The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-10-02
SEPARATION.

SEPARATION.
cit is usual, 1 believe, ho said, "be-
fore dissolving partnership to take nc
counts let usfee what we each brought
into the firm. "
You begin, she answered.
~ brought fair ability, energy, am
bition, decent position, means Of COM
Portable life, an nnblomished name. Ey-
cry enc said WASH t a bad sort, and,
moro than all, / brought deep, true,
passionate love. -
Said the woman, g l brought beauty
her statement was eplendidly true
youth, physical puIity-to which you
do not lay claim. He bowed. per
haps little else, for it was generous Of
you to marry the daughter of an undis
charged bankrupt.
"What have we got out Of our mar
riageP" continued the husband. 'Letme
speak. OF course tho honeymoon was a
failure. Poets and novelists n--he spoke
bitterly-"tell wicked. ridiculous lies
about homogeneous They never arc
wholly happy, unless, perhaps, when
It's the wife s. second h9ueytuosn Air
CIR that three months exquisite, almost
mad joy, then four months Of happi-
ness, followed by three Of contentment
ending in ayear Of gradually increasing
misery.
cor course the honeymoon was a fail
ure, " ahe answered 1.-THE next three
months were happy, the following four
not bad, the subsequent three iidi3er-
emit, and the year was intolerable You
got moro out Of the business chan /, for
You lat more in. Alas, had not tho
beautiful mad lovo'scapital, and yet -
And yet, +" interrupted the man,
misunderstanding you bayo wasted
that capital, and the beautiful mad luyo
has gone, and ], who onco would have
died for you--more than that, would
have lived disgracefully for you. l do
not believe in tho loved ] not honor
moro'-am content to dissolve partner
ship, willing that we should part as
friends.
"Content? Willing?" she asked.
''Tell me, what do you regret lnost2p
~ regret my bankruptcy, he said.
II began our partnership with what |
thought a splendid, inexhaustible fund
of love- / look back to moments Of hap
pincss beyond description, and now
am insol9ent in love. After all, be-
Heve, he continued, with pleasant,
manly smile, 81 believe that it is bet
ter to have loved and lost, even il it
be tho love and not the sweetheart that
ono has lost. Do You regret nothingP
What clings in your mind?"
She shook her head.
Come, you should tell mo. There,
on the table near you, is the deed of
dissolution, the separation deed - it
hasn't even been engrossod on parch-
meDt, but is printed on paper. At the
end arc two seals We execute the dis
solution deed by putting our fingers on
tho seals. The partnership was executed
with eur lips In quarter Of an hour
Mr. Hawkins, the lawyer, win be hero
to witness the execution. Tell me.
She shook her head again--her splen-
did head, regular in feature, delightful
in complexion, crowned with gorgeous
auburn hair, illuniined by deep, large,
violet eyes.
You regret uothingI"
With a sigh she answered; 81 regret
chat you hayo cast your pearls before
me- | regret that have misprized and
lost your love; that / gave you little in
return. / regret that my very inability
30 return your love truly has irritated
me by making me feel your debtor; that
feeling Of irritation has helped to make
you miserable and me miserable too. "
81 did not uso the word regret quite
in that sense" he answered =" L meant,
is there nothing that you look back to
Of happiness shat yet lives in your mem
ory?"
She put down the fan that had 1ut-
tered in her tender hands, and with half
a smilo, half blush, answered, ''There
was ono thing, one moment, that [ re-
greet. ="
Ho rose and walked up and down tho
room, the daintily furnished room, ev-
erything in which was note in a dead
love song.
"A year ago, almost to the day, GER
tainly to tomorrow, we were at Etaples,
Won recollect?"
ut was for economy went, because
il was ridiculously cheap and very petty,
and hated Boulogne. "
~ remember how we wandered
about; how. alas, we quarreled in the
lovely Pine woods, or TO be true,
quarreled, and you suffered and the
splendid seashore, where / said bitter
things because my friends were at
Trouyillo and at tho quiet Paris
PLACE, and you were sad and silent .
"My DEAR" he interrupted, II was
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