"Just about that," he confessed. "He told me I was dependent upon him, and said I'd starve if I had to make my own living. Of course, I could not stand that"——
"Of course," she interjected stormily. "I told you that he hated all our family, but that if we were married he would forgive you."
"I couldn't cheat him that way," he replied with some heat. "Besides you had broken with me. I knew he hated your uncle—but I thought if he knew you"——
"He would have," she said, "if you had given him a chance."
"I told him I could make my living—a living for both if you would have me," he confessed.
"Playing ball?" Her tone was bitter. "And you had an idea you would come East and make your fortune and come back and claim me?"
"I did have some such idea when I left," he confessed. "It wasn't until I was broke and unable to find work that I realized how hopeless it was to think of you."
"I couldn't bear being poor, Larry," the girl spoke with some feeling.
"We were poor once. Be sensible. Go back home and make up with Mr. Lawrence—and when I return"——
"I am making a good salary," he said steadily. "I can support two. If you care enough"——