The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-10
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Her Hasty Judgment
CBy Autoineite Patterson

Isabel Stevens hal been out of
boarding school somewhat less than
i wear when she married. Fred Ca.
ngtCn. a man some years older than
herself, but whose youth had been
crowded 50 full OF care aud anxiety
That his courtship Of Isabel rad been,
as she was never tired of having him
eli! her, the very first romance Of
lis life. Fred, with all his apprecia-
ton of Isabela intensity Of natute,
would have been greatly surprised
haa he fully known how much this
meant to the girl. She felt perfectly
sure CT the Culture; such was her trust
i'm her husbands loyalty and devotion,
but that even the past held for her
10 rival, or no tender memory fo
t4rea to look back upon, had for hel
meaning that words could not ade-
quately express
And now wfat was it that had hap
lpened to make lsabel's pretty, fan
lace look Yeas and years older, aud
had marked il with lines etched only
oy brelking heart?
1t was simmer, and they had been
having a lovely month in the new
house-F Fred's poverty was now a
thing OF The past. They had built
,h.s house on the New England coast
Suddenly, affairs of argent import
ance, connected with an estate Of
hich he was executor. called Fred
Ito Philadelphia for few days. The
city was jist then in the grip Of 4
hot wave, so in spite OF her pleading
Fred simply would not hear OF his
young wiies accompanying him, and,
az it was the first separation they
had ever known in thei. married life
Of two years, it was regai ded By Isa-
bel as something only Little short
Of tragedy
After Fred had gone she locked
herself in her room, an1, silly, child
isl thing that she was, cried for a
Shole hour. Afterward, but only be
cause she had promised Fred, she
Went to the next house and spent
he rest of the day with The charm
NE friends who were her neighbors,
also
The nest morning lsobcl more
lonely than eycE. realized The best
thiag she could do would he to fiud
some active employment. There was
3n Old desk which hal come down 70
Fred by inheritance from the colonial
days anl Which he'd been shipped
With all lis contents from his baele.
ior quarters TO lhis new house. slpcv
4 was io0 biz for lheir apartment
II the city Nothing womb be moro
aiaorbing, Isabel concluded, since il
WIS s0 iutimsicly associated with
Fed 'han 10 gNc this desk a llcr-
oh~h cleaning out Fred be- was 50
different rom most men in this re
speci, as in every other would he so
pleased when he Should return to flint
everything in apple pie order. She
knew where The Keys were, aud the
morning had passed yer} happily. Tho
old o8A had nNined a reiuveugie1
appearance ali hui one drawef-
when something h7ppencd that took
the sunshine ont of everything for
Isabel
IN this las, drawer, stuffed away
back She had come across photu-
graph of a ballet dancer, And, more
az taiing still there was written
ACROSS 4 l1red's name and q silly sea
''montal message Also there was a
q late, which Isabel realized With
bo,ror. coincldod 60 within a few
months OF thei- wedding.
ag days are in the yellow leaf
The flowers and fruits Of love are
gone,
The worm the canker and The grief
Are mine alone.
4 And-ihe tears were now flowing
siliiY 0gH7'' Aieea $3.50 ''SV
,Fars t6ee 9elEmfps adiB8nited.
I, TORI ffeIi eSery nearer tie. ,l,e
geard in he3rt, and love. ana blightei
Wore tban this scaee can de.
And so his was the teuth ana il
had been but fools paradise in
which she had been living these two
years She picked up the hateful pie
tufe and forced herself 10 look az il.
There was no denying that the face
with It's wealth OF fluffy blond hair
was pretty BIT she took positive com.
icf, ia lAe Iact ihat las lees Nele
decidedly big in spite CT the tight.
polnted slippers. And then the eos