Show 4 a 4 they eat sat on rn the end ot of the pier watching th waves flash opalescent tints in tho the moonlight tho notes of the marine baud struggling through the evening concert on the piazza of the san carao came faintly out to co them TK zi t adent A dont you feol feel the least qualms at the thought of leaving tomorrow to tho the girl asked lightly J the deepest the man responded gr gravely vely but then the end cones comes to al a things you know linow and it comes conies rather quickly to ones funds at these tolse winter resort i 7 the thi girl laughed a 1 for a man that ou liti thrown his money about broadcast as you hae lime it seems to mo me youre growing very saving all at once sho she said 1 I shant throw much more money broadcast ho he said grimly good for you todi she cried ap prevIn gly its really time you took life seriously 1 I shant waste any more money he said slowly for the fimple reason I 1 cant and I 1 shall take life seriously because I 1 ant am forced to it tod she said quickly catching boirie grim hidden bidden meaning mf aning in his words what Is it 1 what has hap bap bened oh nothing much he said quietly ly except th tint tt after tonight to night a oil will be relieved of my society tomorrow to morrow I 1 face the world with a clean elate slate I 1 shall have a taste of earning my daily bread you dont mean she began in amazement just what I 1 do mean he said those western failures have wiped me ine clean oft off the map I 1 raven t a cent in tho the world and consequently I 1 cant afford to stay any longer at un expensive place like this the girl clasped her little hands together and knit her brows she seem 4 d trying to grasp the full import of bis his words its awful she exclaimed isert it he be said dryly and youre going home tomor to mor row she asked home he lati laughed phed recklessly my dear child why on earth should I 1 go home theres absolutely nothing there toy for me even worse there are a hundred and one men who have been waiting for the chance to jump on me rue when im down home well I 1 should rather f r y not bentley has offered me a job on his rubber reserve ODES lit on the end 0 of the pier in south At america nerice pin going there tomorrow the girl looked a at nt hie hit face turned to here hers in the it w waa a trong strong determined face ace the face of a man who asks odd odds of no one she felt a sudden tightening of her throat when did you ou know this thiat she he asked biro him the day after I 1 came here he aid said perhaps you recall ft it we wf went ito 40 spider pond that afternoon and you railed and for being stupid and yet you yott havo have stayed on n here for two sho uld aid 11 1 I have brayed aa as long as the money I 1 had with me all the money I 1 had in the build for that matter lasted he said t that rather imprudent she asked Is it it io for r a man man who la Is soing to a on n of it wilde ness t to drain his cup of happiness to the last las t drega dregs before he leaves said he perhaps not ehe she admitted e 1 he fie threw throw hia his cigar into the water wafer and watched it float lazily away an on the tide 1 I wanted iou to know nil obese things before I 1 went said he be and I 1 wanted to tell toll you some other aings that la Is why I 1 brought you out heru hera where it Is quiet first will you aw 1 give it back on an one condition kindly blip slip off that ring and give it to me do you think I 1 am ain that sort I 1 she asked hotly do you think I 1 prom ased to marry you to desert you at a time like this 1 I know he argued that is a very noble of you but remember what this means years and years of 0 waiting probably sibly A man can call loaa lose in a day what it takes a lifetime to re place what can sometimes never be teP replaced lared I 1 cant subject you UN tc auch conditions you are young youn gand nd the doors of 0 tho the world are open to you it may be bard hard now but forget me presently it la Is better botter that you should TOM there was aa u world of or ro in her voice better otter give it back to me he ad she covered her face with her hands and beann her to sob he lie watched her with a at A mans helplessness at such a mom fint 11 I 1 1 thought you canad merw trian that she he said chokingly Ca cared redl he said wildly carcil good godi godl have you any idea how muth I 1 care let me tell yoi yon then I 1 have cared so much I 1 have stayed here until I 1 am well nigh penniless come what might I 1 was bound to be with you until the last cent was gone I 1 have stayed until there Is nothing left until it becomes necessary tor for me to go over to the town tomorrow to morrow to pawn my evening clothes mathes and stud watch to get my pansa e money down there I 1 bavo have cared like the desperate gambler who plays the gamp garde to his last farthing thustle ThUs the way I 1 care he ended hoarsely the man and girl faced each other in allence sl all enLO enLe ho be with tense drawn lace face nhe she with a wold wonderful erful light in her eyes she drew the ring from her finger anger and laid it in lit hit 4 big bix brown hand you are wine wise ba said heartily sho silo looked achim searchingly 1 I 1 give jt baut bark on one condition 7 sho she said and that f you must pawn it pawn it h he e g gast asad not this abi 9 can LO t you must she X said ald o alli yu yuu tell me why I 1 must agit be qi laid wa watching itching it flash in tho dim lechl lacht tato ta to to pay my passage down there witt with buu i tod she said with burning checks cheeks san francisco call |