Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19
PAGE EIGHT
" The Greater Glory"

with the little black mare over ia
the dance at Warfclds."
"Goodbye," said Mibb.
The Henderson girl swept out like
the grand lady she was---from tho
standpoint of clothes. 1t was the I'M
dignified parade Of the snobbcry of
Il cheap, Inbred woman. But to
Mary it hurt. When Mibb had gone
she sat looking out the side window
for several minutes. The fragrant
autumn air, in sharp contrast to the
pungent Od0r of printing ink inside
the shop, waited in on the pleasant
afternoon sunshine and called to her.
She would like to be out in the sun
shine this golden afternoon. She
would like to be going over to Mrs.
Seavers to have fine dress fitted.
She would enjoy taking Monday
Washing all alone by herself and
driving over the yellow and scarlet
hills to Warfelds.
But she put the tempter rightcoualy
out of her thoughts.
"Someday I wilt" she told her.
self. "My time hasn't comc-yctw
She came face to face with Her.
bert that evening as she emerged
from the Red Front grocery with her
arms laden with bundles. There was
confused, averted-"%@,d greeting.
Then to her disnluE,- and bit of
panic,-Herb fell into ..nr beside her
and walked to the cora, j. Gr Pleasant
and Pine streets.
After three OF fcur blocks of sill
cnce, she +a'A'
"Weli, l.l..'t, how did it
happen?"
He read her thoughts perfectly, and
her meaning.
~ met Sam Hold in Fred Ba,lctt's
Jewelry store, that afternoon" con-
fessed the boy. Gle was telling Fred
about Jack, buying you some
kind of wedding present. He SAID
you and Jack were to be married that
night and his wife was already fix
ing up the wedding supper"
"Well?"
81 didn't know what else to do,
/ was so lonely and disappointed and
miserable, l went and got Mon
day Washing and hitched her up and
went driving all by myself. Suddenly
out beyond the Greene River bridge
it all come to me like vision out
o. the dyin' afternoons twilight.
You was bein' married-FOR LIFE!
After tonight there was no gettin'
you; it wouldn't even be proper to
see you alone after this not even for
a talk. And just in that minute l
wanted a woman to talk to and give
me some some some SYM
pathy worse I'd ever wanted one in
my life. Sounds soft and sickenin',
don't it. But | just did. And the
of it all, and what 4
mess I'd made O. things and the
panic that maybe was too big and
fat and homely,-too much of a slob,
for any woman ever to want me cx-
ceptin' the wrong kind, got to my
head and drivin' down the next street
see Mibb."
eyes, Herbert"
"I'm tellin' you as q brother. sec
Ter and went sort O. crazy, l guess,
All / knew, we was rafting down the
street to the station and the down
rain was waitin' with steam up. ooh
what lark,' says she after time.
give Jim Barnes, the station agent,
,wo dollars to take Monday Washing
back home and stable her and tie
Up Card, and Mibb and got on the
asst car without even buyin' a
ticket"
The boy moved his head. The gas
amp from the corner shonc on his
features. He was weeping silently,
without sobs, as men weep. Never
rad Mary wanted to comfort him us
sister might comfort a brother, than
n that moment. She knew the in
1uence she exercised over him to
make him confess his troubles. She
Knew that to confess his troubles
night make him feel better. Very
alphabetically she said:
eyes, Herbert. l understand. And
hen what?"
Gall the way down Mibb was keyed
Up and kept sayn' over and over
gain what lark it was and what
. sensation they'd be at home when ;
he news come back. She let me '
:aress her bit, that was some sat
sfaction. Only wanted morcn !
hat. l felt as if | wanted to have
he kind O. mother you read about I
n story-books come along and pick {
ne up and rock me to sleep. l
wanted lullabye to make me for I
get I'd lost you, Mary"
"And you were married."
eyes, we was married. And we .
vent on down to Boston and Mibb
plurged." {
This last seemed sufficient onto it
elf as an explanation of what Mibb
lone had the courage to put into ,
words:
"And you're not happy with her,
re you, HERBERT"
II could be happy if she'd let I
ne. I could take grip on myself
nd call it sportn' proposition and
hat / was married and would make {
he best of it-and the most. In
ime l could love her lot. But
she amt domestic. That's a good 5
,ord, amt it," 5