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Show ft LOW and MARRIED LIFS tog, the noted author Idah MSGlone Gibson g (MEMO nil- s. Don t worry, dear," I mM to Alice -iftr .1 moment 'I remember tt all row. I know that John 1" dejd and 1 m sure that my mind will not go wandering off again. Th shock has passed, only the sorrow remains." And then there came to me, for the first tlmo Rim e John'. death blessed Lars. 1 think perhaps th 'hone tears were my greatest consolers, for :-omi great constriction that RU holding hold-ing my heart In Its tight clasp wined to break, '"flint's right, " Mid Alice, "Wep, if cu want to, dear. The doctor said months ago if we could make vou come to yourself enough to weep, it would be the greatest., medicine thr.t could be given you." "f'oor John, poor John.-' I Mid, just I nboev my breath. "Yen. dear. It was 'poor John.' said Alice "He had so much to live for In you and his baby, and he seemed seem-ed not to appreciate It. ' I held up r trembling' hand, for strength seemed to come to me rapidly. rap-idly. "Do yon know, Alice," I said, that John had fully resolved that this was to be the Inst time he was going out with Elizabeth'.' Ho had absolutely abso-lutely determined to break off with hC r " "Did he tell you that? ' asked Alice eagerly. " h, I think 1 could he;-.r it Letter If 1-1. new that lie hud dete.-mln-,vi 'l to let her ro out of his life If I fell that at last he understood the ! i trouble he was making for all of us. Did you let him realize that he had another chance?" J That s the saddest part of It nil, Jj Alice, I answered. "You r ever can tell either yourself or any one els jiy whether fate Is going to let you have Wtr i nnother chance And so It behooves " us to walk us straight as we can." And so he told vou did h continued, "that he and Ellxab tn were going to separate? Was she go- , J ing to leave town?" JfS i do no", knot dear Ho said! nothing to rae about It in so many jB words, but that afternoon when I goti oxer to the house, I found that Eliza-j -M beth was there; and I could se from; tH her tear-stained face that whatever! H the Interview, it had made her very I fU unhappy." iH "I pretended not to not'ee anything. and she soon left Alter she had gone! John seemed to turn toward me with I jbj great relief 111 has seldom been sweeter to me In nil his life and, Alice.' ns always, he exerted that same fascl-j t utlon over me which I could never H resist. In that last hour we had to-1 igethcr we were nearer than we had' I t een In many months. He listened to I nit while I told him exactly how I was 'going to furnish that llviug room, and ni the sun came through the stained I glass window and painted thai (told Vhlnese tea paper with I rllllant color, h remarked upoiv Its beauty and con- fesaed that he knew he was going toi like this room much better with my j 'decoration than be would have done, with the pper that Elizabeth More-1 land had ordered put upon the wall I He drew me up toward him. Alice,1 IS nd looked at me as he did before ouri marriage- Then he sal to me things i that I cannot rep.vit theS' Ofe too, SWeet and BOCred but I knew from' ;what he said that he hud determined that when we moved Info the new (house we would put ail the turbulence, of th old life behind us and turn to, the beginning ajroln r "Oh, how many times," said Alice, i "we poor mortals think that we will! I go back to that Heavenly place of, I'leginnlng aaln.' but Pate always Intervenes. In-tervenes. The warp and woof of life cin be woven Into only one piece of I goods, and although we may change' .the pattern, we ennno! unravel the cioth and begin it all over again or (even go back to the place where we started it " "The pattern Is changed for mc, Alice," I Ciald brokenly, m l then to I myself, I wnlspercd, "I'm so glt'O John ciilod mc 'Olrl' on that last after-Itioon." after-Itioon." , ,' ' What did you say, Katharine ?" Alice asked as she overheard a word or two. I ''I do not know as you hae ever heard John's p t ti :iiio lor me. i.i fact 1 think he hover used It except when ve were alone ami when he was feel-lug feel-lug particularly h;ippy to be with me. Hi- never called me 'Catherine1 then lie Just said 'Olrl,' and as John said the word It was sweeter thin any endearing en-dearing or any caressing name that I have ever heard." ' Poor John I" sighed Alice, "he was ro BWcet in mar.v ways. Ycu must re-j mem be. that he did not realize he' did not realize." Alice took my hand and stroked It, tenderly For a long time I said nothing. noth-ing. I could not speak My even still held the picture of John clasping me close close to him, so close that at' this very moment I felt the warmth' of his l ist caress, as looking down Into i my eyes he s:ild ' After tonight, Girl.' ou and I Will Just go jogglnp: nlong cut way together ar.d I won't b" leaving leav-ing ycu for any business or any person." per-son." Tomorrow Karl Sliepard Calls |