The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-08-21

Before It is up and away!
Ger the trackless waste of waters
Where nameless thousands sleep,
From the realm Of endless silence.
Cometh the Voice Of the Deep;
Hark. to the whispering water
Bringing n message to me.
Child OF the restless ocean,
Thy destiny waits for thee"
Where the PARKWAY dim horizon
Touches the mist-bound sea,
There lieth an Unknown Kingdom
With its gates ajar for me;
And. so, like the gull, I'm resting
At peace DER the tossing foam,
Just waiting. listening. longing,
For the Voice to call me home.
Don't Oh, Harry, don't
Mrs. Graham had risen and was
gazing at her husband with widely
dilated eyes and arms extended. 1t
was cry of irrepressible suffering.
apparently wrung from her against
her will.
reached her first, being nearest,
and as Il slipped my arm through hers
| found that she was trembling and
very cold,
Mr. Graham had reached his wife
almost as soon as had and his voice
was filled with genuine solicitude.
why, you're cold" he continued,
"awfully cold, your lips are quite
blue and trembling. This night air
has been too much for you, as you
feared. I'm sorry urged you to come,
but | thought you would enjoy It,"
She chung to him, oblivious of our
presence.
Take me home. ! must go home"
And so you shall"
He spoke gently, as one Gains a
frightened child, and still retaining
her hand turned to Elizabeth.
I'm really very sorry. but we must
go home. 1t has been an awfully jolly
evening Mrs. Graham Is bit un-
strung, she's not strong. you know;
| shouldn't have allowed her to stay
out so long in the night air. And OF
course | shouldn't have sung"
We murmured polite, II slightly In
coherent regrets and tried to look as
though nothing surprising had hap
pened, but think we were all relieved
when the Grahams finally departed
AS we watched their retreating fig
ures gradually grow smaller in the
distance, Gabrielle voiced the question
that trembled on my lips.
why shouldn't he sing?"
Nobody was ready with an appro
pirate reply, for it really did seem as
though one endowed with so enviable
gift should be permitted to use 1t al
will.
| shivered little, for the embers ne
longer sent out any heat, and the
wind from the ocean had suddenly
grown damp and chill. Lady Edit
also shivered and drew her cloal
closely about her.
II think we, too, must 60" she said
II am sorry the evening has ended. L
has been very delightful, and shall
always remember It"
Il should suppose. Mrs. Graham
would remember 1t Also" remarked
Gabrielle, but | don't believe sh,
thought 1t delightful"
We were gathering up our wrap
preparatory to going home as sh'
spoke, and Mr.. Blake had just takel
possession of the shawl spread upol
the rock where Elizabeth had been sit
ting when she uttered an exclamation
my ring! 1t is gone-my rub,
ring"
This ring was Elizabeth's deares
possession and the pride of her heart
1t was a marquise, formed of sevel
rubes surrounded by diamonds, an
as all OF the stones were unusuall
good it was really very valuable. w
were aghast at the catastrophe an
fastened to help her look for it,
> 1T can't be gone" exclaimed Gabr
ellie, turning over sticks and stone
+ suspiciously; 'it must be here"
1T was too loose | should not hav
worn it. | must have rolled into tn
water and ! shall never see II again.
Elizabeth spoke in the hushed ton
] in which one refers to those recent
= removed by death.
Don't feel that way about It," sal
I Lord Wilfrid, reused 1t last Il al
quite sure we will finL T. Let's see
D you sat here with Edith, and Grahar
S and Mr. Blake just below. 1t Nigh
e have caught in the fringe of the haw
n Perhaps Mr. Blake will gindl
b shake it."