Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-11
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III can drink" he said. with awfu
meaning. II can ruin you And ! vii
unlc-s you agree to part"
The intellectual half was looking a
him with q strangely softened face
There was neither scorn nor hatred IA
that face "Dimidium Anima." hs
said Half of my soul. have some
thing 70 say a- we'll Confess. however,
frst IL all. that ! was right Had IL MOI
been for this step-the most sever
measure possible. admit-nothins
would have been achieved. chr"
Perhaps You would work. you $50. y
"Ycs Well. I have made discovery.
10 IL that I have bcen too thorough
don't quite understand how. logically
and naturally. anything else was po-Si
BILE I wanted. heavens knows. all ths
intellect thcre was You wcrc. there
fore. hound 90 become the Animal pur,
and simple Well. you sec we ara mol
really two Tut one Can't We hit upon
an agr,smenti'
"what agrccmentf'
''Some agr,emcnt. some molus VI
vendi. I shall g,t. 10 l. true. some Of
the animal. you will get some Of Oh,
intellectual. but we shall b united
again. and after ALL He looked very
kindly upon himself and held out his
hand 30 they stood with clasped hand.
looking at each other.
~ found 10 cut through Nell. Z" the
intellectual half went on. "You went
to see her every morning; went every
evening. You were always brimful oi
love for her: I. who knew this. was NO,
moved la the slightest degree by her.
OH know that she l. IN. t-st girl that
the world ai this moment has to show.
I am fully persuaded of that, yet she
has ocascd 90 move me- think u her
intellect. which IL certainly much lower
than my own. and cannot even admir-,
her. In other words. ! cannot L. moved
by any woman. This terrifc- me.
"whyy''
''lt threatens my future Don't you
sci lie who cannot D. moved by woman
L. no longer man But man can only IL
moved by brother man II l cannot
move men. my career isM an end. What
they call magnetism belongs to Oh. ami.
nal within NJ When that IL gone.
now perceive. when the animal 4.
kill.l. the rust ~ Oh. man has no longer
any charm. any attraction. any pcr~ua-
sion. any power IL leading. teaching.
compelling OF guiding His suoocss,
whatever he dos. IL all slit,cr-cyan.
c-ent glitter. He may sit down and
hold his tongue. for ho can do no more
guod"
II only half understand.
intellect, In short, my lower half.
IL of no u.s. without human passion
That l. what II means We have gonc
to far Let us cnd it,"
'IIowi You dcspise the man who Is
only animal" F."
"No. no! Tho animal IL part u man
I understand now. ! have done wrung..
Brother Half. to separat. myself -
much from yuu. Only you carried 10 too
far. You would not wurk-you would
not even give me q descent show. sup.
po~c-f say suppu~c--we wire united
on@ more Could I count on being al.
lowed to work."
"YeS" said the Animal. Il hsvo had
q Lesson too You shall work" he hc-i.
tatol and shuddercd. ''in reason. ~
all the morning. and II you
20 into the house all the evening"
II would not b. hard upon you. !
would let you hay. n reasonable amount
II indolence and rest Ny sucoc-s will
b. les rapid ON your account. but 10
will L. more solid. Do you think that
II we were 90 D. lot again In each 9th.
pr I should once more feel for that girl
~
"why. " said the Animal. ''you would
ic-me. and what ! feel f,r her Is, I
assure you. overwhelming"
That evening Will Challice sat at tho
open window In the dark. Nelly's hand
Ia his my dear" he murmurcd. tell
me-. do you love me more because have
realized s0me of our old drcamsi''
"W' how can I tell your ! love you
mot your .uccc-s II you had nos done
~ well. 10 would have made no differ.
cnca Your success IL only an accidental
part ~ you" oh. the metaphysician'
"You are not your success Yet of
course dou't love you for your fine de.
gree. You conceitcd boy. and yet IL Is
for yourself" :"
lie kissed her forehead "The old
drcamtimo was pleasant, wasn't it,
when We chose 20 b. archbishop of Can
tcrbury one day and lord chancellor the
nexti To ~ leader of the house Of COM
mons IL the present ambition. II Is .
most splendid thing'-tho dreamer's
eyes looked mp into space with the old
light in them-''a most splendid thing
Ito lead the hou-e-to sway the house.
But don't know" hc sighed 1T will
take an awful LOT Of work, and the
Cambridge business did take II out of
one most tremendously. didn't be.
lieve, Nell. that I had such an amount
Of work In me-"
"You have bcen 20 gloomy lately.
Will. Was that fatigue,'
ambition On the brain. Nell" he
replied. lightly-as lightly as Of old
success had not destroyed the old gayety
Of heart "I've consulted q learned ply.
sician. DIR. sydenham CELSIUS Galen.
wimpole street He says that an en.
gagement with the right girl-he IL ex.
trcmely particular on that point. 10 that
I do hope. Nell. We have made no mis-
take-is q sovereign remedy for all
mopey, glum. dumpsy. moody. broody.
gloomy. sulky. Ill conditioned vaporS
II IL, he confessed. the only medicine In
his pharmacop9ia All his clients have
to follow that prescription You will
very soon find that those glum, dump-y
moods have all quite vanished You
will charm them away. Oh! I live again
II breathe-I think-I don't work 30
Internally bard-I am once more human
because I love and because The
girls head rested upon his arm. and he
kissed her forehead
TIE ESD.
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