The Washington times., 1928-11-17

and sinister. come to embrace him
lii horrid lecherous arms.
with difficulty he shook the
morbid vision out Of his mind and
looked again At her, trying to
reconcile her presence with these
surroundings.
Even In the midst Of his disas-
ter, q native streak Of understand.
ing tolerance came over him. Ac-
cording TO her lights, Bernice had
intended him no harm. Indeed
there was. by nature Of her very
recklessness, kind OF single.
hearted purity in her passion. She
had come To give. not to take: to
build, not to destroy.
Y0u'1 have to 60, Bernice," he
told her, commanding himself to
patience. I'm living here alone.
You cant stay In this house with
me-
'sWhy not? she inquired. I'VE
are away out here million miles
from any place
1T all seemed SO elemental to
her that Eddie, in moment Of
despair, wondered IL II would be
humanity possible for her to I'M
derstand-eyen faintIy-tlle dis
elimination. the rigid proprieties.
OF conventional society. the like
Of which Bernice Veressi in her
crowded life had never known.
She was b child Of the pavement,
an exotic flower OF the asphalt. ,
She had come from the crawling
fr0 xMy1an
and chastity myth; vet there was
nothing prOmiscuous about her
she was a creature of violent pre-
ferments and, in sense that
really few could understand, she
was, according to her own code,
undefiled In her warm beauty.
He hesitated. touched by her
humility, and reluctant to wound
her pride: still, sharp, clean
thrust was the way OF mercy.
You can't stay here. Eddie
said, grimly, because I don't
want you. / don't care for you
the way / used to think did,"
She was less sensitive than he
had, imagined.
You're not telling me a thing.
Eddie" she returned. "The minute
you came in the room / knew I
wasn't handing you any Of the
old kick. There used to be sparks
IN the air when we came together
and therein be sparks again.
Everything win come back to lis
its got tor
He tried to explain: .We
couldn't get away with that stuff.
even Ii we wanted to fin q place
like this. These people down
here are different from the ways
OF the old mob back home. If
anybody would try to pull off
something-man or woman alike
they'd be disgraced. It's COM
munity that won't stand for any
foolishness. everybody knows
] everybody else and it's impossible,
absolutely impossible. to get away
with anything. If you were to
stay in this house we'd both prob
ably be arrested by the sheriff"
She leaned forward, her lips
parted.
Do you mean to say you'd let
these hicks run your life?"
They're not hicks, Bernice, /
they're regular people-they get
married, they go to church. I
IKE them a million times better
than the wise mob in New York
-7and I'm getting to be one Of
them. I inherited this property
and it's always belonged to the
finest people in the State. I
can't do it, Bernice-I've simply
got to live up to it"
You think I'd drag you down
lis that it?''
He was silent.
Mike Arno told me You I'M
herited some property" Bernice 1
said, slowly. "He told me you'd
turned farmer-but I can't be.
Ieve it. Just now you said
something about a girl; is there
some dame down there. Eddie?''
She might as well know the
truth.
Yes
What's she like-tell mefs
He shrugged.
We can leave her out Of the
argument"
You going to marry her?s
Maybe"
HAS shs given you the 1eA'
YETI"
mot yet"
CTO BE Continued Monday.l