Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24

you to bc my wife. There is no reason
why our lives should not be much more
useful together than apart. Don't you
ayrcc with mc:"
Kathcrine's face was impenetrable.
eyes, MIR. Howard, it would be most
sensible arrangement. value truth, and
believe y", to he above marrying for
money. Those two qualities lave not
yet seen combined i'll one man. Ishould
like Ia lead !, useful life AS YOU say
We may accomplish that together. Twill
undertake it with you"
licr manner surpassed his in business
like GOODNESS. There was no fear of be-
in@ bored 10y al emotional wife in such Il
woman. Howard was satisfied.
''lNatherinc, said lie, with some hesi.
tation he was not a shy man, but it
took courge TO address Miss Strong by
her hris;ian Katherine, you are
as Independent as L. suppose, for the
sake OF the picture, we hurry our we'd
ding have an order must fill before
The end of the month; after that shall
want You To pose necessarily, and our
being married will save much time and
trouble
"!'or the sake OF the picture, repeat
c'l Katherine, slowly; eyes, for the sake
of the picture it would he best. will
marry you 10y the end of the month";
'lhc ncN, few days passed more quickly
than MIR. Howard had expected. Be
fore he knew it came the wedding, the
crowded church. the conventional rcccp-
tion, and a!! was over. lie and Ka,hc-
rinc were man aud wife.
1t was their second week of marriage.
Howard had been printing steadily that
morning, and now, lifting back his chair.
he surveyed his work, weary but wholly
satisfied.
81 want to know when this is to end. >"
1t WAS Katherine who spoke; but that
voice. broken and passionate, could it
have come from Kathcrinc's lips!
"Katherinc. What do YOU ,ncan3"
She had risen and had come over to
him.
The suppressed passion of years, swol-
len into mighty flood, had broke down
the barriers between her and humanity.
Nature had made this woman on the
heroic scale For years katherine had
fought against Nature. stiiicd impulse,
stunned friendship, distlr,stcd every one.
Now Nature had Won the right of way:
the floods had risen; the barriers were
shattered forever.
"Nanton, look at your picture; it is
finished You say it is great; but have
you thought why it is great! You have
painted more than you know. You have
gone higher than you dreamed. There
is a soul in that picture. You asked me
TO marry you after few weeks ac-
quaintancc You were abrupt, business
like; yon came to the point instantly. l
was Il good lay figure, you thought-ah
do rot interrupt ne; in society there arc
many Kind friends torcport little speeches
such t'.al. Youtoldmc plainly that you
dcspis;c love You ;hin1. it an ideal to bc
destroyed. and you are Il rcalist, IL lover
oi t!,!th. i tell you you are not IL rcalst;
no rcali>t could have painted that pic
turr. You do rot know your powers.
YOU are incru>tcd with vanity \ curious
vanity it is to want to I've les; than you
really are. Your picture at the Academy
pleased me because, tho coarse, it had
something besides its brutal realism. |
agreed 10 81! for You. and during those
sittiaas, | studied you better than you
studied me. Then You asked me TO
marry You. Man,on YOU never have
askc'! me why marrcd yon. Let me
lei! Yea; listen to me; look at me. |
married You because loved you stop,
She lai,l her L:na OH her husbands
shoulder. :" mist 50 nn. No not
move. ;'o not interrupt me-, Manton.
haze been as cold rs ice all my ;fe.
have not known what WAS in me. have
elistnstcl every one. was horn into !,
society that worshipcd money. had
admirers because had money; all my
life have lonthed money. Doyou know.
Manton, that nobody has ever loved
me
She si,ivcrcd The break in her voice
was more pathetic than Il sob from an
other Woman. Once having barred her
soul. Katherine would not spare it tor
turc.
81 have longcl for some one, some
creature. tnlovc me; and then have re
pcllc,l thenall You did not pretend to
love me: You admired the face others
thought hi,lcous. DO not think Idcccivc
myself. know you admire it because
YOU prefer hidcousncSs to beauty; but
was weak enough to he gratiticd that you
saw something in my uglincss. Now
look again at Your picture. There is
more i'll me than uglincss; the picture
tcstiiies to it. SO much for myself;
Manton. what of you.
"You have lived on the surface of
your nature as an ignorant man lives on
lie elrtl's crust, knowing nothing of the
fires, the forces. the wonderful secrets
that lie hidden beneath him. You have
made Il garden of your life. You have
arranged your likes, your dislikcs, your
pleasures, as you pleased. You have dug
into your nature only deep enough for
your trivial daily wants. Had you dug
deeper you would have struck gold. Oh.
my husband, believe it; for l love
you.'
The blood rushed to Howard's face;
he brcathcd quickly, uncvcnly. He did
not stir or speak.
Katherine faltcrcd, and then faced him
with simple dignity.
"Nlanton, can be of use to you, if
you can love me. too have been weak
enough to trust in my own strength. l
| tl,ou,rht tl,.t I cnuld foroo ,,,,, - I.,.,o