Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-05-24
vnpQ HE greatest literar
M ia success OF the prese
LZz-Ass1 day IS Beatrice Ha
SolAsL,,.Y raden's novel,
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THAT PASS
IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER V.
TIE DISAGREEABIE MAN.

will not caro- about tho foreigners. So you
will thus DO thrown on your own resources,
just M was when came"
81 cannot say that have any resources, "
Bornardlnc answered. Il don't feel we'll
enough to try to do any writing or else 1t
would be delightful to have tho uninter-
rupted leisure"
So she had probably told him little
about her life and occupation, although
1t was not likely that sho would have Civ
en- him any serious condolences. Still pco-
ple arc often surprisingly frank about
themselves, even those who pride them
selves upon being the most roticent NOR
tails In tho world
but now, having the leisure" she con
tinucd, II have not the brains"
II never know any writer who had"
said tho Disagrccablo Man grimly
Perhaps your experience has been lin
tied, she suggested. /.
why don't you rcadi" he said. "Thcro
Is good library here. 1t contains all tho
books we don't want to read. ="
~ am tlrod Of reading" Bcrnardine
said. II seem to have been reading all my
life. My uncle, with whom / live, keeps
secondhand bookShop, and ever since
can remember have been surrounded
by books. They have not done me much
good, nor any ono else either"
mo, probably not, =" he said. but now
TINT you have left off reading you will
have II chance OF learning something, If
you 1.-Two long enough 1t Is wonderful how
much ono docs loarn when ono does not
read. 1t Is almost awful. If you don't
care about reading now, why do you not
occupy yourself with cheese mitcsS"
~ do not fool drawn toward cheese
mites. "
Perhaps not ut first, but all tho Same
they form n subject which Is very ongag-
ing. Or any branch of bactcriology?"
well, If you wcro to lend me II micro
scope, perhaps might begin"
II could not do that" no answered
quickly. II never lend my things"
mo, | did not suppose you would" she
snid, II know l was safo in making tho
suggestion.
You arc rather quick Of perception in
spite of all your book rcnding" he said
Eyes, you n0 quito right. am selfish. /
dislike lending my things, and | dislike
spending my money except on myself. lfl
you hnyo the misfortune to lingcr on as
do, you will know that 1t is perfectly lie,
Sitimato to bc selfish in small things, if
ono has mndo the ono great sacrifice"
"And what may that bcY"
Shc asked SO eagerly that he looked at
her and then saw how worn and tired her
face was, and the words which he was in
tending to speak died on his lips
Look at those asses of people ON tobog
guns, +" he said brrsqucly. Gould you
manage to enjoy yourself in that way?
That might do you good
yes" She said, "but 1t would not he
any pleasure 60 me. "
Shc stopped to watch the toho&2ans fly
ing down the road And the Disagrccablc
Man went his own solitary way, II forlurn
figure, with II face almost VNprusSonluSs
and II manner wholly imprnctrahlc.
He had lived nearly seven years ut Pc
trrShuf, and like many others was Obliged !
To continue staying there ii he wished to
continue staying ON this planet 1t was
not probable shat he had any wish to pro
long his frail existence, but hr did his du-
ty to his mother by conserving his life |
and this feeble flame of duty and affection
WAS tho only lingering bit of warmth in
heart frozen almost by i'll health and dis
appointed ambitions, Tho moraliSts tell
us chat suffering and that right
ncCuptaton of hindrancvs goes toward
forming u beautiful character. But this |
result must largely depend ON tho original
characterize certainly, in the casrof Robert
Allitsrn, suffering had not cnuohlrd his
mind, nor disappointment swuctcurd his |
disposition. His titlc Of Dtaagrrcablc Man
had been fairly earned and he huggcd it
to himself with "A triumphant secret salts
faction. There were some people in Peters
hor who were Inclined to- believe certain
ahulrd ruluors about hisnl(ryrd Kindness.
If was snld that ON moro than one orro-
sion he had nur.sd thr SUFFERING and thr j
dyinp In sod rrtrrshof and with All thr
sorromful tenderness worthy Of a loving
mother had hrlpcd them utal>rthci leave |
OF life. But these wrln only rue1o:~, and
there was nothing in Ruhrrt Ailityn' or (
binary hearing to Justify such ..I.,. 30 thr
foolish people who, for the sake making /
themselves peculiar, revived thgsa unlike .
ly lotions were speedily rtGjW,,l nUd re
duCvd to silence, And the l1isaNrvcabiC
Man remained the DNatguvahlr Man, with
a clean record for uuammblty
lie lived u life apart trulu others Most
of his time Was occupied In photography,
or in the use and study Of The micfusrupr,
or in rhrmtstry His photographs were
considered II Inc most beautiful Not that