Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-12
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becOraes hahst~-so much 60 that a.
il airnesf q hnrnan impessihality 10
adjust oneself 10 any othew mode Of
lifa. Mary Glade, living yaar sGker
year with Dan Slade. interested II -
work, watching him rise xTio succeed.
had come 10 think Of the man as oaay
another part or herself with him
out Of her life she felt 81 II 4 rArt
OF her own body had vanished with.
cut which shs was restless and III ~
ease.
As she sat In thu little old cottage
where with Dan she started euk ON
married life. abe experienced feel
Ing OF detachment 81 IL either this
were not the right place. but sorme
sort az interior substitute. or az though
the real and vital part of harself ware
absent.
The room was Just the same as II
was the day she and Dan bad walked
out Of It to take up their new iife III
the handsome mansion IN town. Nsei
q thing had been changed or dsstarhaA
The same crooked hatrack, with hns
old knitted shawl dangling on ons
hook, hung behind the door. The Eafms
weli.wern tidiea were carefully pinnes
on the plush-uphofntered chairs. Ths
same cheap little ornaments that 10
delighted Mary's simple heart In tire
old days still clattarea the mantel
The same nearrrystal crowded the
sideboard. The tAhlecieth remaiaas
laid from meal 10 meal after the time
saving custom Of middls-cIsss fami
lies.
Everything was the Same bus ems
atmosphere Of ecntentmeaf that cncs
filled the room: everything the sams
best Mary's happiness In her hushanG'a
love. Outside the window the rnsa
bush Dan had helped har to planf atiEi
nodded and blossomed In the aunahins
that poured In food Of goldea 10Y
thruugh the windows of the ehAnhy
room and emphasized all the worn
places IN the comfortable old eaaaIa
where evening altar evening Dan
slRde had sat reading his newspaper
and dreaming OF the great future No
was confident the tatea held In stee3
Far him.
In spite Of hesseie narys thoughts
were OF her hushana- nrst hattsf
Thoughts she had ever harboFsd
against the man. she turned sick as
heart at the thoaght OF it. Dan sad
herself sstraneed, hopelassly at odds.
lighting each other In the divorces
court. fighting even over the posses
sion Of the little cottage thai had
shared In the firss happy flush OF their
yoathfui love and happiness. This. the
only place where she could find peace
In her loneliness, Dan was trying TO
wrest from her. Ii was too near tn
town, too near TO the sceHe of his
new activities. he had sent word 90
her. She must vacate. She must SO
so far away that bis charge OF 30
seFtions would stand fire In couss
OF law.
Face to face with the fact that nsa
was trying 70 drive her even from this
shelter, trying TO drive her out inta
q strange and alien world. Of which
she knew nothing and which kneR
nothing or her, Mary could scarcsfy
believe that Dan was 30 changed
that even now he would be willing "a
snatch away from her the place which
held the memory OF happier days.
She had not seen her husband since
the night In Senator Strickiane's
library. when the awful knowledge had
been forced home 10 her that he NOT
only wanted a permanent separation
but insisted on having an absolute al
yorce. Over and over again thought
came into the woman's mind. II was
intnitive, instructive. Try as she
might to silence Il. she could not put
II out of her thoughts. II waa thai
ever-recurrent feeling that another
woman had entered Dams mind and
heart. Again and again she pusnee
IL from her, but always and ever the
obsession chung to her like a hiaea
shadow that haunted her during tins
day and persisted even In her dreams
at night
From the kitchen came the voice 81
her maid-of-ail-work singing an old
fashioned tuna.
1t was one that In her young days
Dan had loved to hear her sing -oBs
whose sweet melody and meIancflols
sentiment he had loved In ths days
before his heart had become hard and
his mind intense on the cold. hard
problems OF finances and political ad
vanceaent. II was the song In wiaief
all lovers from the beginning to ths
end Of time tind responsive note.
"Nita, Juanita, be my own fair brfia
GRO he coaTrsUED)