The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-08

good ana Snb llstbneu 10 tne voice,
and, afraid of herself, she cried out for
strength, and it was as If her guardian
angel leaned from the heights of heaven
and drew her quivering soul upward to
purer air. Then the impulse came to
her to write letter which should con.
Avey to Tom her wishes for his happiness
wishes wholly honest now.
She fingered over it for some time.
She began it Dear Tom" Then she
bethought herself of propriety and be-
gan over again and wrote:
DEAR Mn. RHoDEs--I have just CHANGED TO
see in a Denver paper the announcement Of
your marriage. Oddly enough, Just before II
came to me, had been especially thinking
about you. am 30 years old this day, and 1t
seems natural that my thoughts should be busy
with my youth, which l somehow feel ends
with today, and Of which, until you went
away, you were part. For you new life II
Just beginning. Mine Is but the same old story,
/ only IL seems as II the rest of it would be what
| they call in books an "appcndix." write this
letter to wish you Joy and peace and all that
your heart most Graves.
/ / think know you well enough to be sure
! that you would not have married without love,
and love is the greatest thing in the world.
May all its fullnoss and blessedness be yours
D
of your earlier years, ELEANOR GRAY.
She addressed this letter to Thomas
Rhodes, care of John Riding, ESQ.,,
Denver" She sealed and posted it, and
then the 30-year- young woman felt
that she had indeed turned the last page
of her youth and the appendix of
her life was already begun.
1t was not long after this that new.
conner to the quiet old town of Ryefield
made Miss Gray's acquaintance. Here
at last-so it seemed-came the verita.
BILE knight of romance of whom Eleanor
had dreamed. Austin Bland was poet
and painter both. One glory was not
enough for him. He had come to the
little Connecticut town to paint some of
its beguiling bits Of stream and meadow
land, some Of its famous old trees that
seemed fairly human-they had lived so
long and were so full of hayward indi-
viduality. His pictures, he said, were
for sale. His poems, on the other hand,
were not the property of the world. He
supposed it was unfortunate, but the
truth was he was utterly subjective
His verses. such as they were, were the
very cry of his heart, and surely they
did not belong in the market place.
From the first Bland seemed to take
a, es,,ec;,l interest in Eleanor MAJ.
uro,l1 th;s ;rtorest t,a,torod bor To haa
80 ,ranr raars s;noa an,, NO., Ma so
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cor,a;nIr d;d ~. rosa.,,I,,. -
whom sbe might have haan. a. Sa;, poss
mond With tbo fa,aI ou, T., - 80.
,s herseIf in soora ~ .,t;.,da. ~,
wrote verses 70 ber in French mstors o
rondeaux tr;o,ats and haii.das "a
these he told her were for har onIv
that or-, 80 he -. ,',,;oL 80.
thar bersa,f rms, hoor T, ,uas ~, ~,
deIi,b,f,IIy roman,;o ,h.. E,oanar ~
gan 10 think sha was on;ta snT;o;ant,r
in love with him thonoh Love ms
,omeboyv a los. s,rarrors ona avo;,;nn
emotiun than she had hi,horto srnnos'
cd Sha WAC ra,har ,,ad so,ro.;',,ns =,
be ,eSt alone a, tha olosa 81 ~, as,aruo,,
of art and Of romanco ~ oonrsa ia
was because she Was IN There oonId
he NO doubt that i, mas Tho rirh. tE;nu
this h;oh hrad rass;n,, .L.t ,,,aooa ,,as
with ali The resonrcas - art pIanJ IA
not snoten ~ tho fu,nra hn, tha. ,nrst
bo hacorsa no mos ~ ao,;a.,oi,, -
served 10 arnro,oh hor rashI,,
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