Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-01-07
"Now Talk" She Said.


foot under herself, and waved the
other in the same fashion as had Miss
Van Teller earlier In the evening.
"Now talk" she said.
ado you like me?' asked Mr.. Ran
dolph.
She nodded her head.
you're not afraid to be herer
She shook denial.
"Have you ever been in a mans
room before?"
She looked him straight in the eyes
and made no other sign.
1t was Mr.. Randolph's turn to flush.
"Then," he said, "if you like me and
IL you're not afraid, please begin at
the start and tell me all about It,"
The girls eyes fell and sought the
fire. Her face slowly paled to the
shade of her somber thoughts. She
was no longer pretty; she was beauti-
full with revealing transparency that
made her seem unfleshed, disem-
bodied spirit of sincerity and truth,
Individually pure.
81 had nurse once" she said, In
low voice, "and wire-haired terrier.
show-dog and darling. His name
was Sport" She raised solemn eyes
to Randolph's face as though measur-
ing his powers of understanding. my
nurse died and then, one day, l had to
sell Sport; wasn't old enough to sell
myself"
She stopped speaking with an I'M
mstakable finality. Randolph was
overwhelmed by the flood Of informa-
ton that this slip Of girl had packed
into two-score words. A life-story In
four lines and a revelation Of the
heart thrown In for good measure!
Over and above that, he had to reckon
with the confirmation Of suspicion
which had been slowly establishing IT.
self in his mind that he had met her
before, that not for the first time this
night had those soft lips, curved for
merry words, cried, my, what
bumpl" within his hearing.
So many considerations pressed to
his immediate attention that he
awoke to the actual present too late
to stem the tide of tears that sudden
ly rose to the girls eyes.
"Oh," she sObbed, "what is to be-
come Of me? I was so happy here, IL
you hadn't made me thinkw
If anything has been said in the
course Of these pages to give the i'm
preston that Mr.. Randolph was mod
eled after Joseph or hewn out of ice
or packed with probity to the exclu-
sion of red blood, forget 1t. At the
sight of those tears. he slid the length
of the couch to first base, fielded the
girl in his arms, switched her round
so that she lay across his knees, drew
her face against his shoulder. and
rocked her gently.
"You poor kiddle," he said softly.
'what devil of time you've had
But believe me when tell you It's all
over. This Is the night that starts your
old happy sun into the blue sky again.
Don't worry"
She stopped crying and looked up
into the honest face so close TO her
own, puzzling as to how Just those
words could have come from 1t; but
the world had taught her hard les
son in varying standards. She drew q
long quivering sigh.
"If you could only wait until love
you, body and soul" she breathed.
"What on earth do you mean?'
asked Mr.. Randolph.
! "Why, then 1t wouldn't be so bad
, so ugly"
, 81 don't get YOU" remarked Rober
/ Hervey.
, "a man told me Just little Will,
, ago that he was making a catalogu,
of reasons why women give them
selves" she continued. "He had clever
, already, and yet he was one of tn
!. incest men I've met. He talked to m
/, as though he were showing me wa.
4 that | must travel alone"
"ReallyT said Mr.. Randolph, stii
5 fleming perceptibly.
j 1.-THE lowest reason of all was TO
cold cash." she went on, as though h
< had not spoken. "I'hen came the gilt
e ter OF precious stones, and, after tina
ell