The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-05-23

list thrusting, but he was magnificent
ly the master Of his giant, and It sang
to his magic as he bade 1t.
Bibbs was swept away upon that
mighty singing. Such a thing was
wholly unknown to him; there had
been no music in his meager life. IN
like the tale, it was the Princess Be
drulbudour who had brought him to
the enchanted cave, and that-for
Bibbs-was what made its magic daz-
ing. 1t seemed to him a long, long
time since he had been walking home
drearily from Doctor Gurney's ONCE;
It seemed to him that he had set out
upon happy journey since then, ana
that he had reached another planet
where Mary Vertrees and he sat alone
together, listening to vast cholrlng OF
Invisible soldiers and holy angels.
There were armies of voices about
them, singing praise and thanksgiving
and yet they were alone. 1t was IN
credible that the walls of the church
were not the boundaries OF the uni
verse, to remain so forever; incredible
that there was a smoky street just yon-
der where housemaids were bringing
in evening papers from front steps and
where children were taking their last
spins on roller skates before being
hailed indoors for dinner.
He had a curious sense Of communi-
cation with his new friend. He knew
1t could not be so, and yet he felt as II
all the time he spoke to her, saying;
"You hear this strain? You hear that
strain? You know the dream that these
sounds bring to me?" And it seemed
to him as though she answered con-
tinually: 81 hear! l hear that strain,
and l hear the new one that you are
hearing now. l know the dream that
these sounds bring to you. Yes, yes,
l hear 1t ALI We hear-together"
And though the church grew so dim
that all was mysterious shadow except
the vague planes of the windows and
the organists light, with the white
head moving beneath It, Bibbs had no
consciousness that the girl sitting be-
side him had grown shadowy; he
seemed to see her as plainly as ever In
the darkness, though he did not look at
her And all the mighty chanting OF
the organs multitudinous voices that
afternoon seemed to Bibbs to be cho-
trusting of her and interpreting her,
singing her thoughts and singing for
. him the world of humble gratitude that
, was in his heart because she was sc
| kind to him. 1t all meant Mary.
But when she asked him what II
; meant, on their homeward way, he was
silent They had come a few PAGES
from the church without speaking
= walking slowly.
: "I'll tell you what it meant to me-
she said, as he did not Immediately
reply. almost any music Of Handlers
e always means one thing above all 9th
: ers to me- Courage! That's 1t. L
!. makes cowardice or whining seem 81
a lnfinitesimal-it makes most things il
: our hustling little lives seem infnitesi
|, NAL"
D Yes" he said. at seems odd
/ doesn't it, that people downtown ar
3 hurrying to trains and hanging t.
straps In trolley cars, weltering ever,
), way to get home and feed and sleel
q so they can get downtown tomorrow
y And yet there isn't anything dow
y there worth getting to- They're Xix
a servants drudging to keep the hous
going, and. believing the drudgery il
! self is the great thing. They make s
much noise and fuss and dirt they fol
get that the house was meant to liv
. In. The homework has to be done, bu
=. the people who do 1t have been 8
overpaid that they're confused an
worship the Homework. They're owe
- paid, and yet, poor things! they haven
-, anything that a chicken can't hav'
OF course, when the world gets to pa.
ing it's wages sensibly that will be di
y ferent."
- "Do you mean communism ST
asked, and she made their slow pat
1 little slower-they had only thrt
blocks to go.
81 whatever the word is, 1 only mea
q that things don't look very sensib
n uow-especially to a man that wan
Il to keep out of EN- and can't! Cor
Y munismY Well, at least any 'decei
n sport would say it's fair for all Il
strong runners to start from the san
A mark and give the weak ones a ia
"a distance ahead, so that all can II
M something like even on the stretc
WI And wouldn't it be pleasant, really,
vi they could all cross the winning Iii
4a together? Who really enjoys beatil
10 anybody-if he sees the beaten MAJ
nj face? The only way we can enjoy g
" ting ahead Of other people nevada
fa is by forgetting what the other peoI
M feel And that" he added, sis nothi
III of what the music meant to me. Y
eA see, if l keep talking about what
didn't mean l can keep from tell
ri you what it did mean"
S'Sa Didn't it mean courage to you,
M "a Iittle?" she asked. Triumph a
FN praise were in it, and somehow th'
HA things mean courage to me-"
KN Eyes, they were all there" Bill