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

iOnpd- MtIIll AOsJ
meant, so ! put my hand In the mans.
and always he and have kept to-
gether. And now we have a son and
are part OF the future. Oh, you have
no idea what this man stands for to
mel"
The old man smiled significantly.
HE also Is a symbol, see," he
said with contempt. 1T 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 sarlfices, that you
cherish him. He is the symbol OF
noble and protecting love-no more"
Then he revealed to her---somewhat
doubtingly, for he was beginning to
see that he should not find in her a
ready purchaser--a little wondrous
irldescent sphere.
Here" he said, is the Truth about
your son."
Now, so curious thing was this,
that even the sphere OF Truth had
been affected by dreams, and IL w,s
some time before their beautiful
prisms dispersed and showed her the
pitiful 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
II have mind TO show you the
door she said. "Do you not know
that is my little child? lie 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 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 Ill. but, after all. he is the core
Of life to me-"
lie is symbol" said the old man
III terrible accents. ut Ii not what he
Is but what he stands for that makes
him so unutterably dear Any other
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, madami"
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 went In her face.
Her little hands clasped and unclasped,
and once she would have fallen had
not the old man supported her. But
after a time she pushed the sphere
away.
There Is mistake somewhere"
she said. in a voice at once joyous and
humble. "All OF these things are true.
| know. yet. somehow, that is not I. I
There Is something within me, not
seen by anyone, not understood by
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 let's me walk among my
fellows with my head held high II is
the innermost self. the secret and
eternal Me-"
1T is iigment OF your BRAIN"
scoffed the old man. "a piece OF leger-
demain of the psychologists. ghost
conjured up by the churchmen!" He
was trembling with anger. yet his
eyes betrayed defeat Come" he
cried, contest"
Il can confess nothing sir. except
that as soon as you are gone | shall
comfort myself for all the Truth you
have shown me. with my sweet Sym
bols. did not know till now that I
lived by them. But now that | know
Il am all the more protected against
sorrow and sin 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"