Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-21

Ine lauy lduBheu "Baih' DSN so
him spoil my parasoL And I must
warn you now: Never, never tread on
my skirt! I'm very irritable about such
thingsw
] He had taken three or four uncertain
backward steps from her. She sat be-
fore him, radiant with laughter, the
lovelIest creature he had ever seen,
but between him and this charming
vision there swept, through the warm,
scented June air, veil of snow like a
driven fog, and half obscured in the
heart of ii young girl stood knee deep
In a drift piled against an old picket
gate, her black waterproof and shabby
skirt tapping In the blizzard like torn
sails, one OF her hands outstretched to-
ward him, her startled eyes fixed on
his.
"And, oh, how like you," said the
lady; how like you and nobody else In
the world, Joe, to have a yellow dogV
"Arlel Taborw
His lips formed the words without
sound.
'Tsn't II about timer" she said. "Are
.
ing from trains to take you homer
Once, upon a white morning long ago,
the sensational progress OF certain
youth up Main street had stirred Ca
naan. But that day was as nothing to
this. Mr.. Bantry had left temporary
paralysis In his wake, but In the case
OF the two young people who passed
slowly along the street today II was
petrlfactlon, which seemingly threat
ened In several instances (most nota-
bly, that OF Mr.. Arp to become perma-
nent.
The lower portion OF the street, lined
with three and four story buildings OF
brick and stone, rather grim and hot
facades under the midday sun, afford
ed little shade 10 the church comers,
who were working homeward In pro-
cessionaI little groups and clumps,
none walking fast, though none with
the appearance of great leisure, since
neither rate of progress would have
been esteemed BETTING the day. The
growth OF Canaan, steady, though new
or startling, had left almost all OF the
churches downtown, and Main street
the principal avenue OF communication
between them and the residence sec
ton" SO today the intermittent pro-
cesslon stretched along the new cement
sidewalks from little below the
square TO upper Main street, where
naples lined the thoroughfare and the
mansions OF the affiuent stood among
pleasant lawns aud strawberries.
II was late, for this had been com
munion Sunday, and those far In ad.
vance, who had already reached the
pretty and shady part of the street.
were members OF the churches whore
services had been shortest. though few
In the long parade looked as II they
had been attending anything very
short, and many heads OF families were
crisp In their replies 20 the theological
inquiries OF their offspring. The men
impaired largely gloom TO the itln-
Grant concourse, most OF them wearing
hot, long black coats and having Wilt
ed their ccNars, the ladies relieving
this gloom somewhat by the lighter
tints OF their garments, the splck and
span little girls relieving IL greatly by
their white dresses and their faces, the
latter bright with the hope OF Sunday
Ice cream. while the boys, experiencing
some solace In that they were finally
out where person could at least
scratch himself n he had 20. yet op-
pressed by the decorous necessities OF
the day, marched along, furtvely
planning behind imperturbably secre-
tive countenances various means for
the later dispersal OF an odious monot.
Ony.
Usually the conversation OF this long
string of the homeward bound was
not too frivolous or worldly. Nay; II
properly inclined 10 discussion OF the
sermon.
IL was a serious and seemly Sunday
parade. the propriety OF whose beha-
vlor was today almost disintegrated
when the lady OF the bridge walked up
the street In the shadow OF n lacy Law
ender parasol carried by Joseph Lou
den. The congregation OF the church
across the sQuare-that 20 which Joe's
stepaunt had been late-was just de
bouchlng, almost In mass, upon Main
street when these two went hy. IL Is
not quite the truth 20 say that all ex
cept the children came 10 dead halt
but Il is not very far from Il. The aiI
was thick with subdued exclamations
and whisperings.
Here Is no mystery, Joe was prob
ably the only person OF respectable
derivation In Canaan who had no.
known for weeks that Ariel Tabor wa'
on her way home And the news tha
she had arrived the night before ha1
been widely disseminated on the wal
10 church. entering church, In churcl
(evsn SOB aud coming out OF church
An account OF her house In the Ave
nue. Henri Martin and OF her portrai
IN the Salon--a mysterious business q
many aud not lacking Ia grandeur 10
that-had occupied two columns n
the TocSin on day some months be
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