The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-27
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righted 1903, by PublisherS
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CHAPTER 1.
81 have counted the cost. Z,

I have counted the cost. ;,
Pardon me, think you have made
q serious mistake in your calculations.
The price you contemplate is fearful
How fearful, few women realize, until
too late to profit by the knowledge.
OF course 1 understand that all mar
riages, even under the most favorable
auspices, are little more than lotteries,
and mine y
Elba, pardon the interruption, had
you told me, or had I suspected your OBJ
ject in sending me upon this GRAND of
investigation, I would, for once in life,
have been guilty Of falsehood. Would
have told you the man. wealth was )
myth. Ny ignorance saved me from the
sin, il. it had been sin. If ever, as
Ouida says some lies are blessed a.
truths, this would have been one. Oh,
| if had only known.
But I was careful not to have you
know. wanted fair and unbiased re-
port. Is this not proof of q shrewdness
with which you had not credited mei''
It is proof that you, in measure,
realized the great wrong you contemplat-
ed, and knowing that to enlighten me
would arouse opposition, kept ME in ig'
norance.'
Wrong. Do you consider marriage q
1 ~rnur Trdrnr Yotbo,r
Such 3 marriage a. you speak Of,
yes. =
/ Why sol"
! For an instant his keen grey eye
studied her face, then he said quietly
Such "a question is uncalled for, Elba
still, if you force me to do SO, can
g would force you to nothing agains,
your wishes. 1 am only surprised Il
learn that you consider wrong, what ]
have been taught to look upon as holy
4 ordinance
"Holy until dragged in the mire o.
disgrace by the women who sell them
selves for price, and desecrate the al
tar by casting about it the air Of bust
ness mart. Elba, the woman who mar
ries man who is her equal in every re
spect without loveruns q great risk
A starts life against fearful. odds. the
what can one hope for who makes mel
alliance 80 terrible. =
i But I've never said I did not lov
-
Il Hushl Do not attempt SUFFERING
with me. The man g hand was raise
reprovingly. A frown, almost scow
darkened his kindly face. Before the ez
preston Of his honest eyes the girl fell
She colored deeply.
It is just as impossible to deceiv
me as your own heart he continued
nWhen oil and water mix, natures Xix
yours will be congenial. Do you remem
Der the fable of the china and the ston
Jars floating down the streami''
4 "And you think I will be crusheds'
She tried to hide her real feelings benin
SMILE
4 Undoubtedly, Elba, TINS marrlag
would be your ruin.
/ Pardon me, Judge Latham, for pre-
Stunning to differ with you. Isthink it tn
best, in fact, the only thing that / ca
do. / have not displayed very re
markable aptitude for taking care of my
self. This failing is, | think, due to
faulty training rather than any lack o
natural aptness. BY this marriage,
hope to remove the stigma of incompe
tency. What is it Shakespeare say
about the tide in the affairs of men
Some one has improved on Shakespear
and says, There is tide in the affair
ELBA, ARE YOU MAD OR HAS THE MA