The Delta independent., 1899-07-28
THE MAD GODS.
vha. would the mad gods do
For hate with me, i wonderf
Or what for love with yous


-Swinburns.
Percy Cnar-ing,on was carried homo
Oh hu-i.le with his neck broken one
stormy afternoon in mid-Noveinber.
hay.I!,, les. t;.oae who stopped to pro!Ter
as: - nee tie best run of the season.
People shook their heads and remark
ed .hat young lien from the grass conn
ties who viii try to fly the Essex fences
cua only expect broken rec,;s rs n mat
ter of co;:-sc. Il fence that begins with
n s:ii:.ii die, ;:.d /. soft tai-e of. co,i-
tiares :.:i-.i {. big built mp ba:li CROWN
ed by !: s;os.. stated hazel hedge ami is
colcl.ted by ri.:e foot drop into u
chns:n Ike ready made Srare on the
far side is lot tie pl:ce to ty. rs Eay
fool sho,i have E:iovn AID all i.sses
people 90 i.:,o:..
So Percy Cii:r-iag:oI Went hone on
u hu-dle-:.ll cf HIN that the startled
SOL! left behind When it set forth on It's
separate journey from the bottom OF
that piiilcss ditch. and hrs Charriag-
ton. FIVE days !Gter. srt il her widows
weeds in TIE lo:;cly library end ga-ed
across the soGden. gray garden with
eyes that ioo-ed and saw not
She hid beca IL prisoaer AID nov the
s,irc.sles lad fallen. and behold. she was
freei
Two io.,-s before the heavy Essex
clay fcil dead uad soie;nnly upon her
husband's coiiia: two hours ago she
turned he. face f-o::i the past f:id faced
the f;.tr-e-the future that five days
b::c.. had Ea:e- existed for her. Where
fore she SIT in her library and wss
calmly s:saifnsiiy glad.
In hay.:ig bSen c:retcfed for three
Yeas she was simred the great I:,ise.y
she should rightly have felt ct her lone
illness. At moments sr;ch as these il Is
permitted one to be th:.?,.ful that all
women do ios love their husbands
Mary Cn-rr.1gto;i wis u small vo:u-
an. with slight figure. n pale face 4
little too loax for its width. big gTay
eyes and n u,sss Of old fashioned nus
brown hair Sho was fogr aud twenty.
and she had rcvcr been sincerely happy
IL the whole Of her life.
Who are go to c;:st q stone at her
when we realize that she emo nes:er
to happiness Oh the day OF her hts
bands funeral than ever befo-ef
1t is siaf,l TO wisi, uian dead. SIN.
ful to iie gi;.d When he dies. but when
that risas pc-son has constituted a
barrier be;,=eel o::eself md Ell ple..s.::e
in lie. IL il be sinfrl TO .ejoice nt That
barriers re::io-i:i2. then sin sacii .c-
joicins LEES; be. snd thee IN end OF
il,
She had Married ki;:i three years be-
fore fo- diversity Of REASONS not 70.
the OILY o:.e. She pct all though. Of
that inside. She said "Ses'' 70 Mr.
CharriagtoI becarsc he YVES yoray and
good looking n:id loved her and pro
posed TO her. a:id becar:se she was loosely
and poor u:;d tired of all her sr:ror:d-
inys and wanted strong arm between
her and TIE world. Women marry for
that last re.:sol LI,:c!, ofteaer than they
have E:iy itea Of
OF co5:-sa directly she v;:s married
she met .ie i..aI size was to love. AID
tort,lv-it.i lo.cd him. a:;d suffered -
only these i:ttlc. pale faced. 2:sy eyed
women c=a. bccause they have no
strength Ia rise srrcrior TO their lore.
,ui;iag the Gordian niarriage knot
TIE mans :::,:::e vs.s Jack Colliii2'sood.
a:.d he v..s 81 barristc-. who. bcl:g .
brave I,El. r.n nY-ny and we:;t of to
| try His Inc. rt the Calcritl lar.
Fate v.as l-i;,d r=d let him succcci-
| Fate vn.tcii to Lscp him away from
NJ. Chasriugton. and then one day
| IL forgot and let Percy come to IRENE
diable grief ont hunting after which.
having co:a-iitiesi n blunder. IL washed
| its hands of the whole rffair and said.
"what IlT.st lie shall bel
Fate IL "a fsialist.
She wrote to her lover: s',e told him
she YVES free. 1t was not u long letter.
but the whole Of her life and her love
and her Eopcs Of heaven went ont to
CaIcutts between two pag,s Of foreign
paper.
The nasv-e- caiie back the ansve.
she expected end longed and prayed
for. and May CharIinZton made her
/ preparations. set her affairs in order
and boughf her trousseau. walking in .
golden world decked with purple and
rose and silver-a world all fair 10 ~,
that had never before bcen aughs Init
Z gray To her
She sgg2 about the big. empty hou.s.
she iaughcd whenever sire caught her
own eye in one Of the many yrcat mir
rors Once she took ofY the little Whit
Grape cap GD1 thf CIV II mo the air q
was very bad taste ON her part. but shs
vvx' - happy that she had gos beyop6
refinement
So ss the end Of -ia muntha she hpus-
ed her psa.Us 10 tias Esndahar to -
1us ~ him
- ~ ess11y - - ~ frS<saH
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