CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25


utes till he should present himself TO
her eyes as sentimental and susccp-
. ttble imbecile. He knew It. He was In
gtld spirits
Gould you realize that one OF your
dangers might be shakingT she
cried ELS your seriousness n lost art?'
Her laughter ceased suddenly. "Ah.
no! understand Theirs said the
French laugh always In order not to
weep. haven't lived here fve years.
] should laugh. too II l were you"
Look at the moon." he responded.
1--WE Plattviilians own that with the
best of metropolitans. and. for my part.
I see more OF It here. You do not ap-
precinte US. We have large landscapes
In the heart OF the city. and what other
capital has advantages like that? Next
winter the railway station Is TO have n
new stove for the waiting room. Heav-
On itself is one Of our suburbs-it is so
close that all one has to do is to die.
You insist upon my being French. you
see. and ] know you are fond of non
ssnse. How did you happen to put
The walrus and the Carpenter at the
bottom of page Of Fisbee's notesT'
"was IT. How were you sure II was
r.
"In Carlow county,"
He might have written It himself
"Fisbee has never in his life read
anything lighter than cuneiform In
scriptions.'
"Miss Briscoe"-
'-she doesn't read Lewis Carroll. and
it~,was not her hand. What made you
u9rite Il on Fisbees manuscript
He was here this afternoon.
teased him little about your beading
in the Observation-Disclosures and the era.
die. the Altar and the Grave isn't III
land lie said IT had always troubled
MIN. but your predecessor had used II.
M you thought Il good. So do I. He
asked me II could think OF anything
that you might like better and put In
place OF IL and l wrote The Time Has
Come because II was the only thing
could think OF that was as appropri-
ate and ns fetching as your headlines.
He was perfectly dear about IT. lie
was so serious He said he feared II
wouldn't be acceptable. didn', notice
that the paper lie handed me 10 write
on was part of his notes: nor did he. !
think. Afterward he put II back in his
pocket. II wasn't message"
I'm not so sure be did not notice.
He is very wise. Do you know. l hsvc
the impression that the old fellow
wanted me TO meet you
How dear and good of him. She
spoke earnestly. and her face was SUI.
fused with warm light There was
no doubt about her meaning what she
said.
1T WAS" John answered unsieadIiy.
~He knew how great was my need OF
. few minutes ccmpa mona blcness
'with-with"-
NO" she interrupted. II meant dear
- tEood to me. think he was think
Of me. II was for my sake he
D4Dsed us TO meet
n u might have been hard TO convince
q woman II she had overland this
speech that Mis-. Shcrwoods humility
was not the calculated nfectation OF
Aeoquctte- Sometimes mans unsus-
Won is wiser. and fIarkicss knew
- she was not firting with him. In
A4ition. he was not fatuous man:
be did not extend the Implication of
her words nearly so far rs she would
have had him.
"ss: had met you" said he. "ionr
ago"
"whnt." she cried. and her eyes
danced. "You actually rcmembcry'
Yes. Do your he answered 81
stood In Jones' field and heard you
singing. and remembered. IL was
long time since had heard you sing:
'T was a runrer OF Flanders
And fought for a norin's hire,
You were the dame Of my captain
And sang to my hearts desire
But that is the baiiadists notion.
The truth is that yen were a lady at
the court OF Clovis. and ! was n heath
en- captive. heard you sing a Chris.
tan hymn and asked for baptism"
She did not seem ovcrplcased with
his fnncy. for. the surprise fading from
her facc. ''oh. that wRs the way you
remembered" she said.
Perhaps II was not that way alone.
You won't despise me for being mawk.
lsh tonlghtf'' he asked. II haven't had
III I. chance for so long"
2hc night air wrapped them warmly.
kznd tiIs nalm OF the little brcczcs that
stirred the foliage around them was
the smell OF damask roses from the
garden. The creek, splashed over the
ut their feet. and drowsy
bin half wakencd by the moon. Groom.
| cd dangerously In the sycnmorcs The
girl looked out nt the sparkling water
through downcast lnshcs. "ls II be
cause II IN so transient that beauty In
pathetic" she said. because we can
never come back to Il In quite the
eamc wnyy | am n sentimental girl