Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

preston"
"You are living denial of tina,
statement" he said, ''for, If anything
you have gone backward"
She smiled appreciatively: "That il
q very pretty speech, and like pretty
speeches, even when they are not quite
genuine"
"Do you, really? Now to me com
pliment is of no value II 1t is not sin
cere."
"Ah! You were always like that
you would always go deeply into
things. / should think by now you
would have grown tired of it."
mo, not yet, and hope I never
shall"
THE world must have treated you
kindly" she said.
"Not particularly SO. have had
many hard knocks and numerous dis.
| appointments"
Then how do You manage to do it?'
II will tell you. owe it all to a
| woman. When / am depressed and
weary, or thoroughly disheartened over
the way things are going with me,
think OF her, a woman who is so pure
and good, so tender, SO everything that
the heart desires that the tired mind
revives at the very thought of her!"
She leaned forward with look OF
real interest. "A woman''-wondering
ly-"You owe all your happiness to a
woman?"
"Yes, and all my success, too. She has
been my guiding star, the animating
influence of my life"
II should like to know her." she said,
'for 1t seems so strange to me. You
know I do not like women"
"You do not like women? That is
hard for me to believe, for you are GER
tainly kind to them"
"Oh, yes, am always kind to them.
My code demands that should be, but
feel little interest in them; they give
me no pleasure" ....
He was silent a moment, and then
said: And do men bore you, too?'
Men? Sometimes they do. 1t de-
ponds upon their type"
What type do you prefer? should
really like TO know"
She laughed. mot the kind you
would fancy, l fear; to me ct with my
approval a man must be quick to grasp
situation, ready to make the most of
an opportunity, and not too much
trammeled by the conventionalities."
"Clever-in other words"
''Clever" - thoughtfully. well,
don't know that quite meant that;
believe the word daring conveys my
meaning better"
He looked at her in surprise.
II am so tired of commonplace peo-
ple," she said, "the correct conven-
tional ones you meet every day.
think l have touch of the Bohemian
about me. cannot make my parents
responsible for it, because they are
eminently correct, as you know, but
| one of these days l shall investigate
the career of some of my ancestors; l
am sure they knew how to get the best
out of life, and find it hard that they
bequeathed me their restlessness with
out the power of crafty ing it."
She had become quite interested in
her subject, and failed to notice the
change in her listeners expression.
at is pity we have only one life to
live, is it not? l could easily enjoy
two. The dull, everyday one we live
to please the world, and another,
broader existence where conscience is
| not a ruling factor, and where we can
revel in those pleasures conventionality
denies US now. You see Qaughing) I
have the spirit of the age, the investi-
eating intellec. that will not be put off
with platitudes." ..N..
He looked at her thoughtfully. How
pretty she was. and how pure looking.
The freight flickered on her mobile
face, her eyes shone, and the lips that
were voicing such dangerous senti-
ments were like those of child. Was
she in earnest? Did she really mean
what she said, or was she trying to
draw him out and discover what his
own opinions were? He would give her
the benefit of the doubt.
You don't mean all that" he said
"You have gotten off those views be-
fore, and people who cared nothing at
all for you doubtless applauded them,
until you have almost persuaded your
self they are yours. You don't know
how odd it sounds to hear your
mothers daughter fretting against the
everyday life God help the poor
woman who has tried that other ex-
istence you speak Of 1t is because
you are SO innocent-so ignorant of
what it is - that you allow your
thoughts for a moment to dwell upon
it."
Ignorant" she said, with laugh.
'The woman of to-day is never that"
He started as though some one had
struck him, and the slow blood rose in
his cheek.
What have you been doing with
yourself?" she said. Zone might be-
lieve that you had been asleep in some
enchanted garden while the world
moved on without you"
well, 1 am asleep no longer" he
answered. you have awakened me-
But not as the heroine of fiction usual.
ly does" ...
He sprang to his feet. SIT is not toe
late now. You say you like the daring
man who will grasp an opportunity
and make the most of situation, so as