Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-15


rarily forget forced myself to feel
that after time l would be reunited
with my loved ones and that mean.
while | must. except occa sionally. put
them out Of my mind
made my home abroad. Three
years after my bereavement | married
again | did SO partly because | was
lonely. partly because wished for IA
man to rely upon, "a il natural To any
woman partly because the man | mar
lied nssllied me that | could give him
an interest ia life and. lastly, because
| became attached 20 him Hc was an
American. like myself. and being
wealthy, gave himself up To study
Tie lived abroad that he might write
books which required his presence
among tile subjects OF which he wrote
For i've years after our marriage We
continued our residence abroad. Dur
Ing this period children were born TO
Us There was tacit mutual agree
ment between us that | should not talk
about thc world Ia which | had lived
| saw that lie would rather leave that
10 me. considering himself as having no
part ia it, and had no desire 10 make
him a part of It, He was absorbed In
his literary work and n I ever told
him even where | had lived he soon
forgot H.
Then lac vas called TO America on
matter OF some property that need
ed his attention 1t was agreed lie
tween us that he should leave me and
our children In Lucerne, where we
We're then living. He expected 10 be
absent not more than TWO months, but
soon after his arrival In America he
was induced 20 write for publisher
II work neccssitating his presence ia
America He suggested my coming
home with the children but left me
10 consult my own feelings Ia the mat
ter
had never intended 10 return 10 the
United States. dresding lest II should
reawaken me 10 my lost world But
with husband and children that
world had receded further and further
from nv till the Consciousness of II
had grown very dim wrote my IRIS.
band that | would ga buck 20 the
western hemisphere and remain there
| was tired of-moyinc about from one
place to another, and The children were
coming TO that age when they should
have steady instruction al school Our
boys preferred 20 bring up ia Amer.
lea therefore suggested 10 my hus-
band that he buy place IN which We
might settle He replied that he agreed
With me aud would carry ont my sug
ceStions Inter he wrote me thar he
had bought place m The suburbs of
the city wherein II would he necessary
for him 10 do his work
We arrived after dark was lie
lighted at our reunion. a. were The
father and the children | did not ask
where our home was 10 be- | intend
ed 20 be satisfied with it. pleased with
II. wherever il was We took a train
and ia less han IN hour slighted al
station where a carriage was wait
ing FOR us. II was very dark when wc
reached our home. ana | saw nothing
81 it till ! stood III the hall. Then ]
caught az banister "a prevent my
failing
was iii the house I had left more
than ten vears before with Il biiehicd
heart
my dear exclaimed my husband
starting toward me
But Ia twinkime ! had recovered
myself And What had enabled me t.
do SO: The sudden appearance 81 al
object. Ah. those Ohiccis that come T..
US How much more valuable ofion
times than realization, must AZ lcas,
for the present SPARE my good man
the incXnrcssible pain of knowing
what be had brought upon mc.
Nothing, replied A little giddl
ness at having been 80 long rolling AZ
sea
Nothing you doni like Is tnere?"
be asked anXiously
"On the contrary AN very wei
pleased Let as >cc the rest OF it,"
He took me into every room in the
house Il house that had been sold
twice since | had parted with it aud
both times with the furniture lnclud
ed. Not for the world would I have
BETRAYED that those rooms. closets, cor.
ncrs With every bed. table. bureau.
had been familiar 10 me from child
hood but when II was over ! passed
The night alone IN q room opening into
one occupied by the children.
No tongue en- prr can describe what
that night VAS d. tlr
When morning cane / found that 80
could cultra ~, lisst shocl, / could
endure more deferred from day 10
day telling What had ha.vened My
husband was delighted with his pur
chase. ana before had gained heart
10 tell him my secret tie had become
"A nXtnro in It. Months passed, then
years Ny husband Is now an old
man and my children are grown. None
Of them know that their mother has
been living IA her second earthly
world
And yet. ate all. this coincidence
has not brought Inc unhappiness.
have been living two existences, both
OF which are dear 10 me. the one near
by, the other In the FAR past nDd fu.
ture; the one of flesh and blood the
other OF spiritual form. IN time IL VIII
he spiritual minslins of the two
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