The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-12-24
TIE CURSE AND KEY.

WOrU.. "A WOru Uniiu lnednU Jne emu anu a
that meant sleep, long sleeps
that meant change and darkness; that
meant calinness and rest.
And the student conned over oil its
meanings
How fine TO think that this great power
Of change was at the command of man.
Man was not SO weak, after all, when he
could swing open at his will the great door
that led either to rest or to change Aye,
man might be stupid, but If he were brave
he could command the power of god
And this wineglass held the key. How
fine He smiled as he grasped it and held
it up to the light. How fine and red and
strong looking was the winel And it con.
tanned the key to mystery--a subtle, quick
poison.
He was sad and tired, and here were
oblivion and rest. He felt vaguely curious
and here was revealment He wished to
feel new sensation He wished to fight
the crush and distortion of death.
For this student was not as other men,
He feared neither the beginning nor the
end. He was brave with the bravery that
dares all He was absolutely his own god.
And he laid the wineglass back on the
table. He would not take the step just
now. He would wait till the night had
worn farther on.
And suddenly he began to think of the
time when he was alone and hGggard ana
full of strange, wild dreams.
Aye, in the great city he found some one
to care for him because he was what he
was. The fine, sweet face of woman arose
before him as he walked the streets where
flooded and Surged the tide of human life.
But the time came when he left her and
went forth to Il greater and wider ard II
stranger city. He went out to WOO that
hard mistress fame.
Often he thought of her, but he thought
of her dimly. She was to him as a leauti-
full, faint memory. When her face arose
before him. it was as the face of one who
has long been dead or as face seen in
Il dream, a haunting, tender face. He
knew that she must have sorrowed, but he
believed that it was better for u woman to
sorrow than not to know. 1t was better
for a woman to eat of the fruit of the tree
Of knowledge even though she brought
upon herself the curse of u frightful suffer
ing.
And at last he heard that she was dead.
He was very wise, this student. His phi
losophy was the philosophy that believes
in the realizing to the full the possibilities
of the present. For him today was the
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