The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-09
ArEnd to All Things

Ii ~ 49, 81 = SOS@E
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I,yET THEN they parted lie had fallen
INV sat her feet and kissed the hem
Or her dress. How ridiculous = dem,
onstration it appeared to him to-day
and yet he dreaded to meet her again
She had treated him atrociously, he
had considered ct the time. 7 Eng.
lished,' she lad amused herself with
him, and then given him his congo
She was q married woman. ana he had
oeen boy. .."- *..;si H. s": D..
He recalled every incident Of the
farewell. A youthful passion it may
have been, but-he could not dispute
it even now-it was q passion that left
it, mark. = j. 4.H 81
There had been q conservatory
opening out Of the rooms she occu.
pied. It was In the conservatory that
he had made himself the most alb
surd-there, and for moment at the
piano, 1t which she had seated her.
self indifferently, and where he had
knelt to her like . lover in THE Lon.
don Journals" She had strolled
along; smiling 81 the flowers, saying
cruel things to him in her new and
careless voice, and he had followed
her WistfulIy like . whipped dog
pleading to be readmitted to favor
A spray Of fern that she had dropped
had been captured by him passion.
ately-shez had touched it in their
last moments together. She shrugged
her shoulders with q sheer, and hi
eyes filled at her cruelty.
"What do you suppose there was in
. boy like you to hold . woman like
me?" she had asked.
It was the harshest thing she could
have said, and he remembered that al
that he had broken down altogether
Good heavens, how preposterous he
had been-how wrongly he had gone
to work, always being pathetic and
reproachful!
However, it was over. He had not
''found balm for his wounds in si1
months as she had prophesied, but
in nine years he had married, and for
gotten her sexistencssenti until II
was recalled to him py the sight o.
her name In the visitors' list. =
Now the recollections rushed bacl
~ him, and while he laughed ut hi,
former self a. . fool, he was consciou,
Of . strange tremor at the prospect
Of seeing her once more.
He loved his wife sincerely. Twelv,
months ago no could have contem
plated meeting = Mrs. birmingham
without smisgiving. But he had beer
married IA months. The time hat
not lessened his love, but it had nat
urally dispelled the romance. Afte1
all, to be lin love" with q woman il
. greater safeguard against Others
than to "love her." He was bound t.
acknowledge to himself that he wa
frightened at the thought Of seeing
Mrs. birmingham again. He had, a
q matter of fact, avoided the Casino
since he knew she was in Dieppe. y,
He put down his paper an. looked
across at Nellie reading Tauchnit;
novel. How pretty she was, and how
trustful! What would she say, coult
she divine his present mood? sinles
as it was, it would cut her to tn
heart. Bah, he was fool. VIII,
| should that make him afraid to ven
ture out of doors! He was not font
Of her still-of course he was not.
The Tauchnitz novel dropped (,
Mrs. Maxwell's lap.
"What are you thinking about, dar
!ing?" she asked.
II was thinking how charming 20,
look in that frock, my DEAR" he an
swered. He preserved the habit o
making graceful speeches to his wife
Cynical bachelor friends said he for
got who she was-that 1t was tn
force of habit. ....-ss.. -...,
| She shook her head doubtfully.
"There was nasty black wrinkl
between your eyebrows, Jack. ant
you were tugging your mustache, .
you always do when you're put out
I do look charming in this frock,
admit it-but you weren't thinking
so.'' @<-.
He obeyed sudden impulse.
"Nellie, come here. Do you remem
Der, soon after we were married, yo1
asked me q question. You asked M
If I had ever cared deeply for anothe
girl than yourself" ,<%' %s.e55 T.
II remember" said Nellie. "Yes?''
i.'I told you what an internal idiot
had once made of myself over mar
ried woman. i asked you, too. never
to use q certain scent because 1t re
minded me of her. You know al
that?' 4stz154. .% y -*s5.
II know; know; 60 on!" .>ss.s =7 5.55,
s'Well, she's here, that's all. and
eonfound tim rather sorry
i '.Oh!"'. said Nellie. And then ther,
was q pause between them. She wa
the one to break it. IL 4. .1sat5s
Tits quite all over, Jack7 sh
couldn't, she daren't attempt to
You're married-you would simpl.
have to bow and pass on. Besides, b.
your own account she was--well, sh'
didn't care for you any more. VIII.
should you mind seeing her r.
81 don't know, he NUT TERED, 81 Il
l resolutely; ''I'd rather not, that's all
Anyhow, lets talk Of somethin else
| We are leaving Dieppe the end Of tn
week; % matter Of fact, I dare @,
| shall never come across her"
Mrs.. Maxwell, however, was not sat
iahed. For one thing. she wanted 4
remain longer in Dieppe than the,