Show I 1 A SALARIED TO MAN cy SARAH WHITING X hang prudence prudencio ceo jack manners cried impulsively id rather halt starve with elsie than feast without her how about choto st starving aIng louise his hia cousin asked provokingly sure it may not come to th that at I 1 which means wag being interpreted you late hate elate denton jacl jack retorted ya his mouth settling doggedly louise louisa looked at hin him reproachfully 41 4 1 1 deserve that hat for the he folly of think ing in yoAw you would QuId not misunderstand me she gho said 1 I have nothing against your sweetheart wept except that J 1 have nothing for her like all the denton girls she has beep been brought up with ap an e eye y 0 single to husband catching rather than husband good afternoon I 1 wont stay stair to bear her slanderously dissected jack burst out not eyen even by the woman tp to whom I 1 owe my education dont be uneasy ill pay you every dollar elsie will help me she Is already plan planning how wo we shall save and thrive you cwg ow me no money but I 1 think courtesy Is due the blood our blood she interrupted you have been like my brother my dear younger brother for whom I 1 had such hopes she went on steadily be halfway sensible jack tor for the bloods sake walt wait until you have your profession at least 1 I shall get m it never tear fear jim jook paid hotly but not st at your expense im m deep enough in your debt already let that pass please louise paid her eyes growing steely tell M me exactly what your plans are im going into landys laneys la IIa office to study he replied defiantly with wita this jack rushed away to elsie sore and bruised from the conflict with his cousin lie he sought comfort and reassurance it hurt him to find her on the verge of tears surveying his ring with a petulant frowns frown it had been his mothers engagement enga zing ring and was set with a small diamond of fine luster he prized it so dearly ho he had thought she must do da likewise may cutter ran in to show mo me her ring elsie elate said petulantly such a beauty a blue white solitaire she bhe says it cost a thousand an and d job means la Is going to give her a string g of pearls when they marry it made me ma so BO ashamed I 1 hid bid my ring ting hand first but she saw it so abad to tell her I 1 was wearing this just until you bad time to run up to the city and get me a real ring set ta in a special design NY what nn an unprincipled little gilb her bor jack said fondly with yet an U unaccountable sinking of the heart dont you think jack it would bo be better it if you got methe me BO the real ring I 1 know your cousin bas baa a charge no ao count pt at Let Celda but id starve before I 1 added anything t to it jack burst out at this she tossed her head saying with a pout polio why dishos bound to give us a handsomb hand somo present tor for her own credits sake just do an 68 I 1 bay and tell her that settles it I 1 simply wont let may cutter put it all over me as sho she does doea let we me tell you a few ew things juk jack said paling to the tee lips A t aud and as baldly as possible he told her of 0 his big con conslaw co nelna attitude of his own hopes plans overt even fears 1 1 I know its going to be hard an awful pull cirile 11 he wound up but well face it together that better an than being ity inyart art elsie elbio was sobbing she bhe had bad never dreamed of a situation like this her plan had been to marry and go straight home to the manners house the handsomest in town jack wa was the heir beir presumptive he had grown up there miss louise was so ond fond ot of him olle bile could never do without him you say shell do something for us how much do you sup suppora posa we could manage fairly on a year besides what you make she eho ventured doubt fully jack laughed contemptuously 1 I suppose she will furnish the kitchen for us and give us halt a dozen teaspoons he said eald but a year why I 1 bring myself to take it it she offered it I 1 owe her too much already you are wickedly foolish elsie elite sobbed bobbed band unkind too it if you had told me in time I 1 be in this thia awful hole bole ot of course I 1 cant marry yoi you as things are I 1 hays have no taste or talent Tor starvation suppose wo we wait i a year or op two maybe 1 I can bring her around if that turns out to W bo be impossible well wo we shall see 1 1 I simply cant stay hero here forever mother brother has three other girls younger than I 1 am remember and father will never bo be an thing but a salaried man 1 suppose ln im never anything but ut that jack asked isaid abruptly abrupt ay cometh something ng dogged creeping creep lne into his bis face elsie flushed and returned it bilyou you to let yourself ve e so cowhy wy the tha sooner I 1 get rid of 0 this trumpery atie ane better with that sho she dropped the rinear alne at his bla feet he picked it up and left her without a word ile he thought his hi heart was waa broken time healed it and his fortunes mended ile he did not marry tor for ten years elinor more the girl of his mature choice was worth tho the long waiting copyright 1915 2915 by the th mcclure mcclura per syndicate |