Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-16

II diSaDpf0Y9 OF the stage. SAID
TOMS wife, IN her thin. high cool
voice. and ! particularly disapprove
Of all such songs and the way Tom
sings them. They seem -not-er-=
proper"
YOU are always right, said Tom
with covert sarcasm. feeling Is al
ways banal, and love is myth. SO
why should one sing songs about it, or
eat ones heart out with longing for
dream that can never come tiue?"
It was just at this moment that Sal
" came into the room waving a yell
low telegraph envelope
After all" she cried. she's CONS
ingl Isn't It too delightful"
Il don't know" ! replied. seeing
that we haven't the faIntest idea who
she Is
Marion Alleriy, she replied.
WHAT cried one of the men. "The'
paragon among widows The one who
combines all charms and virtues =
beauty. enormous wealth, talent. ev-
erything. except heart. for shelscorns
all men and is so faithful to the mem
CRY Of the dear departed she declines
to lend an ear to the suitors that
clamor at her door"
Il have met her" said one of the
men, slowly. "and for once report does
not exaggerate. She is the handsom-
eat woman. and the most fascinating
one | ever saw. but what sets her
apart from other women Is a kind OF
spiritual look. cant describe It ex-
actly. but she looks as II she had been
through aomc great sorrow--some-
thing that bad scared her very soul.
and that she had been purified by II.
Only. OF course. such an idea Is absurd
In connection with one like her, who
has always been darling of for
tune" stb,
There vas some story" BEGAN Sal
iy.
Toms hands fell with q crash on the
keys Of the piano. Don't tell Il" he
cried fercely. 'All the good stories
have been told. and the others are not
worth telling
''It Isn't much. and really ! never
know tha truth OF II. for she never
spoke OF II to me. and II may all have
been a eanard The world is always
gossiping about beautiful women. re-
piled Sally. who having gotten started
was rot 10 be stopped But Mariaa
was married when mere child By her
fathers tyrannicai old gentleman
with stern sense OF a parents rights
over his children. 10 man who might
almost have been her grandfather, and
who By all accounts did the one de-
cent act OF his life when he died and
ief, her everything IN his VIII. For
many years the poor child struggled
along. trying 20 do her duty. living n
coiorjess life. but not unhappy until
the other man .dawned on the scene.
He Is said 70 have been handsome
young fellow. brilliant and sympa-
shctic. one who could give TO Marian
everything she crayed IN companions
ahlp, Neither one Of them dreamed az
any danger until II was 100 late. Then.
because the imam was a gentleman and
J wbuis not hafm the woman he loved
he went away and Marian went back
TO the duh rdono;ony OF waiting hand
and foot on her tyrant. That's the
story. as I have heard H."
And pretty enough story, too"
commented one OF the men. full OF
the quiet tragedy that wrecks happi-
ness and blights lives"
"Shocklngiy improper" said Toms
xife.
Now she Ia free. perhaps they will
marry said someone.
No" said Sally III seems It was
double tragedy for the fnaa was
bound. too. DO you know" she added
mcditatiyeiy. ITS none OF my affair.
but would give worlds to know who
the man IS"
Tom. | cried sharply. x left my
shawl In the hammock Fetch II TO
me. and aa be stumbled blindly out
Into the dark he accidentally jostled
HIS wife'a chair.
You are so awkward" she cried
sharply
YES" be said duly. Il am always
making mess OF things"