The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-07-22

The Strange
Case Of a
New Love
An Unselhsh Woman and the
Sacrifice She Made.
BY CUTIIBERT BAKER.
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

BY CUTHBERT BAKER.
| Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Ii Association,
The married life eiwrrn Clnrcnc,
Hooper nnd Edna Worth was very
happy When they were med Char
cncc WINS twenty one aud Edna nine
teen. Ten years later the husband
was obliged To mike II business triI
to RussIn. His wife being In delicate
health ut the time. 1t was not deemed
best TINT she should accompany him.
From Russia Clarence wrote often Ia
his wife. Mt times mentioning In glow
Ing terms certain prlma donna. Welt
volsky, n Russian Pole. Ho was not
aware TINT there was anything snid
In these letters to lend his wife to be'
llevn that his feeling for tho singer
was anything more than friendship,
She did not write him that sho was
Jealous OF his new found friend. In,
deed, she never mentioned the singer
In any Of her letters. When his and
tho singers paths dlvergcd ho ceased
10 mention her In his letters.
Ono day no received cnblegram
from his wlfe's bosom friend, Sarah
lnunIlu that Mru IInnnn. hoH haap
caught IN ono OF those terrible railroad
accidents which kill and main no many
people and had been crushed TO death.
lilo had seen an account Of tho acct.
dent the day before cabled to an Eng.
fish paper. but did not dream Of his
wifc having been on the train.
A Genth OF one very dear to us In
tho events Of which wo do not par.
tlclpnte personally IL very different
from one where we nre present. Clnr.
enco Hooper could not rcnllzo that his
wlfe WINS dead. II was only when he
returned TO his desolate home that his
bereavement appeared To him as a
reality. and then It rushed upon him
with lis full force. No, children had
come to them TO impnrt Iifo or cheer.
fulness to tho compnnionless man.
Nevertheless no remained IN tho home
where no had been NO huTDy. morbIdly
dwelling upon his loss. Tie Indy from
"a ham "A I,uI papnIynI .u al "a "a,
announcing his wlfe's dcnih Ind gone
abrond, crossing him on the ocenn
She Ind. however, left II letter for him
giving all she knew Of tho clrcuIn.
was not much. since no one living Ind
seen her killed and tho body was un
recognizable. but stated that she hnd
buried the remains IN his lot ut the
cemetery lie would find the grave
ncar the center Of tho lot.
lIoOpcr's first net nflcr his return
was 10 visit his wIfc's grave md shed
bitter tcnrs there. The remainder Of
his life seemed II drenry wnslr before
him, iI1 had Ind his ono love, II Ind
pissed from him. and he would never
have another. A few dnys after this
he opened his wlfes Will lilo was sur
prised 10 notice II cOdlcil ndded during
his absence abroad lcnylng the In.
come Of certain property 10 Sarah In
snlls, who Ind been his informant M
to the tcstntOr's denth. The reason
Hooper was surprised nj this be.
quest wns because Sarah Ingalls, WINS
wealthy. Moreover. this legacy hnlved
his own income from his wlfc's prop.
erty
II WINS winter when all this occurred.
aud 0s soon M spring opened Hooper
went to the cemetery for tho purpose
Of putting plants about his wlfe's
grave. Whit was his establishment to
discover TINT the adjournment ho Ind
intended WINS there nIrendy. II con
sisted Of rosebushes OF variety that
his wife had loved and had kept In
their conservatory during the winter
season,
Standing there beside tho grave OF
the woman he had loved 30 well
tumult Of suspicious. conjectures pour
ed In upon him The events OF his
married life pissed before him In re-
view ns they ure said to pass In.
simultaneously before one who IL
drowning He had known his wife
since they were children, and this
sweep Of memory went 30 far back
IA lLuir Hrul I,,.n mud hn uynnhnFaH
II any one then had been his rival.
Next no considered those she had
known when they were young men
aud women. From there he pissed
to those who might have come be-
tween them since they had been mar.
rlcd Among all these he could not
remember n single person who could
have filled the place he had for years
considered he alone could I'll.
Hooper was stirred by deep emotion.
His Ifc had been m orphan with no
brothers or sisters Indeed. no relailyes
In whom she Ind taken nn interest or
who had taken any interest IN her
Sarah Ingalls, Ind been the only being
except himself that she hnd loved mud
by whom she had been loved Yet here
was some one who had fOrestnlled him
IN caring for her grave. WINS this un.
known person man or wOmnn1 lf n
man. had he loved her before or inter
her mnrringcf Had TINT love been re-
turncdp This last thought nInddened
him
lie turned awny with groan ex.
prcsslve partly Of grief. partly Of an.
ger. Why had Ednn never spoken Of
this pcrsOnf A woman she would Ger
talnly have mentioned. n mnn she
might have mentioned, lover she
would not likely hive mentioned. and
O lover whose love she returned she
would never have mnde known.
Such was the reasoning by which
Clarence Hooper persuaded himself
that his deud wife had loved some man
and. loving thut uInn, she could never
have loved her hlsbnnd Ilnmhuass