The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-06-30


think lore in you7 The things you
have spents The things you naFe
throws zways Has woman ever
rsTBeu IN love with a man because ne
Was perfecty" Glen made desponu-
ing Gesture with both hands as though
she sought words that would not come
Some men clap 4 wife on 10 tDem-
selves che went on. AS you cap
Id on TO a bot fire. II the hre grows
cold quick enough the lid cracks. some
lust Iet the IRE burn out and take the
dress with IL A woman knows tnaI
there is always something left IN ne
man she loves. And even If she ala
not know il. it would be the same. sne
would rather give all for nothing than
never give at al !"
CIen-s voice fell into a lower key.
The things Jon know that | DO not
know. What child Jon are among
men. A half-witted woman is born
with more knowledge than the wisest
Of you ever attains and the FIRST thing
she learns is that life laughs at knoWl-
edge
Gem stopped spea king and her eyes
that had wandered came back 10 Al
ans face. She drew quivering breath.
Her face had been pale. but now the
sudden color surged mp over her throat
and into her cheeks. She put up her
hands to her forehead. oh" she
gasped, you have driven me too far.
am 4 moan thing in my own eyes as
I am in yours"
At first Alan had stood stunned by
| the words in which she had poured out
her overburdeDed heart. but as she
went on pitiIessly laying bare her sub
lection fame lit up his eyes and fred
his blood Now he sprang forward and
| dragged her hands from her face.
Mean. Glen? Mean in my eyesP
Then his tongue failed him. He sank
i TO the wet grass at her feet, took her
/ knees in his arms and hid his hot face
III her skirt. MY God. my God" he
cried. Il am mean, but what there
Is Of me has kneIt to you By night and
wOrshiped you BY day. When you
were little you were in my heart and
you have grown up to it. When you
were little there was room there for
other things, but now that you have
grown up you have filed tall Of it
every nook and Granny"
A tremor vent through Clem's body.
She rested the fingers of one hand on
Alan's head and tried to turn up his
face. But he held it close TO her knees.
If you want me. Glen, if you want
me, then there must be things left
things I have never-could never give
to anyone else. But am ashamed
to pour them into your lap-I must
pour them at your feet"
NO" said Glenn graveIy. 81 do not
want ron to pour things at my feet
It's got to be eye to eye or nothing,
and if there's any man left in"
/ Glen" broke in Alan, there is
enough man left in me If you'll only
give me time. Time to groom him
You can understand that. Glenn? You
know what grooming and a clean
stable win do for a shaggy horseY
Glen nodded. How much time dc
you want?'
Alan hesitated. "a year." be said
"I'll make year do it,
You can have six months" replied
Glenn and added with smile, That's
ten per cent under office estimates"
Then forgetful of hours and meals
and the little things in life that do moi
count when human souls mount to the
banquet Of the gods, they sat side BY
side and hand in hand on a big rock
and stared with unseeing eyes at the
gray world. with you beside me,
said Alan. "all skies are blue and filled
with the light Of single. steady STAR
Glenn did not answer. but in her eyes
content and knowledge. tenderness
and strength, pleasure and pain played
with each other like the lights and
dappled shadows under a swayina
bough.