The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-24

you"
He raised her hand to his lips and
kissed it.
A good woman is very apt to exag-
gerate the pain she gives man, by re-
fusing him. She measures his grief by
her capacity TO love someone eise, and
finds his loss great and terrible. AS
matter of fact, most men have been re-
fused, at one time or another and very
| few of them have been bhghted in the
process.
This girl, for instance, cried a good
deal over her carelessness and heart
lessness. She felt deeply remorseful
for what she had done. But Gerald
bore the blow with composure and
without any bitterness whatever.
or course he didn't go to Mrs Mil
licent's so often, until after her guests
! had departed, but then he fell into his
Old ways OF dropping in to see ner; OF
listening to her singing; OF taking her
to drive. She soothed him and rested
him. She began to seem to him the
only woman in the world who never
exasperated.
One night he told her he loved her.
He made the confession little shyly,
Tor she had always treated him with
little matronly kindness, as if she We're
very much older than he.
She did not answer for some time
so long in fact, that he became very
uncomfortable. Then she said. slowly:
How long have yau cared for me,
Gerald?"
Ever since I have known you," he
answered promptly.
She looked a him in amaZement.
oh" he added hastily, Il suppose
you are thinking of Miss Sherlock. Yes,
L did like her"
And told her so?"
Yes, l told her So"
But that was only a month ago.
81 know it."
Their eyes met in the silence that fol-
lowed, and then they both laughed.
But, Gerald" she said, looking at
him straight from under those level
eyebrows, this is not a laughing mat
ter"
81 know it's not" he said penitently.
Before you met Miss Sherlock,
weren't you fond of someone else?"
yes, that was Kittie; 1 was engaged
to her.
and before Kfttie?''
Il don't think that is fair, Mrs. Mil
licent. Yes, there were others before
Kittle.'
He was red and defiant now, but
truthful in the depths of his embar-
rassment. Her eyes twinkled little
as she asked him gravely:
Have you ever been called fickle?'
Il say, Mrs Millicent, this isn't fair a
bit. I'm dead in earnest, and you do
nothing but chaff me! 1 know I've
liked other girls, I've been fool if
you choose to call me so, but this is
different
rs it, Gerald? Suppose 1 should &C
cept this omnibus affection of you, how
long before you'd be offering it to
someone else?"
| ind +I1y no
right to say that. If you would let me
love you l would never look at another
woman in my life"
do you know, Gerald, strange as it
may seem, I believe you"
THANK YOU" he said, little stiffly.
dc you know, think your tickle
ness is only a sign of great fidelity. No,
I'm not laughing at you; L mean it.
You have loved the eternal womanly,
that is all. Whenever you have met a
woman who seemed sweet and love-
able and attractive, you have been
drawn toward her like piece of iron
to magnet. When you were detached
the next magnet drew you in the same
way, but it wouldn't have moved you
at all if you'd been firmly fastened tC
the first ONE
She smiled as she watched his eager
attentive face.
81 believe" she went on, chat yot
would make the most faithful of low
S ers, the most loyal of husbands, if once
. your love and tenderness were centereG
e somewhere where it was treasured an(
returned"
e II know I would" he said, enthusi
astically; 81 know L would
t Il even believe that L could make
you happy, if l tried, Gerald"
oh Mrs. Millfcentr'
81 am older than you-oh, not il
years, 1 know-but 1 have suffered
ard even without that, mine is the old
er nature. know as young girl can
not know, how great and beautiful
thing an honest mans love is. / Shout,
be SO careful of it, I would never trif
n with it. never hold it lightly; it is be
!, u yond all price" She stopped, her voic
" choking a little.
He rose and stood in trent of her.
y And will you take mine?" he SAID
l, ooh, indeed, it will last! 1 am sure
$ never felt like this beforer'
She put her hands before her face
! minute. Then she said:
e rs it quite fair to you? 1 shall Low
y your love, / shall, revel in your deVC
r tion-but it will be little different.
o younger woman would meet you NOR
: fairly, more equally. She would Low
and quarrel and make up. L sha
!, manage you. You will be very con-
d Portable and you won't know it, but
1t do you want to be managed?'
Always" he said, fervidly, eff 20
l. will do it
n She smiled at him, but he hesitate
a now.
d He looked like thirsty man whc
L. travelling over an arid plain, comes ur
I expectedly upon a sparkling sprins
yet who will not touch it's waters unit
l. he is sure of their purity.
t. you have been so frank, he bega
q awkwardly, land L can't talk as yo
do, and express things; but L want
m say something know l will be happ
d with you because I love you SO, but
d it's only my love you care for, and til
managing me, and making me con
/ forta ble-if that's it, I'm afraid yo
= won't be happy. You will have to 10y
- me little bit, just for myself, yo
- know, or the rest won't count. Z
- you think it could %
~ Her eyes had the softest, sweete
Ne look in them that he had ever seen
y a woman's face. There was infinit
tenderness shining through a lit
., mist of tears.
y Dear she said, softly, 81 think
y have loved you all the time"
10 He put his arms around her then ar
a. kissed her, and as his lips touched hel
I. he felt the first link forming in tt
is chain which would keep him hel
#, through life.
as They were married and went abroa
IL, and it was over a year before he sa
ly Kittie Nicholson again. He felt hin
n self the very happiest of men. tt
er birth of his first child recently ha
It been source of the keenest delight
n him. His heart was so full of good w
a. to all men that he even included son