The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-02-24
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Nove1ized From Eugene Walter s Great Play %

10 the receiving teller in a bank with ! salary of S25 a week. With this and the money already in his possession he deemed himself rich, and his fitful optimism obtained the aScenleucy once nore in its usual eXtraynGant form. But his escape from arrest had been lesson that had sunk in deeply. He vowed never again under any circnm- stances to 'borrow'' from the funds he handled in the course of his duties. He esc hewed horse racing also. know- ing that if the bank officials became aware tiat he was gambling he would lose his place that very instant.
 After awhile his fellow employees noticed that Brooks. the SIIy. genial Brooks. who had won the good will of everybody. is Le had in the general office of the Latin-American Steam ship company. manifested tendency toward moroseneSs: that his face at times assumed an expression of mel uncholy Despite his love of self. he was of those natures which do not thrive in solitude.
 He never had cared much for the compaIionSAip of men. His iucIina- ton always lad been toward that of the opposite sex. Accustomed also as he had been for so IonS to lhe canso-- latiol,s of home lire to the thoughtful, a1ectionate miniStratio4s and bright presence o5 Emna. he was bound sooner or ia,er to miss Ter.
 .'IHere'S ueiLiag iu Lii, living alone.
 Inc ayoWal came oue night after he had spent an evening ar the theater with tw9 soaialle fellow clerks and he -azed around his Si.ent. cherries bedroom. Although he had not at any time loved Emma With that ine.fable passion which is the golden ladder upon which IAc sgul maLat.; tJ heaven. yet she had Gl}cd a larger place in his heart than h. A24 cyer had any co44- gIese idea oi prior 10 Ter aosenye His sentiment, luster,d by his se..isAhesS revived with DiuleGcn GuGcr his intro slteiiou He yearDed for Ea..a.s smile of greeting and lhe kiss that ac- coMpauiul Il a1 Li- homecoming. for the number.ess sweet attentions she had lavisLoI u.ou l..a.
 How pTe,t5 sic vas. how gentle. How swee1.g she hal put up with his i'll lumor, She was diuereEt from any of tne girls and women he had ever been acquainted with. He was Sogrv he had sent 1le photograph, not alone because Le felt that he had made eratuitously a false move. but because he wished he had kept it for himself. There was not one personal object re- maiuing that had belonged To her. The litt!e oruaments sLe had liked. her clothes the Irilkets SHe had left be- hind. he had disposed of ill his haste to get rid ot everything that could re- call her or to which she might fay claim.
 He wondered if she. too. was sorry for their separation. She must be- How could she live under the eternal na-ging and fault finding of her moth er and the lorGiag prociyities of Beth and not long L. return to the inde- pendence of her own home:
 She had loved him. His memory evoked the distant vision of her fraii l4llLt 1H4 tl t'f L4IllI Is Hl4- tlLtti lp into his eyeS. her own aglow with the glory of her adoration and it's de lirieus intensity. He felt the blissful pulSarions of her heart throbbin- against him. it's paean of pasSiaA; ;e heard. too. il fancy the red lips ulurmur her Ssui.S >sstasy in words of flame and leauty. felt the thrill that ,hivered through him as his fingers threaded care SSir-ly the slimmering loud of her tre~ScS. That was long lgo ill their carly possession of eacE other. when she had awakened to knowledge af herself and had wor- shiped him as a god, founJainhead of joy and light for her on earth.
 This ta.rseendent passion had not found in him thc responsiveness ft ;rared and which alone could nourish it. Emma had been an enigma to him aftsa. q riddle that had bored him at times. His Hunted senses. sharpened by desire of her, perceived that stu pidly. ignoran1Iy. he had disdained q treasure beyond price.
 But. remembering what he had been t. her and th3t she wa5 still his wife. he believed that q reconciliation could EA brought about. Sentiment and de sire took oeun.el Hish adJis9bility; selHshaess weighed the l"os and cons. h tEe end sentiment a..d desire. being inc stronger, adjusted objections tn their own le.nt Of view. Edt evel then it was some time lefore he could S,llnrl-nt- m rIl.u ,,.Ar1. tn