Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-03-13

2 mind. But II was also plain that II
: had not considered the man In the ca
& unworthy " her She entered upon
3 Hypothetical defense Of him.
9 Il can understand n mans monet
3 tarily yielding to a temptation. and y,
( love his wife truly she said Thei
: pausing she seemed moved by a 81,
? den resolution and continued in a ton
: that Indicated deep feeling: "Alargare
4 | am going to make confession {
you. And yet II Il not a confession. 10
that indicates an injury. n wrong. an
/; there was no wrong on my part no
on the part Of the one who was i'm
pllcated with the In what I am abou
, 10 relate.
, "You remember that John and wer,
both Of artistic temperament We wer,
fond Of the ine arts, music. sculpture
painting. literature. He was the only
real poet ever knew personally. III,
appreciation for music was OF the keen
est DO you remember that period
when your mother was taken IN. you
were called away 90 attend her. and
she finally died7 You left John IN my
charge. and recall your exact words
when you did no. John and I have
not been long married. you said. but
long enough 20 have come upon that
period when a newly married pair be
gins 90 suffer from their incongrlitles.
Leaving him nc such n time Il danger.
Gus. for he n liable 10 seek soiace with
another woman. Help him 20 stand
/ by his better instincts. 10 that when
return nothing shall have occurred 20
make a breach between him and me-
This IL all you said. but Il was
enough ! knew you meant that in
case I should see your husband about
20 fail under a bad Influence 20 have n
care of him and draw him away from
teinptFton was sure that no great
was your confidence IN me that you
would not ask anything OF me on n
matter between him and me.
II kept John with me during near. |
" all his Idle time IN the period that |
you were absent. We visited what gnl. |
lerics there were. went where we could |
listen 10 music aud read together from
the works Of our favorite poets. One
evening he took me 60 tho opera.
Faust was given and given beautiful. /
~. John sat cntrnnced by the music
and seemed also under the spell OF that
legend which contains In condensed
form the story OF humanity. After the
opera we rode 90 my home and during
tho ride John did not speak n word 90
me. invited him TO come In and led
him 10 the drawing room. Suddenly
he began 70 talk strangely.
- feet he said. that I am Faust
and that n mcphistophele- IL dragging
me 10 he'll
And by the same passion he
secured Fausts soulr asked
Yes
"'And who asked. IL Margueriter
WINS trembling aud spoke the words
W low NJ only 10 be heard by ono In.
lent on hearing.
Ills hand was near mine. md he
look " In his aroae and stood apart
rom him
John. ! said. stand nrm. This Is
! passing madness occaaioped by that
weird drama acting upon m impressl
bio nature Your wife will return soon.
Ind by her presence Danish what h
tut an evanescent emotion.
"Ile stood looking at me AZ one In .
iream for a time. then said:
Helen. from the bottom % my y
leart ! thank you for having saved
ny self respect And. turning. he left
ne. Your mother died that same even .
ng and within another week you were Q
4 home .
"You know the rcst 20 far NJ John n y
he was saved from q ,
nomentary temptation. and that yours =
nd his happiness were not mArred By
he incident What | have % confess a
, this From that moment I was q
hanged woman. The word OF 1--we
hat had been spoken entered into my !.
cling and could not eradicate H. Bat J,
o more than this. Margaret. dia q
irong you. John never sought M.
nd that ! might not meet him left y
I'm aud you for another place % rvai-
ence. I never saw MIN again"
The woman wbo listened % this eon- y
.szion gave 10 Other evidence % hs =
feet upon her than o. reach for the u
'nfessor's hand snS pce~- H. Helen
,ntinued
From that momsnt ! tooE on a hfe-
ng suffering bot not from your
spleasure. Zoe ! am SURF even now
nee you know my s~cret that yoa are VI
% strong. too inst too generous TO q
ame ne for what ! could not help" N
Who had retained the hand G
IL held. bent forward and kissed her NJ
tend Then she said: oil
Il DO not blame you now. nor have "A
ever blamed you. foe l have known a
this from the moment OF my return. n
hen heard II from John. though a Ia
nerent version. lie told me that he %
we'd you and would always love
lu- &C
Helen's head dropped on her friends "
east There was long silence. et
hich was broken by Margaret. 81
You would heary" she said. why. NJ
lowing what did. remained Johns r.
fife. keeping you two apart Perhaps In
y conduct 20 you seems that grudged y,
'u what could not myself possess"
II have no such thought am sure
~ had reason, and that reason was b,
noble one" a,