The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-02-24

clothes. the trinkets she had left be-
hind. he had disposed of in his haste
to get rid Of everything that could re-
call her or to which she might lay
claim
lie wondered if she. too, was sorry
for their separation. She must be.
How could she live under the eternal
nagging and fault finding Of her moth
er and the lording proclivities of Beth
ard not long to return to the indie
pendence of her own home?
She had loved him. His memory
evoked the distant vision of her fraii,
1.-the form ciinging to him as she gazed
up into his eyes her own aglow with
the glory of her alteration and it's de-
lilious intensity. He felt the blissful
pulsations of her heart throbbing
against him. it's paean of passion:
he heard, too. in fancy the red lips
murmur her souls ecstasy in words Of
fame and beauty. felt the thrill that
shivered, through him as his fingers
threaded caressingly the shimmering
cloud of her tresses. That was long
other, when she had awakened to
knowledge of herself and had wor-
SHIPPED him as god, fountainhead of
joy and light for her on earth
This transcendent passion had not
found In him the responsiveness it
craved and which alone could nourish
it.~rEmma had been an enigma to him
often, riddle that had bored him at
times. His blunted senses, sharpened
by desire of her. perceived that stu
pfdly. ignorantly, he had disdained
treasure beyond price.
But, remembering what he had been
to her and that she was still his wife,
he believed that reconciliation could
be brought about. Sentiment and de-
sire took counsel with advisability;
sclfshness weighed the pros and cons.
In the end sentiment and desire, being
the stronger, adjusted objections to
their own point of view. But even
then it was some time before he could
summon up courage enough to take
any steps in the matter.
Summer had given place to winter
left him. In all that time he had not
heard from or of her. He had made no
attempt to- see Jimsy Smith or any of
his former friends and associates.
Now he bent his thoughts upon how
best ! TO- effect the rapprochement.
Should he write Emma, expressing
his contrition and begging her forgive
ness? His pride stifrened at this prop
osition. Should he write and request
an interview with her? If he could see
her he believed he would have little
trouble in persuading her But. coun-
seled by her hateful mother who al
ways had despised him, she might re-
fuse to see him. Perhaps the best way
would be to approach her through
some one else. The only person he
knew of who by any possibility could
act as intermediary was Jimsy Smith.
tho general utility man.
Requisitioning Jimsy's services did
not appeal to him. He had long beer
Jealous of his prosperity and of the
fact that he had once been sutton for
Emma's hand, although jealousy OH
account of the latter circumstance
was rather the outcome of envy Of
his success in business. Nevertheless
Jimsy was Indispensable, and the more
BROOKS realized this the higher be-
came the degree of favor to which he
restored him. 1t had been bad policy
not to keep in touch with Jimsy, Il Sc
rious mistake. Smith, however, was
such an easy" obliging, warm heart
ed fellow that there would be no diff
hculty In sQuaring things with him
and getting him to act as go-between.
He resolved to call on Jimsy.