New-York tribune., 1908-05-24

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besides my mother-I don't think my father ever
did. Margaret has an idea of lr-I let ta1 few
words one day. In one way you and have Dee,
so intimate for wears; and yet
She stopped short. and the soft color rose n he,
cheeks like dawn Van Torp looked down al he
pavement as he walked
See here he said in a low voice. you'd bet.s,
not tell Maybe you'll be sorry some day L
YOU do
1t would be the first time" she answered softly
and I've often wished you knew. mean to tel
you now. rSt wait a moment
THEY walked on: they were already IN the ou,
skirts of the dull little town Van I0rp did moi
again raise his eyes TO her face; to- he knew s1s
would speak when she was ready. " aen she d3a
her voice was a little mt1ttled and she Ned Stralsa
before her as he was doing They We're quite alone
in the road now.
When | very young.-nea-E eleven wears
ago, in my first season. met man liked EeI5
much and he liked me We grew very. very. tonl
of each other. He was not much older than l. and
had just Joined the army. We cou-tn rnarr
then, because we had no MONEY LltIer ha-
not come into the title then. YOU HroW,-o w
promised each other that we would wait we
waited. and no knew, except. perhaps ny
mother, and she kept us from seeing each olaer q
much as she could Then came The b'er war anu
he was k1lled-k1ed d wretchet ~AirtllSn-ho'
even IN a batt1e-buried sOmewhere IN the Veld'-
if only knew where, | read 1t IN q de>patch-lus'
killed nothing more. One doeSn die OF thnlss.
| suppose and wears passed and | Went out JiSt thI
same. and thev wanted % marry. You mo"
how it is with a girl | married 70 ge- r,t OF rly'e
| married Leven because he was good l3okns anu
had money, and don't quite KNOW WY Out
seemed easier to marry a foreigner than an EhSSI
man / suppose YOU cannot understand that Il
made all comparison impossible -E> that Wa
it. When mine was dead. | could never have taken
another who could possibly have Nn Ha ~, ni''
who could be IN the rernOteSt degree Ike ann
Il understand that quite well Sd,t Van Io'F
she paused.
I'm glad then for it makes IL easier 90 expaa
the rest. i don't think / always did 0-E 'eS1 70 N
nice to Leven You see. he soon grew tred ot ..T
and aStray with strange goddess. os ot-
| might have tried harder 70 keep lta II n@I
cared what he did; but | was faithful. 70 nm, :
my own way. and it much harder than YOU @ S@a
guess, anyone. Oh. 1t not any -tving nan
that made 1t hard-not that Ii was me ol1T. q
He came back.-dead men do sometimes. anu ~
told me | his. and not LeVen $. VtIc. anu
fought against that Just aS if a man had made pVe
to in society. 1t didn't seem honest and rug
to my real hrSband.-iu my thoughts you snow 81. M
in some things thoughts are everything. lo'sn' S
with all my might against that one. t13c ieiI IN -
| think that the beginning of my WorN-o5'ls
sorry for other women who perhaps had tried =
fight too. and wondering whether | should 90 iti"N"
better If my dead man came back alive 10 HGJst
see I'm telling YOU things have hardly ever ''iu
myself. let alone anyone tSe
Yes. | see | didn't know anyone could DC 10
good that
You can guess the rest Lady Maud went on
not needing what he said ~ When / hcltc' eL 'lla &
Leven was dead. the fight over, and '''N b. 5lt
dead man back, because | was really tree Du
now. If Leven Is alive after all. II must beg n ''
| ought to be brave and tight against IT, I, ui-, %
but | can't, | can't Its too hard. now IneSs .
two months have been the happicSt IN my e S'is5
the day he killed. How can 50 bucA aEAm
And vet. II L cannot be an honest woman m .l - -
thoughts. I'm not an honest woman at All III ~ p.
better than If | deserved % be divorced ae'''
believed IN technical virtue
WAN TORP had seen many sides OF human nlluI.
good and bad but he had never dreamed OF aiiy,