The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-25

sole her Now she was settled In life"
could sit down with idle hands and
spend her days In contemplation OF her
grandeur. She had married well No
body looked askance at her when old
maids we're the subjects Of pity or rldl-
Guile Tho most consorious could not
couple her name with the dread word
dependence" She had no household
cares. Mr. Wlthera and Miss Field re-
llevcd her OF an such.
And the mistress OF the mansion was
loft TO her own dcvlccs7 ny no means. .
II her husband were fasildious. he was .
also tyrnnnlcal. lie dictated not only |
what dress his wife should appear In /
daily, but also what laces and orna- /
monts abe should sport; at what hours /
she should take the air. whom she
must visit and whom invite; what
songs she should sing to him when he
asked for music In the evening, ana
when the day should close-tho day 80
wearisome In its similltude TO all that
had preceded and those which should
follow Il.
My cousin is a mon with aspirations
above the frlvoliuos OF fashionable
life. and excitement Is Injurious to his
health" Miss Field notified the bride
that day after her homo-bringlng. 81
fear Mrs. wlthors will tire OF the even
tenor OF our way"
81 like quiet" Constance replied.
But she did not mean stagnation.
She was married in April. and on the
first OF July the trio removed to Mr.,
withers country scat. Here Constance
was to find that the dead level OF her
existence had yet lower plane OF dull
ness. There was not q neighbor within
four miles, hardly a farm house In
sight.
I'VE recruit here after the dlsslpa-
ton OF the winter" Miss Field said
onjoylngly. "The solitude Is enraptur-
Ing. One can sleep all day long II she
likes"
This proved TO be her favorite meth
cd Of recuperatlng her exhausted ener-
} giles. Mr.. wlthers, too, liked a post
prandlal siesta. "prescribed by his ply
b stefan as eminently conducive TO digos-
T ton" Constance was not moro lonely
when they slept than when they were
E awake The horrible sterility OF her life
= was not to be amoliorated by their so
b. clety. II commonplaceness be a crime
e Mr.. wlthers and his cousin were Of
. tenders OF an aggravated type. Harrl-
4 cts aifectatlons and Elnathan's plati'
y tudes were to the tortured senses OF Tho
third person OF the party less endura
d bio than the cicadn's ahrin monoton'
n through the hot summon day. and tn'
Il katydld's endless refrain at night Hei
& chains. which had hitherto paralyzct
y her by their weight. began TO gall nn'
fret into her spirit. She grew uneaua
J. In temper, nervous and restless, undel
d the restrictions imposed by her spouse
/" An insane Impulse beset her TO defy hi
rs authority and set at naught his conn
i sells: to rush into some outrageou
h freak that should shock him out OF hi
is proprety and provoke the prudish toa'
70 eater to natural speech and action.
ID This madness was never stronge
+ than on one August afternoon when sh
" escaped from the house. leaving tn
~ cousins TO the enjoyment OF their re
fe cuperatlve maps In their respective
10 chambers. and took her way to tn
N mountain back OF the villa. She ha'
We never explored II, tempting an was IN
IN shade OF the hemlocks and pines tina
r grew up to the summit. and the wall
IN OF gray rock revealed through the rift
& Of the foliage. A current OF fragrance
On the odor OF the resinous woods, Howe
down to greet Der ere she reached tn
is outsl,lrts OF the forest. and the lullin
ne murmur OF the wind In the eyergree
~ boughs was like the sound OF man
in and woolng waters. The tender gree
ell tnssels Of the larches tapped her hea
as she bowed beneath their low branch
d. es, and the wide hemlooks we're sprea
To- In benedlction above her. She wa
III alone with uature-ireo for one shol
N hour 70 think her own thoughts an
act out her desires. She laughed as
bushy cedar knocked of her hat at n
instant that she tore her dress upon
bramble
"They are leaguod with my leg
m proprietor IN the commentators Duhlhel
err OF REFRESHING the lawless vagaries
aid those who cannot get their MI OF ma
ng ural beauties through the windows
la a state chariot. But shall have m
] frollc all the same"
o's Another and a higher peak temple
'd- her when she had sat for awhile upd
to boulder browning the first, reyellir
OF In the view OF valley and hill, inclu'
Ing the basin In which nestled q
lon house, and the plain opening eastwaI
lad toward the sea and civilization. TT
us second height was preclpltous, In son
Pc places almost perpendicular Fro
The treadlng fearlessly and rapidly fro
ant crag to orag she came TO pulling he
rst self up grayelly banks by catching
d. the stout underbrush and steadyir
DE, herself among rolling stones by tut
iey OF why grass But she kept on, ar
Irs forgot aching feet, scant breath an
at bllstered hands when she stood Anal
err upon a broad plateau hundreds OF 10
Ems above the house. that had dwindlI
en- into a toy cottage, and the enylronlr
md Dlantaffona Of trooa like Matches In