El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28

! viii mix the batter and you will 20
for a long walk and get an appetite for
breakfast
She had rolled up her sleeves in or
der TO knead the dough, and with her
arms barred to the elbow she pointed
out to me a road which she advised me
TO take, telling me il would bring me
to the old OglethOrpe bridge.
But your father promised that you
should take me there" j said, land that
is a debt Of honor you must pay"
Very Well she laughed, as if pre-
pairing to go but you viii go without
your breakfast, and, what is worse,
Bud Will call you out for making him
lose his, for he comes from the fields
hungry and out Of temper some
times"
4 would not mind going without
mine" / said hut heaven. forbid that
so fine fellow should go without
his"
Tears came into her eyes. out she
soon brushed them away, and with a
smile said:
you touched a weak spot then. Bud
is the salt of the earth, and he deserves
to find diamonds in this dull soil in
stead of fighting out his life for q
few pounds OF cotton"
I started down the road which she
had pointed out wondering what had
come over me when my life in Boston
had seemed a thing forgotten in a few
hours and my work and literary ca
reer become a secondary matter with
me. I passed through an old apple
orchard, where the opening applebuds
lent their fragrance to the air, and
by my side it seemed to me that the
unseen presence of Miss Ellen walked
The dogwoOd was blOssoming down
by the branch, and when I reached the
pine trees their crisp needles, stirring
in the breeze, seemed singing some
blithesOme air instead of Wailing
mournfully, as they had done the
evening previous saw her little rose
garden, and picking the only flower
in bloom, hid IT away beneath my
waistcOat There was an imprisoned
picturesqueness in the unkept lawn,
and out of the cedar and underbrush i
might have expected TO see some Dryad
come / found the bridges by the path
Miss Ellen had pointed out and for an
hour sat reclining upon its UNCOVERED
arch cOn1uring up such scenes as i'm
agined had been enacted here when its
owners lived in affluence, and when
women in silks and satin and poydered
hair sat in the Oaken dining hall and
danced the stately minuet on rich car
pets and under many lights. In my
mental vision I thought I saw one
with the features of Miss Ellen who
glided past all others and stood IN
gay cOlOred brOcade waiting TO be
WOOed like a princess The picture
faded. and / saw the real Ellen. none
the less regal, but In place Of the ScOrn
the other wore upon her lips there was
d gentle patience, and about her form
there hung a simple cotton gown more
beautiful than the staely gown woven
in my dream picture. I must have
been asleep, then, after ALL 1 thought,
looking at my watch, for il was past
the time when she told me to be back.
Hurrying home the way I came ]
found them seated at the breakfast
table, and / pleaded guilty to an early
morning nap among the woods
And your dream % she asked as II
reading what was in my mind
WAS of a beautiful woman clad in
silks ] said, and she stood in an old
hall waiting for a prince to come"
All, what a. sad aWakenlnS- she
said. laughing sweetly.
But wait until / tell you Of the
change that came Ger the spirit of my
dream" 1 added
And I viii some day show you the
first scene of your picture she said
softly.
"And the last part2"
4 do not know what it is and yOg
have not told me"
But I viii some day. and"-IoOking
into her deep brown eyes and almost
speaking in a whisper like il bet
ter than the first portion of my pic
tuure."
(TO be continued tomorrow