Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-04

INTO HIS ARMS.
this most important matter Hartley
made mistake, but no greater mis-
take than the girl who married him.
Anna Blanchard was as prominent
among girls as Fred Hartley was
among men. She was q coed with
Hartley and stood well in her classes.
She was one to look up rather than
down. Her girl friends remarked that
she would take prominent place
among women. But woman is like
ly to be more dependent on her hus-
band for her opportunities than the
husband is on the wife for that stead
fast backing which he is at times sure
to need. When, therefore, the attach
ment between Anna and Fred was no.
ticed all said: That's just the kind Of
man Anna needs for a husband. She
is fitted TO be the wife of a brilliant
man."
1t was love match anyway. Every
one said when the couple were mar
ried that whatever happened they
would be devoted to each other. But
who can predict when a class Of young
men or young women go forth from
! the alma mater on to the stage of
actual life TO act the parts for which
they have been rehearsing which shall
! become stars" and which shall con-
tinue to the end as villagers" to clap
! their hands when the hero and heroine
enter or exit?
Hartley on leaving college accepted
a position with large manufacturing
company, where his scientific knowl-
edge was likely to be useful. He mar
| ried his fiancee soon after this. and all
was going well with the pair when the
establishment by which Fred was EN-.
plUyed failed. The failure came while
Fred was at work on a machine need
ed in the business which would work
wonders if successful. So the young
inventor determined to keep on with
his work independently.
Ten years passed, and the Hartleys
found themselves in a position exactly
the reverse from what had been ex
pected. Instead of taking high stand
they had taken a low one.
Meanwhile his wife was yearnine
intended her. When she was married
every one had envied her her future
Now the few who had kept in touch
with her pitied her. ITS too bad
they said, that Anna should he tieC
to so impracticable a man. She should
have married one of prominence-on,
who could give her a sphere to show
what there is in her"
No one realized this more than he
husband. One day he went away, lcav
ing note for her in which he said h,
would no longer stand in the way O
her taking the position in the world T.
which she was entitled. Apply for
divorce Oh account of desertion." h.
said. and will not oppose IT, II yo
prefer 10 act independently OF me with
out breaking the marriage tie, do Sc
: ] will never trouble you"
Which OF these two alternatives thf
wife had in mind when she went fort
to take her affairs into her own hand
she did not say, but she sent note {
her husband saying that she agree
with him that the time had come whe
they had better act independently O
each other, for time at least II sh
found it possible TO acquire an incom
she would write him and they coul
come together again. This did not Ii
terest him. for he was too >rpuch of
e man to accept the earnings OF a W.
' man.
How MIS-. Hartley managed 1t ne
husband did not know. but he 500
heard of her as prominent woman
She not only became notable In w
mems associations OF various kind
but took stand socially that oth'
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