Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-04
"Then Ill Come Back to You"
AUTHOR or ONCE TO EVERY MAN"

FIR ihHt now. 50 maybe IN sound crude
70 son. Ike nc;sreicar~ed / Ssth1 any OH
cr woinla. you zee. Add III II does sound
that was " won't help ne rlurh. I her. viii
it1 Bat yon are going to believe that |
Say.
''YnH started back 4 dozen year, or -.
IN order 10 make Your explanation clear.
ln .ariing There myself - I'LL be sure yon
understand. You've been s~ricying because
YOU hurt me-hurt ne twice. Win You
stop now vi ! tell YOU that ! wouldn't ex-
change those two-shall we call them
wouEds-fcr all the kindness Of I'LL the
other women in the world, | did believe
that You didn't think me good enough that
first time. That was why was cut deeper
than you'll ever know. because | knew it
WAS only the truth. | admitted it-rcmem-
Der, ! admitted il when ! said was com
ING back. Wen, I'm back now. and I'm still
not good enough. and not because ! haven't
tried to he. either. I'm Just not admitting
| any man alive could be that. But I'm tell
Ing you. too. in the same breath that the
man who takes You viii have to prove he's
y whnic lot better before ] stand a~ide,'
For tho first lime since he had begun the
-irl moved. Her mead leaped back. She
half lifted one hand in protest. but The very
sladEeSA in his face -ilenced her.
MY turn he reminded her Quizically.
You've just finished 4 rather involved bit
of reasoning concerning the way other wo-
men love. a lot Of which III have to confess
didn't attend IVY closely H. ! should have.
Perhaps that's because no mans method
M caring has ever interested me Il great
deal, except my own"
IN loved You when You were a little bit
Of q sirl-because | loved youl And ] love
Won that way-nnw. Your face was the first
uomag face ] ever looked on and-really-
saw. And since that first morning it,
been with mc-bcen with me a lot az times
when ! didn't have anything else To look
mp to. I've been leS hungry for thought Of
vcu. lcs, thirsty when The road got pretty
long at.time~. II worShipped you. DO
| Won hear' Why, I've prayed 10 you, dumb
Nv, worlles-ly. ont of black bitterness.
when it seemed that any other divinity must
he too hr~v tp give any heed toto the
ragged lttic tad was. Now 40 YOU think
haven't known what il was long before
thi- Wy ga ou when here wasn't any hopcl"
flr waiie1. Her breath came in q long and
quivcring gasp. 81 don't think that |
want to-Iisten any more" she faltered.
f face went white IA that, and then he
w'@ mailing again.
III 'uli Won Id chosen IA ten YOU differ
ently'-the drawing ungentleness was I'M
lltyt. "hut il have to finish this way
now. iho-c rnp not he many chances for
me 90 -pr-h. for I've come back % You Al
most ton iute. Aud ! don't want IL hurt
Won. Why. I'm going to keep the laugh.
ter ~ your eyes and heart WY long a. You
live. for / thought il would be u woman
rd lild when | came back. and I've found
vou -til q eirl-all save those moments
who you've seemed half boy III ne. And
tibet strange. too. isn't it-Strange that
! never knew how much | wanted to BE-
Ike that until Won taught me the wonder
If N Yourself? Mn eyes are ~~tineine.
iou'i tajk quite plainly. Ny throat j. toe
.tirl for easy speech. for its just the old
won irr ot Won fftcr adjust The same
reverence. isn't il. III never let Won grow
.up Huw. You'll nave "a stay girl-boy-
1l thc rest of Your life! I've learned to be
fairly sure IT myself. tint I'm not asking
10 Pc sure Of you yet. ia never want 10
he iur sure WV You unless all the rest VI
my whole world had come tumbling down.
Nnd t~hrH-ihrn Iii necd a. know always
iat could stake my soul on your keep
ur faith. III want to know that | could
reach out and find your hand searching for
mine In the dark. Your face was the first.
gir.-ii's been the only one. It'll be the
last thrg III see the last moment there j.
-iahI in my cycsI'
ILL., slow, infinitely rnnilc voice stop
ped. ~ -at head uP before her. Then si-
leniiv they mounted their horses and rode
toward The town.