The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-10-19
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YOU"
You thought we were what we are
not All that was in the old, old life.
l seem to havs lived 100 years since
then. Everything went Every
thing!"
John Robinson felt the ground more
solid under his feet.
She turned to him all at once face
radiant. He thought she was the most
vital woman God ever made.
when you lose everything and have
nothing, that is the time to find your
self, land before you know it you have
all things and abound. We found our
selves; we learned to do things; we
wrote. we taught, we got scholarships.
Nell enters sophomore next October.
am proud of Nell"
"And you, Dot? Why didn't you tell
me you Notwithstanding for-this
-day-especially?
'Tell the man in the moon! AL
the rest had their home friends.
had nobody, not one of my blood; not
one of the old life Don't we need
strength to carry us through, when it
comes to that? Strangely enough l
had been thinking of you all the night,
and all the morning; in fact, all this
commencement week."
Had yols Dot?"
eyes, and when came opposite you
in the path simply had to turn my
face"
Did you know me?"
"Not at first. You had grown SO
big and masterful. and your eyes
looked so compelling, was startled;
but when heard you call 'Dot!' /
knew it was you. l thought should
fall on my knees and block the whole
thing"
Again she buried her face in the
roses. 'You call this lake placid
call this all this-peace; tits the
dearest spot on earth to me. Now l
must go out, into what remains of this
day. More than 200 especial people
are looking for me this minute" She
gave him her hand.
81 must know more about you.
What are you going to do with your
self this summer, and then, what?"
For the rest of the summer am
to stay here, in the face of these dear
mountains, and refresh my soul"
''She calls these mountains! l could
show her mountains"
"In October sail"
''Sail?"
eyes, to join"
He held his breath, as if she were
tn ko1J aI,a
away to paradise, to join the choir in
visible
"a class in Athens. 1 am working
for degree in art. l am very fortu-
nate 1t comes to me through
scholarship"
"But thought you took your de-
gree this morning."
'That was only B. "A stepping
stone. There is no end to these de-
grees when once you are fairly start
ed"
Jack was silent minute, then he
found his tongue. "See here, we must
have a-what do you call it, when, folks
have something especial on their minds
to say to other folks, and-?"
Perhaps you mean rendezvous
Exactly, a rendezvous-that's what
l want with you, Dot"
81 suppose every minute of your
precious time is worth nuggets, Jack,
but If you could spend the night we
could go somewhere tomorrow"
"No, no, not tomorrow, it must be
to-day. Now let me say my say, here
and now" He pressed her hand al
most firmly. The young woman drew
back with flash.
Impossible now! I really must"
"No, you shall not leave me until you
have named the time and place for
one"
Rendezvous? Shall we give the
sunset hour to Mount Tobe?"
From the summit of Mount lobe the
windows of the Mount Pisgah house
looked like sheets of flame hung in
mid-air. The sun swung over the west
ern rim like a ball of fire. Between
rolled the river, strong, broad, deep.
Jack and Dot stood on granite bowl
der, bareheaded in the purple and gold.
She was looking at the sunset; he was
looking at her.
''Tell me, did you ever see more
lovely sight?"
"Never, Dot! Never a more lovely
sight"
COR more dear to me?"
Cor more dear to me-
'Turn your eyes and see how grandly
the shadows are climbing up the sides
of the mountains; how peacefully the
valley gives itself to the twilight"
dot, you ask of me an impossible
thing! will never turn my eyes from
you, never! So help me Cod
Springfield (Mass) Republican.
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