The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-15

sweet, serious gaze on the minister's face,
drinking in every word, worshipping God
from the depths of your pure soul, wor-
shipping Him through you.
And later, when temptations had SUR
rounded me, when weakly yielded to
them and then realized my own baseness
and that / dare not ask pardon for my de-
liberate wrong-doing, there would come to
me the sweet thought that somewhere, per
haps, my Dream Girl was sending up
petition for me, whispering: "God bless
and keep Dick"
And, oh, my pure-hearted one, how much
lower, how much more unworthy might I
have been had | not believed that What
made me believe it? Dearest every man
knows that there are always two women
who are praying for nim-his mother and
his Dream Girl Do you remember that
evening so long ago when I came to bid
you good-by? I was to start the next
day to try my fortune in this great city.
Do you remember that / asked you to
walk down to the gate with me? 1t was
dusk, and we stood there in the fragrant
darkness and talked of many things You
wished me success. / thanked you and
begged that you would give me some
thing to remember you by" You had
little bunch of daisies at your throat-the
golden-hearted Marguerites - and you
pinned them on my coat | took your
hands in mine and begged for something
sweeter, but you shyly refused me- All!
Dream Girl! that was the turning point
in our lives. / was young then; | did not
appreciate the maidenly modesty that
prompted you to withhold that caress and
it angered me to think that you trusted me
so little. l turned and left you without
even a 'good-by." Yes. yes. heard your
faint cry of Dick, Dick, don't co. but
was too proud, too independent, to go
back How bitterly have | regretted it
since. ! have that little bunch of Mar
guerites yet, and though they have with
cred almost to dust they are more precious
to me than diamonds.
How blind we men arel We hold in
our hand the jewel of great price and
know not its value until it is ours no
longer
l have struggled for foothold in this
great city; | have shaved from early dawn
until late at night and / have had meas
ure of success. Fame has even bestowed
upon me a few of her precious laurel
leaves-in fact, | have won about all that
| had started out TO VIVA place among
men in the worlds work, yet / would give
it all, all, and thousand times more to
hold in my heart again the peace and the
happiness l knew in the days when had
YOU. In moment OF pique | cast you
my jewel, from me, thinking to find others
as precious but, an! how well do | realize
now that there is for me- that there is for
every man but the ONE
There is where the pathos of life comes
I'M 1t takes US so long to know the truth
when we see it,. 1t takes so long to get
your eyes open. The years have come and
gone, and while you We're ever my Dream
Girl, yet there came into my life others
whom ! succeeded in making myself believe
could take your place. / drank what
thought was the full cup of happiness. but
| found bitter dregs in the bottom of
cup. Always my heart was restless hun.
CRY, unsatished. | knew not what allied
me until the other day, when | came sud
denly face to face with you on the street
and looked once more, after all these years.
into your earnest eyes, saw once more your
sweet lips and serene brow. Then. in
fash, my eyes were opened and I read my
heart as il it were an open page. 1t was
you. YOU you. my Dream Girl for whom
my heart was longing whom I wanted for
my wife. whom ! have always loved and
whom | shall love until the end of time.
Oh. Dream Girl there is nothing in life
so great as love-the love that neither
sorrow. nor sickness. nor poverty, nor dis
grace can destroy; the love that is endur-
ing, that is forgiving, long-suifering. en-.
nobling Full well do | know that there
is but one other Love that is greater.
And did | not see in your eyes for one
instant that day revelation of your own