The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-29

HenCetorth Mrlnmayl dld not ike
to be seen outside No one could hear
her laugh, Rakhal was afraid to go
near her, much less could he think OF
playing with her.
Mother" said Mrinmayi, "Dlease
take me back to my mother-iA-law's
home"
The mother-in-law's heart, on the
other hand, was being racked with sor-
row over the sad face of Apurba at
his departure. And again she felt eX-
ceedingly sorry that her son, out of
anger, had left his wife with her
mother.
One of these days Mrinmayi came
back with a veil over her face, and
mother-in-law by way of Salutation.
The mother-in-law Immediately en-
braced her endearingly and looked at
her with eyes believed with tears. In
a moment both were reconciled. Apur-
ba's mother was pleasantly surprised
to look at the transformed face of her
daughter-in-law. This was different
Mrinmayi altogether. Such change
but few can experience. Great chang
es necessarily imply great force of
character.
The mother-in-law once thought Of
correcting Mrinmayis faults one by
one. But some unseen force, by some
unknown short method, caused her to
be born anew. Mrinmayi now under
stood her mother-in-law and the
mother-in-law Mrinmayi. Just as a
tree was indissolubly connected with
its branches as one organism, simil-
arly the family reunion between the
two was complete.
The deep, serene and vast feeling Of
her awakened womanhood most fully
permeated every fiber of her being,
and it caused her pain. Like the new
clouds of early AShar, her heart was
softened with fearful dignity. This
cast a shade of deeper luster in her
eyes. And she thus spoke to herself:
at is true that | did not know my
self, but why didn't you, my dear hus-
band, understand me? Why didn't
you guide me as you liked? When
refused to go to Calcutta with you,
r naughty girl as | was, why didn't you
do as wanted you to do? Why did
you bear with my disobedience?"
Then she thought of that morning
when on the lonely village path by the
pond Apurba captured her by the arm,
spoke not word, but simply gazed on
her face, and she remembered that
path, that pond, 'the shade of those
trees, that gentle touch of the rays of
the morning sun, and above all she re-
membered that gaze of Apurba-a
gaze that was saturated with the most
exalted feeling of love. And she AZ
once understood the meaning of it all
Then she thought of the kiss at Apur-
ba's departure that did not reach its
goal. That unfinished kiss now began
repeatedly to haunt her memory like
a bird in a desert that followed a
mirage for drink Her thirss for a
kiss beg1l to increase as she thought
of her mistakes. why didn't J1
this wa at that timer Why didn't |
act differently at others? WIZ diir t
! act differently ~ others! Why
didn't | answer Aprrbls questions
differently"
Then she remembered that Apurba
told her that she would never return
home until Mrinmayi asked him to do
so. So she closed her door and sat
down to write letter. She took out
the gilt-edged letter paper that
Apurba presented to her once and be-
gan to write. With great care, but
with crooked lines and uneven let
tiers, she at once wrote without even
ADDRESSING him: why don't you write
to me? How are you? Come home. y
She could not think cut what more to
add. All that she wanted to say had
been said, but she felt, nevertheless
that in human society feelings should
be expressed in a more superfluous
way. So she added, after a good deal
of thinking: Nov be good and write
to me, and let me know how you are
Bishu and Putt are well. Yesterday
our black COW had a new calf" The
letter finished. she closed the envelope
and with profound feeling of love
and alteration wrote on it: "Apurba
Krishna Roy" In spite of all her love
the lines were not straight, the letters
were not even, nor was the spelling
correct.
Mrinmayi did not know that she had
to write anything beside her husbands
name on the envelope. Lest her
mother-in-law or other members Of
the household saw the letter she hur,
ridly sent it to be mailed through q
trustworthy maid.
1t is useless to add that nothing
came of this letter. Apurba did moi
come home.
Apurba's college closed again. His
mother was sorry not to see her Sor
come home for the holiday She fell
that Apurba was still angry with her
Mrinmayi thought that Apurba was
provoked at her. She then thought OIL
the letter she wrote to him and felt
exceedingly Inundated. She was rest.
less with a racking pain in her heart
to think that Apurba despised her as
childish and looked down upon thai
letter as lacking feeling.
did you mail that letter." Mrin,
mayi asked the maid.
EYES," replied the maid consoling
-ly, long ago. dropped the letter in
the mail box with my own hand. Apu.
rba Krishna must have received it