The Ordway new era., 1910-08-05

in love? Nothing!
But when Professor Parker came to
New York he found that something
far more banning and grave than
space stood between him and the
woman he had loved at first sight.
Mrs. Homans' views concerning the
altered simply because love had come
into her life. She was not sure that
happiness would follow the breaking
OF that promise made at the altar
years before. And between the pow.
er of her old beliefs and the call OF
the newly found love. she was sadly
torn. To use her own words:
Tween Love and Duty.
II was between two fires. I had
Somehow ! felt that when 1t came to
the worse for him he would summon
me. On the other hand. had the
natural womanly craving for the real
love which Is the consummation Of
life for a woman.
Doctor Parker was in Philadelphia,
as ! knew grieving over the situation.
which somehow I felt powerless to al
ter Even my daughter. who was now
in her teens, urged me not to stand
in the way Of our happiness. But 7
was restless, undecided, distraught:
when one day two lovely little gray
gowned nuns came to the door at my
apartment in One Hundred and Ninth
street asking for charity. No one will
ever know what a sudden feeling of
7 fnt
their calm, beautiful faces. felt that
here we're women who had attained
peace through doing what they thought
was right asked them to come in.
and we talked. The younger sister OF
the two looked. as I thought. with
just a little regret at my comfortable
home, my worldly clothes, and said
gently: You must be very happy
mo ! replied. I am very un-
happy
"Then, suddenly, the elder sister
turned to me and. clasping my hand.
said: But you are going to be very
happy soon. because you are strug-
Cling to do what you think is right
Il had told them nothing Of my pri-
vate affairs. but the words sounded
like prophecy and regained my
courage.
1T was only few days later that
fate, moving in its inscrutable way.
unlocked the door that was to let me
into my kingdom of happiness. When
my husband, dying of consumption.
sent a summons to me l could hardly
interpret 1t as leading me a step near
er to that happiness. But 1t did. and
in a strange way.
"I answered his summons. | found
him in pitiable condition. his health
shattered, his life hanging on thread,
his earning capacity gone and. during
his months of illness. his savings used
up. In common charity there was
nothing for me to do but to look after
his welfare in the few weeks he had
to live.
A Wife's Devotion.
81 took him to my home, nursed
him. saw that he had the best med
ical service and did everything In my
power for him. There were even then
friends who told me that ! was fool
ish-that should not take on myself
the responsibility of looking after the
man who had treated me as he had
done. But I had felt that 1t was all
mart of Zig Scheme. bigger than we
could arrange, and against the work
ings of which none of us should rebel
But, as my husband lay dying In
nv apartments, it became evident
that, while | was doing everything in
my power for him. | was not supply
ing him with the one thing that he
needed more than all else to ease his
last hours He must have the pres.
ence of the other woman. deter
mined that he should.
my friends were aghast when |
told them that l was going to send
for her. 1t was outrageous. they de!
clared. for mo to allow myself to be