Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-08

| play that role, ana as lot literature, ar
| or music. neither of these walks hat
aroused in her the necessary enthusiasm
to enable her to reach real mastership
and, therefore, had never been to hel
! the solace they often become to others
| She needed social environments. Hel
nature sought companionship, sym
patty. A friend was more to her thar
Sny attraction, whether ethical or arts
tic, and the society of the Cars hat
gradually become a solace and refresh
ment after her isolated city life.
That evening she was introduced tC
the wanderer, who had "called over tC
learn the news" though in reality il
was about his own way of life that the
conversation took its course.
"The trouble with a town like this,
said Mr. Thorp, in answer to a sugges.
ton from the visitor, lis that there is
no intellectual movement 1t neither
rises above nor falls below a certain
| line At the best, however, the average
! human being is not more intelligent
| than a dog-and ought not to be if ne
has to earn his living"
Miss Kendall looked interested
rs not intellect the highest gift OF
| God to man." she asked.
"Oh, perhaps It's just as you look
| at it, You can carry water in a log
for a little way. Generally, man
learns just enough to enable him to get
a living and keep his body in shape
Most men are only body or bodily or
gans. Their idea of luxury is a little
finer clothes Civilization means to
carry their body over a few hundred
miles. The first day I came home
was told that Frank Brown had built
a $4,000 summer cottage on Mcbride S
point. and that another rich man had
bought lots. | should have bought a
library or pictures if l had been in their
places"
You care for art. them"
mot at all. I love landscape, be-
cause it seems to be the one thing per-
manent Men. civilization, intellect
they are like the transient light of a
fiuttering candle. Nature is, in compar-
ison, immortal. 1t seems TO me God
despises men. but loves nature. I
travel. not to see new people but to be
taught how much alike is nature every
where"
THAT is a selfish creed"
oh | think not In general men
struggle against each other. seeking
by competition TO prolong their own
lives at the expense of others. My rule
is. Live and let live'-and as easily as
possible
And you are never lOnely?'
What can one do if one is? There is
,rgrl,,
! man. but he has no sympathy with my
ideas He thinks ever of what things
will cost and whether he will gGjn
money by the business he is engaged
in. If l wrote my ideas out and put
them in book and it sold he would
have tremulous respect for me. He
and those like him respect only what
sells, no matter what it is-good or bad.
If is doesn't sell, in their eyes it has no
value Therefore, if | am alone / must
put UP with it and not complain.
never do complain in fact"
The conversation prolonged itself
and was renewed almost daily. Miss
Kendall had her own theories Of life
and Mr.. ThOrps agreed with them.
It's no use" he said. This life Of
strained civilization stultifes me. If
had a small fixed income I'd stay
abroad always"
You can live cheaper there?"
Infinitely. In the first place you
care less how you live. or whether your
clothes belong to this months fashion
or the last. At home you must do
pretty nearly as others do. Away from
it YOU are a law 10 yourself"
"Oh, how should like that" eXclaim-
ed Miss Kendall.
Should you? Well, why not burst
your bonds? Your money-you told
me you had some-would be a fortune
abroad.
Il am woman. Wherever ! am
must do as others do said Miss Ken
dali. with some bitterness.
Thorp looked at her thoughtfully.
Even that obstacle could be got
over under certain circumstances" he
answered, and said no more.
Really" said Mrs. Carr one day, cit
must be that Thorp thinks you care
for his eXtravagances for ne has never
been so cOmpanionabe at other times
when at home After the first day or
two he would rather avoid meeting
his old friends. They bored him, ne
said. But with you ne seems to have
found his tongue again. His wife, who
has been dead these eight years, used
to say that he thought it more of an
effort to talk commonplace than to do
hard days work. / don't think he is
lazy. but he certainly is one who would
do what he disliked for any motive.
believe he has no sense of duty at
all"
What do you mean by duty?"
Why, sticking to one thing and
working at it to make money. He is
smart enough. Why doesn't he buckle
right down and use his smartness in
getting rich? If he didn't want the
money himself he could give it away.
| There are plenty of poor people he
/ could help
He says the world is full of worth
less human beings asking for aims
whom it would be mercy to shoot or
drown. He doesn't believe in charity
Yes, I know he says that, unbeiyer
that he is.'
1T seems to me there is much truth
in what he says"
Indeed Well, you had better marry
him, and see how you get along to-
gether"
He asked me to- but I hesitated till
I had obtained your advice. SO you
think l had better accept him?"
Mrs. Carr sank back in her chair,
staring. Then she laughed
You will never tame him. He will
be wanderer to the end of his life -
why should not l wander with
him."
why, indeed? Come, let me confess