Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-30

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She must endure her clnins
wait. Folding the contr .ats N
slipped them into the little Ar-,ef
the desk and locked it. I1d travx
ing sheet of blank not ,,ar.,
ward her, she began a lei lo.;
My dear Mr.. Merrol
The author of "Her s ,r,1ra, ID
reconsidered the matter, nd h,4 IN
cided not to publish t. se A
you seem to have guess d s1,rs
more than a little trurh in u
mature deliberation has onvsn,ea !. Il
that the publication n rl.. scgrlt III
consequences damagin, . ,kr fs.
ness of several person ud,-a..1,-
cerned. am sorry 10 tye al
you this bother, and l 4r, s s.-,.v E. lisil
appoint you. But / . ,,r. va, or,
willingness to publ. +, an. ~. an
probation of the aa-s. ,.v.l
been most grateful ~ ghe g.F.r.
Sincerely v,u.
G. dire a les.
one signed the or brave
flourish, stamped md it anal
sent it off.
And when dir m . ,ouncedI
she descended v.h D line for
company. Her nas u. i'd sleepl
through the nicht d would
awake quiet, p,il .morsefuI|
He would send hel Ia. ers from
downtown, would hover over her with,
attentions, would-in the end-beg for
forgiveness and radiate promises OIL
good behavior.
1t was the usual order of things.
1t had succeeded so many times that
he expected it always to succeed. He
had no idea that she must sooner or
later be discouraged and disillusioned.
His mother never had been.
Dining alone in the huge dining
room, Geraldine Morris thought of
the frequency with which these
attacks" occurred. Twice she had
seen him come in, his eyes blood-shot,
his clothes in fearful condition.
Once he had lost his hat and had
left all of his jewelry behind in
cafe as witness to his intention of
returning to pay his bill. Even
ring that she had given him had been
offered up to his craving for liquor.
And second time he had gotten in
to some disgraceful street row and had
come in battered and bleeding.
These two incidents had occurred
at the beginning of her married life,
before she lnew of his failing, when
his telephone excuse that business
would detain him had been taken at
face value, and she had walked there
floor all night, a prey to nameless
fears for his safety.
Each time he had awakened remor-
seful, penitent, in an agony of self
disgust, groveling at her feet for for
giveness and another chance" After
the second all night vigil she had
made herself go quietly to bed when
it occurred.
1t was not necessary that she see
him in his degradation. 1t was enough
that she must endure the scene that
would follow his awakening. But
even that had lost its pathos by rep
etition. She could look upon him in
now, and listlessly "for-
give" him and give him another
chance. She no longer cared. She
had lost the power to feel.
Her dinner over, she played for q
while in the closed music-room, and
went to bed early with book. But
she Ia" until way into the night, read
ing. l, was her one refuge. Read
ing, she could lose herself, her prob
ems, her own identity. She could
curry herself in a book.
He had gone the next morning when
she awoke. She had slept longer than
usual, by reason of having read so
ate. Rising, she ordered out q
horse and rode in the park for an
lour.
ITO be Continued)