Judge — May 17, 1919 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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by RB Be Id Lady—Youns reelf to peace-time pur man, don't suits? hastened her coming was apparent from a dab of powder on her shapely nose that had not been assimi- lated. As they saw each other there seemed to be a mutual impulse to rush to an embrace, as lovers do; and yet this impulse was mutually restrained “Davey!” she exclaimed, extending a looking at him strangely. y, all right, Grace,” “Not exactly the Davey seem to recognize me “Davey!” she repeated she led him to a seat. He b her hand, and she had felt i They sat down together “Why didn’t you tell me She seemed unable take her eyes from the patch, and he thought he felt a shudd Jer. They were close enough “1 wrote you I was in a hospital, and that ners were operations. I thought I would wait for the tes “It’s terribl n't it? What do you mean She seemed dazed, but still held his hand. it might have been worse, Grace. I shall call until IT know.’ He smiled at her. The hand and her you he replied, taking you knew, yet still holding his hand as d been impulsed to drop by “test “Oh, you Grace smile was as engaging as ever. “Until you know what, Davey ‘It’s rather difficult—what I have in mind.” He caressed her hand. “But not to do it seemed impossi- ble.” Davey! Tell me what you mean!” “I'm going to release you from your engagement.” “Do you really mean that?” “ 1 am quite reason- “TL really mean that. ncile your- able. How could you ever r self to me—as I am?” “It’s terrible, isn’t it she with a little sob, “But what worse! “Do you think that? You couldn’t— what girl could?—reconcile yourself to a wreck of a man. He laughed, but not as he used to laugh. ‘Then you assume that love alto- - ether a matter of physical appearance?” he straightened, and there was a new note in her voic “Tt is inevitably so, Grace, when we are young. Older people, perhaps, don’t regard looks as everything “Then if anything should happen to me say something like what has happened to you—you wouldn't care for me? “That isn’t the question. I should love in any circumstances. But I’m not ng to let you make an argument. You ay pity me, but— She put a dainty hand over his mouth. “Stop, dear!’ “You don’t mean that you would marry now!” “Why not? wise when still love me!” He was silent for a moment, and there was a change in his tone. “Really, it isn’t so bad. ‘The surgeons say my leg may be all right by and by. She put her hands on his shoulders and kissed him. He put an arm about her and prolonged the kiss. “[T hear mamma coming. I want her to see you.” She disengaged herself and turned. He called afterher: “I’m ashamed, Grac I've— “Ashamed of being a hero?” She turned to look him. “TL was in the thick of it, all right, but I'm no hero to deceive you—to test your love!” With a quick hand he removed the patch and looked at her peni- tently through two perfectly good eyes. “Davey! “May I come matron at the repeated you say is you me same other- and if you the way If you're as you went at in, dears?” asked a happy-voiced door. Strictly Business “Whuh yo’ been at for de last few days, sah?’ “Over to Bigville, sah, transactin’ mat'imony “Yo' has? Why, yo’ wife done died on’y a week ago. yo’ think yo's a little bit prior in de matter, sah? No, sah; not in dis case, sah. Muh wife is still dead, and dar was a side-whiskered scoun’el pervadin’ ‘round dis yuh udder lady. And yo’ knows how ‘tis wid dese yallah gals wid a mouffie o° gold teef—yo’ gotter grab ‘em as dey flutter by, or dey're gwine fum ye Don't Rare Case “TL often wonder about Methuselah.” “He lived to a ripe old age.” “Yes, but I could never learn that he made any statement as to what he attributed his ripe old age.”