The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-04

1t had been infinitely better so
He had been snatched from the hori-
zon of her deadly dull routine of the
day after day variety, where he had
filled place which had been desolate
| indeed at his going.
A kind fate, unkind albeit in its
guise, had interviewed, however. and
temptation had been removed which
had been grave indeed
Brown was d man of tn world
There were streaks of gray about
his temples, and his friends were
wont to discuss him as a successful
man.
Long before he had climbed the lad
der of his own personal success, he
had made the one mistake of his life
which was to prove crushing blow
he had entered into a loveless mar
riage.
The little woman, whom, when he
had married her had been a petite
brunette, had quickly grown TO realize
her husbands attitude, and had de-
veloped into the angular, Ratchet
faced, nerve-racked woman that he
now knew her.
She had been brave through it all,
however.
Two children had come to them, and
Brown was especially proud of the
manner in which the little woman"
had reared their daughter to a gIor-
ious and irreproachable state of per-
fist young womanhooI. The other
child, also a girl, was still Hsping
Unite of tiny humanity, but she, too.
proved a link between the two, and
Brown liked to see the mother light
play soft lin the dreamy eyes of his
wife, as she fOndled the baby.
And the other, what of her?
Brown had accidentally met her
during his travels and, attracted by
her peculiar personality, her frank
and whOle-souied interest in the wee
small things of life, and her generally
extraordinary manner of looking at
things in general, he had sought her
company more than had been good for
him. A platonic friendship between
the two, despite the disparity in their
years, had resulted, and she began
furnishing the clean diversion which
the man, at the humdrum stage of 10
years, had craved-
The trend which matters were
taking bothered them both for while
especially the girl.
Then the crisis came
Browns wife fell i'll.
Il do not know when | shall be able
to see you again." said Brown 70 the
girl as he made preparations to take
his little family OF a more healthful
climate, and his eyes asked a question
which the girl wished in her soul had
not been there.
Il shall remain, of course, as usual
in strict attendance upon my duties
here, she answered as the unspoken
question shaped itself in the light OF
his eyes.
Then she dismissed him.
The woman suffered, worked-and
finally fCrgot-and the man, in the
peace of a duty well done. grew able
TO watch the rings in the smoke of his
pipe as he sat in deep retrospection,
and TO ponder comfortably on the
midday romance of his later life.
And Fate, what of her
The good dame smiled a smile of In
finite contentment, for, in her labor,
we'll done, she knew she had saved
the Wrecking of two worthy lives
which, in her heart, she had known
were far from deserving the ruin that
they had sought.
Papa is just awful" said the Pensa-
cola young woman plaintiveIy He
doesn't seem to care one bit for ap-
pearances. OF course, / wouldn't say
a word about it to anybody outside of
the family, but he is awful. He NOR
titles US to death and it doesn't seem
TO do the least bit of good TO say any
thing to mamma"
AS to what, for inStance?" asked
the elderly relation.
The way he acts" replied the
young woman.
Has he been eating pie with \
knife or drinking soup from the plate /
without the assistance of a spoon?"
He might almost as we'll" said the
Pensacola young woman. He drinks |
II from the end instead of the side OF |
the spoon No, We don't have pie |
very often and of course he uses a |
fork. / believe even mamma would |
make fuss if he ate it with a knife. |
But she never says anything if he |
takes piece of crust in his fingers" /
I'm afraid she's neglecting her duty
as a wife" said the elderly relation !
L must speak TO Maria. What else
has he been doing?"
There's something all the time |
said the young woman. Ethel and I |
bought him house jacket last Christ
mas. but he just won't wear it. He |
sits in the library in his shirt sleeves |
every evening and he goes out and |
mows the grass in his shirt sleeves, |
where all The neighbors can see him. |
don't know what they all think"
What Is the proper costume for |
moving the lawns?" asked the elder /
~ relation. muSingly.
Well, he doesn't need TO NOV il at 1
all said the young woman There |
Is Henry to do that. He was hired TO !
look after the garden and he has |
plenty of time, but papa insists that /
he needs the exercise. All through
the warm weather he didn't even have /
On his waistcoat and he would wear
SUs penders"
L suppose they're necessary" muir
INJURED the elderly relation.
Yes but TO exhibit rhem'- ax