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

bore her parcels to the table. Then she unitct
them with trembling fingers, rolling out several feet
OF green and crimson paper and small sheet oi
yellow. She placed weights the corners OF the
lengths, pausIng to her fingers into her hair as
she Sazed with rapt eyes upon the colored surfaces
commonplace enough to all appearances. She took
the cat LAID 1t carefully on the crimson. pinned 1t
down, and penciled around the edges In the same
fashion She drew the outlines of four yellow stars
and some lengths OF yellow rope Finally with a
PAIR Of shears she out all the outlined figures
She lifted the cat, freed from the matrix of
surrounding paper and envcncd with the Iiiekcncss
OF new liberty and held its foot and hall of
length against the candle light The light shonc
through the crimson paper but dimly fanny nodded
took small cake OF paraifnc, melted it, and with
bit ol cloth sponged the cat as 1t lay upon the
table This she did also TO the four yellow stars TO
the lengths OF rope, and TO a large piece OF green
paper upon which the original pattern had been
aPPiqued Once more she lifted the crimson animal
to the hght,-the candle fame shonc through clearly
with beautiful crimson hood OF softer light After
this fanny broke half dozen eggs. separating the
white from the yolk Her fingers worked fever
!shiy now and her eyes kept measuring distances;
IN her nervous haste there moments when she
seemed hardly able 10 accomplish the next step for,
ward in the task already complete in her minds
eye. She stopped 10 listen for sounds and steps as
she worked. and again and again she imagined Ariel
was looking down from the head OF the staircase,
But she finished the work uninterrupted and with
SIGH. half sob of WEAKNESS, half contentmcnt. and
with many glance OF admiration she went she
uptoed UP the stairway. Ariel sleeping and
as she crept into bed she put out hand to touch
his thick black hair. and then. curling the cool
"hlte OF the pillow tell asleep rs children sleep.
hand resting Lightly on his arm.
Ariel jenkins awokc at the waking time Of all
Glaslyn-thc dawn, fanny lay beside him. stll sleep
ing, her face heavily shadowed in her abundant hair
She seemed wistfully childIike and her closed
eyes so unforgcttably weary Perhaps it was merely
the shadows OF tho carly dawn and her hair but the
eyelids had kind of vcincd transparency and her
face a transparent pallor. and the mouth drooped.
Aricls sclhshncSs smotc HIM consciously he thought
with pang OF Janny and he made resolutions.
With this awakening he transferred little of his
poetry from the bard 10 the man. Aye, he acknowl-
edged TO himself. this might well be called the
education OF Ariel jenkins, bard and merchant. And
for the first time thought that grippcd ms heart
brought HIM no desire to turn it INTO rhyme, He
recalled compasSionately all her efforts to make i'm
provcmcnts in the house, her evident inability to
understand and cope with the shrcwd Welsh women
oil their village, and he remembered with fear the
pryIng curiosity and overt enmity these women had
shown towards fanny. Then he wondered in a
desuItory way what she planning to do with tho
stars and the cat and the bits of rope And after
she awakened and they talking at breakfast nc
reflected how easily his resolution won success for
fanny since he brought her so Gasyn had not been
as buoyant, almost animated. as she was this morn
ing. ARIEL thought too, that he had noticed
before the way fanny had of looking at him, as if
she expected him TO discover some extraordinary
Joy; maybe she merely looking to him for happi-
ness, but certainly there air of anticipation
about her to-day
Upon finishing breakfast Ariel passed with 4 sense
OF secure wcbcing into his shop; so many prob
lens were solving themselves and on the whole the
man made him happier than the bard. Even the
flag sidewalk outside the shop seemed more than
lively and merry to-day. He saw neigh
bors passing and heard them chatting, and once in
a while there was loud shout of laughter Across
the street looking towards his shop he bchcld lit
Tie knot OF men-lyor Jones and VII Penmorfa and
Parry Wynn-mcn who did not usually have time
Tor mirth so carly IN the morning. They were talk
ing and laughing. and Ariel saw ono of them point
towards Ty Mawr Just then Mrs Corners Roberts,
ne f"ma", came in She wanted flannel for a
blouse like the material she was wearing, and Mrs.
Roberts threw back her long cloak to display the
striped flannel. How was Mrs. Jenkins? Ariel
thanked her. fanny was well
her" said Mrs. Roberts.
Aye? Yell be welcome"
"Yc're maxim improvements | sec"
Aye few replied Ariel, using his yardstick
deftly and wondering what improvements Mrs
Conner Roberts could have had any opportunity TO
"Gasyn's seen anything like it," continued
Mrs. Roberts, Strengthening her beaver hat over the
crisp white of her cap.
No Pm thinkin' not" answered Ariel, vaguely.
rolling UP the bundle of flannel with precise neat
He was still wondering why women talked in rid
dies when IN came Mrs. Jcezcr Morris. the minister
She had torn her blue kirtc and wanted
breadth. Ariel took down the cloth, Then were
showered upon him IN i compacter form and one of
greater authority practically the same remarks as
those made by Mrs. Conner Roberts: how Mrs.
Improvements she saw, the like of which Glaslyn
had not seen before Mrs. Morris. Mc minister, had
scarcely finished her purchases when in came Mrs.
Parry Wynn the bOkcr; they had evidently met that
morning. and their greetings purely convcn-
tonal-a smile. look OF inquiry. nod Of ncgation.
Mrs Parry Wynn wanted some cotton CLOTH
but apparently she also wished make the
remarks as those made By Mrs. Conner Roberts and
Mrs. Jeczer Morris
Then Ariel Jenkins's thoughts began the convcrg-
ing process, began to gather i'll towards definite
CENTRE TO fix themselves upon some one thing which
all these estimablc women must have in mind. And
when Mrs. Parry Wynn left the shop. ARIEL went
to the door. Betto Crhths walked by brisRly, JOIN
VINO were gathered in little group opposite Ty
Mawr- They were looking eagerly at the house and
gcsticuating Betto Grifiths laughed as she pointed
TO Ty Mawr and shrugged her shoulders in the d
rection OF the shop. Ariels heart sank, What had
fanny done to make the house such object of
attraction; He stepped out to the little group of
customers and looked up.
Except for the quick nexing of the muscles in his
forehead and the diaton of his eyes Ariel betrayed
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