Show A PAIR 0 fae she was the only daughter of a retired business man who had bad once bearl eminent he was aas a oung and prosperous lawyer she was of a morbidly poetical temperament and looked at life always through a pi ism of sentiment he was unimaginative and practical in a word each was the complement of the other are you sure george she asked him sighing that you really love me absolutely dearest and you will always love me forever he yawned and looked at his ills watch they were half expecting a visitor 1 I always used to say dear that I 1 had told you all about myself everything that I 1 was keeping nothing back from you I 1 am so sorry her tier eyes grew misty with tears 1 I did not intend to deceive aou ou there Is one on only one ebent of my lite I 1 had never mentioned to you well and want bat is it he interrupted a little irritably she sank doii down n on the rug beside him in an attitude of supplication and clasped her arms about his hig knees did ou know dear that I 1 once used to write arite poetry well many persons do that it may be foolish but it is not wicked 11 and about five years ago dear I 1 collected all my poems into a volume and published them I 1 saw only one review re and that it was in a paper called the critic oh ob george it w was a s cruel cruel if thet Is all all it humiliates me to think of it even now think how I 1 suffered the publicity the disgrace these poems he ha wrote oh do not ask me what he said you silly thang I 1 dont suppose eoln a millionth part of the world know anything about it nobody reads reviews of books except the men who write them fop 1 I IL could not regard it so stoically sk acce e sighed 1 I cannot even eveia now these babb lings of incipient imbecility tat was one of his phrases she jud dered at the recollection of it v by jove of course the beat critics are not angels but fours it have been a A heartless heartless man if it had bec been n a mans book boor he may not have known i val W woman oman you are too severe no relle re let criticism criticise critic c ise J a book till he bag real read ft title page but I 1 did not uso use my name wanted to ca see if they would my work for that of a man I 1 call all it heart longings Lon pings by samuel samuell je ins but all my friends knew go th tt really made no difference he had grown suddenly thought th taking the childish pretty face b tween his hands he gazed down hi 11 her dreamy blue eyes come to think of it I 1 remember have a secret which I 1 have never dai d closed to you so after all we i each as bad as the other she started and scanned his fe te ures eagerly you A secret george only a little one like youra yours wont keep you in suspense we hi ha both been sinners and I 1 was thedor the wo of the two I 1 must tell you the th before I 1 was a successful lanar law was a wicked young dog and did se i eral era scandalous things that I 1 ashamed of now she caught her breath and wa wait in an agony of expectation they were all of the same descar tion but I 1 am sorry on account of i r in particular and that well being hard up I 1 used to ea e odd money in all manner of odd w I 1 was a flippant self satisfied brutt and he paused and putting a arm about her drew her closer to alt i 1 I have a heart now you know I 1 hi han sweetheart dont you but once u a time you have promised to ton me and not to hate me in the da d when you published your bool book tt was you you w N ere the heartless man who revie it philadelphia lodger |