The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-27
By EIencre Meherin
The Biggest and Best Story Of
80. Her Career.
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MdrOoyet Meodo.Ds Dsorrted win
Lee at sevemteeM. ais dissoIute
kG5lts made her ipsiseroble, but +slte
endured him for three pears Tia
night he raised his AGnd to his tioo-
venr-old .cltId .lstaG dsainkeA.rG6 abe
slipped from his Homo tDitk her 5dby.
MGy0Gret supported her daughter
6VtteGcK1s5 tiSchool,ln F6srdGle, tONere
5be net AhdreU, she sp6se ttOeHtH-
siT and he iDos tioenty-Msne. Amdfeto
pas aoell-to-do and popular, but had
"a s'S50lid t6ile, Vict!nh Of NerUes
and bad disposition.
he. 1ras attracted to Margaret.
Their. friendship gGs pIutortc GRd
their nteettngs tMfrequent until their
iOve iSatSts1 iMpoR: being recognised.
I'd. Nora and MGrsGret' tDent to 0"tfssy
mountain totDn, tohere tCtnters tceke
fri0htfWI and sttnvnterS pGistfNl. An
dreaD 1Dxote regularly Gs the -sedeosts
p1sse6 '0sads them came a time anhsa
he ceased to tcrite. VII,
Margaret faded quickly. NOrq
lee found her lying In the s,top one
day almost dead and tnfote to An.
dfetD to como. Andrew had been
gerry ell. That teGs t0ny he had not
Gcritten. He come quickly. Mar
0Gret rec1Vered. In her treGkneSs
she. consented to Ahdretc prpvidimG
FIR, her GMd her daughter. They
lived for some years in q plers1ns
cottage, tchere NofH 0retD to young
Sconsdnhood. Amdreir trGs a frequent
visitor. ~; = Z. - ~
Then Mcr0dret and Moro ntoued
to "a OiIl00e some distdnoe GDdy.
ANdYeto yiMdtlV found them. Mar
Cdret' refused to- permit him to
leGVe his i0tEe. She he'd accepted a
school in the mountains, and re-
lWctWmtly ne sdto them to the train.
:: s-sr 80 y ------a-A'- = w.
TIE asked. almost with pain:
A"Are you cold, Nora Lee?''
'Ne-I,m happy" ~ RI. :.
They sat down on the ground:
He said: Lean against me. I
want to know something. Nora
Lee. What did you mean when
you asked. If anyone could. afford
to:, be just themselves and keep
TO. their own ideas. What ideas
do you mean?" 49,,
Her breath caught. for she
had been thinking of that after
noon at Comics and they had
exchanged their thoughts ON
love. She glanced at his bronzed
young face with its aqliiine nose
and strong jaw. the laughing,
tender eyes that. were very.
troubled and sober now. He
seemed almost afraid to touch
herr .l;c., IFSs =. e@rQ
But he repeated: what ; ideas
did you mean?"
s"I was thinking Of right and
wrong" -
"Is that all?"
''And Of beauty and love-" she
blushed, but went pm valiantly.
81 think love should, be beauti.
full" Then she laughed: And it
should be taken all in one large
installraent and 1t shouldn't be
scattered here and there. Oh, I
think it is a terrible thing to
pretend about anything SO holy.
That's why I said boys are bluff
fers-so are girls. Oh, you don't
know how hate all that make
believe" =
''You. mean petting, don't you?
Don't you do .it?'" I.
!. .'Oh, Dane! No, I don't. Do
you?" r.
He was silent. Presently he
said heavily: "weTl, / never looked
at things quite in this way. Yes.
/ have. of course"
Then you don't believe in one
great love. and all your life rises
up and goes. out just to one per-
Son- forever? That would be the
real glory She looked UP at
him, almost in tears: ooh, Dane,
I had the queerest, notion that
you thought this way; that you
were different from the Others
"A, cola wall of guilt seemed to
rise and push them apart. He said