Show One Way to Dispose of a aLove Lover Love I By 87 MYRA CURTIS LANK LANE C c 1114 IUt Union O S SHOULD DOULD she put him to the supreme test test DoUy Dolly was wondering as a she sheat sat lat at side by bl side aide with her Dance lis Us telling ening to his WI words of love his arm about bout her Somehow she had never neTer felt quite lure aure ure of Harry Dam She cared cued for him him- but mt he didn't quite measure up to her standard of a man A little small per per- perhaps Naps haps in many ways And ADd she Ibe was hIs bis own n age thirty thirty and Infinitely older In experience After Atter all unless unless' be could coult attain to that standard of magnanimity that she had bad set up she didn't want him That w was what she Will wee thinking s a s she phe listened Us- Us ened to his confession confes I feel teel Ive I've got to tell teU you IOU darling that my ml life hasn't been quite all It ought to be Yon Ton mean lDean that there have hue been women In your life before Yes that was what he be was trying to teU eU berIn herIn herIn her ber In more than a a-a a a right wa way Yes Yea Just as a. with all men Not merely sweethearts but but everything You understand T Who were they the How Bow man many of them them a asked e Dolly Doll with a beating heart beart AD And u as he h. was wal silent Two More lion than two Three Half BaU a r Harry WM was silent elem She felt his throat move IDOV convulsively u he wallowed swallowed A great creet many more than that be II aure answered Yeti Yea more like Ute that Ton Tog must mut have turn been beeD quite a tally lady a killer la In your Jour time Harry she lib ah said 1112 adm acidly Dolly that's that what no good woman omu understands understand There have been women same some ome one practically all the time since I 1 Will wee a aboy boy Every man la le like Uke that If It women only married good goodmen goodmen men there would be mighty mIght few mar mar tinges Dear Ive I've told you yon this because because be be- cause 1 I want us ua us to start our life together to to- gather gether ether In complete understanding rn rm cy coming g to you and asking you to foretTe for for- etTe give Do you think you can cant r Why Harry she answered Tro Tm sorry to hear what you tell me but rTe Ive heard something of this sort be be- fore I I Pm Im I'm not Ignorant of life you know she added with a little laugh lauch Yes Yee of course cours I 1 forgive you yon Harry Ram Only Only theres there's theres something I shall have to tell you yon she added with a nervous little laugh You mean youve you've been In love before be be- fore fore been been kissed he asked Oil Ohl yes Ive I've been kissed Harry she answered with a 1 little mouth month of that he did not see In the darkness dark ne ness sI s. s I Engaged T Why yes Why jes I 1 was engaged once when I was a young girl she replied Now what Ive I've tell Is ow got to some some- thing thin worse Ulan than that Suddenly he swung toward her My Il God Cad Dotty Dolly you YOU yon you dont don't mean you Y jou ou he stammered Once she answered gravely Harry I must tell you yon about It 1 was a only c only sixteen I had bad not learned the difference between good rood and evil He Be was a man It was Wal on a vacation I-I I I I didn't know understand under stand stand stand- She broke off Now Ive I've old gold you all aU Harry Can Cau you yon forgive me met But ut he was rocking to and fro My God Cod my God Godi I he was moaning She laid her hand band on hIs bis arm ann Harry I I-I I I th thought after atter what you told me yourself you would be big enough to understand My God I Its It's different I Its It's all aU different dif dlf ferent tartar i Dont Don't you understand that Its It's different r Silence tell fell At last be rose He Be was slinking away She stopped him with a word We may as well understand each earh other Harry she said bitterly I suppose you ou mean that lint you IOU wish to end en our engagement What else Is there to do dot do You Yon know know- know know- I suppose Im I'm a fool tool to have bave told you yon You had no right to make me love you with this hideous secret In your post past life Oh go away Harry you make me tired 1 I she answered contemptuously contemptuous and watched him disappear In the night So that was that Small men small standards She was glad she had told him and andas as nos tree free again Fortunately Fortunate her ber reputation was not at st his 1119 mercy she was WOl only visiting at the hotel Dut ut what whet made her ber gladdest of aUwas all aU was that she would never have to let him know knout that her confession which had been made to test him was a s lie 00 n |