El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-09

not touched the FOOD j placed before
your image every day
You are in Kobe. on honorable, but
you must have finished your business
there long ago and surely YOU cannot
care for the amusements there when
you know that your Al IS dying with
the pain of longing for you
therefore. forgive me when j come
Forgive, Oh nOnOra bic. the ugly lmpa-
thence which cOmpels me to go to you,
but i can no longer sleep nights when
the moon rises over the top of Fuyi-
am sick with yearning for you
Your Loving and p1ning,
She knew that the letter must be
in his hands and still he had not come
TO meet her. nor had he sent q ser
want with a rickshaw In the burn
ing sun she started to walk. The
city was lar away but she walked
ahead bravely though the stones hurt
her feet so much that time and again
she had TO sit down and rest The
heat grew more and more oppressive.
Al Sprang up, she could not spend all
day on the road and she walked faster
than ever, thinking of him all the
time with fear in her heart
What had happened to him2 Why
did ne stay away from her2
suddenly she imagined she saw him
dying. He lay stretched out on a
mat with cOnvulsed features and
could not die until he had seen his Al
again. And she had been weak. given
She had taken upon herself the awful
res possibility of delaying his soul
that was eager to get away from
earth.
She shuddered- There was a strange
noise in her ears and suddenly the
yellow grain fields began to turn red
as blood and move up and down as
with an earthquake The rice fields
burst into flames and every thing
turned bright yellow. The woods
came rushing at her and like a huge
orange, the sun dropped down on the
When Al opened her eyes. she was
lying at the roadside Somebody had
picked her up and placed her in the
shade Two unknown men were sit
ting at her side tanning her hot fore
head The fans looked like two gi-
gantic blue butterflies. The beautiful
white silk dress she had put on 10
meet her husband, was dirty. She
asked the men. where they came from
bOIh were from Kobe, but did not
know her husband. Then they LEFT
and Al was again alone
She began TO walk along slowly. for
she was still very dizzy and faint
evening came with q cool breeze
from the fragrant meadows. which
were hidden under veil of white mist
as the sun went down behind the dis
Jant hills.
on the dark sky arose the bright
crescent Of the moon and AIS heart
yelled with confidence and new cOur-
age She suddenly knew that before.
midnight his arms should be around
her and she should feel the kiss of
his lips She felt that he had been
delayed and was speeding along to
meet her
Now the lights OF the city were
quite close and soon she passed
through the first streets A porter
showed her the house where her hus-
band was living Her heart was in
her throat and she stood long hesitat-
ing in the darkness. before she en-
mathis servant He bowed to the
strange woman. but would not tell
her where his master was She
threatened him that she would have
him discharged Immediately and told
MN that she was the mistress of the
house and that her husband was ex-
pecting her Then the man retired TO
his corner and remained silent Al
began to despair-What was haDDenfne-
here? She tried everything but the
man remained as silent as ever.
Al left the house, threw herself
down on the ErOund and burst into
scbS, as II her heart were breaking
The wife Of neiEhbOr came out and
raised her up She led her through
a maze Of streets until at last she
stopped outside q house with a galy
COlOTed lantern
Your husband is in there" she said
and left her.
Al looked at the long row of lanterns
IN all colors one outside each house
and she knew she was in the street !
Of the geishas, and broke down COM
pletely- Had not her husband pos
SeSsed the key TO her heartl The
tears streamed down her cheeks as I
she understood where her husband had
spent all these Ions days. and why
he had not thought of her sufferings. ]
Then she heard his voice She found I
n small crack in the lattice. through I
which she looked into the house and
she felt as If thousand arrows
pierced her chest She wanted to cry, Z
but could whisper only a soft saga
nora (GOOdbyel and Q little knife
guided by a firm hand its way to her I
heart.
. The sound Of her falling was heard I
inside the house. A wall opened and /
a man came out He stopped down [
and looked at the PROSTATE figure.
Then by the light of the moon she I
saw his beloved eyes and felt his I
warm breath like q kiss.
TT is T. she whispered with a sweet I
smile, forgive me-"