The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-12
LOVES WAYFAREnS
BY lZCLs FORESTER.


CJCu, L4EIA--t. Iy-.-A -4J- SUN JEE
u act as q second one.
The o,l-tasL.oEet Eyaag4.ca. church
stood OF Brook avenue, convenient u
the railroad station and 10 the Old city
hall. Within It's quiet Enclosure was
also the parsonage. built II quaint
Dutch style. ot stone with IVY over II
and toub.e-pe4hrd roof There was
u very sua.. study 10 Your right as
you entered and here the ceremonies
took place.
But this particular night there was
q different character u the couple
who presented themselves Tor holy
wediock. as Pastor Van Kirk liked 10
SPEAK OF the bonds
The man was about thirty. good
looking we'll dressed. without trace
OF nervousness II his manner. And
the woman was past gir.EOOd. with
q rather worn face that had been pref
ty once. She had the look IN her
face and eyes Of one who has gazet
at fear 50 long that Il has lost its
terrors.
When the ceremony was over. and
they stood for The usual conventional
chat before leaving, the man said sud
denly.
You don't remember Us. 10 you.
Pastor Van Kirk? And Yet you mar
ried Us here IN this same little room
nine years ago. We came back 70 you
for that reason l had not seen my
wife Tor many years until 4 few days
ago. You don't even remember the
name, and yet We caused you trouble
and notoriety at the time
And suddenly Mrs. Van Kirk leaned
forward, her brown eyes full OF in
terest and sparkle.
L know, know now. and I've been
wondering all this time. You are the
rich young man and the little nurse
from Bellevue, aren't yoUH"
He laughed. and laid his arm around
his wifes shoulders, and the pastor
eyed them intently. Theirs had been
the only exciting romance of all his
years at the parsonage And she had
been so pretty. Ii was not until the
day after the wedding that he had
known who they were. Then il was
spread over the front pages Of news
papers and the little gray church had
been subjected TO notorlety. Names
meant nothing 10 him. He had not
recognized Spencer Morton as a IA
nous name. he had not known he was
uniting the only son OF one OF New
IOrk's greatest milliOuaires with Dora
Bishop, probation nurse at Bellevue.
And when the father had visited
him. al! he had made answer in his
proud, calm way. was this:
Il pray God l have brought them
TO the gate Of happiness"
Now he gazed at the two faces and
asked
What happened You have come
back again. What for"
Because | was a coward" answered
Morton quietly. My father threat.
ened 10 cut me of without a dollar
and agreed to give up my wife if he
would take me into the business as
good and win him around. but when
/ told her what l had done. and went
10 the place where had left her. she
had gone. did not ind her again IN
til three nights ago.
Perhaps you remember how we
met. | had been in an accident. and
was taken TO Bellevue where no one
knew me. | was unconscious and. la
ter on, delirious, and Dora was my
nurse. When my mother found me
there and had me removed. ! asked
for the nurse to accompany me until
l was well, and We loved. That was
all. | did wrong to persuade her TO
secret marriage. | was a coward
But for nine years kept up the search
for her. And all these years while |
have been searching for her she has
lived in seclusion, cared for. yes. but
believing l had died abroad Ny IA
Their told her this"
Your father" repeated Mrs. Van
Kirk eagerly. He found her."
Yes. he found her" answered Nor
ton slowly. He died a month ago.
| must not speak Ill OF him. but only
this: Believing that she was acting
as private nurse in a sanitarium out
West, she was really a prisoner there.
My father secured divorce for me on
the ground of insanity"
He paused. Mrs. Van Kirk. plump
and impetuous, crossed the little room
and put her arms around the little
bride and kissed her on cheek and
brow.
There are so many years ahead"
she said. See, Rupert and myself
have been married forty years"
She followed them out to the side
walk. A limousine waited at the curb,
All, love, how pitiful wealth is"
Mrs. Van Kirk said. as they went back
to the warm little study. Years Of
pain Just because he feared the loss
of money-all his life he cannot wipe
that look from her face"
The pastor shook his head doubtful
ly.
She loves him greatly. Did YOU
see her eyes? A woman's love is OF
God. all pitiful. all forgiving. all heal.
ing. They will find peace first togeth-
er and then Joy"
He drew a chair TO the old.fash-
toned heater, and drew the shades. all
but one. There must be a beacon TO