Show r r Beggars CAN Choose ti o S Margaret et ety Weymouth y e mOil II M II r ti Jackson e Use 0 Us e o Copyright by Dobbs Bobba Co o U II 0 CHAPTER XIV 14 14 Will Willand and Ernestine Choose Will Ill w wis 1 nailing up a q wooden bo bon The shelves e and the lible l able le leere were Here empt empty Ankle deep on the floor wis IS a litter of papers Ernestine lIn I 1 lIe Ho stopped a him himmer mer In hand liand to tire shire at her What hat 11 lint are you vou doing doln she c e cc claimed and then with a little cr cry or of horror she he 0 stooped and picked up from the ru rubbish on the floor door a n torn picture Oh Oh 11 Will ill how v could t you ou ou tear It lII UP It was HIS good it Rood It It was ns ful Why hy did you sou destroy It With trem Kling hinds she slie tried to put the rag ragged ell pIeces together on the drafting desk d h lIe looked it qt her astonished Before Defore her racked rached the will as the sketch etch of herself with I lame on her at aim m III I m glad s you ou on didn t throw thIs a oil oh a-oh oh R I like e It so sol I But what hat hat are you doIng doings Are you iou ou mot mo movIng lag Ing What hat hint do you Sou ou mein I rne he said Mid Did you know shout this office s office v hen have e you sou been here or Of Of couise cOUlse I knew Ine site she slid Imra confused to find the need for fore explanations c now at this tills vital hour hourI I Ise e known n you hid Ind this since la last t spring I I new ne nelon lon ion long before that that you vou were fat foi something some ome sonic new nets work lou remember the you nude made thIs tills picture She ed od UI up the sketch of herself 1 Ion ou remember 7 Of course you do I 11 II I t ew e ethen then tha that t you ion OU were ere nor orl hug Lillian had told me she fhe saw caw sou J ou in this tills neigh neighborhood neighborhood L and I came hele bete the next t and looked at all nil your 3 our wort Oh III 1111 Mil don t look 1001 at nt me so 0 t I I 1 n t tIP IP In on youl you 1 I lou were ere so 0 and I tits wis IS very sery ery I I h hid ul td to know what hat you ou were ere doing But area aren t 3 sou ou going to work worl here anymore any more t He laughed strangely due duo ro rohe lie he said I decided to let It go I m closing this office and I II ne never neier er open mother I suppose since y you ou on knew ne I 1 W wis is ss workIng orl- orl orlin in lag here that i you on w were ere worn won the hut sits hut iou Sou OU t ute wor or III Tied Tied-I II stay slat sLa with Ith the job jOh I vc se e gh gisen en up m my wild lid ides Ideis R Well e II hi I 1 the In Income that come tint s whit counts Wn 11 2 R Ill III she he swiftly you on ondon don t think thinh there S lilY iny conflict he be hehnen en your your our dc desire lre ind mine urine do ho you That's whit Ive I've been licen sting si 1 Ing for til for tills this tine I 11 I new that you ou would Vint to quit the sits tad ind I Ie e fie e s sued H cd i t greet dell deg of yon mones-yon mone monc you on II 11 be astonished I had to It knots know It was as rI tight right ht foi lot me to knots It s wide mide It possible for us to build n a 1 ic And wit why h should I Worry about the sits Do you ou think I want ant you to stick to the cats ats if theses c s something bigger lugger something more compelling upon you on Why ill r f III 11 ill 11 Will ill ill I wint is b ju just t wint hit you yon want Suddenly sire she remembered her ClI and with a n is wail all Oh Oh w ill Pas PasI I 1 tano wants ants the money for t Loring Loring hi n Ibe I otin s in m ten ible trouble lie 11 Ii have hm hat e a to go to jail but Lut oh I Idon Idon don t want ant to gh gi e e them them the money for him Its It a s your our money Will don Will don t ghe it lIon don is don t let them tat tal talc e a It from ii lIE us lie He caught her wrist gad ind held It hard hald Ate Ale iou Sou ou out of or sour jour our senses censes lie be benil nil l c ed lI sternly ll V do s ou ou ors uio mo icy I 11 What lint hat money money mone hue hive you ou ti ln hl opened her lier pur purse e and took her he smell ill sings i deposit depo lt book boo from It She Rhe t I the thc book bool and put It In iii 1113 hand the total across tile the nario na rI 0 s page Ills L eyes es wore were ere wide Ide Incredulous Ile 1 Ins IllS hand across nCI o s his Ills face I 1 It s W she slid with Hh sud sudden den gentleness I I Ila Irate have e lobbed Sou ou of e er cent I could get from you and Ie I vc se lied ll 1 is gs as I could and Ive I've binl ed the for e fo 3 OU on Deep her she bend licud hell he'll d a bell She Slie remembered that they much to tell etch elch other She he l ild hand hund upon ullOn III Ills his arm and aDd E ald in the same f low luw Lone tune Look 1001 at nip nw 11 Will ill lie looked it his her her his brilli int nt es cs ed li on her Iler hi bl blown ms 0 n tic eyes c e III es-III cs loot 1001 ed ell at lit her deeply with astonish went and suddenly I was as filled u 11 tr we c power IO gad ind wisdom Is B 1 dour dom She pi cd out of self belr consciousness conscious consciousness nc ness s and was tins a controlled and aud by b deep instincts and ancient mothel S wisdom She Slie moved mOHd to W ill put her fice up UI to Lo Ills his und and kissed d his Ills lips Will WIH she said smiling up it qt him her lovely loch face fact Ith fe her tender mouth cun curved cursed cd In a smile or of sweetness 11 ill III I love lose ou lou 1 ou forget It You bait Ignore It- It you Itou It ou mike t love lose 10 e a 11 Ill of or a n t 1 seen It In the dees s of your r artist artists that mind mind 10 love lose e betrayed lyell und an trapped iou ou Int of or letting you ou otrie linen t Sou ou thought tint Ills His arm tumbled tl a little Linder he 1 J hand once lie uc said and anti his Ills face flushed onh onh onU once titi once Hie dal 1111 after I 1 bad made that picture Ho lc he to the picture she still hell hota In her free hand Tho The t w ric t day I knew that I could c not go CO on OD with my dreams I knew I would have hate ha e to quit It that liat day I felt so-It so so It seemed fiS as though though-If He lIe paused stumbled on with COUrt e It It just seemed to mea mea me mea a a woman oman Is so sweet and In one ones s arms co arms so o generous so generous so o lot 10 lovel el and then suddenly there are a house and a cir car and and nurse nure nursemaids maids and cooks and doctors doctors-a doctors a thou thousand thousand sand things just ju just t suddenly I t true e felt so-I so so 1 0 I fought It but It-but but It got me Im I m III telling you you-you you you a asked ed me Her IIer eyes e cs es were full of tetra I hill knew not Ill w not Ill Ill not just that way but Lut I lle I knew tints why hy I Ive Ise e been Len oa sat satIng savIng Ing and been that silent silent tint s wily wh I didn t task task nc ask you OM ou nn an ani que questions But Dut Ill I Ilose Ilove lose 0 vou sou ou It Its 8 s the biggest thing tiling In the to me It me ins to one me shat there thee whit pictures pictures wint this work orl to vou ou on I in III not an fin artist Im I m not es even eHn en but n artistic but I know what sour our work means to Son ion ou because e I Ilose Ilove 10 lose e you And when ashen lien vou sou shut me out out M It for me Just as It was fiS for forion i you OU when hen ou were ere shut oft off from froth your 3 our work or I want iou Sou ou to be Le happy She tits IS solemn colemn oun uplifted filled Ith the glor of or unselfishness her face n a blurred and ind lowly CI 10 picture seen through heft t wint does the money mony matter hy 11 hy by 11 ill ill-et oven en more than the yes children yes en-yes yes thou thought though h I ought aught not Sl ins more It-more It more titan than the children than m people thin myself lou louse loue e told me how ho yin ion ou felt ind I II tell you iou ou that I for Cor a little while for one Lark dark time timp I Iwas Iwas was as of your our work work-of work of your 3 our 10 lose e for It It But Hut not ans am more MilI Rill III IIII I want ant you iou OU to hive hise best for far Oil sou I want vou sou t tai to hse your our ork Thel e Isn t any ans conflict het between een your our desire and mine 11 ill Ill iii or sour our future e mine because e I tint wint what hat you youw w tnt lOt intHis Ills His race nce began to shine lIe He leached up tool het hei hind and held hellI it lie he whispered rell and stopped n as she slie for d her head hend against his Ills shoulder her hidden n so while she went scent on swiftly s 11 ill I knew ne you were ere tired of tile the cats 1111 III I spent only about a thIrd of what vou sou earned last lat cir nut But Sou ou wouldn t tell me ate you iou didn t want ant antto to t ilL to Lo me rite so I just went ent ahead foi fot the Hie time Lime when hen you jou would I f knew that Olat vou sou wouldn t vi tnt probably ably abl wouldn t tal tai c e the money mone III I II 11 have e from grandmother 1 ind rd 11 r from papa some div dl But Hut this tills Is ItS OUI-ItS Its sit Sl lugs lug's from front your 3 J our Rill ill III Its It's for Sour Jour l 1 ou on understood lie he slid hoarsely R III site she slid again and now her arm wis s his Ills bod hod body tIre the up between het his hie III tell you OU OUn i agun n IIII I I Io o 1 o no he said aid ti Ith quick passion pi sion you ou on can cant t let me we can t go hick b h ck ch Do i on ou know w shat hut hat It means A living his 11 Ing-I Ing in I thick n I could nail mil c that bat but It will be precarious precarious-Ise e been Into It all with Ith some borne thou thought ht It will ill be CIrs before I can an mil mile e a even enn half shat the cartoons bring me een If I get dirtied there good good there s not the money mone to be found found- found I Ive se e thought It all out I ve se e been up and down do nand and around tills this IH problem obi em Ive I've 1 e tiled to sire e some come Loo too But It non wont on t or It Its Its precarious p lt's too scanty scant I Ise c been it ill and made up ill my mInd Don t tempt me with it h your our sa sac ing In Ih wouldn t la last t us i 1 1 year sear If It we went ent hick to the cst e t side hick to the old house I 1 could do ms m mso 0 o u ii moil 01 I and aud the children and I could 11 live Ilse e on the trust fund until you ou ot started lou ou ou could keep this studio and you sou could go to phia and to and stud study would Would sou-Would vou OU would you sou do tint foi tae me I my wife If lIe HeI liel l I Ic d her tad ind she slie shook the tears teara tear t 1 d i t II I N JJ f Deep Within Her Sill Sie Heard Heird a Warn Warning Warning Ino ing Bell from front her lier ow 0 own D a lashes lashe and drew glut down nand and pres pressed e her lier lips 1 1114 hi hieves es eves s es I It It wouldn ss t be necess tr for y J iou ou on to toI todo todo I do tint that dirling dining lie he sib slid to her lier and am he laughed lall a 1 little It t b be that bad 1 could mike a lit 11 living In in am Sou JOU JOUl you ve sc our In trial tnt sit fund and voin gi gt 11 tn ll d mother moLher has lias promised J you ion ou the thc house liou e It it itI I an angley ley I h like No o o vou sou tiun In wont t hive e to togo go 0 b biek iek to till the 11 et est et side 3 side ion Oil on can canI I 1 loll Molli I belll belles believe a 11 e c cm in III tint much I whit h good ind good management Oil Oh Oh 11 III She slie s slId sid Id I'd to him I it II most wish Ih it IL would be bird like hit t it II ill Ise Ie I vc e been o so o lonely Ion to t o help vou sou ou feeling outside Vh it does the en cu c II ind the house mud ind tic the things thing s mein If f 1111 I rn in cut tut ut LIT err fl fuorn Soul vou I II I now no noI I t III in t t help ht you you ou with voin painting I I ti thit It trl travail nil Is i y urs-shit urs urb un t s 5 sour jour our vork norL our life It must be fira first n with Ith you rou 11 ill And that a s right Gifted people can t choose But It If your Jour work must be he first to you J you youcan ou can understand wint love lote 0 13 and ond mr rime e mein to me lints 1 hit s my life And If I can fin feel tint you cm cia go on because because I understand understand- They were ere both cr crying his arms were ere around tight her her tight tight A As their tears mingled and they stood together In the Ion long embrace the kiss hiss thU was as free from passion but with tenderness s the purest and holiest hollet feeling true man un led 10 love late e welled 0 oter er them It seemed to Ernestine irnestine strain In lug so 80 In his firms that for the first fint time she slie h wis stis truly wife to Ill ot ot tonly only bride bride of hi his body star or of his object of or romantic not only Ito mother of his children and the tha leeper 1 I of his hOIl house C but nIto in Ife wife wife In Ife-In in the de deep p places the secret places of or 10 love lore e irnestine he lie whispered after a little tad ind she slie wept t h to he heir lr her hr so on his Ills lips a as he hid hb It ti when hen first they loved for forgive for glue gh e me me tint I didn t understand tint I 1 didn t confide In you 1 ou seemed l q to 0 have hate hm e a child In your arms a n thousand needs nelds I felt that hint This Ills hb other iris wis n a foe to you vou ou Iwas I Iwas was a 0 stupid blind I thought you ou Hinted the moneY needed money money needed ceded it Ion 1011 were ere hard filth Ith me thit hit summer he be before before fore I made the cats I didn t want to togo togo go o back biek to tint that bid time tune ng I didn't know knots how wonderful you ou n are re relon lon Ion re m my ms good you luck luck you nh alts 1 s 8 shere here fre never neter forget It again Oh Oh do big thing things for jou ou- ou l ilI I jouI ii will ill illA lilIA willA A clock somewhere some here boomed two Lo and Ind andI I I st tried In iris Ills aims She harI had remembered at I oring oring at last She withdrew from her tier husband s arms and made a gesture of or helpless helplessness helplessness ness But hut here s this business of Loring she said aId 11 hit Int Is Ie It about Loring he ash asi ell ed watching her So with Ith the enchantment the throb or of tote love 10 e still on liei hel chin slie told him about I about oung-about about all that P If had said to her tint that morning nut But of course lie he s lid ild at once you iou ou must let me tal tale e the money money for you you-at at once Gh Give e me the slip of paper She Slie give gate gl e It to him ii lilt Ith a reluctant sigh and und lie he give Bite e i 1 t as lie he looked at it ht How could you sou tense hive refused Pas tano he lie a ail 1 ed Think st wint hat It would mein to your your our to to your And An l I with Ith Loring ged till h the mud mud mud- But Lut R ill l 1 he money moneys s 5 y ours ours- ours Its It's is ha t ti weve e ese e just been about Its It's sour chance I I don t need twenty t enty thousand dot dol dolIns Inis lie he slid said quid ly ind tad then gate gl glea gatea a I nigh HIgh of cure ure 11 liv hv Fi he lie said if y ou under sl und 1 lf If f 3 vou ou on 1 1 I now noss i hint hat It Its s all about If if you iou cm CIn 11 live hie e tint economically lid If you ie ne behind me I III II tal tile e a chance on it Give he Gh e the money mones mone for I lor lorIne orIn or In ice we cm can vv w ingle it After all lie he added more seriously the the lab it wiy y ly I feel now now-Is now Is 01 th more mure thin the money money mone I let et I of lag his e a tile lie money mone is were L c re rich rich When lien hen tie e there ere young ind poor we fie e did is we liked But after we tie got hot U i little mone monee e is e t fIle Tice n agents ells nn any ant mate I liebig lie big tI rt us its more thin lie little one i look 1001 ook how I oring IS bound by by money muney I 1 i 1 lets t et s let It go After all onh cm can choose It If Sou ou ll 11 quit the lie he and go |