San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-01
Ike Passes Into Great
Beyond With Kingly
Smile on His Lips.
CHAPTER Xxx.


le vital, glowing things to
ice the empty quiet-no
hurmuring about it.
Farewell to Life and
niled. Not glad to go, dear
life. But since one must.
Thy then, a smile for death.
Tho knows-Death, too, may prove
friend? Who knows what new
dyenture she may show?
That rich and questing look was
n his face and a majesty come now
dwell upon its regal line and color.
death, as in life, it was the face
king.
Midnight--the hundred friends were
one. Chickie came to pay her trib-
te-oh, to give service TO the well
red friend; see that things might
rs he would wish them.
Jakc's lips were red and smiling
be kind, ironic smile, as though he
Fere just speaking; or as though he
ere about to say: well, gone
lone, you see-after all, alone. What
Crying? Not for your old friend
axe, my darling. Why, look at the
nan! He's well enough. God wot,
ind always will be-"
Che touched Jake's hand-the
YARN, magnetic hand that had so
lasped on hers whenever ways were
bard; that had so steadied her, not
bnce, but many times. Had she half
banked him? Half enough rejoiced
n all his princely ways?
Oh, she had-and always glad TO
see him always writing five or seven
letters TO his one. She loved Jake
grateful now that she had told him
30; loved him greatly, even as the
cherished Jonathan.
There would be a great aloncness
with him gone; n chillness and
want. She would miss the black eyes
|sooing hers; miss the deep exuber-
1nce of his laugh. But more than
this, that high, unalterable faith of
White and as pure as any.
N Did Jake know how dear such
Srbrds could be To her? white dar-
hihg"--hc said she was that thing
nod he would shout it to her.
She was not that TO judging
orld--never that to others. They
law a stain. But he was one TO .ook
Beyond a deed beyond troubled
Ysurface to the crystal spring beneath.
How she wanted that! Not even
Jennie, who was her mother, had
such trust as Jake. She looked at
the glossy waves Of hair, the smiling
mouth. How mcllowcd and how fine
| he was! How desolate that he should
Lcre lie quiet.
There would never be a second
Friend rs he bad been; never another
10 look with such clear Tisisn TO the
utmost soul and know that il had
not been hurt: that it was sound ana
ltrue and grown very strong.
She was indeed alone now most
|Iiercingly alone-and must be al
David came then and stood beside
her--a great sadness in his winning
eyes. STRANGE that he should walk
rpon her thoughts then-strangc that
seeing the grief in his face there
should come upon her such flood Of
aching memory: such n gratitude I"
the dear and silent friend, that she
must speak.
Her words poured out like q bless
ing--a holy ointment of her thanks.
1t was due to Jake.
As though to her own thought she
smoke: "Once when life seemed
done for me; when il was very hard,
Jake came. He said the noblest
things. He was as kiLd. No one
can know. not any one, the greatness
that he did"
David looked Mt her white face and
her deep. trcmUlous eyes Thew were
filled with tears. He would have
told her that he knew. Jake's service
and blessed him: that he heard likes
murmur: "Swcctcr - winter - my
Helena" and that he bowed to Jake
for that.
But she seemed not to see or care.
She seemed then to him more lonely
tlan the dead--lonelier than the pic
ture Emerson had drawn Of her that
had whipped up in him such mad
dening desire to rush down alrl lOOR
Mt her: see IL her face might be the
same; speak to her; say out his
thoughts
She was standing now with an
infinite. ycnrning tenderness on her
face as II had been in thar last mo-
ment when she stopped TO ppt her
nrns on Jake.
The friend who had helped her and
who had her trust was gone. He
wondered what she would do now.
SIZE would become more alOOf-more
shut away than ever. More tragic than
a death is that
He said softly: "Ycs-there was
greatness in him-he understood"
She turned away sharply. wonder
ing how he came to say thing like
that. Then she added: "How sad
that there should come time whom
we can not do anything at all for
those we love-when we stand silent
and let them pGss-it seems to me
az though all gladness leaves the
earth with Jake"
She tried to smile. but the tears
were in. hor throat. For it was so.
indeed. Jake's friendship and his
love for her kept her in tune with
the brightness Of life. 1t was his
way to bring her joys-a flower or
a jewel
No other did this. She had jon
ME and Jonathan; Mary and ia
nina. They had her love.
In these last years. though, it was
always she who brought the merri-
ment TO them; not they to her. In
these new times it was Chickie who
surprised Jennie with a new waist !;
Jonthan with a richly colored tie t;
or the two of them with little pas