San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-21

the others shining hair.
Tears started to Fides's eyes, and an old
aching yearning rose in her heart as she re
turned the careSS.
II wish" she began, then stopped with a
sigh.
you wish?' her companion said interro-
| gatively.
The girl turned and walked to the window.
The last rays of the sun were still Pickering
on the terraced gardens; but in the distance,
over the spires of the old gray Minister, a
| great yellow moon rose slowly.
why is everything at such cross ur-
! pOSes?' she sighed. And why does only
| the mattainable seem worth having? When
we are babies we think that, If we cry tor
the moon yOnder, it will come down TO us;
but we live and learn, and bitter experience
| teaches that it never even looks at u.s."
Her companion crossed to where she stood.
| She was tall iinCly-fOrmed woman of over
thirty, and she looked down at her cousin
| with loving air of amusement. She took
| Fides's chin in her hand and turned her face
upward till the troubled eyes looked straight
into hers-then with a pleasant laugh re-
| leased her hold.
my dear" she said, ''yOu have let me into
a little secret Shall tell you story in eX-
change?
Fides bluShed violently.
81 don't know what you mean," she an
swered; but am ready to hear anything
| you like to tell me"
wen, the elder lady began, my story
WHICH Vi course Is laiu Ill the classic DAYS Oh
once upon time'-begins with the loves of
niue 10y anu slil' lTey iI'',' nee" ilaiu,
- 9''' Wv "''lio''|N WV ui'I,'' VIM 49,
tom ho DG. i,o' mi :" ,i
reosa,,t d, ari %, II aI,S
Tho r,onirs IN tho hm,, mazda hf,, i,, 80 m
into tp, I,,orI5 o,, yo,i FaIJ $3.50 -
there his mcIe souoht &c orthodov uncIcs
ALWAYS do IN datain him and fajIin,, in tbot
disinherited him. With boy's love for thot
little maid the hoy loft his dear old home
and for twelve long wears her IMAGE dyyeIt in
his heart In that sacred shrfne where he
had pIaced If he worshined daily and dov
nv dav il grew ill il toot the form of :, fair
and gracious maiden. At last he returned a
man IN find his ideal realized in the woman
he had left a child. and his bovish love was
changed into mans devotion"
The shadows grew longer i'm the room as
the moon climbed higher i'm the sky. Fides
clasped her friends hand. but did not utter
word.
81 may dron olI.gorv ,, Miss UaIIsm com
timed ;.for Won knny thotI snaal of CIV
and Won I ShnuId mover have tnII Won this
dear had not read the Confession in vour
ewes
..prt ifi.is .r,,,, >, tho ,,irr osI.oi ,,,.,,.,,-
Io,eI, ..,,,I,, i,,., ~, ,,,,t r.
ho Io,os 'nn ,r..o, i", sh,,,,. IL, hnr .,,,is
-owhv shnnId he nnt t,II mo SOP,
W., arc. ri,t, am, ho i,,,r .,,eooio,,.
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other reason and nless he knew that Won
loved him
"ITnIess he knew Oh Theo no MIGHT
puess how dear he has always heen IN moi
What can I do if his nride 50 stands between
usp How I hate this wrptched money that
senarates usl WHY did mt nv grandfather
leave IL to Guy. whose il was nv RIGHT and
60 have SHARED rs this wretchrdneSSp WHY
won't Guy take il from me no,yp shouId
not he too nroud to tell him loved him yyere
il his If he cared for me-
IIor oo,,rorior sr,iIod
A.. .1-,,,..
IN iIii5I Una. 'ooui 'o'iioS "",Pou anu
We i,lI ueai nav
""y y. nus VS. pS uie
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rigbt1it NAV be sooner Than Won thinly ~
this cantata from which yye oil hnno 90
much ehomId nroye tba srccese for ono
exnect and CIV find himself famnuS I
sbanId not wonder If he took conraga tbon
and acted on the heIief which have trieJ 70
I'll into hin, ,,onimS is fair aoh,id, f ~
l,oIJ y
- nus ~, - go NJ i t,,r os'l aUci
F ,,T;' VI e''''''o'
i',
Inc eiuei sii! S''ooh l'ei "ea"'
u believe as implicitly in the greatness of
the work as you do, my dear; and am GER
tain that sooner or later twill be found to
have the handspring OF life in it, and so,
whether we live to see 1t or no, Will be hon
Ored in days to come as the works of the
masters from whom Guy has learned are hon
ored now. But though nowadays it is easier
than OF Old for living worth to gain its just
acknowledgement there are yet thousand
things that may occur to prevent its being
properly appreciated and to hinder its show
Ing itself, even to unpreJudlced eyes, in the
most favorable hight To my mind, Guy is
doing very iOOllSh thing IN having his work
performed for the first time in the Cathedral
and by the choristers, IN place Of IN the con-
cert-hall, where lirSt-caSs singers might have
undertaken it,"
But could any other place be so suitable
for ITS representation? What is needed TO
| enhance the deep religious feeling of the
music but the corresponding sanctity of our
old Minster@'
Both of you look at the question from the
artists nnDraptiaal nnint Of Wow Ei1pS
while regard the matter with the eye of the
panpral puhlin a nd a,nvahan1 Z ho