Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-31

BY consuming; madness that is wisdom.
1t is the inarticulata language shat
transcends all languages-the sweet speech Of
flesh to flesh. There's string Of paradoxss
for You, doctor, whereof you will comprehend
nothing Nor do myself, for the matter Of
that; only know that the look and, touch Of 50
certain woman will take certain man captive,
body and bones; and thu more he is captive
the better he likes it That was my case I
found treasure, made for me to enjoy; twas
said another mao owned it. but knew naught
Of him. have proved my right to it; and if it
were to take over again would take it'll"
'Love. therefore,. is wholly physical mat
ter:" said DR.. Carajo, with q smile.
stYes; and yet by that inspiration man has
invented poetry, and the soul and heaven, and
all manner OF the glorious Authorizations
Love cannot see, we say; no-nor will the sun
ever cease to warm the cold, or water to re-
fresh the thirsty. But neither the sun nor the
water, nor love itself, will animate the dead;
so what is one more than the other?"
sSurely convincing argument" remarked
DR.. Carajo, still smiling. and with glance
toward the curtained acove. "And lovers
parted on earth are parted forever. The only
wonder Is that for so slight q cause man
should compromise himself so deeply. The
world is wider than a woman's arms; and
power, learning aud revenge are sweeter than
her kiss ~
ST have not found them so," replied the
O(n9T, CiCSlUS HIS eyes.
A long silence followed, during which DR..
Carajo's patient seemed TO lie in a half waking
dream Tie physician watched him carefully.
At times he sprinkled his face with certain
volatile essence, tanning him the while with a
long handled fan Of white OWLS feathers; once
reddish color Tie fountain FLASHED in it's
marble basin, and the rainbow lights from the
stained glass windows moved slowly along the
walls and across the floor, and the flowers in
their vases gave out their perfume. And all
this time Dr. Carajo kept his face averted from
the alcove, whence came no sound nor move
ment
When at length the patient opened his eyes
once, change was manifested in his appear
ance. His pallor was great, so that white
gleam seemed to rest upon his face; his
features were sharper; blue veins showed
through the skin of his forehead, and his eyes
were sunken and brilliant His voice had lost
its depth and strength, but was clearer and
more penetrating than before The expression
Of his countenance was composed and medi-
tative.
'Where is Lenore?'
*sHer time has not yet come" returned the
DOCTOR
'sMy mind beholds her clearly" rejoined the
other NY thoughts dwell with her and COM
mune with her own. In that sympathy of mind
all love consists. Without it the blind passion
Of the heart and the senses are misleading and
mischievous. They are the force, but intellect
is the guide; and when their force is gone the
intellect remains true to it's choice. The delight
of love is IN the perception OF its harmonies;
and age, sickness or absence has no power to
obscure it,"
"Then, were you to see Ienore no more it
would not disturb your" asked the doctor.
s'Bodily presence is not without it's uses"
answered the other, calmly. ''To be king
you must have a subject, and the body is the
subject Of the mind. BY steadily ruling it the
mind realizes and confirms its aims and con-
illusions; and, on the other hand. the body, by
it's suggestions and limitations, sees the mind
in motion, gives it strength. Without the
body love would be a dream, as. without the
mind, it would be but sensual and pronnis-
cuous instinct Neverth eless, love having
once attained bodily incarnation, I conceive
that henceforth the actual association together
of the lovers is Of secondary importance,
though, perhaps, the mind needs to be re-
freshed occasionally by renewed intercourse
with it's mats providing tt with fresh Incl
dents and developments to consider and in
terpret''
s'Your philosophy is certainly persuasive
Observed DR.. Carajo. "But from this point Of
view, what think YOU Of the so-called sancity
'1t is an ingenious device for the proserva-
ton Of outward social ORDER" said the other,
''but not in itself worthy of an Intelligent
mans respect. The laws of the mind are
evidently above the control Of social laws.
intellect. bonds Of any kind. marriage or
5ods wo "Gd0 still as"' exist and fa AoaSs
would be reared; but the free intercourse of
mind with mind, with all that that implies,
would be admitted, and, as consequence, the
passion Of jealousy would vanish along with
other relics of barbarjsm. In other words,
marriage based upon intellectual sympathy
would no longer be checked by marriages OF
merely material convenience, and immortality
would disappear with the artificial morality
which has created it,
"a desirable contamination, indeed" re-
marked DR. Carajo. 'FAnd so you would,
without repugnance, behold Lenore in posses
sion of anotherof more sympathetic Intellect
ual endowments than yourself?'
"The question seems fair one" returned
turned the other, doudtfully; "but have,
perhaps, omitted some essential point in my
analysis Allowing the possibility that such an
intellect as you suppose might exist, I still
can not conceive him as having rights over
Lenore. The fact that we have belonged to
each other has created between us something
that did not exist before, and which cannot be
removed; something neither physical nor intel
lcctual, yet more substantial than either. I
confess it perplexes ma. and my mind is weary
I must rast awhile before considering il fur
ther'
Aud even as he spoke he sank into leth-
argy.
The interval between this stage and the final
one lasted but a few minutes, but was marked
by al even greater change in the aspect of the
patient The bodily substance of the man
seemed, to a great measure, to have sunk
away and become translucent, he was not so
much physical object a spiritual pres
euce The light in his eyes had the appear
ance of proceeding from some source beyond
matter, and to see things which material sight
has no cognizance of. At times slight trem-
bling passed through him if his body were
shaken by the effort Of some inward power to-
break away from its imprisonment Hia
voice, reduced to a. whisper, nevertheless
thrilled upon the ear with a distinctness and
force that outdid the nolsiness Of the sturdiest
lungs
''Lenore!" he exclaimed, commandingly,
"cOme to me-"
"Hush!" said DR.: Carajo with frown.
ssShe is not here.'
''She is behind that VEIL !" returned the other;
Set her come forth"
At first there was no response to this sum-
mons; but by and by the curtain was grasped
from within and slowly drawn aside. In tho
opening appeared the figure Of Lenore, white
in face and figure, like a ghost obeying
ghosty mandate AS her glance met that Of
Dr.. Carajo's patient she faltered aud uttered q
low cry.
killed you!"
'By no MEANS" said DR.. Carajo, sullenly.
'eAt this moment would buy his life with my
own. Human skill has done it's utmost
DO not come too near" murmured IGNORES
lover, as she advanced toward him. "We have
no time to losen
t'Am not yours? Do you not love me?"
she cried, in a voice weighted with unshed
tears and holding out her hands to him.
''There is spiritual barrier between us,'
he said. 'Do not by your feshy hand disre-
gard it 1t seemed to me that loved you; it
seems still But there has never been true
union between you and me. The license of
klol fho ms mir fho in4o a.