The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-07-08
| LESSON III LOVE

The professor pushed aside his vol
ume OF Chaucer ts make room for his
slender young daughter on the arm
Of his chair
Where tonight, Estelle?"
ITO the ball with Mr. Denton and
Mrs. Mills" she answered biithely.
with Mr.. Denton? Isn't Teddy
variel goingf"
II suppose so-yes."
They say this Mr. Denton is a very
wealthy man." he said.
"Oh. it's true He has riches beyond
ones dreams"
The note Of personal triumph in her
voice was harsh to her fathers listen
ing ear. He regarded her thoughtfully
"Sit here on the hassock, dear. ! can
see you better" His voice became al
most a whisper. This is the ami
versary."
'Not of your marriage, father"
mo. My marriage was a subsequent
date. You do not know have never
told you-that your mother was mar
ried before she became my wffe-mar-
RED and widowed"
why, no. father. dear said the girl,
with quick, sympathetic interest.
"On this night years ago, Estelle,
your mother first went out of my life.
She was placed very much like you-in
a comfortable home in a college town.
| where her father, too, was professor
"She and / had discovered the purple
twilight. In every blossom / saw her
face; the dewdrop beamed with the
luster Of her eyes; her voice was the
| warblng of the birds her smile was In
! the sunshine. Somehow / feel, Estelle.
| that Is the way Teddy Variel feels of
! you.
/ Her mother forbade our engage
| ment / was only q struggling student
| and. though her father believed that
| should win fame, he did not check his
/ wifes ambition for her child
There came TO the town. very much
/ like the coming Of this young Denton,
/ man with gracious personal gifts and
I riches which at that time seemed i'm
! mense. He had Just come into his in
/ heritanee
They met-~and he loved her, At
! first she would not listen. but her ma
+ ture was gentle. her mother deter
mined and her father, porting over an
I Gent tragedies, overlooked the one
creeping into bis home was power
less She could not receive me when
called. and at the functions where
we met she was zeaiously guarded by
her mother and the man.
she accepted him. She told him
/ frankly that her love was mine: that
/ Ia promising him she was acccdlnc to
her mothers will. But he was buoy,
antIy confident that love would come.
They were married. anil he took her
away 10 a mansion filed with treas.
ures OF art She had jewels and gowns
snd houses all the things that money
could buy but love did not come
For a year / did not care what be-
came % me But loved her and could
do nothing Of which she would he
ashamed. went to Egypt and began
/ the researches that have brought ma
fame
Five years passed The longing 10
see Der again, 20 hear her voice be
came intoi~rable pain / went back TO
/ London and haunted the streets the
shops, the theaters, where she might
be. Then one night when | had al
most despaired / saw her In her box
at tie opera
she surpassed even nv dreams
Her gown WAS soft and white Above
her shoulder red rose lifted with the
same proud TIT Of her own pretty
head thrilled an the thought that on
her / had never seen a faded fowcr
Il hurried out and stood IA the OBJ
securing crowd. near enough 10 see my
lost girl and to hear her voice as she
I passed she turned her head restless.
/ ~ from SD" To side tit was perhaps The
ma guetl-fn ~ my gaze. ! suppose my
heart and soul were 10 ltt. and then
! before I realized TO- fhe crowd had
parted. add she stood before me with
outsirefcbed hands
. could not speak The old joy had
soHc FROM her eEo~. and ln them was "a
sadness that never tlghtpned Her
husband Nuad waiting under the I,or.
I tieo. Tie Bad grown COARSE and worn
and ou h@ face were Che HHrs az
+ tyranny which vruld deaf humiliation
Tor her Erlels=-s tablae 90 uy hard
~ asa uat try ta +aa her again I
feIJ 80 was brttrr tar u- Hsfr Uat
sta}rl Hrag tost SOME rme ahp woad
( noed Iue. and somehow -be grrw . was
always waiting
"shr faund Der lHsuaaf lraA a.v
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