The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-01

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a moments junior. Yes. I'm a Junior.
How queer / couldn't remember" The
last words died into musing tone for
she was running over THE Faerie
Oueene~ as though looking for some
thing. Il wonder If you know that line
in the second canto?
e Lay cover'd with enchanted cloud all
day
ct remember how I astonished Miss
Prescott with that line shed asked for
the most poetic line in the canto and
when l came out with that she had to
acknowledge that ii was. though she
couldn't tell why That is always the
way with real poetry-you never can
tell why can YOU?
Her chatter Of books and of college
filled the room. She was looking over
his law books now.
Are you a lawyer or just studying?
And what a queer place for an office.
Who are your clients? The birds? What
delightful kind of lawyer to be, I
suppose that you take the case of the
sparroWs against the park commission
and prosecute the hawks when they kill
the pood little birds. And do you ex-
tend any mercy to the little boys who
rob nests?'
II shall certainly take only bird cases
after ! become lawyer" he said.
I1nRn60 l. A
dying as / get time from my work"
"And what is your work?
So they sat on the sofa. he hugging
his knee and she leaning back comfort
ably on the cushions while he told her
how he swept the sea for incoming
ships: how he knew each day by tele-
graph from New York what vessels
were expected; how with this and the
first sight of their hulls and rigging he
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were long before they raised their code
flags or burma their lights
''TlI show you the code book" he
said.
| "Oh. never mind sail. you know"
Then they talked little of sailing
and of old adventures on sound and
bay; and he, quite at his ease now.
quite content with the moment, dis
played his electric clock.
And that reminds me-it's within
five minutes of the hour, and / must
take a look Get close to the stove. for
I'm going to make it coldr' The open
| chute let in a stab of winter air
There's a light away down by the
horizon The Lucania is due tonight.
And now I'm going TO teach you some
thing about my trade. On a night like
this and with the wind in that quarter,
sailing ships and tramp steamers
wouldn't be trying to make it home at
all. There's no other transatlantic due
except the Lucania. So I take the risk
and wire, Lucania sighted I've made
one or two bad mistakes that way !
hope he added. that I'll be a better
lawyer than / am a marine observer -
For minute nothing was heard
above the winds except the metallic
clicking of the key. When he had An
ished and closed the wire. he found her
looking at him again. Every time he
caught one of those looks. it brought a
new delicious surprise. Her eyes. he
saw now, were deep brown. Her face
twas all velvet shadows and quick lights
of emotion. She was pretty-she was
more.
Her expression. which had been
vague. became definitely puzzled.
'1Tell me- she said, 81 don't know
you. now do ]? And yet 7 don't seem
to be afraid of being up in the air
didn't mean that for slang eitherw Al
4 this. both being at the age where any
thing is q joke between the sexes, they
laughed together.
why. you're a kind of Lord of the
Enchanted Land, - she went on. You
are a Merlin with your castle in the
air and your magic wires that talk fan
away Or-who was that magician who
used TO live on the sea cliffs and lure
ships? No matter. I'll call You Mer-
lin" Her expression changed again
That was the queer thing about her
the quick shifts of expression Almost
as strange as her presence there or
Fire island. This time il was sheer
WEAKNESS.
I'm tired she said cor something
when have you had anything tC
eat?" he said, and then reproache6
himself for pelting again at his bubble
of dreams.
When did I-no matter-yes. Tn
sure I'm hungry
"And so am t. he said quickly, glad
to have turned her away from the
mystery L usually eat up here al
night III tell you what I'll do. II
bring up the food and cook it here and
we'll have a fairy banquet in the all
palace"
When he returned the room had 2
new aspect. Her wet clothes were ii
a bundle in the corner. The chairs were
moved about; the papers on the desl
We're in neat piles, the room had an as
pect of feminine occupancy.
Your familiar spirit, o magician
has been tidying up" she said.
you shouldn't have done that-yoI
are tired-but here are ham and egg.
and bread-I made il myself-and cot
fee TO keep me awake. I'm sorry
haven't a lamb chop to offer the fair,
, princess. and only condensed milk fo
the coffee but even my magic wanC
can't conjure up fresh meat and mill
on Fire island in December. We had
COW once, but she inconsiderately died,'
Ham and eggs and condensed milk
That's like canoe trips. Now you fl
the kettle first. that's an obedient ma
gician. and I'm going to lie here ant
watch you cook, and order you about
She smiled up at him from under he
straight dark brows-
And as he measured coffee cut ham
set the eggs popping in the pan, spread
an old towel for a table CLOTH sh.
talked. making music in the towe
room. Before they sat down to thei
supper they had got quite through tn.
first stratum of acquaintance. which
1 is tastes and adventures and views OF
people. and were down to the second
which is hopes and aspirations anC
, views of life.
He told her how his father had dice
lvhile he was still in High school, leav
ing him with a living TO make anC
how he had turned to the key becaus,
he used 10 play with telegraphy whel
he was a little boy; how he gave up
: chance to work his way through colleg
, because of the sister left him to sup
mort how he had been reading all tn
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