The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-05-19
PART III.
YLowER.
CHAPTER VIII.
AS Time Rolls On.


the changeless. has wrought its change
| upon men.
The world Is stiil In labor, as II bsth
| ever been, and ever will be until the
Reign Of Peace shall have truly com.
menced-whicb will be only when man
has changed his nature.
But although muititudes In their hu.
man shape shall never be able 70 wei.
come this better time, TO each man IL
comes In his turn, and none shall es
cape the Divine transmutation.
From this history OF every day events
no actor who has played q prominent
part therein has yet departed; upon
the comedy or the tragedy Of theii
lives the curtain has not yet fallen.
But some are whitening, while others
are ripening. in these suggestive as
poets a comprehensive picture OF the
world is seen; here wrapped in dark
ness. there bathed in light, at one and
the same moment.
Thus side by side march JOY and sor.
row, life and death.
During these eight years Mr.. Deep.
dale's hair has grown gray, but his
heart is as suspectible as ever 10 char
liable and tender impressions.
Wonderfully like him is his son Wal
ter, now a fine young fellow Of three
and-twenty, the two are even closer
together than they were In earlier
days when Walter was a child, and
therefore, presumably, more easily led
The secret OF this lies as much In
sympathy as In love. These insep2r
able companions are more like twin
brothers than father and son.
Thomas Dexter's hair has grown
white, and he has contracted serious
and reflective habit Of mind.
This is due TO more frequent as
sociation with Mr.. Deepdale and Wal
ter. who exercise over the old curiosity
dealer an unconscious influence for
good
II has led as yet to no practical reg
suits, no crisis having occurred to ne
cessitate decided action.
His intimacy with Little Make-Be
lleve and Saranne continues, and he is
occasionally kind TO them in larger
degree than the bestowal Of occasional
pennies.
This was especially conspicuous on
the occasion Of the death Of their faith
or when he presented them with black
frocks
II was n gift they appreciated, for
despite his useless and evil life they
mourned their father with genuine sor'
row. and they would have been
shocked had any person ventured TO
tell them that their loss was blessing
So, but for three friends. in no wise
related TO them, and Of whom clrcum'
stance or the freak Of fortune might
deprive them at any moment, Little
Make Believe and Sarranne were alone
In the world.
They still led their precarlous life, be-
set now with peril because of drawing
womanhood crowned In Sarrannes
case, with beauty which made people
stare after her in the streets.
The contrast between the sisters was
very marked. Beautiful as is the
spring time OF life il had invested Lit
tie Make Believe with no grace or
form or feature; she fulfilled the prom
ise OF her childhood by growing up
stunted and plain.
She cared not; she lived bnt for the
happiness of one human being, ana
that assured. she was herself happy.
She gloried in Saranne's beauty, and
was rs proud of IL and as fond of set
ting IL out in its best light rs the most
devoted mother could have been.
Whatever dreams and fancies she In
dulged in were all for Saranne and Sa-
rannes future.
Dangerous dreams. but indulgence in
them was n sweet pastime for which
neither she nor Saranne was ever dis
inclined.
The kernel OF these dreams was
that Saranne was TO marry prince.
Heaven knews from what mysterious
fairyland the prince was 10 come, but
he would surely come one day and WOO
and win her.
There is a brief time In our lives
when we see the future through shin
ing veil which reflects, in their most
enhancing forms, our bright wishes
and desires.
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