The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-19

was reclining in an armchair his lon,
legs stretched before him. his hcaC
at rest against the chair. his hands
folded over his stomach, his eyes tight closed his
mouth wide open, his lips moving and every once
in a while his tongue quickly tapping his upper lin.
fanny looked away and out OF the windows to the
meadows that rolled up into the mist like big gray
waves this was the act of composition, she knew
and too sacred for her, his humber half 10
behold But the misty uplands suggested ovcr-much
OF that unnamablc something which when she looked
athcr husband made her wish to shut her eyes for
might She not, Janny reasoned. sec more than she
ought to sec of the divine spirit that moved behind
those hills and behind the lips OF Ariel Jenkins
So her thoughts slipped back into the liying-room
OF Ty Mawr while her eyes avoided the inspired con-
tents Of the armchair. She had been bride and
the cnvied mistress Of Ty Mawr just two weeks;
however. she was thirty and natrmony was late for
her, and ARIEL jenkins beng forty-fve it was none
too carly Tor him. fanny felt her responsibilities
keeny. Was She living up to them? She was at the
mercantile centre Of the village her better half was
not only merchant. but also crowned poet her
house the most important in Gaslyn. And Glaslyn
expected changes; Mrs. Parry Wynn, he baker, said
so, Mrs Conner Roberts, The irmdm, had prop
hcsicd. and Mrs Jcczcr Morris, he minister had
whispered TO Bctto Grifiths. who had told fanny
of these expectations. that she supposcd-nay, she
hOPeG-Aricl Jenkinss home with 4 woman in it
would soon look like Godfearng place and receive
some Improvements. Jannys glance roved through
the sitting-room. She had made few alterations
but somehow in the half light of dusk they seemed
nothing What the moving or repcnishing
OF apcr-holder fresh for Arcls harp a
new cover for the table, the addition of few
pleasantfaccd China cats to rcgimcnta mantcl--
picce,-indced, she sadly asked herself what were
these changes in comparison with the unappointed
he wa IN sb
Ariel Jenkins. The shof2 She was stranger in
Gaslyn, an intruder from great outside world and
she felt bewildcred lonely. Her eyes fitted
to Ariels face for comfort
"Dcaricl"
There answer.
"Is it comm. Ariel dcar?"
AYE" he snapped.
fanny WINGED; she had never lived with genius
and somehow she thought IT would be different Her
dccpblue eyes had still look in them that sug-
gestcd not only long habit of seli-repression but
also pcrpcxity, and sadness too there was appeal
in every feature OF her face-an appeal made the
mofc pathetic, perhaps, by the chidkc lines Of pale
gold curling hair about her forehead and tired eyes.
and the delicate holows beneath her check bones and
,he fragile sweetness of her mouth 1t was face in
its soft bloom and dccacy forever young and yet
unforgettably weary, She Strengthened out her kr-
tie and again her glance rovcd the room. There
for the easement; the stairway landing where it
turned by the front windows looked even in the
twilight shabby with the wear and tear OF heavily
booted feet and clogs, the light from the oricl WIN
dow above the landing shining through with bald
ugness upon tho stairs AS she looked at the light
J1nnys eyes dilatcd her face flushed and she leaned
forward, gazing ntenty at the window. For the
minute she had forgotten Ariel. but he, puff puff,
pull with many sghs and yawns. and much stretch
ing OF his long legs. was coming out OF his inspired
His awakening look fell upon fanny there
where she sat, her hands casped in her lap her
shoulders tipped forward. her chin tilted upward
,ircc of quiet light about her hair her eyes intent
upon the stairway window.
fanny dear what is il? What arc ye lookiu' at?"
"Oh na-aye lad, /"
We'll well. fanny"
Ariel, ] was thnkin."
Aye an yc plannin'. too"
He was thoroughly aroused from his in
spration. and studying that object, woman. which
through some twenty-five years he had sung and
PRAISED Arcs eyes searched her; stanza metre
rhyme theme all forgotten, for he saw that
fanny possessed thought she had intention OF
Parung with to him He glanced from her to the
"'"uo" upon which she had been looking rap
'"iouSy when he surprised her gaze. So far he
eouId sec 1t was like any other stairway light in
NIaSiyn except that it oval instead OF rcctangu-
i' '"o perm ps little deeper thar some, but other
"Se pfeeises like he had seem Then he
eal!ca imagination to his aid-that Imagination which
ndo oech 'he means OF bcgctting shlllings the
counters OF his shop, which had won for him a
comfortable income, commercial success as we'll as
"due MN Inc foremost bard IN his country. He
Peered through the window; what lie bcheld was a
Snh,ol bit oi ?uSky sky with shadowy seemingly
oenhd IL he dismissed Imagination and returned
TO the study OF his bride Ii was vbin, nrobablv,
perhaps ono of those unshaped thoughts elemental.
unspoken, to 'ich women listen in their idle mo-
mcnts indeed, IT might even be some dreaming
about him of which fanny in the shvness of their
relation. sti new. too sensitive TO speak Grad
ually ARIEL forgot the problem his consciousness
OF the charm OF Janny with her deep-buc eyes, her