Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-27

"very well. Philip" she said, with your
consent I will go. Baby must do without me
for while, unless" she frightened, unless
you will allow me to take baby and nurse with
me-"
''No" answered Philip, ION no account. 90
yourself, but cannot entertain that other pro-
posaL"
She sighed.
Where is Janet?' he asked.
"At Andermatt-on the s. Gothard. The air
is bracing there"
Every well. You will want money. You
shall have it."
"And how long may stay?"
THAT entirely remains with yourself AS lar
as am concerned, am indifferent"
So Salome was to go. She was now filed with
feverish impatience to be off not that sne
cared for herself, that the change might do her
good-but because the leaving home would be
to her agony, and she was desirous to have the
pang over.
She felt that she could not endure to live as
she had of late, under the same roof with her
husband and yet separated from him, loving
him with her faithful sincere heart, and meet
ing with rebuff only guiltless, yet regarded as
guilty, her self-justifcation disregarded ner
word treated as unworthy of credence. NO.
she could not endure the daily modification,
and she knew that it would be well for her TO
leave, hut for all that she knew that the leaV-
ing home would be to her the acuteSt torture
she could suffer- She must leave her dear
child, uncertain when she would see it again.
She did not hide from herself that if she lett.
she left not to return till some change had
taken place in Philips feelings toward her.
She could not return to undergo the same
freezing process. But she raised no hopes on
what she knew of Philips character. AS 1ar
as she was acquainted with it, it was unbend-
ing. Salome had the simple faith which leads
one to take step that seems plain, without TOO
close questioning as to ultimate consequence.
She had been told by the doctor whom sne
trusted that she must go away from Merga-
rroyd, and Immediately came the call OF ner
sister. To her mind this was a divine indica-
tion as to the course she must take, and she
prepared accordingly to take it.
At the best of times it is not without misgiv-
ing and heartache that we leave home, If only
for holiday, and only for few weeks; we dis
cover fresh beauties in home, new attractions,
things that require our presence and obstruct
our departing steps. A certain vague fear al
ways rises up lest we should never return, at
least that when we return something should be
changed that we value, something going wrong
that we have left right, some one face be miss
ing that we hold to with infinite love. 1t is
qualm bred of the knowledge of the uncer-
tainty of all things in this most shifting world,
a qualm that always makes itself felt on the
eve of departure. With Salome this was more
than qualm; she was going, she knew not to
what; she was going, she knew not for how
long; and the future drew gray, impenetrable
veil before her eyes-she could not tell should
she return, TO what that return would be. She
did not reckon about her child. She could she
would not be separated from it-but whether
Philip would let the child go to her, or insist
on her return to the child, she did not ask. The
future must decide. Whatever she saw to be
her duty that she would do. That was Sa-
lome's motive principle. She would do her
duty anywhere at any sacrifice; when she saw
what her duty was.
A cab was procured from the nearest town,
four miles distant, to take Salome to the sta
tion.
Oh, the last clasp of her babel The fearful
eyes, the quivering mouth. the beating heart,
the inner anguish; and then-asssshe ran down.
stairs with her veil drawn over her face, Philip
encountered her on the landing and offered her
not his cheek, not his heart, but his arm to
take her to the cab.
Philip was restless all that day after Salome
had departed. He had remained at home in
the morning to see her of, and he did not re-
turn to his work at the factory till after lunch.
At the office, he found it impossible to fix his
thoughts on the books and letters before him.
He was not an imaginative man, but day
dreams forced themselves before him now; be-
tween his eyes and his ledger he saw the pale,
fearful face of Salome through her veil. He
found his thoughts travelling along the line