The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-05
,0neOf Fate SfanCies,


tnat there is -rcaF.fj .fjVrS0ilsl4 fNte that8
Is constantly amusing himself .viileours
dcstlncs. For instance. at The cnd OF
the eighicenth fentury Il Slowed a lit-
lie Cofslcnn the crown Of I'rauce iick-
ed about by a ipob IN Paris he picked
It up put ii un.his he1d ana uich pro
cccded TO make Kings aud queens OF
Iris family. pcr cohtta fate designated
The monarch wh6 iost She crown the
Corsican appropriated TO be The ono %
g long line Of sov@uigilg to losoH and
his head at the same fine. lie was the
only one OF the lot who in many years
deserved to It.
IN the rase recitcd IN this story Il
would seem that this inexorabe fate
took a cunning and malicious pleasure
A party OF American slehtsecrs
abroad were '4loing' the gardens ot
Versailles. A middle aged couple strcll-
ed away from the others aud sat them
selves down to rest
cat twenty said the man. Il laid
cut q definite plan for my life which
I have followed 70 the present moment,
Having tastes which / had 10 means
10 crafty. / resolved 80 spend twenty
years in nccumulstiug fortune where
with TO spend another twenty years in
sn ideal life. Before leaving America
4 month ago closed out my business.
having accumulated the requisite
amount. The FIRST twenty years of my
life have been passed as intended
The second period is before NC.
rOr that period have spent lat a
month, ana yet ii is long enough 10.
have taught me that to enjoy thn world
must have some one to enjoy it with
me. In YOU have met that person
The only woman have ever wished 10
nlslsc life companion. IT rests With
YOU whether this second period shall
be success or failure. viii you
spend it with ine as my wifeT
There was long silence between
them, at the end Of which the woman
said:
"Unlike sou. | laid no plan for my
life. AT eighteen loved. married and
was for ten years suprcmely happy
with my husband and my children.
Then within Few months they were.
all swept away 10y death. ] cannot be
happy without them. therefore It
would be impossible for me 10 enable
you as your companion TO carry out the
second part OF your plan"
which means that this part has al
ready failed:"
''If dependent upon me; not on an
other"
HAD not fallen in With you
might possibly have been happy with
another"
The woman : was looking OH the
ground. making marks on It with the
end OF her parasol. Presently she
looked up into The mans face 10 see
there a bitter disappointment resting
or every feature.
"In that case viii DO my best for
sou. consent" she said
There was a wedding IN the Amer
lean Parisian colony. after which Wal
ter Lsnier and his BRIDE spent 60 himi
slx delightful months in a land where
there is every opportunity for q culti-
vated pau TO eajoy himself The only
shadow falling upon him was that, de-
spite a brave struggle on The part Of
his wife. she occasionally showed that
her heart was with those who had
gone from her. The husband, seeing
shat occupation would be better for
her. proposed that they retan 10 Amcr
lea, where she might have the care OF
home, In reply to this proposition
she told him that whatever he wished
Was her preference.
Lanier believed II would be better TO
take his wife where she would enjoy
the companiuhship OF those she had
always known. He planned Q surprise
Tor her He wrote 2 friend TO buy
house for him IN the nelghhorhood in
which his wi1e had heen born and
reared, where ber father and mother
and sister would be near her lt
happened thae Just suck place was
In the market and it was purchased
for Ianier. II needed no improve
menta. and ~ soon as Lanier was adj
rlscd that the papera had passed lie
and his bride sailed for America.
ny this time siSa l.anior had been
we,i9ed from a constant dwelling upon
those she had lost She had married
splendid mas for her second hug-
band ami every day clung 10 hlm more
ana more Indeed. she seemed 10 real
lie that living with the dead Is an
abnormal condition aud resolved 10
live for ber husband
On the day Of their arrival at the
place OF tbelr intended future resi-
Gence the wife expected 10 be taken
Temporarily 10 hotel They were
jmet at the station by a carriage and
Z driven away. She did not know where
ana did not fecl IA mood to ask.
hut presently she noticed that she was
on familiar grouud. She looked up al
ber husband 1nquirngly. He put his
arm about her affeetionately. but eaid
nothing Wien they reached the To-
cation OF her old home Mrs. Laniei
put her hands on her eyes as II to
shut out memory. Then the carrisss
stopped. and h@ RllabGnd. aliehtea.
He had taken HeP Aand 20 helm her
ont, and her Aot was ob the sfep
when ahe cooked ~ ct fise Appss eeI
husband had provided for iier With
q rfV she drew hack into the cari,i.ea...