Show BEGGARS GARS CAN CHOOSE MARGARET WEYMOUTH JACKSON b by O ji by C Co WHO Service ce l- l wL THE STORY a childhood attachment attach men ment Ernestine ot of a family la I. attracted by Will Todd new newspaper er tier Her sister later Lillian Lilllan ur urges u her tier to break oft off the attain affair bit tut I t Ernestine re re- hUeI A runaway marriage foll fol l lows luw w Hamilton I wins win Lit Lit- Marls content consent to become hla hi wife wire Will and Ernestine begin their life In humble surround InKA John Jhn Poole Wills Will beat Lut fr d. d gives give a birthday party for tor Ernestine at Hub re reo r.- tort sore CHAPTER IV Continued IV-Continued Continued 5 But ut you have lived In to the country count coun try Oh yes always In 10 the summer My Grandmother Langley had hod a home In lu Indiana where my fathers father's quarries Ihs ries sire lire Why do you ask r Never Neer mind me Tell me of your your- elf self This house In the country find and your our home on Sheridan road Is a long longway longway longway way from here J Ernestine understood his Idea Ideo but buthe she ahe he refused to be drawn drown Into such a complicated conversation It Il 11 Is only a few miles she replied And he be gave an Impatient tion It Is a thou thousand miles millS and a hundred hundred hun hun- dred died yours car at If cast list he hI said Tell reU reUme me rue about your mothers mother's house Ernestine thought about It Do Po you jou OU know anything about American Amer lean ican period furniture Mr Ir There Is III a Duncan table mule und end pierced brass bras lire tire fender fender In the living hit liv ing lag room poster four beds heds upstairs with booked hooked rugs and woven wU counterpanes counter counter- panes all panes all of the things have come corne Into the family honestly through natural nat ural oral pos possession and not from auction autHon rooms Hut of ot course you know She smiled at him Her lIer long hands lay together In n the Immaculate Perfection perfection tion Hon of or her yellow ellow chiffon chilTon lap Her lIer voice olee was wn low only for tor his tda ears cars and t h 1 t h Im M. M VU t s one to thought I she fihe ga gave ve hIm her gravest youngest courtesy t I know nothing about America at atall atall all It seems Its just the house Ill house Ill I'll take you IOU to see ape It some lome day If you like lIe although mamma doesn't like tike people to consider It a museum as some experts do Of or course courle I 1 dont don't live e there sl since 1 my marriage We live In n rooming house on Erie Erle tret und and It just jast shows how that furniture and things do not mean so much for tor I 1 am um happier now tI titan than an I was wn You have let her this house sot of of your our mother with pierced bm brass fr from ruin your own ancestors to the In Irle Irio street She nodded anai smiled again and tier her eyes pleaded for hi his understand understand- In ing It lie Ile shook his bis head hlad sadly lie He heaved hea a vast lIst sigh No I do not understand America Continually I HIM um full of or new astonishment aston uston- Women are somewhat the same the world around hut but but American men are outside my You have been successful tul here she reminded him but he brushed her herr hers r u I s I J 1 I I YI But You Have Lived In the Country comment aside pursuing his own thought aloud No I do not understand It If my myBon eon Bon Is 18 penniless If he II 1 U is 1 an artist starving starting In a It garret garrtt and und the great the Incredible good tood fortune come oUie to him that he tie shull shall marry a girl of noble noble nohie no no- ble hie birth who has hIlS a n quiet voice vuke an and gentle still hands hund l and a brow where there breeding shows Its lovely lIy smile smile- It If my son have e the grace e and the smile of or fortune to marry such a girl and he bring her tier to a place Ik 11 this He lIe looked about him with i acorn corn If U he be bring hIs Ills wife VItI to this brothel brothel this this sink I sink I take a knife In InI I tay own hand and stub stab him through t the tte heart You must go to away fruits from here bere Instantly now Instantly now 1 I There Is 18 activity ac ae In 10 this room that pollutes the t very err air You will IJ ft In It itt It- It t j Ernestine's heart stopped beating I In her astonishment She Sile felt that thata a I j Ij i she bad had been unbearably affronted and slue die rose and stood pale with anger anler Mr Ur rose and stood before her tier and met with approval al the blaze of or her eyes A walter waiter appeared Instantly with her coat and he be took It and wrapped It about her tier with Immense Immense Im Im- mense dignity So go gu princess I 1 he hI exclaimed and bowed a little and looked at her tier again his own eyes elI You ha hove have ve only my 01 good gund wishes It I Is unfortunate I must t confess the title to a atlue pluie unfit for fur you jou but hut this place was not made for tur you The unfit unlit the broken the abnormal must have their haunts and they are ure nut not for others Some Home day perhaps It II will be my fortune for tune that we shall tie be friends Every ery one was staring at them Will hud had risen and stood beside her smiling uncertainly not knowing at atall atall atall all what whal wits going forward I J want to go home L Ernestine said to him Icily Idly Tommy will take you Will answered an aD easily I 1 have hn to take Mr to his flat nat I Ernestine felt herself beginning to tremble with the Indignities s heaped upon her tier She had bad been so In love 10 If no so 0 exposed that lint It II ill all hurt her In In- credibly She lIe looked about aboul her uncertainly then laughed and answered Will with composure I dont don't believe e Ill I'll have hn to depend on Tommy Here are arl and Lor Lot In Ing They'll take Inke me home Will Ill swung wung about In astonishment and there Indeed coming through the room uneasily were Lillian and her lover lr l stood smiling walling malignantly malig mahig as they thy came ame forward Ernestine Ernest me exclaimed Lillian when she he was Vas near enough I d wanted to see Ilea you yon We went to Sirs Mrs Bennetts Bennett's but the maid said ald you IOU were here ana so an sowe sowe a we e followed you Can lun you come L with us r rI I was Just going answered Ernes tint tine Hut But wait and meet met our friends This Is my sister Miss Mrs Sirs and Mr Poole Lillian and Mon Monsieur leur and Sir Mr Ir of the Sun and Mr Ir Underwood and Mr Ir and oud and this Is Mr Sir who owns this charming place And this Is Mr Sir Hamilton Sirs Mrs Wiston The men had risen and und were fumbling fumbling fum fum- bling over tr the acknowledgements of ot the Introductions l. l Ernestine seemed the most composed person present and no noone one could ha lute have guessed that her knees were trembling We wanted to pet jet on on If you ou OU and Will can nn come corne with us us lIal said l while Mr Sir stood and regarded the newcomers ne I evenly enly Ill Til come rome with you but hut Will has hns hasan an nn engagement before he returns home Sir air Ir Poole Thank you jou OU for the evening She Shu he gave her hand bund to her host and he put his hats own hand on her shoulder to steady himself Loring winced nu and l scowled led nt at this contact but l was evas now In complete command ot of herself liar her self arid and smiled steadily Mr Sir Pooles Poole's heavy face his confusion did not dismay dis lis- may her hll She IIII bade him an au affectionate affection Rte ate good Joud night then turned to 10 the lute 01 others Gual Jed d nl night ht oil all of you jou Im I'm sorry to runt rua U II away from friml rcy oy own party but somebody must trust start If It you jou nu w will wll lil e tx cuc cuc c nt me me- me e Good to d night 1 Will Viii Ill I'll se see e eyou you jou ou later Inter Site he gate I Will a n luminous J look lie He did Old not lIot answer but stared ut at her si- si 1 und and she blie turned sweeping her wrap rUI about her larr currying In herl herself elf like liken I n o queen of ot the realm and went Iut oft off Lorings Loring's k balk bulk between bel the sl sU- sU 1 his fuce face dark durk with will f forebodings d s 1 Down Lown 11 0 the itte wooden stairs they d 1 dIn I In complete silence A new sedan stood tood at lit the curb und and luring In ma uta silence opened d the cur car door fur for forthe for forthe the girls who got gut In the back seat lie closed the door and got gilt In the the drivers driver's I scat slat and started the engine Lillian and sat Mit close Ioe together to gather gether In the warmth und and comfort of f I the I. I tented g lass end n I. I i I n part Interior l Ernestine felt for the flue first time lUle a 0 l poignant homesickness for com comfort tort fort arid and lun convenience I Why didn't Will come corne with us u asked from the front runt seat I Ernestine decided to be frank trunk i You could see ll that Mr Sir Poole hud had I peen been drinking too tiro much touch couldn't you you Well lII Will felt that he ought to tu take him Rome home and see SlOe that he hI gut got there I tI sl safely He lie often does doe's that There They're I good goC friends you jou lU know And you jou ou I mustn't think h badly lly of Mr Ir loul lies Hed ol old and really he Is a wonderful man Hut Iut how about you jou How Ilow would you ou have hl got gut home Our ensuing coming along was mis an nn accident Tommy Tucker woud have e taken me m. me said lIld calmly Or the 8 or Slon llIn Monsieur leur Id I'd hate e gone home it ul right There iller was a t silence of disapproval ul and adjustment The car lar rolled smoothly along tote the quiet streets llen everything's 1 all 1111 right asked Lilllan Of course darling Im 1 so glad Will iI you jou ou come and have hove lunch with mamma and amid me tomorrow tomorrow to to- tomorrow morrow und and let me tae tell you IOU all our plans Ill see el sold snit Ernestine Now III t Pave live I to go Ju home Im I'm terribly Ii Hied ted Of ot course you are It Its It's late fat rm 10 tired too Hut But Ernestine Im I'm so happy that I wonder If I can cnn be any happier Her lIer voice was bright and clear quick clear quick and competent Ernestine Ernes Ernes- Ernestine tine remembered the tears and passion passion pas pas- sion alon of her own engagement You will be he happy always You ton will she sold said with Intensity They left lert her at the tie stone steps and nd watched until she opened the door with her latchkey and disappeared Into the dark prison like house houle Then Loring Lor Lor- Ing turned the car about and undo with Lillian Lilllan at hl his side started back hack north Lillian Lilllan cuddled against him Oh Lorrie she alue said flold sorrowfully she Isn't happy You know she Bhe It wouldn't be so bud bad for her to be poor If it only he were good to her ber But you IOU can un see ee that be he neglects her ber It If Ithe Ithe he be cannot provide for her decently he could at least be tie a gentleman to her hut after all 1111 she thus has done for him he be mistreats her Dont he be disturbed about It It dar dam ling hug said MId Loring In a low voice Theres nothing we can cun do now V. Only be good to her and wait walt for her to waken In Mrs Sirs Bennetts Bennett's boarding house Ernestine climbed the stairs slowly ll feeling herself weak with lIh rage CHAPTER V The First Quarrel Ernestine's anger and resentment grew v like a 11 bonfire bo nil re The small trout front room was as cold but she was unaware of its temper temperature t lire or of the frost gathering thick on the window v. Everything Every thing was vas fuel to the flame which burned In her The longer Will delayed de de' the more her ber anger grew Ills cavalier treatment of ot her Tommy could take toke her home hornet I Mr Poole needed him More than anything else more she told herself than the humiliation humiliation hu hu- of Sir Mr scorn was this fact that Sir Mr Ir Poole mattered more mare than she Bhe did She She gave herself up to anger as al she Bhe hind had given herself to love with love with abandon Will had hind neglected her lie He bad humiliated her She knew that the she would not have cured cared for tor any of It so much It If she had not been forced to see It through the horrified ed eyes eyl'S nf of her sister and They were hying her now She could l. l Lillian's Lillians l n comments Loring's Lorings a sy p thy shy That was the crux of the Whole hole matter And Mr Sir Poole the vile vIII old drunkard I 1 Was this the sort of friendship her marriage was to 10 bring her She he had hall given up everything e for Will everything 1 I Was he to sacrifice lice fice nothing for liar her Could he not abandon m this adoration of mi un obscene old man mun who happened to he a cartoonist carS car tourist It was not lint nerl's necessary ury for these gifted people to foregather In such a place Site Sho burned and trembled trem treat bled as ns she recalled con tempt erupt That strangers should need to Instruct her ns as to her proper place place- So absorbing were wee her thoughts so 80 wrapped was she In the re resounding cadences of ot her own Inner tumult that she ihl did not hear the outer door nor nr Wills Will's soft step clip on un the stairs when at lust he 11 rime dime U Up yet jet cl he tie asked In a hll husky ly whisper You Yuu should have hu been In III led bed two hours II sago ago go Its It's cold colli a as the lie devil 11 outside hut hills what's the mutter matter kitten Arent Aren't you jou IJU well III Dont Dori ont t speak to me met I said Ernestine and the fact fiut that like himself t she ho hud had to tu lower lr her hr voice In III consideration tion for tor I sleeping on tits either side only ad lidded 1 led to her ter rage Hut nut Ernestine I Dont Dout speak peak to me met mel I she cried again and this time her voice was clear I never ne want to go anywhere with you OU again Be silent he commanded In InvoIce a voice low but stern and his tits eyes I leaped eo It'd back at her with nn no anger equal to her own Have lIa you lost your wits It Shouting In this place In the middle of the night Ernestine stood her mouth open oln a little In amazement at his tone Hot words trembled upon her tongue Undress and get In bed said Will wm What do you lim you mean meau sitting here without with out more morp clothes on on In III this Icy room room Do you jou ou wish to harm yourself She Site laughed You Yon are concerned about my welfare arent aren't you she he seized taunted him hint and for answer her shoulders and gave her a quick little shake Ernestine he demanded will you do as ns I say She stood trembling fighting down the stupid well of tears reaching out after her departing anger oner Will her her voice was as a. low altal as a. vital as his own Im own Im In such a rage that I have got to talk to you You cant can't treat me OIl this way Yon You cant can't leave Ita me to the courtesy of strangers You cant can't take me to such places places- where theres there's drunkenness and immar Ira Ira- mar n Ili Yo n. h m e ft nt n to KA h. be a n ht bet I t ter husband y banc t to me th than g that I 1 h have I I given up everything e for you you every ery e thing thing thing- Wh When o you yon are In b bed Ill I'll talk to you IOU he answered as ns be he threw off olT his coat cont and went to the wardrobe and brought her her warm dressing gown nightgown and lined fur-lined moccasins lie tie undid the fastening of her dress dreu and before she he could arm ann herself against him he lifted It off ort over her head The satin slip the silken un un- her her body was like col coil coll I marble In a moment It seemed she was Willi In nightgown and dressing gown In bed and he be was drawing off her gossamer hose hoe and ond rha chafing ng her tier feet felt In his own cold hands until the mottled skin showed red with blood Then he tucked her under the covers and ond brought a |