Mower County transcript., 1907-03-20

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He Put Out His Arms and Dew Her
! to Him. ~"
ing upon hers, his neck lending in
the circle of pulsing warmth that her
soft arms wove about it., his own
arms crushing to his breast with
frenzied fervor the whole yielding
splendor of her womahhood IA mo-
ment SO, then he fell hack upon the
couch, all his body quivering under
the ecstasy from her parted lips, his
triumphant senses rioting insolently
! through the gray, cold garden Of his
vows. --srt
And then, as he lay so, there start
ed with electric quickness, from some
| sudden coldness of recollection, the
image of Prue. Sharp and vivid it
| shone from this chill of truth like a
! glittering star from the clean winter
| sky outside. "Prue was before him
with .the tender blue of her eyes and
| the feecy gold of her hair and her
| joy of child her little figure shrug-
| ging and nesting in his arms in
happy faith-calling as she had
called to him that morning-"Joel-
| JoelEJoel!"
He shivered in this food of cold,
relentless light, yet unflinchingly did
he keep his face turned full upon the
truth it revealed. .5
He sat up on the couch, looking
about the little room curiously, a.;
one recovering consciousness in
strange surroundings. Then he began
slowly to pull on the wet boots that
she had placed near the fire.
When he stood up, put on his coat,
and reached for his hat, she came to
him, hesitatlng, timid.
"You are so cold! If you would
only stay here-I am afraid you will
be SICK
He answered very gently:
| 1T is better to go. 1 am strong
| again, now" s..- ~
| Il would would not be near you
and 1 am afraid for you to go out
| again in the cold" T.. %"~
He smiled little. Nothing can
hurt me now-I am strong
! He opened the door, breathing his
| fill of the icy air that rushed in. He
stepped outside, then turned to her.
| She stood in the doorway, the light
from the room melting the darkness
| about them.
They looked long at each other.
Then in a sudden impulse of graft.
tude, of generous feeling toward her,
he put out his arm and drew her to-
| him. She was cold, impassive: He
bent over and lightly kissed her
| closed, corresponding lips. AS he drew
| away, her hand caught his wrist for
second.
I'm glad!" she said.
He tried to answer, but could only
say, "Good night, Mara!"
Then he turned, drew the wide COL
lar of his coat well up, and went
snow She stood, framed in the light
of the doorway, leaning out to look
! after him until he was lost in the dark
ness.
AS she stepped back and closed the
door, a man, who had halted by a
tree in front of the next house when
the door first opened, walked on
| again. s.
| It had been great day, but, for
one cause or another it came near TO
being one Of the last days OF the man
! who had made 1t great.
| Late the next afternoon, Joel Rae
was found in his cabin by a messen-
ger from Brigham. He had presum-
( ably lain there unattended since the
night before, and now he was delirl-
Gus and sick unto death !; raVings Of
the sins of the Saints, and Of his
great work Of reformation. So ten
derly sympathetic was his mind, said
those who came to care for him, that
fl his delirium he ranked himself
among the lowest Of sinners in Zion,
imp1oring them to take him out and
bury him in the waters OF baptism so
i that he might again~be worthy to
preach them the Word Of God.
He was at once given every care,
and for six weeks was not left alone
night or day; the good mothers in
4 Israel vying with each other IN kind
II Offices for the sick Elder, and the
men praying daily that he might not
be taken 50 soon after his great work
i had begun.
The fifth wife .of Elder Pixley came
once TO SIT BY his edside, but when
she heard him rave of some great
sin that lexhl mon hia aoul be