The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-10

cannet forgive she woman All IL
rigid rule a. - fSrbears. all the
douinat:sa Of N unjust socias srder.
grip him Angel Clare. the prophet e
emancipatisa. - tnnser existA For
several dnys tAey lesa . furual 10
lated existeaee. 1onA wAose sole VIII
n 10 psease hes ~ aeQ1iesces n HI
attitude. and amer . 1Est VIA out
burst at the Injustice. does nothing to-
exonerate herself. and hsr oae chance
moeking witness Of the vindictive por.
traita No ehaste-ninded. unsopAisti-
Gated peasant maid she. but the last
dregs Of q decadent stocki A separa-
tion. Temporarily At least. b decided
upon. and while Clare ranges afar. Tess
again ereeps home. Joan. after the
frst bitter reproaches for the mad dis
obedience Of her repeated injunctions
Of secrecy. treats the affair with her
usual fatalistie ughtheartedness but
the harsh words Of the father In .
drunken moment Of excessive ances-
trail pride causes q dignifled departure
with the conciliatory donation Of
half her means Of subsistence and the
intimat:on that she ID rejoining her
husband.
Determined, however. to make no
appeal to Clare's family. Tess easily
finds summer employment among the
farms: but with the coming Of win
ter and too lavish contributions to her
famIy's support. privation stares her
In the face. Day after day she wan
ders ON until at length al the high.
chalky tablelands, In q great drab
field Of desolat.on. she finds the mean
est. most arduous Of tasks rendered
tenfold dificult by q churllsh boor Of
an employer In all the rancor Of IN an
cient grudge against her. In the sting.
ing rain and the chilling snow she tolls
. increasingly. uncomplainingly, living
wholly In the hope Of her husbands re-
, turn. Songs that he loved she prac-
. tees: the sweet. gay notes contrasting
sadly with her tragic lips and great.
Borrowing eyes. At length, distraught
lby the continued silence, she bravely
, decides to seek news Of him from hio
/ parents, and walks the long, tremulous
I miles to Emminster vicarage. OF Ure
; spiritual as well as physical endOw-
, ments, she would have undoubtedly
1 received welcome at the hands Of the
: benevolent old clergyman and his wife.
|. but an empty house reverberates to her
knocking, and while she unobtrusively
/ awaits their return from church. she
! Overhears q wayside conversation be-
|. tween Angels two exemplary brothers
+ that sends her homeward with rended
> heart.
r The voice Of "ranter" triumphant
o lily conslgning q harmful Of rustics to
d eternal damnation caused Tess Ia
) pause for q moment In doorway, and
q there on . platform Of corn bags, In
sanctlmonious side wh.skers and semi
" clerical black. stood Alec D'Urberville
,e Animalism had yielded to fanaticism
,e and the bold. rowing eye now CLEANED
II with ferocious Righteousness. As sha
,r passed down the lane he came aftel
&c her. imploring forgiveness and OFFER
10 ing redemption. Repnlse after repuls'
4. failed to deter Alec, who persisted da!
n by day, at first with marriage licens
and holy words ind then his fOrme
~ passion uncontrollably revived b,
n Tess compelling beauty, his new
no found religion dropped from hin lik
Ne a cloak, the convert disappeared an
- tall the arts Of man aIi11 devil were en-
no ployed to ensnare the girl: And poo
ne hopeless Tess, grinding on under a bt
re numbing strain, was In more DANCE
pr than her scorn Of the man could rea
en- lie. Finally her fathers death, result
Dr.. ing in the eviction of her family fro
NO their home, precipitated Tess doom
ne and as a last desperate reparation
r. her helpless mother and sisters, sh
ri. yields. with fatalistic calm, to the Il
pr. evitable.
In. To Sandborne, a gay watering plac
ed a melancholy specter Of a man. waste
in by illness and regret, comes In scare
he Of his lost bride, and in a fashionab
pm boarding house Glare finds Tess m
,ol learns the ag0nizing truth. Just b
FOR yond the town she overlook him, h,
nd eyes wild and trancelike, her who
It'll body as If bereft Of soul and will.
or. have killed him. he taunt'
me he called you by 70
ely name I owed 1t to you and
ion owed It to myself. 1t came
Of me as q shining light that should 6
rid. you back that way"
by With q final realization Of the I
pts mensity Of her love and the piteo
ed. plight 1t had brought upon her, Cha
ing held out tender. protecting arms. q
her together they wandered through I
"a untrodden ways like two children-t
,sly world and its retribution quite forg
ON For I'VE days they continued Il
nth idyll.c state and on the sixth mig
on Tess half jestingly claimed sanctus
ling among the conspicuous ruins Of the
ing cient pagan temple to the sun at St0I
an henge. With the dawn came
mel guardians Of the law, looming d.
rch. against the silver horizon. In gri
| - irovoro hIA carr1n thav waited until