...would be welcome if only it did not sunder them. And he had gained that knowledge only to knowthat they were to be sundered. It was a bitter thought,...world had come to an end. The happiness which he had Been before him as plainly as if it had been a painted picture — a picture of the fireside in the...

...knowledge only to know that they were to be sundered. It was a bitter thought, and for a time, as he Btood there with his eyes fixed upon the cottage, he felt...world had come to an end. The happiness which he had Been before him as plainly as if it had been a painted picture — a picture of the fireside in the...

...death staring up from below. Queer how the human being clung to life. What had he to live for? Nothing. So far as he was concerned, the world had come to an end. Sporting instinct; probably that was it; couldn't make up his mind to shuffle off this mortal coil...