New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06

The Mediterranean towns and the discordant clang of
business lite breaks early into the soft hymn of dawn
But these two, young husband and wife had caught
The invitation from the spirit of outer world while
Morning was Just shaking herself awake In pleased
excitement with the unusual, they had stopped an
empty trolley-car bound for out-of-toyn fields
People still human at five o'clock ,ybis,cred
Ms May, as they exchanged good-morlirgs and
happy ordinations on the fairness of the dav with
motornan and conductor.
And they We're in a great field of tall grass
MERGED
oh, the peoples and lupines," cried Mrs. Nav
" Il seems though a sky and sunshine were
pushing themselves up through the earth
Spring had painted the field with great spashes
OF orange-colored peoples and deep-blue upines and
youth and happiness had colored the wife's face
rosy and her eyes a glowing blue like the lupnes
She was straight and slim, and fresh as the dewv
morning. Her husband. though only few wears
older matched her inpulsiveness with quiet reserve
tie had the slightly STOPPING shoulders, the near
sighted eyes and the high forehead of a scholar His
pocket bulged with packet that guessed be a
But flowers make US all into children and they
began once, people will gather the beautiful
things, and to wish they had brought baskets that
they might carry more of the country home to the
little fiat Mrs May pucked the flowers with long
stems and uttered a little cry of dismav when she
her husband breaking off the stalks to the
flower heads. She held waving bit Of the field in
her arms, and he little crarnped bunch of close
cropped blossoms. But second thought checked
the reTnonstrance her lips She flew her hus-
band. and impetuousy kissed his hand and the flowers
together.
My dear, dear, stupid professor" she cried her
face glowing with happiness and her voice trimming
with love. Isn't II nice to be married, so can
come out here alone in the early morning. We are
King and Queen of the whole world
As she left his side she his bulging pocket and
. ruefIl look clouded her face He wondered why
she back the gathering of flowers eagerly.
Ethel, dear, don't you think have gathered
all we can take home, he asked.
Oh no" she answered galy. Il can carry lot
more. Besides, like to 60 gathering them
If I throw them away. l guess I'm like Rockefeller
and Carnegie and the other men who keep making
money even when they have than they can
spend" She recklessly Pucking fresh flowers
and scattering the old ones while she talked
Mr.. May looked her through puzzled glasses.
He learning that his wife had many strange moods
"a surprise and something of a shock to his
evcl nature He knew that she making
time; otherwise. why all this talk such distant
subjects as rutocrats, But student though he was,
he OWNED no connection between her mood and the
book IN his sde-pockct,
They were near sunny fence-corner, where a
bank OF dry grass saved from the morning breeze
10y clunp OF eucalyptus trees
Come. dear; lets sil down
She came like reluctant child. the of her
mouth drawn into pretty pout He took the volume
lovingly. His near-sighted eyes became luminous
With intellectual Joy.
Oh Harry she exclaimed. my shoes are out
r4g1osv wet Iwonder If II VIII hurt patent leather:
He paid 10 heed her flippant remark. She
could not Jump up. for his hand held hers closely.
This was the way he delighted to read Browning
the woman he loved by his side, and the spirit of the
great he loved speaking TO him from the book
Who VIII, may hear sordelo's story told: