The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29
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Her name was Maraget, but in her
soul she felt convinced, lay the germ
of Daphne or Phyllis or a Gwen
Go,ine Her outward life mad always
been the epltome of the commonplace
Her soul had rebelled, but clrcum-
stance had ruled her day, Grcuh.-
stance-so like those soft, gentle cnar7
acters whose surface Is never ruileo
and whose will is never opposed Vlo-
Ientlv to others, yet whose desires
are invariably fulfilled with a tran
orilitv that is maddening to those
whose own wishes have been gently put
firmly set aside, regardless OF wound
cd feelings or impotent Struggles.
Margaret lived in one Of those III
4la country towns where, unless one
tokes the bit in ones teeth and de-
iiheratelv departs from the beaten
track of life, one is apt to get ny ~
an endless monotonous rouna OIL ~
tle excitements, narrowing 10 Hliio
Margaret had no talent that would
howe been a motive for leaping the
fence into other pastures. And she
nod NOT been selfish enough to try 10
oct out of the rut of her life by GO
mo TO the city, as one of her triehds
had done, and living as bachelor
maid" in a tiny set of apartments
aven if there had been money enough
IN snare from the family purse: one
had giyen her youth freely to lie JUST
Sc If came to her, enjoying the small
delights that came her way uhSousht
and performing the many llttle nome
offices with an unfaillng cheef1ullee5Is'
Rut in her soul she rebelled.. one
1onqed fervently for something 10
come into her life that was what she
called "romantic" was unusuai
that was different from the sutfocat-
inc round of dances and tennis, sew,
inc inc and preserving. She dreamed
dreams while waiting for her turn OF
the tennis court, and she USED 10 ne
awake at night inventlng romantic
citnations where she and tasciha'-
mo unknown would meet and perhaps
love. L,J rrou,,
ND with, and most of them by now !
were married. If an occasional . VIsi'
tor did come, he always had eithel
a perfectly hideous nose or ms ear,
stuck out too much, or the back o.
his head was not modelled to SUIT mel
taste, If, by any chance, the stran
DER nassed muster in all these res
Meets then he invariably was unln
teresting, or painfully bashfuI, or ha'
some other perfectly hopeless handl
oon r. romance. So Margaret ha,
given up really looking for such a one
Onlv the ewes of her heart kept eve
m the watch, and at twenty-sevel
she was dreaming her dreams SUN
Possibly that seems ridiculous, pu
age is not necessarily MARKED D.
Years. and such life as Margare
had led may keep both face and hear
One day Margaret betook herself
when the household tasks were oVel
IN q snot she knew of where llttl
brook rippled it's way through tn
wooded part of a nearby propert
that had been standing idle for year!
She wandered there to her heart s cor
tent. and today she settled hersel
with pillow and book on the little foot
bridge that crossed the stream. Sh
curled up with her back to one OF tn
POSTS supporting the railing an
dreamily watched the brown ripple
her ears filled with that murmu
that is almost hypnotic in its .poWe
There was all the romance in n
world beneath those flowing particle
of watersheds meetings, BRAY
deeds. great sacrifices and tend;
words and looks. At least she coul
have it all in inc gination. But win
cnGlG size not have one little ny
her real life? No matter how hee'