The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-14

But began. "somes1ing has,.ned
 put the o.ange d-aron-s broke. back togsther It was like ta.tco dane an his ar-n when he was a and he .-nd :he other boy officers got themselves tatLoo.d. He sl owed it to me. E-e rolled up his s.eev=s rowing .kke at e..eoun-ry place. and I fascinated It was the asst tattoo l had ever seen I asked to zee it snee % after. Then at: at : 2 ts fae sg fo5 my n father rTes put n Rs the tattoo duplicated. The naGdles ~e~-. taken from an old Japanese .cLr. Ecu see It $ cur:ons Sel 5ed hotg ss Ted iar ram at the -.-s! tbous:t simply tkat cy wins glass had hugo thing before n.e with a aourish I eer1em- b"- how my fathcs laughed and how the French , looked ur. And the bank of vio1ets the table and the s-ees and the stnl1sht outs:ae-Spring zerz stin- ''-s eD lad orgsta1zed what felt It bright and evanescent then rainbow, light and w,o.s because unsaid and rndeflned That was .1y hAppiest time. Afterward, when he used all over my father to tep him. it was hard Ny fa- ther thought ought to marry him." she spoke as
 But you did not," hurst forth. "How could
 Mrs: aordons gray eyes turned on me. How could F" she asked. I was engaged to Ire Ad-
 was too eager now to be afraid. "To ;he Ad- mral!" gaspcd. ''Then?"
 "Yes. He was off on cruise-two years: We were to be married when he came nome. It not known because of his absence.'
 protested, You weren't in love with the AdniiraIEyou were with the Duke It meant his happiness and yours perhaps not capable of intense happiness. It 1nea1s o s1vns up great thing for & small one showed anger, but impetuous dissent. Ut holding to the the grsa5sst thing that should keep ing others And if it did, what is honor for if not step aside from the 1arrow road when we saw joy shining down another. what would faith mean how werent ere You see y dear her fu rushed as if saying words many times thought, it's mountain climbing affair for everybody. the road of perfect honor, and each woman. owes it to world. that her footprints should widen the path little and level it a little. had promised the Admiral at time when thought nothing but boy would ever matter. did love him-he knew lonely and he trusted to Philip and to bring into it at the end the good things that other have all along.
 -t may nave been right, I said; but wouldn't have done it-ever. shink you're one of the
 Hardly" she answered; and then 'There are
 But want tell you the rest The Admiral back and married him and went away from America-an over the world He was Governor Of Jamaica at the last and he died there ten years
 Her. eyes wandered eontented1y to the last pie seis that made nispake. s she % said never But" began; did you never see him again-
 yes. she said T % saw h him or once, e. in London. The Ad rniral met him at club and brought him evening my husband had an ensagement and left us. Philip was there at 1st- he was eleven-but gether. There wasn't word spoken except com monplace till just he went. hand; but we looked almost a level were.
 :. It's the last time .n this world ,le said
 ''' 'No.' l threw at kim, and he laughed because
 was dsNed a him SD speak in London with your--with the Prince. And I'm
 His eyebrows drew together and he looked hard at me .ail thoughtfu1ly. I've done: my work. So, ii I drop GU: and leave not ripple He that
 suddenly he threw his hands with a ees- ture knew. This life is not psssso1e To leave on. As 1cng have personalities betons to Ss a1d 9fhsT since M i'll ave us apart in to answer. Instantly, quietly, ns said sood-zy and Was gone ! never saw him again; no one ever
 When she did not speak asked, ''what hap pened?"
 'No one ever knew: It's supposed he was assas- ainated that night The papers rans with his dis Londcn Of those whom he called the others and he had grcwn powerful that they saw in him ready do murder. What he said seemed premoEition of thai; it must have been that. He would nrt .ave taken his own life"
 "HoH horr;5le!" murmured and then How ye, you have that Ilaek shadow Sic turned
 Shadow" she repeated .No, sunlight bright. Io1 don't appreciate 1t $ enough for 3 ::t-. No wcldcr I've been hap y.'.
 Suddenly her manner had fasAed into every day. Sce ol her feet and leer-rg into the street, dim witf fast falling snow.
 X year later than this afternoon in February, Mrs. Gordon. hsr and his wife and their GhilJ drowned in shirV1..ct which will emember, of he whole, lie acci- de2ts of these Iay= of horrible accidentS-the ship @rcrF Of q huge tr: ms At1aFtic Her. Two bIn- d'ed lives were lost and sev~r-1 iaI.lies bcsiies thi: one. wnnse lrs, tOuch$d closely, were wired oIt. We found IT. lths later tha- Mrs. Go.don had refaem >r. q little Philip in her eil and at tie saE:u me Il ere .:@r Ia "yeis bo. which, when opene'. I found to held that Se~rcs loving cup the text of the story