Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-05-24

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"Mhy don't you keep up your music,
Mnrinni" he demanded.
IL haven't much 10 keep" she apollo
sizcd lightly. IL never sang well and
ny playing or singing would give
pleasure TO any one"
our talents are not the same"
auehcd Ann. You could come nearer
10 playing and singing well thnn l
'ould 10 writing n poem"
Songs in a home make more music
;hnn poems In a magazine observed
Glenn Sourly. "You would be sur
2riscd how many poems don't get into
magazines. moreover. They don't make
much Of a sound anywhere save the
post office"
only now Marian wondered whether
fle really meant Ia tease her or 10 seri-
ou>ly disrarage her. Ann. with her
usual tact had changed the subject
md the incident passed OF.
'Why don't you dress your hair like
AIMS asked Glenn several days later
as he sat at dinner alone with his wife
She laughed aside the demand at
The time, but In the privacy Of her
-ooms that night She stood before her
,all mirror ana faced herself aud her
problem hrnvoly.
She was only year or two older
han Ann. and She looked ten.
She took the pins from her hair
and shook The loose strands over her
shoulders. once heavy waves had
luur below her whist. Glenn had been
proud IL II then.
A. She stood before the glass now
she tried with patient fingers 20 twist
he dcsplscd coils into Il fashionable
.oflure.
1T al went" she muscd. before
title Mary came. | would have given
he flesh from my bones To have kept
he poor little thing alive. Some sacri-
Sees seem 10 he in vain. But. Of course,
they nren't really"
Her efforts we're finally rewarded
~ II rather imposing achievement. But
.he shook her head obviously.
She braided her hair into tight III
tie pig tails. locked her door, and cried
herself 10 sleep.
In the meantime. Ann. aside from
the fact that her task was daily he
roming more dlstasteful and Irksome,
was having very good time.
Tom DeWit,c. one Of the older
bachelors. was markedly devoted, and
Marian would have rejoIced In this
turn of AIMS affairs had IL not brought
another and serious turn IN her own.
Tom and Glenn had always been
good friends. but after the frequency
Of Toms visits 10 Ann began 10 he
noticeable, Glcnn'S cordiallty ceaSed.
when he came home one evening
and found Tom dining informally AZ
his table he became dlstnntly polite,
almost Ia the limit of rudoncSS. Mar
ian saw the change, and pnnic swayed
her.
The evening Of the dinner Ann and
pcWlttc drove 20 the ihen,er Left "a
themselves, Glenn and Marian faced
on, another in dumb misery.
play and sing for ne" rasped
Glenn. Marian went 10 the piano che
d!cntly, hut her hands trcmhlcd and
her voice shook
II cannot. Glcnn-indecd. | cannot
she pleaded.
III is too bad" he snecred. 1.-The
others are not here"
at Is Indeed. am sorry" she nc
knOwlcdgcd. holding her hands tightly
together lest their trembling betray
her agitation.
Go 20 TO your room" Numbered
her husband.
'Ilow he hnies mellow he hates
me-" She kept repeating 10 herself ny
the lntrrminahle stairway.
He followed her almost Immediately
I'VE may as well have an under
standing AZ once" he said YEARLY.
You must refuse this man DeWitte
The house, or | cannot answer for my
treatment of him"
Tin sorry, Glcun-sorry for you.
It's all my fault. But cannot turn
him away"
You must" he hlaZed. what do
care for your sorrow? To you think
| will let this man stand in my way?"
but think 81 Ann. She has her
right 10 happiness" she pleaded.
Marian. yon are no child. You
have been married six years You nre
either unsophisticated or devIlishly
cunning"
Glenn. our happiness is in ruins.
But let US he man enough and woman
enough 10 think Of them. II Ann cares
for him. and he cares for Ann"
For Ann, for Ann he laughed
harshly-"do you suppose man Of
DeWi,te's. type would give second
look or thought 10 scrawny. white,
immature little thing like Ann, in the
presence Of n splendid, brilliant. beau
iiful-"
Marian spranr forward and searched
tho angry ewes ~ him In their tlcpthS