The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-01-14
The Younger Set.


The tide reese suAying brre whcr~
sbe sioad Her bansis feh frem be-
fscs Beiwerp shefa the grave ihrY
had cog SEEMED almost Oiled sith
towers now. was nlling fast and
segpss u thrs looacd 81 one another a.
though signb~a Then be face psied
and h~ stepped hacs- staring ~ ber
fnosn stern eyes
PHIL she fsiiened. bewiidefed ~
the mirage. rs u only had dream,
after any And az the false magic
ssoued into biisdlng spsepdcr 10 en-.
gulf them "oh. boy. boy. 10 II bell or
heaven where we've fallenT~
There came lcvd rsppinr at the
door
phil she wrote. Il atm little
frightened 10 you suppose Boots sus-
p<cted who II wasi ] must have been
perfectly mad 10 20 10 your rooms that
night. and we both werc-to leave the
door unlocked with the chance OF some
body walking in. But. Phil. how could
know II was the fashion for your
friends 10 bang like that and then
come 10 without the excuse OF w
Spouse from you'
\ hsxe been 10 worried no anxious,
hofsng from day 10 day that you would
write TO reassure the thar Boots did
20, recognize ne with my back turned
TO him and my nun across my eyes
but scared and Inundated ~ ! am
realize that I, was well that be
knocked Even as ! write 20 you here
In my own room. behind locked doors.
| am burning with the shame OF IL
But ! am not that Kind OF woman
Phil Truly. truly ! am not When
the foolish Impulse seized me ! had 10
clear idea OF what wanted except TO
see you and learn for myself what you
thought about Gerald's playing at my
house after | had promised not to let |
him.
''Of course understood what risk
ed IN going realized what common
might be put upon what
| was doing Bot ugly as II might ap- |
pear to anybody except you. my mo
tive. you see. MUSE have been quite |
innocent. else I should have gone about |
II 10 a very different manner.
Il wanted to see you. that is abso-
iutely all was lonely for word. |
even a harsh one. from the sort OF
man you are wanted you TO believe
Il was In spite OF me that Gerald
came aud played that night
"He came without my knowledge. ]
aid not know he was invited And
v ben he appeared did everything to
prevent him from playing. You will
never know what took place, what !
submitted 10.
u am trying to be truthful, Phil. ]
want to lay my heart bare for you. but
there are things a woman cannot Who'll
y confess Believe me. did what
could
y remember what you said about
IN anchorage ! am trying to clear
.hese haunted eyes Of mine and steer
,lear OF phantoms for the honor OF
what we once were 10 each other be-
'ors the world But steering q ghost
hip through endless tempests Is hard
sbor. Phil. 30 be q little kind. . iittls
more than patient. II my hand grows
ired at the wheel,
what do you think Of me? Asking
'ou shows bow much care Dread OF
'our. opinion has turned me coward
lntil this last page. What do YOU'D
hink OF met am perfectly miserable
bout Boots. but that Is partly fright.
hough know ! am safe enough with
uch a man But what sets my cheeks
,laxing 30 that ! cannot bear TO face
ny own eyes In the mirror 10 the fear
4 what you must think OF me In the
TIL. secret places OF that heart Of
ours. which never. never under
TODD. ALlx e.
II was week before he sent bis re-
Is, although be wrote many answers.
sch In turn revised. corrected. copied
nd recopied. only TO be destroyed In
be end But at last he forced him-
ELF 10 meet truth with truth. cutting
that crudity he could from his letter.
"You ask me what ! think Of you.
ut that question should properly come
rom me. What do you think Of man
Tho eIborts and warns woman to
tand fast and then stands dumb 1t {
be nxt impact OF temptation
III words OF commentator. Of cOur-
re, OF kindly counsel. are needed by
nybody In this world. am not the
ian to utter them. What hypocrite
lust | seem to you'll who sat there {
eslde you preaching platitudes 10 :
.rong self complscency, instructing
gu how morally edifying It Is to be
bod and unhappy!
Then what hsppenedl don't know
kactly. But I'm trying to be honest.
nd III tell you what think hap
ened. g
"You sre--you; AMI. and we are
I'll those same two people who un-
trstood neither the Impulse that once
rept US together nor the forces that
re US apart! All. more than that
. never understood each other, And
{ do not now
But one thing we do know. not
rough reason. but through sheer In
met we cannot venture to meet /
,ain-that way. for |. It seems. am /
an like other men. except that |
ek character. and you are--you. still r
with all the mystery Of +
traction. all the magic force Of vitali-
all the esoteric subtlety with which
u enveloped me the nrst moment my
"a met yourr. a
There was no more reason for II =
en- than there In now. and. as you
init. II was not love. though. as you
20 admit. there were moments ap
II. But nothing can have
al beginning without q basis Of ~ea- <
%. and 20. whatever II was, II van
bed. This perhaps Is only the In u
rnnl sftergiow. q
30 now ! end where ! began with
q, question which answers yours n
ithout the fain,est suspicion OF re .,
zach. What can you think OF such
man A. ! smf And In the presence I,
my second failure your answer :