The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-01-25
ia. +hev understood one another not

alas, they understood one ano'ns'
at all. n,
Ana the other couple-John anu
Alice-life went almost as pau'y W."
them. Alice, with her superapunu"A,,
intelligence and vitality, grew 10 i'ei
as the months went by that her SUM-
and commonplace husband ala ho' IN
derstand her. She appreciated hi'
sterling worth and his unyieldlhe 'e-
liability, but she could always 'ou.A
bottom-there was no depth TO expioie.
Her uncomfortable vitality rebelled al
the hard-and-fast bounds she 1ouhu ~
his character She adored MS niahi'
physiognomy and his sturdy character.
and she told herself again ana again
that he was the sort OF man 10 TIC "
one Of the salt Of the earth; Out hei
unquenchable spirit rebelled at BOUNDS
and rules and 1t got so she fairly hateu
| figures, facts and reason. she lohseu
for flights into the mystic realm VI
ideality, into those realms where vital
forces could override rules and metn-
DDS.
Well, you can zee FOR yourself thal
John could not understand anything
Of that sort. Honest. CONSCIENTIOUS
sterling John could move only along
the lines OF his own understanding.
And he resented, in a manly and hon
est way, the breach Alice had placed
between them. He had disregarced
no obligation, no duty no sacriflce. he
had been altogether unseliish and
faithful, and somehow he had not sue
ceeded In welding his life with that oil
his wife. His hopes, his ideals had
been shattered.
Now, mind you, all this time, while
these thoughts and ideas had been
percolating through the minds Of these
four simpletons. they had. all of them,
been constant companions and friends.
So 1t was that the artistic mind OF
Clarence began to appreciate the
depths and wealth of the nature OF
Alice-contrasting 1t to the narrow
ness and poverty Of that Of Gracia.
| And by that same token Alice awo.,e
one day all Of culver with an appre-
citation of the tremendous sweep Of thf
nature CT Clarence along the lines OF
her own aspirations.
| 1t was a dangerous discovery, and as
1t came to these two people 1t nearly
tioored them.
The harder they fought the more
tense the new situation grew. Tt
the soul OF each the commonplace
qualities of wife and husband grew
more oppressive IS they realized il
each other the joys OF perfect apprecia
ton and perfect fellowship. Ih
end was certain as the multip.i
cation table, and finally they gave NJ
the struggle for conventionality AMI
honor and resolved to shatter thei
VOWS and their regulations, to give u
kindred, associates and home an
wreck the structure they had bee
building since childhood and flee t
an unknown country. there to begin
new life in which their mutual low
would be ample compensation for al
they left.
Brave In their resolution. but guilt
in the consciousness OF the grel
wrong they were Going their loyal coz
sorts. the two slipped into a clos
carriage on the evening of the Let
of June, 1899. and were driven rapid
to the depot. where they boarded
train bound for New York, there t
sail for European shores, where the
had planned to begin their new life
In the meantime both John Bedwe
and Gracia Cole had felt the wide
ing breach in their respective home
although neither had the slightest su.
picion OF the state Of affairs betwee
Clarence Cole and Alice Bedweu. y;
ing thrown together much, Gracia b,
gan to take a new delight in the 81
ciety Of the sturdy John Bedwell. ST
could understand his mental attitud
his plain. everyday talk, his natur
human methods, whereas Clarence
high-strung. artistic impulses ar
localities oppressed and bewildere
her. And John, disappointed and pu
zled at his failure to understand All,
and weld his life with hers, and resen
ing the attitude of inferiority 81
placed him in. looked with new ey,
upon Gracia and realized her surgas
ing beauty. And as he talked mo-
and more to her and found that 81
understood so thoroughly his thoup h
and aspirations, his heart warmt
toward her. Finally he awakened wi
start to the realization that he low,
her and that his love for Alice "
dead And presently she found h
own heart had gone out to John.
when the fires OF the new love had n
tained fever heat both were more reat
to obey their impulses than the othe,
for they had not the condescenJi,
pity-rather sting Of injured pride.
John methodicaily wound up his bus
ness affairs and looked up a new loo
ton where he could reestablish hir
self safely, and 1t came to pass that ,
the evening Of June 16, 1890, he g
tered close carriage with Crac,a a,
they were driven rapidly to the dep,
where they boarded a train bound +
San Francisco, there to take steam
for Australia
The two trains stooe s,r the "a,
track. the engines heading in onnos;
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