The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-16

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sIcnt tel mesAeF" Marcia sid
tsnssiT. -but I'm net going back
Constance looked at her ~ amAEa-
mert You're not-E1iug back. she
gasped
I'm tired Of It al. and I've told
Phns
How could y0uaa her sister C.
manded IKE loves you Marcia
A0h. ] know It. bur l0vs isn't eTery-
thing. Connie. thought 50 when
married Phil. and vent up there in
he lumber regions and tried 70 i've
bis life And rou know I've tried 70
Be happy, but In not used to that
sort q thing And a. for baby-y0u
know how | want Der 10 have every
thing that Nfe can give her, and she
cannot up there"
@But how could you tel Phili
What did he says@
4Eiehe didn't say much. He Just
looked at me In s puzzled way
eoh." Constance cried. how can
you Do such thing. Marcia7
because" Marcia painted, because
I know what life up there means.
You don't. OF course. Phil is & law
yer, but hss clients are Nh the men
Who work Id the forests, and the
women why they are the wives Of
those men-and there isn't anything
70 DO. and I won't 90 back-so don't
ask me. Connie don't ask me"
For two months Marcia lived In a
whirl Her mother. Joyous at having
possession FOR a little while of her
4 youngest girl. loaded her with gifts.
and Marcia appeared at garden par
ties ard tennis events, and golf tour
naments. robed exQuisltely In rose
color or in white.
She dressed Baby Margaret like a
doll and took her with her. To
gether they were petted and praised
And II were up there with Phil"
Marcia said % Connie. 4 should have
spent this summer listening 10 the
frogs croak and the chickens sing"
You would have shared PhlTs
hopes and sorrows." said Connie.
-0h. Marcia, isn't he ionely7"
HE doesn't say so." said Marcia,
evaslyely
Two weeks later Phil came down
to fetch hts wife.
you are coming home with me,
Marcia" he said.
"Why7" she looked at him IN sur
| prise. Il thought you knew l wasn't
coming any more7"
"That Is what you said, and ]
thought ] might let you have your
way. But-I'm not going to let you
take your life. In your hands. ]
promised to love and protect you.
Ny duty to my child places upon me
the same obligation to love and pro
tect her-I haven't any right as q
husband and father to let you stay
here
That night Marcia talked It over
with Connie do you think ought
to 90 back"
III man loved nc" said Connle
Das Phil loves you. ! would go with
him to the end OF the world"
"Thefa what ] thought" said Mar
cIa. bitterly, when ] married Phil
but romance doesn't survive Ions
when you are up against the hard
things Of life"
Philip Ames took with him an IN
willing wife. The trip on the trair
was a silent one. Only little Mar
garet prattled Of the return. Art
the pussles and the chickens expect
2 Ing me7" she asked her father.
Yes. and the pine trees have lot
2 Of things TO whisper IN your ears
4 Don't you know when the sun is set
7 ting how they whisper, whisper. an,
0 sing lullaby songsgg
: Yes" said little Margaret, @ani
g that's the time when you always tel
t mother how much you love her"
y Marcia. listening, relt her hear
q leap. That had been one Of Phil
I little ceremonies IN their temple 0
i love. At sunset he would take her Il
i bis arms and say. Another day /
g ours, dear heart"
o When had be stoppedl She n
g membered with a shock that It wa
g she who had rung the kneil 10 II
u nance. Il was she who had been In
patient Of his caresses. Il wac sh
2. who had. one night. interrupted hi
q sunset litany to Say. Another day Z
q. Toll and trouble-another day-e
loneliness"
D. After that he had not kissed her g
O. sunset After that he had withdraw
i q little. After that he had worke
% harder and more doggedly. suddenl
N the reason Of bis incessant iaborin
el dawned upon her. Did be think 81
Al wanted an easy life more than ah
wanted romance, and 80 he had ei
at deavored to give It to her?
.s- Their horses we're waiting for thel
at at the station. They drove throug
the long aisle Of the forest
as The puasles were al tho door
ig meet Margaret. The man drove ava
at with the horses. the maid who ha
1u greeted them turned and went IN
1g the house to serFe the evening mea