The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-31

by consuming; madness that q wisdom.
II is the inarticulate language that
!rsnscends sll lsnguages-the sweet speech Of
for you, doctor, whereof you win comprehend
nothing. Nor do ! myself, for the matter Of
that; Ionly know that the look and touch Of I
certain woman will take certain man captive,
body and bones; and the more he is captive
the better he likes it That was my case. I
found treasure, made for me to enjoy; twas
said another man owned 1t, but knew naught
Of him. ! have proved my right to Il: and Il II
were to take over again ! would take itl'
Love, therefore, is wholly physical mat
ter!" said Dr. Carajo, with a smile n
eyes,. and yet BY that inspiration man has
invented poetry, and the soul and heaven, and
all manner Of the glorious hallucinations
Love cannot see, we say; no.-nor will the sun
ever cease to warm the cold, or water to re-
30 what is one more than tho other?".
"Snrely a convincing argument" remarked
DR.. CArajo, still smiling. and with q glance
toward the curtained Above. "And lovers
parted on earth are parted forever. The only
wonder Is that for 80 slight cause man
should compromise himself so deeply The
world is wider than woman's arms; and
power, learning and revenge arc sweeter than
her kiss"
other, closing his eyes.
A long silence followed. during which DR..
Caraio's patient seemed to lie in half-waking
dream Tie physician watched him carefully
At times he sprinkled his face with certain
volatile essence, tanning him the while with q
long handled fan of white OWLS feathers; once
or twice he made him swallow powder Of
| reddish color. The fountain FLASHED In it's
| marble basin, and the rainbow lights from tho
| 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
anoe. His pallor was great, so that white
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?"
"Her time has not yet come" returned the
doctor.
"My mind beholds hor clearly" rejoined the
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 its Choice. The delight
| OF love is IN the perception OF it's harmouies;
| and age, sickness or absence has no power to
obscure it"
"Then, were you to see Lenore no more It
| would not disturb your" asked the doctor.
Bodily pr presence is not without its uses"
you must have 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, tho body, by
its suggestions and limitations, sees the mind
body love would be dream, as without the
mind, it would be but sensual and promis-
cuous instinct Neverth sless, love having
onco attained bodily incarnation, 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 mate, providing it with fresh Incl
dents and developments to consider and in
terrpret"
obserevd DR.. Carajo "But from this point Of
view, what think you Of the so-called sancity
of the marriage bond?"
sit is an ingenion. device for the preserva-
ton Of outward SOCIAL order" said the other,
nut not in itself worthy Of an intelligent
evidently above the control Of social laws.
We're all men ruled, as they ought to be- by the
intellect, bonds Of any kind. marriage or
S 1n9r v would .t; cease e,;.t to BE- Honse
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 barbarian. In other words,
marriage based upon intellectual sympathy
wou11 No 1orUar ha oh I'd 1,,,
merely material convenience, and immortality
would disappear with the artificial morality
which has created it''
"A desirable contamination, indeed" re-
marked DR.. Carajo "And SO you would,
without repugnance. behold Lenoro in possess
sion of anotherof more sympathetic intellect
ual endowments than yourself?"
''The question seems fair one" returned
turned the other, doudtfully; "but 1 have,
perhaps, omitted some essential point in my
analysis. Allowing the possibility that such an
intellect as you suppose might exlat, I still
can not conceive him as having rights over
Lcnore. 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
lectual, yet moro substantial than either I
confess it perplexes mo, and my mind is weary.
must rest awhile before considering il fur
Their"
Aud even as he spoke he sank into loth-
argy.
v.
The interval between this stage and the final
one lasted but a few minutes, but was marked
by ali even greater change in the aspect Of the
patient The bodily substance of the man
seemed, to great measure, to have sunk
away and become translucent, he was not so
much physical object as a spiritual pres
cnce 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 as if his body were
shaken by the effort of some inward power to,
break away from its imprisonment His
voice, reduced to o whisper, nevertheless
thrilled upon the ear with a distinctness and
force that outdid the noisiness of the sturdiest
lungs.
:. s'Lenorew he exclaimed, oommandingly,
"come to mo-"
.,s "Hush!" said Dr. carajo. with q frown.
''She is behind that veil" returned the other;
"let 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 ghost obeying
Dr.. Carajo's patient she faltered and uttered
low cry.
killed YOUR
"By no MEANS" said Dr. Carajo, sullenly.
"At this moment would buy his life with my
own. Human skill has done its utmoet'
do not come too near" murmured IGNORES
lover, as she advanced toward him. eve have
no time to lose"