The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-02
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Half hidden from Tire others in q
corner almost forgotten by them,
Faine bent her fair head over her
ealnty bit of sewing and listened ul-
leedngly through her dream Of .Jel-
"a, sassisSh Is N would soon be reali-
T. iFe @jInlgg stss lIQ4ps any day, stss'
Wisipg stetstl5 IN. Jall his collegGtyas
Iciuoiisy Si IL ili2F there. mould bgs1fW
llsure yacA5pps lIa Mas Through the
law school aed llley would be mar
il.cd They had been planning IL for
( tive years since she was rs.
Ii had leen long wait, and she
lad felt, uncomfortably, that his sis
lier Anne, his honsekeeper since their
mothers death, did not approve Jer-
yys choice. Now at the little neigh
horhood sewing that represented So
c,aty 10 some extent, where much
opinion went forth. but where gossip
AGs theoretically tabooed Anne was
Ilolding forth to the rest. The talk
iRad been largely of college and col
.eqe people, and Anne was saying IN
laer sententious manner
Well, college does change a man.
nid | believe mans wife should be
us equal II she's to take any comfol
herself or be anything but drag on
Inn. There's Mary stevens, for a
s&ning example Of misery. Don Mar
"a. got engaged to her before he went
away to school merely because he was
lille and she was pretty and always
about. Then, while he studied .iour
years she Sat at home and read his
letters ana archaeological doiliesM She
simply lived fi'om one vacation to an
lother, and never had an Independents
/ ithought Of her own, or read a book
that she was not forced 10 read. she
waited for him to marry her, and thar
4 Nas all. You know, as well as J, thaf
finally everybody but her saw. that
he had outgr0Af re-. IT WIS 1yitch I
ltlat ne gave her both a chance ami
/ an excuse to break the engagement.
hut She wnuldn /, though Mark rowne,
iv ho had remained right here and ador
I'd her and was on her own level, was
wild to yet her She would marry
on, and she did Now-hes lndli'
lcrent, and she is jealous and its a
had mess. He has known women
NLo think and need mental companion
snip, thing She can't give him. she
had nothing but mere youth and sell
.sh devotion; now, the youth Is slipp
\ h,g away and what is lett Her needle
Iprcked back and fo.th through tue
garment she was making.
But surely defended the mlnlf
Hers vile gently, and remembering
4 Elaine anu her tender young sensl
lh,Iitcs, surely love does not depend
/ Oh mere 5mental companlonsnip.
i Naryg case was but one instance
/ Many mel want the simple sweet
lfearts OF lheir boyhood, the girls who
have awaYs known aud UNDERSTOOD
them iney can get intellectual
/ ~ .mplus from men friends and from
lo,her women from a vile they want
love, which the intellectual woman
canuot always give. LII.
/ Anne st,ll pursued her theme. "Oi
course. exceptions occur, But ! mann
Itun tuat most men lind small inter
les, in the girls they leave behind
ltaem They have promised to, but Il
be. generally. because the girl has nol
liha sense 10 see thar his Interest mas
,aude cd and that he would be GLAD
his freedom if he knew how to
ieo, It Witaout seeming like scollnd
lle to himselT and the home town. III
sure / could tell whether a man really
wanted to marry me or not. and !
would at least give him a chance
+ Just then a new arrival aud a 81
+ ile8clng gesture Of the ministers Wlte
toward Elaine, whose cheek had gone
White, pnt an end TO the talk. But II
had been wantony cruel, aud the oth
iers Jumly believed that Anne nae
idone il purposely They knew hel
ambitions for Jerry, her brllllanl
brother, and the interest Alma Ter.
MSS, a Young artist friend OF MS hau
taken in him. The town had thongh'
he would jilt Elaine and marry Alma
/ Terriss. and the town had said SO.
Now Elaine folded her work and
i 81. pped ont into the June sweetness
/ OF The late afternoon, new thought
tearing at her heart Would jerry
like to have his freedom? Had he car
cd fer Alma Terriss? She had not
heeu Jealous of the young artist VINO
mad visited the Terhuncs the summer
tu,Urc. The air was full of bi'd.sonS
lipa fose-Dloom, but the ache at net
hcatt hid these things. And he might
ac home anytime, tonight even
She had waited with a sort of rap
tnre for him, for the final arrange
mcuts for tho wedding. But now
+ Well. she corld not so home. Han
itscorsciousiy she Went over the NIL
taking the little path that led TO the
wood where they had told their simple
hoy and girl love She must thlnk u
ont sort of agony folded in upon
her as sha remembered that of late
ils letters had been briei, iull ol tne
ioomely, simple past, with very niue
cf iile now. his thoughts now Had ne
,rrd of herr II she tried TO Dreak
ihc engagement would he let her
Wonld she have the courage to try .
sue could not imagine Jerry taking
dismissal from his meek Elaine! Iheh
with sudden decision, hcr pride arose
In arms She would do 1t II II kliieu
he he would have the chance OF
freedom. she would so straight up 10
i.nn the minute she saw him aud say
sound made her turn. and Jerry
steod behind her, reaching oul bo'h
hands. He was thin and wan and woi-
red looking. but his smile was very
sweet She would have leaped to ms
arms. bln she knew that once In the
tt ..l.tt,r sb, cputd never let