Mexico Missouri message., 1906-12-27

Sne stood waiting 70 see that the hro
would burn
Over the mantel from it's yellow cam
vas looked above her head the humor-
ously benignant eyes OF old Annekje
Van Schoule, who had once removed
from Maspeth Kill on Long Island to
New HARLEM on the Island OF Man
haitian, and carried there, against her
fathers will, the yellow-haired girl he
had loved. His face now seemed to be
pretending Inconsistencies OF the
rashly acted scenes he had witnessed
lest, II he betrayed his consciousness,
he should be forced. in spite of himself,
to disclose his APPROVAL thing not
fitting for an elderly, dlgnihed Dutch
burgher to do.
"Avice!"
"Comingl"
She took up little package she had
brought with her and went out to meet
him.
There's one errsnd to dc" she said,
as they entered the carriage, "but it's
on our way. Have him go up Madison
avenue and deliver this"
She showed him the package, adj
dressed; mir. Rulon shepler, Per-
sonal."
"And this" she said, giving him an
unsealed note. Read 1t, pleased"
He read;
Dear Rulon Shepler: l am sure
you know women too we'll to have
thought | loved you as a wife should
love her husband. And | know your
bigness too we'll to believe you will
feel harshly toward me for deciding
that l could not marry you. could of
course consistently attribute my change
to consideration for yOu. should
have been very little comfort to you.
If should tell you just the course l
had mapped out for myself-just what
latitude proposed to claim-I am GER
tain you would agree with me that !
have done you an inestimable favor,
"Yet have not changed because l
do not love you, but because do love
some one else with all my heart; so
that claim no credit except for an
entirely consistent selfishness. But do
try to believe, at the same time, that
my own selfishness has been a kind
ness to you. / send you package with
this hasty letter, and beg you to be-
lieve that shall remain--and am now
for the first time, sincerely yours,
"AVICE MILBREY BINES.
"P. 81. should have preferred to
wait and acquaint you with my change
of intention before marrying, but my
husbands plans were made and he
would not let me delay"
He sealed the envelope, placed it Sc
curely under the cord that bound the
package, and their driver delivered it
to the man who opened Shepler's door.
AS their train emerged from the cut
at Spuyten Duyvil and sped to the
north along the Hudson, the sun blazed
forth.
There, boy-I knew the sun must
shine to-day"
one-half of the pink roses were on the
table, and one from the other half wat
in her hair.
81 ordered the sun turned on at jusf
this point" replied her husband, witR
large air. 81 wanted you to see this
last of that town under a cloud, so you
might not be homesick so soon"
you don't know me. You don't
know what a good wife shall be-"
1T takes nerve to reach up for q
strange support and then kick your
environment out from under you-as
Doctor Won Herzlich would have said
If he'd happened to think Of it."
But you shall see how I'll help you
with your work; was capable of it all
the time"
But l had to make you. had to
pick you up just as l did that first
time, and again down in the mine
and you were frightened because you
knew this time wouldn't let you co."
"Only half-afraid you wouldn't--the
olher half was afraid you would.
They got all mixed up Il don't know
which was worse"
well, admit fooled my approach
on that copper stock-but won you
really my winnings in Wall street are
pretty dazzling, after all, for a man
who didn't know the ropes-there's a
mirror directly back of you, Mrs.
Bines, If you wish to look at them
with pink rose over that kissy place
just at their temple"
She turned and looked, pretending to
be quite unimpressed
Il always was capable of it, 1 tell
you-boy!"
What hurt me worst that night, 1t
showed you could love some one-you
did have heart-but you couldn't love
me-"
She did not seem to hear at first, nor
to comprehend when she went back
over his words, Then she stared at him
in sudden amazement.
He saw his bmnder aud looked fool
ish
II seer-thank you for saying what
Won did last nfpht-aun vof didna