.' I gasped, "that you want me to go and take those letters from him?"
 Ut won't be necessary to take them, Tom. You'll only have to ask."
 Suffering cats, MarjoTie tThat's rather a large order. isn't itE'
 Its my order. You see, it's probably all because of my weak, perverted pride. but cant overcome that. l was just a school grl-nobody ever knew anything about it- and-and I didn't break the engagement"
 "What?"
 No, He broke it"
 And then all of sudden she just swayed into my arms, Oh, well, it was weak. perverted pride. of course. In the sun light the idea of my going to a man and saving that 1 was now myself engaged to