The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-04-08

tine Langford became lnreresranxr,
difficult in the face of storm. Of IN.
curry. Mr.. Langford's previous mar.
rage was, fortunately for him, IN
known, but the world had had a com.
plete and adequate idea Of the terms
of the union which had been entered
upon so blithely between Langford and
Miss Brenton that the first question
that met him when he came back alone
was a to which one had repented.
Had the woman come to her senses.
had the man grown tired of her, had
they parted, and where was the won.
an? These were queries which were
put to him with the direct simplicity OF
the American public through its impe.
rious representatives, the reporters.
And to these questions Mr.. Langford
could return no adequate answer what.
ever except the truth, which he could
not bring himself to tell. He de-
clared that she had left the yacht in
the South seas, that he did not know
her present whereabouts, and refused
to say anything further privately or
in public. Miss Brenton had no near
relations; what was everybody's bust.
ness was nobody's, and presently pub.
lie interest in her declined. She and
her philosophy were practically for.
gotten by all but Langford himself. .
Fortune, which had done him some
evil turns, here, however, interposed to
his advantage. The lady who legally
bore his name departed this life and
left him a free man. Brute though he
had been, Langford was not without
some strong idea of honor and de.
cency. Indeed, he had enjoyed long
and undistributed hours of meditation
upon his sins of omission and commits.
sion during his period of GONZALES.
cence, and the calm consideration of
character and career had done him
good. At heart, in spite Of his brutal
conduct, for which drink had largely
been responsible, he was gentleman,
and capable of things fine and high
under the stimulus of some really
great emotion. He had come to real.
lie, to put it mildly, what an awful
fool he had been to say nothing of his
villainy. What had led him to this
realization had been the remembrance
of the hours he had passed with Kath.
arine Brenton before the clouds had
arisen which had eliminated in that
awful storm, the recollection of which
fairly made him shudder. However,
he had deceived her by professed ad-
herence to her wild theories and i'm
possible PHILOSOPHERS, he had honestly
loved her, and association with her
had been of benefit to him. If he
only had not given away to his tenn
per and his appetite! If it had not
been for his former obligation!
He had married his wife in mo-
ment of boyish infatuation. The union
had been impossible almost from the
first She was little more than an
much older than he, who
had entrapped him for his money.
There had been separation on lib
eral financial basis, to which the wom-
an had readily, even cheerfully,
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mains of affection to hold him back.
Her death was only a relief to him.
He felt that he owed reparation to
Katherine Brenton, and he was more
willing to pay the debt because he was
honestly and genuinely in love with
her so far as man of his tempera-
ment could be in love with a woman.
He wanted to make amends for his
treatment. He would have given any
thing he possessed to have been able