The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-29
IT FADED LIKE
 A DREAM.
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a.Uele. Her husband when he married her had miseiyngs as to whether she would settle down to. the devotion of one man or would still need that Of 30 great number. Mrs. Fitch. for awhile .l leasl agrecably disappointed l.m s.le WAS very fond of him and sermoI .o be satisfied with him alone. The guuug men tO whose attentions she had been accustomed took mo further interest n uue who wus happily mar raI. This did not disturb her. S" lra- as her changed life was new she n.I u5 use for tam. But when tha, life uld lost its first freshness and she realized that her former admirers, huz gug about other lumtuurics, were uu. Hrr!y rorgetful of her she felt sink ing at the heart that surprised her.
 From thls time forward Mrs Fitch began to pine for attention. She could lye had attention. and an shs want a.I. provided she chose to Irouarlt1r her relations with her husband Men only have use for married women who urr not ru rapport with their sN1usts. y" secure attention she would have been oblIerd ul lRst to make the meu smu r,.r that she had tired or Nr. Fitch P. hold attention she would have been ..E-rd tu make them believe she cared '.gr them. She Lld neither but became dissatisfied and her dissatisfaction wus manifest
 Oue morning after her hHshauI had -uue to hIs office the uostmau a.t Mrs. r.t.l a note. It was written m u ua. .ulua hand and wa- anonymous la. writer declared r#J be haI lowed H"r before she was marricl aua w"u.d a. ways love her. Mrs Fitch v.s .a.a" eued at the ploasuranIe excitement .a. note gave her Sue cuat lr &t ousr 0a.. the fire aud noticing that 30 corner r" mained uucousumrd took uhr poker and pushed lt Into thr lamr. aaI . m."hr not mH into the hands "r Mr. Pitch. The letter had given 30 Ho.i uous name and an address Go which she might send a reply it she eAus" but she did not choose. She would like ro do so. but was too loyal to her hus. band. besides being too prudent
 At the end or a week the uostmlu a.. the same hour as before left another note from the same uukuowu He blamed himself for having written. feared he had shocked her and begged rurgiyeuess. On the whole, he seemed ta nr fu a specially unpleasant frame of mind. Nothing can be more pleas. ing to woman than this same un pleasant frame oG a lovers mind. lt Is also very useful to story writers and poets. Mrs. Fitch was delighted She was SD delighted that she uirIed the raor man who loved her SD well that he had been tempted Oo insult her. She wrote him a note gently cuid.ug hHu and promising to forgive him ll b. never lM su again. lie wrote thank Ing her for her rIemenry aud made .He promise provided she would declare lo him that she In her hear, of hearts wished hIm to do so. This was in- possible. though Mrs. Fitch declared ..uj she loved her husband and could aut hove any other man. Apparently there was uo convenient place where the correspondence migh, stop.
 Mrs. Fitch showed plainly that there was something ou hrr miud Her hus band sulL to her uue day:
 sweetheart ] always feared you who wrre So attractive as sInE...wn man. wuull find life dul as 8 married uur. uuu't think want tu ueu you un with myself | wouldn't even oh .a,t ta B muL filtration"
 Mrs. Fitch threw her arms around his ue.A wish the intention uf showing him her appreciation of LLs enlarged views. but tue embrace was somewhat reycGsL
 One day Mrs. Fitch wrote her uu. known lover that she was going Co . is. it a relative in a ueighhuriug city and he must send no more letters to .lr house while she was away. The truth .s her lover had been resuIute ou uue point he would not reveal himself, asrmlug that so long as he was m known she might accept hIs love with purity. but that the moment he became Jn her a known person their corre snundeuye must cease.
 In her note informing him of her de- 9arme she told him hy what train she would travel. scarcely acEuowL rI-iug to herself that she was tempt ing him to take advantage of the op- nurtunlty to meet her The temptation was too strong for him. Hr wrote that he would be on the train and should hc ind her alone would jn.u ler But he admitted that for tl.s one joy theh correspondence must cease and he must fade from her like a quickly dis solving dream. Mrs. Fitch thought this a beautiful comparison, but didn't intend that tue dream should dissolve
 On the morning of her departure Mrs. Fitch was very dlstralJ Sbe for got everything she should have ramem- bcred and remembered everything she should have forgotten. Her husband feared she would lose her ticket and get out at the wrong station. He in. sisted on going with her. but shc wouldn't have 1t. So he kissed her .-,,.TTf- f, +ba nur nr1 T-nvaH |4 hnr