The Washington times., 1928-11-24

practically threatens to shoot me
If / ever look at you"
But there was an elevation OF
the spirit about Marian that re-
fused to recognize any such mem
ace.
That doesn't matter really at
ALL" she declared.
Maybe-but / don't want him
taking q shot at me all the same.
81 mean it doesn't matter what
he thinks. Nobody-not even my
own father or motI1er-E1as the
right to spoil my life. I'd marry
you, Eddie il they never spoke
to me again. 4
Suddenly, like d slow descend
ing weight, as heavy as the uni
verse itself, he realized the awe
some responsibility that rested
upon his shoulders. Love was
vastly more than a thing of kisses
lit meant the taking charge Of
her whole Hart, her whole life.
To realize that Marian Thorn
dixie was able, so cOurageously,
to cut herself off from every
thing she had always known and
risk her very existence upon the
strength of his heart gave Eddie
Regain q soberness that filled
him with a grave delight
As long as / have strength
to lift hand" he said solemnly.
III give my life to make you
happy. /"
I'm happy now. Dear"
The thought returned to him
that once she had reasoned that
no relationship between them was
possible, because he was not max
ing of himself the kind of man
who could command her admira-
ton. Then, it had seemed. she
expected him to be an outstand.
ing figure in the world of men.
do you remember when you
/ worried about my lack of ambi-
Ntion?" he asked. When you
told me that / was doing moth.
ing but manual labor and that
you expected great things of
me?"
II remember" she said, and he
thought he detected first trace
of unhappiness in her voice.
Well, I've not changed much
since them" he said. II wish
could make something big and .
wonderful out of myself, but
don't know whether I've got the
stuff in me for any kind of big
league success. The way / look
at it, Marian, is that I'm just an
ordinary guy - but love you
about a million times more than
any Henry Ford could Loving
you like do is, maybe, going to
be my biggest accomplishment.
DO you think you could be happy
with me-if l never amount to
much?"
IN be happy?" she said with
determination.
II don't think Nature intended
every man to build himself up
into a leader" Eddie explained,
with hating philosophy. Some
body has got to do the work or
the world--the little things. But
I've got another idea. too-it just
came to me right now. Look
maybe my job is to help some
body else do the big things.
Maybe I'm intended to be the
father OF children that will get
out in the world and do wonder
full things. How do we know
what any child Is going to accom-
plish? Suppose boy does some
lCetiiy DlS lulHS ana makes lot
of people healthier and happier
or richer. don't you think that
the parents that brought that kid
into the world and steered him
right deserved some credit? Maybe,
after all, they had the most i'm.
portant part to play"
That's true" Marian said hest.
tatingly.
It's got to be true-or what
consolation is there for the mil.
lions of people that never, them
selves, get to the top of the heap.
Maybe that's our job, Marian--to
help put somebody up toward the
heap. I'm just trying to be my.
self-and when / look at it that
way 1 feel like it's an honor to
get out and work with what
muscle and what brain I've got
to keep our civilization march.
ing on"
she looked at him, and there
was a new light of emtoion in
his eyes. a new ease of express
sion on his lips.
CHAPTER So
After ne had told Marian the
history of his affair with Bernice