Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-02-09

% be regular in visitation. Where is the
TIME f0r study: | ask you; yet they soon
qetect II the matter il thin. But they
don't lay the blame at the right door
lhere some truth in what you say"
| admitted, but YOU cite an extreme
case"
Not 50 extreme as Won would think
Wei, things went on for bit. until
they became intolerable. then | made
the greatest mistake / ever made, and
for which there is no remedy
lie paused there, and | saw the color
flush his cheek
We were a very poor people. We had
only one rich member. the widow Of an
iron merchant. She was very good 10
me; she Sympdthized with me all through;
she hated the place as much as | did
and when | found that they grudged me
even that poor consolation and began to
couple our names ii was the last straw
The upshOt of it was that / sent in nv
resignation. and three months after it
We were married. She was fifteen years
older than /, so that men had cause to
impugn my motive. 1t was simple
enough: | married because it was the
only available means of escape from n
bondage which had become intolerable.
was To change sOrdid poverty for luxu-
~, 10 nave eOngenial companion and an
opportunity 10 cultivate such gifts Us |
Possessed. | have had some literary as
pirations in my time. | only asked Ies-
IRE TO write a book and | should show
the world what was in me. had my
opportunity. but ! have failed in that,
too and now what am /, my God,
what?'
"You are a man in your prime l an
swered y on can work with your
hands, If there is nothing else left You
WnfI6 al win OF
spect."
How quick you are to read between
the lines. You don't need me to expa-
tate on my position. | have degenerat-
ed into the body servant of an exacting
and imperious mistress. who casts my
dependence in my teeth. We have lost
even the semblance of respect for each
other, since we both admitted our mis-
take. She is disappointed that / have in
no way distinguished myself, while L
but there, have said enough. What
would you advise me 20 de-"
To strike out path for yourself
somewhere before Won are deStoyed
body and soul" l said. and though my
soul revolted from him, could not but
have compassion for his hopeless misery
When | talk of it she laughs She'll
tell you her version of our story when
she has the opportunity. | have tried To
tell You the truth but | have kept Il bit
In the old life had one CLEAN of bright |
ness; there was a girl who believed in
me, and, God help her. cared for me- too. (
Once we thought she would be my wife. |
When / married / heard that her heart
was broken. so now you know the full /
extent Of my infamy. My misery is |
greater than l can bear
There must be way out said. |
trying to speak cheerfully. Perhaps /
we may be able TO find it. Have You /
any of your literary efforts hereE | am
at present a man of leisure and | should /
be glad TO look at them. | am not a /
CRITIC. but | know the market value OF 1
such things as well as any man..
His face flushed again. and some /
fugitive brightness caught his eye.
Would you do as much for me? Be (
lieve me. | had no such thought in my /
mind when | spoke to you. | wanted to I
unhurden my Soul. and you were the /
man, that was all
Il should do it gladly. All the return
| would ask is that you Try TO make the !
best Of a ditiicu.; position. Perhaps you I.
have not sufficiently coaCiliated your
wife. No doubt she is as abn0rmaliy
sensitive regarding the position rs ycu
are 1t is a care for mutual forbear-
ance of very high order" Al that
moment a Shrll. fretful voice fell on
our ears. and the hunted look came
hack to his face.
I'm forgetting my duty" he sal,
with n Sickly smile. Good day 10 ycu
and a thousand thanks. Perhaps after
all it would be as well il you FORGOT
what | have said. don't know what
tempted me to speak. I'm sure. or
course / exaggerated. We get on as
well as most married folks. which Is not
10 say mach. is il? OF course Won are
one Of the happy and rare exceptions"
All the time he was speaking he was
moving off toward the imperiouS. fret
full voice. and his whole manner had be,
come SubServient and conciliatary. II
was one of ihe most curious as well ~ I
one Of the most painful things l had
ever seen.
| never saw him again. That night my
wife took q turn for the worse, and /
was entirely occupied with her. When
she rallied. and | was about the hotel
q gain. | learned to my aS.1uishment
that Mr.. and Mrs. Yates had gone to
Bardighera. II was one of those odd
Tits Of human experience We meet as
we journey through life. and which we
are not permitted to follow to any salts
factory conclusion. Some years later
came across his name accidentally liz the
columns of a religious newspaper. 1t
simply said that Rev. Roland Yates. late
o. Winton Green. had sailed for South