White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-23

these WHO nus iti'i'ai's i''e"
the Revolution, and 10 whom the
Southern beauty out of patriotlc
gratitude has given her hand, brave
" following him into the Kentucky
wilderness. Unfortunately, although
neither of the pair confess IT, the mar
rage has been an ~uneoDgenial II
Both, however, are 100 noble mlnuea
TO do otherwise than be true 10 the
union that holds them together. YET
there is Il scar of disappointment be
meath the surface, and In the oma
heart n WEAKNESS and longing that
nothing satisfies. During John Gray
visits 10 her niece Mrs. Faleoner mas
become deeply interested in the young
schoolmaster, who Is abont her OWL
age and whose tastes she shares. BE-
tween them a companionship has
sprung up which each honestly mis-
takes for friendship.
Amy's attraction fer the man has
been an untutored impulse OF the
senses: hut ,Jesslca Falconer's power
over him is one Of deep spiritual In
spiration.
When he awakens TO the discovery
that In reality it Is Mrs. Falconef
whom he loves his reverence for her
her purity, and her loyalty to her hus-
band all bird Linn 10 silence. She also
loves him but Is in honor bound TO
give lin no Sign. and hence with their
love unspoken he goes East ostensibly
to recover the legacy he expects To
inherit. but determined To return.
The lawsuit for his property goes
against Him and he Is cast into Jail for
debt. from which ignomlny the eff
forts of friends release him. He Is n
proud mnn AMI wishing To pay this
debt of gratitude he proposes 10 marry
the daughter Of the family that has
befriended him. Before the marriage,
however. he tells his future bride quite
frankly that he loves someone else who
IL rot free, and II Is with this knowl-
edge that she accepts him. While the
wedding Is in preparation II letter
m to him from Mrs. Faleoner an
%nouncing the death of her husband,
ard In the silent hope TINT his fiancee
Will give him his liberty he acqnaints
her with the change in his prospects.
We gather from the text that the girl
Is unwilling TO give him mp, and rs he
is too honorable to demand his free
dom he carries out his pledge.
All ignorant Of this turn Of events
Mrs. Falconer IN the meantime Is SO
sure Of his love that she erects In
distant Kentucky a stately mansion
modelled after the home Of her early
youth. She Is still In the thlrties and
beautiful. and deluded into the belief
that at last Der dreams are 10 be full.
filed She makes ready for her mar.
riage. A paper telling Of Johns union
with someone else rudely destroys her
paradise. Twice she has missed the
prize of happiness. The intense joys
Of womanhood she IL 10 know.
81 shall go softly all my days" she
murmurs.
Time sweeps on but her beauty does
no fade. she becomes the great lady
of the Southern settlement and Mt her
home Aaron Burr and many another
famous American Is entertained. More
than one man lays his fortune nj her
feet and goes away disappointed.
There are women who expert.
ence the heights and the depths of
life. "Gazlng deep into their eyes We
are reminded of the light Of dim
ichurches-They are the ome who
have missed happiness and who know
IT: but having failed of affection give
themselves 10 duty. II was Into the
company of these Iuieter pilgrims that
She had passed"
One day long afterward when she
Is alone In her garden she sees coming
toward her II magnificent young fellow
Mt the brink Of manhood.
lie lifts his hat With courtly gesture.
~ am John Gray. the son OF your
old friend. and my father sends me
TO you to stay II you will let me. And
he desires me 10 deliver this letter"
"John Gray !" she cried. "You John
Gray, Yon, Take of your hat"
For n moment she looked at his
forehead and his hair; her yves be-
came blinded with tears. She threw
her arms around his neck with a sob
and covered his face with kisses.
Alone In the solitude OF her bedroom
she reads the letter
John tells her that he loves her, that
he has always loved her and that IL
Is the fire Of this love that through
the years has kept his ideals aglow.
MANY "A time this candle has gone
out but AS quickly as | could snatch
any ~torch-wlth your sacred name on
my lips-it has been relfghted."
IF" he adds, II have kept unbroken
faith with any OF mine, thank You.
And thank God !"
Thus ends the novel.
Copyright. 1919, by the Post Publishing Co.
cThe Boston Postb. Condensed from
THE Choir Invisible" by James Lane
Allen. Copyright, 1897. by The Mscmil-
Ian Company. Used by permission OF
author n publisher.
Overtsxed.