The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-10

heart. she could honor her refrfii
enge llef Pity. d En-
sne could unde fstand the feellny OF
TIE man too; ~ could thipk much
more clearly stkAli he afaf dla.
traeted by two passions, lot Ms pride
and his honor and for her; shs;hpd, on
vet but one, for him. And "a there
gesless tnFmSit md .coHitston N her
mind! she WIS hettsr capable 6f ISolis
ing the facts in the face and mixing
the right deduction from sthem. q
She could lnderstand shnw In tho
ftrbt fffshtfdt rdsh q ms stief md a.
MORE and! love the Fery fact that
iNsEbold had been compelled to I'M
his wife. pfw hom5he WIS beginning. 10
BROW a little weary undef such eiteuail
etAuees, had added lnme ~ 10 ,iiIs
+ttmbfse and adlckehed7 hi15 etefmifi.
alton TO expiate his guilt ana cherish
her lpienofy I, She's could s6ndsrttand
Fhy.he would do 5uat as he had done,
go into the wilderness 10 6e alone In
horror Of himself ard lnshdsfor 81 ,hii'
fellow men to think only, mistakenly.
Of here IN,
Nov no was paying the penalty Of
that isolation. Men we're made to
live with one Another aitd no oiiS
could violate tho Law natural, forS NJ
80, long an inheritance as 10 have so
becupieS Without paying that zpehnlty.
Hlal ideaebt loyalty aid Haelity were
warped, his conceptions Or bid, duty
were narrow. There was something
noble I'm shis determinaIou,s;itt IN
truesibut there WIS: spmethlpg also
very foolish. The dividing line be,
tween wisdom and folly is soma:
Times as indefinite az that between
comedy and tragedy, between laughter
md ftsarss II the woman hs: had
married mud killed had! only hated
him and he had known II would hare
been different, but since he believed
no in her love he could do nothing
else, ~, $3.50 VI; SO 40 1874,
I AK that period IN her reflections
Enid Maitland saw a great light.
The Eondnn had mot loved ..her ;htts.
band after5all, shr had loved 3apoth.
err Thgt passion Of. which he had
dreamed had, not heen .for. him. ny a
strange chain OF circumstances Enid
.Mbitiand Held In her hind Stiie aoItis
Hon Or the pprpbIemi she mad { mt.
to,agfve him these jiettstS 10 tshoS
him that'hla golden image. had stood;
upon feet OF clay, that the loye up.
on which he had dwelt was not his.
Once convinced : Of THAT he. would
come quick to- her, arms She cried
a prayer Of blessing on old Hitk6y.
and Started to her feet, The letters
In haifd, to call 'Newboid back I'd her
andteil him, and thenT She {stoppei.
Woman as she WIS she hid Ires
spect for the binding cohditlona and
laws Of honor as well as be, Chance.
nay Providence, had put the. honor
Of this Roman, her RIVAL. . In r her
hands: TIE. world had long since
forgotten THIS p6or unfortunate; III
no Ehsaft Swas her memory: cherished
save In that Of. her husband. His
Idea Of her was false one to be-
sure but not even 10; procure her
own happiness could Enid Maitiahd
overthrow that IDEAL SKATER Tint
memory. u 81 fsE;;ds 4 ~. s;,.;is /
She sat down again with the. lst,
tiers In her hands 1t Shadi been. very
simple a moment since, but Il was
not 80 now. She had but to SHOW
him those letters to remove: the great
barrier between them; She could not
,,dqiita. It was clearly impossible. ,rhee.
reputatiof Of her dead sister who
had struggled SO bravely to the end
was in. her hands, she could not sac.
rifce her even for her own happi.,
ness. x ,.-'t' ~ Z
s"Qulxotlc." you say? I do not think
3d. She had Numbered ,unwittingly,
,unwilllngly. upon the heart, sedfse or
the other woman; she could mot be-,
tray It EvenFif the other woman
had been really unfalthfulin deed as
well; as in thought to herr husband
ms. ~ IA \ 49, y,