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Show Blunders of John CarsterJ nv OA8TON lUIlVEY. I (Copyright, IM), by Dally Btory I'ub. Col "Well, I BUppotc this li th. end J IL" John Caraten lieatcd a lieiTf Ilth, and atrcxle along moodily. llelM looked at him curlouily and tbea naked! I "The nd of what?" I "You know as well 1 do whstU refer lo. To be perfectly plain, t bw It reported tin cty Eood authority that you arc to innrry this MoaK Crltto, And ihit It hat 1 meia when I any that I luppoio we will trt take many more walka tosether." II' looked at her keenly. I "I auppoAo It la but a further ' ompllflcatlon of tho doctrlno at nounced by tho Illllc, whore It ail '"lo him who hath. It alin.ll bo sltet. and to him who hatn not It ahall H taken away,' and 1 want to ndd that, 'men that which he may atta to bare.' I auppoae that It I waa C9 the upward tide, everything would U coming my way, but aa I accm to M atatlonary, notwlthitandlnu my frat tk ctlorta to awlm, eery thing appein to put me, Jual out of reach," Inert waa a ellonca for a few momesti Helen reached In a fence corner ail pulled a great glittering apray . golden rod, Sbo did not look at Ho. After a few momenta ahe aatd lnY low rolce: K "You ore getting bitter, Joan. Door, do It, It does not help you." "Don't you think I bate caugob be bluer! A man can amlle and aUul a great dee.1; be can nUnd a grei deal more without giving evidence bit suffering, and there It ttlll anothe degree of pain, which turns everything every-thing to gall. 1 have Buffered thaL'V. "You are very wrong lo look (it thlngt that way," replied tho wotntX "What bavo yuu to be bitter oveiT You pouvea youth, and bulth, ad Btrength, and ability all tboie M prlcelcat gifts. You are well thougU of by everyone, and I tee no cause br yon to think your lot It bard. tf "Yea, what you aay Is true, bufl have not the great tetumaicsintrVL-I tetumaicsintrVL-I might be a paralytic, and ust lure enough sense to keep out of a lumtlo asylum, and enough morals to tap from being locked up at a menaoi lo society, but If I had money, all Uit would be overlooked, and I would le better thought of than 1 am nuw. is It It, I am not considered at all." "Not considered by whom?" "Everybody. And aomcono In ft tlcular whom I wish to consider ". and who has refused. I have trVd everything else; 1 have placed mystt at her feet. Lots does not count." Htr face was crimson. She lookil tar away over tho sere, brown field, and at last aatdi "Then what am I to deduco frca that assertion It ltn't clear." "You are not to deduce anythlnt I atate It at my positive convlctla that, given on the one hand a mi with everything to make blm dciF able In the eyts of a woman, but wlJ no money, and on the other hand I "You are getting better, John Don't do It." man with nothing to recommend him but money, as between tbe two t woman will choose the man with the money ninety-nine coses out of a hundred, That'a what I mean." "Why John, why John I" Then wat an Infinity of reproach In those words, "Yes, I mean It!" be addod. "I mean every word of IL Women aro essentially essen-tially eeltUh, and they love the soft side of life. They know that money will make a soft side to anything, and therefore, they are on tbe side of money," "I am sorry for you," she Bald simply, "I thought that you bad a higher Idea of women." "Haven't I a right to be bltterr' be continued. "Haven't I every right to such Ideas? If It has not been demonstrated dem-onstrated to me, nothing bat. There Is nothing so convincing as personal experience, and It Is from that I speak." "I have known you a long time, John, and I know of no such instance lj your eaieer that you gpeeJc of. hen was It?" "You know very well what I allude jo. You know that I have loved you 'or all these yean, since we were little toom than children. You know that there has not been a day that the Incense In-cense of my soul wna not offered to you. 1 have loved you truly, faithfully, faith-fully, un-itaverlDRly. You know that my highest dteain of earthly happiness happi-ness wat to some day make n home for you, where 1 could have you with ne alwa You knuw that my waking wak-ing thoughts are all of youi that 1 dream of ou at night, that not a plan I have made has not had jou for 'e Inspiration, with tho hopo that It would conduco toward tho end I wished. Thero has not been an ambition ambi-tion In my br.tln that was not caused by my with to exiel and make you proud of me. 'The rest of tho world can go bang Tou aro my world, the nil In all for me. And now, after all these jeirs, all that counts for naught. There comes Into your life a great big, beefy man you know little abuut him except ex-cept that he Is very wealthy, and In the course of two months be undoes . 0 Then, taking her hands, looked her full In the face, what I havo done, or rather In that time accomplishes what I could not accomplish ac-complish In six times as many ycara. la not that evidence enough? What Is to be deduced from that except what I bare stated?" "I ought to be very angry with you, John. You have accused mo of a wretched thlng-tbat I would sell my life, my love.amy soul, merely to provide pro-vide myself with creature comforts. I don't know why 1 dou't make you leave me, and never permit you to speak to me again, except that I'd reallte that your anger has carried you off your feet, 1 rcallto what you aay, that such a state of thlnr.s It an jetful .blow, to u man. Hut I do not graWlhaflny tuchlUSfe exists mat fa I mian " "Yon re can what, that you are not going to marry him?" Thero waa light and 11(1 and hopo In tbo questioner's eyes noV. "Yes, i mean that; and that I have not Intcided to do so. And now let me do n' little preaching to you you ' have had your say, and you have ejld things you ought not to have sold. I will say what you left unsaid, and what you should linow. It Is, that with a true woman, and with true love, all the gold In tbo universe could not outweigh her love. It on tho one side Is a man a woman loves, who Is as poor as poverty Itself, and on the other a man offering himself, a millionaire, tho man and his money would not for an Instant be conttdorod at a poitlblllty, I ' "It It a mlilakcn notion men bare, that a woman wants to receive all and glvo nothing. True lovo Is self effaeo-aent, effaeo-aent, and bearing tho burdent of thota whom wo do love, and nothing glvet a woman so much pleasure at to . suffer for the man tho really cares for." "Do you really mean that?" Thero waa wondermont upon tho faco of the questioner. "c. And there would bo more women who would bo glad to accept even the llttlo In tbe way of wealth their sweethearts possess. If they wero given tho chance Instead of going bravely to her and saying 'I have little or nothing, but I lova you. I can provide pro-vide enough to koep ua from starving, and enough to furnish us with clothes. Moro thnn that I do not core for, with jou at my side. Will you accept that?' tbe men stand off aud aulvel about woman wanting wealth. It makes me weary. It'a weaknesa." There waa n long pause. The sun had sunk below tho horizon, and tho west waa gorgeous with tho op 4 no tints of the dying day. In tho dying grasses the crickets chirped a requiem requi-em for tho sweet summer. A few dead lcavia floated through tbe branches and rustled gently to their latt retting place. Tho air bad a tinge of tho coming chill of winter, and nature na-ture seemed saddoned and dreary. Ibe couplo stood a moment looking at the sunset Perhaps it waa the glory of the ruddy raya upon her face, or the reflection from the golden galea of "a west that aliono In her eyes. He paused, fur a moment Irresolute, and then taking her hand, looked her full in the eyes. She looked down and her "e flushed, ,n7'le,n'" b" ,ald very sently, "I "? "J""" nothing In tho way of .'or walth, but I havo a love for lut .V"1 w""n ot Mlaa couM no' I: wll you accept what I have?" Hhe looked up and smiled softly. no .? di?n't m "y Ut a year or 80 go? Yea, I will." |