The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-18

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$50 you would have me turn against
him the moment he is in trouble
Cora answered.
deeper than I have ever had Every
other man, that is attracted to me has
been attracted by my position and
money, but it was not SO with Howard
All along have seen that he despised
what I have. All along 1 have seen
that if / could have thrown it away
and become. of my own yolition, as
poor as he is for his sake, he would
have loved me. But I am not unself-
ish enough. There is a streak of the
practical-the habit of grasping the
safe side-in me which came from you
check.
TYou needn't be afraid that will act
foolishly,.' she went on. 81 loathe my
self for it, but when I heard of the
murder and the likelihood OF Howard's
arrest my first thought was of myself.
/ shall look out for OUT interests as
carefully as you would, -
You've got a lot more sense than
gave you credit for having" Mrs.
Langham breathed, in relief.
81 have less heart, that's ALL Cora
said bitterly. Il begin to think that
the possession of material advantages
In life means doing without something
finer and more lasting. got that from
Howard. He reads, and / don't. I'll
either not marry at all or I'll marry
without deep love or even admiration.
Mother, Mary -Trumbley- girl you
admired-loves Howard unselfsh1y
She would go to Jail with him today if
she had chance. It may be that he
VIII establish his innocence. 1t may
be that she will help him do it, and
then
They win marry and be happy ever
afterward-" Mrs. Langham made the
Jest in sheer citation over her daugh-
ters precautton.
YES Cora replied, "and prove by a
life of genuine happiness and whole
some simplicity that the thing you and
I strive for and hold SO tightly Is
worthless absolutely worthless. But
that is neither here nor there Cora
sighed. ''All of us who are born to
the possession of meAns enough to In
sure US a life of empty idleness simply
go without a higher life. I heard a
sermon once about Christ and the rich
young man. now see that the young
man was simply bound hand and foot
by the belief that he could not do
without the very things am clinging
to. Christ was doing without wealth,
and he knew the spiritual freedom of
it. You and / and father and all our
set in Atlanta are slaves. A person
striving to acquire money would laugh
at this statement, but one striving for
spiritual possessions would know what
I mean. am swaying between two
desires. I'm tired and sick-young as
I am, I'm tired and sick Of the life we
live. The lives of these mountain PEG
pie contrasted to my own make my
heart ache from sheer emptiness Some
things tells me that If I had been born
here of poor parents Howard Tinsley
and I would be fighting the obstacles
Of life side by side
'tFor heavens sake, what is the mat
ter with your Mrs. Langham inter
rupted. "You are not like yourself"
81 really don't want to be like my
old SELF Cora answered, her pretty
lips twitching. but you need not be
afraid. L shall do as you wish. 1 shall
do it because there is nothing else for
a woman in my position to do-be-
cause, in sense, it is my duty"
"Then we'll pack up at once Mrs.
Langham said, with a deep breath.
NO Listen, mother Cora turned
square around. st am able to see both
sides of the matter. If were to give
up my part in the play that the young
people are getting up and run of to-
day there really would be room for
talk. If we stay on here and act as If
we have no vital connection with the
the awful affair, no one will dare to-
to connect my name with it either here
or down at home.
You may be right the older wom-
an agreed. "Now that l think of it,
your father would wonder why we
changed our plans, for 1 wrote him
only the other day that we'd stay an
other month"
Eyes, wen stay Cora said firmly.
Now, I'm going back to the hall.
They will need me to go over my part
with the rest. Mother, you can trust
me. I shan't make a fool of myself"
Mrs. Tinsley soon visited Howard in
his cell and was glad to find him con-
fident of a speedy release.
Ito BE Continued.1
Coal is selling at $40 per ton in
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