The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-28
BY Ella w. Peattie

meant so put my hand in the mans.
and always he aud | have kept to-
gether. And now we have a son aud
are a part OF the future. Oh, you have
no Idea what this man stands for to
mel"
The old man smiled significantly.
"Iie also is Symbol. see," he
said with contempt, IT is not what
he is that makes him dear. II Is. as
you say. what he stands for. II Is be-
cause you must feel the wifelIness I'm
you, because he gives you an excuse
for your feminine sarifices. that you
cherish him. He is the symbol OF
noble and protecting love---no more"
Then he revealed to her--somewhat
doubtlngly. for he was beginning TO
see that he should not find In her
ready purchaser--a little wondrous
iridescent sphere.
Here" he said. lis the Truth about
your SON."
Now, so curious a thing was this,
that even the sphere OF Truth had
been affected by dreams. and II wss
some time before their beautiful
prisms dispersed and showed her the
pltiful facts--a little spindling child.
petulant like his father, narrow OF
brow. with face In which selfshness
and affection ever kept war. The
woman spoke In great anger:
Il have a mind to show you the
door, she said, do you not know
that Is my little chiIdf He is bone OF
my bone and flesh OF my flesh. and
sweeter 20 me than the night or the
day. Why, when his little hands tug
at my skirt and l feel myself his pris-
oner, would not change my service
for all the freedom In the world When
hear him cry out in the night, | am
filled with poignant Joy. and at morn
ing when his bare feet come pattering
down TO my room | give thanks for
the day that brings me this delight.
II Is true he is not so bright as some
children, and that he he Is fretful and
often IN. but, after all. he Ii the core
OF life to me-
He is symbol" said the old man
TX terrible accents. ut Is not what he
Ia but what he stands for that makes
him so unutterably dear. Any othor
child would do as well to quench the
mother-thirst."
The woman made passionate dis
claimer and declared she wished for
none OF his wares.
Il am done with you, madam"
shouted the man. yet. no. upon re-.
Election. not quite done For your dis
regard OF the value Of my wares you
shall be properly punished. Behold,
here Is the Truth about yourself!'
And he held up to view another
sphere. The woman looked long and
the color came and won't In her face.
Her little hands clasped and unclasped.
and once she would have fallen had
not tho old man supported her. But
after time she pushed the sphere
away.
There Is mistake somewhere"
she said In voice at once Joyous aud
humble. FAN Of these things are true.
I know. yet, somehow. that Is not l.
There is something within me, not
r*th ny Nu1Vutg nNt AnN'in "
myself which makes me different from
that II Is the thing that causes me
to be careful OF my life, which leads
me to believe that | shall live again
and which lets me walk among my
fellows with my head held high. II is
the innermost self, the secret and
eternal Me-"
1T Is Pigment OF your BRAIN"
scoffed the old man. "a piece OF leger-
domain OF the psychologists, ghost
conjured up by the churchmen!' He
was trembling with anger. yet his
eyes betrayed defeat Come" he
cried. "confessi"
Il can confess nothing sir, except
that as soon AZ you are gone I shall
comfort myself Tor all the Truth you
have shown me. with my sweet Sym
bols. did not know TIL now that
lived by them. but now that | know
II am all the more protected against
sorrow and ain and falsehood. am
only poor woman and ignorant, yet
this know. that IN my symbols hides
greater truth than your Truth
knows. Farewell. sir. and come this
way no more"