The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-27

Death. however things were different
Arthur did got deceive himself 2oo1ii
Army. ne knew that he had bean very IN
happy wfth heF RuG he Ras, just -
1reiehed. noR that mis- nome = as broken
~ as IL i had beer a happy one. He was
much AZ The L2nts and Isabel syrnpa-
thy ard sixteriy tenderness ware great
comfar1 70 him,
II lH ore of tire curious things IN life
how sure ns are OF tie future. and how
seldom the future bears as out Il shall
iove you forever the ooy says 70 me
girl NH does 30 know about for
ever u ts easier 20 say than for ave
minutes and certainly sounds more ro-
mantle. bGr. a. A matter ~ fact. thsre
are great many Eve minutes IN the
world ard very few forevers The strang g
part % the boy statement is that ne
gives promise which depends for its full
fiimsnf on forces over which he has aosc-
iately 10 control IL he had said. Il shall
kiss you once day forever" or event.
snail think OF you forever" he might have
made good try Al II. but Il shall love
yoa forever He might well say. /
SHAH have IL sunny weather forever. "
This statement might possibly be true.
II the boy lived in tne Des.rt If sahara
but. irue or false. he puts ig I'm a very
foolish way. for hs has nothing 70 do
with the sun or the rain any more than
he has with the motions If fi.s own heart.
If q rainstorm came Up. he could not
send IL away. ard II ne suddenly stopped
loving his sweetheart. M amount OF Try
Ing could make him begin again
GO waea a man loses his wife If any
individual could be found AZ the sagna
time inpUdeut ard couragenus enough 70
ask him. the day after the funeral II
he intended 10 marry again, the w!dowe.
would probably awake from his stupor OF
sorrow long enoEJh 10 Kick the na-ddier
downstairs. Bur II he eonld be prevailed
upon 10 give definite answer he would
say. No, Never. I have enough TO do
70 sorrow over what I have lost Yet
the chances are even that he Will De mar
rled again in TWO years. TIE truth is. we
don't know anything about how We Shall
feel in the future. ! know Of a lady who
woke up one morning and found that she
had forgotten everything that had ever
happened To her. The same thing hap
pens to us all every morning 10 lesser
degree man may say. Il shall mourn
for my wife just as deeply twenty years
hence as I do today" but no amount
az saying so Will make him do IT, either.
We can regulate the mourning on Qua
hats but not that in our hearts
Amy's illness had brought on an In
dian summer 70 Arthuss affection. and
he never loved her so dearly as the day
she died. be grirsed for her deeply and
truly, and added to his gfief by vain re
gets because he had not been 10 her a
better husband II would not be true 10
say that he determined never to marry
again; he never thought shout IT, any
more than he thought about committing
murder. II was one Of the impossible
tiles. For some months he went nowhere
except 20 the Lunts' He felt drawn 70
them because they shared his grief They
were very kind TO him. especially Isabel.
who Away knew by instinct just what
hs wanted When he came I'm 70 have
her Sing and play 10 him. he did not need
60 AJAX her; she knew what he had come
for. and she knew just the sort Of things
Re would Ike 10 hear. For though she
had outsrown her old, simp hearted. ar
fectionate nature she could reassune 1t
when she chose; Just as the world worn
actress plays Camille or Fedora. aud yet
hiss not forgotten her first part OF Little
Bo Peep. though she has not acted it
since she was an innocent child.
There are degrees Of grief Just as there
are degrees OF Joy; and Arthur was
never less miserable than when he sat
listening To Isabels singing Ne one
ever sang with deeper feeling than Isabel
and l. Tor one do not blame Arthur for
thinking that she had warm tender
heart. II gave him pleasure 10 look az
her. too, she vas beautiful az the piano
Her wonderful wavy hehf-brown hair
aud her innocent face formed a quaint
h1t fascinating contrast TO the unrefeved
black OF her dress. 4 beautiful waman
Is never so beautiful as WREN In mourn
ing the holiness OF sorrow gives her an
added charm When the ulaving was
OVER. ts1hei wuvgsd raik to. Arthur or
more often wossid listen la him while he
told her stories ~ .hfngS
would have gone so much better II only
be had acted rightly Then she would
comfort him as only an aflectionate
woman eSsp. and he would shake his
head, bat smile ut the same time. and
feel glad he came.
So Arthur became dependent upon Isa-
hei II was not that he had forgotten
Amy. II was because he liked 10 tam
and think about her that RI wanted L.
D. with lsahei-at least II was 80 AZ
first. Afterwards isahei's own charm
began To take possession Of him when
h. vas conscious Of H. ne tried 10 light
against IL; very much as 4 ~ first be
gins operations fer avoiding "A SPIDERS
weo after h- - already securely caught
Ia u one day Arthsr realized that he
Was walking - the Lunts avenue 80 thai
he m!ght see Isabel aud not SO that he
might see Amy's sister He stopped on
tAS bsA~@+R- tf8f SHUTS. leFhhhS ae had
better Dot ~ IN. Arthur came a sill.
Yer voice from the paFlor window And
The jumn that bis heart gave had VERY
httle 80 DO with the woman who had been
Mrs Arthur Sands orse ss1ort year ago.
ArtnuT q - not entirely deceived about
Isabei'S character Ssilfui as shc was
~ disSimula;isn ~lg~ could rot entirely
hi3e her real self from a mar who saw
her almost every 3aF aft whn though
preoreupisa was far from stupid Bat
Arthur was person whose Thoughts df1
uof naturally ran towards the faults ~
f0e s3rl ~ was in luve wisa Though
a good orthodox Congrer sttona list in his
religious faifE. he vas a Unitarian IN
love matters. nc 4 firm believer in
heaven. ard did hts eest not 10 think
ahout any ntnsr place He WAS obliged IN
see thar Isabel vas sometimes cross ard
overfesrtgE- ~ hsr mother bar Re- shouxn7
the hess NJ u because sire WIS alwavS SIN
nv and Consltssate 20 hiFn Several times
10 could uet n~ia noticing thaf her sense
Of horror "a eir.se tae posses siofy OF vhiyr
- difficult - sAnsssisse4 MAS ro; lit 20 his
o~n alsa STANDARD This wa hard o.
Isabel far ar resarsles3 t,er sense ssf Aoaar
hy u1tcsogs lnaafl043 she had managed Ia
make something GeTtioUsiy hAa nothing as
Fse really resTsect8ele proportions ana
fa~ AffaAf I'D EQtsC1 tEat IS ~-sS " aNerinn
Hat ei& Cos @ee7u ta 80 E#ry said merely
showed Etst hs VS. hard - satisfy a.
9v~cety a naore th8n once taat sne vs.
g. kiuE 20 pros*a~e certain ea.erv ard roe
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