The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-09-26

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the hand little closer.
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him2- she asked. eagerly. TIE heetie
flusk deepening i her wasted cheeks
/ and her efts shining Ike stars
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+ him 8 great genius and ne has eFery-
thing % make hin happy.
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starved ] an fbr the SIGHT q his fare
and one wor5 C lose from Is Iips 20
would pts and forgive ne
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sFered. N absolute truth. that gave her
I courage % tel ne her pitffal story.
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= kHew ire World would SaY hard
things q M. but there ms 10 other
Eay. and for rs sake nothing nat
tered ! seems long, long While since
chr marriage. / vas 3 poor. simple
country girl. I Hfed With M half
sister KaY mp IN the Vermont hills.
never dreaming q the great busy world
beYoHd till Herbert came there to
write eue summer. ard when / met him
| realized what lonely life mine had
been, and how insnfferabIy dull i would
heneeforth be without him. He was
very young. full Of the glorious en-
thusiasm OF ambitious youth: he used
to tell me Of his successes and al his
golden dreams Of the future. and I
knew he would some time be one Of The
great ones Of earth. lie used 70 call
me 'inn0eentlY prettY'-yes. that was
it-sso innoeeHflg pretty. free from the
poor alterations Of society girls and
liked TO have ufe near him while ne
wrote. because M simple presence
helped him 70 realize his hiehekt deals
Then ny sister died suddenly. and
after the first shock Of grief. when he
realize that I was alone ein the
world, he told he loved me-that I
vas the one girl N all the world %
him. the woman to fill his life complete
l.. His work. would take him among
all classes of people; be would be Of the
gay, tickle world which pleases for a
time, but cannot satisfy. and be would
always return with Joy to the home
nest, where / was to be queen forever
What dream of happiness 10 me.
How could | know that it was but a
dream
"The confusion and noise of the city
disturbed me at first, but had Herbert,
and nothing mattered when he was
uear. We had long, happy evenings
together in which TO talk of and plan
for the promising future. Then he
grew very busy and began to go out n
great deal, and, to satisfy the demands
Of society, had people at our home often
people whom / did not understand
'Bohemians.' Re called them, and ex-
planned that they were necessary to his
success, So the quiet evenings were
broken-it was not Herbert's fault, you
know. When the world makes a hero of
man he must smile back. / was not
adaptable. ! tried'earnestly to interest
myself in the strange WAYS of his
friends and understand the things
they talked about, but they showed me
aow hopeless it was, PerhaIn9ss thesgl tdliie1l
not mean to discourage me, but | could
not help but feel their silent scorn.
Herbert felt ii sorely and tried to help
me, but it was Of no use, it was not in
aAtg " itttA - VIC VI IUHfI8lldI~.
He was disappointed; it was not his
fault-you understand that, don't you p
she asked appealingly.
! nodded, and pressed her hand in
silent sympathy, and after little pause
she went on in her low, even voice:
zone night, when | was very tired
and troubled, I went into the little al
cove of the library, where it was darl.
and quiet, and lay down TO think it all
over. You see, / thought there must
be some way out Of The difficulty, for I
loved him so. and wished more than
anything in the world to help him.
Presently | heard Tierbert's study door
open, and after pause some one came
into the library. closing the door after
them. Through narrow rift be-
tween the portieres saw the face Of one
of my husbands friends-a handsome
young hellow called Familiarity the
Bohemian prince because he was so
rocklessly pFodigai and very popular
He and Herbert talked a great deal 9f
people whom / did not know, and fel.
very uncomfortable in hearing what
did not concern Inc; nut j was afraid
my husband would be annoyed if y
made my presence known, so / lay quite
still and tried not TO listen. At first
Herbert was in bad humoI. which the
other snan noticed, and tried to dis
sipate jestirgly: but failing, said pres
entity: Ioring. old fellow. ] know your
trouble, just as the whole world will
soon know it; and upon my word am