Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-05-14

him with m lmmensurnble gravity.
When her dry lips parted. hc SHRINK
even before she spoke.
II wish you would 90 away" she
said quietly. II don't like TO look ut
you | don't wish you to look nj me.
I viii be glad II / never see you again.
There II Nc one In the world that |
wish ever to see again. piense send mo
that niger, Bathtub. II l must have
some n | would rather have him."
lie arose. called Bnthtub and made
him squnt on the floor where her eyes
could quickly find him then he went
70 the door behind her and stood for
n long time looking o1t across tho
glnring craal. The rays OF the sun
descended on that beaten space with
nm almost audible contact. The lenvea
OF the ncnclns were shriveled not n
womnn or q child was visible, and even
the fowls crowded close In the shad.
ows Of the enves.
He took n step out and looked up
Into the bowl OF blue. His tired Ewes
searched II from horizon 10 zenith ma
back 10 the hot level OF the enrth. IL
was empty. Its hollow innnity pressed
down upon his btsnst with a mensure-
less weight. He had come out for n
pnrley, remopstrancc on his lIps, but
nc hnd forgotten that In the troplcs
God walks only ut night.
lie turned. went back TO his post ana
sat down. Diminishing Bnthtub with n
nod. Andrews eyes were stlll fixed in
a llghtless stare. Presently she began
to speak. "You bring me here, you
let me fall III, you shame my body.
You are like the men that strap down
little dogs and open them. You are
like that. You have been staring nj
my henrt. Mt my bare lungs and nil
the unnnmnble beastly things inside
OF me. You leave me alone with a
nlgger-when I'm torn open. / don't
hate you. You are nothing
Her voice went on for n long time.
He dropped his face In his hands, but
he did not try to stop his ears. They
listened to all she snld. they told him
she was suffering as he had known no
one ever to suffer before. Her spirit
spoke from beyond pain. In that hour
he lenrned a great truth. Pain Is a
wall. n bnrrier. so far and no farther
Gun flesh go and still hold to the mem
orles, the fears and affections Of every
day life. Beyond that barrier Is n void
where love Itself Is n stranger. where
life and death are one and equally OF
no account.
He did not know when he fell asleep
or when her voice censed. but on nwnk-
enIng such n silence met him MS Sic :.
his henrt cold. She was stlll-still Ms
denth. Night had fallen. but he was
unaware Of darkness. He felt hat
never again would he need light or
eyes or air to breathe. lie was cold
MS though the sun In setting had
slipped down and out beyond any rls-
Ing. lie leaned over and put his face
close to her lips. They were parted.
Her hand was lying outside the COW
erlet. lie took II up gently. II was
warm and moist. She was sleeping.
He drew erect, his body tense In tho
first realization of n great and over.
whelmlng relief; then his spirit melted
within him and his nerves relaxed from
the long. hard strain. His limbs crum~
pied, his head nodded and fell for
ward, lower and lower until. one arm
outstretched, he lay with his face half
buried In the covers of the cot. When
again he awoke. the SUI had changed
It's mind and come back day was
streaming across the floor In n single
band Of light; but he did not stir. on
his head he felt Andrea's hand. and
In his ears was the lingering caress
OF her voice. Lots OF good II did TO
tell you to go AWAY. White Man." she
was murmurlng. "You came back.
You brought me back. White Man. l
love you a little"