The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-23

''What shall I do?' for he found himself
face to face with a future before whose
One does not decide upon the merits Of
falcons according to the traditions of doves,
and it would be quite as unjust to judge
Julie Applegate from the standpoint of her
husband and his children. There is no doubt
that she made life a hell to them, but this
result was accidental rather than Intention
al, and 1t must be that one
mans hell is another's heaven.
If one is considering the matter of griev-
ances, Julie certainly had hers. Most acute
of all. she was accorded only a grudging
liberation by the. circle to which the first
Mrs. Apologize belonged. This was the
more grinding from the fact that In Belle
Middle West, social distinctions are based
upon quality and not upon position.
of view tempers were made to lose, but
Dora habitually retained hers with a dig
nifty which. while 1t endeared her to her
veloped an inordinate jealousy of the girl,
and the love of the father and daughter
most pacific Intentions in the world it was
impossible to divine what would or would
not offend Julie.
corded Julie departed for Pullman accord
ing to her threat, and for a few days after
her departure life was delightfully."- peaceful.
Dora exhibited all sorts of housewifely
aptitudes and solicitudes, the wheels of the
household machinery moved smoothly, and
the domestic amenities blossomed un-
Julie had been gone a week, a week Of
golden Indian summer weather, when one
day, as Applegate was leaving the house
after dinner, he was met by the telegraph
boy just coming in. He stopped at the gate
and tore the message open. 1t was from
jules brother-in-law, Hopson, and con-
densed in its irreverent ten words a stupe-
flying amount of information. Applegate
looked at II, unable to understand:
Macdonald has come alive. Claims Julie.
High old times. Come"
He crushed the yellow paper in his hands.
and. turning back, sat down heavily upon
ahead of him. If this were true what did
it mean to him? Out of the hundred
thoughts assailing him only one was clear
and distinct 1t meant that he was free.
He turned the telegram over in his fin
gers. touching it with the eyes of one who
Free! His home-his pretty home-his own
again, with Dora, who grew daily more like
her mother, as his little housekeeper; free
PEELED even while it attracted. Free from
the endless scenes, the tiresome chickering's,
the futile jealousies. the fierce reproaches
and the fierce caresses, both of which
wearied him equally now. He had scarcely
known how all these things which he bore
but he knew at last. The measure of the
relief was the measure Of the pressure also.
The tears trickled weakly down his cheeks
hide his thankfulness even from himself.
The prospect OF peace overwhelmed him.
No boys delight nor mans Joy had ever
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the pale November sunlight seemed to hold
a promise for him more alluring than that
or all the May-time suns that ever Shone-
the promise Of a quiet life.
AS he accustomed himself to this thought
there came others less pleasant. The pre-
eminently distasteful features of the situa-
ton began TO raise their heads and hiss at
him like a coil of snakes He shrank ner-
vously from the prospect of the gossip and
the publicity. This was a hideous, repulsive
thing to come into the lives of upright peo-
pie who had thought to order their ways
according TO the laws of God and man. Ii
was only jules due TO say she had in
tended that. But ii had come and must be
met. Julie was MacDonald's wife, not his
not his, The only thing TO be done was to
accept the situation quietly. He knew that
his own compensation was ample-no price
could be too great to pay for this new joy
of freedom-but he shivered a little when
he thought OF Julie, with her devotion TO
hurt julie cruelty, but there was no one
TO blame and there was no help for il. And
Macdonald could take her away into the
Tar. new West and make her forget this
miserable interlude. He knew that for Mac
Donald. who was of a different fibre from
himself. jules charm had been sufficient
and enduring. Whatever might be the ex-
PLANTATION of his long absence, Apologize
did not doubt that the charm still endured.
And in the end even they themselves would
ahead OF them. and its memory would cease
TO seem a shame, and become a regret
whose bitterness the passing years would
lessen tenderly.
Having thus adjusted the ultimate out
come OF the situation 10 suit the m
and looked at IL. He had just time TO make
the necessary arrangement and catch the
afternoon train for Chicago
He telegraphed TO Hopson. and as he left