Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-11


her sysisds oid not fall As dashed Sh
looked firmly away and then Is firmly locke.
hack again turned to Tudor. He fol
lowed her eyes wherever they went, Is i
they were magnet The fascination -
ike nothing more than that Of the bird Il
the Cover u the snake Watching the tw
closely, saw, or thought saw, that IN IN
derstan.iing suhsisted between them Iva
much elatsd b. this. II put Il in my powe
70 refute Tudors astounding fabehoods
Suddenly it occurred to my mind that it wa
advisable be should not see me Hence, al
though the risk might b small. with hi
eyes glued where they were, l cautiously
withdrew to q remote corner.
Here listened to the pitiful, Intoxicating
strains OF the -Trsviata;r unwholesome. per
haps, and vet chastened by the bitterness @.
an endless SORROW; hopeless, perhaps, and We,
pervadsd by a hope that is undying stolt
quietly home, musing on the guilt Of pool
Violetta and Of the precise measurement. O!
punishment Judge Latimer, il he could have
had his way, would have meted out to him
Soon, without solving this problem, l wa.
asleep.
The sun was streaming gaily through my
curtains when awoke. sprans out Of bed
. and threw open tbs easement The fresh
balmy air Of early summer poured into the
| chamber and il brought with il q food OF
! melody The notes were sweet and natural
IL less artistic than those Of Verdi the nigh,
before. Dressing quickly, / went up 70 Tu
doris eyre As i expected, no had returned
He was standing, wrapped in u dressing.
gown before his easel. Some details in his
mysterious picture were not to his mind.
He was working at these when entered, bu:
turned and greeted me cheerily and with
cordiality. Good morning, dear John. I'm
hard at work, you see. and as happy as a
lark. So happy, 50 contented, so sanguine
even-in fact, altogether. rs l never hoped
to be"
And all because Of your unique discovery
Philip
| Because Of that-precisely."
Then il has turned out Is You wisheil
/ You are sure that it l. pfacticablel Sure Of
its utilityf Perfectly surer
.Perfectly-thoroughly and % viii you lie
when you hear my story. You remember
promised you that in three days al should
be explained TO your satisfaction named
that time at . venture. thinking it would be
enough. Happily, it has proved 50. Sit
down, John; SIT down, old man. and let me
try to make you as happy for your friend a.
he is himself
With this, Philip thrust mo into a chair
directly opposite the strange picture, and be-
gan the following recital. His manner al.
though buoysnt could certainly not be con
sdered maniacal And yet what / knew
that which was locked in my own breast
was so absolutely incompatible with the as
sumption Of his sanity that l shuddered at
his very mirthL Aurora Vale too, was a.
H. H.. t~f.
she had been at the opera the night before.
and fhe Shadow looked 60. mournfully ard
mistily, even in the viv:.. morning light, as
II it were sorrowinr over tho flight Of reason
from the mini Of its Creator.
You know my dear friend" said the
Substance. that / have always yearned
for an object. Whatever my pursuits,
whether embarked in through accident
or necessity, during all these thirty -four
years, the spirit within me has pertili
'iously asked, Cui bonot Why yearn. why
struggle, why labor. | have made pictur, s.
The world cares little for them. Vet
firmly believe that the special elements, the
indivilualities, that have probably Larred
success are really of the essence of what Is
Lest, mo original. most worthy in lie. Thi-
l. eg",isni, OF course. But all workers have
1T. Olly those who are merely conventional
ami commonplace Lave little else. Blu;
enough Of that. | have made some dis
coveries in science. too. Yet the wcrld has
~ far omitted Ia see in Inc Calico or
Newton have studied deeply, and have
sent forth some novel theories in rnetaphy-
sizes. But the world does not say "a new
Locke another Bacon, has arisen among us
Ny thought has been futile; my toll, idle.
my nrt. vanity; my hopes, dust. And whyt
The obje,t. the purpose that should have
leavened Il G mass of crude and INSTRUCTED
effort, hn> heen wanting But at last, AT
last. God lie PRAISED, i, is found! and a fu
tIre-an elysium, opens before me-
Il rejoice 10 congratulate you, Philip
But, forgive me, are you sure You do not
deceive YOURSELF Are you pursuing, in
stead of a substantial good, some new
chimern.'
No. no. he cried hurrie lily. 81 thought
so-feared 50. that is-un,il yesterday. I'm
til yesterday, that is to say, there was room
for doubs. Now, there is none, Listen.
John. What I say may n. first sounl odd
The foi lies in the application For each
one OF us poor m0rtals there lives-ccrld We
only fin it-a kindred soul. To meet AMI
m.ngie with that soul is joy, rapture COM
ibttchtNl " ituDUt Tue tfeAtilTt OI St.il,l-
bility waniers through the worh, ainll.,ss
and lcthargic, or besott ii AMI vicious
tel you, tic odd Greek legend is true.
i have pom Tered day an night over the
source, and mysteries Of human action, anC
have convinced myself of tho sounlneSs oi
tins Theory What thenf you say; the world
wigs on b.fnrc' But not So That car
only be with u world Of untelief But when
we prove by irrcfutable example the correct
M = Of a principle, there isFno longer un
belief. NJ own soul has b-.n longing, /
from the first for it, coun-
ferpart | found in modern spiritual I
| III, misunderstood, beEcf, the refuge \
f chailatans as it has been. some |,
occasional relief 1t is something TO :
know-and l know it-that thought 4
anil feeling can exist, and can lie .
transmitted, without the interpo,ition or .
need Of matter. This relief has been partial /
cnly-no doubt because Of imperier. knowl- /
edge. But it has heIsl Inc forward in the |
ev, luton Of a system Nov. in the reveries 4
ari abstraction incidclt to its studies there
entered into my imagination this creation
He pointed u the canvas. | shivered, but .
he did not notice that and wsnt on
Sleeping AMI waikiki, gradually beams
coIyi ICED that this was the type the rerfert
mage, Of her | sought Exist somewhere I
knew She must Bat. oh, the hope.e sness ~
tn arch. The wild world was t. L.. ran
'ackci by one weak man who might mean
while die; or the obj.c; of his quest might
lie: or. worse still, by one OF thoss most
but forever Indefinitely multiplied
mistakes that occur while either man or
woman awaits in despair the true counter /
part happiness mi yht perish for both for
ever
DO you mean To assert again. Philip" !
inquired, in the steadiest and mos; mat,er-of
fact tone. that you have never seen the or.
Z nal OF that portraitF
lie paused and reflected and the. firmly
made answer: When it was conceived ami
,ainted ! certainly never had The WORK
vas entirely spontaneous. No, had never
~ eye. on hsr. But, Of course. knew that
NE was. About q week ago, while passing
through the street, / caught q
glimpse Of a face in a carriage. | am now
-srsua.ied it was her. II pasSsd from rie
Ike vision almost as swiftly a. i; appeared
Then sought in vain for her. At first
ras Transported with delight She lived and
vas near me No long. ard perhaps hop--
eSs search was e. D. mine As "a
Ter own feeling / never hal a mo
nent's misgivins All ! had 20 30.
Irgu.d, was to meet, 20 come in contact
With her. She was SURF. tnen TO reoog-
iize NE a. her. lsIoss 70 You soon after
: was ttis that gave such supreme
ciici;y. Unhappily, | could not find her
gain. ! s.roie swiftly through parks.
treets and squares. hour after hour. day
,t-r day hut in vain.