Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06

have looked that certainty gave her
nothing but deSoiation Cuti the mo
ment when the expectation seemed 10
die she had not OWNED how Il had
grown into her days. as subtly as the
growth OF little cell and little cell.
And now the weight upon her. instead
OF lifting. soaring IN the possibility
OF the return OF her old freedom. Icy
the more heavily. and her sense OF OF
preston became abysmai Something
is going 10 happen" she had kept say
inE Something has happened
So she mad got on toward her own
door. There the swift relief was Ike
IN unbea-ing into another air. charged
with more intimate largess for life.
Now Mary sat IN the stable in sense
OF happy reality that clothed all her
feeIinE-rather IN sense OF super
reality. which she did not know how
20 accept. So. slowly singing in her
- she sat AT her task. came that which
had waited until she should open the
way.
In the stable there was that fusion
Of shadow and light in which captive
spaces. reveal all their mystery. Little
areas OF brightness. OF functionlnE;
ness iu which surfaces Of worn floor.
slivered wall dusty glass. showed
values more specific than those Of col
or. Dimness I'm which gray rafters
with waveriug edges, rough posts. each
with an accessory OF shadow, an old
harness I'm Erotesque loops. ceased to
be background and assumed roles The
background itself modified hy many
IN uushadowed promOntory. was nc
centpd iu Governs OF mauEer and roof.
The place revealed mystery and beau
~ iu the casual business Of saying
what had 20 be said.
Mary filed her arms with hay and
turned 90 thc mauger. The raw smell
OF the clover smote her. and it was as
sweet rs spring repromised. She stood
for q moment with the hay iu her
arms. her breath coming swiftly.
Down on the marsh. not half an hour
away. he WAS coming 20 her. to boz
with her MS she had grown used to
imagining him. She had thought that
De was NOT coming. and be was almost
here She knew now that she was
clad OF this. mo- matter what 10 brought
her-g.ad as she had never known how
20 Ge glad OF anything before. He was
coming, There was @ thrill iu the
words every time that she Thought
them. Already she was welcoming
him iu her heart. already BE was here.
already be wns born into beer ne.
With soft. fierce rush of feeling NOT
her own. it seemed 20 her that her
point OF perception was somehow
drawn inward. as 10 she no longer sav .
from the old places. as 10 something in
Eer that was not used 20 looking look
ed. Do the seat where her viii had
been was no will Bur somewhere In +
there. beyond I'D CONFLICT. she felt her
self fo tr. Beyond Thousand mists, .
voUtious. Uttr seebinEs Tor comfort. .
rrreIIIous at toll. the crviuEs OF per .
s1urIity fH- It's physical own. She
stood 20 last. herself within herself .
And th8t which through the slow
process or uHr life and OF Ile and .e. .
in- UNNECESSARILY before her bad been
se-E.u- fts expression. building mp IT'S
own vehicle uf Incarnation. quite sud- .
denly and ~..r-y lowered lr was ass .
~ Jlr weight aud the Srl sing within .
deer EaI .cgr rar YIu-~ ot some birth. .
she stood. a- .-lJ of heart ass Llt'g .
child. HHed with peace and tender ez- .
aIrItiru.
These Oiled Der au the road which
she fools ta meet rIm-aud took alone.
FOR ~H- would have no one 90 with nar.
C-WIat~ come over Mary they AISLE
ed au- smother Boz the EitcreE. "Sle
acts Ibe SHE was somebody else and
herself tHu'l The night lazy about uer
as amy other winter H'Sht-vh.-e AND
h.aea-H ..-au white world. uu which
men syr .. pattern ur highway aua shell
ter. c.sHu jar's ~.y. on which 90 story
Is written ESQ stars. and be-veeu-u9
mystery. ar- only growth. OUT toward
tE- drl wuriG-- tae road WAS NOT well
broken. She went. stumbling 10 she