Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-11-11
A BLIGHT
By ELIZABETH WEED
copyrighf. islo, By American Press
Association.

NStS Nsope~AtoAg put Wntu buG WIS n
baby, through the earelessness Of q
nurse. abe fell and cut her LIP. produe.
ing a wound that In healing left !
scar. giving a very disagreea BILE ex.
preston TO her face.
Edith could see In the faces Of those
she met q repugnanee occasioned By
her expression. At frst she tried TO
obviate this effect by smiling, but she
saw at once BY the further recoii Of
the one looking at her that she was
only heightening the disasreeabls i'm.
preston. Such physical blights usual.
y have one Of two effects. either the
blighted person is unconscious OF the
defect or becomes painfully sensitiye
concerning II. Edith was Of the lat.
ter ciasa She would not 90 to the
social gatherings Of her own age. More
and more she shrnnk within herself.
Then. becoming conscious that In be.
Ing a recluse she would be forced Into
life Of selfshness. she began to de-
vote herself 10 the poor. -
She had friends. girl frieuds, who
sought to draw her out socially. Con.
nGeuce between young girls 10 Close.
while that between opposite sexes. co.
pecially at that age, is distant The
young men who met Edith looked
upep the expression on her fass and
turn'd away with q shFag. Her girl
fyispdA had better opportunity to
learn wat there was under tho mis-
leading expression. When one Of her
ehums sas married she iRsiaied on
Edith bepg her bridesmaid. Edith
aempFfee'but her frieAd would not ex-
cuse her.
i Az me wedding the bridesmaid.
looking upyuddenly. saw the eyes Of
a young mat she had never seen rive,.
ed upon ner I'D without that repslled
expression shAwas accustomed 70 se~
The man was srcent gradual ;
medical school. Nche reasc- Of a
face did not rens. A., ! why bis
expression nt her ID ~ disagreeabie
being practitioner, ct was because.
controlling his featureie was used to
his patients. when treating
But Edith did not <
knew only that q NANCY this. She
face was looking at hssfith kindly
reference To- her defect without any
DR.. Allan Emerson reqA And when
] PRODUCTION and was presested an In
her heart fairly bounded Aed to heI
Not for an instant while kthin her
with her did he seem conscldk ctattet
blight. And she. being made,of hei
that It was inconsequentiai. rossl fee
Il 60 fur as to display the real above
! tiyeness ana worth that were In Nrac
And vet the reason of the ycungA
! tor's desire to make her acQuaintaik
] was flat very defect. He had bes
observing her before she had notice
J him and with a professional eye ha
been watching the effect OF her SCI
! upon the various expressions that q
2 ted across her face. Some physician
s rough in manner. though they may
8 Invaluable helpers to the atfiicte
s would not have serupled to betruy q
z real object OF their. interest Emerss
s was Of d different kind. He not on
2 concealed his own thoughts for pr
s fessional reasons, but from al lima
z sense OF dellcacy. -
2 Whatever be. the exact analysis
; his feelings. the act produced a mar
{ cd impression upon Edith Wilton.
s man whose personnel, whose bearir
{ was fur above the average had
s only failed toashow any, repuguan
? at her defeet. but bad asked to be
sS troduced TO her and chatted with D.
10 displaying unusual interest IN !
without seeming to DO conscious u
there was any difference between !
and other girls. unless TO her advs
tage. But when he asked her II
~ might not call upon her the cup or
delight was full.
A few months after the meeting
Emerson asked Edith to he bis NJ
When she had accepted bin pc m
toned fos the tirst time her def
letting her know that he believed
4 could remove at least its eAects.
~ "Why," said Edith, sdidn't y0s
move it before proposing to peF
= "Bscause. sweetheart" ne repl
II "these stap'd men who hays 3
| passing you by woasA have aearnea
4 your real worth. and the Mesa W.
i have been full Of rivals
There was more in her eyes thar
L her words. when she replied. =
Il know very well that hone Of Il
4 were IA hs feared BY you"
/ But Edith dreaded iesf In oAaA
/ operation were not successful her 10
i might fnd himself tied through
i to o bllghted woman and uahappir
i for both would result. she theFei
insisted on having the operation
formed and it the trouble v'--
1 moved the marrss-- .Nte
erws-A~- .-ss 70 take place
...u. Or. Emerson demdrred
Il this. saying that whether the
Grafton were or were not a success
would not give her up. Both 81
firmly on the ground that they