SHE WANTED MORE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 221, 23 October 1909, Page 3

SHE WANTED MORE.

"You have never told me anything about your past," she said timidly. A troubled look came over him. He realised that, although they had been engaged nearly a month, lie had certainly been negligent in that direction. "1 suppose I ought to say something about it," he said. "Promise—to tell me all." "Do von mean that!" "Everything." Hi. clasped he,, hands. The crisis had come, "Dearest." lie said, "I'll make n clean breast of it. Of course, I realised that it hud to come. Still " "Co on !" "I've led a pretty hard life, I guess, in college there was a time when I didn't do much else but buck the tiger." "What's that';" "Wc:l, its playing poker mostlv. 1 got in the hole pretty deep. Then, of course, f had my till of drinking, carousing, late hours' I broke loose at last. You see, I had to, but it was pretty ; fierce." "Did vou stop?" I "Well', partly. Then I had love all'ui.s —there were so many of them, you know, that it didn't 'mailer. I was dropped once —then 1 braced up —got through. T spun around a little nrlcr that imlil I got to playing the ponies." "I'laying the ponies?" "Yes—race track, vou know. Helling on horses. But, thank heaven, I saw the folly of that." "And you stopped?" "Absolutely. You see. I came to myself; niv character assorted itself. It was a hard light, but I won. T wish it wasn't there, dear. Hut T was bound to tell the truth. Tell me that it's all right. Tell me you will forget it." "ffave you told me all?" "Everything. Tell me it's all right." She looked at him with a troubled look. "I suppose I shall have to," she said. "But—l thought you were a good deal worse limn that."—Tom Tj. Mnssnn.