The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-11-09
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months before come down the aisle
with the woman who had superseded
a'her upon his arm.
Z, a year ago she had ioyously invested
Shi& hian with qualities whose noble
Jllsss existed only in the intensity of
her own ideals. He had rewarded her
by losing his head under the flattcry of
IA pair of shallow blue eyes.
Margaret had stood aloof, almost as
En outsider, and watched the thing
from its very bcginning-wi it
with Slow death within herself
which was us the hard departure OF
youth.
Never by the lifting of a hand did
kjae seek to stay what she saw. Then
1Alne The day when Darrell asked to
ba released.
She realized with Il quick glance
Into the future that here was an eX-
percncc which time might not gloss
over. 1t left her woman of clear
vision, with no vestGe of the inconse-
nuent glamour of Girlhood.
Yes, 0S %ho walked from the church.
when the bridal party had dispersed, a
deep thankfulncss filled her heart
lier life was yet her own. Tho bitter
ness she had felt was more for tho
rude tearing away Of the shcltcring.
visions Of girlhood than for any deeper
hurt
Now sac said. ana threw back her
STRONG shoulders while she descended
The church st"HS rs though she would
illus throw Ct forever this phase of
hey life, ''HCw work"
And wCrl; it was for three years, as
Gay by day, in hcr nurses dress, she
1ro,i the Wav! OF hospital 1t was
MISC what the pruning of a careful
:s2ird~nc, is to vine
tndc, it Mar%arcts somewhat angu-
lar figure grew into graciouSncss of
womanhood seldom seen Then She
met Paul Garhardt, and life blosssmcd
dor her with Il rosplcndcncc OF JOY
which NJ times hold her dumb.
Size stood on" evening by the bed in
n pr,vat" room looking down upon the
wo'uan wl:o lIy there. The patient
had just been brought from the opcrat-
Ing room and given into Margarcts
care.
ON Tho whitcncss of tho pillow the
Aah, tHI!p SN.sliluS OF Ndlr showed
strangely familiar in spite OF the
wasted features beneath Margaret
waited with locked lands for the
heavy cyclids to lift themselves. Then
she looked ~ suddnnly and saw Darcl
in the doovWgy, and knew.
His anxiety for his wife, if such IT
could be called. was swallowed up in
his amAzcmcnt at Margaret. That the
former was porfunrtory the nurse saw
at glance.
And in :hH eyes of Eleanor Darrcl-
when til" effect Of the ctLcr had passed
there hWA"d fearful cagcrncSS.
Even line surprise Of finding herself i'm
1he care Of the woman she believed
MP had WroHSci was immersed in it,
Margaret saw that what little
strength her raticnt had was disSi-
l'aFed in 'ar effort to drag one word Of
real &onrern from her husband, and
followed D"Tcl from the room
DarreIS eyes narrowed to pin points
"S ne watched her. suddenly lie
rd"Sht I"!d OF hcr apron, crushing
ais hhe whit"neSS i'm his hand.
Margarr,'- MS voice was husky
see nov" nat a miStakc---'
She loohra at MIN duly with knit
ing Dr"WS' Ii was hard at bound
10 brih& hTr NINA TO this. Then, as
She would nav" avoided unnecessary
,"h'"&'2h' She drew her apron from
ms grasp.
mistake! ilcr eyes pierced the shift
s8 ones an" h'Id thrm. Mistake!
1ou uld Dut one wise thing In all your
weak FhcllI&tlhg IHc' as far rs /
Know ana 1t was when you married
Eleanor!
hls eyes Writhcd under hers, but she
"oum not release them.