Show va STRANGELY WEDDED by JESSIE E SHERWIN right 1918 western newspaper new pap r union morne seventy worn outs out had collie to I 1 shell bench to tile to wll jon jim thirty at it lifes choicest phase had come to reconstruct it u brok cit life the one was exhaust ed cd in mind and body tind and the other world v orld weary the mutual seriousness of it manner nin riner anal face attracted each to tho the other the older man wheeled along tho bench beach in ills fits invalid chair looked for tho only sojourner fit t tile the famous health resort who attracted him because of his gravely sympathetic ways thorp there was a poise gravity find and clear m dess about tile the younger man that lc led mr morse to io accept lim vm tia fits a in ho could rely upon tho fact that he seemed to be well w ell legally added to sir air morses regard for liliu film alio old binau wits waa wealthy but ills ilia affairs had somo some com coca plex features that thai disturbed himin him in la vi ow lew of ills his condition I 1 4 all I 1 fear for lie told revere la is that illy daughter ethel tf if left alone in the hie world orld would should bo be nt at the mercy of self keif inhere interested per persona ions who would not guard her ber interests it if I 1 could only IH be sure gure of living until some pending litigation to Is settled I 1 cheer alicer up dear friend I 1 revere told him you yon may live for or many a year to come coma 11 but tho the next day morse was taken fatally III he called revero revere to his bedside and fremed to rely upon ills presence as aa a aglace daughter who waa ivas aunt lit in the arrived bovero hafif fascinated nt at I 1 hig first glimpse tt tf tile the sweet aroet innocent face of ethel morse ile U e was wah sent rent for ill ajl ur sent gent haste mt mr morse clasped mf his hand band fervently as lie sat down ly by his bedside bed stile revere ll evere ho he said you haye havo been like it ke a son to roe me the doctors doctora say nay I 1 may live but bui a few hours houis I 1 have learned to esteem you yo wore to rev rely upon you oh my lily friend help me to die indence In pence by consenting to cherish and look after my daughters inter tsip 1 I wilt do fill all you may aivish lh to fa bene tit nt I 1 leri I 1 assured olevere ll evere more than that I 1 navire I 1 beg be of 0 you to in 0 what I 1 t she will linao a fortune sa s1 shu w IA a avico alff any an aman ann may inay bo be proud of will you marry her herr revere was dumbfounded lie ile sot got as tar far as 1 I dare not 1 I nin am but it a spin spawn of pain overtook ov mr morse and revere had bad to ehll for forthe ho doctor an hour later late r lie he was sent bont for ngali at a glance lie realized that mr was dying dalu byais side mide n its ills d daughter palo pale and benumbed with grief A stranger in clerical attire sat at n q distance revere jt t ishall arranged panted the dying dyl ing wan man ethel has consented ted she could not deny my last wish lie ha lelnd to her protect her make I 1 berried i happy andin the whirl of hurried words yere were spoken that made wilton R revere I 1 evere and ethel morse husband nna find wife ile he did not intrude upon her until the funeral was over dyer and she started star for the home of her aunt As tie he helped her upon the train he said simply quietly definitely 1 I shall soon bo be in chicago Clil caRo whither 1 I shall remove my to take up the affairs of thip the estate ns as your 5 our father has hai desired when any business occasion arises where it Is necessary sAry to consult with you I 1 notify you sou I 1 would suggest that wo we keep heep the marriage I 1 secret there followed for them the wife a strange experience only twice in fk a year revere calme to see her and an d than on I 1 long enough to submit some gome legal pa papers aird n lif the presence of her aunt then one day he called at hw her home to to find her alone 1 I rim abo about ut to leave the city permanently manent ly he said having closed up tip all matters matter of the estate I 1 have a confession to malte make I 1 nin not not your husband that marriage ceremony premon y wits was invalid she regarded him with speechless amazement 1 I could not deny your fathers wish ho he continued laud and I 1 I 1 fancied I 1 saw n way to protect your interests int erts in the way I 1 have without intruding upon you two years stace since I 1 parted from my wife nn an unworthy woman whom I 1 have never seen since but I 1 am still Ifer m legal husband oh wily why did you not tell me before I 1 suddenly bre i forth ethel it was unmanly it was wag cruel for 1 I I 1 she hurri hurried ed front from the room in tears team and revere left the house in a strange maze of emotion could it be possible that she cared for him and ae he ohi ii that fatal tie alint shut him film out of paradise tse 1 hope doubt despair were in hla thoughts as a week later he again calledo called litt 8 at the homo baine of ethel thera tere was flerta ascertain ln plaintive expression lo in her face that seemed to upbraid him 1 I le arneil only yesterday that my wife died laver over al n years ago in ft a railroad areck in canada it was previous with you I 1 SM nn sorry bif ifil tills this new ner complication distresses you then I 1 am your eife to la rc breathed ethel a q quick ijac slow glow cuffus ing her lovely bacu facu then she ehe seemed to totter leaned foAr towards ards him film and fainted in ills his armin f to lo ile 10 there 1 when her eyes opened in nh ance was wag that which told wilton revere that she loved fifie even as hg he loved ber land and that there parting |