Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-25
TWO SIDES TO
 A QUESTION
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was ID New 1Ork Tor udy WILD sothing to do, and to pass the time strolled into the park. There was Q bainy air coming up from the south, a cioudless blue sky, opening buds, the piping of nest building birds. Strollins down the mall, met a perambulator. pushed by negro boy, in which sat a young man of twenty-two or twenty three years. As he passed me l no ticed a melancholy look on his face which bespoke some great grief. To my surprise. he gave me a glance of recognition. Besides. his features were familiar to me. l turned. and he looked back.
 You don't remember me, colonel" he said.
 'I admit can't place you"
 Not remarkable since you have not seen me since I wore cadet gray. was clean shaven and had my hair cropped. You were teaching me the art of war. which in my case meant how to make wreck Of myself
 You were of that class graduated in advance to take part in the Spanish war;"
 'I was: Granger-Ward Granger"
 Suddenly it all came back. to me. This man had been one of the promi- nent men in his class. a cadet captain. an excellent student, an all round pop olar man.
 My dear boy" I exclaimed. taking his proffered hand. q remember you perfectly for an honor to your class. and know by your war record that you are an honor to your country"
 "A retired honor. with no feet" he said g!oomily.
 A picture flashed before me-a "hop" at West Point Granger was a grace ful dancer. and had noticed him es- pecislly sailing past me in all the freshness and confidence of youth with beautiful girl to whom he was en- gagged to be married.
 Let me Sec," I said rluSinGiy. Tt seems to me that you and Miss
 'Towne?"
 ''Yes, Miss Townc."
 "lyc were engaged when I went tc Cuba. When I was sent back in this condition"- His voice trembled.
 Surely she did not
 She showed herself noble girl. Ii was l who would not consent"
 "You?"
 Yes. l." he went on bitterly. Do you suppose I would permit young sirl of twenty to enter upon the care of a man condemned to live a cripple. 10 witness every day his wrecked hopes, to see him trundled about like this. to turn her course at the very be ginning into a channel which must grow darker to the end? Not l. You never taught me that kind of honor. colonel"
 Yet how many women in their youth have wrecked their lives by marrying men perfect in bodily health. but lepers within. An imperfect body .s better than 2 devilish soul"
 No woman would get herself in trou- bic marrying l devil if she knew it; so woman should knowingly take my burden. and no woman shall take it.
 Though l made no reply, I felt that lc was right.
 lis Miss Towne marriedT' l asked.
 No"
 ! sat down on a wooden bench. The negro went a short distance away. and Granger and talked for an hour Tben l left him. bidding him gocdby. for I had been ordered to a southern post and was to leave the next day.
 \ year later I received an envelope by mail from which l took cards an bouncing the marriage of Lieutenant Ward Leighton Granger, U. s. A., re tired. and Helen Airline Towne. By the same mail came a letter from the bride; Dear Colonel B.-ward has asked me to write to you to "confess'' what he calls his shameful retreat from the position taken by him at the time he last saw you. bear witness that he maintained that position for a year. during which time -esoluteIy fought to carry it both by as- szult and undermining. He says Ec gave ycu his reasons. and 1t only remains for ne to give you mine-viz, I could not live without him
 laid the letter down with sigh. was sufficiently experienced to under stand the burden this woman had talk en on herself and considered her course and the yielding of her hus- band a mistake l wrote a note of en. tuufaStillsItt Dul ttiEdiiifG Llpi4i fA' pressing any approval of ihe union.
 Three years later while exchanging stations l passed through New York. knew ought to call on Ward Granger and his wife. but dreaded to do so, ex Tecting. even after q few years. to set ,ic effects Of what I considered an un fortunate marriage. Nevertheless called. ! was ushered Into the library and in a few minutes heard the thumI of crutches abcvc. then Granger com ius downstairs. Beside him. Loidin. with one hand 70 crItch and witt inc other to the balusters, walked { boy of two years. chattering like ; maSpie. Mrs Granger followed, al nonishing her son to be careful an6 not get il his fatier's way. l ad vanced irtu he hall 10 meet them an, at a glance - .c that Granger was n longer a mcu-ai sufferer. His fac broke into a l1pry smile, while hi wife, also smiling. exclaimed:
 You thought we'd made a mistake colonel. didn't you:
 -mistaize-I assure you"-