Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-20
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Woman and Home
Continued from Yesterday


~ The two who had eaten of the fruit
Esavoided meeting eyes. 1t as
: though they feared to read each
&sother's fear, as though they realized
Themselves but children kindlng bon
fires in dry virgin forests
~ And their fear seemed by some odd
s freak to have transferred itself TO II
istiny cottage III the outskirts of the
/ city, where a little woman bent her
Z head the lower over her KNITTING while
s her husband ioyOuslv. eagerly told for
: the twentieth time OF his experience.
q She could not analyZr the mixture OF
fsemotions tuggng al her very heart
s strings, the joyous ache. the leaden
4 ecstasy. the torturlng delight all
struggling there for mastery.
Europe Ann, The greatest teach
ers of the world, Just think of it,
{ Why, 1t seems impossible! Wealth,
1 fame, honor, everything
4 The tear that had trembled so long
a time upon the fringe of her lashcs
j. dropped TO the tiny shoe upon which
she was knitting. clung there until his
8 eyes rested upon IL. He lifted the
s .dimpled chin, looking searchingly into
4 the eyes OF her, and something stern,
sksom ething selfish. something she had
2 never seen De10re III MS own eyes
made her rise confuscdly.
Aren't you happy. Ann! Aren't you
y glad? Can't YOU see what Il means?''
81 She trembled violently under the
I pressure OF his hands upon her shout
{ sders. And yet she knew It was not
lsthat precious weight that seemed so
= heavy, so onorous. Then In tempest
OF sentiment she flung herself against
his broad chest. smuggling there as
y though for protection from come gro
S5tesque face that thrcateningly obtruded
: between them. HIS voice was puzzled
as he attempted To lift the face against
! his chest
Aren't YOU happy, Ann?" he re-
peated.
She nodded trine jerkily, then
i slowly lifted her eyes TO meet his
Town. Honest eyes they were. loving.
= worshipful eycs they were. patient
Aeyes, the eyes that belong to women
before the mere shadow of impending
& tragedy.
Y 80 happy, Henry, that-Im afraid
sof it-of my happiness" she answered
!, bravely.
z Ann shivered again under something
i she read in Madame Holiness eyes
\ crossed the threshold. had been feeling
git in ever-incrcNSinE volume while de
sRetsky and her husband outlined plans
: for his operate studies abroad. The
great singer had been silent. strangely
+. silent. since ii was she who was doing
+ the financing OF that voice. And now
the wife knew that Madam was about
I to speak, and with her eyes pleaded 10
{ the cclcbrity-as woman TO woman
a., for pity, for charity. And Madame
e shrank before that look, even while her
lips frightened.
"Of course" She said slowly. II shall
s-provide for your Wife while YOU are
abroad. MIR. Mcrwin."
Though she had been expecting
blow. though she had ncrved herself
the little cry OF incrcdulous pain that
: leaped from her lips Her hands sought
her heart gropingly, the hands that
still pripped the unfinished shoe.
You menn--you mean that ! am not
TO Go-that Henry is to 20 alonc-to
leave me and-and--''
"A student should have no distrac-
3,tion III his studies"
Ann felt something 20 dead within
her. something that had been alive
4 and pulsatnr before turned of a sud-
eden leaden and cumbersome. Knowing
The utility of II. she could not resist
looking Al de Rctsky for confirmation
OF the sentence. but he turned away
his head. Her hands went out in crop
ing fashion toward hcrshushaud
RI Henry, you.-N6u want to leave"
: She could not finish. for the great.
choking sob constructing her throat
: suffocatinG her.
~ He wnirlcd llpOr IIr f,rf.l,. ,,r,,,,.,..,