The Washington times., 1913-08-28

voice say, Il trust him and trust you
| That made her strong. She woulo oe
worthy the confidence that had been re-
posed in her. She would be true u
George Manning and to the Soutne[R
woman, and to the innate nopleness p1
| her own soul. With Arladnes help Siie
conquered.
Philip in the presence of kathleen
| thought often of his wife, thougnt Oh ISI
with a genuine feeling of surprise. ne
| had not dreamed that under sucn GlI III
| cumstances-Kathleen presence ms
| mind would have recurred so frequently
| to the woman who bore his name. II
| he had been asked before 10 lInasihe
| such a situation he would have sald tnat
! the earth could hold nothing for MIN
4 hut Kathleen. Now he found himself
thinking much the same thing OF MS
| wife.
The one thing that retarded his re-
! covery was the fact that he had heara
nothing from her. As he grew better ne
| had painfully written to her, not once
| but several times. and the love hath-
| leen had missed from the first letter he
| dictated to her was in these other mis-
| sives. He put 1t In himself, as ne IAN
| cied, from duty and pity. These things
are akin to love, they say yet GraIloh
| did not realize at that time their re-
Iationship. Those letters had been for
warded by secret means which were
available They contained nothing what
| ever that was harmful to the North or
| useful to the South, and Kathleen old
not hesitate to use her infiuence-which
was considerable-with certain persons
in authority to get them through tne
| lines. No answer ever came back. II
the earth had swallowed Ariadne she
could not have been more silent and un-
| heard from.
| Again and again Kathleen was on the
| point of telling Grafton that his wite
| had been there. but she had pledged
| her word to the Southern woman ano
she would not break it. The mere Iact
1 that those love letters, which Gratton
| had received so cp--elessiy ana had reaa
| with pity more than anything else. had
| stopped, and that he could not near
| from her, or about her, opened his eyes
to the hold this woman had taken upon
him. ~.
| emotions and he discovered presently
that he was in love with both women,
| which was sure evidence that he was
not very deeply in love with either OF
! them. In other words, ms loVe Lol
| while his love for Arladne had only
| commenced to grow The waning was
| the harder process. II had at first re-
uuired every effort of his will TO put
ing for his wife was natura! one ana.
like things which are destined foF long
life and strength, 1t was very slow.
! Kathleen constantly helped him in
both his mental processes she set heI-
self resulutely TO talk about her hus-
band She prattled him about Manning
| by the hour. She read his letters TO
her; in short she behaved as the fond,
est wife would behave to an old 1rlend
of hers and her husbands. And she
forced him TO talk about Ariadne. She
made him describe her, and she admitted
to herself that his description, based on
the eyes of friendship and ages old at
that, fell so far short of the orlglnal
rhat
when he found her again. What a
revelation of beauty she would be 10
him then.
The iron entered into her soul, but
sne did all that she had set herself 10
do. Her passionate, more merry more more
| tempestuous nature was deeper than
the mans At first her devotion to him
did not waver yet never once did she
betray herself to him. AS she persisted
! in her courageous self-sacrince some ol
the compensation of such endeaVor
came to her. As she re-read her nus.
bands letters, those letters which al
first. like Ariadne's to Philip, were mat
tiers of little moment to the recipient
. she began to see what a splendld, man
" man be was. And GraftOn's encour,
aging praise and appreciation opened
, her eyes further.
She had taken Manning in moment
. of p!uue and anger and had never valued
. hin, for his sterling qualities. He was
= [ NOT a DTlludni iudH- IlhS Ni al 1OIl an
her brother. but there was much in hin
10 admire She saw that now. anC
Grafton helped her to see it more clear
Iv, He had lived with Manning in thu
close intimacy of college life for 81,
years. and he knew him better thar
; she BY and by. when his name wa:
mentioned in dispatches for conspicuous
, gaIlantry in an action which he hat
fought alone with his regiment durini
= the pursuit of Lee from Pennsylvania
i KathIeens heart filled with a suddeI
t glow of pride. She still loved Philip
| she thought. but she was no longer in
A different to Manning. So the various
I currents of these different lines swep
on