The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-17
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troubles your"
Nothing now, thank you. Yes,
before you came i great sadness was
upon me. / was 50 alone She made
little gesture OF protest as she sa"
Dianas face. Not alone. perhaps, but
lonely. | have been taught to-ift-t4d
love. And no hand but yours has ever
taken mine In kindness"
'Safasvatii"
She stretched ouI slender brown
hand with rs many rings and looked
at II thoughtf6lly.
1T must be a\ery ugly hand, she
said. often | have seen how those
who came here have shrunk from
touching it as though it>were unclean.
Ii was then that | FIRST leSTnt that !
was an outcaste. And yet-SS II the
color that makes it so ugly lsNt the
Wilderness only that matters?
yes, only the color" Diana answer
ed. Her biows had contracted; her
eyes shone fiercely bright 1T does
not matter how coarse, how shapeless,
how ignoble hand may be, SO long as
IL is white" She bent her head and
kissed the long delicate fingers with a
vehement tenderness so much fol
the fools and Pharisees, she SAID.
What do they matter 10 you You DO
not need them. You have love
enough"
She looked up her fair lovely face
flushed with the triumph OF an enemy
overcome. and ner eyes met Saras
watts. The flash OF exultation died
down beneath that all-seeing gaze.
you are brave" David Hurst wife
said gently For / know that your
heart shrank within you as YOU kissed
me. Do not say that IL is not SO, Tor
| know"
Diana made no protest. Before that
direct unfaiterug perception OF a
truth which she would have refused 10
recognize, al denial seemed futile,
contemplate Only another greater
truth remained.
81 despise myself now Diana SAID
\ frankly For | care more for you
than have ever cared for another
woman, ana II | shrank II Is because /
was born Phagisee and the habits or
a the Pharisee are appallingly tenacious
Sarasvat. IL YOU know so much you
/ must also know how much these days
together have taught me 10 care Tor
you"
Eyes. | know You are my friend
/ You are very good 70 me Your friend
\ ship Is like the sunshine that comes
\ from afar Of, vet warns the heart
She drew herself suddenly upright
But a great river separates us. she
saic in low broken voice. and II
never can be bridEed-neyer, never,
1 never,"
Diana rose TO her feet. Something
In that scarcely audible desperate
4 repetition startled her as revelation
OF danger hitherto unsupported. she
knew that she had passed out OF Saras'
watts horizon and that another ana
dearer figure stood before the eyes
that stared with 50 much prophetic
pain into the freight. Diana put her
hand gently on the quiyering shoui'
ders.
gwen If IL were true she said.
"-and | won't adn.t that II Is true
what does Il matter to you? You nave
David"
81 have my husband 1t was as
though a light had been flashed into
the darkness OF her thoughts. she mt
cd her head and smiled with Joyous
gratitude that fllei the Engiishwoman
with an odd sense oi shame kno"
that he is mine. But II is even for his
sake that | grleve For have | not
learned In these days how much ne
needs the friendship OF his people!
And I can not help him. You-yes'
how well GU help him nave seen
the gratitude In his eyes, have heard
Il IN his voice. But | can do nothing
Il stand between him and his KIND
HIS ambition
"No." interrupted Diana sharply and
almost sternly. THAT is not true
Love like yours could never hinder
any man. You have been discouraged
and frightened by few prejudiced
neonle who would he as suspicious OF
anv foreigner. Gould they see you as
see YOU, and know you as | kno"
Won they would learn to love you as
have done. But you must not Dc
afraid You must go among theh
brayely lat Is the only way ohe
had spoken with lack or CONVICTION
that disguised her the more because
n rang sincere. She realized that she
was playing a part--the poor weak
mart OF futile coasoler-driven there
70 bv a fear OF .. danger whose intent
abe could only dimly apprehend. ga
rasvati raised her eyes and she bore
tboir expression OF uawning hope with
the denomination of a general who
knows that In error OF judgment must
no atoned for by rcdoubled energy.
"And AZ | wen. among them brave
,v" David Hursts wife said, "do You
tb,nl, that enc day they would forgive
me fornot being as they are? DO You
think that one day the opportunity
would he given 10 serve him-as you
serve him."
And suddenly with those words the
danger took shape. Diana bent ano
caught the slender fgure In her arms
81 am sure" she said with herce
rasolve that challenged her own rea
son. 81 am sure. No one could ever
serve him better than his own wire
al the woman who loves him anc
whom he loves. Only be brave--anc
patient
The door opened and tho turned and
.av that David Hurst stood on the
threahold He carried his overcoa'
over his arm ana faint flush In hi'
dark cheek told her OF some suppress
"a excitement. IiiB glance passed
ou,ctly from sarasvau to Diana an
shera stoppcd with an expression tina
vas familiar enough To her-so famil
Tar that she had never realized UNI
this moment how new a thing ~ was
Now she indeed realized. She unoer
GOOD that Il had dswned gradually y
- ,.st fovu ueaka OF common tOi