Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1913-06-20
ID thrown. over all her reserves 80

Win. II z A 5$ Y n
What's she did not and could not
4 know was how deeply craven into Ills
being was thatsfrst marriage. Aga
.55@tiaa y was the rock "A on which :. their
/. happiness foundered, for
4 q trangely enough, the more content
i el with his pre.ent lot Geoffry.
n Hamilton became, the more her re-. re-
}rroaches from the grave. stung into
! him. 5.f NJ ..$. .
Just as in the first marriage
i trouble ensued through slight misun-
\ derstandings, SO here difficulties be-
gan through imperceptible shadows.
There was never quarrel, never a
word Of disagreement. But for the
dead Agatha this couple would have
been ideally happy. RI
/ 's As it was, they drifted farther and
4 farther apart. and the dead hand
separated them. You may say he
i was weak, and condemn him as you
II 5$sjji:ill, but !, only those who have felt
81 he past rise up and hit them in the
.i1iace with recurring virulence will
Understand the depth Of the tragedy.
& here are certain things stronger
Than ourselves. .- s.*51. 81
4 It was after dinner one night. tha,
1 Hamilton neryed himself to the idea
.jpf parting, and. this time.it Eve
1iynt who stood :by,the fire, looking
i .n'o # with 4 vague wondering: :s -.
!. &: ,l!::eofry came over !. to !. .heir. a&'niId.
.Ilfting face in both hands, kissed
IL ersyery tenderly. There Vas silence.
4 IIpr a moment and. then the. .Rollnaa
;;.s s:s: ::. \: B, 81
s4#Y: Il maidlea mistake, sSe said: :.I'
hbSgl,t that even If j you didiii62t, care
TIER me then, I could make YOU care: a 4
"a little" 4 .4z .:5. # szs., rs,
4 E'is58'I do care,s.and that'ssthe trouble
i ss hy ? ?4s hat else matters n r., .'
s|sl d VI; 81 know my storys2'
81 ,3l5.. FsYes" she smiled rather mirth-;
"A Iess|yz ss| sSand thought that stogether
II u q iE' E night write oyer the past-lwo:
EEosss'ts, for mine was not very happy.
land honestly, quite honestly. | cared
4 or YOU, o'r, believe me, | should not
.1IIhayc acted$as / did, &.
v v 4 know, he said. tsI5honor. YOU
ii7l55for it. and4I love you for it The.
.lEpity is. that through no faultHof yours
.&II::torof mine the whole sorry business
q ,sII55lhas{ {eomesto grief ? z
a. 81 s1 have felt it would for a long
\ Isttime.'' %.0s;
\ DO yoa know what a palinpsest
LISP,
]; !; Is. g G n o. y
#9 6 An old scroll on which a record
d has been written, a record that can
\ mot be obliterated. Then later, when
i that record was no longer wanted,
.E$and when scrolls were valuable as
u Human lives, the old writing was. 80
{. to speak, whitewashed. over, and a
Y; new story written y but underneath
Il tie old story remained, unobliterat-
\ ed, crying for a stroke, Of the sponge
to bring it 70 light. That's the
II trouble with me: B / I love the new
& record, but the old writing insists"
The woman subsided: into a chair
llbys sfhe fire and began$to cry qaietly.
{ s s { could XII myself ,' Geofry
& continued perhaps that's what I
ought to- have done, but all this is
! stronger than myself. don't ask
fI.you to forgive me. |. only ask you
Ito be q little sorry d. 81 $= T. L.
J. & n sorry for your m sorry
for myself. .ss y \ 4
!. |AS He bent over and kissed sher.
i Never believe that I don't love
EIyou, because / do. But we've got
to part Pm more grieved than I
|. can tell you for you, but be q little
4 sorry for me sometimes, when you
think Of me, a wanderer lionel
], gripped BY . dead hand and longing
for human sympathy. That's my po.
..s sition. God pity us both e
There was q sob In her throat al
she spoke. But I do understand,
dsar Don't think Il don't under-
stand. I do. because I love you 70 d
besuss sof what 4 have been
through
uish I could sst you free.s II
. said.
81 don't want y be Ut ffrssss'' z ssaa
said bravely Some time uho
knoul, my hold may atrength then,
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