The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-18

nothing else for eight years-dreas
OF home. and love. and appreciation,
liberty to speak ont what she
never lisped since her mother died ~
OF being once again. joyously ana WV
out reserve. herself There are ?
harder spectors to lay than these sar
droams. Memories. however dear ~
sacred are more easily forgotten
dlsm Used. or smothercd by the gro"'
OF later ones. II she babe them gar
well now. It was for a lifetime. n
llfetimew abe repeated. ahivorlng Wv
sick chill. and crouohing lower ovf
the register. Maybe ten. mayr
twenty-five knows but forty years.
Is . tedious slumber OF ones heart. an
a loveiess marriage 10 n loathsome ref
ulcher tor ones better and real self.
lifotlmel and can have but onel 30
onel II this step should be ruin an
misery. there can be no rodemptioi
this side OF the grave His grave. per |
haps-just ms probably miner
Tonight. this very hour she mus
resist the gllttering temptation to fore
swear her womanhood. or murder wln
her own hand, the dear visions that had
come to be more to her than reality The
winter twilight had fallen early. II wa
the season best loved by her dream
visitors. She had not lied In declaring
10 her inqulsltor that she had never
been In love, but she confessed
that she had equivocated a.
the shadowy figure OF her
ideal lover stood beside her In the
friendly gloom. Mrs. Romaine would
have questioned her sanity had shs
guessed how the girl had sobbed her
griefs into quiet upon his bosom. how
talked lowly but audibly TO him OF her
love and the comfort his presence
brought. She had never looked into
his face. but she should know him In
an instant should they two ever meet
In the flesh. as they did now daily in
spirit Somewhere in the dim and
Blessed future he was waiting for her.
and she had borrowed patience from
the hope. She was to be his wife-the
mother OF children as unlike the prodi-
giles Of repression that lined two sides
OF her brothers table as cheruha 10
puppets. She welcomed them to her
arms In these twilight frances. They
lolled upon her knees, slept in her om-
brace, strained eager arms about her
neck, dappled her cheek with their
kisses. Unsubstantial possessions
these. but cherished as types OF good
thinga to come. Other women had suoh
riai.rn-----,far-,-r,i a ~ a,n1
affections less ardent than hers NJ
the Great Father was good and mercl-
full. and the Rewarder OF them who put
their trust In Him. true and loving
parent. who rejolced In the happiness
OF His creatures-all these must be
hers at last. II she resigned them now
II was a final separation.
And can have but one lifetime"
she moaned again. Thwarted and fruit
less thus far, but still all she had.
The one idea required to her with the
persistency OF preBentlment. The life
which God had given. the heart He had
endowed
III some one. stronger and wiser than
/. would only take the responsibility OF
decision from my soul, would hedge me
In on the right and lett. would 90
forward. AS II is. dare mott dare
notl She sobbed and wrung her hRndl
In the agonies OF irresolution.
you told Constance about the telo'
gram1" II was her brother speaking In
the library below. The sound aros'
plainly through the open register.
II did But regret to say that she \
not yet In ta3 frame OF mind we coult
wish her to carry to the interview viii
Mr.. Wlthers," said Mrs. Romano. Sh'
always expressed herself with delib
crate precision even In conjugal tete
a-tete.
"NoY" Constance heard the rustic o
the evening paper as Charles laid I
down. and the creak OF his chair as b
confronted his wife. what is the mat
teri"
Some oyerstralned ideas OF the beau
~ and propriety OF reciprocal devotion
p I believe. She looks for a hero In
husband. and Mr.. Withers has nothln
2 heroic in his appearance or compost
, ton"
: He ia worth more than half a mi
=, lion. all accumulated by his own taI
ents and industry" returned Mr.. re
maine. "Constance cannot be such a
! egregious slmpleton as not to perceiV
the manifest advantages OF this conne'
ton to her. have never complained {
}. the burden OF her maintenance, but
/. have often wondered her own sense
4 Justice and expedlency did not urge HI
20 put forth some effort at self-sul
port. There is but one way In whic
J. she can do this. She Is not sufficient
J. thorough In any branch OF llteratur
I or any accomplishment. TO become
n successful teacher. In the event OF n
n death or failure In business she won
n be driven 70 the humlllatlng resour
2 OF taking In sewing for livelihood,
10 seek the more degrading position
a saieswoman In a store. Her futu
has been a source OF much and anxlo
thought with me- This marrla
II would. hoped. quiet my apprehe
sions by scaling her handsomely
life II she refuses Withers / shall