Show forsaking all others ff by AMELIA CHAPTER XI continued no one ever knew what passed in ahat interview harvey briefly told his wife he aad begged for forgiveness and gained it but the old relations between gladys and himself would never be renewed ahe through with the life of which be had been a part when helen threw herself in his arms la a ision of grief tor baa ing done him hurt while striving only tor his benefit he lilted her sadly it was all a mistake be said be had been the more culpable of the two together they bouy take up life un def the new conditions never allaud ing to the errors of the past he was very kind very gentle but there was that nhia and look which told her harvey the boy was dead to make way for the grave al most stern man who henceforth walk ed by her aide through life affection ate and true yet with the ineffable quality that tinges fhe humblest mar ariage with romance forever stricken from bis love within a year after her departure gladys was married to a man slightly her junior whose wealth doubled hers her beauty and vivacity made her the center ofa wide social circle and baa ing been shut away from city pleas ures so long she enjoyed them now with childlike enthusiasm engrossed in a bewildering happy present the past became to her a dream and after the arrival of her first child a halt forgotten one the house in rockville was sold and long years passed before she again saw harvey in the careworn man with stooping shoulders she found difficult to recognize her once hand some boy he was only forty but life had gone hard with him anere teed at home were many mouths to and all helens thrift could not make than the work of one dollar do more two long ago gladys bad wholly forgot gotten her grievances but not the at lection for which she had sacrificed much even now though she had many sons of her own she loved her unfortunate boy too well to allow him to endure anything approaching and with her husband s assist ance secured to harvey an annuity sufficient to place him and his family wey above need phebe an old worn an then grumbled when the news was told her but really she was pleased even her anger could not en dure forever and harvey had been her boy as well as gladys so all were in their way happy and content all but one it Is bard for the covetous soul to come near to tor tune yet never grasp it and even when better days had dawned and want was forever set at bay the bit ter knowledge that she had doomed her husband to a struggle with pov erty that robbed him of youth and hope and ambition was with helen atherton all the days of her life the end |