The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-05

or perfect happiness These twain had
been one, In the most complete and de-
lightful way possible All their joys and
sorrows they had shared.
/ But now there happened to them Cir
cumstance that wrought q cruel change
in them both. Tho Circumstance was q
lovable one, and that was the pity of 1t.
The young husband looked ut the Circum-
stance and began to feel fearful hate to-
ward It, for the reason that he caught his
wife looking Mt 1t with love In her eyes.
And there were moments when she. too,
looking at II, found her husbands eyes
fixed lovingly upon it, and then she hated
it iercely and blindly. AS for the Cir
cumstance, it kept smiling to itself.
Jealousy and unrcason reigned now bo-
tween these two. They grew nervous,
touchy, irritable Each feared that tho
Circumstance was robbing him or her of
the others love. And then, again, thnro
came moments when, driven by pride and
vanity each determined to conquer in the
fight and win the sole title to the Circum-
stances love.
One day fearful thought came to them
! both. Each struggled with the thought,
, but it triumphod. Then they gave way
to It, The thought, In each of them. was
way they might return to the old days
when they loved each other SO dearly.
The Circumstance was lying up stairs,
asleep Through the half open door the
husband approached on tiptoe. He went
round to the other side Of the couch, and
In his hand, which was shaking little,
was glass of water He had reached
the farther side of the couch and was Just
pouring white powder into the water
when his eyes took on queer fixed stare.
Through the lf~opon door came his
wife and in her right hand was glass
of water. Her eyes were fixed upon the
face of tho Circumstance, and in tho lines
OF her own face IA battle was raging be-
tween Love and Self Sacrifice and Hate.
The eyes OF husband and wife met, and
two glasses of water went crashing to the
floor. Quick signs of shame dyed their
faces, and after an instant of helpless con
stcrnation they came into each others
arms, and for long time held each other
so, silently.
When tho Circumstance awokc, 1t heard
them speaking oil manner Of strange
things
we will never let 1t come betwcen us
again, they We're saying. "Wo will love
each other first and for 1t we Will have ~
equal, though q secondary affection. But,
first Of all, we Will love caoh other"
The Circumstance smiled to itself,
! thinking they might have como 10 that
conclusion long ago without oil this trou-
BILE and hCartachp. 1t did not know how
near it had come to never waking from
that sleep. And then, rs the tull purport
OF their new resolution came to 1t, tho Cir
cumstance clustered with mighty ubicc-
tons, To be second in their affection
mean nothing more nor less than defeat
But they merely listened to it's raglngs
and smiled Wait, they snid, present
ly we will attend to you, just now we
two have Il long fast to atone for" Then
in delicious whisper, Come, dear, let
Us go for a walk alone together US we used
to in the old days
And they Went out, leaving the Circum-
stance bowling with defeat and wounded
vanity.
For the Circumstance was their own
child
A queer curl camc TO tho kings mouth,
something between a smile and sncer.
!, He called tho chairman TO him. you
! Will now receive the reward Of Justice, "
he said kindly step down into the
arena" Then he gave signal to a Cir
! cumstanco by his side and this Circum.
stance went down into the arena with the
chairman, who was white and trembling
The chairman In II fearful apprehen.
sion, started to cry out for help. but the
vast audience, in u fashion since become
quite universal, had already arisen from
its seats, and with much rustling of skirts
ana fans and crumpling u paper and shut.
y ting up OF opera GLASSES ana talking and
laughing WINS proceeding up the huge
Aislas ana out Of the Consrum 30 what.
, ever the chairman had wished to say was
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