Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-31
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.Unsriment does not succeed;
 ,rod decree that man shall 3 . e.,,ar,; that woman shall
 Tn .s man for other coin than
 2 !!a.s z common sense is not a p ,n inc marriage mart. Men
 z bo x enter therein with only
 p ss in their purse have no
 ssn1J ''alntain if on reaching home
 p a.r have concluded an un-
 ',peeId. when he asked Anne
 Y be his wife. felt no more
 r t than he felt for any of the 5 {, ',,tnous household appoint
 \, vas purchasing about the
 and made no pretense of do- g ~ had he done so, would she
 I.Ssd 'n, him, for Anne Singleton 3 ',s ,s1 much in her as summers
 .,s and knows that love is E s ,.or in life's sky and that the
 asr Of this world is gold.
 4'lstoa has had her romance .s f deep down in her deep
 ,o, i+s graye. to keen its
 rising, has piled the stones
 s..nce an,l contempt, as many a ss,d0ue before and since. Once .re. Anne Singleton sat dream History. It was a story old as than some of them |r iben, 1t was quite new and 4,iprfnl. It contained all the 3gE material common to such Fp lad and the lass. the plight l inc richer suitors, the angry ae love that was worth bray bs world for. One day into Is, there fell from the land of |rrr letter, a poor, pitiful let |Tn know I love you and only ,su. My heart will always be |rIdie. But my father threat |to my allowance, and, as you |lsye nothing of my own, ex- N. Some would call her hand |stbow can I think of her beside 'gw WAS money ever let to come gr,4 fa rarse us?" With many suIing questions of a like char ud much severe condemnation and heaven and other parties lz andmuch self commiseration. Singleton took long to read the Fben she had finished 1t and had through again, she rose, ard git in her hand flung it in the ialaugh, and IS the flame burn nd died away felt that her life a with it, not knowing that hearts can heal Asn John Ingerfield comes woo
 speaks to her no word of love, Tof money, she feels that here at genuine voice that she can trust. the lesser side of 1ifeis still left
 ltwill be pleasant to. be the mistress of a fine house, to give options, to exchange the secret l a home for display and luxury. lagS are offered to her on the ns she would have suggested Accompanied by love she would aaed them, knowing she could Hin return.
 woman finds it one thing not to lection and another thing not to t Day by day the atmosphere ne house i'll Bloomsbury grows colder about her heart. Guests at times for 9 few hours, then ewing it chillier than before. T husband she attempts to feel lca But living creatures joined cannot feel indifference for each yen two dogs in a leash are com think of one another. A man must love or hate, like or dis riding as the bond connecting lrawn tight or allowed to hang ' mutual desire their chains of have been fastened as loosely as rsecurity will permit, with the lsequenee that her aversion to l not obtrude itself beyond the pOliteness. t of the contract she faithfully Tor the Singletons also have . of honor. Her beauty, her charm, her influence, are de- ms seryice-to the advance lis position, the furtheranee of lon Doors that would other 4na Il m closed she opens to him. So- | would otherwise pass by with IS round his table. His wishes lfes are hers. In all things she 'yifely duty, seeks to render 'feeable to him, suffers in si- occasional caresses. Whatever ed in the bargain, that she will | } the letter.
 als side, likewise performs his ouslnesslike conscientiousness ''hg that the pleasing of her personal qualification to him. | :, ,''hout generosity. He Is ever Il or and deferential to her, | her at all times an unvarying | iess that is none the less sin 0shg studied. Her every ex- ,ant is gratified, her every | ''aste respected. Conscious of | v oelng an oppression to her, | careful sa not to intrude himself | ' wiener than is necessary. l 2 ne asks himself, somewhat | 7 ,, what he has gained by mar 'nuers whether this social race l