The Washington times., 1934-05-07

7 IVA SNA4AN4 "SsSSSSAA S~S @~~O'
! Isn't there even a little
chance?"
She said listless: IT don't
want to get married, Gregg"
"You mean you don't want
to marry ME? Oh well, it's all
right"
He took her hand and drew
It under his arm. They walked
up Montgomery to Alta where
the land drops away in stark,
black precipice plunging some
$50 feet to the street below.
The houses perch crazily on
the edge of the cliff but it is
an inspiring and commanding
sight. It jutS out like a shelf
midway between the poetic
crown and the commonplace
foot of the great hill. Two hun
dred feet above it the wistful
eucalyptus trees sway dreamily
in the starlight. Two hundred
feet below it, the dingy beltline
railroad makes a dark, lumber.
ing clangor through the night.
They walked along the mar
row trail skirting the cliff at
the end of Alta Street. To the
south, the mighty towers of the
business district chopped the
sky to bright blue patches.
Eastward the vast waters of the
bay shimmered with a strange,
black radiance. 1t was so quiet
that the twinkling of the many
stars and the sparkling of the
lights along the Alameda shore
made a kind of music, a rhyth-
mic murmur through the dark.
\ Gregg Resolves
Gregg put his hand on the
yellow boards of the old fire
trap against which they were
leaning. It was the last build
ing hanging on the very edge
of the great rocky hillside.
This is a beautiful Site"
said Gregg, his arm about Pip
pins waist. "A person ought
to get up a few dollars and
buy some of these lots"
They're terribly expensive,
Gregg, and you can't rout these
people out. They've been here
since long before the earth
quake and they came back even
though the fire wiped out their
homes"
Gregg went on absently:
"You could wait your time end
make a bargain. This is the
best location in the whole of
San Francisco. It's a shame to
have it disfigured with all
these hideous little dumps.
They never get the fog up here.
It's the best night view in the
city. I love to see the lighted
ferry-boats streaming back and
forth leaving silver lines across
the waters, and those old grey
piers winking like ghosts. We
could have a swell studio here,
Pippin."
, He looked down with a quick:
"1'm not going to worry you"
He put his arm around her.
They sat a long while silent,
watching the lights dance to
the edge of the water.
II think I'm going to leave
tomorrow, Pippin."
"Oh no, Gregg"
II don't want to hang around
any longer. I inquired today.
I can get passage. Why are
you so quiet, Pippin?"
Il don't want to lose you.
It's rather awful that two
people who love have to give
each other up just because
they don't want to marry"
He smiled, but she could see
his blue eyes grim. II shouldn't
have loved you, Pippin. The
error is mine. didn't intend
to. It was very bad form. In
what way do you love me?"
VERY much"
"As a brother, huh? AS you
love Jon and Dadee?"
That's a great deal. Per
haps it's a better way to love-"
For Jon and Dadee!"
Pippin took a deep, stifled
breath.
TITS not your fault, Pippin.
Let's sit here and watch the
view. The hills are all melted
together in a great, black
shadow against the sky. Pip
pin, did you ever feel you'd like
the world to end on any par
ticular moment? For instance,
that time would cease and you
and another remain always to-
gether in a certain mood?"