The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-26

.-laId ono Of its clusters on her head.
Her arm WAS raiBed-hadn't Elizabeth
the dearest curves 20 her arms? ] just
wanted to lay my cheek on her wrist ana
kiss the WhiteneS8 often"
JoneSs face was biauched. EliEabeth's
dear armSi He felt them clasp hint He
laid again mis- cheek TO her wrist and
kissed the whiteness.
zone other time, among the last re-
member, had said something feared
had hurt her, and l apOloglZed; then,
going home on foot, passed your gate
lust as she left her carriage. She stop
ped me to speak OF what had passed. and
was so sweet in her assurances OF her
love for mel loved her sol / remem-
Der Just how she looked; she was en-
trancinE; in brown, with plumea on her
broad hat that made her hair gllsten
gold and her face look like N.Y."
JoneS's eyes burned. she was 50
sweet in her assurance Of her love for
me" rang through his brain. God" he
cried to his aching heart. Il loved her
SOL"
81 never see the little girls without
seeing in them dear EllEabeth's sweet,
She was torturlng him; his skin was
parched.
ANU auG StAAu az aAAN 49, SNaAH-f
lifted his eyes heavily. She seemed
taller than usual: he wondered duly at
Il; 'to see another there IN her place.
caring for her flowers, or, perhaps, ne
Rlecting them; sitting In her chairs. re-
clinlnE on her dainty couches, presiding
IN her place at your table: to have you
giving her homage and love. holding her
In your arms and melting her with your
kisses, az II Elizabeth had never been
oh, / cannot bear II, / cannot bear III"
4 sob broke on JOnes's ear: he heard
door shut loudly, and looked up TO find
himself alone.
And then, 10 his surprise. began a
struggle, IN which his native common
sense could not conquer. "Oh. Eliza
beth, Elizabeth" his heart called yearn-
inEly. He walked the room with un-
even, restless stops He turned lercely
on an inohfensive ONCE boy: NO, can
Gee no one"
He thought OF Sue.
What had he seen in Sue? What n
stlff-backed, ungraceful walk che had!
How expreEsionless her face almost al
ways was.
He tried TO recall the passion her
kisses had reused him to. but his blood
refused to leap and thrill. 1t struck
him now that she was a thought too
eager: there had been delicious shy
ness about Elizabeth that no other wo-
man possessed.
He recalled some woman's unthouBht-
full remark that the Simpsons were not
careful housekeepers. Heavens, the
daintiness Of Elizabeth!
Hts mind was blank; his heart was
cold. save for Elizabeth.
Consciousness came back to him, but
nothing could warm his heart
This thing WIS a CHASTITY impogslbility.
He felt, as II somnambulistlc, he had as
sumed an obligation he could never
meet.
He returned to his desk. He wrote,
not pauslng, for he knew what he must
say. Just the shortest way to break the
chain--that was all no wanted:
MY Dear Miss Slmpson-My marriage
with you Is an lmpossibillty. ! fear
can not make II plain 70 you, but the
Image OF my dear wife Elizabeth has
come 20 me with 50 much force that !
cannot feel Il right TO take IN her place
ono FOR whom l feel no more affection
than / do for you You cannot be eX-
pected TO forgive what must seem so
strange 20 you, but nt least I feel sure
you could not wish the thing 10 10 on
under the circumstance. | remain,
very sincerely your friend.
JAMES JONES
AN unpleasant business" he muSed.
az he despatched II with promptnoss.
and sat waiting FOR the reply that he
felt sure would not be long delayed.
II soon camc-n reply that had been
dictated by pride which. reused by
such frank brutality. was quite sufficient
TO conceal any hurt 81 might cover:
MI Jones-I have last received your
odd note. AG you say / cannot b. eE-
pcctcd 90 forgive your duplCity, but
can be thankful that am saved from
msn who N either afflicted with n dia-
enaed mind. or who N completely under
the visionary control OF moods I am
nOt-your friend. SUE SIMPSON"
Jones' hcavcd a slgh-actuRlly. n sigh
Of relief Sue has spirit, / admire
Suei" he said heartily.
He walked home 10 dinner almost
gally. He would live, happy IN the
memory OF his happiness with Elizabeth
and his little girls, dear repllchs OF Elk
abeth, ehould be at once his care and
Ms solncp. They would soOn be com
p1nlons-oh the yenrB arc short. short"
And Mrs MRs0n2 Mrs Mason never
knew whether Jones had been engaged
or not 10 that girl. But ahc did feel sure
that she, Mrs mason, had made a
spectacle" OF herself