Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-02

and It's pleasant to- talk oxeS zs I'D u,
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one listening Don't you thinks sos %
The mans voice, dryly: "Oh, yes yes,
Very pleasant; but one doesn . Know
lust where to begin when
After a pause the woman s~Voice''
impatientg: when what ?g ~
The mans voice, slowly: SsEsW ~ ~, hen len
there are things to be left out-tn1ngs
we can't talk about.
s.
Silence a moment, then the mans
voice. lightly: "Well, Mrs. Van Ness,
YOU certainly have had no reason 70
complain of your lot during the Last
ten years Ten years! 1t doesn't seem
possible. You are not changed in. the
least. I could fancy you just the same
little Doll was going to say you nave
had q very brilliant career, if one may
trust the society columns Of our news
papers. L have read very often ABOUT
the beautiful Van Ness, her gowns ana
her Jewels, her presentation at the
Courts of Europe, her dinners and re-
eeptions in New York. her charities
and everything else that goes to make
IN the life of a rich and fashionable
woman. S',isf's
The woman's voice, quiet and even:
"And you? Surely you have been nap
DIV. for you have accomplished the
things you planned TO do:ssh the pa
pers have kept yonsinfor med ne OF my "a.
frivolous life, they have at the same
time told me of your achievements III
the world of science
The mans voice. indifferently: Hap,
DIV? All, we'll! have had my WORK.
EARNESTLY: "Yes, thank God, l have
had NV work; it has been everything
70 me-" Slowly and thoughtfully
"And yet have not accomplished wha'
once hoped to do-what / ought tt
have done-in ten years. Somehow,
lost q great deal of my early ambition
Things have not seemed worth Wnlie.
A pause, then the mans voice, al
most timidly: "You have been nap
py?" .v7
The. woman's voice, cynically: wv
modern society women have little UNI
TO think whether we are happy OF no'
We do not probe our deeper feeling
70 know if they still live" A bitter lit
tie laugh, Society has no use 10
deep feelings, and we cannot afford t
cultivate anything which society doe
not demand" ~
The mans voice, softly: fou nav
children, perhaps? ~
The woman.s low and tremulous: =!
had one. She was but little thin
when-if only She had lived! 3 Ss,ss;gs
The man,s voice, tenderly ORGY
me- l did not know. I ahases had 2
children. v !
c;1ence a moment The mans yoic
ouietly: "Ah, we'll! I suppose no man
life is just what he planned At to .
He must DO his duty as he sees IT, II
lot happiness take areSof itself. i ha'
tried to do that all these years. But
have always longed to know that yt
were happy with the lot you had emo
an have tried. hard not to- blame yo
or to harDOr uilhiuus ts1.ro - :
thought it was a cruel blow, Dolly
cruel blow" .as, s.
The woman's voice, hot and bite
"You talk of unkind thoughts! "
talk Of a cruel blow! think. you ha
forgotten who struck that blow.
The mans voice, firmly: 1T was q
I, surely" !.
The woman's voice. as firmly;
certainly was not "
The mans voice, excitedly: 1n
do you mean, Dolly? don't unds
stand. In Gods name, don't you call
cruel deed for you to have marri
another man the day before reacn
home, after two years in Europe, Wh VI
YOU know how much i loved you, q
that / had worked hard those 10