The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05
They Just Cried Together, Not With
Grief, Only With Longing That
Was Like the Hope Of Heaven.

/ had almost dozed, that litt,o g.,
rusfling brought me back so banaasf
that / could hardly TELL which w,s .appty
ory of that other little head unon hen-
arm, and which was now, M;dn;I% %y
was the important moment whom ept
babys food must be warmed and d'is
was who did this, for Peleas' ola y
miliar helplessness in this little prcss,.'
delighted me beyond measure. s~i
when she grew Impatient and cried
little, Poleas valiantly lighted matah
before her and she fell silent and seaes s
smiled and slept again At five 49,
this had TO be repeated, and ! rsnas,
it as a mere matter of history that n ~
meantime I had not slept for mon.aas ss'
For there had come thronging back sTss
n company of memories. such ysse ,ssa
flight OF the angels of old debohs
our wonderful year when there was 81 y
ric. that the world had no room Vsa -
sleep at all. Sleepl I do not sunrsoI W.
that anyone would chide mo for W. W.
wakeful at ball2 And nothinS
the world could have been, 80 deliost45
to me as were those hours when thst
little head lay upon my Arm. 'D
Sometime after daylight she awol.
Cedric had been wont to lie quietly n
long as ever I would. but Millccnto;.
IL n.
all our prctendingl- and nl.sss|
with her fists Then a fancy Tint ~
lowered over me all the night to"I oSi
shape, and told it to Peleas. wy
"'Dcar, | said. Fyou know 81.
things in the bottom drawer in 1s|
closct?''
eyes" said Peleas at once, ~ ba,.
been thinking about Them ~
''Suppose, l suggested ,"that =.
were to-to try some Of them on tGs
baby7'
"I have been thinking the sams|
thing said Peleas.
1t was dellciouslY comfortable in 3bs
room-we had kept the hearth alive al
night. When we were warmly wrapp,5
and had drawn chairs before the kra
Peleas brought from the bottom draNsI
the box filed with the tender, velov
muslins, and the socks that Cedric bsd|
worn such little while. chose ia
lace gown that / had made myself. Is
cry stitch, and over her little niphf.
| She was very good. and laughed an3
nestled; and so we found the long whife'
cloak that l had embroidered; and,s'
| bonnet that J had made. And Mile.
ccnte IS baby's arm doubled up in BAL
when I tried TO put il in the sleeve
and | suppose that there never was 4
baby s arm that did not do this unda
| similar circumstances. but have know
only one little arm. And when iht
pink hand came peeping through Tie
cuff Peleas caught IL and kissed it'd.
7 had not thought for years how lie bad
been used TO do that,
"Nowl'' | said, Peleas-Iook. nov!a|
Millicente's baby sat on my kues..
with her back to us both. The Iistle'
bent back in that white coat, the sofI
collar crumpling up about the neck ID
spite Of me, the same little bonnet with
the flower in the back and the lace al
| around
Peleas laid his check against mine, and
we cried together. | am not ashamed
for | did not cry with grief; only Wit
longing that was like the hope Of
heaven.
We did not hear Nichola coming wsh
our coffee So she opened the door and
| saw the box on the floor and the thing
scattered all about. She knew whai
they were. She was with us when littlo
Cedric was here. and she had not fo}>
! gotten. She stood for moment.. an1
| then set the tray down on the table,
"Drink your coffeel' she cried SHARP
! ly, and was out of the room before u'
could speak.
In moment. when / could-and bt
cause Millicente g baby cried them
laid her in Peleas arms and went out n
J tell Nichola to bring more milk.
And there in the passage. lcanIDF
against the bureau, stood Nichoa, on
old servant, crying as If her hesr''
would break.
"Go on. away!' she said. shakiH<
| her old gray head, ego on away,''