Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17
Love Like Gold Water


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Ter first nid?"
This her mother had ignored. ut
| Gems as If he must have noticed
YOU"
And 10 see me is to love me. That
| mad been SO we'll proved this sum-
| mer"
Il suppose the proprietor might
! introduce YOU
Helen. my dear. am beginning to
\ tear that your methods are crude. a
| millionaire in need is a millionaire
| = iced. But l suggest you leave him
! me-"
| What do you plan to do?"
You are going to buy me a car,
she informed her mother airlly.
Eve, are you crazy
"No-just deep. | don't mean a
Rolls Royce. but the cheapest old
! second-han car we can find-some-
| thing that will require frequent atten-
| ton. When we find it l suggest you
leave the rest to me-
They had found it. 1t had required
immediate and frequent attention.
! Bill had given it this. Eve had as
| sisted him, which was how her riding
| breeches had become disreputable and
why this afternoon there was a
! smudge on her nose.
Bill had always been Girl-shy. In
the first place. it was his honest opin-
| ion that whatever attra action he might
have was outweighed by his money.
He did not believe a girl could see
him straight. And he suspected that
the girl who would marry him for his
money would start right off putting
him through the hoops, training him
to do the things he hated.
The things he hated were afternoon
teas, formal dinners and evening
clothes.
And, of course, she would hate the
| things he liked-indulging his passion
for mechanics the way he was now.
Eve had upset all these theories.
He had been slipping fast even before
she had acquired the smudge on her
nose. To others that might have
| seemed a flaw. To him it was the
final touch Of perfection.
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THE only reason he did not kiss it
l. was because he believed that she
would be surprised and hurt and an
cry and everything else a girl who
was so simple. so direct and so abso-
Iutely without conscious coquetry
would be. should be-BIll Smith to
her-so behave himself
Nevertheless, he had no intention
of revealing himself other than Bill
Smith He was all mixed up men
tally-in love. in other words.
Ewes voice broke the silence.
Its an awful-lookinG car. isn't it?
But it's the best we can afford. It's
awful TO be poor"
Bill said nothing for minute. Then:
I'm going to run the car up the
road to try it"
I'm coming. too. said she.
promptly.
Once on the State road he swung
to one side to let a big, cleaning
limousine speed haughtilY by.
II wonder" Eve murmured, "if I'll
ever have q real car-like that
Cant you see anything in life but
money-and limousines?" he pro-
| tested.
Ewes eyes met his. In spite of her
| self she felt a sudden thrill. She had
always approved his eyes. They were
| usually ardent and boyish, with a hint
of humor in them. But there was no
humor In them now-only despera-
| ton.
| This was what she had worked for
| The thrill she experienced as he
| stopped the coupe abruptly and with
no regard for tires or brakebands
should have been pure triumph. but it
was tinctured with something else.
Eve had been Kissed before. But
not as Bill kissed her then. Bill did
not draw her toward him slowly,
savoring her sweet surrender.
He simply grabbed her and kissed
| her-clumSily and boyishly.
But for a. moment he might have
| been just Bill Smith for all Eve cared
They We're married Just after one,
! in a little New Hampshire village by
justice of the peace.
! You said" Bill teased her. that
| you were going to marry for money"
This was after they were married,
| still travelling northward.
| Eve had the grace to blush. He
| loved her for that.
| They went on from Burlington in a
roadster with Misunderstanding