The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-10
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life. But thero wasn't anything
behind it"
The Doc shook his head. II
doesn't fit in with my picture OF
you he told her. So he'd been
carrying a picture Of her. in his
mind. had he. I don't believe she
that but you bet / did.
She said:
It's simple. At that age and in
the set I ran with. you think
on. well. what the hen, Why not
give it a try? II doesn't have TO
last. And it won't change any,
thing But il did. Il changed me.
And ! don't like the change"
Hmm" Doc said. You can't
alter the structure of life with
out changing the texture"
Anyway" she said. Il got
bored. I got so bored that it was
a case of quit or the river"
AT least the venture should
have been profitable" he said.
Kent had a great deal of money,
hadn't he >"
She looked at him thoughtfully.
No. it wasn't even profitable"
Pardon" he said. Il assumed
that money was the considera-
ton"
so it was. just another smart
a little too smart. |
took his money for being his wife.
When / stopped being his wife, I
couldn't very well take his money
any longer"
Alta sport" I said. Then
you're not married to him any
longer ?"
Il wish I knew. He used to
write me three or four times
week, drunk or sober. trying to
get me back. Then. for a change,
he'd talk Reno. l hope he went.
Now he's threatening to come
down here, but I don't suppose he
will. He never does anything he
says he's going to do"
ut seems to have been losing
venture all around for you Doc
said. Unless you count expert
ence as gain"
The girl looked past him into
Not even that. in
way" she said. but more as if she
was talking to herself. The whole
thing was a flop" l knew what
she meant, but I don't think he
got it.
Let men tremble to win the
hand of woman, unless they win
with it the utmost passion of her
heart" he quoted. I made a note
Of that one. Good snappy quota
tons are a speciality of mine.
That sounds pretty outmoded,
doesn't it," he said. Yet there
may be something in it, even to-
day"
She came back at him with an
other. Lucius, romantic love is
on the rocks That's the 1910
version"
Did you come down here to run
away from him ?" I asked.
From everything
ITO see life steadily and see it
whole ?" That was Doc.
That's the bunk" I said. How
can you see life whole, unless
you've got eyes all over you like
a fly? And who wants to. any,
way? It's hard enough to take in
small portions"
Things are so muddled," Juddy
said. All / wanted was to be
happy" She said it Just as though
il was the most reasonable wish
in the world.
rs that all ," I said. Page your
idl kbuHlDliitfs Dl0 you ever
happen to notice, pal, that the sun
very seldom shines on both sides
Of you at once? If your front side
is warm. your backside is cold.
That's what's known as the law
Of compensation"
We'll, I've got all over expect
ing too much" she said.
Don't let yourself" Doc said
to her, kind of quick and anxious.
When you give up expecting too
much, you give up your youth"
She studied him for a bit and
there was a sort of smiling sur
prise in her look. You haven't
given it up?" she said, half ques-
-ioning. Il keep forgetting that
you were the same time as Hendy."
IT'S my stuffy. PROFESSIONAL
manner that makes me seem so
Did" he said. Nom is trying to
cure me of that"
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