The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-08-29

partner IN thS eAAA0 enterprise q
marriage were not hsf feelings and d.
sires entitled to equal conddsradoof
He had assumed the role Of dictator.
And he had revolted. That was all
She was justified.
Eventually she slept. At ten O'clock
heavy-eyed. suffering an intolerabss
headache. she rose and dressed.
Beside her plate lay thick letter
addressed in Bill's handwriting. She
drank her coffee and went back to the
bedroom before she opened the en-
velope. BY The postmask she saw
that 1t had been mailed on . train.
Dear Girl: I have caught ny
breath. 20 to SPEAK, but I doubt II ever
a more forlorn cuss listened to the
interminable clicking Of car wheels.
I am tempted At each station to turn
back and Try again. It seems 20 un'
real. this parting in hot anger. 20 mis-.
erably unnecessary. But when I stop
to sum It up again, see no use In
another appeal. l could come back
yes. Only the certain knowledge that
giving In like that would send NJ spin
ming once more In a vicious circle pre-
vents me. I didn't believe 1t possible
that We could get 20 far apart. Nor
that succession Of little things could
cut 20 weixhty . figure in our lives.
And perhaps you are very sore and
resentful at me this morning for b.
Ing 10 precipitate.
II couldn't help 1t, Hazel. It seemed
the only way. 1t seems 20 yet to me.
There was nothing more to keep mo
In Granville-everything to make me
hurry away. II had weakened and
temporized With you it would only
mean the deferring Of just what has
happened. When You declared your.
self flatly and repeatedly it seemed
hopeless to argue further. am q poor
pleader. perhaps: and do not believe
in compulsion between us. Whatever
you DO you. must do Of your own voli'
ton. without pressure from me. We
couldn't be happy otherwise. Il I
compelled you to follow me against
your desire We should oAlS drag mis-.
cry in our train.
Il couldn't even say Eood-by. I
didn't even want 1t to be good-by. I
didn't know II could stick to my
determination to 20 unless I went -
I did. And my reason told me that Il
there must be break It would better
come now than after long-drawn-out
chickering's and bitterness. II We ars
% diametrically opposed where w
thought We stood together We have
made q mistake that no amount Of ad-
justins. nothing but separate roads.
viii rectify. Myself I refuse to b.
neve that we have made such q mis-.
take. I don't think that honestly and
deliberately you prefer an exotic. use.
les, purpossless, parasitic existeoce
to the normal wholesome life We hap.
PLY planned. But you are obsessed.
intodeated|l can't put 1t any better
and nothing but q shock will so0ee
you. Il I'm wrong. II love and BUS
companionship can't lure you away
from these other thinss-why, sup.
pose you viii consider 1t an ended
chapter. In that case you will not
suffer. The situation - It stands win
be q relief to you. II. On the other
hand. its merely q stubborn streak,
that won't let you admit that you've
carried your proud little head On an
overstih neck. do you think it's worth
the pricef I don't.
"Tm not scolding. little person. I'm
sick and sore at the pass we've come
to. No fool pride can close my eyes
to the fact or keep me from admitting
freely that love you Just % much
md want you a. longingly ~ I did
the day put you aboard the Stanley
d. at Bella Coola. I thought you were
stepping gladly out Of my life then.
And let you 60 freely and without
anything but q dumb protest against
fate, because It was your wish. can
step out Of your life again-lf It 10
your wish. But can't imprison my.
self in your citiea. I'm neither IN
idler nor can become q legalized buc.
cancer. have nothing but contempt
for those who are. Mind you. this 10
not 80 sweeping statement a. Il
sounds. No one has q keener appre-
citation Of what civilization means than
L Out Of It has arisen culture and
knowledge. much Of what should make
the world better place for us all. But
somehow this doesn't apply to the
mass. and particularly not to the cir.
clss we invaded In Granville. With
here and there solitary exception
that class In homeless In ita smu1 selS,