Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-04
ONE And TWO.
By WALTER BEsAHT.
CHAPTER ".

u the morning VIII uWoke Win
s,rangc sense of something. This feel
Ing of something L. not uncommon with
young gentlemen who go To bcd about
8. He got up aud drcssed A cup of tea
made him remember but impcrfcctly
what had happened 81 must have had
too much whisky" hc murmuroi. 81
saw myself--actually mysclf-hard nj
work. " Ilcrv his eyes fell upon the table
There were the books-bcoks ON politi'
cal cconumy--with y notebook and ev'
cry indication ~ work. Morc-hc knew.
he remembered. the contents of ihoss
books lie sat down bwilder~d. Then
IL seemed O. II there was q struggle
within him NJ of two who stroyo fol
mastery. Work. cri~i one 81
~on't,' said the other. "You shallf'
II wuu't" A most ignoble quarrel.
yet IL pulled him this way and that to-
ward the table OF hack In the long easy
chair. Finally the struggle ended lie
fell hack. lie closed his eyes When he
opened them again. the room was cleared
II thJ brcakfast things and he saw
himself sitting t the table hard as
work.
"Gooi graciousl' he cried, springing
90 his feet "Iswhat remember Of last
night real--not q drcami'
"Not q drram at all. Twill no longer
have my career blasted at the outset ly
your confoundod layincsS I think you
understand me perfectly. am clear Of
yOu whenever please ! join you when
I please"
"Oh' And have tho same powcrf'
"Youi Certainly not You are only
the half tha, won't work. You have got
no power at all "
"Oh, Well. I shall not stand that. F"
"You can't help yourself. am the
Intellectual Principle Mine Il the will
Mine Is tho clear heal and tho author
ity"
"what am I thcni''
"You, don't know. You arr me
yourself-without tho Intellectual Prin.
ciplc Tha, IL what you arr must de-
fine You ly negatives. You cannot argue
OF reason or cr,ato You remember. like
an animal, frum assistanoa You l-hayo
nicely because you have hen trained
You arc--in short, you are tho Animal
Part"
"Oh" lie was angry He did not
know what to rvply. He was humiliaicl
Don't fall intoa rage Go away and
amuso yourself. You can do anything
you please Come hack. however. I'm
time for hall
Tho Animal Part oh-ycd. He went
out. leaving the other part over his
b-oks He spent the morning with other
men as indus,riously di.p~sd as him
sclf. IIc found strange ligh'ncss of
spirits There was no demonstrating
voice within him rcpruaching him for
his laxinoss. urging him Ia gvt up and
~ a. work. Not at all That yoic. was
silent lie was left quite undisturl-,d
lie talked with these men over tobacco
lie playcd billiards with them He lay
In chair and looked at anoyel. He had
Luncheon and b~rr and morc tohacoo
lIo wen, down the river In the college
hna, He hal an hour or two 10 whist
b.forc hall Then ho rturn-l IA his
ruom.
His other half lookci up. surprised.
"Alrcadyl The day has flown"
zone moment. said Will, "b-forc
we ~ in You're serious sort. you
know. AMI I'm QUO 81 thc-thc lighter
ornaments 81 the college. AMI ] lit
among them II would L. awkward
brraking OF all at once. Bosidc-"-
II understand Continue 10 1t with
them for awhile and talk ~ much idiot.
ic stun a. YOU please Presently yOu
will ind that change II companions
and u conversation has l.oome ncocs.
sary."
Nobody noticed any change The two
in one at at table anil ate like one
They talkel like one They talked friy.
olously. telling stories like one After
hall they went back to their chambers
"YOu can leave me. said the stu.
dent. II shall r-t for an hour or -;
then shall ~ on again"
This y,ry remarkable arrangement
went ON undisturt-cd for some time No
one suspected H. No one discovered H.
IL b-came quite natural for Challioo to
10 out II his room In the morning AMI
20 leave himself NJ work. II lccamc nat
ural to 20 o. hall at with mingled
recollection ~ work and ADJUSTMENTS
The repruaching voice was silent, the
Animal Part was left at pcaoc. and the
Intellectual Part went ON reading Mt
peace
One evening. however. going acruss
the court at midnight, Will met the tu'
tor.
"Challice." ho said. els II wise To
burn the candle nj both endsl Come.
you told me this morning that you wer
working hard What do yUu call thisl
You cannot serve two masters"
at d. quite true" said the reading
half ON being Questioned. II have fore
sen this difficulty for some time ]
called ON the tutor this morning. and ]
told him Of my intention 10 work. He
laughed aloud I insisted Then he
pointed out the alsur,iity of pretending
10 work while one was idling about all
day. This l. awkward
"what do you propose thcni"
II propose that you stay indoors all
the morning until O'Clock. locked in 7"
"whaty And you look ON while you
are mugging,"
Exactly. You may read French nov.
els You may 20 10 sleep You must bc
quiet Only you IL here all the morn.
ing. In the afternoon you may do what
you please I may quite trust you TO
avoid any effort of the brain. Oh! And
you will avoid anything stronger than
tee before hall. Nomore beer for lunch
II makes me heavy"
"No more beer, This Is tyranny"
"No II Is ambition. In the evening
you may 40 out aud play cards shall
stay here F"
They went TO bed. Il seemed 20 Will
as II the other part Of him-the Intel.
leetual Part-ordered him to 20 to sleep
without further thought
This curious life Of separation and OF
partial union continued. In fret, for the
whole Of the undergraduate TINA Grad.
ually. however. great change came
over the lazy half-the Animal Halt.
It-he-perceived that the whole Of his
reasoning powers had become absorbed
by the Intellectual Half. He became
really incapable Of reasoning. He could
not fellow out . thought He had mo