San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-05


Dane. She laughed softly and pressed
her hands together.
They drove out through the Sun
set and past the Swallowed lake that
leads to the Relief Home. They
wanted to see the old, familiar trees
the curving streets, TO stand on thu
bluff and perhaps far ont detect thu
sharp peaks of the Farallones.
DO you miss your old home, Nora
Lee?-
mo. don't think about II.
don't want to- She leaned against
him. Westward the waters were
drenched in midnight hues, but an i'm
mense crimson moon swept like a fire
over the trees. 1t dropped broker
pillars of light on the incoming waves.
She was thinking of her mother
of that night her mother had looked
so beautiful weeping ON the stairs
She thought: "Mother-I know
know what it was" Knew what il
was to feel her heart breaking as
much with joy as pain.
She wiped her eyes.
But you didn't answer, Nora Lee.
Do you love me first?"
THE ONLY ONE"
She drew his head down to hers
and cried against his shoulder.
You're the only one. Dane - the
only. only one"
They saw each other every day.
Her spirits dubbed. That first week
when she heard his ring at the bell,
her heart flew crafty to her throat.
She laughed at absurd and meaning
less things.
He had way of walking about
the room touching pictures, books,
drapes, saying: Pretty darn pros
porous :"
Once he turned about quizzicalIy :
L suppose rents are cheap here, but
this is a stunning place, isn't it,"
Yes" and with impulsive hon
esty. Richard owns it and he gives
US good terms"
"Oh! How much?-
Fifty dollars.p
is that very cheap"
"Well-considering what we GET
He seemed puzzled. but unsus-
picious. He didn't doubt her as Max
had done, but he wondered il she
really cared most for him. At a din
ner the night before Max was pres
ent-a handsome, polished fellow-in
love with Nora Lee.
Could Nora Lee, brilliant, sought
after. mean it when she said he count
ed most? And what had he to offer:
He was a little panic-stricken at
the thought of his destination-a lit
tie aghast at a Nora Lees luxurious
clothes, her automobile and this de-
hghtful home she had made for her
self.
He broke off a frail stem from the
lilies OF the valley and stuck it in his
buttonhole; Does all the grandeur
mean much TO you, Nora Lee:"
"Oh, l like beauty and handsome
ness
Where did you get the flovers?"
Richard sends them"
MAX PLUS RICHARD.
Does he. too, want TO marry you:"
What do you mean, too?"
Max plus. Richard. Does he:-
I'll ask him when he calls again.
I've rather wondered about it myself.
"Oh, have you? / suppose he could
give you about everything on earth.
She walked up TO him and linked
her arm in his. She shook her head
up and down. ~Yes-dear, he could.
You forget I'm a young Hetty Green
myself don't have to regard men
from the financial viewpoint"
-Oh, yes you do. Nora Lee! Please
how much do you earn-how much
have you each month";"
About 1925"
How much do you saves
She grinned wilfully: MY beauty
and my love-both for you. What
do you suppose it costs 10 keep a
beautiful. capricious lady in this day
and age;"
You don't exactly need the auto
Its my only extravaganza
What about that fur coat:"
a necessity. The weather has
in this state. ] had TO keep
myself alive for you"
lie put his hand over hers and
whistled softly: What will you do
for necessities and extravagances if
you marry me-"
She sighed: You're young, Dane.
l have a feeling you're TO be rich. -
Are you going TO make us wait
until / ann" He became stern and
glanced modify over her head and
out Of the window. But she glanced
steadfastly' upward. smiling.
We'll. answer that, Nora Lee. I'll
have a job next week. Are we going
TO get married? Lord, you're not
going 10 stick us for CHASTITY long
cnga gement. are you?"
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