The morning call., 1893-05-07

modish-her hat is one of those impossible
creations of the sonth-side mlliner, and
her hands are red and roughened with toll.
He, too. is palpablv ''of the people" He
is tall ana ill-built. Early bearing of heavy
burdens has caused one shoulder to droop a
lttle-he has sandy hair and gray eyes, an
indefinite nose and wde fuil-iipped
mouth. His ready-made cheap coat is too
short on the shoulder. too narrow at the
back. His face is freckled and his hands
are hard. Neither of the pair is over 20 and
they are poor.
She. each to the other an epit0me of the
universe. To them, together, has come the
tullness and sweetness Of life, and He and
She are walking on the heights.
just "a workman and his girl but He 10
her is Manhood, She to Lin is Womanhood,
and in this human wilderness they have
reached out and found each other. Could
anything be more wonderful than this
They are wondering if ever before in this
world two people knew the JOY of walking
together They are wondering in their
secret souls whether Mr. and Mrs. North
Beach, driving up the heights in a hired
buggy, would not envy them could they but
know the glad secret tat is theirs-the
secret that he who runs may read in every
line of their illumined faces
They do not know that tn cir secret is as
old as the world so old, so very old, that it
has long since gone out of date in the
smart" world. They do not know that in
the scientific world men versed in the
'ologies, and with many letters following
their names. are writing learned treatises
clearly showing that this subtle attraction
by which lie and She have been drawn to-
gether outside the surrounding tbrong, is a
mere temporary, evanescent emotion, 10 be
discouraged as unscjentitic and reprehensi-
BILE, chtmerical and absurd, by those having
the good OF the race al heart, and moved by
a regard for scientific accuracy
They do not know that sociologistS phil
anthroplsts and students of progress have
long since considered their case, and are
even now discussing whether it VOuld mt
be better for enlightened people to frown
upon the loves of the poor and iliteIRte,
and 10 prevent, even by legislation if need
be, these tatuous unions that, in the poverty
and Ignorance OF the contractors can but
result in unhappinesS for them distress for
their offspring and burdens and expense
for the state
The afternoon shadows are growing
longer. Fathers and mothers are calling
together their little ones and preparing to
make the descent to where the cIanGinp
cabie-ears Will bear them hOmeward He
and She are not Fastening They have
loitered along the road to where a bend
around the hillside gives them a wide out
look over the city below-the cleaning bav.
the whlte-wlnged ships coming through the
Golden Gate, the distant hills. She is hold
ing some peoples that He gathered for her.
As he banded them to her with a shy gal
lantry their hands touched, their eyes met
they saw as well as felt each others glad
ness. and hand sought and chung to hand
They are stll clasped as the two gaze ont
upon the wide landscape
Down 10 the western horizon sinks the
sun. The gold has disappeared from the
road and has left it only winding ribbon
OF brown; but along the creSts and swelling
slopes OF the hills a mantle of rose and
crimson S0Teaug. II plintc
iyotus trees and floods their down-drooping
ltaVeS with Its passionate glow. 1t flames
along the western sky in a splendor of
yellow and crimson, purple and pearl, like
Ihe Inlng OF great shell. 1t lights his
lace and hers as they stand and are glori-
ned IN each others sight. They do not
kaow that the crimson light has made them
beautiful. They think the beauty is their
own-a part OF their wonderful discovery
and who shall say that it is not? Humanity
imposed conditions have made his BODY less
than noble, his face dull and heavy. They
nave narrowed down her mental horizon
anu imprisoned her soul in q poor little
cage, but lie and She have been touched by
tne hnger OF God. for God is love, and have
seen each the others beauty, the beauty
that Is Their human right, the beauty that
once seen is never again really lost.
me crimson has faded to rose. the rose
10 gray-the gray has turned to white as the
eaIf moon comes out to light the hillside
o"io tlie tuCh-
iyptus trees to replace the gold. Hand in
hand He and She are passing down the hill
ROAD. 90, hand in hand. have thev elected
TO go through lie, toiling together. bearing
toeether the burdens this worlds blunders
nave lad on ca b. Tbeytlo not think of
these. 1t were wild to think of these for
theirs is not the lot that by taking Thought
can lighten or change or explain the burden
or The biunders. Tney have no strength nor
power-they have only love
But viii love be theirs wien spring has
gone ana the summer heat has burned them;
when autumn's harvest time has passed
tnem oy and winters breath mas chilled
thelr blood? VIII love be theirs when.
hand in hand, in the uncertain white ljoht
they travel down the hill of life torelherP
Inc cyhlc smiles at the question. The
scientist deplores the ignorance that can
ask 1t. The philan;hropis; shakes his head
~ rlty. mnrmuring of The window-fiight St
love with poverty at the door. The SO.
eloinSlSt potters of the testimony of sta
tisties.
Let the question pass Let the bridge
remain uncrossed until it is reached Love
Is now theirs The world is theirs. for
each TO each is universal, and In the snin-
merlng radiance that lights the way. silver
Ing the city below. and ma king long, shining
paths across the distant water. He and
she are walking down the hill together.
ADELINE +. KNAPP
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