The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25

her politician. Then they considered
lat!mcr of Importance only because
| Helen liked him Now they di~russr
HIM imprrsonally AMI over her head, as
| though she were not present, as a
power an Influence. as the header and
exponent of a new idea. They seemed
To think she no longer could pretend to
| any peculiar claim upon him. that now
he belonged To- all Of them.
oder men would say - her: Il hrnr
yuu know Latimorr What sort of a
man is he"
Helen would not know what to- tell
them She could not say he Vas Z M.
who at VIII las hl.k tu d p.ilr tee.
reading from a book of verse or halt
1922; 10 d"vuur her with humble. eutrelt-
ing eyes
~ went South for the winter. III"
doctors decided she was run down and
needed tn" change. And with an IN
happy laugh at her own expense She
agreed in their diagnosis. She was in
different as to " rr" they sent her. for
she knew wherever she went she must
stu force herself to- 90 On putting on"
hour ON top If another. until She had
built up the meNorahlc and necessary
twenty four
parting, hut reluctantly. and returnn.;
an Npcct"d'y to cover the world with
snow. To- eclipse the thin spring sun
shine with chrcrlrss clouds. Hrlrn took
hers II seriously to- task. : - a~Sur.i
herself II Mas weak minded t. r'h !.
The summer WAS coming ana Fair lIar-
hnr with all its old delights was hrfn,a
her. She compelled herself To- talk"
heart, To- accept Ia" fact that after all
the word j. pretty good place. ana
that to think My Of the past, to live
only on memories and regrets. WAS not
only cowardly and selfish hut, as I.a,i-
mcr had already decided. did not tend
toward efficiency.
Among the other rules Of conduct
that she imposed upon herself was not
to think Of Iatimcr. At least not du'-
ing the waking hours. Sh uid Shr. is
il sonnet mes happened, dream uf him
should She imagine they were ara n
seated among the pines. riding across
the downs or racing at tifty miles au
hour through country roads with tn"
stone fences living past. with the win |
ild the sun in tsrir eyes and in their
hearts happiness and Contcnt-thlt
would not Ice breaking her rule. II she
'"clmed Of him she could not le held
l,unS bic. She e uld only hc CRATE
full.
md then Just as she had hlulShnd
lin entirely from her mind he came
..aSt. Not as ono bee mad Planned To-
come. only to SEQ hor bat with "a bias.
If 'rumpcts at the command e man.
citizens as the guest of three cities.
lie was tn speak at public mo 'u"s, 40
confer with party leaders, To carry Tia.
war into the cucmy's country H. W.
due To- speak IA Boston a. Faurul H.
On May / and that same night to ! a."
fir the West ana three days before hi
coming IIo.ru He'd from tine city.
H. had spoken his message Ia nhiia-
/ tc'I''a. h. had 81. ken To- New Nnrit
ana for a week the papers had spol..l
only Of him Md for that wc,k frpm
| nee s.2hl of his printed name, from
| sketches of HIM cNhortng cheers ~
IN las, from snapshots of him ON : q.
! Platforms LEANING forward to grasp
eager hands Helen had shut her eyes.
! \ud that during the time he WIS actu-
! ally in Boston she might spare hrr-
self further and more direct Attacks
| upon her feelings she escaped To Fair
| llarbor, there to remain until ON Ma
| at midnight he again would pass out
| II h + life maybe forever.
No one saw in her going any siguih-
| canoe. Spring had me, and in prcpa-
| ration for the summer season The house
| AT Far lIarbor must hr opened ana set
| IA order and tn presence there If
| "nm" one of rhe Page family was easily
| explained.
she made the three hours run To-
| 'u.r Harbor In her car, driving it her 70
| II, and as the familiar landfals fell
| MO place she doubted If II would n
| have been wiser had she stayed away.
| For she found that the memories e
| more than twenty SUNNI rs at Fair
| llarhOr had been wiped out by those
| ~ one summer, hy In So of ON" man,
| The natives greeted h iuyuusly; the
| hoalm,n, the fishermen, hcr own
| 81. oms ana gardeners. Tn" village post
master, IN" oldest inhlh,lnu'. Thcv
welcomed her as though they were H..
| Nas~alS and sh" their queen. Iut .
| was he ON" man she had 'Nlrd from
| Fair Iiarhor who at every turn wrunl;
| her heart and caused her throat q
| tighten, Sh" passed the cottage whcr