The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-12
John Green's [ owe flttair
BY D. |. MEITO.

used 70 say very often. New Be surs yos;
da1's neglect Mrs Newman. foa knox
how 70 talk 10 her 50 much better than
! 60"
sac xas specially emphatic about this at
the time when Mr.. Newman was orjsre4
an 10 Washington and obliged IN leave as
wife and little daughter behind him.
We viii do al We can fer your wlfes
c0mfors.' said Mr.. Green in making his
faFexel!s. bat guilty. gioat!ng feeling
seemed to choke mis- words and make him
feel like q cur that ought 10 ae whipped.
Yes, I'll sse that he doat neglect aeC,
added ais wife with her best sTaile-ths
one she took the most pains with.
After this Mrs. Newman and her little
girl took rooms aercSs the street, and Mrs.
Green had the .dea that she must ke-o
the doorstep worn down with the fire.
quenay Of Ter Gals She thought some
o. opening Up her own home again and in
wiling Mrs. Newman 10 spend the winter
with her. and sending out cards together.
Sae also had a fair vision stretching over
the years 70 come. Of herself aad dang D.
ters as the guests of Mrs. Newman n
Washington. and thought out how She
would dress when she wen. 10 the pfss--
GeRt's dinners.
AS fer Mrs Newman. once cut Of the
house With the Green's. she gave them 10
more thought than the mil vince! gives
10 che water that has passed. she would
have utterly forgotten thai there we're
such people as the Greens n tae world.
She had met so many people in the course
Of o1angef.h life, that few mere or
less did not count. She made acdAalnf-
ances as lightly as d swimmer cuts the
waves-a moments touch on face, brow,
hand~Ehen gone forever, She Was faSc.n-
at5lg % chance acquaintances because il
was in her nature 10 be 20, even where
she had not the remote idea Of exercising
any charm. But the poor Greens had taken
ner most seriously and had staked their
hopes upon the shifting sand OF her man
hers.
Mrs. Green with her ambitions and her
husband with more than that. Poor. sui-
hble. infatuated Mr.. Green. a man 50
founded and established IA good morals.
80 stocked with common sense. such a pi!-
lar OF decorun in church and state, tals
aas The man who was in love Win an
athe- mans wife.
At frs. ne blushed all over at the mere
thought of such thing. but later or he
found that after all. ne Was just getting
on TO be q man OF the world as was flttin x
20 one who had made - muca money as
ha had. He bought new clothes To wear
IN the store, he got hair invigoTator for
the top of his head, he squandeyed untold
stuas on craYats, and above all, ne con-
tinued TO see the lady herself every day on
/,
simple soul. helped on matters by sending
him on errands TO her: he took gifts 10 the
child, he sent her flowers, he was always
with one eye cut Of his store window 50
as 10 see her when she passed and have q
little chat with her.
OF these attentions, as we'll as the reason
OF them. Mrs. Newman was profoundly
unconscious. She was occupied to the full
with her child aud with some of the bust
NFf4.~ a -vsfrg IS hAr k.,ch
whose secrets she shared. and To whom
she often gave her assistance and her very
clever counsel. II she even thought that
the Greens we're making themselves rather
obtrusiye iii their kindness she excused IL
on the score OF ignorance.
They're plain people" she would say.
II do believe they are the most grateful
and the kindesi of adjust look at the
Greens.''
But ether people. the servants. the gos-
sips and clerks at the store, were very
ready 10 exchange glances and significant
words at the flowers, the fruit the PASS
ing bow. or word. Poor Mr.. Green had lit
tie 10 feed his love upon. but he invented
a kind Of pdbulum for 1t, he construed al,
the words and looks OF the lady into some
thing never intended, and by means of his
musings kept himself in a state Of excite
ment. becoming daily agitated and ,em-
pest-toseed. unbalanced and inflated.
The bubble burst the day the news came
that the Newmans were 10 leave imrnedi-
aiely for Washington. Mr.. Green WAS 50
overpOaered with the news TIA; he rushed
Immediately over to the little pelrlor of the
Newmans: he was red with persplr.ng ana
areathlesas with coming Up the stairs GO
fast.
jenny" he cried. Jenny Tt was the
first time he had ever spoken her name
AMI the sound thrilled his soul. Jenny
is II possible that You are gong away /?
VIA, shall l do without you? You have
no idea what you are 10 met He wanted
- say that she was the star ana central
sun OF his existence. that all the glorlcs
Of nature radiatet from her and from her
only. that without her RIFE was fer him
noIhing bat the blacknesss OF despair But
as the servant just then came In TO shut
the door ne had left open. and he caught
sight Of ina shocked look on the lady )
face, he fed from the room as prec3pltatcsy
az he had come into II.
Bat he departed only 70 shut himself I'D
in his den and write "a letter. In this hs
put al he could. poor. desperate man. 81
the stars. ana central Suns. and g!ories Of
nature. ana of the hlaeknesss ar hig de-
SPAR If she left him hopeless lie aa-
dressed this to Jenny. and signed by John
Grecn.
The next time he saw this letter II syas
o&n wife. She had Also with il q hrief
bat polite n0te from Mrs Newman calling
NT~. Gfeen's attention 10 the matter and
requesting her 10 take in hand the morals
and intellect OF her husband
Mrs. Green came 70 the truth hy degrees
only. IL came over ner ~ waves and biz
lows, as she reai and re-rea4i the tao let
ters. and a; last Submerged her in the deep
sea soundtTls-s OF a hystericai attack. Not
50 ner husband, Iocz, wandering derelct
h3e sails Tiddled. hs rlLiEfeF broken hts
eontrabaud cargo goas 10 the bottom. and
be a mere hulk Of himself thrown us,sn
ar angry s6oTe, oui found al last. thank
heaven. and sound al core, an1 thankful
ali hss life after that he had not gone "a
utter destruction on the rock uroa vyhs~,
many snothe- man has wrecked ms sou.
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