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wry smile. ssJust a great lover
and that's ali, = he added with rude
hunor.
I'm not trying to hurt you,
she explained, but couldn't love
man unless he made me look up
to him: he would have to stand for
something definitely He would at
least have to be ambitious.
.fWelI, I've got ambition, Eddie
declared. Maybe / am not
capable Of doing big things-but
I'd like to.
TO answer him meant to wither
him, but Marian, now, did not
spare the lash.
What ambition have your
What big things do you hope to
do? You needn't answer mel
know the AonIy ambition You have
is to possess yourself OF a girl you
happen to want. The only thing
you bring to love is just the mat
ing instinct and even the animals
have that. Before I could love q
man he would have to have all
that and give evidence OF some
thing more. something finer, don't
you see. Eddie rs all so terribly
important for Us to 80 orlg'
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
II don't know what can say
to convince you Of anything,
Eddie told her. I am ambitious
] work harder than any man n
this county"
What kind OF work."
He had to confess that his
labors were chiefly concerned
with cutting cord wood.
You're doing the same thing
any uneducated colored man could
do any probably do it better" she
told him. You could chop trees
the rest nf your life and still
never raise yourself above the
level OF common laborerdon't
you see that, Eddie?"
What do yon think / ought to
Nobody has the right TO ten You
what You should do. The world is
filled up with a thousand tasks
waiting to be calling for a
mans best effort. How can 7 adj
wise YOU You work with your
body, your muscle, and totally neg
leet to develop or use your mind.
No, could never look up to you,
Eddie, with honest respect II you
didn't rank yourself higher than
that. I'd always be comparing
you with other men and apologiz-
ing for you to myself. You
wouldn't want that, would you?''
What she said seemed to be true;
vet In his heart he knew that she
was somewhere in error. He knew
also that he was unable to answer
her. All things on earth might
be subject to legic and opinions
but not love. Love must be the
supreme force in life-single- hand
ed 1t was stronger than all possible
arguments that beat upon it. But
ne could not command the poetry
TO give the ring of truth to his
DO you understand what I
mean?' she asked him, with I'M
happy blindness.
He nodded II get YOU"
Ihen you must see we can't so
on this way ----s'
Marian thought il was the end
but he knew that it was not. Al
though he rose to leave, the vital
urge for her in his breast told him
there would be no extinguishing of
the flame so long as he lived.
Love was endless, as eternal as
the air they breathed all around
them.
But this doesn't mean we can't
be friends" She spoke in a low
voice and with elaboration. fWe've
both got to be sane enough to
save ourselves from future heart
aches"
She was pale and unhappy, but
he sensed a courageous decision
in her. What She didn't under
stand was that he coud wait eter-
.nally. Again the consuming de-
sire to draw her into his arms
almost overpowered him. Their
hands touched with firm clasp at
parting and, subconsciously. he
exerted a pressure that would
have pulled her close to him had
she not resisted. She smiled .
little and shook her head.
ITO BE Continued Monday.l