New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-12-14

Indeed. And no doubt 1t was i'm
possible for you to come out here last
night for the same reason
1t was. The fish struck in and /
could not leave
1t was that woman who kept you"
cried Mildred vt is because of her
that you refuse to leave this country
Please don't" he said quietly. 'I
have never thought OF her in that
way
s'Then come away from this wretch.
ed l,sace i derest the whole country
the fisheries, the people. everything.
This isn't your proper sphere. Why
not come away now, at once. aud be-
gin something new, something worth
wslile?"
"Do you realize the hopes. the heart
aches. the vital effort have put into
this enterprise" he questioned.
But she only said:
Il don't like it. 1t isn't nice bust
ness Let father take the plant over.
II you need naoney. have plenty"
Wait he interrupted sharply ':Sit
down. want to talk TO you" He
drew the wrap closer about her&shoul-
ders and led her to a deck chair. The
change i'm him was becoming more ap.
parent He knew mew that he had
never Felt the same since his first meet
ing with Mildred upon the arrival Of
the Crande Dame. Even then she had
repelfed him by her lack of sympathy.
y
his efforts, and now she revealed as
complete failure TO grasp his code of
honor 1t never occurred to her that
any loyalty of man to man could off
set her simple will She did not see
that his desertion of George would be
nothing short of treachery.
1T seemed to him all at once that
they had little ia common. She was
wrapped completely in the web Of her
own desires She would make her preiu-
dices law for him.. Above all, she
could not respond to the exultation of
his success. She had no conception Of
the pride of accomplishment that is the
wine of every true mans life. He had
waged bitter fight that had Slapped
his very soul: he had made and won
the struggle that man makes once in
lifetime, and now. just when he had
proved himself strong and fair in the
sight of his fellows, she asked him to
forego it all Engrossed in her own
egoiSm, she required of him a greater
sacrifice than any he had made Now
that he had shown his strength she
wanted to load him down with golden
fetters-to make him a dependent Was
it because she feared another girl?
She had tried to help him, he knew
in her Way-and the thought of it
touched him That was like the Mil
dred he had always known-to act
fearlessly, needless of what her father
might do or say. Somehow he had
never felt more convinced Of the sin
cerity of her love, but he found him
self thinking of it as of something Of
the past. After all. what she had done
had been little. considering her power
She had given carelessly out of her
abundance, while Cherry He saw it
all now, and sudden sense of loyalty
and devotion to the girl who had real
ly shared his struggles swept over him
in warm tide. 1t was most unlike
his distant worship of Mildred. She
had been his dream, but the other was
bone of his bone and flesh Of his flesh
For long time the two sat talking
while these thoughts took gradual
form in the young mans mind, and.
although the deck was deserted. Miss
Wayland had now no need to curb her
once headstrong wooer.
He could not .'slt into words the
change that was working in him. but
she saw it, and grasping its meaning
at last. she began to battle like Il
mother for her child His awaken
ing had been slow, and hers was even
slower. but once she found her power
over him waning her sense of loss
grew and grew as he failed to answer
to her half spoken appeal.
Womanlike, she capitulated at last
What matter if he stayed here where
his hopes were conferred? This life in
the north had claimed him. and she
would wait until he came for her. But
still he did not respond, and it was not
long until she had persuaded herself
that his battle with the wilderness had
put red blood into his veins and his
conduct had been no worse than that
Of other men, Finally she tried to
voice these thoughts. but she only led
him to stiff denial of the charges she
wished to forgive. AS she saw him
slipping further away from her she
summoned all her arts to rekindle the
fame which had burned so steadily,
and when these failed she surrendered
every prejudice. It was his love she
wanted. All else was secondary. At
last she knew herself She could have
cried at the sudden realization that he
had not kissed her since their parting
in Chicago. and when she saw be had
no will to do so the memory Of his last
embrace arose to torture her. She was
almost glad when launch bringing