The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-21

was powerless to resist. she had . huG :;
aside. her waitress aRFop tA v y.
ley the. restaurant; and aerrles y :
hin to the minister VINO declAsa
them man spd VIE. ~
Their marriage WAS. y pistake, o.
course. Harvard. was in no position
| to marry. They should, have waited
They both realized, their folly now
But What was done could not be. un'
done She realized. toe. that It was
worse Tor Howard than II VI" 'OE
her. 1t had ruined his prospects. a
the outset Of his career and tMeAt;
ened TO be an irreparApls pllSht. oA
bis eptire life. She realized that sue
was largely to blame. Sne nad done
wrong to marry him and at LINES sAe
rIeprosched herself bitterly lnsIs
were days when thets union assumed
In her eyes the eaormity OF = crime,
She shoyld have seen what z soe'aI
gulf lay between them. Az 'nese
taunts., and insults from his ismlly
which she nov. endured sne hAe lSo''
isbly brought upon her Own heaa" hnt
she had not been aole- q Teslh US
temptation. Howard came mo ReE
life when the, outlook was drearS aug
hopeless, He. had ohere9 20 ner "aa
seemed = haven against me cruelty
and selishness. q the world. HSpa'
ness for. the, first. time IN her NE
seemed within. reach and sne nag Aot
the moral cpurage,t TO say NO.
u Annie had 10 education, shpe WAS
not without brains. She, had sense
enough TO realize that her bringing up
or the lack OF it Was, an unsnrnount-
able barrier to her ever being i'd
United 10, the. inner circle Of HoSsrd's
family, IL. her husbands father had
not married again the breach might
have, been crosse. IN time. oll ms
new Wife was prominent memDeF Oh
the smart sell a woman iull OF ~tS!o'
cratic, notio4S' Wno recolteu WIZ hot'
~ ~ n"''"s ""' ~ o".nIn,.
s'rI euifty OF the enUrmi.y VI ,e e%N 'n
iler own HYDE ,,. '"q!' a oa.ou " miahmi,
HeFen' nooIiiy =! US. Se.sa"aI Ssn,,
" uispo ",'s,a. t NV saandsI al, thi,
"s'o ~, utn'S ,n,I,ta hsosmss unaccom.
Ns"t ~ S HH'H -: sonisi %nSIiioG
p .:m' ~ ,o,thar x,aoith NOV rosition
S t,"n'I ha nsN n rt' aSsp eJncotion Thev
Sns, %"1 ~" 10 oom,uon imnossIbls
S ~ y ~. ~ ~ seean - Lana an psr
~ W. go sIsl~ 1,onIS. 80 rd,ng bSr
~ tS. SSSSt4 "sssS :,,Ie,, So tr;a" Irer
H. -" sp.S,, - 80 Mr IsTr,es e. and
Wv ~ ',,,r1 ahsoT,'.oly roSnsad to recaiye
%. ~, ~, -" hsSs INV communication with
W.. ~ .,,ntSonsS9r a. IonS therefore
~ u"wsrd rsnA,ned faithful 10 her
,hs breach with ME- family could never
hS healed
.Iiawo sor,e marc stow dear" she
,o,, " oSto,,t,",, hsr hsnd for hsr hus.
s"~, 80 49,
OH"H p"tS L., ,ood -, ,nro,,,
'a"" = -, , Sno9 nn a. 49,
Gown MS. Ep"e "NG ;. ~ ,.,,,,on,
we haa enough ne sAlu t a'.
enlIy' ) maven ihucn appe'''e'
She looked at MN with concern
Poor boy, you're tired out!
As, she noted how pale, ana aeJeetea
he appeared hef eyes, MEG WIZ" .1
S|mpathetc tears SHe lp'bot w
appalling npMpSr OF cIs4Fettes ne
SMOk ed a day nor d'd sue rea' ~:
how abuse Of aiconol n"e spo''eu MS
stomach Tor SOLD 1000
II wish knew where to go and get
that, $4,000" muttered Howard his
mind, still pFeeeeupied with Coxes
proposition. Lighting another cisa;
rette. he leaped, back in his chair sn n!l
lapsed. into. silence.
Annie sat aud watched him, wish.
Ing She could suggest some way to
solve the problem that troubled him.
She. loved her husband WIN all her
heart and SOUL HIS very weakness
OF character endsNedg MIN Tue, more
to her, She was! not blind 70 hls
faults. but sAe. excused them: Ills
vices, his drinking, cigarette smoking
and general shittlessness were, she
argued. the result Of bad associates.
He was ,self-indulgent' He made many
good resolutions, and broke them. bAt
ne MAS, not really vicious lie nay =
good heart. with some one to watch
hin. and keep him IN the straight psla