The Washington times., 1905-07-30


who takes you away day after day"
This woman. Anna. has aIl-alI: and
we-your father and land the shop,
we have notning-no An, I grow
stupid with jealous thoughts" His
words broke; he rose and turned toward
the deer,
Anna thrust on her hat and picked up
her coat
Johann She caught his arm. "You
grudge Johann2"
'Grudgc! An mono" He turned ve-
hemently. "Grudge, You know Z would
lie down under your feet TO bring you
one little wish.
IN some points Toman, IN others
still strangely a child. Anna eyes grew
misty in quick response. She was
touched without comprehendlng: with
out realizing, she saw.
Have I been unkind. Johann, these
two months-since you came?"
'.Unkindr He tried TO smile
Then what?'
Y x
He shook his head.
You won't teI2''
There is nothing TO tell
'.Then you'll come with ne to the
door? You'll say goodbye"
Yes 1 viii come with you to the
door"
They descended the stairs In silence.
and in silence passed through the low
ceiled shcp Anna paused by her IA
theirs partitloned desk and tapped on
the glass.
II am going out. father" she called.
Solny looked up with abstracted eyes.
All Sc. Enjoy yourself, my child"
He bent his head again.
Anna turned TO Johann. DO fathers
ever ask where people go-or seem to
care? Did your father care?" Her
mind was strung by anticipation. but
she was aware suddenly of a dropped
link somewhere in her own life.
Looking at her puzzled face, a great
fnpatience Of old Solny rose in Jo-
hann's heart Perhaps some day." he
too much
Anna gazed at him in question.
He shrugged his shoulders It told you
was bitter today. He walked across
the shop
Her face was grave as she followed
him to the door but at the door the
frost in the air was keen. It swept
doubt and disappointment before it. as
cobwebs are brushed aside. She turned
her hand held out
ITS my great day. Johann. Won't
you say Coed luck?'
In contrast to the white world, Jo-
hann's face looked gray. Good luck.
And-and Cod take care of you. Anna
She smiled M at him. but her eyes
were seeing ahead. The youth in the
wintrv air was calling in kinship 20 her.
She drew away her hand and ran down
the street.
He Ieant back against the door-post.
hardly realizing that she was gone; then
his mind quickened with hope. She had
forgotten him as she sped away, but she
would remember. At the corner Of the
street she would remember and turn
back II. was trivial hope: the point
OF triviaHty is sometimes sharp and
probes deep. In a fash the idea con-
quered him. He leant out, peering down
the street,
He watched her eager step, the poise
of her head-the everything and the
nothing that in two months had become
the aureoie about his being. On and on;
farther and father. He could see the
1.-THE shoulders straighren, he could feel
her lips part as she drank In the air.
"Ah, surely. surely" The words
broke from him. then cracked on his
lips. He moved back heartsick and
dizzy. She had passed out Of sight
For a moment his eyes dropped, una
Bile TO rise above the ground, Then I'M
perceptibly something in the dazzling
sky above his head attracted hinl-re-
T.frdad him nf 10 looked II Ia
boriously; after minute his lips moved.
God take care of her!'' he said; and,
turning, he walked into the shop.