The Detroit times., 1915-06-22

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We'll. young star gaser. 10 II COM
In TO an end?"
., .M9t ., ,en,sht. fathsr-it all looks
! guess l never Will The only peo-
pie ever hern on a. looked At stars
always had somethin sxcitin' { re-
port Here you been alooking an
nvs year now. an the best ever
near your report was one night two
year agons when y'come In a. tho
she moon had gone e. y'hcad an
'WOT might. an you see the comet
ocourse. Jest like vs. s'pr ised at my
not Known. Then / goes an stays
SS BACK AZ All n, ,Sa,' an me cbendin. o my
Donohue Cd slap on the plaster. an
the DANCED old comet don't show up.
! doan' b'iisve In 'em--they're onre-
sD,e an no way o'holdin' to agree
The young man laughed. an indui-
gent. anectionate lauLh.
| PRODUCING comets at q moments
fa,hs sn' y You S.. r.: 'ss saaSins
~; comets have wills Of their own,
our S so%ntrol--Now. The best we can
very probably Will happen. some
DAY well learn their secrets--some
day Day His nne face s,owed. 1T with
pir.s sSn"' asom. % da ~. ycush and as
amesnin' the disbeisavin' r discour-
gin: Jest a harmless bit Q, orman's
r %"n You p9nt 81 you ,n mind ME y.%ns
Some day yil catch EN- up TO some.
tnin tricky. an then report EN- an
n maxe pi = name me, rr yell That big
ought TIE q deal o'heip. Ehr
Yes father. great deal Of help;
ana SOME day I might catch them
ahectionateIy.
| Paul loved and respected his old
father with that tender devotion and
consideration that only fine natures
are capable OF, and he thought with a
pans OF regret as he paced grsvely
cent acceptance Of the post as astron-
omer At the great mountain observa-
tory would separate him from HE
kindly. genial. illiterate old father.
to consider him.
The thought Of leaving his father
was not. however, the only thing
o1 w0S \. s msx s ssxIn sraS..d
servatory on lonely peak in the
mountains-a peak that would be TO
s,m d9 Tssy lonely without Anita ,n 10.
gloomy picture his youthful morbid
ness made tragic. his mind jumped
back 70 that night almost year ago
when nrst he met Anita LOGAN at q
University dance; and that same face
that moment ago was grave with
the graveness OF doubt, became sur
fused with an embarrIs sed blush, a.
he remembered how shy and panicky
~ ~
had worn away she declared that nc
danced "a million times better" than
the others Then they had sat out
| dance--sat II out on the low. broad
| veranda OF the club house. under the
myriad stars OF n pregnant sky--sat
II out. and spoke never a word. feel.
ing In harmony with the soft voiced
winds As they soughed through the
willows-feelinx in harmony with
the chisp Of each absurdly self-'m-
portant ,cricket. and the morentary
spark Of each busy flashing. Directly
universe and with infinite time. as
the presence OF that gracious beau
tifuf girl made him understand more
clearly than all the textbooks that
ever were printed. the meaning OF all
natural and spiritual things.
He remembered how he had walk
ed home that night. his feet on the
ground. and his soul in the stars. ne
was permitted to lave his soul in the
light OF her radiant presence. he felt
more and more that all his study all
his aspirations. all his LIFE had
meaning and form only AZ IL could be
lived with her. and for her They
had come to be great friends. this
hrickiayer's son and the heiress to q
fortune They had gone on and on
in their youthful, enthusiastic In
timacy. until there had come to be
such bond between them, that PAU
looked lonringly. hopefully, fearful
iy 10 tho day when he would receive
his appointment and ask her TO he
his wife His wife. With those
words burning on his mind his pac-
tn9 became fcverish and fast. his eyes
contracted rs he thought. alternately.
Of his desire and his presumption:
He realised the great oasr,sr o.
them, but hts love and hope. his
urgent. youthful egoism hurdled
those gates even a. his heart nutter-
ed In nervous apprehension At their
forbidding height.
He had put Il on. and put II or
and tomorrow he was to leave: Tc-
morrow! The thought startled him
AZ his browsing dreamy mind g.