The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-10
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The attempt 10 describe hours like
those Philip waspasslng through must
always br pa MIN and generally n fall
IRE. When we iah ourselves. we may
feel anguish and r'norse; may call our.
selves hard names, sAzse ourselves 10
the dust, and seek ch,tisemcnt Cor our
sins, but behind NIL %compunction IL Mo
consciousness "Aficr III. | never WA
perfect TO begin wlthi what | have done
has not put me outside he pale 81 hui
mainly, aud there Is fac future ~
which may strive TO explato my sin"
hut when ones Ideal ~gocs-whon what
was highest, purcsl, hottest. what
seemed stainless and unimpcachablc,
crumblos suddenly down before ONES
horror struck eyes. into common dust
-one can no longer see with undlstort.
ed vision; the reaction Il binding. and
the miserable dust looks Ike a heap Of
dreadful corruption. Thus Il was with
Philip. and Il was with this ovcrwbclm'
ing disaster that he aad TO battle that
night Sleep, he lelt, was out of the
question, but. sselng that his bedroom
had a round 5ay-window. opening 10
tho floor. he unfastcned Il, and saw
that A little iron balcony ran round IL.
ihs light air blew keen aud fresh. but
hsigolhngly upon him. lilo stepped
,o,.n, an, resting his elbows upon the
ie"gs OF u balcony, leaned there. and
En1ea d~rcariy out into tho night.
iherc was q hte moon. lust about 10
disappear bchlni a range of low moors
70 the west-hc Gmly saw the trees In
me garden, and the fowcr.bcds beneath
his window. and the ,mootbly.sbayen
lawns. Farther away h. bcb.IJ m.
CLEAN Of water there was an artificial
lake. he remembered. wi".l he had mo.
ticcd ~ they drove up 10 the Hon@ An
WAS very still sod quiet, tho vbuie -.
tablish-iunt seemed hushed Ia r,poSe.
1i,ls time last night he had been eager.
" longing for home; had been thin.
ing OF Angela. Of the pleasure, the sur.
prise OF his own sudden arrival. When
q he ever ceased 10 think of her2 II
was Of her he had thought as he land
oil, OF her rs Lo hurried rs rapidly as
trains aud cabs could take him 10 lrk.
ford Of her, and " her only, when he
arrived, and. while he was driving
through the dlngy. well. known streets
-of her. rs. like a food. tho rcmcm.
brancc of the same rushed over his
mind Grace, Mabcllc. the few short
and terrible moments during which his
leap from light TO darkness had l"sn
taken.
..Sbe was -..rrcd this morning" he
mnuarrd - himself. My Cod what
are women made of. hat they can do
these things married this morning. and
not three weeks ago she was writing 90
me as her dearest Philip Suppose I
wcrr 10 send the letters TO old Fordycc,
without further note or comment -ha,
hs' Ms a mad world. my masters, a
mad world. Well, q man does not die
because n woman has lied 10 him. and |
suppose other men and women will not
visit \ As a sin upon Philip Massey that
Angela Fairfax first made a fool oi him,
and then Tilted him. ! came home Ger.
tain that was n made man. every way,
and u seems I'm n marrcd one instead
lin the only quarter whore | card for
success"
The idea "~success" awoke other
memories. and he remembered his game
with Thekla Berghaus, and their definl.
tons Of success.
And said Grey bal been c
fnl. and she did not seem ~ SURF abon,
III but was right, after all. for he has
got nm honest woman for his wife.
suppose Grace meant that one day
when she spoke 10 me. What a fool i
vast
The night On. and tho moon dis.
appeared. and dawn broke IN the east,
bringing . glad new day, with new
hopes and JOS. TO the wofldin general,
but when the sun arnse In his beauty,
he found Philip Massey with q very
empty heart