The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-23

me- Not last aight-ao- the cay ~
| planted the ranblsys. do you Know
when your little muddy boot went
ira n ping down The earsh about thei,
roota, | wanted to etoop down and
kiss it, SO tear everything abou.
| ron vast Not that evening a. Rcsa-
| wood, with the arbor fragrance a5ou.
Us. Il think shall always picture you
with roses all about yc1. Red roses
the color OF your ltps.J No. IL was not
then that III ~begaE-nor that dreadful
hour when you fought with ne to save
my li.e-nor the morning yog ga. pour
horse in the box-rogs in that yeE.
green habl. that made yogr hair look
like molten copper. No. 1t began the
first afternoon, when I sat +. ny mo
tor with yoHr r@e In ny hand. II
has never iet. ne since, By day Or By
Right. Ard yet there are people In
this age OF airshfps and honking high.
ways and typewrlserG mho think love
atfras-sighr liz Is oIr-et-date as our
little graAfnothera hoops rusting i.
the garnet. An. sweetheart, /. for ri
know better.
"sgprose / had m. come to vir-
sinfa-and known you. Ny heart
JAZZ pa when think of fl. I. makes
one believe tn fate. Here az the Court
] found an old leaf-caIendar-it sits
at my elbow no1, just az / came On II.
The date 1. shows is May I4th, and
its motto Ia: Every man carries lis
tate upon a riband abou, his neck
| like that.
That first Sunday at St. Andrews,
! thought Of a day-may ii be soon,-
when yon and | might stand before
that altar. With your people my
people, too, now around US. and
shall hear you say: I, Shirley, take
thee, John And t o think III is really
to come true, DO you remember the
text the minister preached from? II was
But all men perceive that they have
riches. and that their faces shine az
the faces OF angels | think I shall
go about henceforth with my face
shining, 80 that all men will see thar
! have riches-yonr love for me, dear.
i am 50 happy / can hardly see the
words-or perhaps IL is that the sun
has set. | am sending this over By
Uncle Jefferson. Send me back just
a word by him. sweetheart. to say !
may come to you tonight. And add
the three short words / am go thirsty
10 hear over and Overcome verb be
tween two pronouns-so that l can
kiss them all at oncet"
He raised his head. a little flushed
and with yes brilliant. lighted a
candle, sealed the letter with the ring
he wore and dispatched 1t.
Thereafter he sat looking into the
growing dusk. watching the pale
lamps Of the consultations deepen To
green gilt against the lapis.lazuli oil
the sky. and listening to the insect
noises dulling into the woven chorus
Of evening. Uncle Jefferson was long
In returning, and he grew impatient
finally and began to prowi through the
dusty corridors like a leopard, then
to the front porch and finally to the
driveway, listening at every turn fol
the familiar slouching step.
When at length the old negro ap
peared, Valiant took the note he
brought. his heart beating rapidly
and carried 1t hastily In to the candle
light. He did not open 1t at once, bu'
sat for . full minute pressing 1t be
tween his palms a. though I extrac'
from the delicate paper the beloved
thrill Of her touch. His hand ghooI
slightly as he drew the folded leave.
from the envelope. How would 1t be
gin? MY Knight OF the Crimson
Reset" or Dear Gardener" fShe hat
called him Gardener the day they hat
Get put the roses) or perhaps ever
Sweetheart" II would not be long
only q mere Yes" or Come to me,
perhaps; yet even the shortest MISSY,
had its beginning and It's ending.
He opened and read.
For an instant he stared unbeliev
ingly. Then the paper cracked to
ball In his clutched hand. and he mad.
! hoarse sound which was half cry
then sat perfectly still. his whole fac,
shuddering. What he crushed in hi
hand was no note OF tender love
phrases: 1t was an abrupt dismissal
The staggering contretemps strucl
the color from his face and left ever,
nerve raw and Quivering. To be moth
ing to her. a. she could be nothing K
him?" He felt q CHASTITY inclination t.
laugh. Nothing to her!
Presently, his brows frowning heav
lily. he spread out the crumpled paper
| Weighing each phrase. Something
which she had learned since she last
saw him, which lay between them
She had not known it, then, last night
when they had kissed beside the sun
1 dialf Che had 1nvnd him thnni Nyhat