St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-10-01

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fast"
Clark drove to Verda's apart
ment and found her ready to leave
for her shop. He had never seen
her more beautiful than she was
this morning he thought.
"There is something on your
mind, my DEAR" she said, her voice
filled with anxiety. "What is it
now?"
Briefly Clark told her of the de-
velopments.
eyes, you must be careful, Clark.
Please, for my sake"
Clark placed both hands on her
shoulders and kissed her. Through
them both coursed the thrill that
comes to only those who stand on
the heights of true love.
Honey" Clark said, eve must
be married at once"
Verda looked up into that hand
some face, now aglow with fire of
age-old desire, and felt her last
doubt vanish. Her surrender was
as complete as it was moving. She
threw both of her arms around
Clark's throat and chung to him
with desperation that could only
mean that her heart was at last
sure.
Through the haze of happiness
that flooded over him like a wave,
Clark felt the sweet warmth of her
lips on his and wondered what life
had meant before that moment.
Gone forever now was the play
boy of yesterday. The sands of
idle existence were blown away be-
fore that gesture of devotion, and
the granite of purpose and char
acter, long hidden, lay exposed. 1t
was as if the hand of Fate had
closed a mighty door behind, clos
ing the back trail from both obser-
walton and travel; but had opened
another in front through which
one could see the garden of fulfill
ment. And no man has really
lived until he has seen the promise
Clark saw as he now looked down
into Verda's eyes, now filling with
tears, through which shone the
Light.
"Oh, my DEAR" Verda finally
managed, "where have we been so
long?"
Clark stroked her luxurious hair.
"Does it matter now, Beloved?
What is time, anyway? The only
moment in which we live is this
one. Remember that, my own. For
us there is never tomorrow or yes
terday. And if our todays run
through infnity, or if there must
be none but this, I could not have
loved you more, in either case. Nor
could you have brought me greater
happiness. For every moment I
am with you is an eternity unto it.
self.
$50, dry your eyes, lovely one.
If the past really has cheated US
of something, the future will never
be so unkind."
Verda tenderly drew away from
Clark and dried her tears. Then
she stepped up to him and took
both of his hands in hers and
looked him squarely in the eyes.
eyes, Lover, I shall marry you.
And whatever I may or may not
prove to be as your wife, this I
promise you now: My faith and
love you shall never have cause to
doubt"
How Clark ever found his way
back to his apartment he did not
know. Verda had promised to
marry him at noon day after to-
morrow. She would move into his
apartment at once and they would
then plan to build a home in st.
Croix Dales, the popular suburb
where dwelt many of the substan-
tial Aframerican families of the
city.
Suddenly he was overwhelmed
with a desire to tell someone of
his happiness. He called Jim
Scott.
eli va, fella," was his greeting
when his friend answered the
phone.
"Say, are you drunk?" Jim in
quired.
mo. Do sound like it ?"
"And how. Well, if you aren't
drunk, just what does all you?
You're not normal, anyway"
Fright. Who is ever normal
when they are going to be mar
ried?"
MAR Say, mug, have you
called me up just to inform me
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