The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-25
he true, sweet. loving soul though,

,he true. sweet. loving soul though, her,
 As for myself allow me to disciaim the conternptible part you would ssla, to nc. have not fiirteG with you-i was perfectly sincere when l told YOU that l loved yoo. as am ae~. when tell yoa thai that love has gi,en place ,o scer.
 The man who would ,rtie with wo- man affections IS seoandrel Laugh ai me for having loved seu ln earnes, if you choose.
 Your opinion IS q matter of indirfcr- ence ;o me henceforth and lwould rather be fool than kna>e.'
 And with that. without giving me tune io think. to speak Ia recall Inx mad false words. he turned and lei; me: and. l. knowing that had ias, him. ieli down desp palnus Ike ore dead.
 l1ishi have unoenc he mischief still II .cocid have conquered my wickei pride
 ! vas n the wrong-ahy did l no, % To him and say so:
 b4, no. noN taa, ! ~as assured thai he had loved fne. waited ier him te come ,e me.
 Fl he loves me as love h4m he ~lll come" thought. forgetting Ina, had denied 10 him ,ha, loved hiin.
 Three months Nen; bt and he never came.
 Then began to sec with clear eyes.
 Nhy should he seek the false coqueiic las he though, mc ~ho had boldly de- elared To hum that her love had been mere pre;ence
 Ne. t WAS ,oo much ,o hope or book for.
 would go ;o hin. !, had come ,o this. ai las: that ! confessed ia myself could no, llse wi;hea; him-l would so ,o hum.
 went
 Wei. pFide had desened a bitiet pun i>hmen,
 sent ID h hirn :. little humble note
 Let n4e see Ae, for few moments. | implere you.
 He eaue instantly.
 He~.,s agitatcd and pale. and there wa> an AT oi disorder abnu, hun.
 He eNeascd himself for that. cec T a journey. KT S1Id' S;aF7 i5T the continent n ihe morning
 Then l burst cal passIenately
 = Nc. no. you must net go. cannot bear k oh. Fred l loNe you. have loved none bu, you. Forgive me
 And all III, losc. all mx jealousy. all my re.aerse and aass s..sh. came III sudden flood ;ha, would not he checked: until Al last s..i,',.He .,n h.s- -brcaSl- and he kissed ma once ~iIh q deep and bitter groan. and put me from him.
 s.t- ter never to have told me this than 10 tell | to me now am to mary Alice Dcanc te-norru@ morning.
 Five wears later.
 Human hearts can live through bitter misery and my heart lrved through this lived without hope.
 knew that he called another woman wife-i knew iha; another womans arms entolded him. and yet lived.
 Dld suffer:
 Well my harr was gray al twenty-hNe, and l grew wom and old. .Ah, Heaven knows If l suffered
 h the fifth year of ;heir marriage Alice died. leaving ht,le daughter.
 Those who best knew him told me he mouFned his ~Iie,s joss. and ~as anNlons ;o 50 abroad perhaps to forget.
 4 strange impulse came upon me l wrote to him. said
 = Ii you need home tender friend for your I.i;le girl oh leave her ~Ith me.
 1 had no thought. Heaven knows. O. reviving the past me. with my sad. dun eyes. and ny hair fast turning grey
 But when he came to me and brough, the child. and l saw h,s eyes grow soi, as ne marked the change m me ah then thanked Heaven that through pam and anguish of soul stIll had lived. if bu, Ia serve his child. You can guess the end perhaps Il hap pier one than often comes to such mis- takes as rnine.
 Two years l cherished little AilCe as my own. and then he returned and gave her 10 me for my own indeed. for he became my hu sband.