Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
side this empty mask and shell Of q

side this empty mask and shell Of a
ana whose mind and soul were ii
bondage elsewhere? Rachael came
to know love as a power, and herself
a victim Of That power abused.
Slowly resentment began to ind
room inj her heart 1t was all so
childish: 81 futile, SO Unnecessary!
A prominent surgeon, the husband OF
a devoted wife, the father of two
splendid sons. thus hinging pride and
sanity to the wind. thus being caught
in the lightly flung net of an ordinary,
little actress, the daughter OF
the ranks! And what was to be the
outcomei ! Rachael unused sombrely.
Was. Warren to tire simply Of his
folly. Magsie to carelessly fill his
place in the ranks Of her admirers.
Rachael to gracefully forgive and
forget
1t was an unpalatable~ role. yet she
cav no other open to her. What was
to be gained by GOODNESS, by anger,
by controversy? Was a man capable
Of Warren's curious infatuation to be
boye She was helpless and she knew
it Until he actually transgrcssed
against their love. she could make
no move Even when he did. or if. he
did, her only recourse was the hated
one of a public scandal; accusations,
determinations.
She began to understand his ma
.ture as h had not understood it in
all these years. Bits Of his mothers
brief comment upon him I'm back
'to\ her; uncomprehensible when she
illuminating now. He had been a
naturally good boy, awkward, silent,
conscientious; turning toward in
.tegrity as normally as many OF his
companions turned toward vice. De-
spite his natural shynesa. his dim
'dence of manner he had been strong
himself and had scorned weakness in
anyone; upright, he needed little
guiding. The praise of servants and
of his mothers friends had been quite
frankly his; ever his severe mother
tie fault in the boy. But they had
early learned that when a minor cor
'rection was demanded by their first
born's character, it was almost Inn
possible to effect it. His standard Of
behavior was high. fortunately, for it
was also unalterable. There was no
hope of their grating upon his con
science any new roots. James knew
right from wrong with infallible In
he was o often wrong. but
when ha was, no outside criticism at
fend his rare rnisdeeds, as a boy, he
was never thrashed, because I there
was always some good reason for
what she did. He had been misin-
formed. he certainly understood the
othdeS fellows to eayt this; he certain
ly never heard the teacher forbid
THAT; handsome. reasonable, self-re-
speeding, he won approval on all
sides, and because of this mysterious
predispossitisn toward what was right
and just, came safely to the years
icould live unchallenged by the high
moral standard he set himself.
Some .of this Rachael began to per-
!ceivA. It was q key to his conduct
now. He respected Magsde. he ad-
YairAd her; there was no r14Aen why
he should not indulge his adnaAration.
No unspoken criticism from his wife
Icould affect him. because he had seen
the whole sttuatton clearly apdN had
the matter. Criticism only brought Z
fAsentful. dull red color to Warren
IGreTory's face. and confirmed him
more stubbornly in the course he VA
pursuing. He could W. enjoy Z
certain martyr-likes satisfaction under
.undeserved censure, all censnre beins
equally incomprehensible land unde-
served. Rachael had ones peen Ia
this quality a certain godlike supre-
macy, a bigness, and splsndidness Of
vision that ros above the ordinary
standards of ordinary men; o II
[6lled her with u4easiness.
WELL" she Thought. with acertain
desperate philosophy. "In . certain
number of months or years this Will
all be over. and ! must simply endure
1t until that times comes Life sis full
Of trouble. anyway"
Life was full OF trouble: she nav It
on all sides. But what trivial matters
they ere. after ali. that troubled
Elinoir and Vera and Judy Moran!
Vera ri etsrnally rushing into fresh,
furious Inequalities. ,wslSemtng
hordes of men and women shs
scarcely kn1F into her house: chat.
'terins, laughing, drinking. hattsrtng
the debutantss. scraashng ~ tlae steley
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