News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-04-08

'Ah, that was weakness. had bee
! absent six years or more, A Mt of nos
talgia brought me home.
You did not SEQ
My wife?'
Yes
Not since we stood together at tn,
little ones grave. She was DRUM
then. My God!' he cried, and reste,
his head on his hands.
Joan watched him in silence {
while, then she said
And Pauline Cathcart drove 70,
away again!'
You see, he answered, 4 was by
way of losing my head a little
We all made too much Of your
Nobody but Norris had a suspicion
was married until that night al
Mrs. Bishops dance he said.
| I always fancied,' Joan suggested
that the love was rather on one
side. Not very much ona your side
Wray'
I should have married Pauline If
1t had been in my power
| Still, | had the idea you were a
little afraid of the emotion you had
called forth
Afraid
You certainly ran away!'
What else could do?' he rejoined.
4 had let myself go too far 1t seem
ed there was no alternative. And,
he added, I have returned solely to
ask Pauline to marry me.
Is that quite-quite judioiousY
Joan asked hastily.
1t follows as a thing of course,
he said. After what occurred that
night
oh. of course, persons chartered.
Your names were coupled for the
usual nine days. But our atmos-
phere doesn't encourage long memo
ries. We know how to forget, and it's
just as we'll
gotten said Wray
After all, you show a certain con-
sistency,' she exclaimed.
1T is thing to strive for, you
know
In your youth you wronged a wo-
man and made your sacrifice-tiung
away your -.Io; and now
1 don't like the compar1son!' he
protested,
Still, it is sacrifice she urged.
TO marry such a one as Paulinen
he exclaimed.
opyaHy WI
can live without. But Joan asked,
absence has really made your heart
grow fond?'
'Bayly wrote ''fonder" you know
he answered. Doesn't it seem rather
odd he suggested, to look back to
the days when you and l were boy
and girl together
'Ah. well, it's no use looking back,
my friend. Besides, you surely have
everything to look forward to-
And your
She shook her head slowly.
Not much Wray.'
You may marry again. he limited.
of all things in this world, nothing
is less likely
of course he said, I remember
what you told me about Colonel Ven
ables' will. | know marriage would
entail the loss of your fortune.
That woulu be fatal she answered,
but it is not what | was thinking of
at the moment
What were you thinking Off he
asked.
She met his eyes with a grave kind
of smile
Isn't your examination becoming
little intimate?' she suggested.
You must forgive the "reminiscences
he said
But you may be quite sure of one
thing Joan insisted. I shall never
marry again. Now she cried, you
are not telling me about the last two
years
They were dreary enough he an
swered. You and Pauline were about
the only persons | thought Of
"A strange conjunction
OF course, said Wray If she re-
fuses
vi, ohN WON iCiuoC you' Aoii
Gilbert still dangles-I daresay Paul
inc has been subjected to a certain
pressure.
Still. she has resisted it, he said.
She had done so until the day |
started SIX weeks ago
She heard of my freedom a fort
night ago. Wray explained. I wrote
to Mrs. Cathcart. | determined that
everything should be done decently
and in order this time, he added, with
a smile.
so you have only to claim your
bride she cried. A very charming
bride, Wray, but still-but still
1t is impossible to accuse you of |
too much enthusiasm he cried.
Nor YOU she said. Marriage is
a curious experiment. You learn to |
know another person as well as you
know yourself, and what good man
doesn't hate himself!
oh, well, you know
Only one thing can possibly re- |
deem it. Love is all that gives life |
its SAVIOR
Not quite ALL he answered.
What else?' she demanded
Loves antithes's, for instance. ANY
strong emotion, If it comes to that.