Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-05

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II can't tell you how glad that makes
me. couldn't get you out OF my mind
somehow. You see. 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 a strange joy. a Joy tndistinct as
the tremor of an unrisen sun. yet all
pervasive Realizing her danger, deft-
~ she veered her mood.
eyes, l passed our old elevator boy
on the street few months ago." she
remarked casually. STOPPING to pat the
mastiff's head. Il remembered his face.
too, though it had been over decade
since l saw him.
The mans face was rueful as he nod.
ed appreciation Of her tactics.
Below them was the broad expanse
Of the Hudson. scintillating as sap.
phire in the glow Of the summer after
noon. 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 used to call
them, those cNffs?" said he, seeing his
companions eyes upon them. MY
| enchanted palaces. When I was
child the palace Of enchantment meant
the future the mysterious, ine6able
! future when l should be grown up,
when l should be a man, when the
world would be my garden, the world
and life and all their riches mine to
explore, to adventure in. And, oh, the
people by whom the world and the fu.
ture were inhabited, the cavalcading
knights, the lovely princesses! Love
and glory and all manner of romance.
had them for the wishing. Did you
ever have such an enchanted palace.
Miss Dale?" asked he whimsically.
"Yes," acquiesced she softly. falling
In with his mood. the sympathetic
bond which always asserted itself
when she was not on guard. drawing
her once again. "Oh. yes: I, too.
had my enchanted palace, many pin.
nacled palace built Of gold and silver,
ivory, alabaster and mother Of pearl;
the fountains in its courts ran with
perfumed waters" Her voice trailed
OF dreamily, and Temple thrilled with
the music Of it. And its pleasaunce
was an orchard Of pomegranates. One
had no need to spare ones colors, you
know" She turned to him with an
adorable smile.
II know" He was at one with her
now, responding intuitively to the play
Of her emotions And the stars left
their courses to fight for you, and the
winds Of heaven Wed with each other
to prosper your galleons-wasn't it like
that?" He looked at her; she was
scarcely listening; she was watching
the sunlight catching on the tops of
the Palisades. 1t was Just as we'll; he
was safer in his inspection Of her so.
"Uh-huh! Like that" she said, her
ears mechanically following his words.
II dare say" she went on muslngly, 1T
must be that we pass the enchanted
palace while we are asleep. Surely,
at first, it is before us-we can see it
glistening in the distance, like the
peaks yonder. We shall reach it to-
morrow. next month, next year. And
then one morning we wake up and
and it IS behind US. We've passed it.
and we can't turn back. We must go
on" Her voice ended in little half
sob.
The sight of tear trembling on her
lashes cost Burton Temple hundred
conflicts with himself. He felt sud.
den warmth behind his eyes and in
his throat All be did. however, was
to look big. hold his tongue and envy
the dead their enforced responsibility.
"1-I'm not often agitated." said
Anna. rising, with an odd. starry
smile. land you must pardon me that
display of oversentiment" But be-
fore he could have spoken: Il must
really 60 in now. I've promised Mrs.
Mason to play game Of pachisi. or
cribbage. or something" she faltered
So Temple, deliberately commissioning.
escorted her up the red gravel path.
Anna was growing excessively I'm.
easy. For quite two hours now she'd
been anxiously expecting Mrs. Mason's
return from Westfield What could be
the matter? At the very least it must