San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-21

silver trail across the sky.
She closed her eyes, a
melting tide of sweetness
rushing in and filling up her
thoughts. While her eyes
were closed he stopped and pressed
bis lips on hers.
"Oncc again, dear Nora Lee. II
means I'll love you always"
She laughed, II know, l know you
WILL"
They trod with buoyant feet on
white, sweet almond blossoms, the
world aglow with tender lilac hues.
All birds that are seemed singing
ladders of song streamed down in
sparkling joy and touched their hearts.
At 6 o'clock that clear, transparent
morning she was phoning to Margaret.
Margaret's voice leaped over the wires
Mora Lee, All right? Dear God
then Margaret was crying and Nora
Lee begging: "0h, mother, don't-we
couldn't help tive walked and
walked"
Margaret's words choked in num-
bled :" Hurry-hurTJ-" So.
Dane stood beside her, his hands
shaking. When he saw Nora Lee
pressing her lips against the phone
and suddenly hide her face in her arms
he leaned down quickly: Doesn't she
believe you. Nora Lee-doesn't she-?"
at didn't sound like it.
"Of course she does-Lord, it was
all my fault" a..
Margaret was at the window when
they reached the house. As Nora Lee
ran IN the steps the door flung open.
Margaret caught her in her arms, hold
ing her fast as though she lad come
back from death. She looked in the
girls face and wept, and murmured
in a soft. Wild incoherence "Oh, my
Misunderstanding"
Nora Lee beseeched: ooh, mother
why do you cry? Won't you speak
to Dane-Pm here-isn't that enough?
why don't you say somethingY'
The boy stood there ahashed, blink
ing and claiming all the fault, repeat
ing: eve feel awful about it-Please
don't blame Nora Lee"
Margaret. seemed not to hear. She
asked again and again: ooh, how
could you-the long night here alone
thinking you killed-thinking-"
Then Andrew came. Finding Nora
Lee there already, he laughed. Never
was a sound more kind. He talked to
Dane, took the boys hand in his gal.
liant way: "of course, things like thai
happen! Did you want them to walk
40 miles, Margaret, and reach here
next week instead of this morning?'
Nora Lee threw him a blessed look.
She stood proudly on the pure, I'M
stained threshold of her youth. And
it shamed the high sweet beauty-oh
it hurt to the heart that even for
moment Margaret would doubt her.
She said in broken way: "You can
go, Dane. Don't feel sorry about a
single thing, because you couldn't help
it, and you were lovely to me and I'll
write to your"
She fled up the stairs. Andrews
voice rose with arresting gentleness
"Why did, you make me unhappy,
Margaret? And the poor lad sent
away like that?'
ANDREW, the awful fears"
He seemed to be laughing sadly.
"Ah, Margaret, can't you remember
back? Youth like theirs-like Nora
Lee's-there's nothing on earth more
pure" ..
Nora Lee ran into the room and
flung herself on the bed, a storm of
tears shaking her.
She came afterward to Andrew and
spoke with trembling lips: you're
darling, Andrew you just saved
everything"
He laughed at her.
She reached her arms about his
neck. "Well, you arc, Andrew. ]
heard what you said. Oh, love you
for that. And want to tell you
something-you have the noblest soul
on searth."
His face turned deadly white, but
he said: "Now, / thank you for that,
Nora Lee. That's quite the finest
thing ever was said to me-"
Andrew was exalted in her opinion.
He could understand.
Days later she wrote to Dane, a