The Washington times., 1912-04-11


came to him his fears dropped from
MIN like those outworn rags he had dis
Well, so we're both UP and at It,
again he exclaimed, commonplacely
enough, his voice a bit uncertain. Stern
had walked narrow girders 600 feet sheer
tidewater, with the airbumps driving
full tilt to keep death out.
He had swung a bosun's chair down
the face Of the Yosemite canyon at
emotions such as now. And greatly he
marveled.
i've had grand luck" he continued.
See here and here?'
contents of the bag, except the spear
point. Then. giving her the cosmos
bottle, he bade her drink. Gratefully
she did SO. while he explained to her
Her face agiow with eagerness and
brave enthusiasm, she listened. But
when he told her about the bathing
pool an envious expression came to her.
to monopoiize that. It you'll show me
the place-and Just stay around in the
woods to see that nothing hurts me"
You'll take dip. too?'
eagerly she nodded, her eyes beam
I'm just dying for onel' she ex-
claimed Think! l haven't had bath
now for years!'
engineer. And for a moment a little
| silence came between them, a silence
so profound that they could even hear
the faint far cheepings of the mud
At the back OF stern's brain still
lurked haunting fear of the wood, OF
what the assegai-poInt might portend,
but he dispelled It.
IT'S getting late already. But first we
| must take just one more look, by this
| up above there"
ing of their first urgent needs, Of their
plans for rhis new day ard for this
| wonderful, strange life that now con.
| frontcd Them, they climbed the stairs
| again. Once more they issued out on
tiles. Wv" ~
| There they stood a moment. looking
out With wonder oyer that vast stu ~
suddenly the engineer spoke.
get that line Of Of Verse ; you quoted iast
night? The one about thio vast city
heart all lying still, you know"
That: Why. that. was from Words
worth's sonnet on London Bridge. o.
course " she smiled W at him. "Yo'
FeS%Ssf he dsciai%sd RST SSa' tribe dubl
ously. "I-that is. I never wac mucl
on poetry. YOU ,Inderstand. It WASH.
;2a"; exactly y, my line BIT It.. never MIND q
tremendously -
,"I don't lust recall the whole poem,
she answered thoughtfully. Put
know part of II ran:
This city now doth like a gar
The beauty OF the morning. Silent. bare
Ships. towers. domes. theaters. an;
oprn unto the fields ard to the sky
al bright and glitterlns in the smoke
| A moment she paused to think. Tn
sun. lancing its long and level ray
city. S irradia;sd I sF her Ins face the vast dea'
Jnstirctively. as she looked nbroa,
over that wondrous panorama. sh
raised both her arms. and. clad in tn
like some Parsee priestess. sun wor
SHIFT on her tower of silence.
Stern looked at her anazel.
girl he had employed in the old days
the other days OF routine and OF tediun
Of orders and specifications and dry
as-dust dictation? As though from
The poem?" exclaimed he. "wha
"oh, that? ia almost forgotten abou
that; was dreaming. 1t goes thi
way, tHlHk:
Never did the sun more beautiful
steep
J In ms first splendor valley. rock q
N'er saw I. never felt a calm so deer
The river glideth at his own swet
will.
Dear God! the very houses seem asleeI
Ard AL this mighty heart is standin
She finished the tremendous classic a
most In q whisper.
, They both stood silent moment, gar
ing out together on that strange. iney
1 plicable fulflment Of the poets vision
UP to them, through the crystal morr
|. ing air, rose faint, small sound {
. waters from the brooklet in the fores
The nesting birds below were busy 81
i song and solace;" and through tn
I golden sky above, swallow slanted o
: sharp wing toward some unseen leaf
9 goal
Far out upon the river faint specks
/ white wheeled and hovered-a flock
8 swooping gulls, snowy and beautiful an
E free. Their pinions flashed, spiralt
4 and sank to rest on the wide waters.
Stern breathed sigh. His right ar
Y slipped about the sinuous. fur-robe
Z body of the girl.
Come, now" said he, with returnin
y practicality.. Bath for you. breakfai
for both of us-then we must buck
e down to work. Gomez
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