Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-05-08

5ne listened to hfs words spoken In that
deep and earnest voice which afterwards be-
came so familiar to her majesty's judges and
to parliament, listened with a new sense Of
pleasure rising in her heart. She was this
mans equal; what he could dare, she could
dare; where he could climb, she could follow
aye, and If need be, show the path-and
she felt that be acknowledged it, In his
sight she was something more than a hand
some girl to be admired and deferred to for
her beauty's sake. He had placed her on
another level-one, perhaps that few women
would have wished to occupy. But Beatrice
was thankful to him 1t was the first taste
of supremacy that she had ever known.
1t is something to stir the proud heart of
such woman as Beatrice, in that moment
when for the first time she feels herself a
conqueror, victorious, not through the vulgar
advantage Of her sex, not by the submission
OF mans coarser sense, but rather by the
overbalancing weight Of mind.
do you know she said, suddenly looking
up, 'you make me very proud and she
stretched out her hand to him
He took it, and, bending, touched it with
his lips. There was no possibility Of misin-
terpreting the action, and though she colored
little-for, till then, no man had even kissed
the tip of her finger-she did not misinterpret
it. 1t was an act Of homage and that was all.
And so they sealed the compact OF their
perfect friendship forever and day.
Then came a moments silence. 1t was
Godfrey who broke it.
Miss Granger" he said, will you allow
me TO preach you a lecture, very short
oneW
go on she said.
Every well. Do not blame me IL you don't
like it, and do not SGT me down as a prig,
though am going to tell you your faults as
/ read them in your own words You are
proud and ambitious. and the cramped lines
in which you are forced to live seem to
strangle you. You have suffered and have
not learned the lesson Of uffering-humility.
You have set yourself up against Fate, and
Fate sweeps you along like spray upon the
gale, yet you 60 unwilling. In your impa-
thence you have flown to learning for refuge
and it has completed FOUR overthrow, for it
has induced you to reject as non-existent all
that you cannot understand. Because your
finite mind cannot search inhnity, because
no answer has come to all your prayers, be-
cause you see misery and cannot read its pur-
pose, becauseyou suffer and have not found
rest, you have said there Is nAught but
chance, and became an atheist, as many
have done before you. Is il not true"
''Go on, she answered, bowling her head to
her breast, so that the hong, ripping hair al
most hid her face
sit seems a little odd, +" he said with short
laugh, shat l, with all my imperfections
heaped upon me- should presume to preach to
you--but you will know best how near or how
far am from the truth. So want to say
this. | have lived for IS years, and seen a
good deal and tried to learn from it, and
know this. In the long run, unless we OF our
own act put away the opportunity, the world
gives us our due, which generally is not much
SO much for things temporal. IL you are fit
to rule, in time you will rule; If you do not,
then be content and acknowledge your own
incapacity. And as for things spiritual, am
sure Of this-though Of course one does not
like TO talk much of these matters-if you only
seek for them long enough in some shape you
will find them, though the shape may not be
that which is generally recognized by any
particular religion. But TO build wall de-
liberately between ones self and the unseen,
and then complain that the way is barred, Il
simply childish. !"
"And what il ones wall is built, Mr.. Bing-
hamF
Most OF us have done something in that
line at different times" he answered, "and
found way round it.
"And if it stretches from horizon TO hori
zon, and is higher than the clouds, what
thenri
"Then you must find wings and fly over
n.p
sand where can any earthly woman find
those spiritual wingsf she asked, and then
sank her head still deeper on her breast TO
cover her confusion. For she remembered
that she had heard of wanderers in the dusky
groves of human passion, yes, even Maenad
wanderers, who had suddenly come face 70
face with their own soul; and that the cruel
paths of earthly love may yet lead the feet
which tread them to the ivory gates OF
heaven.
And remembering these beautiful myths,
though she had no experience of love, and
knew little Of its ways, Beatrice grew sud
denly silent. Nor did Godfrey give her an
answer, though he need scarcely have feared
to do 50.
For were they not discussing purely abb
stract question: