The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-05-31


more or less?'
'Well--a whale is a mammal-and
so Is man"
Man is a beast" she corrected
Eyes, suppose he is. And a WON.
an woman is critter."
Thanks. | was afraid you would
call woman either an angel or mer
maid"
NO" he replied, renectively, 81
never took home either feathers OF
scales. on-on my coat lapel"
you can actually speak about-that
affair. and-love?" She blushed as
she nearly missed fire on the final
word
"Why not?" he inquired. 1.-THE set
Is doing me good shall be myself
! once more in week"
And begin to regret your unmlti
gated bachelor solemnlties?"
Certainly not I'd like to see the
girl who could make me regret such
sensible step"
He looked so deeply into Ada's eyes
as he spoke that she saw the whole.
happily, once upon a time. Then he
presently added;
Besides, that's done--and there's
an end to It,"
Something happened in Ada's femi.
nine mind. She said:
THAT sounds exactly like the things
you used to say so long ago. Just be-
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A bright light flashed in his eyes,
for a second, to counter the sparkle
in hers.
ada. there's nothing poetic OF
reminiscent about me now" he con.
hded, "but everything feels to me de
cidedly like spring"
With nod she conceded he had
nored his gentle repartee.
Was it spring the whole year
through, when we were two foolish
children" she queried.
81 never tho ght," he admitted
"but-hang 1t ALL believe it was"
| The sole purpose of making an ocean
voyage so protrac,ed is TO entrap the
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signs of inconsequent regret when al
length it is finally ended.
Both Seton and Ada were apostle OF
inconsequence.
That final evening they sat on the
deck and beheld the moon arise like
a red-hot disk from somewhere over
the edge. Ada looked at 1t steadily.
The poor old thing must take us
very seriously" she said, for look al
the wrinkles on her brow"
Il used to think a silier thing than
that-what lot of rings it would
make, cut out one inside the other"
He was silent for a moment, men
tally carving up the unsuspecting
planet. Then he observed:
They would all be plain gold
rings"
Yes, know. That was part of the
idea, | said 1t was woefully silly"
Perhaps you thought you would
like one of the rings?"
Perhaps | did," she confessed. 81
was very young"
He suppressed a tentative feeling of
excitement.
"Of course, you don't wish for any
thing of the sort any longer?" he in
quired, calmly.
How could l. Mr.. Lowe?"
81 was trying to think"
"You were trying TO think what?"
"How we could both get out of it.
mean--how I--we-well, let it go the
way | said it first"
She looked at him steadily, and felt
herself grow pale and warm alter
nately.
Get out of what?" she murmured
Ada, we can't get out of the fact
that we love one another, devotedly,"
he announced with a holiness that
took away her breath. when we
used to play, as children. we used 10
say we loved each other for the court
ship, and that we loved each other for
the marriage, and then, after the di-
vorce, we made up and said We loved
each other again, so as 10 begin the
game all over. SO we can't get out of
that, now can we? The only question
is how TO get around our solemn VOWS
to the bachelor associations"
"But-Seton--"
81 know. I've always said you are
sweet, sensible girl. If you advise 1t,
I'll simply break my pledge"
But l don't advise il. | don't ad-
wise anything. certainly"
Don't you love me, sweetheart, Just
enough to help me out?"
She was silent for moment. He
took her hand. 1t was trembling, but
1t lay In his without alarm. He
looked in her eyes, and, even in the
moonlight saw the answer he needed.
Then finally Seton, pressing his fist
to his heart, with all his strength, dis
covered he was gazing in rapture on
the moon. He thought what beautiful
plain gold ring he could cut from tho
splendor of the disk