The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-11-17
! CHANGE OF HEART (
BY NELL ApAiR
CgS9SyeSeseSeSeSgSe
-s0Sa 1899. Western Newspaper union,)
At Home, July 18th.


sEt you will at least not experience
SSe psia which Is mine In the writing
Assr- my affection for you has been I'M
}fgided. while yours-well, what does
ne old verse say7
-sThe moon shines on many
brooks,
The brook sees but one
moon"
And II is because of your propensity
TYR shiRing "on many brooks" that I
scr returning, under separate cover.
Sste ring you gave me when we became
sisrssed. | would not nave Deheved
rat 40 short separation could ut
'ssty change your feelings. But T'llda
tasS Informed me In merry and ex-
dssostive eptstie Of what she terms
..AJsD, carrying on" Tiida, it seems
sssrss not consider seriously, as / do
fsf allegiance Of love. TO her pass
NJ 1irtption II but passing allowable
ruaasement tome Irritation upon your
sssf Is an indescribably bitter d,scov-
az of faithlessness. Have I not been
Hsstent to remain at rome or in the
-csspanionship Of young women friends
rsr1Bg your absencef Why, then,
ss0rBid it be necessary fer you TO find
.srSr happiness by accompanying vari-
ssrs girls on pleasure expeditions? Even
els might have been fOrgivable-and
TaAs,aps forgetable-had not Tilda en-
1f5sslzed the fact of your attention to
kee certain young woman. Her friend,
id a friend also of Tilda's brother
NJ, whom you told me you expected
=, start upon fishing trip, is tie
f9nilE woman in whose company Tilda
ssyqs you may always be found, and
Ssr0p whose account she declares that
-rzNe fishing trip is postponed from
FaS to day. Your own letters bear no
7gSasrencc to the name 81 Josephine
'h0avers. ("Jo," Tilda says that you
md her brother companionably call
Ssss zlrl) AS you have portrayed every
Tthsr member of the household for my
Interested reading why omit tire pOpu-
a. Jo7 My last brief line Of inquiry
sSracerning this person received no re-
lay. Neither has my plea rs to the
fsrEyh of TiIda's statements Silence Is
i6aeTefore after hours Of heart burn
eng and, I confess just anger. return
ecycir ring. Jealous suffering is unbear- I
SSls and | will have no more Of lt. |
Without love there will be no jealousy |
40 ] have torn love for one so I'M |
svrthy from my heart. And, Dick /
Rellster, you needn't write n yarn of /
sssSect apology or any string Of plaus-
NJ excuses for I simply won't be |
sssAered any more. TIE fnct remains
E'at while you left me to loneliness
.sp we're running about with other
ssris ending finally in open devotion
- n new-fOund acquaintance. And II
. H. inclination was there during the
tEcNnCSS of our betrOthal il will al
+'SSs be there even through married
Aae. So this means goodbye. Inevit-
's9iy, and irrevokably goodbye. Moth
GE that you might ever do or say
-lujd persuade me to reconsider the
@1after or change the finaity of my de-
sesicn. That's absolute. Even love has
IN, limitation.
FRANCES JANE FOWLER.
J.yuden General Hospital.
July nth.
ar dear Miss Fowler
NE enclosed letter, which am re- !
t'yElnS TO you with "A small box which
'stise with II, Is the one which was d. |
'%'sad by yourself to a certain Mfr. !
hchard Webster, who Ia, at present, a
psrient In our hospital. / am his
1Hrse and ire letter was forwarded
acre in my care.
YoU may or may not have learned, I
4oaJ MIR. Webster was rushed to the 6
aszpitai few days ago, suffering from a
'Cute appendicitis which required v
b prompt operation. The operation =,
sroVed successful. but the patient who :
c.a been very brave through 1t all, is
ooii Ia a critical condition. None OF 4
Cie friends with whom he was visiting I
's tie time has been permitted even TO S
f'se him. So you may realize that r
.S.ssg munication as disturbing as yours
R1uld be an unwise one TO read to him
f,Sw, despite his continual request for
eetter. IL was to alleviate anxiety
rsst Inadvertently opened yours in
no lfOoshNN shin thOi hihSt uitti u IL
AsIsy realization of Its import, was
NJ ged to substitute under your name a
.ss'ely message OF sympathy in my G
wa words. Under smiling promise a
tSt he should have the next letter In
Is, own hands, was able TO slip away @,
r. peh this note. Permit me to add
sat whatever doubts you may have
sid concerning Richard Webster's af- II
tsctiOn for yourself that affection is
all there and most evident. 81
Truly yours, "
MARTHA WESLEY, l.
Nurse. Lynden Hospital. e.
Lynden, July 10th.
lesrest. darling Dicky: Al
Are you surprised to learn that am h
, Lynden7 I Travelled all night to get
. you. for II was only yesterday that