The Democratic advocate., 1909-06-25
THEIR NEW JUNE.
II Came With the Reunion After
Both Had Suffered.
sy MARIE sYLvssrRE.


was an indefinable something that re-
minded you Of Dresden china or dain-
| ty delicate silks something alien TO a
stridcnt. Jostling world Of dollars and
duns.
Miss Denton was a stenographer In
the law Office where young Sanborn
worked after graduation from the law
school aud where he subsequently
earned junior partnership. In the
first days Of apprenticeship to the law
he remembered more OF Browning
than of Blackstone and quoted the
philosopher Kant TO the neglect of the
| legal Kent.
II was similarity in tastes that first
brought the young people closer than
stenographer and employer. Sanborn
was debating a petition to be filed IN
an action for breach OF promise, and
his leyity evidenced his distaste OF the
task.
Flippantly he quoted from Mrs.
Browning's immortal sonnet. which
the incautious defendant had incorpo.
rated In a letter destined to be an ex.
hibit ia the case;
"I love Thea with love l seemed 10 lose
With my lost saints. love thee with the
breath. Smiles
The rest escaped him.
"Smllesr' he repeated. In an effort 10
remember. when Miss Denton inter
/ rupied
"smiea tears or ali my Iite. ana n God
choose
/ I ahai but lovo thee bettor after death"
The repetition was impersonnl. Of
course mud the young lawyer let %.
cape bin the repreHsed tcnacness OF
the tones which told n sympathy with
the hcari tbat gave the sentiment o.
the world ami more than that for a
man who could inspire e.
Sanb0rn laughed. thanked her for
completing the quotation and finished
outlining the petition Aftcrward no
remembered. and day or two later
a dnlntily bound volume Of the Por
tuguesc sonncts reached Miss Denton'F
desk with Sunborns cnrd. That WIS
the beginning.
Love came quickly 20 both of them.
and scarcely year elapsed until KAth.
erinc Denton was Katherine sanburn.
Courtahip days were dreams Of accom-.
plishment and development Of higher
ideals they believed they wanted 60
realize
But, while the woman loved and
lived ard dreamed. the man sieteriorat
ed 10 the rypically masculine lie be.
came brilliant In manipulation of the
laws intricncies and was nnde reg
ularly retained counsel 20 a number
OF immense aud important coFporn.
tons Ills days NJ the Office were
flicd with the law. aud the evenings
nj home felt the dominating influence
Of ambitious passion.
Instead of the dreams ~ swccihcar,
days everything was subordinnted to
the quest for legal success. And 10
Katherine came the thought that even
in HIS profession ideals had been dc.
throncd aud new gods set up for advra
tion and devotion. for Ssnhorn was
nj his best when plotting corporation
craft through mazcs that batiicd the
intent of the statutes
I'm losing the man married" she
cried 20 herself Ia the solitude ~ neg.
lccted wifehood "iIe's slipping, alp.
ping, and cannot prevent H. canno,
hold him"
With dlsilluaionment came unrest,
with unrest rebellion. To tha woman
Il seemed that all that life held worth
while was being taken from her. She
was envied ~ the wife OF brilliant
man. one destined 90 acquire great
wealth. but these were not desirable
10 her.
/ "sometlmes-Im not quite happy.
she told him falteringly one nigh,
when he remarked her apparent H.
ness
Nonsense, little grit We're getting
along famously." be told her.
You are" she answered duly.
"Well, It's for ns both" was his re
ply. but II did not satisfy.
n For three years she endured It, and
because there were only the two Of
them life grew ioneller and lonelieF
until In n moment ~ desperate eber.
ration she fed his house and left q
note bidding him not 70 seek her.
At first sic was In doubt where "a
turn. She had little money and fell
sure she could secure a position az
stcnographer and that q few weeks
would enable her 10 regain her old
time cleycrness In the calling Then
! she reflected that Sanborn would nat
urally seek her in the field OF heI
former employment
1, She thought Of nursing, and II seemed
i q haven. To forget ones own grlefs
in co.aforting others in distress ap
pealed TO hes. a fortnight after hei
fiight she was ssssadent nurse in .
private sani'arium under IL direction
OF n kindly old physician who Naae
known and loved the girl since her
earliest days in New York. Wisdom
had come to him with years, and he
knew that few months Of the Sc
rlusi0n she sought would bring clearer
vision.
At the first shock Sanborn was nigh
TO insanity That his Katherine was
! dlscontented he had not believed. Yei
in her note he saw what they hnt
missed because OF his money madness
Right--she was million times right
he told himself bitterly. and could hI
flnd her again they would begin to
Gether at the start and. please God
go this time Alright But search wa
J unayailing.
Then came the breakdown, complets
miserable, and the physician pre-
scribed the sanitarium where his wifi
was learning the rudiments Of nuri