The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-11
IT FADED LIKE
 A DREAM.
LOrIEInaLI

would settle down to the devotion of lone man or would still need that of a T great number. Mrs. Fitch, for awhile ] at least. agreeably disappointed him. ! She was very fond of him and seemed 10 be satshed with him alone. The young men to whose attentions she had been accustomed took no further interest in one who was happily mar
 ried. This did not disturb her, So long as her changed life was new she
 had no Use for them. But when that l life had lost It's dTst freshness and she ] realized that her former admirers. bug zlng about other lumnaries, were en- tlrely forgetful of her she felt sink Ing at the heart that surprised her. From this time forward Mrs. Fitch 1 began to pine for attention. Sue could have had attention, and all she want
 ed. provided she chose to jeoparIlZe her relations with her husband Men only have use for married women whO>are
 not en rapport with their spouses. TO
 secure attention she would have been obliged at laast Co make the men sup. Dose that she had tired of Mir Fitch. . To hold attention she would have been obliged to make them believe she cared
 for them. She did neither. but became | dissatisfied. and her dissatisfaction
 was manifest
 ! One morning after her husband had | gone to his office the postmau left Mrs. ! Fitch a note It was written in mas yullne hand and was anonymous. The
 writer declared that he had loved her l before she was married and would al- WAYS love her. Mrs Fitch was fright. eued at the pleaSurable excitement Jhr note gave her. She east 1t at once into ! the fire and. noticing that a corner re mained uncousUmed, took the poker and pushed it into the flame that 1t might not fall into tbe hands of Mr. ! Fitch. The letter had given a tcti- tlous name and an address to which she might send a reply ,f she chose, but she did not choose. She would like ! to do so, but was too loyal to her huS- 1 band. besides being tQo prudent.
 At the end ot week the postman al the same hour aS before left another
 note from the same unknown. He blamed himself for having written. feared he had shocked her and begged forgiveness. On the whole, he seemed to Je in a specially unpleasant frame of mlud Nothing can be more pleas lug Go a woman than this same un- pleasant frame of a lovers mind It Is also very useful rO story writers and poets. Mrs. Fitch was delighted. She
 was so delighted that she pitIed the poor man who loved her 80 well that he had been tempted to insult her. She wrote him a note gently chidiug him and promising to forgive him if he never did So again. He wrote thank Ing her for her clcmency and made the promise provided she would declare to him that she ia her heart of hearts wished him lo do SD. Thls was i'm possible. though Mrs Fitch declared that she loved her husband and could
 not love any other man. Apparently there was no convenient place where
 the correspondence might stop
 Mrs. Fitch showed plainly that there
 was something on her mind. Her hus. band said To her one dUy.
 Sweetheart. I always feared you.
 who were 50 attractive as a single wo-
 man. would ind life dull as a married
 one. Don't think l want to pen you
 up with myself I wouldn't even ob- f feet to 8 mild filtration"
 Mrs. Fitch threw her arms around
 his neck w4A the Intention of showing
 him her appreciation of his enlarged
 views. but the embrace was somewhat
 spverlsh.
 One day Mrs. Fitch wrote her uu- known lover Jhut she was going to wis
 lt relative in a uetghborlng city and he must send u0 more letters Jo the
 house while she was away The truth Is her lover had been rrsolute on one nolut-he would not reveal himself, uvrrrtug that SD long as he was uu- known she might accept his love with purity. but tha. rhe moment he became Co her known person their core spoudeuce must cease.
 Iu her note informing him of her de parrure >lp told him by what train she would travel scarcely acEuowl-
 eLging To. herself that she was tempt Ing him GO take advantage Of the op. Dormuity to meet her The temptation
 was too strong for him. He wrote that he would be ou the train and should ! be dud her alone would join her. But ! he admitted that for tuls one joy their ! correspondence must cease and be must fade from her like a quickly dis ! solving dream. Mrs. Fitch thought this a beautiful comparison, but didn't Intend that the dream should dissolve. On the morning of her departure | Mrs. Fitch was very dIstuIt She for got everything she should have remem- ] bered and remembered everything she
 should have forgotten. Her husband
 feared she would lose her ticket and set out at the wrong station. He in
 sisted on going with her but she wouldn't have It. So be kissed her | gOodby in the ear and waved to her from the window. Half an hour after tue train started