San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-15

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beard, and all was still, save for the
soft and regular breathing.
The united patience of the seven
arch-angels. coupled with that OF Jeb
and Simon Stylites, would not survive
your acquaintance for day, observed
Keyork Arabian.
lis he mine or yours?" Unorna
asked, turning to him and pointing to
the sleeper.
She was quite ready to face her
companion after the first shock of his
unexpected appearance. His small
blue eyes sparkled angrily.
Il am not versed In the law con-
corning real estate in humankind in
the kingdom of Bohemia" he an
swered. You may have property In
a couple of hundred-weight, more or
less, of old bones rather than the
worse for the wear and tear of
century, but l certainly have some
ownership in the life. Without me
you would have been the possessor Of a
remarkably fine skeleton by this time
and of nothing more.
HE is mine, Keyork Arabian, alive
or dead! If the experiment fails. and
he dies, the loss is mine. not yours.
Moreover, what have done is DONE
and will neither submit to your re
proaches nor listen to your upbraid-
ings. Is that enoughPh
"Of its kind, quite. l will build
an altar to Ingratitude, we will bury
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you shall serve in the temple. You
could defy all the cardinal sins if you
would only give your attention to the
subject, merely by the mOnstrously
imposing proportions you would know
how to give them. You dare to tell
me that if he dies you are the only
loser. Do so years of study count for
nothingP Look at me. | am an old
man, and unless | find the secret of
life here, in this very room, before
| many years are over, | must die-die,
do you understand? DO you know
what it means to die? How can you
| comprehend that wOrd-yOu girl, you
child, you thing Of five and twenty
summers. You moth. you butterfly,
you thread of floating goSsamer! How
can you understand the incalculable
| value of Self-of that which is all to
inc and nothing to you, or which.
being yours, is everything to you and
to me nothing? You are so young.
you still believe in things, and good
and evil, and love and hate. What
were you doing here when I found
| you playing with life and death, per-
haps with my life, for gip's trick, in
the crazy delusion that this old parcel
Of humanity can see the shadows OF
things that are not yet? Why did he
hesitate and suffer- Because you
asked that to which he knew there
was no answer. And you tortur ed
him with your will until his ind:vidu-
atty fell into yours and spoke your
| words"
Unornas head sunk little and she
covered her eyes. The truth of what
he said flashed upon her suddenly and
Unexpectedly, bringing with it tao
doubt which had LETT her at the nU-
ment when the sleeper had spoken.
She could not hide her discontinue,
and Keyork Arabian saw his advan-
age.
And for whair" he asked, begin
ming u pace the broad room. To
| know whether a man will love you or
not! Have you found second Keyork
| Arabian. over whom your eyes have
no pOwer-neither the one nor the
other?"
| Re laughed rather brutally d: the
@nought OF her greatest physical pc
culiarity, but then suddenly stopped
short.
They are certainly very rsmarka-
| ble eyes" he said. more calmly. and
with certain uneaslneas which
Unorna did not notice. II wonder
whom you have found who is able TO
! look you in the face without losing
himself. ! suppose it can hardly be
my fascinating self whom you wish to
euthral, he added, Conscious, after
! moments trial, that he was proof
| against her influence.
| Hardly" answered Unorna, with
, bitter laugh.
IF / were the happy man you would
not need that means Of bringing me
! to your feet 1t is pity that you do
not want me. We should make a very
happy couple. But there is much
against me. l am an old man. Unorna,
and yet 1 was young once, and elo-
quent could make love them be-
lieVe that l could still IL it would
amuse you"
Try it." said Unorna whe like