Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10

at hNn in Indignation, but YOU cannot
/ be Indignant with a man who IL
| largely out of sight. So she sat IN
| the car and began To cry.
| She was still crying when Philip
! Brent got back in the car. And he
/ faced about in the seat, and quite re
! CARELESS of the wagon whose inter
/ ested occupants passed and looked on,
| he seized her by the arms and lightly
/ shook her.
/ you are an eXasperating creature
/ he stormed Heaven knows why l
/ love you, but l do
He shook her again, slightly gently,
and-there being no interested wagon
passing-he abruptly and violently
| kissed her.
can you ever love me?" he in
quired savagely.
You s-s-said didn't know what
love is, Emily Sibley flashed back.
And do you?'
I Yes
And can you love me?'
II can. if / want to- she said. and
then they both broke into somewhat
astonished Iaughter-and the curious
/ incoherent talk of two who suddenly
i find out something which they both
nave known for a very long time. And
/ swiftly. like a bright veil, there came
settling over them the delicate sense
Of long and tender familiarity-the
+ celestian accustomedness Of such an
hour
But you've abused me all day"
she charged him. You made me walk
/ OH a windy road-you made Inc so to
/ see the Fowlers-'' Ha'
/ Don't you know what | made YOU
/ go to see the Fowlers for?'' he in
auired. 'fNo?" You don't? Wen. be-
/ fore / tell YOU. you tell me what you're
going to do for Paul and Viola"
'I't
mot YOU They. They are the inn
portant ones. you know. Our life is
partly over. after all. Theirs is ali
to come. Don't you know that that
young scientist is in a fair way TO be
one of the big research men of the
country? But even if that wasn't So
even if he was just a schoolmsster.
! I'd say just the same-sno. You say
/ it. What are YOU going to do for them
and what are YOU going to do for me2"
"Oh-you"' she said.
I've always loved you and wanted
to take care of YOU" he cried. only
YOU fought me off-just the way you
/ fight everybody. Have you any idea
how-how disagreeable you've been
/ TO Viola, to Paul, to me-to Martha
I I4GI L wanted
/ you to go 10 see the Fowlers. be
/ cause in a way. you've been Just AS
unfriendly to all of us who love you
i as they are to one another. Oh. YOU
have. And I've tried hard enough not
/ to love you-only the real you showed
/ through sometimes. and it's so ador-
| able He stopped with a groan.
II didn't want to love YOU" he said
shortly. isn't this the darndest WOO
/ ing anybody ever had?"
x -
/ SHE looked at him with a great
surprise in her face. II believe"
she said, I've always loved you. I
believe that's what's been the matter
with me-"
! His eyes had all the tenderness
/ which his words had not held.
! IT'S bigger than that" he said. lin
spite of all the psychoanaIvst stuff
/ it's bigger than that. 1t wasn't lust
lack or my love. or some other mans
4 love. 1t was lack of lOve-of the love
spirit toward the human critter. Now
/ why don't you say as lover I'm the
/ limit 80
You are, " said Emily Sibley. But
| wouldn't change your mind.''
| They drove home in the warm noon.
Pauls roadster was parked at the
curb, and in it sat Paul and Viola.
Il knew that chap would bring her
back. said Philip Brent. He's worth
her-Emily
He knew why he loved her, when
he saw how she carried it off. She
went up TO the roadster gayly, as If
those two had but Just occurred to
her
Come in for lunch. both of your
she said casually.
Aunt Emily cried Viola.
May I?' said Paul breathlessly.
Do said their aunt. "Marthau
just about have it ready"
And look here" said Philip softly.
as they went up the steps. you'll
let Martha have her meter man. won't
yoG?'
oh" Emily told him lightly. II
arrunGed for that Just before / left
the house "
She went into the cool han. and ne
followed her and cried.
BY the way what's become of your
deadly illness"
She looked startled.
1T wasn't all cured by YOU" snc
defended. Il began to feel better the
minute | made up with Martha
DO you think he asked her. that
you could be ready TO go to Europe
with me in a week.
Europe" she cried.
'Vallombrosa--or Etruria?"
Oh she tried to say. II could
cam will
Martha was in the hall, sounding
the Chinese gong for lunch. Viola and
Paul were laughing on the threshold.