The Delta independent., 1906-05-25
AND THEY NEVER KNEW.
Little Story of Real Life.

l LIttle StOIy OF ReaI Lie.
q great fnancier buried his face
In hands as a great flood of bitter
NJ rowded his soul. He had locked
h, .yor of his private Office and de-
III. himself to every one all morning,
ju.r as years before he had shut the
v and its people from his heart.
" n but a child he had been
b. I'D as a bad boy" and other
:! IN were forbidden TO play with
b He had grown up asking him.
s. by no one loved him. That he
" rad he had learned as a parrot
y . but the real meaning was too
= 10 be understood by his childish
school no one had understood
once. when he was dlsobedient.
4 v had been conceived to punish
! sIvorite teacher. He was so
2 / that he ran away for fear he
2 again cause pain or punishment
,o one he loved. No one came and
! why he did so-he was expelled.
to starve, to die, was better
J - live without sympathy. had
b. 5 carly conclusion. for truly
y being eaten up with gnawing
J. for sympathy and companion.
q when he was n young business
] -uccesSful, indeed, because he
: IS life-his whole energy-to
v some one started n report that
], dishonest in deal.
r-icd out against the injustice
y s~r-ld which would not see. He
= Jrcd, and the judge, who, no
T., meant to be honest, decided
ust him, because circumstances
, e not in his favor.
not one came TO say, Il know. be-
eve You are honest" No wonder.
lie haunted thing which would fly
o shelter from the eyes OF the world.
e lived alone in his grief of being
Years after, when II was found that
O was honest, that he had been falsely
ccused. no one came to rejoice with
im-and he cared but little. but real
zed anew how little the world cared
0 be just.
His eyes were kind and seemed to
ppcal to you to respond. but his
louth was set and firm, and lines,
'hich once expressed sweetness, had
ow decpcncd into burrows OF care and
oldness.
As he sat there dreaming his life
yer, he wondered who was ever de-
led sympathy as he.
A rap came on the door. and he ad-
lifted his hookkecper. a woman. She
roked frightened. and there were
races OF tears in her eyes.
He asked her to be seated. ANY one
l trouble was welcome. particularly
lis woman, whom he had more than
II have come she said, 'to ask
hat you are going to do with me.
here is money missing from the safe.
here Is no way to prove my inno-
cnce, for l believe l alone have the
and l am too poor to re-
lrn the money. OF course, you can
OF know or understand that l would
OF steal'-and the woman wept bit
,rly.
why do YOU say l cannot under
tand?" he asked.
II do not know" she said. II only
1t You would not-no one ever does,
sc are born in one sphere and forced
, live In another. where it is all mis-
'ust and bitterness"
Il do know; do understand" he
piled.
The woman looked at him through
er tears and saw two great eyes or
iudncss. yet she dared not believe.
You really do not think took the
loney?" she asked.
And II ! didn't wou.i you care.
her than for the disEracc?"
Yes, oh yes. should want YOU
think mo honest, because l know
ow you hate dishonesty"
Then l do believe in your innocence.
here are none who can SO sympa
lise as those who have suffered. and |
only hope you may never suffer rs
have"
But you, sir. are rich" she said.
Yes. In money. but rs for friends
have none"
How she wished to tell him how she |
dmired and loved him, But she was
woman. and only n bookEcopcr. SO |
he thanked him for his trust In her.
Mt forgot to offer him the word OF |
and lie. thinking no one
'uld love him. miStoCk her modesty
,r Indifference.
So the word which trcmhled on his |
ps when he saw her troubled was |
It unsaid.
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