THE COURIER.
giving bin slight push. "You will b
late." r- '
fHs hesitated, looked at her, bit his
lip and went "out. W
f Marcia went back to her beloved harp
and began to eing to its weird melody
the song of Chaminade'e:
Now boar a war my foil at wills th wind,
Tliou flower culled so gaylr, with haaTjr heart
resiffnod,
Now bear away my folly aa will the wind.
As fades a broken blonom, so lore doth die.
The band that sought thy bosom in my band
T ne'er may lie.
As fades a broken blossom, So lyre doth die.
Jim had stopped outside in the hall to
listen, and now went slowly back into
r the room to find her leaning her head
on the harp.
" "MarciB," he said, in a low voice,going
'"""up to her.
She started and looked up with a
careless smile, so well done that he
would not have thought anything un
usual had he not seen tears in her ayes.
"Is there anything that troubles you,
my dear?" he said, gently, "Can I serve
you in any way?"
"No, indeed, Jim, thank you. Why
should you think so? Because I sang
that wretchedly mawkish song?"
"It is not that," he said, shiugging
his shoulders. "Well, then, good night
again, my dear girl. I fancy you are
tired. He went straight toward the
door.
"Jim!"
"Yes?"
"I er have something I want to say
to you, but how best to do it I don't
know. Spare me a few moments more."
' He came back and seated himself.
"Will you promise to hear me to the
very end?"
I will not rave, if you mean that,
Marcia, but I shall not promise not to
be displeased," he said, growing pale
and stern, while in his heart he feared
what she might have to tell him.
"I had hoped to have the whole even
ing to lead up to this, but since yon are
so determined to leave me I must
plunge into the midst of things.
"Perhaps you had better not attempt
it tonight it you are tired, unless it is
something imperative," he said, trying
to keep his face as expressionless as
possible.
"Well, then she drew a long brsrth
"when we parted in this room as we
did when I went away, I felt rather
bitterly toward you, Jim. I thought you
sight at least have wished me a com
fortable journey or said some pleasant
thing. Perhaps the thought, consider,
ing how seriously annoyed you were
with me at that time,was unjustifiable."
She looked at him, smiling.
"Annoyed," he said, "is rather a deli
cate word for the state of mind that was
mine at that time. I have conquered
ay annoyance, as you may have seen,
and have met you on your return with
pleasure, and consider these friendly
relations the more desirable, as long aa
it be possible."
"You make it very difficult for me,
Jim," she said, turning her eyes away
from him. "To come, however, directly
to what I have to say. I suppose being
from Chicago without my husband, and
with no disconcerting children about
me, I was pretty desirable this summer.
Anyway, 1 had all I cared to attend to
on my hands. There was nothing com
plex, however, until this certain man
appeared. He was some one whom you
know of, and had the best of introduc
tions to me. You know how particu
lar" Granted," said Jim. quickly. "Goon."
She lowered her eyes for a moment to
hide the light in them, then continued:
-He well, Jim he fell in love with
"Like the others," observed Jim,
'Yes and no," she answered, "for I
liked hiaa very much. It was only jast
before I came away that he said any
thing. You see. I am perfectly opsn
with you, Jim; you can act as you
choose upon it He told me" that he
loved me; he did not embellish it or
maksaay protestation, or insinuate that
he would say more if I gave him the
encouragement. As nearly as I can re
member, these were his words: 'Right
or wrong, Mrs. Carleton, 1 am going to
tell you that I love you. I do not know
what relation you bear toward your hus
band. You have told me enough to
assure me that yo'u are living under the
same roof, although 1 have gathered
from certain thinga that you are not
devoted to each other. If you contem
plate a divorce pardon my rudeness,
but that is the rumor here; I've heard
it from several sources I wish to know."
I mean no insult, nor do I wish to pre
sume in the slightest upon your kind
ness to me, but if you are to be free I
ask you in mercy to tell me.' He was
holding himself back so tremendously,
Jim, that I could see anger on my part
would be a mistake."
Jim looked as if he were holding him
self back as he said, "This is a some
what difficult recital for a husband to
hear from his wife's lips, Marcia. How
ever, will you tell me what you replied?"
She hesitated, and then said in a low
tone: "My mind went back to the night
last spring, when we talked over our
future and the advisability of a separa
tion, and your words to mo then 'Make
a long summer of if, Marcia, and ' will
not see you or write to you during tha
time, and in the fall we will decide the
rest.' "
She rose and began to walk up and
down, but stopped before him as she
said: "1 told him that I was sorry peo
ple had been busy with my affairs, but
that I was glad to be able to tell him
the reports were untrue. I asked him
not to inform me of them again. I felt
that I had not quite the right to dismiss
him at once, or be very angry with him,
as I was conscious of the faet that I
had ensouraged him to a certain extent,
and was, therefore, responsible for what
I had brought on myself. You are per
fectly aware that I have had affairs
before this, but none which in the least
affected me. I have accepted the men
and their devotion knowing well what
was meant by them at their true
worth. But this man was the first I
have ever cared in the least for. So
Jim, X tried tb imagine myself a free
woman again, and how, under those
circumstanees, I should regard him. I
was so silent that he turned to me and
said: 'Mrs. Carleton, are you hopelessly
offended, or may 1 interpret your silence
in another way?' And oh, Jim, for a
moment I was tempted; I turned to him
and field out my hand."
Jim drew a sharp breath and rose to
hie feet "There are limits, Marcia, to
my endurance. There may be a time
when I shall require every detail, but
until then I think I have heard suffi
cient" A glad light came into her eyes, and
she went up to him and took his hand.
"Let me finish, Jim. now. As I sat there
it suddenly came over me what it would
mean to lose you entirely out of my life;
to live in the same country, the Bame
town, perhaps, as yourself, and yet be
less than nothing to you; so I forgot all
the disagreeable things that have hap
pened between us, and remembered
only the time when you cared for me;
so I said to him, 'I realize, on account of
my being here without my husband, or
any one, that I may have given rise to
this gossip in regard to my private af
fairs. I also realize that I have not
been fair to you' and I hadn't, Jim!
'but I love my husband in spite of evil
report, and Jim," she said, throwing
her arms around his neck, "I'm sick of
it all. I've had my fling. I've had my
liberty, and I've given you yours. Are
you satisfied now? Aro you willing to
bngin again?
"He held her away from him, and said
gravely: "To say that this is a surprise
to me is not expressing it. I am trans
fixed, for I thought you had ru through
what little sentiment you felt for me
long ago. Bat," he said, smiling, "I am
glad of any experience that brings back
this highly inartistic commonplace state
of mind that permits interest in a hus
band to rise once more."
He looked at her for a moment, then
took her into his arms in a long, close
embrace.
"Ah, Jim," she panted, "incompati
bility isn't so bad. There were two old
and thorougly incompatible people from
Boston there this summer, who have
stuck it out thirty years together. We
have tried it five, and if they can, can't
we, Jim?"
"Incompatibility be ,' he began,
but substituted a long kiss for the
strong word . The Story Teller.
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