The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27
60 rms IS LOVE
CHAPTER xv

CHATTER xv sAre you getting cold. sweetp" !. Anthony asked.
 "Oh, mol I could stay here for gveri"
 she slipped out of the swing and put her hands on his shoulders "Teil me, Anthony, doesn't thi' fYighten you a little? Everything; changed, now. The things you told me about wanting to be a merchant disc man, getting ahead do you know that some part of the drive you gave them will be lost?
 T mean, when you're in love when you want to spend every min- ute of your time with someone, you you don't give ambition all the strength and force you've got" Il was difficult to put into words thi: feeling growing inside her that she wouldn't be good for Anthony.
 Don't be foolish, darling. Lov- ing you will make me work 10 times harder" Yet, illogically, he hurried on. Lets not even talk about work now. Let's sit by the lake,"
 There was little slope Of hill side, above the lake where people rowed on sunny afternoons. With it's back against clump of bushes they found bench. "WeT surely slide off" she said.
 "I1l hold you tight"
 
 The water below was still and black, and the bushes at its edge made soft, rustling noises in the wind. Beatrice let Anthony draw hel head down to his shoulder. So they sat, content, until she murmured Funny, how we never thought oi anything like this when we were fighting, in the store. You didn't think anything special about me then. was just 8 new girl who wal stubborn and dumb wasn't IF"
 NO, you weren't. wondered right away, what girl with those eyes, and hair like yours. and that self-confident, lovely boise was do. ing in Budget Fashions. Bee, you simply don't belong there! You're like a flawless dia- nond on 8 dime store counter. His lips moved in her hair. "Die you think anything special wher 1 you first saw me?"
 T thought you were the most earnest youn man I'd ever seen, she admitted. T wondered how l you kept your face so straight l listening to all those ridiculous GUS. l toners. And I wondered"- she 1 laughed deliciously - T wondered if you were as snug and polite down inside"
 T usually swear in three Ian. guages, inside. Lucky I studied spanish. It's useful for swearing whats the other? French?" "Yes." They rocked with foolish Snerriment.
 Later" said Beatrice, T wonder. ed why you didn't simply puncf Miss Dane in the nose. And stil later, of course. I wondered how Huntington's could be so blind as te keep you down there. Now if they'c put you right in the front entrance all the women would flock in! Ant if they made you general superin' tendGnt ="
 "They ought to put you in the window, i'll that case. They't never find anything half so lovely to exhibit"
 'sBut I'm not for sale"
 He became suddenly sober. If yot were. I couldn't pay the price tag I've got my nerve, expecting you t care for me. Why, Bee, I'm just chump A penniless sucker. l have mt got 8 thing but two hands ane !, strong back and a lot of gall tt 1 even dare to want a girl like you"
 He stared off into the darkness "A girl like you shouldn't b. 1 working in the store. You don { belong there. You were made fo ] lovely clothes and furs and jewell and a life like dream. You wer' madeftoz be cherished and spoiled , with laxury-"
 ! Beatrice put her fingertipi l quickly against his mouth. Don't. She'd had all those things all he life, and they hadn't been enough Anthony caught her hands, kissed her palms. You're too good for me.
 "You don't know anything abou me"
 Guilt and a self-accusation tha was strange to her, who had neve blamed herself for anything, gnaw ed at her. She thought, wildly. tha maybe if she broke down right nov and told him the truth, he migh understand. He loved her. It would mt seem under-handed and sneak! now, on this bench, with the swee spell of tenderness still arount them.
 But the moment passed. Sh' couldn't tell him. It would spoi everything. If, indeed, he believed her at all. She shivered.
 You are cold!" he accused. s'Take my coat"
 He bundled it around her master fully. Sure you're warm enougl now? Maybe I should take yo' home"
 "No. Not yet. I--l don't want thi night ever to end"
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