The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16
CHAPTER XIV.
Past and Present.

= How long do You think it will he
before they will be hcreH' asked the
man, after they had sat silent on the
hill to windward OF the fire watching
the trail of smoke.
IL should think that 1T would be per
haps an hour or little more. Whye'
she returned, after moment s pause.
Arc YOU anxious to have them
hcrc?r
For the hfc Of her she could not keep
the bitterness out of her question. The
man looked aJ her in surprise. She
had mover lost her temper before him
IN the years they had been together.
There had been something singularly
simple, free and unrestrained in their
life. Nothing had ever occurred to vex
her, at least not after the man had
known enough to notice II. She was
woman of sunny, even temper under
any circumstances, and she had tcit II
iHcumbent upon her 10 be as nearly
perfect rs possible, since she represent
ed humanity TO him, nor had II been
difficult task for her to be gentle. This
fash of resentment therefore, struck
his as something entirely novel In ms
amazemcnt for a moment he forgot the
injustice of il, the unlSindneSs of it, He
looked at her strangely and SAID to her
with little touch of severity:
You know that ii is not that, Wo.
man
He had no terms OF cndcarmcnt. He
had never heard the terms that lovers
use, and although he knew that her
name was Katharine, and he believed
that his was John, and though some
times they made use of these names,
generally they called each other by tho
broad generic terms which stood for
sex Names are only for ditfercnta-
tion and identification in any event,
and here was no need for such appella-
tion. She loved to call him ''Man'
and she loved TO hear him call her 'Wo-
man. ''''
.'You know" he said. ''that Ills not
] who brought thc world upon u.s.
''It was unjust. unliind,' she an
swcred quickly enough, stretching out
her hand 10 him. '.You must forgive
me You see even the approach of yon-
der ship brings bitterness into our
hearts and into our speech
81 guessed that 1t would he so when
wish now that had not given YOU the
flint and steel; that ] had not allowed
You to light the beacon
MY friend. it had to he. Don't re-
proach yourself for that. Sooner or
later this island would havc been Wis
itcd by someone, Sooner or later the
ship would have come 10 fetch MS of. =
81 But VIC were so happy here he
eyes, she answered, "hut not since
yesterday
"Are you unhappy because l love
you9"
> Because" she was swift so reply, !
81 am no longer sure that You will love
me always
"'But YOU love me, do you not'' he
questioned eagerly.
''Yes. -
Are you sure of yourself"
"sWhy not of me, then9 Am l less
true! Do I love less than yous'
''Not now.
'What is the difference between us,
then7'
II have seen the world and you have
not
q But tell you that viii make 10
difference; that
''No man can say that who has no
experience 10 draw opon
You arc my mentor said the man, !
gently. "You have taught me all l |
know, but sometimes j think that about |
some things | know more thaa YOU, aud !
this is one tang Of which | am s,We.'
"Ycs, said -hc woman. You can
he sure so long rs conditions remain
as they arc al p"n.rnt. but other times.
other manners
"You have .lething 10 tell me!'
ipterposed the other. swiftly.
The woman nodd ID.
"You sail yesterday you wouI tell !
mo today. Why no. tell me n,w?"
Because
She hesitatcd.
- Are you AFRAID to tell me?"
eyes, - she said
''Afraid Of wbat''
"Of losing you
[" BanisE that fear
But It's not that that keers me
silent
"Wbat then?'
II would have the world S comment
on what ! say when | say it. -
"Thc world s comment? What Is the !
world s comment TO mc?'
\ test, a trial of your feelings, If |
it breaks my heart, you must know
of you feel that way about 1t. - SAID |
the man, resolutely, ''you need tell me
nothing at all.
It was a brave thing to say. for her |
words filed him with du- |
biety and dismay. He had - idea
what il was that she could tell him.