Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-17


But the blame Is as much mine as
yours. So don't let's talk OF that.
Can't we both forget it," Sj&
Forget it? Why. girl. its my whole
life" ...g ... 1 e Hi By.
1T is an episode whose memory can
be sweet or, bitter as we choose to
make it. We were clever enough to
leave no trace when we went away.
I'm supposed to be on q visit and
your worthy constituents were told
that their congressional representa-
tive was going away to recuperate.
somewhere in the mountains. You
will return from your vacation much
benefited-if little vague as to its
details. And l will 60 back to my
aunt's tonight, prepared to start hap
PLY on my European trip tomorrow
morning That is all" III i,.s y,
"oh, girl. 7 love you! g You are
mad--insane- talk this way-to
plan what you are planning. Can't
you see it.? Won't you give me
a chance to- get back your love? !
had it once-1 can get 1t again i you
will give me the chance. know / can
make you happy. "a
"A smile that savored Of the rack
twisted her set Hps--and died before
it reached her eyes. T: \ ss
q mo, DEAR she contradicted gently,
you can't make me happy S1 doubt
II you can make any woman happy. A
woman one who didn't know the un-
2Galahad side OF you as do-might
respect or even reverence you. But
you couldn't hold her love. No woman 1t
ever really loved q man because ne
was good; or because he fought
against political evils or slew dragons.
She might admire him for it. But ad 1-
miration and reverence are petty poor
everyday fare, hen your. wife want v ant
led you to say crazy doring things 70
her, you would be thinking out q new
5insurgent plan by which you could
block the machine In congress. When p'ei
she hoped you'd buy her some candy llF !:
or few flowers on your way home
from the Capitol. you'd be too busy
framing your; next speech to think O.
such trifles. Those same trifes and
his wild extravaganza OF praise and
the quick noticing OF anything she
puts on, to please him., are the cords
that lash q woman's heart to a mans.
Not her pride In the way he Is fighting
his country's political battles.
::.Listen!,'' pleaded standish. I'll
give it all up: my seat in congress-, my
flght for the people, my. political hopes
Everything! I'll give it all up-all--
IL YOU will marry me and give me q
chance to make you love me again.
cts no USE" she returned. For the
moment you almost carried me on my
feet. can understand now why your
speeches that read SO stupidity. can
sway people. But it's only an I'M
pulse. Inside OF an hour you would
sauestion;it. inside OF q day you would
regret it. it. 4. s5 II lsl5 II
emo! Not .st Sd is:,
"And inside OF week you would
be secretly reading every scrap OF CON
gressional news and cursing your lot
at being out Of the fight. It would q, Pc
like all sacrifices. In time one gets 70
hating the person one made them l for.
oh, it would be misery for US BOTH tn!
It would be even worse than this his
week s,E G5 IA II. 81 Y
} To-day there seems much I don't
understand he retorted. But one
thing is very clear to me: the course
you've chosen is an impossible one
for you. You must marry me. II not
for love. then because it is the right
thing to do. T. do not ask you to care e
for me or even to live In the same
house with me- But for your own sake 'sllteI
you must. Y &. ID.
ut is for my own sake; that I must
do nothing Of the sort. You get your
ideas OF life from books. Too many
people do that. I am not going to let
this one mistake ruin every bit OF my
future. i won't let one moment OF folly
blot all my life. Men don't. Why
should women? There Is still much "
in the world for me, And for you. TOO ,,
IL you'll look at It sanely. on. I know
my kind Of sanity shocks you. But
it is sanity. You are held back by
centuries OF traditions. Your father
began life an . millionaire's son. Mine
began 1t In an Irish orphange. our
grandfather was supreme court
Judge. Idon't know who mine was.
There must be something, after all, a1n 10y
this talk Of heredity. For instance,
I don't suppose there's a girl in all
your sisters. set who would have con-
scented to honeymoon like ours, is
there? Your sisters wouldn't have
done such a thing, would they?
< s'No!" he exclaimed in involuntary
disgust. &
I At his word and tone q faint red
showed across the Woman's face as II
he had struck her lightly with his
open hand. But at once she recovered
herself u.
Lets say goodby and part as
friends" she suggested. mo irremed-
liable harm Is done. Except for myself,
you are the only person hurt You'll
have to stand that as part Of the price
Of" ~ q .5-ss ri AZ
"You are mistaken he broke in.
"Others, besides myself. are affected"
'"Who?" 81.
IT don't know. But this I do know:
No one can live to himself or herself.
No one can say: My fault or folly
hurts me alone In this miserable old
world Of ours, we are all tangled up in
one another's destinies. And when
one tears loose the cord that binds
him, the vibration Of that wrench Will
soon or late reach and affect people
whom he perhaps does not even
know" "a. ,, 3f
"The cord YOU speak Of" she |
Knocked, lis that holy bond known as
Conventionality, Isn't it? The bugbear
that the weak and the prim have
raised to scare the strong and the
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mo. The beaten path that ten bill
lion failures and tragedies since the
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ference in these viewpoints is start
ling. Its like the two birds.
1.-THE bird in the hand. tapping the
bird In. the bush on the shoulder, said