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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
SHE SAT DOWN NEAR HIM, WITH AVERTED FACE
Jessica's father brought in Jack Ronald.
Now was her opportunity to study the two men in a new and dramatic relation.
She watched them closely as they faced each other, Calvin erect, handsome and smiling ; Jack rudely powerful, awkward and ill-dressed ; and she was not as uncritical as the audience of a low-priced show.
Calvin extended his hand in theatrical magnanimity. ' ' You saved my life!" he exclaimed. "What can I do for you in return ? ' '
Jessica drew in a sharp, quivering breath. It was impossible for a man as brutally sincere as Jack to dissemble.
"That's all right," growled the big life-saver. "I suppose it was my fault — I startled you when I called — you turned and slipped — we'll call it quits."
Jessica gave vent to a sigh of intense relief.
Jack was not guilty.
Calvin looked the roughly dressed fellow over, and drew a roll of bills from his pocket. "I think it is on me," he said, peeling off some notes of large denomination and thrusting them upon Rowland. "I dont know as I can say anything very appropriate to the occasion, but money talks. ' '
Jessica's eyes blazed with indignation. In attempting to belittle the act of a man who had saved his life and stimulate appreciation of his own generosity, Calvin had produced an effect on the young girl which was decidedly the reverse of that intended. Her bosom swelled proudly when Jack dashed the money to the floor and stalked angrily out of the house.
"So that is your price?" she demanded of Calvin — her eyes were blazing and her fists tightly clenched behind her. "Money talks! It talks too loud. Go back to those who like to hear it talk. Down here it only whispers. Manhood talks!"