Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-06

trying, with the best intentions, to
marry her OF solely to maintain the
honor of the Mulvihill family. She
had thought of n day when she should
marry, when the skyscraper was done
perhaps and he become contractor.
She would not wear those nasty high
stocks which she designed for other
women, but dresses turned in at the
neck and edged with soft lace, and he
would tell her that she had the throat
of lily. Young husbands in novels
always said that.
At night John led her the length Of
the hall with pride stamped on his face
and his walk. Men were introduced to
her and asked her to dance, but she be.
came possessed OF strange terror and
slipped back- among the walhowers!
Mrs. Muivihill watched her with rising
anger. What was the use Of worrying
over real satin dresssfor stupid girl
like Ellen?
Ellen was thinking Of Trfxh' and
how late they would reach home and
how loud the music was when she
heard hearty voice at her elbow:
"Sure, I'd be gl1d tGfneet the. sister
Of John Mulvihill, an IT'S odd newer
knew you had one"
She swung around, and suddenly the
lights in the room leaped into bewNt1er-
ing flames, the dancers mingled
strangely as in broken Kaleidoscope,
In the confusion one fact stood forth
clearly. There was just one man in
the world who could stand like that.
one man who had. such pair of shout!
ders, and he was the man who wrought
every day in the skeleton of the sky.
8cyaper.
She heard her brother say It was
Dennis Gallagher, president Of the
Shamrock association. That was
quite real to her. OF course he would
be the president Then John drtfted
away, and Gallagher sat beside her.
It was quite awhile before she glanced
up into his face. She was trying to
realize the besatfful truth-that they
were no longer parted in midair, but
sitting side By side in noisy, heated
ballroom. She was glad 1t was noisy;
otherwise he might hear her heart
beating.
When she lool,ed Into his eyes she
started, and the color came and went
CHER smiled He,haie seen girls look like
this before. But El1en was utterly in
genuous in spite Of her twenty-five
birthdays He Gid not speak, and final
~ she said almost breathlessly:
II thought they would be blue. an
they are brown-no, hazel"
So of course it came out. She didn't
mean he should know all, and he didn't
know ADJUST enough to make him linz
ger through two dances and set John
Mulvihilrs heart swelling with pride.
A month later Ellen dropped into the
quiet, shadowy church on her way to
work. There were so many "all halls
to say this morning, and the church
was quite empty. so with clasped hands
and eyes full Of happy tears she looked
into the benign face Of the Woman OF
Many Sorrows and murmured:
Blessed Mother, do deserve SO much
happiness? Am / good enough for
him? He is comm every Wednesday,
an Sunday night to see me, an by
an by it will be every night. He said
SO. Every day an every night we4will
be together so long as we live. You
who have suffered much, teach me to
be strong an brave for him."
And all that day man working far
above the din OF the mighty city looked
across the gap to the great factory
building where he knew she bent over
her work. His heart sang within him.
and his blows fell full and clear. for
wonderful light and happiness had
come into his life.