The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
I.t AN OLD CABINET.
BY NELLIE CARNEY aILIMoRz

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 panysrs was unusually thoughtful It Was a seldom LnIns Lnat ns gase aimseh up 10 ms own rsneetions. and wnen he ui1 d season oI oSp. ession lsstlns fur aAys IviAp ven.
 Iae was sitting before his roil-top desk, tracing eccsnl. ,c dssasns vn .ne piV..ea pao anu star.ls DeS Onu tnem' sriin'y' .neo some Vague poss4pilty that, one Dy one, ,pe .eveu.ilx ,eaLs mad ulrIeo turtner aua further tnLo L,ls IuLang4v.e. A ntl dt D. eexe canle tnrouga the window. stir rang the ntter ot p~peIs Al hls eioow alaa hA ling the tnlck, Lon-g.ay nair rom ais temples. On his ul,n, keen face Was the expression ot one Wac nad lived ms ine TOT a song and never learned the tune.
 Presently he laid down his pencil and. crossing over to an old cabinet Of dull mahogany stood sta. ing unce. tain-y at its battered row of GU. iosAy drawers. Twenty years ago he had turned the key on all that had promised joy In the rot and fall to pieces before hand or his should touch the lock again. For a long time he fingered there. sorne- thing subtle and inexplicable urging hin to break that promise to himself and gass oncs more upon the things that had been precious to him in his youth; then put them out of his life forever. With fingers that trembied beyond his control Danvers fnmbled in his pocket for the little bunch of keys on the nickel key-ring that had not left hira in all those years. He moved nearer to the cabinet and inserted a queer. oll- fashioned key into the lock. The oom- partment slid black easily under his touch. revealing a pile. of old letters ana a bulky packet. tied fast with twine-the seal unbrokep,
 He drew them out with a sort of tim Id reverence and for a moment stood turning them over In his hand, a return. of the bitterness making him suddenly hesitate to so further. After awhile he wiped the dust carefully from the letters with his handkerchief end laid the pack st on . table. A minute passed: then. toss- ing himself Into chair ss he would an old suit of clothes. he commenced. half desperate. to pull tlic faded le ters nut of their casings, and devour them rolled hack. and D&nver~ was a boy agin. in the first flush of his love.
 One by oi he read them, and then read them again. When he came to the last he held 1t long time between his thru4b and tnrrfinger . strange. numn feeling coming over him, and gradually chilling the warm life out of hts blood, just as it had done thl day-t venty years ago.
 Preser tiy he rose and tn iched a matca to the pile of kindIinR iu .he grate, then rsuHrd se~nnd to scan her last words for the very lost time.
 Dear Charlie" she had w-ttan. " yur letter eontaining the raws If your fail- ure has ed nc. I am sa-rv-oh. vo1 WI never kDow how s1rrv Rrt ' are right dear: you are not the kind of man who wins success with a woman's helu or cOrrpa nionship. IL uus' come to vou throuRb hard. unremittinR toil--alone. And it win corne: am sure of that.
 Believe me. 1t Is not that worship success for It's own sake. hut for that tn uan-the man Iove--swhich makes hi~r stein it.
 "And am waiting. shall wait through