El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-24

sacrilege, ! posted the letter. but he
never got It"
You kept me alive and I've hurt
you like this" said Bibbs. Gould
you forgive me, Mary?"
'iOh. a thousand times, But there's
nothing to forgive and you mustn't
come to see me any more" she cried
in passion of tears. Never, never,
never"
He returned in time to tell his sis
terinlaw in the presence OF the fam
lily: 7 proved what you said of me,
and disproved what you said of Miss
Vertrees. I asked her to marry me
and she refused"
Bi5bs went with his father and sat
il the porch Of the temple with the
money changers; worked. and talked
OF nothing but work.
He delved into the ways OF the city
and its political influence, and began
10 buy intertraction shares where
the Vertrees's fortune had vanished
Soon the Vertrees's were able to
gay the butcher. hire a cook. and
follow the brokers' advice TO keep
the balance Of their stock. Sheri-
dan bosted that his plan for Bibbs
was working out ali right. still
there was something wrong and the
doctor and Sheridan agreed that II
might be a gond thing II Miss Yer
trees would permit Bibbs to see her
sometimes.
7 had to make Bibbs go my way"
Sheridan explained TO Miss Nertrees.
but there isn't anything in It TO him
He gave up everything he wanted and
took the Job he never would Just for
you There's only one girl he could
feel that sorry for for Can't you let
When Mar responded: sT can't,
He was only sorry for me-" the truth
was out "Don't-don't-" she cried
You mustn't --
7 won't tell him. I won't tell any
body anything" said Sheridan.
On a crowded downtown thorough-
fare Mary saw Sheridan. at the risk
OF his life, spring before moving
trolley car and with the whole force
Of his big body shunt Bibbs from i'm
pending danger The crowd had
shrieked warnings, but Bibbs had
looked the wrong way
High up in the Sheridan building,
Bibbs sat down. shaking and sore
He realized that his father held his
own life OF no account compared 70
that of his son. Bibbs perceived
what he had never perc eived before
the shadowing OF something enor-
nous, indomitable. lawless. irresisi-
bic and blindly noble
He looked out into the vast fogEy
were rising dimly against 1t, chat
tering with steel on steel and screech-
ing in steam while tiny figures OF
men walked on threads IN the dull
sky. But what for-the mighty
question came to Bibbs with new
The roar Of the city beat upon
Bibbs's ear until he began TO dis
tinguish 4 pulsation; the voice Of the
god, Bigness- Come and work for
me all meni By your youth and your
hope I summon you, By your age
and your despair. BY your love OF
home and woman and childreni You
shall be blind slaves. For reward
YOU shall gaze only upon my ugH-
ness
struggling TO be born Of the turmoil:
1T is man who makes me ugly by his
worship Of me- II man would let me
serve him should be beautiful"
From the vague contortions OF
smoke and fog. Bibbs sculptured a
upon the great buildings and
shoulders disappearing in the clouds,
a colossus OF steel, -Ssolly blackened
with SCOT. He thought up over the
clouds unseen from below the giant
labored with his hands in the clean
sunshine: and Bibbs imaged what he
made there-Derhaps tor fellow
ship of the children Of the children
that were children nova noble
and Joyous city. unbelievably white.
The TELEPHONE fiercely summoned
him. 4 startlingly beautiful voice
caused him to tremble violently.
YES. Bibbs, was near the accident
They said you hadn't been hurt but
wanted to know.
'-9Tarv-Torld you-Would you have
minded2" There was long pause and
a soft, yes"
Then why, oh why. won't you let
re see vor? I've been like a man
chained in a cave"
stand why"
MARY" be called. even more tren,-
ulous than before. you can't mean il
vas because--ou care. If you meant
that you would let me see you. would't
And now the voice was so low he
couldn't be sure It spoke at all. and
II Il did, the words were, Yes. Biobs
dear"
But the voice was not in the instru-
ment II was so gentle and 50 light.
SO almost nothing, II seemed TO be
made of air and to fall from heaven
Slowly and incredulously he turned
and looked u9-and glory fell upon
his shining eyes. Mary stood upon
the hreshold.-Copyright 1919. by
Post Publishing Co. (The Boston
Post) Printed by permission Of and
authorized publisher.
Published by special arrangement
with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate All rights reserved
GKenIlworth.s by Sir Walter Scott.
rs condensed b. the Rev. DIR. r. Perry
Bush, will be printed tomorrow.