The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-06-28
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law thrust upon them. am OF the last
category said Gladys. in her within
steal way. And really. Louise. there
are times when / am crushed By the
weight OF the unexpected boon"
Mrs Leonard looked lndulgently at
the dainty creature reclining In an
oasy chair that would have swallowed
her quite but for the assertivo nature
OF the gown that fell In airy billows
on footstool and floor. Mrs Atherton
was always well dressed as pretty
woman should be. In her flowing
draperies OF blue. matching the color
OF her eyes. with blush roses at her
breast and In her red golden hair. she
looked fair and young. Strangers
would have set her age at seven and
twenty. perhaps; but grim Old Time.
for once giving no hint OF his vicinity.
was checking on the minutes that must
soon complete her avowed seven and
thirty years OF life.
You knew Harvey would marry
some day"
Not when he was n STRIPPING under
twenty. You may say / needn't have
consented to the match. Well. all my
life / had given him everything he
cried for II he cried long enough. 80
when he wanted this new toy. after
making myself nearly IN by opposing
him. yielded. as usual. Beside. what
could ! do2" she added more serious
ly. "He was infatuated with Helen
When a handsome woman OF twenty
i've resolves TO capture a boy OF nine.
teen. II Is useless to try TO Offset her
influence. And there was the father"
You think he helped matters on"
Yes. A quack doctor OF no social
standing, swamped by debt and bur
dened with Ave daughters. would use
any means to see one vi them adj
yantageougly married. lie OF course
regarded Harvey as my heir. and even
then he had fine situation Rock
VILE has grown from q village to
manufacturing town since came here.
and well educated young mentor sew
eral years | had private masters for
Harvey. MS dared not send him away
TO collego-flnd no difficulty In gaining
positions OF trust. The boy was in
advance OF his age; had opposed him
he might have been persuaded into a
runaway match. He thought | would
forgive him anything"
I'm afraid women are not success
full in rearing boys"
tsI Lnaus eh..s -. 80 w. A..
indulgent. too afraid OF hurting our
darlings, and In the end they become
our mastcrs. Then. too. they are so
accustomed TO being led by a woman
that they surrender TO the fist design
ing one they meet. thinking her all
she seems TO be. Understand, I
have no fault TO find with Helen In
her relation to Harvey. She is a dc.
voted wife and mother. exemplary In
all her ways She helps the poor and
goes regularly to church. She is moral
as-woll, MS a copy book, ana has a
trite saying for every emergency. She
was the cornerstone OF her shiftless
fathers household. and Is kind enough
to wish to be the entire foundation
of mine"
That Is whore the trouble beglns7"
Naturally. Phebe Tomllnson has
kept my house ever since | had one
to keep. and resents interference.
uphold my old servant Helen thinks
me weak. frivolous and extravagant.
She has persuaded Harvey that am a
mere butterfly. unable TO manage my
own affairs. You know am nothing
OF the kind; yet every day finds me
yielding TO some new encroachment
Having admitted the nose OF the camel
I must make room for the whole body,
and be crushed TO the wall unless |
fight for footing. am not brave. aud
rather than fight. | give way; but the
time Is at hand when | must assert
myseh or become cipher. And
dread H."
Never mind. dear. II they go too
far. come to New York. You must do
so without fear now death has re-
moved the chief cause OF your Quixous
exile"
Mrs. Anterior sat erect In her chair
and looked cautiously about the room.
Il can hardly realize am really free
from that haunting terror" she said
in a lowered tone. III our deliverance
had only come before Harvey's en-
gagemsnt everything might have been
altered"
"He does not suspect?"
"oh, mol How should he? Phebe
and | are the only ones who know.
But you can see how many considera-
tons forced me to oountenance the
marriage, and not drive the boy to ex-
tremes, lest worse should befall."
IL think you were wise. Gladys. Yet,
since Harvey really is married. he
needs You no longer You have lived
In this quiet town long enough. As
you no longer entertain, you must lind
Rockville very dull"
Helen does not care for company"
said Gladys, apologetically. Her
health was precarious last winter. and
nov that baby has come she dlsllkes to
have the routine OF the house dis
turbed. She receives only side door
callers, her sisters and their friends,
whom aha aptarfaf,o la har otup anart