The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-30

say, tile u..c " iAAe seems to have
got mixed-jumbled. Yet I must 60
on hoping against hope for the chill
dren's sake"
'Dearie, know what I'll do. I'll
run out myself tomorrow and see
them and fetch you back direct word.
Would you like it?"
For reply, in an abandon Of CRATE
fitness, Anna drew the elder woman
down to her and kissed her again and
again.
That afternoon, taking stroll In the
garden, Annals heart felt lighter, and
her dimples stirred tnctpiently. remem.
bering Mrs. Mason's promise.
Tomorrow" she said softly, STOP
ping for a second before rosebush
and leaning her cheek down to one
Of the Gloire de Dijon triumphs. "Oh,
tomorrow, please come quickly"
A thorn caught her skirt as she was
In the act of moving on.
May helpT asked Burton TEN
pie, advancing. Unknown to her he
had been reading in the little vine COW
cred pagoda opposite. Cato at his feet.
Together they extracted the skirt, a
fragile texture transparent with lace,
q faint perfume In it. He noticed that
she wore porte bonheur on her arm
with a turquoise in it. It made the
skin look white, or the skin made it
look blue. The petty common service
broke the spell Of formally which
usually existed between them in the
library.
Are you going farther down the
path? May l walk with your he
asked, and, having received the assent
OF her head and nonchalant IF you
Wish," he began:
"Do you know what was thinking
about, Miss Dale, as sat there in the
pagoda? was wondering where l
had met you before. Since the very
first day you came l have often won
dered that. have seen you before
oh, no, there is no doubt about tt-but
where can't recall"
I'm some other incarnation, I dare
say" laughed she. WAS it when we
were swinging from trees or not so
long ago as that? Could it''-yes, she
would tempt the fates and be down.
right courageous-'could it have been
In the days when i was in the
Exchange building. One meets SO
many
"The Exchange building? All, pre-
cisely! recall it all now, and how I
used to find myself unwittingly look
ing for you after that first day. But
I was called south, and when I came
back you had vanished" he spoke
reminiscently.
'The first day? don't quite under.
stand" queried she.
II was coming down in the elevator,
harried to death, my mind in fright
full state Of turmoil. I found you
watching me from some crowded cor
ner, and I looked directly into your
eyes," He studied her now with a
smile serious and tender. II looked,
and it was like bathing ones face in
q pool Of spring water after a hot
Journey" he ended simply.
1t came back with such unmistaka-
bic vividness to. Anna that she spoke
spontaneously:
"You did look worried"
"Oh, you remember. too?' he cried.
RI can't tell you how glad that makes
me. couldn't get you out Of my mind
somehow. You see, I never did get
you out Of my mind. Some faces stay
with US. Yours stayed"
The woman beside him had become
very grave, feeling the beat Of her
pulse quicken with the distant surge
Of strange joy, Joy 1ndistinct as
the tremor Of an unrisen sun, yet all
pervasive. Realizing her danger, deft-
~ she veered her mood.
Eyes, passed our old elevator boy
on the street few months ago." she
remarked casually, STOPPING to pat the
mastif's head. II remembered his face,
too, though it had been over q decade
since I saw him.
The mans face was ruefr! as he nod
cd appreciation of her tactics.
Below them was the broad expanse
Of the Hudson, scintllating as a sap
phire in the glow Of the summer after
boon. A yachting party steaming up
river waved hats and handkerchiefs at
them In pure good fellowship. It SEEM
ed good to be alive. Temple pulled
two chairs under the shade Of the
trees. and they sat down. In the dis
lance the cliffs Of the Palisades rose
and beckoned alluringly.
"Do you know what I used to call
them, those cliffs ?" said he, seeing his
companions eyes upon them. my
enchanted palaces. When was 6
child the palace Of enchantment mean
the future, the mysterious, 1nekabl<
future when should be grown up
when should be a man, when til,
world would be my garden, the world
and life and all their riches mine t.
explore, to adventure in. And, oh, tn.
people by whom the world and the fu
ture were inhabited, the cavalcadinf
knights, the lovely princessest Low
and glory and all manner Of romance
] had them for the wishing. Did 70,