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Show SHE KISSED HIM GOOD-BYE. It was a marriage In haste Ihe btlde knew little of th- m,1(t the contract The latter hnd been loll It wna sound pollcs, on then soung man nbout to marrs, to tlntl out If nn ellglbte joung vvcra, Im I a good mother - good mother titled everything Dr Coptic buss stern nun He wna a collere professor, n newspaper man, alji. no small lepute He met Mls Bhanklln, while on n trip to the jijjl lie liked her loved hr would foi him, bo too strong a word j jrevlous to their meetlnr come lo the conclusion that a good vvlf., ccssars In a 1 ublle mini struggle tn reach tho summit of the hi, nss He must get suih a wife Hut he had no tlmo for courtita would have to bo done after marriage Mlsn Mars Mianklln wns the daughter of a rcputuble phjslcltnlii ror Ohio town hhe waa bright, cultured well looking and verri Dr Copelind having met her, eiemed favoiully Impressed and u. to write rermlslon granted hla letters benmo quite rreautnt. B It iters ho devoted tome time to examining a Photo or Mlsa Shanklln. t rulr leproduttlon or 11 dark csed daik haired, olive skinned btif had nppnrently nil the qunlincnllons ror tho kind or wire the docli tlut whnt of her motlior, He footi found that tho mother waaa-nmt wife and vers much respected parent He then lost no time In propc 1 I nlverslts profes-ors newspaper men nnd leglelntors nre nolo. , caught bs thc glils of Wnlburg Ho thought Jlury Shanklln antlilK, 1 tame Mra copeland The newls wed 11 made their homo in tcntral New .ork Dr ( wns kind nnl generous tn his bride Hhe t-emcd hnppj Called t, Itibllc dutlei turtle Copeland enrntstly desired his wife to acccurpi-she acccurpi-she however defetreil dtpnrtuie for the f-talo capital When sh l good bse he noticed her stinngels ngltnted Phis ngltallon cnuplrtt refusal to accompany him gave him some concern Hut In Hi , demands or public life domestic concerns are noon fontrotten U, h .never, a lemlnder lo come to Dr Copelanl it was In thla torn. Denr ( urtls I have left sou because I cuuldn t love jou 1 Intel! In-tel! j-ou before jou left but could not I nm blameworthy and 1, n purpose la unalterable Do not Irj lo fin 1 me I thank jou fori nesa und generosltj jour unfortunate, wife, m ' Chicago June IHth ' Thc letter wna brief and clear, so much so Indeed that It Win action on the patt or Curtis He felt It due to himself and his future, hla wife He viewed the whole situation na It now appeared c.lmlji pieslonatelj A good mother was for a d inghter, a very sera Icsbk Finn hut n good mother could not enkindle the true Hres of lovelm let s heart He left nt onte for Chicago but there found that bin (.ore to the l'aclflc toast Hhe wns traced tn San Trnnclsco butts tiatea ended Mary Hhnnklln Copeland seemed to have been emrrir? cloud nnl tarried off the face of the e irth enrs pnnscd Dr Copeland s unhappy marriage was forgotin save the vets few who fasten on to n ich episodes In our tmsy rt vmerlcnn life topclnnd beenmo famous Hi sttccessrut statfimtu) na then the talk or Htnte nnd Nation Appointed chairman et 1 mlttfo or Congress to Inqulro Into racltlc Isl ind condition", h tM wall He had never sought legal separation trom Mary Shanklln. i tv-ver uttetel a worl of lltterntas toward her He nffectlonalclr nri tenderness she had shown him Daughter!) with good mothers be bi. Mars n leaving him met In plents. But one trial of matrimony oi nri 1 irentls enough The Congressional Investigation wan about concluded Many lto leen examined a multitude of papers niel awaj A day had befit return to Son Trantlscn The night before n vision of Mary SbiJ peared to the tliel statesman She appeared In n, small boat puttlf sea She wns Man Htv waving a farewell to the rhore At bfiulli i ha 1 ever seen her she waa somewhat older mfl more womanly III good bse' he thourht V rap wt his door awnketed him ltsu. nnd morning Irought him 11 letter. He knew, before opening It, from It lead Dear f urtls Having failed to love jtiii I devoted myself tottu suffering .Sow I am dying nt my lost of duty, I klsj jou t- ever W Merej hospital Hllo Hawaii ' Mnrj had Just sttired Into tho bark that glides over the ic' nltv when funis Copland saw her In tho vision A magnificat l granite rises over a beuullftillj kept grave In Wallburj cemetery U Hon re ids To tho memory or Mary Hhnnklln Copeland who t'" to the suffering funis Copeland now ndda lo the essential eyutito hupps marrlnge love that springs from knowing Its object Moult too tusy to make l ve In due form Love Is life s greatest concern. ' |
