The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-21
THE LOVE 4
THAT ENDURED F!
ny CHARLES Usage I


strain Ne put upon himself. and the
ph slcians imperatiyely ordered a long
sea- voyage. No excitement no society
10 study. or work they said So IL wa
decided that he should take sailing
vessel bound FOR the orient Oh a SIX
months cruise
Then came to catastrophe. the news
~ terrible storm and the wreck o. TIC
Davy Jones. the rescne 81 three starved
sailors who told tho story o. TIE disaster.
and finally the finding 81 .ot IL the
debris OF The wrecked vessel
Thenews had thrilled hecolntry and
made a ten days sensation in TIE reNs-
papers Then II was forgotten and Tie
porld turned 20 living idols and sought
smother upon whom t. place Tie ia4rc
crown
Thee was orc. howel or. who did not
FORGET and who hoped against hope that
was DIS wife Their married DE had
hoon iineuiarly happy IL had been a
love match between two people with
hearts aud minds well balanced and had
been atappy mixture Of passion and re-
sre aul tenderness which made lar
mouicus atmosphere seldom to Dc found
Thu word saw the briliiarcy and power
az The man and yielded 20 g. she saw
al bis and thrilled with pride al bis
n umphs. brit she saw besides Dis great
ART and his unsclfsh tenderness
Sla could not believe the disaster
Providence had no right 70 1T such a
nan lie In tho flower q his usefulness
nor fate TO disunite So perfect a love.
For months she was confcent il was al
mistake and that re would appear
rantnly One boat had been found
Their, were six Mahap some 81 these
haG 90 swept ashore IN some isolated
place. He would appear some Gay. The
a'rmeits would not destroy one so in
harm rs with them.
A NE months faded into Years she
hogan % doubt and finally 20 halt be-
ve timately She was compelled 20
e.e uqtopc When She fnally admitted
TITO herself il tore from her nature every
l-ci w and mo0ring Life without him
ehe could scarcely conceive Of II was
now and strange existence-nothinG 10
tro for. nothing 10 do. 10 interest in
re 2 sense Of utter lonl!ness Oppressed
te- She craved companionship. love.
human interest But they had been so
ert.r,iy wrapped up IN one another that
iha bad driven all other relationships
an6 frendships out Of her life
IL was then that Herbert dc Kraft
flashed across hcr horizon. lie vas a
nan 81 great briliiancy aud Wit and as
handsome as Apollo He amused her
aud made her forget He evidently adj
nired her greatly Herber' &c Kraft
possessed much the same sort ~ wit her
husband had had but lacked his domi-
eating purpose and sincerity He saw
all there was on the surface but de-
,,ined 70 delye down into the depths
Presently the world began TO talk about
chem and 10 predict an end Tor the weeds
Meanwhile an emaciated wreck the
wreck and remnant OF a man was spend
ny a dazed existence in a far on cline
All that was known OF him vas that he
was picked UP az sea by a vessel strapped
10 an improvised raft. crazed for want
or water and nearly dead from exposure
and want OF food. There was no clue
IL his Identity and his memory was a
blank. He was left az the first port
where he s owly recovered his faculties
all excepting his memory Try as he
would he could remember nothing Of
tie past lis unusual talents manifest
III Themselves and he became a useful
member OF nc community upon which
q was thrown. One day several years
later an American new paper fell into
his hands. a certain story attracted his
a.tsntioa-the story az n notable decis-
ion in great law case which lad been
nrnCtng for years together with n his
tory of Tie case In a fash ali he past
came back TO him. II was his case. and
rs roa4 his own rame as the great att
torrcy Who had boldly advanced The
theory which had been affirmed by the
supreme court 4 thousand conflict
inr emotions surgcd throrrh his nin6.
He had been gone from his former home
five years. what changes had the Years
wrought? The cable was Put into re-
QUESTION and helearned that Everett Ma
son was dead. that his estate had been
administered and that bis widow was un-
married The next vessel toward the
states bore him as passenger.
a terrible shock awaited him Ablaze
with the anticipations which had been
growing during the voyage. on The Pull
man car as il ncared the old home town.
he overheard conversation which iroze
ais heart TWO women In an adjoining
seat were talking He heard the name
Of his wife mentioned Then.
"Oh. yes. she's going TO marry arain-
Perfectly infatuated with Herbert &c
Kraft"
We'll don't blame her He's the
handsomest man in town and the most
brilliant And she's worn her mourn
ing long enough"
IL vas like driving a knife into his
heart Immediately upon his arrival
he made searching inquiries and all he
learned corroborated the gossip OF the
train. He spent days and nights In keen
rental anguish. He looked at himself