Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27

u was an ideal match; everybody
agreed upon that. Both were young.
OF the best families. and OF equal So
eial station. She was a girl OF rare
personal beauty and self poise and.
moreover. widely read. keeniy inteiii-
gent and ambitious. He was a hand
some fellow. a bit too Inclusive. per-
haps. but none the less charming for
that. His college career had been
more productive Of athletic than INTEL
lectual triumphs. but that was natural
enough In a fnli-biooded. hish-spirited
youth. II was clear that they had been
designed for one another. Their very
difference In temperament seemed 10
nt them more completely for CON-
piets and weli-rounded whole
He certainly adored her and set her
upon pedestal near the skies Hef
intellectual briliiancy made her the
more attractive to him because u was
a little beyond him. She was very
fond of him. with his splendid ply
sique and laughing black eyes.
And so they married and settled
down to live happy ever afterward.
Now this ought to be the end OF the
story. And II would be " curious
thing had not happened. For when
people get married IL Is their duty to
settle down and live happy ever after
wards. There really Is nothing else
respectable for them to do. The curl
GUS thing thnt happened was that that
which everybody said was not true. IL
proved that this ideal match was not
ideal after ALL Maybe Harry was 30
very inferior TO her intellectually that
she was compelled to go ON and lead
her own life In her own way. Maybe
Helen was too cold and sacrificed love
to ambition or character or something
Of that sort Maybe there were not In
the family the two bears 10 essential
to every marital cstablishmcnt-bca
and foEbcar. At any rate they had not
been lon. married before they began
to drift apart.
Il was natural enough for her to DO
pushed to the front In the woman's
clubs and the church societies and In
economic organizations. And II was
pity that lie did not follow her In all
these things very successfully.
or course. II was unfortunate that
Harry had not the best and coolest
business head and made mistakes and
NIL but lost his patrimony and hers
and Il, of course. was very fortunate
that her head was accurate and cool
and after he had given up and gone
to her in despair crying that they were
ruined she calmly took the rcins and
engineered the AFFAIR through to sue
ccssfui Issue. But the world was not
sure about that In the light OF subse-
qucnt events.
Better II he Ind lost NIL and gone
to work on salary" some said than
to have tho property saved ut the cx-
pcnse OF domestic happiness"
For Il was evident rs the years In
creased that they were growing apart
very rapidly. After the business cpl
sodc she scarcely concealed her lack OF
respect for his Judgment This mad
dencd him. but rot less than her en-
bracing Of all the ''isms" and "oioSies"
and fincspun theories OF modern ascot
ism. Never dcmonstrativc she came
more and moro 20 be sufficient unto
herself. The arst year OF the marriage
had scarcely passed before she became
annoyed ut any demonstration OF AZ
lection by her husband-later she re-
PEELED them. SO they wero not offered.
He was naturally OF an affectionate
disposition and would have lavished
n wealth OF affection on her II she had
permitted II. And into his eyes there
grew n light of sorrow and yearning.
When the baby came he frightened up.
believing that might change 1t all. But
It only made It worse. and not only
did Helen not change, but brought lit
tie Alice up to stific and look down
upon all demonstrations of affection.
And SO Harry Thornton began TO be
seen more and more at the clubs and
the haunts OF mon and to go on long
fishing and hunting excursions and to
spend less and less time ut home.
Helen appeared relieved rather than
otherwise and pursued her triumphant
career.
Then came the other woman. She
was inevitable in the nature OF things.
Thornton was handsome. entertaining
and loveable. He was anhungered for
love. Into his life driftca Eva La
Sharpe, with baby-blue eyes that made
Helen's lool;s like tempered steel. ligh.
brown hair through which the sun