The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-25
she finds that her ido1.s feet ars clnx

sne iinus that her fdoFs feet are clay.
 I sometimes wonder if-' An, yes. dear Margaret. inter- rupted. I. too. have sat in the twl- light and unused on all the poten- tialities of that Title word 'If."'
 Please, please she demonstrated, as always you have come to my as- sistance and made me remember the vanity of saying. If this had been so." or If I had done such and such thing. something very different would have resulted,yg and my heart would not be aching. The man or woman that allows that word ..lc' to become part of his retrospection Is paving the way to misery of the soul and dulling of the spirit that will surely wreck his life.
 There have been long gaps in our friendship. George she said. but have always known that you be- lieved in me, that in you I have had friend to whom I could come with anything. You knew all about that mad marriage of mine when was only 16-the marriage which-ah. well, you know the story, why re- peat it. Suffice 1t to say that my short two years of married life changed me from an idealistic vision ary child to a woman of human un- dcrstanding.
 1T knew after that two years that intolerance is the unpardonabIe sin and moral courage the greatest of virtues.
 "'You may think 1t strange. dear George, she continued, looking up into my face with an expression of sweetness I have never seen in the eyes of any other woman, that you yourself have helped me to fight any feeling of intolerance that I have mad for the shortcomings of others and lc cling steadfastly to the courage os my convictions at whatever cost to myself"
 Clavering had looked rather be- wildered as Dr. Milton was speaking and here he interrupted: Are you sure. Milt, that you are not idealixing that woman? Don't you know that you are making her a creature much too fair and good for human natures daily food?"
 No. she Is not, Jim. she is very human as you will see before I fin- ish this story and one of her fi-st injunctions to me was, that if showed to you her side of the tri- angle l was not to set anything down in it's extenuation. She wanted you to know her side as each of you being an attorney of either Glendeu- ing or his wife, you would of neces- sity have seen their sides.
 CT expect she confessed to me. that I have done those things that should not have done and I havc not done those things that I should have done. but I am what I am and as such I must be judged"
 Isn't that almost the same thing that Harry. Glendening said in his letter. Jim% asked Davis.
 T think so. I wonder if he learned 1t from her, or she took 1t from him Strange how people unconsciousiy grow into the same little habits of speech, action or thought if they care much for each other"
 Margaret was at her very best when she met Glendening." explained Dr. Milton. She was only 25 years old"
 They are both under 30 now" En- terrupted Davis. 'Harry's wife Is Jt She Is older than she.y
 Do you think that Is one of the reasons for the unhappiness of the Glendcningsr' Milton asked
 T can tell better when the stories are all in." said Clavering. Go ca. Miit, tell us more of what Margaret Earle told you"
 Copyright John r. Dille Col T L.-- ---- I1 { .-- --.-- \ x,- :. z