Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-08

never accounted it SOFT had been formal at
the solicitors desk. and it was formal in the
factory. Was man made and launched into
life to be piece of clockwork? He had
thought, acted, lived an automaton life, and
taken his pleasure in measuring glasses, never
In full and free draughts.
Have you had a happy existenceS' he
asked, thoughtfully
"Oh yes. the birds are happy; all nature is
happy so long as it is free. 1t is in the cage
that the bird mopes. and in the pot that the
! plant sickens."
Had Philip looked in her face he would have
seen strange expression of triumph pass over
1t. She had carried her first point and gained
his interest.
Here" she said, "is large rock above the
water; let us SIT on it and will tell you about
myself. You had no confidence in me and
would not give me your story. 1 will return
good for evil and show you my past. I agree
with you, there will be no view of the noun
tains above Dissentis from the col. 1t is not
worth our while going on. Besides, I am
tired"
She took a seat on a broad boulder that had
fallen from the mountains. and hung fast
wedged on one side, disengaged on the other,
over the crystal water that, stirred by the light
wind, Tapped its supports Looking into the
clear food beneath, they could see the char
trated the water and made it to them an ele-
ment of diffused light
Artemisia pointed to them, and said, "Who
would not rather be one of these than goldfish
in glass bother
Philip at once recalled the pond at Merga-
troyd, with the hot water spurted into it from
the engine, in which the goldfish teemed, and
the globes in every cottage window supplied
with the unfortunate captives from this pond,
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every year, seeing nothing, without an interest.
a zest in life. Such had his career been: he,
fish-not gold one nor even a silver one till
recently, but quite a common brown fish-in a
common glass receiver full of stale water, re-
newed periodically, but always fiat.
He looked at the darting char with interest.
I'VE are in the land of freedom" said Miss
Durham. ''Then don't stand on the rock like
semaphore. Sit down beside me, and let your
feet dangle over the water. Obi as Polixenes
says to be boy eternalr" "
with such a day tomorrow as to-day"
added Philip, completing IL quotation, as he
seated himself on the rock
How wonderfully brilliant the sun was at
that height. So utterly unlike the rusty ball
that gave light at Mergatroyd, and there gave
1t charity. How intense the blue of the sky
dark as the deep-belled gentian, not the washed
out cobalt of an English heaven. And the air
was fresh; it made the heart dance and the
pulses throb faster, with a trip and fandango
such as the blood never attains in our gray and
sober land.
At few hundred yards distance was road
mender leisurely performing his task, repair
ing track made by a stone that had leaped
from the cliffs above, torn up the road and
then plunged into the lake. Far behind could
be seen Mrs. Sidebottom fiourishing her para
sol and gathering the rest of the disconnected
party together before the restaurant.
1t was clear that she had decided they were
not to go further, but to rest at one of the
tables in the open air beside the lake, till it
pleased the two of the advanced party to re-
turn.
Had they been seen? Philip asked himself.
Where he and Artemisia now sat they were
though not from the road-mender, who was
ahead on the way.
II am not quite sure" said Pbilip. and he
fdgeted with his fingers as he said it. II think
ought to be going back to the party-to my
aunt"
ITO your wife, you mean. Why not say sor
No; you shall not 60. There are plenty with
her, five In ALL and II have only YOU"
A hutter and then a scalding rush OF blood
through Philips veins. This Is the land of
freedom" said Artemisia; ''as you came over
the Lake of Lucerne you saw Rutli the sacred
shake off the chains that bound them and to be
free, and its freedom is the glory of Switzer-
land now. Let this be Ruth. Break those con-
ventional bonds that have tied you, and as
pledge remain seated and listen to me- Re-
member what have told you'll want to give
you peep into my past life, and have your ad-
vice"
Philip made no more objection. but he
plucked little scraps of sedum that grew on
the stone and threw them into the water. Pres