Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-19
vowed she should never know
moment OF unhapplnees.

vowed she should never know
moment OF unhappanees.
Driscol was silent thereafter, but he
came regularly on his calls; ana
regularly she went with him to the
theaters that were on his list. But
Montjoy felt sure there would be moth
ing between them, that in time they
would drift apart.
An amateur association was to give
a play and Montjoy was invited to It.
The organization was composed Of
Young members OF tho social set Of
the city, and they made It q point to
gather as many notablos as possible
to their affairs.
Montjoy, his wife and daughter,
and Driscol went to the hall in the
big family car. Driscol was hand
some in his evening attire, and the
clean lines of his face were attrac-
tive: lines were there. too, OF de.
termination that Montjoy had not
noticed before. There was rare
tenderness in his glance as he turned
TO Edith.
Mont1oy touched his wife, and
nodded toward tho young couple be.
fore them; but his wife simply smiled
little sadly. and shook her head.
She was leaving the whole matter for
him to decide; but hs knew her heart
was with the young lovers.
After q swift moment OF wavsring.
Montjoy set his Jaws. He could not
! think OF Edith's marrying young.
ster with nothing but ability In q
small field, with life before him In
which the chances Of success were
few.
/ when the play started, Montjoy
leaned back, steeling himself to en-
dure an evening Of amateurish imita'
ton Of real life; but before the play
had gone very far. he was interested.
! While the acting was mediocre and
the staging poor, there was power
in the lines that held him. Tho per
son who wrote It had looked deep into
life, and understood It.
4 He got the first blow when ne
looked ct the program and found
1.-THE authors name was Herbert Dris.
4 col. That discovery gave him food
/ for thought.
The next discovery held him silent
and tense In his seat. Before him
! was being pictured Incidents out Of
his, own life. The early struggles Of
/ his married life were not known 10
the city: for be and his wife had left
the western city. and In the eastern
city, where success had como to him
he had almost forgotten the early
days of effort The Incidents Of his
/ life formed but substory In the play
but he bresthed deep as he watched
the actors unknowingly pqrtrayine
] his life Memories came back-mem
cries Of the glorious days when, GRID
ed with love and faith and deter
mination, he and his wife were striv
Ing together, and finding happiness
in the effort. Driscol was proving hi
proposition that happiness awaNt
hearts who meet life bravely together
and he was proving 1t with facts from
Montjoy's own life.
When the play was over and Mont
Joy, dreaming in his seat, saw DriscO
mount the stage and speak briefly
then return to Edith, who greeted
him with swift, whispered words, he
/ rose and touched Driscol's arm.
I Plan as early q wedding as yor
wish" no said Then as the young
fellow started, he added: Where
did you get those facts OF my life?
4 His wife touched his arm. Dear
II told him all about us, and We
planned it, together. You were thu
only one ont in the cold"
j He caught her hand and squeezed
lit in the folds of her dress. Let me
get in where It's warm!" he said
smiling into her happy eyes.
\ A Life Sentence
- e,,HarinO yuffh throat and 1Unf