Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-10-02

/ speak plainly. You believe-yOu know
Il am and always have been good
woman. You believe that was faith
ful, as far ms was humanity possible.
to the spirit as well as the letter OF
my marriage vows, made fervently.
trustiugly. l swore 20 love and honor
Joe Brooks IL was easy, for did
| then love and honor him beyond IN
] Outstanding now. But neither love
nor honor is kept alive etcrnally by the
| virtue OF an oath in the face Of de
, fusion and worthlessness. Gold was
( tinsel; diamond was glass. You were
! witness 10 the slow numbering OF love.
and you saw it strangled and thrown
down at the last as he would have
stranglod me had you not prevent
ed
He would have spoken. but she
checked him with a gesture Of com
mand.
"No. don't interrupt Hear me TO
the end and then speak. What is this
thing that YOU are asking me 20 dof
You are asking me 10 go to a living
death. to make OF my heart a sep
ulcher ~ an sweet or elcvating emo
ton. To surrender my lips 90 the fetil
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that I hold erDroI ana boautirr,l IN, ,,,
altar that YOU STYLE duty Now oD,lv
your rule to This Is ~ richt9 ~ a.
( wronge on. Jimsv. answer moi 10.
fore God. IS 60 riehtT'
She stood trembling with tho vobe.
mence Of her defense aud the strength
OF her feeling. her arms outstretcbed
m Interrogation and arpeaI
a great SIGH was the Indication OF
the conflict that was RACING I'm Smiths
heart. and for one SINGLE instant tbo
mask or impcnetrablitv fell from his
face.
She read the answer there.
Removing fcvcrishly the glove from
her left BAND. she forced from bor
finger the wedding ring that I'm tho
years had tirhteucd closely uDoD g.
and hurled 20 from her To ricochetted
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