Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-09-20
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marriage IN another woman"
Then the friendship was Il matter
Of your first meetluss
yes. I viii confess that a mutual
understanding siaaHg "a life az ollr
rrst meeting. - souu as Ne had
talked with each other this boud oil
sympathy was established"
III was love at first sight. then. was
IL not:"
..No. mol should not call II that.
The real understanding came alter
ward. This immediate c"mprehen-
sion or sympathy, or whatever y"n
choose To call il. was not uf romantic
nature-not then. You see. did not
permit myself TO think of him MS other
than a friend under those circuih-
stances
"Then whey did you permit yourself
70 consider It closer friendship"
Not until he had told me uf bis un-
fortunate domestic affairs. not until
he had revealed TO me that he aud his
wife longrd for release from each
other; that they could not he happy to
gether. Even then Strove 10 rcunite
them"
when did you first meet Mr..
Earle?"
about two years ago. Our interest
I'm settlement work in New YORK
brought us together Our sympathieS.
our tastes. our activities. We're In har-
mony. We seemed TO lie at one In all
our ideas. He understood me. | UNI
derstood him. That was ALIVE I'M
derstood each other"
when did the acquaintance ripcnE
"Not until within recent months,
not really until we took the trip to
Europe-my brother and and found
ourselves. quite by accident, on the
same steamer with Mr.. Earle. That
was this last June When we arrived
| In Paris, Mr.. Earle stopped at the
same place where my brother and |
stopped, and we saw him often. We
went motoring together and took long
tramps together, my brother accom-
panying us most of the time. We all
three spent a most enjoyable season in
each others society"
"Mr. Earle speaks of the psychology
Teal moment when you realized that
you cared for each other | observed,
when was 1t, Miss Kuttner"
"Oh. | can't tell you that-it is too
sacred That shall never reveal. All
| can say is that the revelation came
to me quite Unexpectedly and with
sweeping certainty one day
At the new, thrilling tone in her
voice | looked up quickly. Her face
had grown luminous. Her eyes, for
merly so steady and controlled, radiat.
ed a swift glory. Her entire being
seemed exalted. Then she spoke in a
hushed voice, with her eyes on the
mountain that lay yelled in mist
1T was wonderful understanding. >
she said.
Speaking of the time when the de
cision was made that left EarIc's hap
! piness in her hands, Miss kuttncl
; said
, ut was one week after | had beer
in the Earle home. | had made ever!
effort to reconcile the two begged
them to make one last trial-to see ear
nestly if they could not adjust thei
differences. | did everything in N,
power to this end. talked to eacl
, separately, and | talked to them to
gethcr. urged and pleaded But on,
night-it was Saturday night, or rattle
Sunday morning, for it was o'clocl
or after-Mrs. Earle left her room an,
came upstairs to mine. She sat dow
e by the bedside
l "'Julia, it is no USE she said.
t can't do it, 1t is impossible We car
: not be happy-we cannot. Why shout
; we try any longer! Love cannot b
e forced. 1t must come of itself. W
: are hopelessly out of sympathy. Lister
i Julia. You understand him, You ca
e make him happy. want you to prom
Il Use me you will
I'VE sat there in the dark talking
e all over, as women talk in the sIenc
:. There was no longer any battle, an
= doubt There were not two paths an
Y longer She had taken the choice frol
/. me-"
= She reverted TO the psychologist;
II moment in Paris when she and til
e artist realized they loved each other.
= Just so soon as we realized it W
. wrote a joint letter to Mrs. Earle e!
). planning the entire matter" she sal,
t. I'VE wished above everything to 4
( honest things. Then we went to IL
1t parents of Mrs. Earle and told the
t. everything. They We're perfectly sa
Re i.tied and happy to think their daug
n ter would be free at last and wou
= return to them. 1 had become a
1t quanted with Mrs. Earle's parent
u and they were lovely to me. NJ
re brother and lived ON the same sire
II in Paris where they resided. We we
n all very congenial.
81 really do not quite understal
1t Mrs. Earle myself. She is, | confes
II an enigma to me. No matter how
n felt toward man, | do not believe
J. could bring myself to be as happy ;
o she is. She was absolutely radial
l. over it,
d. 81 wish to be perfectly honest al
to state the plain facts. must co
y fess that Mrs. Earle has the artist
10 temperament. She can sympathi;
y with her husbands artistic aspiration
'e and yet she cannot inspire him. 81
&c frankly admits her inability to inspi
10 and help him in his work"
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