The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-07-10
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tremendously ~ ANNNH NNN
nstonlshngly inexperienced.
And 10 ths. in itself, suf.
nciently distressing mixture OF youth
and love aud iuoxprrIonce she added
a worldly minded mother. and he the
very smallest thing that could pos.
sIhly hc called un ilcomc. Also
they hcnpad the measure OF thoir
Joint uuhHppincss with such tribes
as unfnIlIns obedience TO tho maternal
voice. reliance that was child
Ike on Che maternal wisdom. q
sclf daprccatIng fear OF hurting n be-
loved object. aud nll sorts of mulicnly
ana gcnilcmanly scruplcs behind The
ngc. but not hy any means less fresh
and sweet Tor that They hadn't The
suspicion N a vice. O selfish thought
between them. ANA they were 80 OBJ
vlously aud entirely made for each
other that Il was. from the first, quite
Inevitable that they should be- parted.
They proved. Indeed. only TOO easy
10 part. Even the world-mlnded
mother would have been better Salts
fed with victory not 10 quickly won.
Her daughters tears hardly moved her
more than the young mans gentle.
sad.faccd rcasonnhlonoss. ana together
they almost persuaded her to overlook
the microscopic income. though neither
made any but the most passive Efforts
20 achieve that 10 desired end
But she hastily summoned her world.
ly.mlndcdness. and by H. ala decided,
once for an. that II would be n pity
90 disturb their angelic resignation Tor
the sake OF n poor and prcposterously
commonplace marriage, Ana she urged
the man 10 accept post that had been
offered him In India with n voice 10
tenderly like ordaughlcr's that he very
nearly refused 70 comply he missed
from Il the sting. goadlng TO sacrifice,
which he had lately come to associate
with himself and Fate.
However, he did comply. The offered
work held out horcs OF Advancement.
OF moderate but sufficient wealth. IN
the vague middle distance OF life. And
VIM can teu Vhat otncr mnd norcsl
were bred OF that solitary hope.
welded TO desire. IN the mind OF a man
very young. very inexperienced. very
much In lover But he did not say any
thing to the girl about waiting for him
ana his future fortunes. lie had prom.
iaed her mother not TO. and he was the
very pattern OF an honorable youth.
Aud thus the Girl, while he was away.
was hurried Into marriage which she
told herself would break her broken
heart afresh. Atany rate. Il broke her
spirit. hut then, she had never been
consplouously spirited.
ACT H.
Hcrcln lies o story often told already.
So many times written so many times
read. that the greatest indulgence OF
reader and writer alike are surely
craved for Il. she, trlcked by ms.
taken idea Into marriage much
against her INCLINATION. TO become
self-onaclng hut never interesting wife,
the pale mother OF pale children. lie.
ignorant for years OF the full extent OF
the barrier dividing them, lurcd by
forlorn hope across half a lonely life.
time.
His figure had lost lis old hoy.shneas.
his hair was thlckly nccked With gray,
but his pockets were comfortably lined
ana his position assured. when, quite
casually, he learned hat the woman
whose fidelity he had chung to through
all their separation ana silence had
failed him within twelve months OF
their parting.
He told himself that every dividing
year. every Woodworking Gay, every
long hreathlcss nl-ht had built his
old love more firmly Int, the fahiic
OF his being. In tho early twcntles.
knowing her 20 De false, he might have
put her Image from him ANA lived 20
be no less ultimately happy Tor the
healed wound, hut. coming now, 80
late. after sn long. Il unnamed him.
lie told himself again that ne was
hoarihroken, and. absorbed In that
sex. betrayed by a single individual.
belief. forgot TO rail- AT the whole false
which u the Acknowledged panacea OF
the hrokcn-hcarted.
The news had reached him not only
tardlly, but with a singular lack q
deiall-lust The bare fact OF her mar.
riage at that farod date. and nothlns
more. No doubt. he might have col.
lected further information from the
Same source, hut he shrank moryously
from doing no. To know what maui
ner OF man had supplautcd hlm-whnt
good could that 90 hlmg That any
man had been allowed TO appropriate
what he had so long looked upon ns
bis own seemed 100 llsolf sorrow dense
enough 20 dnrkcn the remainder OF his
days. Habit chained him for a time
10 his work. hut his Interest was gone
md bis hcal.h hrean seriously 10 IAN.
How much TINT was dine TO continuous
residence in trying climate. how
much 30 ihe blow. it would be- difficult
10 determine ne. at any rate. oxou.
Grated iho climate
But FOR 600 lhlt. he was forced 20
leave H. Ills friends carried him. too