The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-01
TO LOVE! TO LIVE!
 8
By R. K. WILKINSON
c. Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.
TyER since she could remem. f Der, Edna May had loved A Henry Annletnn.

admiration, sort of worship.
 For Henry was truly a hero to be worshiped.
 Even in grammar school he was an outstanding figure in boyish sports.
 And later in high school when he began to feel his maturity he was elected captain of the football team and was prominent in all so- cial activities.
 A tall. handsome figure, decided ly masculine, yet finding time to bask In the warmth of the worship Edna May and other girls bestowed upon him.
 Afterward, Edna May entered Smith and Henry went to Harvard.
 She could only see him occasion ally then.
 But the newspapers played him up big. predicted he would be the coming gridlron star.
 And through 1t all Edna Mays re. gard wavered not at all.
 The girlish feeling of admiration ripened and grew into what must be love.
 No other word could explain the thrill she felt when Henry asked her to a sophomore hop.
 Edna May remembered that hop vivldly.
 She went over big, and this seemed to please Henry lot.
 Like all college men he had been afraid of being stuck with flat tire on his hands. She'd only danced with him twice during the evening.
 And after It was over four couples of them went home together In the same automobile, and Henry had left her at the door of the dormi- tory where she was staying with hurried goodnight and the merest trace of a hand squeeze.
 But he must like her, she told herself.
 He must, or he wouldn't have asked her to big event like the sophomore hop, with dozens of oth- CT girls willing and eager to go.
 On three other occasions during the four years of college she had gone to Cambridge and attended Harvard functions with Henry.
 And during her junior year he had been her guest at the prom.
 But their relations had never got beyond the brother and sister stage.
 That was the trouble.
 Henry had always acted more like a brother to her. That sicken. ing big brother" stuff.
 Just because their families were friends and they had been brought up together in the same town. had attended the same public schools, played In the same sand pile.
 Henry probably thought, she re- flected bitterly. he had a duty to perform. That's why he took her around some-out of respect to the families.
 After college Henry came home and went to work in his fathers bank, and Edna May lived with her | folks and said shed like to stay | home for while rather than travel | In Europe for year at her mothers suggestion.
 But the real reason for 1t was be- cause she wanted to be near Henry. |
 Surer than ever she was now | that she loved him.
 That feeling that had grown and | ripened and turned from adoration to admiration and then to respect | couldn't be explained any other way.
 They saw each other frequently.
 They played tennis together and | swan and danced at the Country club But Henry's attitude re- mained the same-a sort of casual | indifference, a brotherly regard.
 If he saw that she had developed l from gawky girl into full and ap- l pealing maturity, the change failed | to interest him.
 He talked to her freely about oth- CT girls, called her attention to any | attractive females who appeared | from time to time at the club | dances, infuriated her by paying court to the young Mrs. Morgan, mona two weeks after their mar riage.
 It angered her to feel this way.
 She knew 1t was useless, hope less.
 And because of this knowledge she maintained a careless indiffer- ence toward him.
 It was only when she seemingly became interested in Bob Somer- vile that Henry's attitude changed.
 Keep away from him, kid" he advised.
 "Bob's good scout, but he's not for you. He has a trick of getting girls all haired up about him and then leaving 'em fiat.'
 Edna Mays head began to whirl. Was this why Henry had never paid any attention to her before? Was 1t because she had acted goofy | ohout hin, nayar o ppooro1 tntorost