The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
,eo,,e IN the world are tho ones who


have been hungry and the ones ~ho
haven't ! don't mean dieting
mean against their VIII"
Thnt brought her gaze round 10 h'fn'
n look of clear wonder In her eyes
Have your she asked.
II launched him. that wondering
look. into vein of biography when
would have afforded Jennie Macarthur
grin. You'd have to be wonderfui
to her all the time, and mysterious
Jennie had remarked, constructing
that hypothetical wife for him.
II was the story of lshmael. the son
of Hagnr, that he told her-"his hanh
agalns, every man and every man
hand against him" He'd found ms
real Jungle. he said. in the streets and
alleys. the lumbercamps and the foun-
dry-yards Of civilized society. lie q
never belonged to any union. any Or
ganizatlon Of any sort. He'd got most
of his Jobs. back in those years-the
troubled. panicky, early nineties-
working ms a strike-breaker. he
showed her what II meant TO lead pig
iron all day. n day being an eternity
of ten hours and then. before ne
could regain what shelter he called
home, TO have to evade. or Outright. the
pIckets-to slink along in the shadows
alert for nmbusCades, ready nj any mo-
mcnt to hght or flee for his life.
She said very little while the tale
went on. but that extra, jungle sense
of his told him that she was com
plcrcly plastic TO II. She didn't look
at him muCh-sat staring on into VA
canCy: and this permitted his gaze TO
feed upon her nj will. lie devoured
every line and contour Of her. He
could see the faint pulse at the base
of her throat he watched her breathe.
1t was thus. at last. that lie lost the
thread of his story and stopped.
She allowed this silence to lie un-
broken between them for so long that
he was upon the point OF some banal
apology for having talked SO much
about himself. when AT last she spoke.
well, bet you're glad II all hap
pened. because II never beat you down.
You never got meek and resigned, and
you never turned socialist, wanting "a
divide everything mp. or anything silly
like. that. ! suppose you didn't want
1t divided up; you wanted 1t all for
yourself So you went or to the
jungle. and made your fortune some.
how, and then you came back and
showed them"
He didn't correct this chronological
misconception of hers; the picture ms
she saw It accorded better with her
mood. at wasn't much OF fortune
made down there" he qualified
Twenty seven hundred dollars that
got for some curlos brought out with
me in bag and sold To museum
She frustrated little touch OF
drama he'd prepared. by not asking
him what the curios were. She go,
reluctantly to her feet. You'll have
to tell me about that next time" she
said. 81 know II would be like The
Arabian Nights and II let you get
started again, I'll sit here listening all
Day I've got to drive over TO the
Stannards' at Lake Geneva for lunch
with John. and ! expect I'm horribly
late now Oh. that doesn't matter"
she went on, across his attempt to er.
press contririon. He probably won't
speak to me all the way. but that'll
only give me more time to think about
the things you've been telling me-"
They were walking now, she setting
Irnt
toward the house.
What cant get over" she re-
marked. as the places you must have
heen. the things you must have seen
I've never been in any place more ex.
citing than ST. MoritZ Or Paris"
well. you've got It on me-" he snId
i've never been to any of those
places"
She stopped to stare at him. lyon
mean you've never been TO Europe n,
allT' she asked.
lie shook his head "Neyer had
time. I'll get around to 1t some dav
of course"
She laughed. 81 was Just thinking
she explained. that I'd like to be tber,
"heh you do. Like to 70 along and
snow 1t to you; see how it-took Won
oh. the galleries and the cathedral.
ana such. OF course; but other things
100: Longchamps and Henley, and tbe
Faster week bull-hshts in Madrid"
Ihafs what Sorolla said" he TOLD
her. WV
She stopped again to stare. $50
rolla?'
lie nodded. Just what you said
.''at net IKE to see how | took il, the
ou''-rins and the Prado and ALL"