The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-02-17
PHILIPS LOVE
ey JACK LAYTON

N.'.'I|NNNAAAN NNN NJ NlAN NAIlh'N NNAA7
ing ior Philip. but the happy OK.
pCctancv In his coming was gone
Sadly the young wife wondered how
long this life Of strained Indifference
must 30 on. For surely Philip had
| grown Indifferent in marriage. after
his undated devotion before. Con
stance looked back on the years before
her marriage with a sigh. Philip,
earning his wuy In her fathers EN-
| ploy, had been = difhcult lover. even
now she was not sure that he would
have asked his own hearts desire had
she not TREMENDOUSLY prompted him,
And might she not, after all, she
thought with catching OF the breath,
have read his heart arlghti
Could II he that Philip had married
her for pltyI Truly, she had shown
her heart to him. with NIL It's love.
] The fact OF her fathers wealth, and
Philips humble position had seemed
such foollsh barrier between, but
Philip IN his stubborn pride had been
unable to brook that barrier So she
had done Il for him,
She remembered the night, with the
starlight on the snow, and Philips
dear arm through hers, stcadying her
I against ghc breeze. and when she
, looked NJ INTO HIS face to see there
4 the pont up love OF years, that love
which Philips b'usque manner hal
resolulrly deme,l, Constance half
laughing, half crying, had challenged
him TO deny his love rs she told Of her
own.
Now In the cau OF her sitting room
the madness Of that hour came back
Ca her with the memory " his eager
Surrender. Their walk together had
been but an accident; Constance had
stopped at her fathers once and her
father himself had put her into the
forbidden Philips care. The night
!, was dangerously stormy, she would
have to take the street car home, her
father expected to be Detained nj the
once and would need his own car
there. So Philip was installed her
escort.
i Later Constance had married him
against his own unselhsh protesta-
tons. Stoutly she proclaimed her con-
tempt for the Injuries " life as cem-
pared with the gift Of ioVe-and Philip
accepted the gift.
\ Her father had net yet forgiven the
misnillance; Phillip was Obliged ia
seek work elsewhere, and to begin Mt
a lower rung Of the business ladder.
But Philip would rise, and Constance
was,i happy untll--that indcfinabls
something came to MI her with
s, strange apprehension.
Il She found Philip looking at her as
4 time went on In u detached, Speculf'
tive Nay. and all her merrlment could
not bring an answering smile. When
I later he took 10 working evenings at
the office. Constance determnedly dis
cOuraged the ambition with the assur-
ance that they could manage on his
daily salary. and that she preferred
his cOmpunionsiip to extra dollars,
So. though Philip desisied he was Ill
AZ case during their evenings together,
! md Constance In her discouraglng Mt
tcmptS To entertain uu the rafting old
hired piano, subsidized after while be-
fore his absorbed dependence,
Then Philip rising abruptly one
evening. announced his intention OF
departing for the club. Constance had
not heard Of this club before, and was
gr!eved by his desertion. Then as
night after night passed Ia loneliness
she too cultivated an apparent indlf
ference 10 match his own. But Rs the
street lights dared ont aud she watch
ell from her window, IL seemed IA,
longer she could bear this suspense
II she had been mistaken In her
rendng of Philips heart and he hat
! married her through pity, she must
know nj once. and nu longer impose
herself upon him Her eyes were we
with tears. as she started upon ID,
walk to her husbands place ~ hnsl
ness The air would calm her, sh'
p huppd she knew that she would tint
: I'huip there. aud sloue. An Office cir
? who responded to her telephone mes
sage told her that her husband w0nlr
he delayed ~ least an hour. II WA
a4nure thrn an hour later when con
. stance stepped from the elevator Il
, the Deserted corridor ~ the building
mud as she catered IN outer office sh,
> heard voices In llic room within.
one voice was Philips. neryouSl.
4, impatient, the other was her fathers
ut was little enough 10 d." rhIlIl
was saying, giving NJ few weeks +"
comfort In order that | might buy
piauu Tor Constance. And quite q
finn one Ms that you provided. II
cannot yrt give O." my vile NIL thoS
I things 10 which She was accustomed
soErr day IN my great love Tor her
t viii
"Trs, her father answered, some
day. after you have worked your>el
I, 10 death bending over 70 desk unit
ml1uCht, whcu you have ten her r,
pr"lodly alone with that lie aNuu
sp.udt.r Your evenings at the rlu'
rhru you muy be- able 10 restore 1
Constance ,hp-p things which 81