The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-04-20


And so II was with Farnsworth
He began by merely working against
time. not to forget his love but to for
get the pain of 1t. Then, when the
love of the doing began to take pos
session of him. he gave himself to II
with such zeal that he surprised ever
himself His friends seldom found
him at the clubs and his brother
artists missed him at the theaterR
On the few occasions when he did 90
out among people he invariably re-
turned filled with a score Of regrets
because he had gone. for 1t invariably
CHANGED that he heard something
about her. Her sojourn with friends
in London was one of unsurpassed
social success. In Paris she had been
dined and wined, and the last floating
rumor was that she had joined mo-
tor party through France to the Re
viera. She was the guest Of the Math
ew Henderson's and, cruel tongues
added, young Henderson had fallen
madly in love with her.
Farnsworth did not speculate fur
Their, but the sting Of the pain res
NAMED. 1t was there always, In tho
morning when he arose and at nigh
when he went to bed. always that dulH
aching pain. It IL hard to work when
an unseen viper is slowly eating out
the very core OF ones heart, but
Farnsworth clutched his play with
grip Of steel and wrote on feverishly.
Into It he put all the Joy of his love.
| all the bitterness of his sorrow, and
| his theme was the immutabshty OF
love. He was just writing the closing
speech.
Love! II il the browning boon OF
God, 1t is God. the infinite. the Quintes
sence Of perfection. 1t has no begin.
ming and no end. Glory be to love
| eternal"
The writer pushed back his chair
and stared blankly into space. Then
he drew small vellum from his desk
and turned to the allegory. The
Ashes OF Love" A wan smile over.
| spread his weary features.
An hour or two later there was a
| tap at the door of Farnsworth's apart
ments, but there was no answer from
within. The tap was repeated; then
the door was pushed open gently from
without
A young girl In travelling costume
entered shyly, looking cautiously
about her. Her glance took In the de-
serted studio and swept down the
shadowy vista through the rooms bel
yond. There seemed to be no occur
pant. Reassured, she crossed over to,
the desk. She would leave a note and
slip out A strange futtering Of the
heart seized her when she found a
heap of tumbled sheets Of manu-
script written in his hand. Something
irresistible held her gaze Before she
was aware of it, she was reading the
closing lines. Her heart within her
almost ceased to beat. Then her eyes
fell on the little volume lying care
lessly among the leaves. 1t opened At
THE Ashes of Love-" and in the mar
| gin she read his note-"base sacri.
lege." All the wildness of pent emo.
ton mastered her. She kissed the
words hotly.
|
farther corner of the room. The girl
turned and, to her unspeakable amaze
ment, found figure stretched out on
a couch, the face buried in the pill.
lows. Softly she tiptoed to the pros
trate man, bending over him until her
hot breath famed his hair. He stirred
again and, unable to control herself
longer, she took his head between her
hands, smothering hot kisses upon his
hair, his cheek. his mouth. He open
ed his eyes unseeingly. "Pauline!" he
cried, Pauline, don't go!'
mo, | won't go, darling. I've come
back to look for you. ! came as soon
as | found out. II was one morning
In the cathedral OF Notre Dame when
the great organ was crying out to
touch the souls OF men! 1t was then
that | felt the divine revelation. Il
knew what II was to love" A great
dry sob rose in her throat. but she
added with "A trembling voice, "the
knowledge of love came to me, but not
the faith OF it--not until now-for all
through the suspense of this drag.
ging week | felt the cold fear clutch
at my heart, the fear that l should
find only the ashes of love and the
empty scrawl."
The man. now fully awake, was star
ing fixedly at the girl kneeling by his
side. Then he threw his arms pas
sionately about her. "Pauline!" he
cried, holding her so close that he
| smnt hprad her snhS "paulina \ thanh
God It was given you to know and to
| believe"