The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-09-30

At iilIl I1cacn. SHe m:luC tNe post
man a t%raScdiaD for me.
In II letter this virginia. imp wrote
as if I were her lover. and that letter
was as the song Of the meadow lark
from a Snow-cnvered field in March.
us the OdOr Of lilacS Oh u warm night
in May.
The Sldneys went to the Bahamas.
but did not remain there. They wrote
me that Mr.. Sidney WAS welt. Doctor
Browneil was convinced that all were
the better, himself Included. for their
experiment and that Mr.. Sidney's con
dition would permit a longer voyage in
his pleasant circumstances. CQnse-
uuently they were going on to South
America. Mr.. Sidney wanted to revisit
MoutevileO.
From Montevideo I had a letter from
led in u different tore from his Sa:cas-
! tic banter and taunling. ! though. it
was the letter of Il man WHO had Suf-
fer.,i ~ shock. l co1ld not say why |
thought so, but I thou=l.t something
had disturbed him. gathered the
idea that something had ri.ullEed JeG'S
view of life.
Early in March rnluc letters saying
that my folks shortly would be on their
way Hume, to arrive after our unccr-
tain spring had resolved Itself securely
in1O weather safe for ~ feeble man who
had accustomed himself TO luxurious
temperatures. | ilril felt ~invogorated,
as by a promise in March of hepatica.
Ny winter watts breaking up.
! met an olI-time acquaintance. a
dentist who had been several years in
South America. His name Was .Alcott,
Heury Alcott.
Alcott and I never had been intimate
or afrcctionaie. but we greeted each
other with arlor. I was lonesome. AL
colt may have been. %1here is Il lone
somcnesS associated will, Il return to
Il place which has %forgotten you and
receives you as an alien.
We had dinner 5pycther and enjoyed
our meeting. l'.n?fs was furtively, ut
dinner, Il reminiscent alnativeness in
his conversation. 1t suggested that he
was Sinking ovcr exploits which he
might relate if his restraints were
broken down.
He had a talent for merely carnal
stories. They gained additional CAR
nality in his telling Of them. / must
have been given the record of half the
anatOry experiences Of South America
for two years. Aicott told them with
g,lsto. The one that fascinated the he
did not emphasize more than the 9TH
ers. AS he told these stories lie was
trying to convey the charm Of sex-ad-
venture in Latin America. l think he
wanted, by other instances, to suggest
his own adventures.
4 mai named Sinclair-that was as
Alcott remembered the name, but it
SoulhgrOve o. Sergeant or anything
else beginning with S; it was long be-
fore Aicott's time in South America.
and lie merely told the story because
it was a standardized episode-this
man Sinclair. an Englistman or n man
from the States, a fairly young man,
anyway, and attractive, had fallen in
love with a o charming young Won
IN Of excellent family.
AicO,t could not remember whether
this little episode had been staged in
Rio or Valparaiso or I:uenOs Aires or
where.
ut might have been in Monievidco.'
he said. He did not emphasize the re.
~ ark. but the remark subsequently, EN-
rllasiZed the story for me.
Sinclair-Aicott thought we might as
wei! agree upon Sinclair rs a me
had cO!ne nut of somewhere Ur no
where and had made Il great denl OF
money. When he fell in love, he was
an advantageous match. The parents
accepted him gladly.
Sinclair and the young lady were
married, but he did not have the I.atir
genius for isclatiug and guarding /:
woman. Neither did he have The
genius for completely interesting: ant
\ absorbing Il woman. lie was in tn.
\ shipping business. He wlS a very I,rur
: tica! and busineSs-ruied man. but, AL
colt had heard. Il genial and iOvial liat
nevertheless.
Lovers came. as lovers viii. TIL
F. lady was TOO charming and had to.
much freedom. She vas innocent an,
: sui!elcss, but her husband was not tn
barrier needed. AlcOtt said he though
she was IF noble sort and was betruye,
10y her idea that human beings hat
character.
r He was not precise as to the tileiu
: ina she had entered, how or why sh
] entered it. A man of reputation fU
discreet g%allantry. IL handsome man q
t attractive culture. was encouraged b
Il her frank and unchilled attitude t.
e ward him to try Il desperate measure.
There was q designing servant IN II,
T. house. The lover corrupted the ser,
g ant and a introduced into the hous,
G The husband w:s supposed 10 be ~
on q business trip. He came bnc
d ahead OF time. as husbands sometime
e 40. and stopped at his club before II
went home.