Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-11
MADE OR MARRIED.
MT JEEsfE ToTuERGILt,
Author Of "Onc ~ 7hrce," probation" "T1s
Hcufsdk." Etc,

fhfhA INV - v III w IlNFEns
The attempt 90 describe hours like
those Philip was pas sing through must
always b. pm nful and generally fail
IRE. When we fail ourselves. we may
feel anguish and rcmOrsc; may call our.
selves hard names. abaso ourselves 10
the dust. and seek chastisement for our
sins. bat behind all compunction is the
consciousness: "Aftcr al. never was
perfect to begin with: what have done
has not put me outside the pale If hu.
manty. mud there is the future in
which ] may strive Ia cXpiato nav s'n. -
But when ones ideal gocs--when what
was highest purcst, hottest. what
seemed stainless and unimpeachable.
crumbcs suddenly down bcfo ones
horror struck eyes, into common dust
-onc cun mo- longer see with undistort-
eel vision, the reaction j. blinding. and
The miserable dust looks like "A hcap of
dreadful corruption. Thus il was with
Philip. and u was with this ovcrwhelm.
ing disaster that he had 10 battle that
night sleep. be felt. was out Of the
question. but. sec' ny that his bedroom
had round hay-winduw, uppnlng to
The nOor, hc uniastcncd n. and saw
that n little iron balcony ran round h
The n ght air blew keen and fre.h. but
invtgortt nrly upon him. lie stcpped
torth, aud rC.t ng his elbow. upon the
ieugc OF the balcony, leaned there, aud
EAlsd drearily out into the MONT.
ihere was "a late moon, Just about 10
disappear behind u range of low moors
To the wcst-hc dimly saw the trees in
the garden, and the nowcr-i,c,ls beneath
MS window. and the smoothly-shavcn
lawns. Farther away he bcheld the
CLEAN OF water there was an artificial
lake. he remembered, which he had no.
ucod rs they drove up Co the house. All
was very stu and quiet. the whole es-
punishment seemed hu~hed i'm repose.
MS Time last night he had been eager
: longing for home, had been think
ing ct Angela, of tie pleasure, the sur
Prise ot his own sudden arrival. When
mai he ever ceased TO think of hero II
was OF her he had thought rs lao land
CO., ot her ~ he hurried rs rnp'dly As
IRA ns and cabs could take him to lrk-
lord of her and of her only, when ne
arrived. aud while he was driving
through the d.npy. well known streets
OF her, as, like Hood. the rcmcm-
brance Of the same rushed over his
mind-.Grncc. Mabtle. tho few short
ana terrible moments during which his
Pap from light to darkness had been
taken.
"She was married this morning" he
muttcrcd % himself MY God! what
are women made of. that they can do
these things -marri' Il this morning, and
not thee weeks ago she was writing To-
M as her dearest Philip suppose /
werr 10 send the letters to old Fordyce.
without further note or comment Ina.
Ia. It's n ma ! world. my masters. n
mad world Well. n man does not lie
because woman has licd to him, and
suppose other men and women will not
visit u rs in upon Philip Massey that
Angela Fairfax first made n fool oi him.
and then Tilted him. came home Ger.
tain that | was a made man. every way.
and % seems I'm n married one instead
in the only quarter where cared for
success"
Tho idea success" awoke other
memories. and he remembered his game
with Thekla Bcrghaus. and their dciini-
lions Of success
And | said Grey had been success.
tul, and she did not seem So sure about
At; but l was right. after all. for he has
got an honest woman for his wife. /
suppose Grace meant that one day
when she spoke to me. What a fool /
wasr'
The night wore on. and the moon dis.
appeared. and dawn broke i'm the east.
bringing glad new day, with new
hopes and JOS. to the worl in general;
but when the sun arose In lis beauty.
BE found Philip Massey with very
empty heart.