Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-12-21

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And the other conple-John and
Alice-life went almost as badly with
them. Alice. with her superabundant
intelligence and vitality. grew TO feel
as the months went by that her sturdy
and commonplace husband did not un-
deTstand her She appreciated his
sterling worth and his unyielding re-
liability. but ahe could always touch
bottom-there vas no depth to explore
Her uncomfortable vitality rebelled at
the hard-and-fast bounds she found in
bis character She adored his manly
physiognomy and his sturdy character
and she told herself agar and again
that he was the sort Of man TO tie to
one of the salt Of the earth. but her
unquenchable spirit rebelled at bounds
and rules. and it got so she fairly hated
figures, facts and reason. She longed
for flights into the mystic realm Of
& ideaIity. into those realms where vital
fdorees could override rules and meth-
DDS
Well. you can zee for yourself that
John could not understand anything
Of that sort Honest, conscientious.
! sterling John could move only along
the lines OF his own understanding
And he resented, In a manly and hon
est way, the breach Alice had placed
between them. He had disregarded
no obligation. no duty. no sacrifice. He
had been altogether unselhsh and
faithful, and somehow he had not sue
eeeded in welding his life with that Of
his wife. His hopes, his ideals had
been shattered
No@ mind you. ell this time, while
these thoughts and ideas had been
percolating through tie minds Of these
( four 3impleton5. they had, all OF them.
been constant companions ana friends
So it was that the artistic mind Of
Clarence began TO appreciate he
depths and wealth Of the nature Of
/ Alice-contrasting IL 10 the narrow
ness and poverty Of that of Gracia
And by that same token Alice awoke
one day all of a culver with an appre-
citation OF the tremendous sweep Of the
nature Of Clarence along the lines Of
her own aspirations.
Il was dangerous discovery, and as
it came 10 these two people il nearly
hoored them.
The harder they fought the more
tense the new situation grew To
the soul Of each the commonplace
qualities Of wife and husband grew
more oppressive rs they realized in
each other the joys Of perfect apprecia-
ton and perfect fellowship. The
end was certain as the. multiple
cation table and finally they gave up
the struggle for conventionality and
honor and resolved to shatter their
VOWS and their regulations. to give mp
kindred, associates and home and
wreck the structure they had been
building since childhood and flee 10
an unknown country. there 70 begin a
new life in which their mutual love
would be ample compensation for all
they left
Brave in their resolution, but guilty
In the consciousness OF the great
wrong they were doing their loyal con-
Sorts the two slipped into a close
carriage on the evening Of The 10th
Of June, 1899, and were driven rapidly
10 the depot, where they boarded a
train bound for New York, there 10
sail for European shores. where they
had planned to begin their new life.
In the meantime both John Bedwell
and Gracia Cole had felt the widen-
ing breach III their respective homes.
although neither had the slightest sus-
picion OF the state Of affairs between
Clarence Cole and Alice Bedwell. Be-
ing thrown together much Gracia be-
gan to take a new delight In The So
ciety of the sturdy John Bedwell. She
could understand his mental attitude.
his plain. everyday talk, his natural
human methods, whereas Clarence's
high-strung, artistic impulses and
localities oppressed and bewildered
her And John, disappointed and puz-
zled al his failure to understand Alice
and weld his life with hers, and resent
ing the attitude of inferiority she
/ placed him in, looked with new eyes
upon Gracia and realized her surpass-
/ ing beauty And as he talked more
and more 10 her and found that she
understood SO thoroughly his thoughts
and aspirations, his heart warmed
/ toward her Finally he awakened with
a start to the realization that he loved
her and that his love for Alice was
dead And presently she found her
own heart had gone our 20 John. So
when the fires Of the new love had at
4 tanned fever heat both were more ready
/ 10 obey their Impulses than the others,
for they mad not the cordescending
4 pity-ratner a sting Of injured pride
John methodically wound In his BUSH
ness affairs and looked UP a new Local
ton where he could reestablish him.
self safely and il came to pass that on
the evening Of june 16, 1899. lie en-
tered close carriage with Gracia and
they were driven rapidly to the depot.
where they boarded a train bound for
# san Francisco. there to take steamer