The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-17

and as a last resource. | safd
Perhaps what wIi never come n
this life =
Why. love. be replied. making a
slight gesture of iBratlcnc~- as though
had been aapariouahy dali
Bu'. | persisted. determined -
all. Tor they neither marry nor are
given iu marriage in the next world
Nc he repeated. they neither
marry nor are given IN marriage
tie said the words over solwly but
mechanically. exactly a. If he might
have said or thought the same w"nis
over hundred times before.
That he believed III the Immortality
If the soul | quite we'll knew, for il
was the one shoot Of his English etiu-
cation, which, s2ringing in early boy
hood, he had survived. like . foreign
plant, amid all the German sopiiixms.
| did not like the strange aspect of his
face. and, somewha. Ill At ease ssid
Then, what do yoa meAs. - wait
I'd moment for an answer
Il can hardly tell you have al,
ways had theory of my own-no. not
a theory, belief / have never under
taken 10 express it in language, and l
Do not know whether l can render my
self ineligible. | think every soul
has somew here in the universe On atm
ity-l am obliged 10 use the word for
lack of better one-and ] believe
that before complete Happiness can be
attained tho two are merged into one.
Ii is not marriage; that is parely
earthly These affini,ies may possibly
mee, in this life. though il is hardly
probable but in the ages 10 como II
will occur Just as certainly ~ there it
All eternity Mind. do not call il
marriage IL is the fusing together of
two souls. u masculine and feminine.
jus, ~ they combine chemicals. produc
iug new substances. believe. as /
said. these two souls may sometimes
meet in this life but i, - destiny
few should kneel in everlasting graft
tudc before their Creator"
When Reinhart ecased speaking,
could see that he had worked himself
almos. into fsver, for his eyes were
bright and restless, and the blood surg.
ed iu waves across his usually colorless
face With rough hand l had struck
the chord whose undesidesi vibrations
had. a mouth ago. appalled, me. The
great burden which had so oppressed
me settled down again heavier than be-
fore II was not 80 much what he had
said as the expression Of his face that
had filled me anew with anxiety. And
struggling under this burden, made q
poor attempt to laugh the matter off
''Reinhart, this Is some of your Ger
man metaphysics"
No; though::you are at liberty to call
it " hat you please; but l have never
read such theory in any place"
We'll, it is An absurd idea" retort-
ed, land sounds exactly like some Of
your humbug philosophers. who never
believe III anything but fantasies: and
1 wouid advise you to let them alone
This was hardly wise on my part.
I should hot have allowed myself to ex-
press any impstience when l saw i, ex.
cited him. and only augmented whas |
was striving to xllay. The blood rush
ed again over his face, but he said moth
ing, only. rising from his seat. he walk
Ell several tunes across the room
In the silence that followed, u strain
Of joyful music broke suddenly upon us.
II was the swell of the Cathedral or
gan. sounding the prelude for some
wedding But II the strain was ever
finished, we did not hear it. for the next
ri TIC
drowned the music. shaking the very
ground Some object flew swiftly past
my face. struck the wall and fell upon
the tloor. sprang up aud shut the
window quickly. Half the sky WAS
covered with dark cloud. and from
the carps. at my feet picked ap.
dead bird, ssusIi h,rsi with rel pinsnes
In ITS Wigs
The storm passed over in less than
half an hour. leaving the sky perfectly
clear again: but for the remainder Of
the day could not recover my spirits.
Whether Reinhart suffered from like
oppression. know not; but he seemed
possessed 10y the very demon of unrest.
He was not still q moment. He had
little to SAY; and quite late in the even
ing proposed walk. Without any re-
mark upon the unusual hour, &C.
quiesced.
The night WAS quiet and beautiful,
beautiful even for that southern cline.
There was no moon. and still the sky
was filed with a .of, light. brighter than
the trembling rays Of the stars alone.
We had walked perhaps about two
squares. when Reinhart stopped just as
suddenly as il he had come in contact
with stone wall. invisible 10 me.
Alarmed. l said. quickly: What is
the matter Are YOU Ill =
No" be replied, still standing mo-
tionless Then. IN moment. without
another wor,i, he turned aud began re-
tracing his steps.
Are you going home already = l
inquired, parsled by his strange oon-
duct,
No. | am going 10 the Cathedral"
We had Just passed the Cathedral,
when he had made no motion to eu;er;
but now tried IN vain "a dissnaSie him
from IL I told him there was no ser
vice az this hour; that we might as well
not have left home az 20 90 inside of
any house. All - no purpose. he WAS
Jus, as determined as 81 first, until a.
nally he turned sercciy upon me and
.id. with q strange emphasis In his
tone
Il will 90. must 20, feel some
thing within ne sha, osrars@s me 70 90 y
Was thi. again the vihrstioa Of that
terrible chord In his ns.ure-ihAt terri