Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-06-21


love as then She had suffered 81 much
herself, and with Increasing weaknesses
had 81 wished to put of the burden of the
flesh that her whole heart went out to him.
Would he get his Freedom, she won.
dercd, and would he use it! Sometimes
when she was with him she would look up
to scc whether she could read the answer
in his face hut she never saw any varia
ton of expression there, nothing to give
her even a suggestion. But this she no
ticed-that there was marked variation
In his manner and that when he had been
rough in bearing or bitter in speech he
made silent amends at the earliest oppor-
tunity by being less rough and less hitter,
She felt this was no small concession ON
the part Of the DisagrVablc Man.
He was particularly disagr>cahic on the
day when the Dutchman was buried, and
so the following day when Bernariine met
him in the little English library she was
not surprised to find him almost kindly.
He had chosen the book which she want
cd hut he gave 1t up to her at once with.
out any grumhling, though Bcruardinecx.
pccted him to change his mind before they
left the library
Well" he said MS they walked along
the death of the Dutchmanw
Have you rccovcrd rather let me
ask" she said You were in a horrid
mood last night,
II was feeling wctchcdly ill., " he said
quietly
That was the first time he had ever al.
luded 10 his own health.
Not that there is any need to mako an
1. - 4.
ognizo thAS there Is any necessity to con-
suit ones surroundings and alter the In
clination Of ones mind accordingly, Still,
as matter of fact, felt very ILL.,"
And today she asked.
To-day l am myself again." he an
swcrcd quickly, THAT usual normal self
of mine, whatever that may mean.
slept well, and dreamed of you. can't
say that l had been thinking Of you, be-
cause had not. But dreamed that we
We're children together and playmates,
Now, that was very odd because l was
lonely child and never had amy playmates.
And was lonely, too" said Bcrnar-
dine.
Every one is lonely" he said, but ev.
cry one does not know 1t, "
but now and again the knowledge
comes like revelation" she said, "anG
we realize that we stand practically alone,
out of any ones reach for help or comfort,
When you como to think of it, too, how
little able we are to explain ourselves!
When you have wanted to say something
which was burning within you, have you
not noticed ON the face of the listener that
unmistakablc look of noncomprchension
which throws you back on YOURSELF That
is one of the moments when the soul
knows its own loneliness.
! Robert Allitscn looked up Mt her.
You little thing, " he said, you put
things neatly sometimes, You have felt,
haven't your
81 suppose so, she said. But that Is
true of most people"
II beg your pardon" he answered,
"most people neither think nor feel UNI
less they think they have an ache, and then
they feel it!'
II believe" said Bcrnarlinc, that
there is more thinking and feeling than one
generally supposcs'
well, l can't be bothered with that
now" he said And you interrupted me
about my dream. That is an annoying
habit you haze. "
go on, ;" she said Il apologize. "
IL dreamed we were children together
and playmatcs, he continued "We We're
not ut all happy together, but still we were
playmatcs. There was nothing we did
not quarrel about. You were disagrccablc
and was spitcful. Our greatest dispute
was over Christmas tree, And that was
odd, too, for | have never seen u Christ
mas tree"
"WcllS" sho said, for he had paused
what u long time you take to tell sto-
ry!"
You were not called Bcrnardinc" he
said. "You were called by some ordinary,
sensible name l don't remember what.
But you were very disagrccablc. That
remember well. At last you disappeared,
and i went about looking for you. If
can find something to cause u quarrel, |
said to myself she will come back. So
went and smashed your dolls head But
you did not come back Then ! set on fire
your dolls house. But even that did not
bring you back. Nothing brought you
back. Tint was my dream. ! hope you
are not offended. Not that it makes any
difference if you are"
Bcrnarlinc laughed.
Il am sorry that ! should have been
such an unpleasant playmate" she said
III was gOOu llllhS ulu ulHilpIchf
Perhaps it was, he said. There
would have been a terrible scene about that
dolls head An odd thing for me To dream
about Christmas trees and dolls and play
mates, especially when / went to sleep
! thinking about my new camera.
You have u new camera she asked.
Yes, " he answered, and beauty too.
! Would you like to see itS''
! She expressed II wish to zee it, and when
| they reached the Kurhaus she went with
him up to his beautiful room, where ho
| spent his time in the company Of his mi
croscopc and his chemical bottles and his
! Photographic possessions.
If you sit down and look Mt those pho
tographs ] will make you some tea, he
said. There Is the camera but please
not 10 touch it until ] am ready to show
it myself
She watched him preparing the tea. He
did everything SO daintily, this Disagree
able Mnn. He put n handkerchief on the
table to serve for an afternoon tcacloth,
and tiny vase Of violcts formed the CEN
terpiccc. He had no cups, but he polished
up two tumblcrs, and no housemaid could
have been more particular about their
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