The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-06

This Is our tree" said the girl. |
.'soc," She pointed TO n bole; t"enty !
feet above them. Through nole III INC |
trunk busy ntue workers were passing
Ga and out. Then she looked 1T him. and
her face soocred
Ut Is an ancestral oak" she said
softly.
YES" he replied. IAN ancestral oak
bSas gtor" their swce,s in It's crown
I'VE mustn't cut II down. ,
ITS on the estate OF a pretty import
ant person remarked Johnstone-
You ~ must know" he spoke reproach-
fully; ITS your own estate ,..,,,s
MY own estate nus" u ''''' ''S'
"pidnt YOU lssll!! me your father was
II" "oH.7 ,H?77 She looked critically about her,
",.es of course. we are on the grounds:
we seem TO have come long way
| think we'd better go BACK. ,o,,i,,,-
But Johns'one put OUT o7t''i''is
NO" he oreathed. mo, let us rest
'''I She looked at MIN oddly for a mo.
! r,rnt gut tho touch OF fear, Ii fear IL
| was vanished swiftly and she sat down
on a cluJnp Of moss ,.a,i,r
! against the great tree.
! There was silence. and yet the Air
seemed lull of voices, Voices lnsiStcnt'
| pcrsuadius. in the mans cars; pleaaIng.
| ovcrpoworlnE. IN the girls. n long time
! fEry ,NDnincd So Then, ss Vi against
| her win the girls eyes lifted slowly--and
J looked into IOhnstoneS.
| lie broke the silence. lie leaned to"aFd
her and spoke rapidly, earnestly
Listen" he said. You do % net know
me. and / do not know you, But some
! Thing strange. something wonderful, has
come 10 us, 7 feel it, | know II. Aou
You must feel It. too" s
Tho girls eyes dropped Tor second,
bur came again braveiy TO his.
! what ii we do not know each other
bv name" Inc went on; II can say TO
YOU. / am a teacher OF mathem"tles-tor
nv living; an inven;or-from love Of IT,.
! | am respectable. Oh. little Eirl, what does
ali that natter Gon are you ana am
land wc have met! ,
You are the lodge keepers daughter
sweet true pure as one OF God aneels'
I know IT, can't | seq Haven't | eyes
lie dropped on one knee beside her and
took her unreslsting hand In his
y he'd heard that such things things had nap
pcucd 10 others" he whispered;
! The girl put her hand TO her throat. and
a sob shook her.
Il have never believed in love coming
like this-til now" he went on.
Then trembling went over her whole
body. and her head dropped, but he heard
a faint answering whspsr-"TiN now.
He kissed her hand and laid " eentiy
on her knee. Everything was sttll except
the grave old oak. which rusued softly;
And after time she lifted her race and
long they looked into each other eyes.
Then she placed two cold little hands In
There was q small lodge, along the road
from the ancestral oak their OAK OF De-
troihal Iohustone called It.
"Tha,'s the little lodge said the girl
as they neared the nlaee, I'm goihhe th
ahead. and get Mrs, Roperts-tnat tne
keeper-to give US some luncheon,
And when they came to the small lodge
the girl ran ahead.
"I'ii tx Il up with her" she called
back.
Johnstone, walking slowly UP the steps
Of The little porch heard the words, "Oh
Miss Alice" and then his little love came
out and walked straight to him ,a
"We with have luncheon here, she SAID
with an odd note Of authority In he1
| voice.
tombstone thought how well It became
her and he seated her In chair by
green porch table that had a bowl o.
wild flowers In e. 4 bee was hummine
above a yellow daisy
"Where are the opera -glasses2' asked
"Indar our oak" said she 81 viii
send Roberts for them Their sh'
flushed II will ask her to CO. she
Isn't II wondertul?" asked Johnstone
He sat on the porch step at her feet
az can't think about t-just yet sait
- can't think of nothing else saic
| Johnstone.
He leaned forward and pressed a folc
OF nef dress 10 MS ups
! Before Cod" he said in a low tone
"you shall have nothing TO regret for thi:
J day"
The girls hand reached down to him.
II know it," she replied with a lovely
smile.
J In a few minutes an old woman came
} out with a tray She fairly scowled a
Jobnstonc. and she set the tray dowI
with unnecessary strength.
'She is very deaf" said the girl Yol
| needn't try 20 talk to her
/ | ,lI corr out aft if,1n
} and scowlcd over their dishes. 10 see il
there was anything they wanted; bu
the girl waved hcr away
! There's nothing more. is there?' she
asked .Tohpstone.
; And Johnstone. his mind on one thing
said. "Of course | must see your father. >
The GIrl sat up straight In her chair
Couldn't wc-put II cff-a littlep'
NO" said tombstone firmly. Il must
tell him right away what has happened.
YES" siad she mcekly, of course yol
must"
But" he went on to encourage her
II have five thousand n year now, an,
more before long. And he can surely se'
how ] love you
Looking into his eyes the girl thought
with a throb Of joy that was almost pain
that her father or any one who looked
must surely see that he loved her. She
leaned forward and placed her hands OF
his shoulder