Gunnison news-champion., 1920-08-20

-a'.u slippers: 0f halls and minuets
= wide-rsachinS Plantations and
.i1v,s- The Major has been on. q,
hose Vh" has heroieaIiy fought in
he Revolution. and 10 whom III.
southern beauty cut ., patriotic
rratltude has given her hand. brave
, following him into the Keutueky
Nilt~ruess- Unfortunately. although
either of the pair cJlf.ss Il. the mar
r,aSe has been nn uncoussnial one.
Both, however. are too noble ruinde..
Tn DO Otherwise than he true to the
union that holds them together. Ye,
rhs7" j. ssar q sappolntmsnt be
meath the surface. and In the woman's
heart UearineS~ and longing that
ln-hin- satisfies During John Gruy's
visits tn her niece Mrs. Falconer has
.-nuFu' deeply Interested Ia tn. young
srhnn'ma as'pr. who Is about her own
aED and whns. tastes she shares. Be
.wn"n them a cur1nanianship has
-fsTunc up which each honestly mis-
axes fur Friendship.
Amy's attraction for the man has
1e"u mn untut0rri impulse OF the
tA'N1-H ANaH as-N@lf#N AAfHINaaT power
over him Is On. of deep spiritual IN
spIrurI0n.
When he RwakenS TO the discovery
hat ia reality Il is Mrs. Falconer
HON b" loves his reverence for her
her purity. and her loyalty to her hus-
hand Hll bind him 20 silence. She also
loves him hut Is in honor bound to
H-fTz.. hFrr4r aFs
love unSpoSeu he goes East nsienslbly
2" recover the legacy he expects to
Inherit. hut determined never to return.
The lawsuit for his property goes
H-lins' him and be T. cast into jail for
debt, from which irnnmlny the ef-
rurfs OF friends rslps So him. He is
urnui man and wishing 70 pay this
-lrht 0f gratitude he proposes TO marry
he daughter Of the family that has
'"friendcd him. Before the marriage
however. no tells his future bride quite
frankly that h" loves someone else who
lis not free and II l. with this knowl-
Gig" that she accepts him While the
Wedding = In PREPARATION letter
comes 20 him from Mrs Falconcr an
nrurCIn: the death Of her husband
nd in the silent hope that his fiancee
VII Civ" him hts liberty he acqualnts
her with th" change In his prospects
We gather from the text that the girl
Is unwilling to Civ" him mp. and as he
j. too honorable TO demand his free
dom he carries out his pledge
All ignorant OF this turn Of events
Mrs. Fnlconcr IN the meantime Is so
sure Of his love that she erecis I'm
distant Kentucky n stately mansion
modelled after the home Of her early
youth. She Is stIll in the thlrtles and
beautiful, and deluded into the belief
that nt last her dreams are to be ful.
filed she makes ready for her mar
rinEc. A paper telling Of Johns union
with someone else rudely destroys her
paradise. Twice she has missed the
prize OF hnpriness. The intense Joys
Of womanhood She is never to know.
Il shall 90 softly nll my days" she
murmurs.
Time sweeps on hut her beauty does
not fade She becomes the great lady
Of the Southern settlement and nj her
home Aaron Burr and many another
famous American i entertained. More
than one man lays his fortune at her
feet and goes AWAY disappointed.
There are women who never experi.
ence the heights and the depths of
Hfe. Gazing deep into their eyes we
nrc reminded of the light OF dim
churchrs-They are the women who
have missed happiness and who know
1t: but having failed Of affection give
themselves to duty. II was into the
company Of these quieter pilgrims that
sh" had pnsscd."
One day long afterwari when she
Is alone In her garden she sees coming
toward her a magnificent young fellow
AT the brink OF manhood.
He lifts his hat with courtly gesture.
81 am John Gray, the son OF your
old friend. and my father sends me
Ia you TO stay II you viii let me. And
he desires me to deliver this letter"
"John Gray" she cried you John
Grny' You, Take OF your hat"
For moment she looked nj his
forehead and his hair; her eyes be
came blinded with tears. She threw
her arms around his neck with 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 II
is the fire of this love that through
the years has kept his ideals aclow.
.Many time this candle hGs gone
/ nut hut as quickly as ] could snatch
eny tnrch-with your sacred name on
my llps-it has been relighted."
1T" he adds, II have kept unbroken
faith. with any of mine, thank You.
And thank God,''
Thus ends tbs. novel,,
Copyright 1919 by the Post Publishing Co
tThe Boston postl. Condensed from
| THE Choir invisible" by James Lane
Allen Copyright. 1897. by The Aacmil'
| Ian Company. Used by permission OF