Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-07-13

ter without them, and letting their
own patch run to weeds
unanswerable. | held my peaces
What are you going to do about IT.
Harvey? How can you be SO calmT
Isn't there anything that would rouse
your" 49, .N--
I'm too busy thinking what rse ~
to waste any energy in blowing z&f
steam" was my answer IN my consif-
iatory tone.
"But there's nothing mn can do :
she retortetd, with increasing anger.
which vented itself Inward me br
cause the true culpnit. fate. was not
within reach. -
Precisely r agreed @Ndtslii.p' I
THAT creature Won't let lilo come
to see me-
And you mustn't sre him whoa h0
sends for you" said l. Hell come as
soon as his money gives out shels
see that he does"
But you aren't going to- cut him..
OIL" .,-aSws .ste-sAn,. xsr.s.ssN
"jnst that" said I. saxAxE.
A long silence, then added In an
swer to her expression sAnd you
must not let him have cent, either.
In gust Of anger, probably ar my
having read her thoughts. she bfnrt-
ed out: "One would think 1t was yoar
money" ~ a~-s----- --s@ss--> ~-...-~u~.~
had seen that thought In her eysxs.
bad watched her hold II back Behtnd /
her set teeth, many times In our mar
ried years. And | now thanked my
stars had had the prudence W sssf
ready for the inevitable moment when
she would speak It, But at the xxmn
time ! could not restrain a lush az
shame. 1T Is my money" forced my
self to say, ASK your brother He'll
tell you what I've forbidden him to
tell before--that have twice rescued
you and him from bankruptcy"
With our own money" she retUrb-
ed hating herself for saying Iii hut
goaded on by devil that lived La fieS
temper and had got control many =
time, though never before when Thap-
pened TO be the one with whom she
was at outs.
"No--with my own replied traus-
GULLY.
Your own!" she sneeredl .'Everyg
dollar you have has come through i
what you got by marrying, me-.
through what yol married me for
Where would you be II you hadn't
married me? You know very Welt
You'd still be fighting poverty as I
small lawyer In Pulaski, married to
Betty Crosby or whatever her name
was" And she burst into hystesfcal
tears. At last she was showing me
the secrets that had been tearing at
her, was showing me her heart where.
they had torn II. u
Probably" said + fn my usual toner
when she was calm enough tn lfaax
me. so that's what you brood oyery~
Yes she sobbed. I've hated you
and myself. Why don't you tell me n
isn't SO? I'll believe It'll don't want
to hear the truth. know you don't
love me, Harvey. But just say you !,
don't love her"
What kind OF middle-aged maudlin,
moonoshine is this. anyway" SAID II.
Lets go back to Junior. We've
passed the time OF life when, people
can talk sentimentality without, 90
ing ridiculous"
That's true of me, Harvey" she.
said miserably. but not Of you. Y1u.
don't look day over 4o--you're stir
young man. while T."
She did~ not need to complete the
sentence. I sat on the bed beside her,
and patted her vaguely. She took my
hand and kissed 1t. And I said-r
tried to say it gently, tenderly, sim
cerely: People who've been togeth
err, as you and ! have sec each other
always as at first. they say"
She kissed my hand gratefully
again. Forgive me for what I said
she murmured "Ycu know I didn't
think it, really I've got such q
nasty disposition and felt SO down.
land--that was the only thing could
find to throw at YOU