Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-10

BY BA SILL KING.
Copyrighted, 1906, BY Harper& Brothers.

the aged woman had grown very frail.
The voice was strong and the look
eager. as though the spirit were
straining itself to break away.
If you'll excuse me q minute"
Winship said, trying to speak cheer,
lily, I'll leave you ladies to your re-
miniscences. I've got an idea
should like to IVORY out
1T would be pity to lose it then"
Lady Alice replied. your company
will keep, but an idea must be seized
on the wing"
The Lord is very good to me"
Mrs. Winship continued. in a high,
shaking voice, while Winship with his
back towards them, working rapidly
at the canvas. Il see that more and
more plainly as the time draws near;
and, oh, my dear, of all His mercies
the last seems to me the best"
Then you must be happy woman,
Mrs Winship. Most Of us see the
Lords mercfes to us otherwise"
! 81 am happy woman, dear. l
have everything to make me So And
yet 1t would have been harder for me
to enter into the joy of my Lord If
hadn't learned of bitter feelings still,
but even that has passed away since
she came"
II don't wonder you love her." Lady
Alice murmured, sympathetically.
"And Roger loves her, too" the
mother whispered. bending forward.
Haven't you noticed it,"
well, / haven't had much time"
Eyes, he does. He tries to hide it.,
but he couldn't do that from me. And
she loves him. I've seen it.. I'm
sure of it. Oh. my dear, they were
made for each other. My son and
Paul Trafford's daughter! II we had
only forseen that, how much anguish
We might have spared each other. But
it's better that 1t should be late than
not all ALL shall 60 home to tell
my dear husband that all strife is at
an end
When she had finished her tea,
Lady Alice crossed the room towards
Winship.
May one have peep?" she asked,
looking over his shoulder. II wouldn't
spoil anything by overzeal, you know.
should think you had almost got to
the point where you might leave we'll
enough alone. So this is the young
lady man couldn't marry for lcve!"
II didn't say that" Winship return
ed, with little warmth.
well, what did you say?"
Il said-really. Lady Alice, I don't
remember"
mo, nor I either-exactly. You
said you couldn't marry her for love:
wasn't that it?"
81 don't suppose could marry her
at all,' he replied, turning round and
looking at her frankly Where there
are so many extraneous circum-
stances to be taken into considera-
| ton"
But If there weren't?"
! IF there weren't an atmosphere
round the earth. we should see things
in quite another light. But since there
is an atmosphere, all our perceptions
have to depend upon it,"
But even In the atmosphere there's
a. difference between cloud and sun.
shine. You wouldn't refuse to enjoy
bright spring morning because
you'd suffered from last years
storm"
"You would if you'd been struck by
| !. 6heAhih A1V lVCul ASu Will SDdl "
ness of tone that surprised her.
"You would if you'd been crippled and
blinded and left all but dead. The
bright spring morning would bring a
rather belated cheerfulness then"
81 didn't mean that" she began
apologeticaly.
mean it. / can't shut my eyes to the
| foot fho{ fhA 3Yy1o wi,
are blasted beyond all hope The
curious thing is that the power that
did it SHOULD have come right under
my hand. Can't you see that when
l look at that"-he nodded in the
/ when l look at Marah, the TEMPTATION
to strike back should be almost ire
sistable?"
enough. The instinct is as primitive
as mothers love. But in this sophis.
tical age of the worlds history most
people think that after defeat. re.
construction is wiser than revenge. -
"Ah, yes" he laughed. with curl
GUS glitter in the eyes, "but In my
what you call reconstruction.
/ II see"
You see some of it-not ALL
"The revenge Of Romeo on the CAP
ulets. l presume the motive would
be Romeo's as well as-all the rest OF
| It,"
Zone has a. right to presume any
thing on subject that is NO moro
than the baseless fabric of vision
GAS yet
i He made no response.
"As yet" she insisted.
AS yet. as you like he smiled.
"Ah. well I've no more time to
talk of it." she sighed. picking up
her gloves from a small table. a
must be Off I suppose you know, "
she continued, glancing up at him
sidewise. that there'd be a fight
4 The doors wouldn't be flung open tc
you as for instance to my brother
Ludovic"
Winship shrugged his shoulders
and said nothing.
And SO in the end, you might fail
II couldn't fail" he answered
quickly, mot now. However it turn
/ ed out the victory would he mine