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Show - . THE PROVO HERALD ;r ' ' - i ..111 1 'A II 1 IT V I u V & llllAl 3 brought his you lived,' but jou'r voice has haunted'"-m- e for a whole ear In my thought, .r . automobile to a sudden stop In front of In my dreams, you have been knowa , the village church, to me only as the Easter, lady;" ! - - and listened "with now at last" , checked He deHberater and breath. hi;usnlf, Rising bated to f um' the vehicle Into a " : high above the mel t jecdjnff atTlghtan ghw frons low growl of the organ a VQlce floated cross-roaout to his enraptured ears a clear, the one they were following. "Tfie'glrl ; quickly laid a small" gloved hand om thrilling, triumphant voice, his arm. , That Know "I Handel's stli-rinaria, "No, ho!" she cried; "not that way. . My Redeemer Liveth.": on. Mrs. Camperdowm "Her voice, by all that is wonder- "Keep straight 11 ' . v ful!" he muttered, with an eager light lives-"- " "Mrs. Camperdown can wait, said in his eyes. "Surely I can't be misValdean firmly as the car shot Into taken. It must be the Easter lady!" ! the new road at an increased rate f He-sa- t with a expression rapt there v a. - the spwd- -- I am not yom oflake Jta ready on his 'face until ' I have yet. church opcm and the congrega:. to Mrs. Camperdown swung -I .Mlted aw:hf)lp sun ppiiv-f a ...w-Wv- ,i v' i onsWeo""l Into lheA prH - T I I am going to l think do to you animation and tunlty. color shine,' bringing .:.v r 1 the scene. He scanned the crowd with turn you over to "Mrs. Camperdowa ; searching glances as It sloly nielled so soonT Miss - Drununoiid -- sat)k"hclplessly away. ... Tlie lat to leave the church was the rector, and walk- back in her seat He knew she wa e down the staring flxdly at lia, and he half-ex-- ing by his side as n outburst of exyostulatlon,--- " walk- was a beautiful young woman. jiooted-anot turn his head. but did l-ht. " he Yaldeaa heart save a bound "Ani'i wa"s ttelng a She dainty, looked at the girl. kldnapodfe aske L r: e.willowy-creaturface lit up with at last; and the humorous note in her her .:. .... ... t . smiles her dark eyes voice assured him that his bold move bewitching ' was being condoned. white' umlec her "vlviCtously Wing spat aldean's - face nrlgufeiieS'wiUn a "Every defy is fresh beginning, plumed hat; "It "18 she whispered the man 4 quick gleam nf excited pleasure. . ;.'..-..Every day is the world made "Then you will let' me drive yoa to the automobile. "1 never, saw her in my life before, but 1 kpow it is BheT town?" a great favor to will be "Indeed It came The rector and his companion nearer.. They were about to pass the me. I hope it Is not- asking too much j car when the girl suddenly glanced up of you." "Oh, I shall be' delighted. And wa f and stopped, can dine at the Red Eagle lnnr which "Why. ' this is my car, 1 believe," on the way, and still get . "'I'm rector. the to she said blithely a home before nightfall." - - 4 . to dine with Mrs. Camperdown, you was The Ice broken; it was aston.Mr. Roden, and tell know, Good-by- , these young peo- how quickly ishing" Mrs. Roden I shall see her soon." at and. cordial " arrived a mutual -pie his hat with a pro. The recto.llfted time the the Re v: utrderstahdlng. By found bow and walked on up the vilbefore them they ' loomed inn up Eagle to lage street, while the girl turned were chatting as gaily and unreserve-- . Valdean With", pretty assuranceT " HE night had trashed had finished speaking, tears swept the ly as If they had known each "other for "This Is the Camperdown car, 1b it had through the . woods cheeks of those who ' not?" In .jstorm, but the faeed privation, loss, death itself; was standing Valdean an In Instant broke in Ahoae who had ffea""nFithr--GiKLno- r morning In hand. hat on beside curb the her, 7' on sunshine-out were and devil their knees; sparkling .."Of course," 'he said glibly. "ItJs hese. sunny I chance to blossom on Our Lady s days like; a white 'burstbf from among them stole a woman of Iet form at the lays life grows re (such as the visitation, "the assump anything you wish. That Isi--er spray.ifrom -- it l$M.. sin and threw her sobbing r: '"v7--for bir tbr bapttsrai-purificatlothis her Take madam. me ; assist tion, of foot cross. you, the the ..... from wave. orient bellowing s are slipper,-lady'driver." beside the There -- The mantle, ward a conlady's watched bush seat, please,: As the. others her, dust, a latent ring of an ax cat through the lady's TheHrlrl was on4he teatlwfin sclottanePB of wings stirs lady's fingers, lady's smock, twitter of birds, arid the throbbing sf awe fell upon them, and breathlessin the burled seed, and as tresses. Vlrgin'sBower, or clematis, hesitated, looked the car over doubtnotes of. a -- meadow lark's song. On ly they waited for Heathcot to hurl face If from very .gladness of heglns to bloom In July, the feast of fully and turned a the dge of the clearingWhere Heath-- , the lashes of righteous "wrath th&t astoward Valdean. Her cheeks were heart the sap in the naked visitation, and Is at full bloom at cot had built his log . cabin, a young, should scourge her' soul to fuller, reflaming. trees mounts npward, ever sumption in August ; : pine had been ripped up by the" roots, pentances connecThe in waTlBrst found lily she "Am For a moment he stood moTionless, making a mlstakeT" and in swift flashes, catching the light Upward, into the golden light. tion " with the Virgin In the story of tered. . as it rose and fell, his ax was denud-i- his face now white, tense, ablaze with The tiny leaves, and her to ascension it heaven, orig assure stout he at I "Not all, you," together In the budIflutter inated g.the trunk of all , branches . except a scathing light from his wonderful probably in the second century. ly protested. '. ..... two upper ones which on either side eyes. Then as though drawn by a timidly: apart, to grow braveAccording to this legend, it. was three "I am Miss Drummond, yon know extended an outstretched arm. Any magnet he turned toward the cross, ly green, and flaunt their col"Certainly,-madam- ." or on the passing breeze. The days jlterthftJ)urlal ofed ourLord's othef settler would have seen in the the trunk of the - tall straight; pine a mother that he apostles-ytsttand f av'y mr "Mrs. Camperdown wrote me it .it ttapVtre--13ieyfdT5wbra nrhes - fallen tree only so many cords bf pointing sternly up wardy-tw- n filled her found it and grave shewould have herautomoblle waitin hears- - a voice out of the un:. opened" - flreivood7but"Tn every crude 15cTae"&t" extending- like w"h 'spotless lilies." Since ing in front of the "church, but I think of frontier life Heathcot beheld an in-- pleading. seen, calling from the blue then fragrant, these matchless flowers have been I know she said it would be a in the He stooped to the prostrate woman, Bklesr bidding it come up tailed "Madonua erBpirtfaajnieaning-jia- w ' lilies," or "flowers felied a" IIeaven-gldoes wind r it and the gladly higher, by benroveTherrspeakhigin pine white . Bglnhe-4ioiiunon- r "The limousine is 'out 'of order this Z' lif her feet . make answer In the green en cross tor His easier s " ' ofcour gardens, tbat Diooms in morning," lied Valdean "cheerfully, as t tassels and shining leaves, TITy "My; people," he said in a tone of inbe should preach his great revival serI Can't Be Mistaken." "Surely most is sweetest the and and finite sweetness, "i have- a new word telling of new growth and broader July, be gently pushed the girl into seat mon on the morrdw. , graceful of all flowers, might well be and hastily occupied the one beside years. They dined cozlly and happily horizon. The.blcod leaped in Ills veins as he called "holy." No one seems to know her. "So it had to be this or noth- at the inn, consuming much more time swung his ax with "tireless- energy, Out 'on the old arbor, the rough and its tt Is never found wild In ing. You will find it Just as. origin, In the perforsK was a than and thbugbfsiapedtct8"irarnn-is jecessary scraggy grapevine r sending forth Palestine, nor can we find Just where " then-takiI their places bx and think." ance, rising torrent of religious fervor. little gray tendrils," reaching farther It grows without culture. But we see It the car once more, they resumed their in and car the motion, of foi'm put the compelling by Standing toward heaven and away from the It in the faded pictures of old Italian ; street with a soft, journey toward the city. from their the cross rough-hew- n earth that hides its .foothold."; How masters and- - Netherland painters. glided down.,Jhe "I was sure .something portentous sound. forests by the hand 01 their own beforethe-dlscove- ry of this purring ValdMav- added, after a muse, "if would happen prophet e wouI3Jlp'SE'T6" HtlsTSSfrpl bowled-alonIhey1 fBtliUMlaaUcaiiyr'as a word of power such as he had neyer her message of resurrection, joyovla of our great poets have am to all " i Kearly the highway, old go .spoken before not even In his aspiration! i pr.jsf,j this . flower. Chaucer . and jictivltyrf: "Which way?" exclaimed the girl. -- "And has anything portentous ha- ; 7 chOTcbrbactrm : --. Her myriad voices try through every Spenser speak of it as a mystical blos"Why, direct to the Camperdown farm, pened?" asked Miss Drummond, curt - Atsudden, transformation swept over sense, to touch and penetrate the spir- som In their and of course." gardens irv;::-:c:':"v ;: ously. the zealot's face. The angel had fled it with gladness and good cheer. New lady's bowers. Shakespeare It was : "Yesr-o- f I but could be more haven't but course, "Surely. Nothing and left only the man, the primitive of from the eternal Gospel readings who first said: 'To gild refined gold the idea where that Is, you significant than this chance meeting man with fierce, elemental love, Jeal- slightest hope: are seen on every" side, in the and. paint the Illy " and these lines -.- '- -between you and me." v - . see." leaf. r,t of fhfi unfolding; plant prnwth mi one or his sonnets telt --atruth tend anythlng?!L . ." blazed. his eyes cheeks; ther'jblbssoming of flower. The woods that can never be forgotten: ; doubted his sanity. "To me it does. It holds a beautifsJ The ax rose and fell, physical laare full of these ahy spring darlings thing jurosourejitjbyjheir ..VPerhaps . vou will be kind enough promise. It la the fate of the Valbor Treating into repression the stress vloletg," dandelions,' adder's tongues, Fprweetet deeds; tell me who you are?" she de- dean s. Listen, Miss Drummona," "an of his passion. But while he chopped, and bluebells mell IJUea worse farthan tj beauties, many that; spring ' : " the. young man became very serioua. . manded, weeds.. coldly, he and while i the cut, trimmed, helpers a nameless wildllng, all hurrying gayly service. at ''Easter "is- strangely cmlxed oj: wit "Richard Valdean, your summoned from 4he settlement bore to deck the earth and' celebrated the Milton loved the Illy and always spoke -r in . the destinies of the Valdeans. . My . banker a is father connection In rose as with of the My cross and wc?ds the it the through ; rr. Eastertide; Valdean by name. father met my mother for the first t the he of when did also Swinburne city1 talks Sylvester pi aatedit jtlLtbeJiead .of the .plaza, al ar 4 Um .. tlfflBtblyTyoTi-ayeheTtie JlIlMSJ languors of vlffuei dayr My grandfather! the ense'bf disgrace thattad TTilned been Bet apart as sacred things, ways I e ..a was and out lor snin "hiscafeermrrveir-him-lnto-thln.my.iiiachrne. and Irohfthe very dawn rof history we AnClTennyson Lsaysjor Mud garden happened to be in front of tbe church, other's existence on an Easter mora-- " i hqui, fnrT Ideraess still gnnte.? hear 'of r f andawd there wis'sulfafltSeE angntherrwefg marrled-th-e his home life had been"ra"liouse upon wreaths of sacrifice. The heathen ' In th world beside. than atigTit Fairer and In and couldat It was the tricksy spirit of you walk, evening. , the hilltop, its betrayed honor mocked sight, temples . were adorned with earth's All made up of th Jlly and the rose. not let know I could festival that brought my . great-- ' -that you walk" you at alevery little dweller of the valley. by fairest blossoms," scattered on the, Dear, old Herrlck, that sweet singer of 1n"choked his fHe "when on the the eagerneBB.rand And grandparents together nearly v hun following day twined .around the brow of spring,' has one Illy ibcmg'Bt Chat Is' like tars, and dred years ago. As far back As Um d paused abruptly. settlers from far and near cabins gath-- . t priest-anacolyte. The amaranth a sigh "I suppose I ought to be terrlblriti- - record goes. the members uf myjf amfly In the plaxa, and Heathcot rose Ha Drew the. Shrinking Woman to bloomed in deathless beauty upon the - red . But vanished man, " ..HlAL she said, suppressing her have all met their affinities at Easter from hli knees and stood beside-th- e Olympian heights, the myrtle was be LJk o a Illy 4ot, .never can bloom anew dignant," "but really I cannot be oth-Ipr- time.- - Will you contend, Miss Drw to see a second his his Easter to Or jmerrlment, days treat pine cross preach bring spring. ot the loved the the rose, Apollo, lily, to you- - God Is love." He drew t that our meetlne : has' sC'than la his the grateful ttr you for- - thls lily Shelley sermon, i unconsciously It --'was the thegive were favorites of legend and shrinking woman to his.. side. "1 mistletoe -- sensitive ?' spark of personal anger that-lighte- d are am his lias no meaning lor the iuture?" I very with klndnessYou obliging, T sacred to once flowers The" ; inyth. cannot preach longer to you She gave him a quick, frightened sure. Besides, the mistake was mine Wordsworth often .praises his flaming denunciation of eyll. for I have found my wife who was Freya, the spring goddess of northern j plant ' - 6 1n the beginning. Mrs. Camperdown look.- - Then the warm color streamed a it TennyfrequenUy.F It was a dramatic scene."i AboTe, Burnsjmentions were for their chosen spotmythology, tost and we musr go homei together. neck, and her eyer dull, gray sky, weighed low with heavy less purity, in iornAaBdfcoiorVr2 And Bou has lovelyJlyithoughtsiibutjDur lives two miles out In the country, and into her "'face' and '. both nn sides and, at '; " ryou are going in the right direction, dropped.-Clouds; huddling when heathen-fayt- h gave place to own Longfellow" dwa the prettiest She hesitated a moi .."Mlht it not jnejanMie contlnoe the lowerend of the plaza, the rude Christian truth, these sacfeiTtreasures ptctnrs of maldeBheod " v.. . kmikM-SemkfmBears a lily iff thy ment, and then asked r ; " Wera you with desperate earnestness "that we were transfSTrsd i UWvXlr$faaJ,ftB4 e HOT catf '4tates' of brass WHhtaia waf Stfj for are both. controlled. by the same fate beyond by the trees of the surround- symbols of the queen of heaven, One touch of that Riagio wand, S" I was waiting for you," be re- that rules in the Valdean , 'famnvr "Yes, at the upper end a sweep forest; ing of saint is in So it that every story James Rus&ell Lowell always comes - " of open country- - stretching- - green to j" f mean that you and I Might it Eastsr in Italy.-jor madonna we find either the lily or near to the heart of things and left ns plied, simply, met" 'she exclaimed. , "NonsenBe!" interrupted the ' glrL", : and girls of tnis sunny the rose the lily with: Its fragrance, the horfzbnThe cross of pine planted more than one sweet Illy poem'inaaK trens-"I heard your voice, you know but ber voice was very faint ?learcut strength land spend Easter morning In church. it4endIngtewlngr-Jrailng.belt- e, all telL If they-liva EarnsteackiHB4f-4hk- F owTTroinaaywTgi 4cr this- d stopped to listen. I knew It wae f WiH you jet sue hdpaTlijfargT. eU stood out ihe -- frontier surely, go to 8t Peter'st;the largest 1 nhlm the rose, with its faint and far- - thelr lovehandiwork. Eft)!ytrong nature's preacher in ma top Doois. ms cOTOSF cnfflcTnTTBeHltere "Our SweeCwiinShaCeseareTwas there to see you come She slowly BhobavinereA"" "IVe roys his crimson jiweater; likewise mousanas oi ngniea canaies, a liars eternal hope. One might almost fill a bora In April,' and it was of April's was "waiting "and out" - .. , , ' women covered with lovely flowers, and to have known, each other so short y strong in bearing the men named for-flowers that he sang most f requeatly !" Ume,-sh- e, Z"The;jEaster; ladyr ' ' protested. of his congregation who had left the their -- ai6ndrTur'Wttc'V'toray garden.wltlLflowersjtU because the and r T'". most . sweetly,. Mary, Virgin generally they "You are not wholly unknown-t- o "We have Inown each" other for service U over the made ways of pleasantness and peace floats. . After-th- e ; me, Miss Drummond, whole congregation pours out on to although I con five hours," said Valdean, looking at to Mate a new trail In history.does it matter? It less I never saw you until his wtch.--"Wh- at Only a man like Heathcot, who lived the square facing the church, and ' nse that I biaj said ar. Valdean, with slowly."Last Is I Easter and .looks labored at and fought them, turning up balcony" over chanced ta be ftt St Mark's church In side by side, shoulder to i shoulder, the middle doorway.' Here a figure Is the cty, and there I heard you sing coulf have louchedTlhcm," quickened seen dressed in beautiful robes. It Sheas Silent.. long time; hut at for the first time. 7 know It was you, last she eighed softly an3 lifted '?. the Spiritual within,- - and the1 vision of pope. As. he rises and, lifts hta lor could not be mistaken' in the eyes trustfully to nis. ;i x power that had flashed before him hand thousands of . heads bow to revoice. T did not see you, nor- - was J . "Yes. I- -I - think yon may. iiopf while ha was hewing the cross jthe ceive his solemn Easter blessing. to find out who yon were or where Richard". : able : Exchange. el) AL,DEAN 1 lt x.flK. ft d .... g 1 -- y -- - -- the-porta- ls . a -- -- urn '' ft year-for-thi- -- 1 1 d gray-haire- - VP J 'L ;yeek a - dry-eye- .. Madonna Lilies and Other Flowers ' That Are Sacred Wife Was Regained at the Foot of the Cross. 'SSI - - new." Easter Storiette How ........ . d ;. -- -- n). mm; k - : mm; M. d . :- .' , i n ' close-claspe- ; '. ka pci-uu- . . - v IV. ted-1ter--ta - - com-fortabl- e, ' ng on uuSiTttminZ "lonr nXoM youwTtlih'dTT'fa g high-mountin-g -- far-awa- y -- ' illie mm ; -- fter - J- -: . , well-know- - on-East- inOtaofc " i rT'TT-. 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