Putnam patriot., 1910-09-09
TwOMiStakes. One Corrected the Other After a Long interval By sHEELAff E5THER DUNN Copyright ff7a ty Ansfisan Press E
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By sHEELAfi EITHER DUNN


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 Returning fratH sAeppiae. opened uss retiagle fo take aHf some samples when % ny surprise found entirely different contents from whaf had ex- pccte5 h short tad iald foy own retieule down on e counter and picked np one heioneias Co some enc else.
 Among the articles f9asa Inside WIS slip of paper. ca which was written;
 Dearest LHa~ Nary-Meet nc q fns goaInfatn tomurrnN at q clock hays made all arrangements. Ha win be mar ssed at ths rectOFy and take the evening tra4n for B. Don't lsf your fears gsf he better of you. Remember ocioek sharp. I saii be there half an hour earlier If you think you had better come yelled carry siolets. Tour loving j.
 Tueseay.
 Fifteen years before bad received inst such 2 note indeed there was something similar in fhe hand writing of the two missiyes. Then | had mar ried man whom had been obliged Go lave before the honey ymooB Was over.
 4 sudden thought struck me. How would it do for me to keep this girls aDpointmcnt frife ahead of time. lm- personaie her. yelled and wiih yiolets7 could find ouf whether she was about Go wreck her future or marry q true man If he former. might save her
 At half past sailed forth. bought the violets of street flower vender en the way and af quarter to 5 entered the square knew wsli how te as= eume hesita,lag s1ep. for lad been there" before ou nearing the foun. tain. looking ont for l. aa@ EIau looking eagerly at the ylnieis iu ny haDa. huf of an age more suitable tn an elopemea; with ne than q young girl. As drew nearer something iH his face and hrnrs appeared familiar to he Then ! stopped. everpa9ared with astonlshmcat
 No. wss not mistaken He was the man wbe had hesu ny husband. Flf teen years make a marked difference in one.s appearance. and they had changed him mere than they usually change men.
 l was now more than ever bent on playing the part He joined me. and in whisper. as though I had lost my voice through excitement said. ~Take me where we can talk have something to say Co you" He replied that his auto was waiting on the street and lef Tho way there l got in the auto. and he ran fl out of the tewn.
 .I am not satisfied about this pre- vions marriage of yours.' l said
 Great heavens, Haven't we gone over that sufficiently You have heard my explanation. and the last time we met you expressed yourself entirely safisaed.
 .i den't Ike your laylng the blame on your wife If We we're to have trouble and separate ! suppose you would lay all the blame on me"
 He turned 10 look at me as though taken aback at my words. He could not see ms face fer my veil. but hts eyes were fixed on that as If they would pierce fl
 ..Yoa women are all alike" he said presently We men no sooner stand you on your feet than yea fall down again Here ai the Inst minute you are bringing up what l have been at such infinite pains to settle
 ='But. teii the. don't you blame herr
 No. dont blame myself rather than her \ uewly welded pair are like two persons Heating down tortu' GUS ehann.i full of rocks and snags. lt is the mans part to keep his head and steer the boat supposed that honey moons we're always what the name implies found my wife prey to all sorts ot temporary emo tious--one moment loving. the next IT. ritable the next heslfating. the next aespondent l should have kuewn that this. at least 10 some temperaments, Is a condition to he expected~a reaction npoa realizing that cues fate is irrev. ocably linked with another psrsenah- t3 Besides she was very young You are ten years older than she was at that tiue and l confess ] have locked ta you fer moss steadiaess, an much disappointed y
 eA woman of thy aee should have more sense than ta eieRe
 You knew the reason for that If ycsr father and mother had not an ae- suus pgeiuaice against your marrying a divorced man We misht be married ssnSibiy. as becomes our age"
 Your nrst marriage having been q ease ef elopement should suppose, considering that it resulted disastrous. ly. you would net care to try il again
 'srhe elopement has nothing 10 do with eltber case. Two people elect to unite The method of their doing So Is nene matter of sentiment"
 There was a silence for time-at lesst nothing but the ehagglng of the auto. We were both thinking. he probably ef the nckleneSs of woman, ! of bow uate may turn the whole current ef two lives. For years l had considered that ] had married a brute. True, 1 had mourned that he had turn sd out te be such but had not doubt cd that my interpretation Of hlm was correct. And new found him aecus- tng himself of want of tact in his former treatment of me. his bride. and laying no blame cn me whatever.
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