The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27


idea that she took exception to the form
of his question.
| L beg your pardon, / didn't mean to
seem disrespectful to it. 1 think ii is
| glorious work-for any one else in the
world"
You think do it inefficiently?"
Il don't know how you do it,
| Professor Wayland thinks I have a
! special gift for it,
He has never been here to see you
/ before, has he?"
Not here. But worked two years in
Rivington street, you know. He prom
| ised to spend a day here as soon as he
could arrange il, to look over the situa-
ton and help me with suggestions
What do you want with suggestions
about this work. when you are going to
give it up so soon, anyhow" asked
Charlie blandly.
Instead of the saucy retort that he
expected, she walked on in silence for
moment, and then asked seriously:
What am going to do instead?"
His opportunity was so open that he
looked at her doubtfully, fearing a
| trap.
May 1 tell your"
If you think your imagination is
equal OF it
My Imagination takes you out of
this mud,' Charlie cried with a gesture
that included all the flats under the
word 1t puts you into beautiful
home OF your oWn-not as beautifut as
it ought to be. but the most beautiful
that THAT my imagination-can make
1t shows you in the setting that be-
longs TO you-dressed in silks and laces
and radiant with jewels. 1t shows me
your face in the light of our home
with all the world shut out-and there
is light ON 1.-THE light / have been
waiting for all my life-the light-oh,
Lucy"
why, what a commonplace imagin-
atiOni" cried Lucy disdainfuHy. 1t was
the tone to restore him TO sanity
''Laces and silks and jewels and gen.
eral uselessness. Any primitive imagin-
alton could work as well as that
Charlie scowled into the darkness.
primitive, indeed You don't know how
primitive If 1 could only fight for
you"
You are going to beard a lion to-
night" she said lightly.
Then he is the lion?' he caught her
up quickly.
You said yourself that he is distin-
guished, and you don't know half"
Il know so much less than half that
it is practically indistinsuishable from
nothing" he said gloomily. rs he the
lion in my path? ?"
And l ventured to call your imagin-
alton commonplace Perhaps after all
L did you an injustice in that.
He bent down to look sharply into her
face as a street lamp made a yellow
spot in the murk
IF you thought my imagination be-
yond hope of development, you did," ne
said quietly Il don't care a row of pins
what sore of a pattern it weaves. I'll
set it to spinning walking skirts and
OvershoeS if that will please you better
You know that, don't you. Lucy?"
She did not admit it, but in her secret
soul she did know it. She knew it so
well that her heart misgave her about
letting him go to meet the critical judg-
ment that did not know 1t had not
been her doing, moreover, The dismay
that had urged under her banter deep
ened suddenly into remorse.
why, here we are already" cried
Charlie in surprise, as they turned a
Element house. This walk has the
queerest way of telescoping. We must
have inadvertently skipped three or
four blocks somewhere
Lucy ran up the little fight or narrow
steps that led TO the entrance.
Wont you come in?" she asked
sweetly. Her hand was on the door,
which she pushed invitingly open
Charlie looked at her suspiciously.
You told me last Wednesday that /
must not call again for week"
That was last Wednesday,
And you mentioned specially that
you were going to start new sewing
class tonight" His suspicion had deep
ened into reproach.
THAT is my affair." she said, with a
touch of Impotence. 'If I invite you to
come in, You needn't make difficulties"
He shook his head sadly
Il am going TO Mrs. Fessenden's."
ooh, if you prefer to spend the even
ing with Mrs. Fesseneden-'
Incredible as II may seem. 1 do
He who will not when he may" she
warned.
"Oh, I suppose So" he cried in ex-
ASPIRATION 1T would be just like you
to keep me away for two weeks now,
TO pay me out All the same, I'm going.
l am not one to shut my eyes when c.
casions come around and pretend I
don't know they are there. What your
dark and deadly purpose is in trying to
keep US apart, I don't know, but I sup
pose I'll find out before 1 am through
I am going now to meet your god
father"
II.
Now behave your prettiest- Every
thing depends on it," Mrs Fessenden
whispered theoretically, when Charlie
had duly presented himself in her draw
ing room
why didn't you warn me before
hand, so that I could practice up a lit
tle2" he murmured reproachfully-
You would have gone panicky and
spoiled your chances Besides, 1 didn't