The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-28

framed by the green horizon; and he
must die. Still she called. The voice
seemed to be a refrain of the sea, like
Tennyson's verses.
whats the matter?" she said.
Don't mind"
She was approaching with long, pow
erful strokes.
Lean on me. There" she said, and
as her head rose, I shall never forgive
myself. Stop, and don't mind. They
never will know. We are but swim
ming together. Keep back, you, Mr..
Merton is but experimenting" she
added to Brinton, who called, for they
were separated from the others.
In a moment. Are you tired. Yes,
you are. There We will touch in a
moment.
And they touched, and soon were in
You'd better go in now and take
some whisky. A big drink. It's the
best thing"
She turned back to Brinton, who
stood reckoning.
smile If you ever so much as whisper
it, 1 never will speak to you"
I have represented my friend, good
fellow that he is, in such foolish
light, that am glad to say here that
he himself told of it, as he had of the
bicycle escapade, and that he himself
began to laugh. His secret chagrin,
however, was none the less deep.
can't remove the charge of fooolishneess
as far as being disturbed by tTifies
may go. Yet ne resolved to face his
visit out, to lessen it not a day, but
to make no more attempts in uneX-
plored fields. That night he approach
ed Miss Priscilla on the subject, but
she, was strangely silent and appeared
to avoid him. Yet he did his discomfit-
ure so we'll that Mrs. Van Brule con-
fided to her husband that after all she
might have been mistaken, and that he
was proving an entertaining addition to
the house party. But in the night by
himself all his provocation cried out:
To be saved by a girl! How ridiculous!
Could he live it down? And then he re-
membered that he had not so much as
said thank YOU II don't believe my
life appears valuable enough to thank
anybody for It," said that disconsolate
young man. But he resolved to make
amends in the morning, and he found
chance after breakfast.
II hope" said he, that you don't
think that I fail to appreciate the good
turn you did lie"
"Oh don't say anything, please. I
was to blame"
you mean you led me on"
please don't talk about it, Mr.. Mer-
TOM she cried, with surprising pettish-
ness and to stop him effectively called
to Brinton, TON, do come here"
which Tom did as obediently as if he
were her dog.
| AS the days dragged on, she still
avoided him.
One night at dinner he said that he
was to leave on the morrow. The
hostess said she hoped he would make
| it a, week longer, and now really meant
so much Then he noticed that Pris-
| ella was looking at him keenly. How
did he interest her, he asked.
After dinner she called to him:
ooh, Mr.. Merton. do come and walk
with me on the beach,
mo, Tom, you can't come"
Then she fell silent, and they We're
| outside by the talking surf. But he
could not talk. She turned suddenly.
"You-you think me an idiot" she
cried. violently. II
"Why-Miss spencer-that's what
supposed you thought me-"
Don't be Silly" she said. 'You are
clever and brave and have done
things; and yolp1think only care for
these-these peopie-for trivialties."
"Trivialties seem to me very import
ant lately" he said.
What do you mean?" she said, look
ing across the sea.
IT mean that if all these people are
trivialties, including yourself, that you
are the most important trivialty in the
world to me-if you insist on that
definition"
She turned her eyes from the sea te
him, and said not at all shyly, but as
you might expect a real mermaid tt
: make such a statement.
And do you know, I believe you are
the most important to me"
Now this was in the moonshine, yor
know, which is eternally putting I'M
reality on facts, so that inside, where
he had her to himself in a, corner, he
said:
"But Tom?" ss
! oh we've just been brought up to
gether.'' ea
l"Thats aH,' he said, relieved. 'Bu
I'm such an awful duffer."
4 cat trivial things" she acknowl
Z edged; and then in a lower tone, ant
with q. blush.
"I want a man who thinks and acts
and will not be afraid to get drowned
for me- y&
"If you entice him beyond his
depths?"
YES: I want, him to be enticed, a.
you were"