Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-28
Translation of aSaVage
by GILBERT PARKED.
Copyright 1898. byJ. B. Lippincott CO..
CHAPTER VI.


strange ride had gone the last flicker Of
the desire for savage life i'll h,,i. She
knew now the position she held toward
her husband; that he had never loved
her; that She was only an instrument
for unworthy retaliation. So soon rs
she could speak after her accident SIZE
told them that they must not write to
him and tell him of it. She also made
them promise that they would give him
no news of her at all, save that she was
well. They could not refuse to promise.
They felt she had the right to demand
much more than that. They had begun
to care for her for herself, and when
the months went by and one day there
was hush about her room and anxiety
and then relief i'll the faces of all, they
came to care for her still more for the
sake Of her child.
As the weeks passed the fair haired
child grew more and more like his IA
ther, but if Lali thought of her husband
they never know hy anything she said,
for she would not speak of him. She
also made them promise that they would
not write to him Of the child's birth.
Richard. with his sense of Justice and
knowing how much the woman had
been wronScd. said that i'll all this she
had done quite right; that Frank, if he
had done his duty after marrying her,
should have come with her. And be-
cause they all felt that Richard had
been her best friend rs we'll rs their own
they called the child after him. This
also was Lai'S wish. Coincident with
her motherhood there came to Lali n
new purpose She had not lived with
the Armours without absorbing some of
their fine social sense and dignity. This,
added to the native instinct of pride in
hyr. gave her new ambition. AS hour by
hour tine child grew dear TO her, so hour
hy Ii. ur her husband grew away from
her. She schoolcd herself against him.
" tiE',s She thought she hated him.
81" fit She could never forgive him, but
slf2 w ould prove to him that it was she
who fnld made the mistake Of her life in
marrying him: that she had been
wrunSrt!, not lac, and that his sin
would fac hIm w.,n l,3rruach and pun
ishm,Et yur d@y. Hjrnard's prophecy
was likely To- como tue. She would de-
feat VCrE perfectly iu,i, ed Franks in
tontions. After the child was born. so
| soon rs She was alIl, She renewed her
| stuGic~ with Richard md Mrs. Armour
| She read every morning for hours; she
rode; She praCtiy,d all those graceful
ErtS Of the toilet belonging to the social
convention; She showed an unexpected
faculty for sin@inS and practiced it
| faithfully. and She begged Mrs. Ar
mour and Marion to correct her at every
| point where correction seemed ncCCS-
| sary. When the Chld was two years old.
| they all went 10 London. something
against Lali's personal feelings, but
| quite i'll accord with what she felt her
duty
Richard was left behind at Greyhope
For the first time i'll Is months he was
alone with his old quiet duties and rec
rcativrs. Eur:ug that time he had not
| neglected his puusipNers-his poor, sick,
| halt aud liiEd-lut 4 deeper, larger in
| forest had Como into his life i'll the per-
,cn Of LaN. During all that time she
| lad seldom rolu out Of his siSht. never
ont Of his Influence and tutelagc His
days had been full, his every hour had
| HleD given keen responsible interest.
| As Ii l ' tact consent, every incident or
| development of L3i 5 life was infiu-
| need : his Judgment and decision. He
| .l"d been nNCC to Err than General Ar
uluIsr. Mrs. .Arnu3r or Marion. SChooled
| - he Us in al the ways of the world,
| lie hal ut the same time mind as SEN
| >iiivr &s 4 woman's, IN indcscribable
| E,utltNc>S. 4 persuasive temperament.
| Since, 1c;.rs lvforc. he had withdrawn
., IL !
! CluS2 many Of his finer qualities had
| gone into an indulGcnt scclusion. He
| had once loved the world and the gay
life Il London, but some untoward
event, coupled with n radical love of
rctirrn, ut, had sent him into years of
| isolation at Grcyhopc.
His tUtclar relations with Lah had
| rcuirIscd many al old spring of sonsa-
tiuu and exp, ri,nCc. Her shy depend
| cEcy, E,r innocent iUguisitivencss, had
| searched ont his rcmOtCst sympathies.
| In I, aching her he had himself been re-
| taught. i, il ~ sine Cano he had been
| satisfied vita the quiet usefulness and
| studious case Of his life but in her
| presence solnct hing of his old youthful
/ ness came back, some reflection of the
ardent hopes Of his young manhood. He
| did not notice the change i'll himself.
He only knew that his life was very
full. He read later at nights, he rose
earlier i'll the morning. but unconscious
| lv 10 himself he was undergoing a
change Tho moro 4 mans sympathics
and emotions are active the less is he
| the philosopher 1t is only when one
has withdrawn from the moro personal
influence Of the emotions that ones phi
losOpAy may lie trusted.
One may be interested in mankind
and still be philosophical-mayb be, as
it were, the priest and CCnfcssor to all
corners. But let one be touched in some
| vital corner in ones nature, and the
high faultless impartiality is gone. In
| proportion as Richards interest in Lali
had grown, the universal quality of his
| sympathy had declined. Man is only
man. Not that his bcnCfactions as lord
bountitul in the parish had grown per-
| functorv, but the calm detail of his in
| tCrCst was not so definite He was the
same, yet not the same
He was not aware of any difference
in himself. He did not know that he
looked younger by 10 years. Such is the
| SAtCl VI luCAC pSISouaA ~ III pat4g upOLl
a mans look and bearing. When, there
fore, one-bright May morning the fam
lily ut Greyhopc. himself excluded. was
ready TO start for London, he had nc
thought but that he would drop back
into his old silent life as it was before
Lali came and his brothers. child was
born. He was not conscious that he was
very restless that morning. He scarcely
was aware that he had got up two
hours earlier than usual. At the break.
fast table he was cheerful and alert.
After breakfast he amused himself in
playing with the child till the carriage
was brought round. It was such q morn.