Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-27 | Page 7 | Our First Year

J OUR FIRST YEAR YEAR-J J BY A BRIDE HURTING A HUSBAND While the rehearsal was In progress I couldn't determine Just how Barts Bart's au d had Md disturbed my husband According to the plot I I If Ithe the vikings viking's bride continued to chatter my Joy lit the Jewels my hero had brought me while I 1 schemed darkly IY I was etl blonde and nd angelic My rival was waa tawny arid and bold And she taunted me with her smug smile As if Ir she knew that my hold upon him was weak About her neck was waa a string of ot pearls These I 1 demanded to te her But the girl looked fearlessly to the viking and laid a I. I protecting hand upon the pearls And Anti my lord refused to take them from her In Jn all the snip he said those pearls were the only thing I might not have ve And so 80 I let them go as as if they were nothing But hate of ot her burned in my heart I too had a a. gift I told my lord Oh only a small thing I could carry carTY It upon one arm But precious A gift from tho the gods themselves themselves' I left him to go for it And I did Ud ld not tell him that I was going to fetch tetch his hla little son I His Ills son had been born after my lord had gone to the southward the little son of whom he had not known of whom no noone noone one ono dared to tell ten him except me roe the mother For that proud honor had I waited two long years Had waited while I 1 the child learned to toddle and to lIsp lisp l fa fathers father's name xa 5 The next scene ene disclosed the ladles the court ranged with the heroes tO toil l their leader e receive c his s gift Proudly I returned with my trea But I came not as I 1 had planned hol hoi holIng ing log my beautiful babe by his tiny hand handI I to followed owed an upturned shield boi by a warrior and covered with a a. a gold cl cloth a II And d as we e reached the throne of oft t viking I 1 motioned that hateful beat beai from the south to stand forth and dr dix aside the cloth of ot gold a aThe J The people raised their cups cupa as I s obeyed She lifted the cover beheld wl wt was on the shield And the people crl But they could not drown shrieking of ot the creature who fell teU a clung to the vikings viking's feet J My l lord shook her off hera-off oft off threw back t and the curts gorgeous napkin saw saw fell 1 My l part In the play was wae exhausting was the most moat difficult emotional role ever had undertaken When It was waa do doI I was almost too weary to listen to t congratulations of those who crOWd around us i J Many came came but but not my roy h husband husband- nd Ic did lild Jade Jack speak to ta Bart Bait 3 Jack is invariably courteous His ma ne as lect annoyed me lIven Even ven If Bart had ma ina him Jealous I did not like my ray man be unmannerly i iTo To be continued j Copyright 1923 N N. E E. A A. Service