The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-16

moment. The woman with stained /
tired eyeiids and lines like healed ra-
pier cuts down the cheeks went away.
and the girl he had known with a red
mouth and eyes that crinkied up in an
abandon Of laughter till only the lashes
showed, came back to him. When she
Iooped I'D the satin skirt and set out
the dessert herself. when she lighted
his cigarette and then her own from
his. youth and the spirit Of daredevil
poverty that counted no sorrow, ano
love that made Wakings TO new pre-
carious mornings things OF laughter
and the coy shut-in nights time for
the making Of dreams, came back ana
breathed their rapture into his lonely
heart.
ooh. how satisfying it is 10 be abba %
say these things to you, David. It was
the hushed tone of hers that could noid
an audience tensely expectant.
thought Of you for q long time one day
last spring For the first time IN III
! teen wears I went down 10 Kent q
| MiTy's grave. ] sat there leaning
against the stone just slowly picking
the moss from her name. I thought OF
! you, I was unhappy about YOU. IL ;
an awful thing. isn't il, 10 be sorry
when it's all over. when the pain mas
all been lived through?
But the being sorry is good, nc
! said cheerfully.
II was an enchanting hour. the best
/ in life crowded into sixty minutes but
when the clock struck seven the SAT
ness on which inality IS founded, that
eou,panions every last time stole
with a reminding chill over both But
a few moments more and, TINS tete-a-
tete ended, they would separate. Al
most beyond doubt they would never
3 o. %
earth. And vet during these precious
moments they we're silent tOr the hIst
time. He stood UP TO go before she
spoke.
"Tu miss you" She rose. too. and
gave him both hands. You're the
only one that knows the real Fan
ny. 7 daTen't be myself OF the stage
any more than on it-no woman can
except perhaps to one other soul ana
you're that one 70 me- SIZE laid nef
hand with a mans frankness on his
! shoulder. I'm puzzle to myse'f
these last two years. David I USED not
! 10 look baek-didn't care. I care nov
| have ugly moods. a horr1d temper
/ but I 20 away by myself and cry once
/ 7 didn't mind that you suffered. DO
now. and that's why ] shall thank GOD
/ I've seen YOU so happy and successful.
why do I feel like t1is?' she asked
/ simply. why did I go to Mlliy E
/ grave? Why am I glad that you We
forgiven me? Is it this?' ana part'ins
her soulbre hair he saw line % white
at the roots. And tnese? She
/ dragged her fingers down her cheeks.
| els ii lust that I'm kinder because y.
not so sure-because I'm growing oio
/ He wanted TO draw her to him 10 pet
! hsr as II she had been a child troubled
I h. Hfe's first questions but he held her
hands with dignity, with just the
amount Of frateTual interest that
might be permitted distinguished
citizen.
theory. It's better than yours You We
learned the days lesson, that's ali. we
have both learned il. In life. Fanny,
we pass under many gates, and toward
the close. on the western side o. the
lbiU. Ne come 10 the last. It's the small
est OF them all, and our necks must
bend low to pass under it. An, my
dear, that little. little gate" He saw
tears soften the glow Of her eyes as
she eagerly listened. IT'S the Gate Of
Humility. Fanny, and it leads to quiet
lplace. once we rest there and look
into the sinking sun, al that we left on
the other side OF the calculates and
lhonors and hates and dreams-we value
rightly. They are nothing. Only this
peace counts where we understand all
forgive all"
A handclasp. a long one. and they
parted. At the door he looked back. She
was standing with one hand resting or
the table. gazing after him. Her eyes
blessed him.
! Andrew rose earlier than was his