Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22
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US. But I have no right to subject you
to criticism. =
Remain" Vtolet's voice was trou-
bled her self-possession disturbed:
know the name" (who did not,), and
possibly my duty to myself should make
me shun a confidence which may burden
me without relieving you. But you
have been sent to me by one whose be
hests l feel bound to respect and
Mistrusting her voice. she stopped.
The suffering which made itself appar-
ent in the face before her appealed TO
her heart IN a way to rob her Of her
Judgment. She did not wish this to be
seen and so fell silent.
He was quick to take advantage Of
her obvious embarrassment SHOULD /
have been sent to YOU If | had not first
secured the confidence of the sender?
You know the scandal attached to nay
name. some of it lust. some Of K very
unjust If YOU will grant me an inter
view tomorrow ! will make eIdeaVor
to refute certain charges which | have
hitherto let go uncha Ilenced VIII you
do me this favor? WIN YOU listen in
your own house TO what have TO say?'
Instinct cried out against any such
concession on her part. but compassion
urged compliance. and compassion won
the day.
Roger Cpjohn was a widower. and the
scandal affecting him was connected
with his wfe's death
Though a degenerate In some re-
spects. lacking the domiueering pres
ence. the strong mental qualities and
infexible character of his progenitors
the wealthy MaSsa chusetts Upjohns,
whose great place on the coast had a
history as old the state itself. he
vet had gifts and attractions represent
alive of his race, If only he had not
fixed his affections on n woman cold
and needless that she would have in
spired universal aversion instead OF
love had she not been lowered with
the beauty and physical fascination
Nsh Irh NJ ard
heart and scheminR brain. It was
this beauty which had caught the lad ::
and one day, just as the careful father
had mapped out Il course Of study cal
culated to make n man Of his son. that
son drove up 10 the gates with this
lady. whom he introduced rs his wife.
The shock. not of her beaut;, though
that was OF the dazzling quality which
catches man in tho throat and makes
slave Of him while the first surprise
lasts. hut of the overthrow of all his
hopes and plans, nearly Frustrated Ho-
mer Cpjohn. He saw. as most men did
the moment Judgment returned, that
for all her satin skin and rosy flush.
the wonder of her hair and the smile
which pierced like arrows and warmed
like wine. she was more likely to bring
a curse to the house than blessing
And so It. proved. In less than year
l the young husband had lost all his am
billions and many of his best impulses
No longer inclined to study, he spen,
, his days In satisfying his wifc's whims
and his evenings IN carousing with the
: friends with which she provided him
8 This In Boston. whittier they had fed
, from the old eertleman's displeasurei
but after their little son came the
father insisted upon their returntn z
nome. which led to great receptions
and precipitated n tragedy no one ever
: understood. They were natural gam
/ blers-this couple--as all Boston So
, ciety knew: and as Homer Upjobn
7 loathed cards. they found life slow IN
I the great house and grew correspond