The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-09

Won't you come in Amaziah. and set a /
while?"
'saddy thank YOU. but can't Just
so very convenient today Goodby
''Goodby, Amaziah, then
Without looking at her lover, Elviny
took the books from his hands over the
fence
Promise. Elviny,'' he whispered. as
he gave them to her. Go on, dear
That you won't never wear one of
them
/ Elviny shook her head. the tears ris-
/ ing again to her eyes.
! You think ii out and write me off
/ a note then" was his parting admOnl-
! ton. And Elviny left him and FASTENED
after her mother.
EIviny had known from the first that
! when Amaziah took that tons of firm
, ness with her, she would, in the end'
7 do what he demanded of her So she
was not surprised a herself when that
night, sorely against her conscience
she dispatched note TO him, giving the
promise that he had required, namely
that she would never wear one or
them little white caps with ties, TINS
particular feature of the Mennonite
garb evidently standing TO him Tor Il
symbol of all the asceticism and mar
rowness of the New MennOnites life
But Amaziah's JOY in his conquest
| was shOrt-liVed- When two evenings
later, being Sunday, he betook himself
soul loved, to the home of his sweet
heart, he found her so pale, so silent, so
WoebegOne. that he was stricken with
| remorse and sorrow for her. They dld
not discuss, or even mention the pam
| full subject of the promise; but ANA
l Ziah felt convinced, after a two hours
, / fruitIeSs endeaVOr to make her ACT
sociable and pleasant" that poor El-
! viny would never be ''contented' again
! with such a load of sin on her con-
I hot seemed
4 wisht / could see her. loO&in con
| tented once again. he said to himself
one Saturday evening, as, with httlS
pleasure in his visit, he walked up the
lane to her home. Blamed II L would
Mt most be wiIlin' to do anything to SEE
her Iookin' contented again
He was destined to have this gener-
Gus wish of his put to the test sooner
than he had counted on. When, ter
minutes later, EIViny walked into hel
parIor to receive him, he knew, in {
flash such as seldom came to his mo-
nOtOnOus SlOw-mOVing mental life, ina
: never had he seen her more beautlfu
| than she appeared to his eyes TINS
( night. She was robed as she had never
been before light gray skirt nuns
{ straight from her waist, and
/ plain, untrimmed, lOse-fitting basque
=, brought out the beautiful womanly de
velopment of her bust and shoulders
| and was not concealed by the httl
: | three-cornered cape that lay over TIT
| basque
The letter of her promise to Amaziai
| had been that she would never YEA
z ! one of them white CAPS with ties
: but, oh. the subtlety of the daughter
Z ! of Eve and the faulty of the sons o
Albanian Indian null cap. not white
; but of the faintest shade of gray an
having no ties, covered her head
o However. her plain" clothes wer
o not the greatest change he found in heI
o What was this new light in her eye
= that looked up at him with such dee
Il | happiness shining in their clear beau
ty? \ feeling of awe fell upon ANA
g ziah Had Elviny indeed got religion
l. You see. Amaziah''-he heard he
n soft voice speak as though comm
from a distance, for there was lou
q ! ringing in his head that kept him fror
o I hearing her clearly-''Im keepin' m
g | promise. I amt weaTin one of ther
little white caps with ties. This here
/ a tinted gray cap and amt got no ties
r. The scriptures haven't got nOthll