The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-06-04

ground Of jewels. brocades. fans, and
satin slippers: Of halls and minuets;
Of wide-reachipg plantations and !
slaves. The Major has been one Of
those .sho has heroically fought In
the Revolution. and TO whom the
Southern beauty out Of patriotic
gratitude has given her hand, brave
~ following him into the Kentucky |
wilderness. Unfortunately. although |
neither Of the pair confess II, the mar
Rage has been an uncongenial one.
Both. however. are too noble minded |
to do otherwise than be true to the |
union that holds them together. Yet
there Is a scar Of disappointment be-
meath the surface. and In the woman's
heart a WEAKNESS and longing that
nothing satisfies. During John Gray's
visits to her niece Mrs. Falconer has
become deeply interested In the young
schoolmaster, who Is about her own
age and whose tastes she shares. Be
tween them a companionship has
sprung up which each honestly mis-
takes for friendship.
4 Amy's attraction for the man has
been an untutored impulse Of the
senses; but Jessica Falconer's power
over him Is one Of deep spiritual In
. spiration.
When he awakens to the discovery
} that In reality 1t Is Mrs. Falconer
whom he loves his reverence for her.
, her purity. and her loyalty to her hus-
, band all bind him to silence. She also
: loves him but II in honor bound to
! give him no sign, and hence with their
love unspoken he goes East ostensibly
d to recover the legacy he expects to
:. inherit, but determined never to return.
e The lawsuit for his property goes
n against him and he is cast into Jail for
e debt. from which ignominy the eff
v forts of friends release him. He Is q
8 proud man and wishing to pay this
5. debt of gratitude he proposes to marry
q the daughter Of the family that has
: befrlended him. Before the marriage,
) however, he tells his future bride quite
IS frankly that he loves someone else who
;e is rot free, and 1t Is with this knowl-
N edge that she accepts him. While the
i" wedding Is in preparation a. letter
d comes to him from Mrs. Falconer an
- nouncing the death of her husband
,e and in the silent hope that his fiancee
Ell will give him his liberty he acquaints
=. her with the change in his prospects
~ We gather from the text that the CIR
is unwilling to give him up. and as HI
is too honorable to demand his free
IN dom he carries out his pledge.
n
XIV Mrs. Falconer in the meantime is 81
a sure Of his love that she erects II
distant Kentucky a stately mansion
he modelled after the home of her earl
,e- youth. She is still in the thirties an
"a beautiful, and deluded into the belle
lst that at last her dreams are to be ful
at filled she makes ready for her mai
ng rage. A paper telling of Johns unto
ct with someone else rudely destroys he
of paradise. Twice she has missed tn
: prize Of happiness. The intense Joy
no Of womanhood she Is never to know
nv II shall 60 softly all my days." sh
nv murmurs.
he Time sweeps on but her beauty dos
or. not fade. She becomes the great lad
orc of the Southern settlement and at HI
lon home Aaron Burr and many anotht
th, FAMOUS american Is entertaineu' MO-
ORC than one man lays his fortune at HI
oes feet and goes away disappointed.
There are women who never expel
rod ence the heights and the depths
life. "Gazing deep into their eyes v
are reminded of the light of di
~, churches-They arr the women wi
md have missed happiness and who kno
,h,s it; but having failed Of affection 81
not themselves to duty. 1t was into t
lon company of these Quieter pilgrims tn
she had passed"
One day long afterward when s
nus is alone in her garden she sees comi
toward her a magnificent young fellt
,sI" at the brink of manhood.
ovo He lifts his hat with courtly gestu
hos II am John Gray, the son Of 70
.,as old friend. and my father sends
!. !. to you to stay If you will let me. A
he desires me to deliver this letter.
,,n1 "John Gray!" she cried. "You 10
~ Gray! You! Take of your hat"
co., For a moment she looked at
a 20 l
,ved came blinded with tears. She thr
ron her arms around his neck with
I+v and covered his face with kisses.
With Alone in the solitude Of her bedro
waa she reads the letter.
,der John tells her that he loves her, Il
ono he has always loved her; and that
mn. is the fire of this love that thros
the years has kept his ideals aglow
, 70 "Many time this candle has g
,,or, out; but as quickly as I could sna
, ont any torch-with your sacred name
the my lips-it has been relighted."
rsoI "If," he adds, II have kept unbrol
! ~ faith with any Of mine, thank ,
~ And thank God!"
,+or+ Thus ends the novel,
fall Copyright, 1919. by the Post Publishing
(The Boston POST. Condensed I
nc "The Choir invisible" by James
was Allen. Copyright, 1897. by The Mac
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