The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12

too, lasting the space Of 1 heartbeat, dying out
With q oplck sIgh;, 9 Outer 81 sqken iashes. q
As. for tho man beside her. no stood thrilled.
yet thopsstfpl, toll9yTtnF his thoughts through
heavily, against her yielding breast. What had
happened he scarcely comprehendcd. He only
knew. that love is sweet Tho beginning was
had Il beeni Had they not always. loyedi And II
the beginning Of lovo was already half forgotten,
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exquisite, although behind the veil something
was already stirring, q OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IT'S presence, unconsciously shrinking in her
lovers arms, and again the questions stung her
Il It %tOrevsri is t truth and iisith, and CON.
stanoy, forever and f%oroycrl" Her breathless
tips P %sSS :eS S%s 9 AGAIN llnefh n Siie PSS'ed them and
lid and Hardwood moved once moro TO
the door. Night stretched its stnr-lined tent
from tho zenith; the moon. enmeshed in a
fathomless 1lm. hung in o corner, a tnrnished
rim of tinsel, palo as a silvory withered leaf.
hall with Yolette, BIDDING them hurry, for din
nor, was over, Then they went away close to-
Rlacis where the scented shrubbory spread its
perfume through tho shadows.
Hide Elided silently to her chamber; Hare
wood waited for her, standing by the table
BEEN removed. Red Riding Hood came ann Sj to the
when Hildo had returned and seated herself, the
child brought dinner and served IL with the
kisscd her, for sho needed tho love Of all, now
that she had given a love, infinite and limo.
cont; = love that embraced the world and life
RED hiding Hoods father has gone with the
Thirteenth Battalion she said. looking across
at HoTewood; Il begin to think opr little one
with downcast eyes. Hardwood smiled at her
and. drew her to him..
When did he. goi'" no asked.
To-day replied Red RidinssHood. He is
AS tho child spoke her dark eyes elowed for
at last he had been justified In his daughters
tho shining garments of resurrection-R home.
made uniform with epnulets. War, the great
R imE iiocd. n and f tbo eh nan Of S ebsScs' whom 10 Ss cbn Ri6,
allotted to her father. sewod gilded braid and
brave buttons on her fathers clothes, that no
longer be ashamed among men: that she
no longer need be silont when mon spoke of
honor and virtue and brave deeds and the sol.
"He viii fight until he dies" said the child
Pray God he may not die sSid Hide.
"He will die" replied Red Riding Hood with
that quiet conviction that makes children some
Late that night Hardwood. sleeping on his
tumbled bed, was awakened by Bourke.
Jim, there's a man at tho door below; Red
Riding Hoods father is dead"
"Deadf' repeated HareYood.,
"He was drunk-he fell from the drawbridge
at tho Porte Rouge"
Hardwood threw on his coat and went gravely
asleep. Little one" he whispered. she f feE
for his hand In tho darkness, clasped il. in both Of
hers. and pressed her wet face to the pillow.
whispered. She wept: 1t was the one pleasure
her father had ever given her. his death. She
thought Of the man himself and wondered why
she wept. Hardwood, too, wondered, and sho
answered his unasked question:
Il weep because l have nothing to weep FOR,
Go, now. and leave me with my happiness"