The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
tracted his attention. He looked up.

49,. "N 'o's
face and n short. thick figure.
who are you?" Mr.. Janeway asked.
frowning at her intrusion. Don't you
know me. Maddy?' she returned.
lie was startled when she called him
Maddy-it was more than twenty years
since he had been called that. Are
you-are-you-but you can't be Sa-
rah," he stamnered. she has been
dead these many years"
IL am Sarah" she answered. "You
have changed, Maddy."
"Yes-yes-we are apt to-" he re-
piled, %uneasily. But you look Just the
same He said this to see II she would
account for her presence.
THE living can only see the dead as
they were In life," she returned. you
sold the farm. didn't you?"
Mr.. Janeway felt as II a reproach lay
In the observation. yes, I sold the
farm" he said. II needed the money to
put into other investments"
IL worked hard on that place." she
said. crossing her hands-very rough.
worn hands. ~ worked very hard there
those years. tried to save all | could.
Maddy."
You were a good wife, Sarah" he
replied: land both Of us had our bur-
dens, l guess"
And 1t was my money that bought
the farm-you had nothing when you
came counting me. did you. Maddy?
And you said that my being thirty
years old and you being Just Of age
made no difference"
Yes. l suppose I said that. and I'm
sure I always tried to be good to you"
he said In answer to that u%nspoken re-
proach that seemed to lie behind her
spoken words. IL tried to treat you
we'll"
"The money that came to me Just be-
fore l died from Uncle John must have
been a help-I left It and the farm to
you. Maddy." Her dull eyes seemed to
force him to acknowledge his debt.
"Yes-yes-Sarah. l know that I owe
much to you. without your help and
money I should have had a much hard
er time getting on my feet. Yet ! think
! should have succeeded In any CASE
Mr.. Janeway could not forbear Offering
this tribute to his self-esteem. How
ever, I gratefully acknowledge your aid
Sarah"
"You have another wife now, Maddy
and children" she said. But l was
first. I believed In you, and | worked
for you, oh. so willingly. / knew thai
you were different from mel knew
that you had hopes that stupid Sarai
could never understand. knew that
was your companion In your work. bu
not in your hopes. l knew that W,
were growing further apart every yea,
that we lived together. I knew tina
while ! was getting to be worked GU
and middle-ased, that you were onl.
coming to your prime. l knew that |
was best that I died when I did-be
fore I came to be a drag on you. Ye,
Maddy, before her and your children.
think you ought not to shame me. 70
l was your faithful wife-the wife q
your youth, and ! gave you all I had t
give-my money. my love. my toll"
Before Mr.. Janeway could answer sh
was gone and he sat alone.
The next day. however, he took tn
old photograph downtown and ordere
for 1t a gorgeous frame. When 1t wa
returned he hung 1t in his new library
where 1t looked strangely alien betwee
a st. Cecilia and the Arabian Falconel
bought at the instigation Of the archi
tect.
Florry, with a child's quickness, nc
ticed the fine new gilt frame that SUI
rounded the ugly, good face. "Wha
have you done to the LADY," she asked
aren't you going to pack her ava!
like mamma said?"
"No, the picture is to stay here. d
you remember who I said 1t was?"
"Yes-it was your first WIFE"
Mr.. Janeway took her on his knee
"Florry." he began ~soberly, when
was a little boy l was very poor-u
poor as the Galts"-a family celebrate
In the town for ill-luck and povert!
81 went to school when I could, bu
that was mighty little, for I had I
work most of the time. Sometimes L
get most discouraged. but ! had to wor
just TIC suiuc. OHc year i WOTkcO 10
a man named Deering; he had a daugt
ter, and when she found how much
wanted to 90 to school she lent me som
money-money she had saved by pinch
ing and %scraping. After awhile he
father died and she married me. I ha
nothing and she owned a good farm
but she married me. In six years st
died and left everything to me. St
gave me my start. She was a goo
woman, and believed In me when M
body else did. The other night par
dreamed that he saw her and talked
her, and II made him feel ashamed th'
he had seemed to forget her" Mr.. jan
way felt that he was making a han'
0 some reparation. but he was a man WI
aimed to do right-it was necessary
/ his self-esteem.
Tho child mrirplab from his arms an