Show 1 D. D DA DAYS DAY'S YS Y'S SHORT STORY t Lion ion by Americas America's iea's iea s G Greatest realest W Writers T ites t a r UM w. Frank X i C CO w THROUGH THE STORM By Walter A. A Frost eVl that she had acted d for tor the gh ugh tt none of at the tho elation d dut duty done that tho renunciation f ter too tOOt had be been that had that had left leCt her length of ot courage not enough petition jf Jt ho he- had como back t did not matter now he ho haday had hada ay a v and and it it may moy have havo been that that made her flush faintly the pain in eyes lie e had bad said that sho she could not strangely tr things happen now i If It his sister ha had not told hat that letter lottor that he would ruin er ec if Jt he married now for ho he foung oung lawyer and needed all aU his and thought for his uphill that letter had not come como Just Juste e came came came- hero was less than no uso use of at of at It now Sho She would have havo haveis rn rag is on him there would have and responsibilities she sho sheave ave an done her best to help him so 50 gladly but but well well sho she shoy shey y 17 and ho lie needed all his and thought for his Ills career y r In the house meant to think fy I h she eho had said she would not order to find rest In ph physical physicals s she went out to walk In Int t falling falln sno snow were unbroken for it little town and she Aho found the tel ter than sho she had counted on kept on out tho the deserted street the tile heavily laden trees then i th the other side past her home seemed d hateful Just 11 now ow and ud oward the business section of at n. n i. i were lights here and there thero i storm had brought earl early dark- dark It its wings Tho The wind was keen o stopped for warmth and light j little library absent mindedly over tho the new books and maga- maga I he be did not want an anything she librarian She Sho had hod come only went out slowly wondering ado tho the older woman so 50 merci merci- he turned up tho the street t drown own she had come she sho passed theLand the theland land buying a paper which tho the held out to her then thon I m walking with Increasing jn tho the deepening snow Tho The wind pervaded her and she sho stopped I Moment at an apothecary ry shop shop- opened tho the paper and idly ran down then sat quite still yes fes es not seen seeing what the they saw MW had been a serious wreck on tho the id ul connecting the neighboring pith rith tho the town an and 1 tho the first on ont Jt st t of ot those who had pa passed sed into ly Iy John wM was John Travis Travis- Boston read dully dullY by a busl- busl etter In his overcoat seg g your our pardon Miss Dimmis i be clerk as ns ho kept her nerveless nel from slipping from tho the chair Is OIls there anything Can anything Can I 1 7 I And nd almost impersonally Impersonal she allowed him to pour between her lips what seemed teemed like liquid li- li li liquid quid fire tire I Yet it restored her and after I a moment moment mo mo- ment a e long it age seemed her brain was again alive No uNo she said in a Voice a not ot her own and coming as from a e. great way off oft there is nothing else Can you you you- when she asked suddenly does tho the next train leave lea for town For or an Instant the tho clerk looked at ather her blankly In ten minutes was the tho answer If Jt she sho said more it was drowned Inthe in inthe the th rush rash of at the storm as 03 she passed from frum the door Sh She was exhausted when the conductor tor swung her on tho the last platform of ot the the already moving train and she hard hardly I saw flaw and certainly did 1 of feel teel the tho looks which soon goon changed to frank scrutiny from mild surprise There In Inthe inthe the tho corner of at tho the seat into which she had thrown herself she sho had but the thought to go to him dead though he was and tr try to tell him of ot her love lo Yes tell him for obligation to his career required no o silence now Now she could do no harm Only Only Only-It If only she could have known In Ju n time thoo If It she he could have marr m r l him himat himat himat at once as ns ho had asked her to do that afternoon gono gone with him to the death which though her body lived had she know knew no less surely come to her It was not until she sho stepped out at atthe tho the station that there came the full realization that sho Bho was quite quito alone and then it Jt came from the crowds whose self absorption seemed deliberate obstruction to her weary feet Unused to being there thero at that hour and unaccompanied tho the great city seemed to her limitless the streets a amaze amaze maze tho the lights a dazzling luminance hostile in Itsel itself The street cars were wera crowded and I confused contused sho she walt wait waited d 1 for tor another and another still waited tur tur ed to take I a a. carriage only to find that In her haste she sho had ad not br brought money enough to pay the mo lea ice swelled by the rn raging storm Bu the time was sweeping past her and reckless now she turned her face against the stinging flakes and walked in tho the direction direction- where he ho would be Struggling half halt halting blinded she struggled str on She lost account of or time or distance after alter the tho first quarter of at the wa way The city seemed strange to her even cven as ns If sho she might never have been in it before and sho she wondered in odd perplexity how she could walk all so long Cars CarK some of at them quite empty passed her ter once she sho had to stop tolt to let lt ono one go o by and before It faded laded ahead she realized that she sho had known all the time line It would have taken her to the ver very door At last she sho reached it H. H and she was surprised when the door opened forshe forshe for she sho could not remember having pushed tho the bell The maid who had known her since and through her childhood stepped back from her in surprise But Miss 1155 Dimmis did not attempt to resist her mute inquiry inquirY her her soft sort brown hair hall was snow mow shrouded her deep e eyes es bigger than ever CYer and more pleading cried out for tor sympathy ath her last shred of at stamIna stam stam- ina lna was going in trying to hold her slim young form erect Ea Have V the they brought him back Is he he If Unable to finish it St St. she ahe smiled pa pathetically pa- pa the faint smile of ot a tired heart henrt sick and baffled child Poor dear dearl Miss Dimmis did not hear It nor 1101 feel feci the arm which supported her almost bore boro h her r Into tho the big living room be ho- ho tore fore tho the fire Miss hiss Travie said paid the tho maid will 15 see aey 3 you yet very soon oon In Iii th the dec deep silence broken broleen only by hr the crackling glow she looked about her hl hit his room his chair pushed back where ho he had left letl it H only such a few hours ago ngo t to como come to her On a l table tl at tho the end where his pa papers papers pa- pa pers nn an envelope addressed in his strong firm han hand I She rose an and walked weakly to the rho desk dock She had his hll letters let let- tors but she he wanted this too another thing which should freshly recall to her hor through h thin dead ru future his bigness big big- ness his strength th the splendid manly vigor of oC the tho ma man mall u She Bho raised it to her lips dully then tUrn turned 1 hack back In Tn her ab absorption t ho had hul not heard tho step which carne down the hall indeed she sho h had turned quite casually for Cor if sliE hE had heard It It she sho would have ha looked round with no expectation in her glance Yet when she tur turned h her r shaken I senses shoot shook HS as from a t blow for he was vas before her had sprung to her anti was holding hoMing her lter to him In his arms firms holding her yes es ho he had even mi raised el her r from the tho floor My t child m my Dimmis m my poor tired frightened shaken dear dent dent- And then because It was too much she Rho fainted 1 nii an w She Rhe awoke v unwillingly n iJ f for wh what at tine the y yat awakening must bring and before she he could speak her han hands s were wre bu hUH bury y with his hI hands his face lace his hair hail What was Wt it What hat did it mean Then for she thou thought ht that she too was dea dead 1 she sho It was wn then with no n negative three force nod and Ilon that John Travis Tra poke not U C queis for he knew her in hI MS his loon o but her In tho the way I lp AP P Phad had nyK alv longed to until strength should come cOmo back and nod let her tell her herston story ston as would She told toM it told of at tho lie paper the headlines the story tory of ot tho the wreck of or orI j I hi hl there in the list of or those thoM found dead told of ot h her r daring lar ing then tt to como to him to t tell ll all that in his hiM life UC sho hn had 1 fou fought ht back for COI the sake sago of or the tho c career r told e oven even 11 of ot tho the letter r which had come ju Just t before h ho he came As h he ho lI listened Irn Travis viR pR pasted passed 1 through h it with her with a n. face which h brol broke broko o with l love lovo vo and glowed with fire I thought you ou were dead ald Dimmis And I camo came to tell you you you- and her face taco W went nt hack back on hit hI wide shoulder cr a nR as she finished finished of of my mylove love It was Ver very short hOIt his story An ac accidental nc- nc I exchange of ot o c overcoat with another at the hot hotel l. l and hit taking a n. later train after a n. vain effort to find the tho other manSo manSo man So It wa was not you oU She h said 1 for tor on his strength sho she had let hers go utterly No paid John Travis no dearest lear lear- est cst for tor I have tavo Just bc begun un to 10 live ll |