HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-8-14, Page 6MILTO .'S SECOND
MARRIAGE
1
The men who said marriage was a
,habit was probably right, an•d.lrc're-
in lies the reason why the percen-
tage cif inerriages among widows is.
so high, Once you have been as
eustotnC3cl to the eom,panioeslrip of
thea opposite i~ex it is difficult to do
without -it.
In tbeneands of happy marriages,
when el <,f the partners dies and
the stir\ ivor remarries, people are
apt to •say somewhat cynically
"He (or $w) has soon consoled
himself or herself ; and we thought
they were such a devoted couple."
The, read fact of the !natter `is, of
course, that having been devoted
and happy, the survivor cannot
bear the unutterable loneliness off.
single blessedness,
These are • generalities. Now
come the exceptions.
No one expectedthat Geoffry
Hamilton would marry again when
:Agatha died; but he did, and this is
liow it tiame to pass, and the se-
gue".
For fifteen years the Hamilton's
were almost ideally happy, and
• then the subtle element of jealousy
crept into their relations,. It was
not that he flirted, but with growth
of popularity he was e. novelist of
some note—heattracted attention,
and many women found him inter-
esting.
A husband likes his wife to be
considered interesting by other
men.. It confirms his wisdom in the
selection of a mate, Very few
wives, however, care for their hus-
bands to be admired by other wo-
men.
' The little rift of suspicion ones
started developed amazingly quick-
ly, until mutual, relations became
impossible. Agatha, being miser-
able, was constitutionally unable to
refrain from making Geoffry equal-
ly miserable, and then he became -
doubly so because a constant suc-
cession of scenes entirely prevented
him doing any good work.
As a consequence he took to find-
ing relief outside his home:
One of the amazing things in
quarrels of this nature is the man-
ner in which trifles feed the flame
of mistrust. Othello discovered
this, and he has had many follow
and Hamilton found rest sed fro:-
getfuluese,
After the piece they adjourned to
her home for supper and after-
wards sat for an hour smoking and
talking of purely ordinary thiugs.
Then, how it happened the reran
never quite knew, but suddenly.
the woman rose from where she
was sitting, mid, corning over to
him as he stood by the hire prepare-
tore •ire taking his leave, put her
hands on Iris shoulders and kissed
him, Before he quite knew what
he was doing he had tekon her in
his arms and kissedher back.
"Are you angry with me for
that" elle. said. "l don't know
what prompted me, but I felt I
must."
"No," "said Hamilton; "I like
you for it."
And thenceforward, though ne-
ver a word of love had passed be-
tween those two they suddenly saw
each other in an entirely new as-
pect., All barriers went by the
board and a marriage was speedily
arranged.
A marriage so strangely and sud-
denly brought about lei'ght have
been expected to end disastrously,
and soit chid, but not quite in the
way any ordinary ' persou would
have anticipated.
To begin with, it wags quite suis
factory and happy. Evelyn was af-
fectionate and not exacting. She
quite honestly oared for the man
she had thrown over all her re-
serve.s to win.
"Not a nice woman," you may
say, but there are certain women --
and who is to blame them 'l -who
know that it is up to them to make
the running. She had merelyrea-
lized that day overtures must. come
from herself and had taken mea-
sures accordingly, just as in one
swift decision she had taken her.
measure of the mart and felt that he.
would be good to her.
What she did not and could not
know was bow deeply graven into
his being was that first marriage.
Agatha was the role on which their
short-lived happiness foundered,
for, strangely enough, the more
oontented with his present lot Geof-
fry Hamilton became, the more her
reproaches from the grave stung
into him.
He became obsessed with the idea
of her years of misery. He could
never get away from the.thought of
her. He imaged bee night and day.
She walked his house and sat be-
tween them atmeals, and the more
he tried to lay this ghost the
stronger it grew.
Just as in the first marriage trou-
ble ensued through, slight mis-
understandings, so here difficulties
began through imperceptible sha-
dows. There was never a quarrel,
never a word of disagreement. But
for the dead Agatha this couple -
would have been ideally happy.
As it was, they drifted - farther
and farther apart, and the dead
hands separated them. You may
,say he was weak, and condemn him
as you will, but only those who
have felt the past rise up and hit
them in the face with recurring vio-
lence will understand the depth of
the tragedy. There are certain
things stronger than ourselves.
So it came about that this couple
parted, and Hamilton trod the
same old weary round of leaving a.
woman not because he did not love
her, but because he did. It is not
an easy problem, this, but the
greatest tragedies in life occur be-
tween those who move too much, not
too little,
It was after dinner one night that
he nerved himself to the parting,
and this time it •vas Evelyn who
stood by the fire, looking into it
with a vague wondering.
Geoffrey came over to her and,
Iifting her face in both his h
ands,
kissed her very tenderly. There
was .silence for a moment and then
the woman spoke.
"I made a mistake," : she Maid:
"I thought !haat even if you did not
.care for me then,, I could make you
care—a little."
"I do care, and that's.` the trou-
ble.''
"Why ? What else matters Z"
"You know my story?"
"Yes"—she smiled rather. mirth-
lcsaly—"and I thought that to-
gether we might write over the. past
—two pasts, for mine was not very
happy, and honestly, quite honest-
ly, I cared for you,, or, believe me,
X should riot have acted as I did."
"I know," he said. "I honor
you for . it, and I love you for it.
The pity is that through no fault of
yours or of minethe whole' sorry
business has calve to grief."
"I have felt it: would for a loft
time."
"Do you know what a palimpsest
is 4"
"No."
"An old scroll on which a record
has been written, e, record that
•cannot be obliterated. Then later,
when. that record was no Longer
wanted, and when scrolls were`val-
uable as human lives, the *Id writ-
ing was, se to .speak, whitewashed
over, and e new story written ; but
underneath the old story remained,
unobliberated, crying .for,a stroke
of the sponge to bring it to light,
That's, the trouble with me. I love
the new record, but the old writing
i tssists e'
Phe woman subsided into a chair
by the fire •a d beat. to cry utet-
n g yq
ers.
Before long rnatters reached a
stage in which Agatha was never
happy unless Making herself miser-
able, if the paradox may be ex-
cused, by searching through her .
husband's paapersand documents in
the hope of finding proofs of his
perfidy.
• As it is an axiom that you can
always find what you set out to
find, she had soon enough evidence
to prove hirer a monster of iniquity,
and having broken her own heart
with this mythical material, she,
womanlike, set towork to break
his.
She succeeded in. making the pair
of them unutterably miserable, and
then Hamilton took the matter in-
to his own hands and decided that
something must be done.
There were no grounds for a di-
vorce, eo that most disastrousof all
matrimonial arrangements— sepa-
ration --was decided upon. In this
case neither party did form any
new attachment. Strange as it may
seem, at the back of all their hick-
erings they still cared for onean-
other deeply, and Agatha never.
ceased to ery for the man who for
fifteen years had been ail. in all two
her, while, though deoffry found
peace and a new energy for work,.
always, at the back of his mind,
was a gnawing anxiety es to what
was happening to the woman who
once meant se much to him.
If only a reconciliation were pos-
sible ! It might have been if the
estrangement had been. founded on
scree big tangible sin or trouble,
but 'When the tiny original rift has
been widened' by a thousand and
one intangible .nothings, strange as
it may seem, the difficulties of
bridging over are incomparably
greater..
So matters drifted on until
'Agatha died Ionely, .miserable,
heart -broken ---and her husband ne-
ver really :got over it, ,seethe
shows.
That was Hamilton's first mar-
riage, and you might have thought
that he would not have been in a
very great hurry to make another
experiment, but, as a matter of
fact, it was only a very short time
before he was tied up once more,
and how this came about was "curi-
ous.
The thought of marrying again
had not occurred to him, but he
was in that unstrung, nervous. state
when any clever woman with a
knowledgeof httman weaknesscan
upset- a mart's' 'morel. balance•, and
L
the woman who did this was Tvolyn
Richards,
She was a widow, and a slight
g'
aequaintanee of some yearn' stand-
ing, but not s woman with whom.
Hamilton had over been on terms
of the -slightest intimacy,
�1. clranoe meeeirg, though. one
day afforded him' thane pleasure,
for she was undeniribly attreetive,
and the sequel to this meeting was
en arrangement to go to a theatre.
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Eccentricity, thy Name is Fashion.
The 'bizarre in: dress is to be seen more often than anywhere, per-
haps, on the great racecourses`.of France. This remarkable Paris
gown was reoently .photographed at the Longebamps races, where the.
most extreme Parisian styles are always seen.
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"I could kill myself;" Geoffrey
continued; "perhaps that's what I
ought to have done, but all this: is
stronger than myself. I don't .ask
you to forgive m:e. I only ask you
to .be a little sorry." '
'Tea -sorry for you—I'm sorry for
myself."
He bent over and kissed her.
"Never believe that l don't love
you, because I :do. . Bret we've goat
to part. I'm moregrieved , than I .
can tell you for you, but be a 'little
sorry for me sometimes, when you
think of me, a wanderer -lonely-
.gripped by a dead hand and longing
for human, sympathy: That'as my
position. God pity us both !"
There was a sob in her throat as
she spoke. "But I do understand;.
dear. Don'4i think I don't under-
stand. I do, because I love you=
because of what I have been
through."
"I wish I .could set you free," he
said.
"I don't want to be .set free,"
she said bravely. "Some time—who
knows—my hold • may . strengthen,
hers may loosen, but I can't keep
you now. My strongest hold on
you is letting you go. Oh, I know
that, though some women might
not. Kiss me and tell me you don't
drink the wase of me for taking
you as I did."
"I .love you for it, though I've
only made you unhappy."
"You haven't," she said through
her tears; "but, oh, it's hard to let
you go."
"It's hard to go."
"Slie should have a little pity."
"If . ever she has I shall come
back two you until then," and he
kissed her—"good-bye."
"There'll be no other 7" and
she faltered.
"Good Heavens !" he muttered.
"How could there bei" '
"1 know—I. know -e---"
And iso they parted. And so end-
ed Hamilton second marriage..
CITY FOLKS' SHALL HEARTS.
Professor Nicolai Says They Don't
Take Enough Exercise.
German scientists are taking a
deep interest hi. sports;;. not in the
way of participation, but as a
study. They are seeking to learn
exactly where the benefit ceases
and the berm, begins; for while it
is not known that sports are bene-.
freial to a certain degree and also
harmful to excess., it is not known
just where one should draw the
i us
From their investigation's thus
far it is not going to be very easy
for any one to draw such a line for
general observance. The trouble is
that some can stand more violent
exercise than others.
f'a obably the elm .plest method for
anyone to adopt to determine just
how far they can go in sports that
involve rather violent oxeroise is to
essaweeeeeseaseefteeesele
Tams, Jellies and Pickles.
Gooseberry want.—Top and tail
the gooseberries and boil one hour,.
stirring constantly. To each pound
of the uncooked fruit you should
have allowed three-quarters of a
pound of sugar. After the hour's
boiling is ended dip out any 'super-
fluous juice—which will make de -
first take their pulse before enter-
ing into the sport; then, after the
game, such as ` acompetition" in
golf or tennis or wrestling or box-
ing, take the pulse again. It will
have naturally increased. At the
end of fifteen minutes take the
pulse again: If it has returned to
normal :that is, to what it was be-
fore the exercise was commenced---.
you can stand such exercise with-
out any ill effects. If your pulse
has not returned to its normal
beats the exercise was too violent
for you.
Professor Nicolia declared that
the -pulse should resume its nor-
mal beat within 'fifteen minutes af-
ter every sort of exercise, other-
wise physical trot,bles, especially
with the "heart, will develop.
"Statistical data show," declar-
ed. Profeesor Nicolia, "that town
dwellers anddomestic animals have
comparatively small hearts. This is
because they do not take sufficient
exercise. Bodily exercise should
be continued only -so long as it is
possible to breathe with the mouth
closed. When you have exercised
so violently that your mouth flies
open involuntarily, and you `pant'
or gasp for breath, you are surely
overdoing it."
All . the professors, including
some women experts, were in favor
of mild exercises for adults as well
as children. Fraulein Dr. Hirsch,
of 'Berlin, declared that women
make a great mistake by giving up.
exercise after marriage: "Women
should continue to take exercise,
mild gymnastics, and the like., af-
ter marriage," she declared, and
then she declared that high heels,
lacing and such evils eounterect all
the benefits that might accrue to
women from exercise.
Professor llrause, of. Berlin, said
the prevailing tendency was to
overdo all sports. He declared that
young men especially "striving
competition overtrained themselves,
and, while becoming proficient in
one thing, like vaulting or running
or jumping, they at the same 'time-
weakeried their hearts and got
themselves into extremely danger-
ous conditions. He insisted that,.
ternp•eranes in exercise and in such
sports as were violent' was' quite as
necessary as temperance in other
things,
pare a thick pickle vinegar' of one
cup of sugar, a dozen blades of
mace, a dozen and a half whole all-
spice, three dozen each of whole
black peppers and cloves, and four.
quarts of vinegar. Boil all these
together for five minutes after the
boil begins, and pour over the
drained cucumbers, which you
should have packed into small jars.
The vinegar must go on them scald-
ing hot and the jars be covered
closely. Let them ,season for at
least two months beforeeating.
them, and'' keep, in a dark, cool
place.
Mixed Pickles. --Make these by
Bikes jelly -put in your sugar, and the preceding recipe, using string
cook an hour longer. . Turn the jam beans, nasturtium pods, clusters of
into glasses er small jars and seal. cauliflower, and tiny onions. The
When this is served with cottage onions and the cauliflower do not
cheese or cream cheese it is a fair need to be greened.
equivalent for the imported bar le
due.
Plum or Davison Tam.—Stone
your damsons or plums, and after
thus -eigh them. Be careful to
Useful 'Brits.
Brittle nails should be
with vaseline every night.
If vegetables are put to
save any juice that comes from the hot water the flavor will
fruit while stoning it. Allow half troyed.
a pound of sugar to each pound of Seeded raisins cut in half and add -
fruit, unless it is exceptionally tart, ed to the nut salad will make it
in which case increase the propor- taste much better,
tion to three-quarters of a pound `Crackers covered with grated
-of sugar to a pound of fruit. Stew cheese anditoasteel in the oven are
the fruit for half an hour,' put in good served with salad for lunch-
the sugar, and simmer gently for an eon. .
hour. By this time the jam should. When the knob comes off the tea-
have.cooked down until it is quite kettle lid, try putting in a cork;
thick, and niay be put into glasses select one- larger than the hole,
or jars and sealed. Small, tart soak it, and force it in while wet.
plums may be used for this jam. Linoleum which:. has been rolled
Peach Marmalade. — Peel and up for some time should be placed
stone peaches. The smaller or yel-' before the fire for a few minutes
low : varieties will serve' for this. before unrolling. It will not crack.
Weigh the pared and pitted fruit, If rice is cooked in water it will
allowing to every pound of it three- absorb about three times' its meas-
quarters of a pound of sugar, and ure. If it is cooked in milk, at:
least half as much liquid will be
necessary.
Perspiration staine can be 're-
moved by a:: solution of oxalis acid
rubbed
cook in
be des -
"N'ow, children," said the Sun-
day echool teacher to thejei,enile'
class, "can any of you tell vie what
an epistle is?' "I can," answered
a little fellow at the foot of the.
class. "An epistle is the wife of an
apostle."
Willie had been absent from
school a whole day; "se teacher sent
his mother the usual excuse blank to
"be filled ottt. When it was returned
to her it held the following oscine r
"Dear teetcher Willie got wet in
the a,ni. and sick in the pain."
cook the fruit by itself for three-
quarters of an hour, stirrieg it con-
stantly. . At the end of this time
turn in the sugarr and cook for ten
6r fifteen minutes, taking 'off any and 'watei in a proportion of one
scum which may rise to the top. You drop of oxalic acid to 20 drops of
may either put if up at this stage or
you may add to it the kernels of a
dozen or so of peach stones, chop-
ped fine, and the juice of a lemon.
for every three pounds of fruit, or
you may put in a tablespoon of pre-
serving brandy for every polled of
fruit. With any treatment the mar-
malade is delicious. There should
be, a good deal of extra juice, and
if this is dipped out after the addi-
water.
A fish that is to be boiled will be
improved if it is placed in a dish
containing melted butter and al-
lowed to stand for an hour before
boiling. " '
After boiling salt beef leave trva
or three carrots in the liquor until
cold, ' The carrots will absorb the
salt and the liquor can be used for
soup.
Eon of the sugar and of any flavor- When sheets wear thin in the raid-
ing and sealed in bottles it makes a dle, cut them in half down the mid -
fine sauce for baked or boiled pud- elle and sew the outer edges to-
dings. gether; the sheets will wear twice
Apple or Crabapple Telly. --guar- as long:
ter and core ripe crabapples or any Before cutting buttonholes . in
well flavored, tart apples, and heat thin materials, baste a' piece of In-
slowly in a preserving kettle. 'Un- dia linen underneath where the hilt-
less they are juicy add enough water tonlioles will be. Cut the button_
to protect them from .scorching, and holes through both and work. When
cook at a gentle simmer until the finished, cut away the piece of goods
apples are broken to pieces. Put the, underneath. ,.
pulp into a flannel bag and let it To bake cakes at home success -
drip. If you : squeeze the pulp the, .fully put the cake mixture into - a
juice is likely to be. cloudy. Measure seyell-greased tin, then stand this in -
your juice, and to each pint of it side another tin. The cakes will
allow a pound of granulated sugar never burn at the bottom or stick,.
Put the juice on the fire ina clean and will be successful whether
kettle, cook it for twenty minutes baked in- a large or email oven.
after it: comes to a boil, skim care- A cretonne shoe bag made the
fully, and add the sugar. Let the size of the hat tray in your trunk
jelly return to the boil and cook is a great convenience. It can be
for one minute and take from the attached to the back of the trunk
fire. Have your glasses ready and with thumeetacks when you arrive.
fill immediately, but -do not close or
attempt to cover with paraffin un-
til the jelly is entirely cold.
For economy excellent lamp wicks
can be made from men's old soft
felt hats cut into strips the proper
Peach Jolly.—Make by the preced- width and: soaked in vinegar for
ing recipe, but add a tablespoon of twohours and drying before using.
lemon juice to each pint of the peach
juice, and put this in 'after strain-
ing the juice from the fruit.
Small Cucumber Pickles. - Lay
firm; small encumbers of uniform.
A steamer box is a delightful pre-
sent for an ocean-going friend--
each
riend—each gift being wrapped tightly in
paper and, marked with the day on
which ie is to be opened.
size, none of them more than three Sash curtains, after they have
inches long, in a large earthen been starched, should be folded
crock, with a layer of • salt upon down the middle, lengthwise, and
every layer of cucumbers, Pour in ironed double; then opened out and
enough cold water to cover them, the fold ironed. They handle very
placing a heavily weighted plate on well when ironed in this way.
top to prevent floating. Every To keep the color in linen dresses
other day stir the pickles up from launder them in bran water, Pour
the bottom, and leave them in the scalding water over half a pnilftil cf
bring for ten days. At the end of bran, let stand for half an hour,
this time pour it off and pick over thew drain the water off and we.sh
the pickles, throwing out those thee :,the .linen in it, rising no soap..
alis soft; Put those which are left Cold cocoa made without cooking
in fresh water and leave them in is a good,invalid's clis.h. Mix one
this twenty-four hours, change teaspoonful of cocoa and another
,again to fresh water, and let them of sugar to a smooth paste with a
lie in this another day.. Line gour little cold milk; then beat in a glass
kettle with grape leaves and place of creamy milk with an eggbeater.
the'cucumbors' on these, sprinkling Everybody : doesn't know that '.
each layerof them with a little huckleberry cake, baked aboub two
powdered alum, pour in cola water, .inches thick,in a large oblongcalve
lay several thicknesses of the grape tin, can be: seated as a delicious
leaves over the top, cover thekettle puddi rg simply by cutting ib
closely,and simmer slowly for six
hours. Don't let the kettle boil,
Take mit the cucumbers, which by
now should be wellgreened, throw
them+ in cold water and leave them
in this fora :coulle of hours, Pre- the horse.
squares and serving with a sweet
white sauce.
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