Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-07
AFTER THE PARTY.
An Explanation 1n vt Was Alto
gether Satisfactory.

She-1o GU are not gong!
He-It is hard to tear ones self
away from such plea5ure, but it is
late; most of the guests are gone.
She-Stay till they are all gone.
Hell am afraid / will
She-YOu are easily frightened now.
You aOiH wait. must speak to you.
She-At last! Thank heaven, they
are gone.
He-Why such sigh of relief 1t
has been delightful party.
She (wearily)-Has itP 1 don't
doubt it has beer delightful to y u,
except for these last fifteen inmates.
He-They have been, SO far, the
happiest.
She-Of course you had to say that.
i know you wanted to go.
He-Don't let us talk nonsense. You
told me
She-I told ~0r 7 wished to speak to
you-sincc yvu VIII not speak to me.
He-What do you mean?
She--Do sit down. You make me
uCI hOuo, oIethuIhS lAlOlOS pOSCO lAhO q
statue, with those searching eyes look
ing through me.
He--They're looking for something
that is not there.
She-I suppose you want me to ask
you what? and then you will say, a
heart. I've had so much of that, so
very much of that; and expect some
thing better from you.
He-You are bitter this evening.
She-Tell me-what have done to
you?
He-DGne to me?
She-Yes. Have I offended youP
Have | been rude to you?
He-No. l don't know of any thing
you have done. You could not be
rude.
She-Then you have been.
He-I! How, when, where?
She-Will you turn some of those
lights down? The glare hurts my
eyes.
He-Wul you not take the easy
chair? You look mole natural in
that.
She-What have I done? For two
years we have been friends, close,
warm friends-almost brother and sis
ter.
He-Yes. We are friends still, are
we not?
She-I never used to go anywhere
that you did not find me and come to
me, if it was only for moment, only
to shake hands, only to look at me.
You came here very often-and it
seemed as if you could do nothing,
think of nothing, without telling me-
He-Yes. | remember that
She-You remember that! You
speak as if it were something OF the
far past. Yet it was only last year.
He-Only this year.
She-Suddenly it all came to an end.
Suddenly you began to avoid me.
Every thing. even the grasp OF your
hand when we did meet, told me you
had changed. What was it?
He-I have not changed.
She-You know, for the last three
months, you have never come near
me. Tonight, even, in my own house,
YOU have avoided me all the evening.
you have devoted yourself to others
to another.
He-I didn't want-that is
She-Why do you he5itateP You
did not want to tell me you had
wearied of my friendship-that it has
become bore to you.
He-Edith! beg your Fardon-I-
She-Speak out l am woman,
but / do not live on compliments. l
can bear the truth sometimes
He-But l could not
She What do you mean?
He-How it blows outside. used
to like the storm. Do you remember
how one night last winter we sat here
and talked, and as we talked we
heard the wind rise and howl around
the house, and then the rain came
dashing against the window until the
storms great charm put spell upon
us and we listened in silence TILL IL
grew quite late. and as l stepped out
into the wild night your face close 10
the window-pane in this coy room
seemed like picture of an angel!
Sbe-I do remember that hour OF
dreaming-but not the angel part oil
it.
He-I was very happy in those
days. There was one summer day
out in the redwoods, you and to-
getber. We sat under tree, ard the
sun made fantastic figures that danced
on the carpet of dead, brown ferns,
and the bees were humming all AROUND
us
She lin a low voice)-Yes. I re-
nember-I have never forgotten. Inc
world seemed so beautiful and lie
such a blessing. | remem-
Der. You told me what your ambi-
tions were, and L
He-You-you held out your mana
70 me as if you would have led me 10
their fulfillment
She-And would, if could. Every
woman wants to be an inspiration to a
man. Women can do so little that
their greatest effort is self-sacrltlce,
and of that self-sacrifice the worlo
hoors ro+bino Men can dare, and do,