The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-05


intended TO tell me by those flowers
went to st. Andrews that night In
the dark, after read your letter.
Who told you? Your-mother?
mo, mol" she cried She would
never have told mel"
His face lighted. With an irresist-
ible movement he caught her to him.
Shirley" he cried. 1T shant be!
It shan't, tell you! You can't break
our lives in two like thisl It's un-
thinkable."
mo, mol" she said piteously, push
ing him from her. You don't under
stand. You are man. and men
can't"
II do understand" he insisted. "Oh,
my darling. my darling! II isn't right
for that spectral thing to come be-
tween u.s. Why, 1t belonged to a past
generationl However sad the out
come OF that duel. It held no dishonor.
know only too we'll the ruin It
brought my father! It's enough that
1t wrecked three lives. 1t shant rise
again. like Banquo's ghost to haunt
ours! | know what you think-I
would love you the more, II could
love you more, for that sweet loyalty
but it's wrong, dear. It's wrong!"
TITS the only way"
Listen. Your mother loves you.
II she knew you loved me. she would
bear anything rather than have you
suffer like this. You say che wouldn't
have told you herself. Why, II my
father"
She tore her hands from his and
faced him with cry. "Ah, that is It!
You knew your father so little. He
was never to you what she is to me.
Why, I've been all the life she has
had. ! remember when she mended
my dolls. and held me when | had
scarlet fever, and sang me the songs
the trees sang to themselves at night.
l said my prayers at her knee till
was twelve years old. We we're never
apart day till went away to school"
She paused. breathless.
Doesn't that prove what I say?"
he said, bending toward her. "She
loves you far better than herself. She
wants your happiness"
Gould that mean hers?" she de-
manded. her bosom heaving. To see
US together.-- always - always! To
be reminded in everything-the lines
OF your face-the tones of your voice.
maybe-of that! Oh, you don't know
how women feel-how they remember
how they grieve! I've gone over all
you can say till my soul cries out. but
1t can't change 1t. 1t can't!
Valiant felt as though he were hat.
tering with bruised knuckles at a stone
wall. A helpless anger simmered IN
him. Suppose" he said bitterly, that
your mother one day, perhaps after
ong years, learns OF your sacrifice.
She Is likely to guess In the end
-hink. Will It add to her pleasure. do
you fancy. to discover that out OF this
OF flial loyalty-for it's
hat. i suppose!-you have spoiled
'our own life?"
She shuddered. She will nevar
earn" she said broksnly. ooh. /
NOW she would not have spoken. She
would suffer anything for my happi.
less. But | wouldn't have her hear
my more for my sake"
His anger faded suddenly, and when
10 looked at her again. tears were
turning in his eyes.
"Shirley!" he said. IT'S my heart
90, that you are binding on the
Wheel! / love you. want nothing
tut you! I'd rather beg my bread
rom door to door with your hand
n mine than sit on throne without
gu! What can there be in life for
ne unless you share it, Think OF our
owe! Think OF the fate that brought
no here to find you in Virginia,
'hink OF our garden-where thought
We would live and work and dream.
Ill we were old and gray-together,