New-York tribune., 1907-11-17

~ course. if there IS really no other way"
.Iaerc ISN'T interjected Latimer bruskly
" still staring gloonIy down into the street and
ell drumming with his finger tips on the dusty
1:-aa-,- -.5-e A divorce IS utterly out Of the
-,.- There are grounds for il on either
Gi.--'..-. Gadl And besides. | don't want nv
ssl+-i-r... .aen washed in public We have made
-7e,s IS .o- lives and its enough for us to know
: and - ry II. ..lthout getting into the papers
P.-fa-- -ae child had lived But what's the
rss If .- about that: I'm used to disappoint-
~,4,+S .- broken dreams by this time and have
~--7e . -. the dead level OF Indifference at last
N3t~,rn.r .r. IS failure anyway YOU look at it.
SEe.-- smiled. The pesSlmsm Of tWentv-nine is
,s,,.r-. Ecr. Virulent type, he recolected
II &c.. Snow anything about the hopelessness
~ III. INST .-ttlau be said, but ii has ALWAYS APP
reared that SuhJugatlon OF self Is OF its
element PRINCIPLES
IN ill., the woman's or the mans struck
., Ts-.-... with short, deriSiVe laugh That's
-r, .---. the matrimonial situation. ism it, The
e,r,5,,- ID the means the subcVatlOn Of the
other there YOU are. But look here: its no
,,- .-.- sting time IN talk. We can t alter mat
+e~s --. and-well doubt if ! should care to
five ust say that | agree To anything that
suits .-l get the business put through with as
little as possible Say too that | wish
I.~ .e HE half Of everything chats only
t.e,,-.- .rI. YOU know w.. With all my worldly
goods ...ylE. and if She VIII send some one
Fr-- N.5,audS tomorrow t. select what She
,.i-r.. -.-.ro. I'll give orders for the rest to be
sent .uctton rooms. I'm going back to the
vs. .sr~dav.'
II see Mrs. l-atlIuGT before YOU GO shes
in -lrgr - present. Came UP from Newport vester-
fsr d wish to see her. could easily arrange II.
1T but | won't put YOU t. the trouble.
The-- use III rakng over cold asheS-and that's
about i would amount t.. Better let sleeping
dogs She wouldn't care to see me after two
la.-- citing on without me. and | don't know
that ne any particular desire t. her Be
sides . I'LL not be in town. I'm running down to
Rel tonight just to sleep there for the last
tim. ..l-I say. If YOU get any sort of offer for
III. -. sci, Il | don't think q Ike to see il
t1aa surprising how much a man can stand
vt.r he's pat t. II That all, | think Good by
-G. a.. III send some one down IN Mrs.
Ls-....-- behalf tomorrow. I'm sorry my boy,
.E.- | know. You were always a good sort.
S..--- md used to be sorry for myself, III the
f..-,r.r-. But gets that III time. You
know -cre'S point here even desire dies. and
s~ -- is that lead back to il are choked with
til Yesterday. You can nail a living thing
{. r-- nd expect II to 60 on suffering and en-
e.-.. -..--. .tu now,
u r5ely your own fault YOU know"
.l- ... f.ult when YOU come down to the
..--... .- IT, admitted Latiner frankly. d" | was
-. - / dIdnt know when ! was
.-.= that a rose IN Your own gar
v- -.- u a show window: but-Well. |
.-. the rose in the garden IS dead,
...se has gained another bloom and
J. used to hurt II the beginning: but
.rE more. That 5 " here the law OF com
-... .-.. comes IN. Good by"
-.0 hands clasred and parted then Latimer
... his hat. nodded and went out
j.. he dusk If that evening a train hurried him
the Long Island coast and the gloom and
-..-- of sea crcled Redlands But if any
l...--- memory kept him company the way,
.- .--ec for the DAYS that were put behind him
-el If his heart when he walked up the weedy
-.-. let himself into the house. he gave no out
E-. -.-- If it. The caretaNer. who had been mott
H.. his coming. had his dinner waiting and his
red and ready for him. SO that II was like
-r- back INTO the old rut. like bridging all the
-..- ma chasrns and thorny roads and getting
the lilac land of Yesterday. But it made
Impression on him. stirred no wave of emotion in