The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-09-16
FOB HER FALSE SAKE

!
/ have never loved ANYBODY and l
never shall. do not believe in the
sentiment" declared Madge Fayne, her
lovely brown head very erect, her rose
red lips curling with proud disdain'
But in marrying him. dear Madee'
| cannot help thinking you Will brave Il
great ,,e,i,.N her companion said gently.
Suppose afterward you should meet
somebody who would teach you how
to love: Have YOU considered the mis-
cry of such possibility And any
such change in you would be death to
Guy Severpe; no woman was ever loved
| before as Guy loves you
| Beautiful Madge made an impatient
movement The proud brown eyes
flashed Indignantly
'-rhere can he no such possibility
she answered with cold conviction.
There is no reality in what is called
love; it is poets dream or the over
| wrought fancy of an emotional mind,
and even when 1t has been most fervent
1 1t never outlasts the honeymoon. Talk
a. sentimental school girls of love, If
/ You like. or TO old men in their lotase,
but not to me. Thank goodness l am
| too sensible for any such ioily!
How long was rs Was it only three
| months. or was il three millions of
years-endless and countless ages of
/ bitterest agony and maddening regfet-
since Madge Faync had thus proclaimed
herself superior to the sweet folly of the
| human raccI
All. fool. fool that | was, to th'nR
myself wiser and stronger than others
She walled in solitude, rs she >notc her
white hands ucrcely together, III the I'M
potent torture which seemed TO rcnd
her heart nsunder.
She was no longer the proud and
sclf-su1licient Madgc, whose reposc of
spirit and manner had seemed rs i'm
pregnable rs that of an image in gran
tic. She had changed greatly III those
few hecting weeks. The pretty pink
color as delicate rs the bloom of an or
child. had faded from her satiay checks.
Ihe large, deer-iike brown eyes were
somber and unfathonable. No smiles
ever dinpled about her rose-red lips,
and her once gladstone voice held an UNI
conscious 'indcrtone or ccas-3s r"''
and rebellion. Inc movements oi NJ,
tai. and wlllowy form We're l;lhsuio aii,i
uncertain, ike one grown az " vi NJ
Life for her had no longer ei1iel III
tcrest or charm.
~ hau All harpenei III ii ii'''t','
enc wis ~ 'nc 'nY''ei ~ -
with Guy Severne. her pieh'eu nus
1 band. lie sat beside her, on one VIM
/ hand hazed the diaihoi a hoop, "iiit i,
was Wy Nls'1l ,, s'sii ", e W, eni,raid'
her white satih.llued ana s9'i- Stiip t'.'l
,ri opera cionh lIu supp o-'e> f., thn
.t' s'io''I'isis ,, siiJmi,,s ,m 80,
' bodice OF her violet velvet gown.
In her serene ana PISS Hns, 1 hl
was guiS' anu napps, '9nc u', a., ~ 80.
llcve in love; but all the same she khsW
he adorcd her Ana II Is very grau'S
tnis no doubt TO feel tiat II man "oulu
pluck the liv" hcart from ms posoni,
If by 50 dong, ne "ouih auu % On.
pleasure. or save one some TIMING pam,
My beautiful one. II you "hiN carcu
for me rs | care LOT you ne n'ih J"s'
whispered, as he hcht 'o"aru her 'hl-
cssinGly
Ihc!" WIS n suuueh u,iu' vi ~
large brown eyes lhiit ioNtlS .
pink color nusheu lhe aiiip'S'ei IAN iiV'''
Of her sensitive, proud ia'e'
Why was there always som 'ooty 10
remind her that she was lacking IN rove
for the man who was TO De iier Me, ,,.'','.
l"rG Ilu sue ',"' ,"'d"' ~ Was not
in his manhoods integrity: was not
his society pleasure TO her: WHAT
more then was needful:
She rcaenled Il rGp'o,.,n ",,,D .ia nv ',.',
not Intended. sun, the passion ana
yrarning Of his handsome f"un'eii'iicc
touched her -,
You will always be hrst with me-
Gnar. Is not that cnoughE' she answer
q ed Gently
Inst then there was sound of FOOT
stems and subdued tones in the corridor
h,rl. of Them.
fnmnliatrly a friend entered the box;
L.. ,,,.,. followed by n stranger whom
i,,tsod,Irnd MS Mr.. Sidney Clavering.
nv -, 10 i,oo,.1 nor name repeated by Il
NtN7 -, L,rvtone voice: md she
-, a., ..,., 81 mil and soldi ,rlv-loolling
. iuf'lc" =" - H 5",.l. rrord fac framed
hgatt' VIM - Wei ma l;,bteI Inv fine.
in 'iafh, ""'s M i,,,a,,a,.t,,I rr,v
expressive eye ". ~ .,n,,ld describe
IL" was NOT Wi'"t o''e ,o .I'',,,,l ,,.itI,
rs handsome man. ~ Sonip'I. ca,..
she fair 1aScln'i'ihs' tlit9,, wy
erne, he was absoiI'elS "''i!i, ,,,,.,ior
10 acknowledged lhe ''" '''',., Wv" w..
with grave and tihsinilihE toui 80, Wy
which 10 most young siris Wouul n,t, u y
been almost repeliinS III us 'is-i''''''