Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-07-04
mad thrown over all her reserSe s ts

KNOW how deeply craven: into At his
being Was that first marriage, Aga
SStha was the rock on which their
short-liived happiness foundered for,
strang ely emo gil, the more content
ed with his preaent lot aeoffry33
Hamilton became z, "a the more 81, her r e-ss
#rroaches from the grave stung into into
him.
Just as IN tie D first marriage:
trouble ensued through slight misunl-.s
.derstandings So here difficult be-
gan through imperceptible shad
There was never quarrel, never q
word Of disagre cement. But for, the
dead Agatha this couple would have.
been ideally hap
AS it was, they drifted farther and
farther apart, and the dead hand
separated them. gu may say he
was weak, and condemn him as you
will, but only those who have felt
the past rise up and hit them ii the
face with recurring yirulence will
understand the depth Of the tragedy
There are certain things stronger
than ourselves. 3s II. $5:3
, It was after dinner one night that
Hamilton nerved himself to the idea
pf parting, and this time it was Eve
.iyn who stood BY the fire, looking
into it with a vague wondering.
Geoffry came over to her end.
lifting her face in both hands, kissed
her very tenderly. There was silence
for a moment and then the woman
spoke B
I made mistake" Sic said. ~
thought 'that.even if you did not care
for me then, / could make you care.
Ia little. ..355..5
A st do care, and that's the trouble
'7Why? What else matters r. e
u on know my story ~
es she smiled rather. mirth-
lessly and / thought that together
We might write over the past two
pasts, for mine was not very happy,
and honestly, quite honestly, I cared
for you, Or, believe me, | should not
have acted az I did"
knou," he said. Il honor YOU
for it, and ! love you for it. The
pity is that through no fault Of yours
OF Of mine the whole sorry business
|has come to grief. !" a
81 have felt it would for d long
time. =
Do You know what : palimpsest
is p, 80 n,
No. VI. n. d. ....*
An old scroll on which q record
has been written, record that can.
not pc ebliterated. Then later, when
THAT record was no longer wanted,
and when scrolls were valuable as
human lives, the old writing was, %
to speak, whiteWashed over, and "a
new story written; bull; underneath
the old story remained, unobliterat-
ed, crying for q stroke#of the sponge
e bring it TO light. That's the
trouble with me. / love the new
record rec I'd but the old writing insists
The woman subsidized into a chair
b.! BY the fire and began to cry quietly
q could Kill myself Il Geoffry.
continued perhaps that's what i
ought to have done, but all this Is il
stronger than myself don't ask
|. you ''' to forgive me. I only ask you III;
lto be little sorry ~ Il III So
m sorry for YOU m sorry \,
for myself. 4
& He bent over and kissed her.
&. ever believe that / don't love
you, because II do. But we've g ut ] i.
to part. Pm more grieyed than II
I can tell be you for you, but be 4 little
sorry for me sometimes, when YOU.
IN think nix Of me, q wanderer lonely
gripped BY dead hand and longing
for human sympathy. That's nv Do
sition. God pity Us both 4 .5.
There was q cob in her throat 40.
she spoke. s But / do understand
dear. Don't think / don't under,
stand q a do, because i love yo, % q.
because Of what i have been
through. n,
a wish 'iial 4 could Get you free, II
said. 1 %
don't want to be let free 5she
said brayely Some time who
lsll', my hold may strengthen,
h hers may loosen, but i can't keen "a,
nov strongest hold On / y 4 s 7is.|
letting you &, know that
though some women might mig not. Ki is
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