The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-11
THE WOMEN OF IT.

disease
sm11dee Of red in tie dawn when ,iit
doctor came. He listened to the chlla
hraathtnp and touched the pulse without
awakening him. ! ,-;,,e.
..The danger is over. Good nuTsliis
now viii bring him through, SAID ne
Tho woman swooned in the relaxauo1
Sror, anxiety the "a hours vigil hau
funposed upon her. The child grew wen Ven
speedily while the woman recovered oue
slowly from the shock -
when the first, faint whisperlngs OIL
epring were in the air she took ner NJ
de son to a home they had by a sunny
mountain lake. The pine woods anu ehe
crisD Air reinvigorated her, and the BOY
grew rosy beside his mother, ofeatnihE
close to Natures heart At the emu u
q fortnight she WOrle HSI H"7D-'
my Husband: .,,.
I'm the agony of that terrible night
last March when our Doy me vas
despaired of ! vowed that II the grave
did not swallow him ! would nVe 1or
one year in these hills, Wnoly dsVoleu
90 him and God, away from all the ac-
custonned pleasures and pursuits OF my
happy life 1 will even do what LABOR
is necessary here for myself ana our
how Next spring we VIII be uniteu
again. we three. having kept the cove
nant. / arrived here on the third OIL
Nav and ho1e to welcome you TO our
little haven in the hills a year from tnat
dav DO not try to shake my resolu-
4
as hysteria am resolved 1t was after
ten years of waiting and when nope
was quite dead, that the joys and ter
rors of motherhood came to me. our
boy is now six years old and yet nave
not kept the vow 1 then made, and L
dare not longer trifie with God lest he
take the boy from me You are strong
and good and viii patiently bear TINS
separation. l know. Ny heart and soul
will be with you in the city though my
hi wit
the silent hills.
Il can say no more. my husband we
have been so happy that l must put the
penance of this separation upon US lest
heaven punish us more severely 1oI our
'''s0' '''''l' PRISCILLA"
When the man got the letter he won
dered if his wife had lost her wits He
read and reread it, and took 1t to the
bishop of his church.
she told me of this" said he, land
asked my advice. ! answered tnat the
question was one solely between her and
her maker"
The husband wrote the wife, but the
letter came back unopened with the
pencil memorandum:
The hardest part of the sacr1t1ce
comes in denying myself the joy of hear
ing from you Surely. if our love is the
gift of God. it can stand so slight a test
as this temporary separation. Our boy
is we'll and happy"
The man smiled bitterly. This child
is everything" said he to himself. and
my sixteen years of devoted love and
frequent sacrifice of personal comfort
and pleasure. weigh as nothing against
It. Let it be- / was simple to fancy
that my beautiful madonna lady with
the fine gold hair loved me If 1 had
stood out occasionally against her
whims and gone my own way a little
instead of following her like a half
weaned colt its dam, she would not have
dared to do this thing"
The summer passed YEARLY for him.
He craved for her society and the social
pleasures they had enjoyed together. BY
fall he was in a fine state of resentment
against the lady and her vow. He re.
ceived a photograph of them the boy
hugging rabbit, and she regarding
him serenely from a seat upon the lit
tie porch of the mountain cottage. He
tore it into fragments, and out of hu-
NOR with himself and creation went to
dine al a friends house
He met a one-time sweetheart there
who laughingly asked after the lady in
the hills and her son. He answered
shortly, and the fair one thought:
Something wrongi Well divorce is
common these days. He is worth while.
I will try. If I win, the more fool she
for leaving himi"
1t pleased him to look in the widows
great black eyes and the perfume on her
clothes coming to him warmed by the
heat of her body, had the tonic effect of
setting his pulses a-gallop
She invited him to sup with her the
next evening. He went and enjoyed the
creature comforts provided with the ar
cessories a clever woman alone knows
how to use to advantage. There was
never dull moment under Magdalen's
roof tree. and-Priscilla in the noun
tains? He laughed grfnly when he re-
membered her and said:
"Chutl What does it mat+er3 Sbs
doesn't carel"
me plack-eyed woman wondered if he
would go the length Of her desire
You are the most exemplary If ,,,ev
for deserted husband. Why don't vo1
get divorce and marry woman who
wnlle preparing for the next world ha:
sutficlent leisure to enjoy this ?''
AS you and I are enjoying ourselve.
now?'' ms Jul SEW t.
you think?" 49, e'0'i
1T is certainly very filing" said y,
laughing and stretching himself on ;
divan OA
you've never been quite so happy be
Yes, was once very much happier.
SAID he thOughtfully staring At ~
Turkish canopy. My white ladv in ~
hills loved me dearly in the davs Of m,
youth. ana she played this game witt
me gally as the be all and end ali q
NE Her love was greater than min
to ware." II DeSai
My. good friend. bewarei The wo
man that is may not be conpared VIII
the woman that was. You are here q,
suiIerance and not to be dtsa greeable
Forgive me, Gree, my comma ssfona r
Gree. forgivei am not dissatisfia
with today But none but a philosanbe
may wholly forget the DAYS thai were are
she blew the smoke from her cigar
cite into his face and laughed:
You are beginning to bore mo an.
nave no taste for the everlasting hill,
Life should be full. I want to sir ~ ~
a trimming cup. The dregs are bitte
and poisonous" 'il'e
II have to go to England IN h,,~,;,u--.
Why don't you go. too? I can devot
my evenings if not my DAVIS to vro,,
pleasure. VIM you go?" S'O
VIII go whether you do or not.
sand and one fr.io,,a- - 49, tllou