The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-11
HER RETURN.

- ,hree long years Genet Saville
.od nurscd a bitter resentment against
60. husband. During this time there
,,os ever before her the mental pie
,,r, If their quarrel and the parting.
The recollection OF his white, con
,omptious face always stung her To
tresh hatred of him. She could hear
his low spoken acrid reply to her up
hroidinr. The few words that had
conf her. fleeing from the room and
I.ter from his house with all the quick
nossion of her southern nature stirred
10 its depths.
Sha had sought solitude ip an OBJ
,oura swiss hamlet She. who was
without kinsfolk. had cut herself loose
from the only tie that bound her to
nor world She had not seen n familiar
face nor heard the sound of well
lrown voice in all those thirty-six
uontbs She had not read "A news
manor nor heard any tidings of the old
life. Her private fortune, in negoti-
ohle securities, Afforded her every ma
,crial comfort. She had music and
hooks her favorltc dog and bitter
thoughts
Three years. thirty-six months, a
Thousand days. and more. ages ago,
since their parting In the library. Never
had she once longed for the sound of
Norman's voice. for the sight OF his
face for reconciliation. She hated him
for his outburst that night. hated him
for his cool contempt of her "heroics."
as he called il. Always she would re-
member him as she had last seen him,
cold and stern and bitter. with no love
for her She fed her soul on these I'M
wholesome reflections.
Then one lovely morning Genet climb
cd lp the verdant upland pastures re-
claimed from the rough mountain sides.
She paused I'm the shadow of dark
clothed pine tree. inhaling the pure air
aud glOrying in the panorama of noun
tain and valley, pine forest and dis
tant glacier. when close beside her
there sprang into view a tableau-a
young dairy farmer and his sweetheart.
Genet had often watched the peas
ants, her fair face amusedly con-
temptuOuS of their crude lovemaking.
This man might have been Norman's
twin brother-handsome, clean cut,
gray eyed brown skinned. The girl
was fresh and sweet and fair. She
was in his arms. an0 his firmly nodded
chin was pressed against the parting of
her golden hair.
Genet watched them, n strange new
feeling leapng to her head. to her heart
"a white flame of jealousy that scared
her wOunds-the bitterness. the anger.
against her husband. Her pulses throb
bed and the blood few to her cheeks
She watched the mans face wistfully,
hungrily. as one who looks on n be
loved forgotten picture and revels in
the Wonderment of rediscovery.
The face of the man was curiously
like that Of Norman-tbe fi4ely shaped
head with It's closely brushed Chestnut
hair the straight nose, the resolute
mouth now softened into tenderness
The steadfast gray eyes. deep set and
black dashed, were fixed on the girls
face Shylv lifted to his and exquisite
IN its virginia. purity of expression.
So Norman must have looked at her
when he had told Genet of his love.
Genet drew back among the pine
boughS and leaned her face against the
rough bark of the tree. She was trem-
bling with long controlled emotion. de
liciouSly thrilled at the wild prompt
lneS of her hayward heart. Impetu-
ously She had withdrawn from her hus-
band. too hurt to render him Justice.
As passonately would she return to
nm and heap the smothered riches of
her love aud a lifelong devotion at his
feet To repay for his suffering. his re-
gfet his loneliness. for he would have
suffered kcenly. he who worshiped the
ground she trod. All the world should
know that she who had left him in an
ger without due reason acknowledged
her mistake and had returned to him.
After awhile she descended to the
village, singing all the way to the tiny
chalet where she lived. The simple
peasants among whom she had spent
nor exile looked after her and wonder
ell and smiingly agreed with one an
o'I'r that the sad faced lady had found
happiness after all.
An The nightmare of Genet's nnrtur-
ed resentment which had robbed her
VI thIee years of life was banished by
her Preparations for immediate depar-
lure Now that she saw herself i'm the
wrong she csafed to be Inundated be-
iore lier husband in expiration of her sin
arrived in New York and settled in
n'tei under an assumed name, she
'aled cab and motored slowly past
''e Town house. As she expected. it
was closed and shattered. She looked
Up AT the familiar windows with dim
Eyes and registered n vow to- live more
earnestly moro worthily. If she was
permitted to 20 back.
Inc next day the train carried her
uo"h To Fairfields. where she entered
,"e ancient surrey which served all
u"nsportatoE purposes for the casual
traveller
,TaNlng the sleepy village. the surrey
.o"'u iazily along the sandy. wooded
. mus under tall growing white oaks
and fhestnuts.
"ehet sat with clinched hands and