The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

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but the light grows
stronger" said Stella. and her voice mad
I that ring which makes a dark day bright
i Indeed, besides that Of years the dif-2
ference between the two women was
that between Iallcgro and re pensar osa--i
one dark and pale, but still beautiful IN
ne way twilight Is; thef other with
eyes blue as April skies and smole
like April sunshine chased by tea rs.
l45 Eft is so much more to endure said
Afrs Butron. while, al. is day one Is
awake suffering; but when It IS night
l one may sleep. III II
II don't want to sleep" said Stella.
a 81 want to live every moment OF my LIES
Il i want to be dreaming with my eyes
open about Geoffrey's coming home. s
4ssi.a.Wtlen you know he never VIII
5,yrle sun comes back, the spring comes
a back-Geoffrey Will come back.
s3f Stella what strange reasoning!
4 e"Oh. not reasoning at all; jnat GER
ta!nty. Mother mine, what II had hal
telegram saying he would be here To-
3..You arc cruel to Jest So AS II
,ye could have a telegram now. when we
e haven't heard for years and years!
..It would take Fine Ears himself to
hear voices from those islands OF the
far seas where you are persuaded the
4 YACHT was cast away. But suppose "a t
4 brought to these shores, would be with
Z us presently, only bidding us ask no
questions OF the life, 1t Is so sad to re-
member. 81 t5H5j & q I.
ooh, 1t would be absurd the way you
talk IL It WASH, nockery. You. o2ught
to be crying, yo,, ought to be In the
DEPTHS; you L oughtsto be sYmpn thtZlns
with mo III you can't mourn for your
self. you ought to be thinking, wla t. nc,
has suffered and what we have to SUITE r
in all these weary years sYhnt slnt4 Inc
world are you doing, Stella ~ II Il
.GcttIng down the cups he brought
home once from the China seas 70 4
morrow Is Easter. you sec; see she sac,
smiling down from the perch she had l
mounted like an angel in a picture
s...And we'll make a little fiesta b OF It.,
q Wen q have The silver gu tT-Wll iss iclt
Of tit--and the old cut Sglass. And wei, !
/ have grape fruit, and creanned Whea1t,i
a and scrambled eggs,5 and butt tered toaesst !,
Z and d roll TO crumblck for the birds, sand
waff,cs for syrup-the lucent syrup tinctl
With cinnamon coffee made by your
a old rule. IA f5g X G III ~ Il
4 You arc not out OF your head! Why
under heaven should we make an feast
VI III this house Of mourning
ji4ss ..Just because we are under heaven,
little mother And. then. who know po ''s q
1 Il will be Easter, the day they rise
ut breakfast 81!
.snWell,' said the mother, = shall go!
= "a; bed and leave you to your dreams.
wish could dream them. too /.
4 65I wish you would. Don't you see
GOOD night, dear child n.
s Yet after all, they werc strange dreams
With which tho younger woman was lei L
4 ,The whole world H just now was ~; g, 9
II gloryrius her lnind;i butfa far las srecoi-
lection went 1t was q 3seau nee q IA ~ :
and shadow--brigh Sunshine ending y,
Il black, gloom, Tho sunshine was vas 3 inu.
morning lii, the garden when she trained
the4irose and an arm rea ched over her
and. bound them on Z Inc wall, was that
noon 9whenSg to breathe the full OF tho
fragllncaf of ripened grape q and PUN
was lilteSlrlplSing some unknown VINE ne
and she stro)led down the garden walks
With Geoffrey, the yclloW lea yes drift
around thpir glylhg u E us
Ueing TOO dan gerously sweet, the suns
p shine was that afternoon when the tlllln-
Is derstor,n came up and II hey were hurry
inraEto tho house and 8 a fgrea II tbougl
Crashed SoftS the old oak, and Geoffreyi
q With quick exclamation sprang TO
snatch her from Its blow and caught her
In his arm, and she know tlul - y. t hs. !.
lie loved her; the sunshine was that
~, duy d year later when they all wa liked
"a tho little Village church together, g:
u few rods down the lane her white veil
futtering about her, her orange flowers
making the summer ali q deeper SUM
1ner stIl her hero. her lover at her
sides and us they came back tley
heaven could hardly have n moment more
anptulous than that In Which her nus,
band held her in his arms s4,
And after that II was all sunshine ,1pr
bewildering, delightful space, and then
" on d sudden gloom, black gloom, despair,
The horses the yacht tho sumptpous Ire
y had all vanished. "a man VII ma mad ,peen
nearly every penny. of his property, and
Geoffrey had killed him at the instant
of discovery. IS
.nYes,1 he said to her In the interim
the officials allowed after his arrest.
killed him ii: would do " aga In
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