The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-06

your tgeth. You've such a purity
mouthJ Ah'-an'-now amt no teeth
at al Jan him a-comin' after all these
yeaifS It's long time to be in prison,
an |that's why l want the rug. cause
~ a so bright an cheerful, an he haln't
seen nothin' very cheerful all these
years, bnt-but must have the teeth.
1 had the money for them, too, but
they'll only send him to Cincinnati,
where he went up from, so I'll have
to send the money for the rest of the
way. Unjust have the teeth" wiring
ing heuha unconsciously while the
sunken lips quivered and the tears
Trickled down the yellow cheeks. T
must have the teeth-an'--an' 1 don't
know what to do.
''Thsy sent him up for fifty years.
It's a long time for KILN man that
eggeSl him on TO dom 1t, an he was
youEig an hot headed then. Wed only
beeJl married four year, an we was
jus gettin' a nice little start, but"
with dry sob, 81 know It seems silly
tq you fer an old woman to care how
size looks, but It's for him; it's to
please him"
The man walked quickly to the win
dow.
A woman true for thirty years. A
woman who would not lie! A woman
whose love had grown with suffering!
A woman with clear brown eyes like
He, bowed his head I'm his hand mo-
ment, and when he raised it the light
of Joy that shone through the mist was
like the sun behind an April cloud.
1--WE can't take back the rug" he
said. "but here" quickly writing on
his card as the address of my dentist
Go ito him. He will make your teeth,
andgI Will stand good for them. Now
promise me that you will go today"
MO, no." she said, breaking into
tsars. 81 amt nothin' to you. an l
can't let you do that. God bless you!
II amt never taken nothln' yet but
what earned wouldn't feel honest
in doin' this, for wuzn't tryin' to get
help, only to have the rug taken
back"
"You must" he said firmly. "You
can pay me back; you can pay It n lit
tie at a time. VIII you be generous
and do this TO please me?" And he
/ looked into her face with a winning
! smile.
"God is good" she answered broken
| ly. the weary old face lighting with n
great joy. 81 know you mean what
you say, an I'll pay you ever cent jus
as soon as l can. You don't know
what this means to me,' breaking into
helpless sobs, "for-for | want to lOol,
as good as can for John"
That evening a girl with clear brown
eyes sat with hands folded llstlessly I'm
her lap, her lips in wlstful curve. Srd-
denly she started, flush came TO her
cheeks, warm light to her eyes
With a cry of Joy she sprang to her
feet and held out her hands to him
| With no words he caught her to him
and kissed her with passion of love
then, putting his hand under her chin
he held her face so he could look into
her eyes and said slowly:
"If was sent to prison for thirty
years, would you love me, be true to
me and kiss me after those thirty
years with the same gladness you dc
nowY
"I don't know" she answered hesi
tatlngly.
"You don't knowT
"No. How could I? love you SC
much think could love you always
But how can l tell? Oh,' her face
flushing scarlet, "what am l saying
I am telling you love you, and-you
have never yet said you loved me
And you cannot or you wouldn't have
left me for a month with no word
even to tell me why"
"You know love you, though" he
said-"love you so much l was afraid
Of 1t. And l am happier to hear yor
say that you can't tell whether you
would be true to me or not than fol
an assurance to come tripping off youl
| tongue. II wasn't you, darling, but
, your sex, that has almost robbed m,
of my happiness. But one little old
woman has redeemed all your sex foi
, you and brought me TO you again. Fol
/ Gods sake, never lie to me, Cletaw
, She looked at him with tender won
anly pity.
"Poor boy" she said softly, "Yor
have seen the one side so long you for
| get how many sides there are to ar
octagon. Because from millions OF
t women few hundred come to yor
/ with lies on their lips must you con
: demn all womanklnd? No, no, my
dear; you must not condemn women
} for every noble man is mostly what
} his mother has made him. While wo
men have their weaknesses, they
are
{ ''The light of mans life!" he cried