The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-13
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By F. M. elLMRR


Existence, as Philip Van Vivie
planned 1t, was to be very pleasan
affair. though 1t had little enougl
about 1t of that strenuous life so al
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had youth, and health, and wealth, ant
he pictured the future gay kaleido
!. scopic mingling of golf, and polo po
I nies and grand opera, and little sup
. pers after the play.
Then, too, to crown 1t all, there
was Madge. Madge, tall and slight
and svelte. with the tawny gold in hel
hair, and the eyes that changed witt
every changing thought-that were
as blue as summer skies wher
she smiled, and grew black as
midnight when she thrilled to any
deep emotion. Philip could hardly re
member time when he had not loved
her. They had grown up, boy and
girl, together, with something singu
larly similar in their fate. Both were
orphaned children, left to the unten.
der care Of unwilling relatives, and
Philip never forgot the moment of
their meeting. His uncle's place ad.
Joined that of Madge's guardian, and
he had been wandering about the
ground a forlorn and lonely childish
figure, when he first came upon the
little maid. She gave one long look
at his somber face, and mourning
clothes, and then with the swift and
intuitive sympathy that God gives
to even the youngest child, she went
up to him.
Little boy" she llsped, for she was
scarcely more than baby, "llttle boy,
Is 90 lonesome, and doesn't nobody
love 'ooT
mo-" he answered with sob
from the depths of his heart.
Don't c'y, little boy.' she comfort
ed, slipping her hand In his. II I'll
love 90 and 90 won't never be lone
some any more" and, indeed, 1t seemed
to Philip he had never been lonesome
again. There was always Madge.
But who may count securely on the
future2 Move the Kaleidoscope ever
so gently, and its figures change. One
turn Of the hand of fate and the bright
picture ones dreams painted are shat
tered forever. There came day when
Philip had to do, not with visions
Of golden future, but with hard
and merclless present Suddenly as
an unexpected thunderbolt came the
failure of the trust company in which
his fortune was invested, and he
awoke one morning to find himself
that most pitiable Of oil creatures on
earth-the man who needs money, and
knows no way of earning 1t. He had
taken the blow standing, with smile
on his lips, like tho thoroughbred he
was, and just how deep the hurt went
none knew.
pheasant prospects, was his sole
comment, with shrug OF his shoul-
ders to those who would have con-
doled with him on his loss, "a beer
'hcoihe' anu chaihpaghe taste' DO
you h"ppeh u hho" the Dest way 10
adjust 'hs',''
he might meet the situhtioh WIN
'"us'''er anu scoihhs 80 tar Us others
me'e eoi'ee'i'eu' put "iieh IL cnihe 10
ma"se 1t was aiiother th'hg' can't
aSh hei " h'urry peeshr, ne said
u i'i'iseii' se.tihg MS teetii' ana with
" ,"ce ns "i'ite "s ue"'h, ana I'm not
po't'oon enous'' 'o settle uo"h ana
,'Ne oh her money ana there mad
pee'' " 'e'ri''e scene III "hlch ne
n'" to'u her 'l'S' anu reieased her
l'oill her promise 10 marry MN.
oh' fhi'ip' fhillp'' she cried,
''ins'hs u '''''i' "h"t eood Is all my
money 10 me IL 1 cant make things
easy lor you surely there Is more
''"' >NoNS" i'' "' 'o'''
i"ei he 'rieu 10 eNp'alh 10 her,
"'uhue,'"h'S ano h"'.'hg'y that some
,''i's .''"' - u''ict 10 nun lhah even
,'Ne w ""''''''i -'i''i soihe'lllhg Which
W I'e Must '''.Se' OF ole OF selt-Ioathlng-
"'a o"' s'',''eSpect,
t""'un n'e "lthout H. darling,
ne s"iu Ut iast, paSslonateIy, IF gave