Putnam patriot., 1910-08-05

.!' llda sAf OteaNSe l wished for a
 man 10 rely upon. as Is natural 10 snv
 woman. partly because the man 1 mar
 Ted assured me that could give him i an Interest in life and lastly because I
 became attached 10 him He WAS an
 American. like myself. and. being
 wealthy. gave himself un 10 studv
 He hVed abroad that he might write
 books which required his presence
 among the subjects of which he wrote Tor nye years after our marriage we
 continued eur residence abroad. Dur ing this period children were born to us There WAS taeit mutual agree
 ment between Us that should not talk
 about the world in which I had lived
 saw that he would rather leave that
 To me, considering himself as having no part in II. and l had to desire to make nm a part of 1t. He was absorbed
 Tn his literary work. and if ever told
 him even where had lived be soon forgot it
 Then he was called to America on
 the matter of some property that need co bis attention. IL was agreed be- tween Us that he should leave me and
 our children in Lueerne. where We were then living. He expected 10 be absent not more than two months, but soon after his arrival in America he
 was induced to write for publisher work neeessitafing his presence in
 America. He suggested my coming home with the children. but left me
 10 consult my own feelings in the matter.
 had never intended to return 10 the
 United States, dreading lest il would
 reawaken me to my lost world. Bui
 with a husband and children that l world had receded further and further l from ne till the consciousness of il had grown very dim. wrote my bus band that l would 20 back 10 the western hemisphere and remain there l was tired of moving about from one l place to another and the children were coming fe that age when they should 1 have steady instruction at school Our boys I preferred ta bring up in Amer ica. therefore suggested 10 my hus band that he buy place in which we might settle. He replied that he agreed with me and would carry out my sug gestions Later he wrote me that he had bought q place in the suburbs of the city wherein il would be necessary for him to do his work We arrived after dark. I was de lighted At eur reunion. as were the father and the children. did not ask where our home was to be. l intend cd to be satisfied with it. pleased with it. wherever 1t was. We took a train and In less than an hour alighted at a station. where a carriage WAS waiting for us Ii was very dark when we reached our home and I saw nothing of it til stood in the ball Then caught at banister to prevent my failing.
 I was in the house | had left more than ten years before with a baighted heart
 My dear exclaimed my hasband. starting toward me.
 But in a twinkiing l had recovered myself. And what had ennbaei me to do so? The sudden appearance of an object. An. those objects that come to us How much more valuable often times than realizatioR. | must at least for the present spare my good man the inexpre~sihie pain of knowing what he had brought upon me. Nothing 1 repIied. "A little giiidi- ness at having been so long rolling at sea
 "Nothing you doa't like. is therey he asked anxinnsly-
 '.On the contrary. am very well pleased. Let us see the rest of it. He took me into every room in the house. house that had been sold twice since l had parted with 1t and both times with The furniture lnclud ed Not for the world would l have betray that these rooms. closets. cor ners. with every bed. table. bureau. had been familiar to me from child hood. But when it was over passed the night alone in room opening iuto one occupied by the childreH. No tongue or pen eau describe what that night was 10 me When morning came I found that if I could endure the first shock could endure more l deferred from day to day telling what had happened My husband was delighted with his pur- chase. and before had gained heart | to tell him my secret be had become dxture in it. Months passed. then
 years. My husband is now an old
 man and my children are grown. None of them know that their mother has been living in her second earthly
 world
 And vet after all. this coincidence has not brought me unhappiness l
 have been living two existences. both 1 sf which are dear to me. the one near
 by. the other in the far past and fu-
 ture: the one of flesh and blood. the
 other of spiritual form In time it will be a spiritual mingling of the two. A Long Journey. Years ago when there were only wooden sidewalks in the city or Nin- ntpee. Canada. holes were bored In the tsankS to let the water run through la the morning twilight policeman fsuad q man with the tip of his wood D, leg in one of these holes and hur- riadly walking around it. What are ye dsin' herey' asked the policeman
 -c..way. ofYShev,- said the man. "Gof so get nome before sf lady wakes up -Everybody's.