The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-16

tWsktHA was Aun-eufsCS - 40 evening pa
peri. Il want you-now ] reilly mean a.
70 do sosnethiax- Il II getting serious
Here are yeu. a man OF ability far be-
y-czsa mine. for example. with ten times my
eGuszt!cn. and you are doing nothing with
IL You let the chances slip by. man after
man pushes you aside. That IS what ;ney
DO" he wauid repeat rhsforicaiIy-"rash
you aside AMI mount on your sifoHi7ers,
up the ladder out % sight, and away"
Whereupon the speaker would pause for
q reply.
Il know the hon would say reeress-
ing his puny legs and smoking thought
fully, while his sincere little gray eyes
searched the FIRE. 1T seems rather futile
doesn't its But you knew. However
l am patient: I can wait The hour viii
come. the opportunity the prize
There will come knock at the door, he
went draamiiy OF, land Destiny viii be
there. the dear lady. bearing IT In her
hand I am waiting for her rat-a-tat at
the door,
'Beeh; Destiny Be bowed! A man is
his own destiny"
But Theoph only murmursd rhythmic
ally 20 himself In his ;sondesouS duicet
bass:
with q rat-a-sat al the door.
The two weird sisters in proportion as
they regretted the passing of their own
innocent hopes with the creeping years
grew more prssssngy anxious. dear souls,
for Theoph's happiness
1T Is time. Theoph," they would say
shviy and eonadent.aliy, III really Is
time yoa should think of settling With
your Voice anu appearance tfhey had nes-
er recovered from their girlssi asionish-
ment that their own flesh and blood should
have put forth SO bushy = mustaehep
with your accomplishment and appear
ance---'
But Theoph would cut them short with
a tremuious wave OF hts blue-gray hand.
Yes, Say desrs. but one must not hustle
Destiny. In her own time. my dears she
viii tap with her fingers at The door.
and ths door viii be opened. ard / shall
50 with her. One must I've patient my
desrs."
Hicks was persuaded of the p&rfectibiI-
lily OF the race. Gene" he would say in
his breezy way. ito cur Battersea settle
yncnt. Help us TO Spread the Light; NAVY
] am man without half your ability
DO | content myself with earning a bare
subsistence by sorne nameieSs drudgery?
No. do the work I find to my hand; I
do IL with my might. / lecture on the
Higher Criticism 10 a class Of bus con-
ductors. | Spread the Light. Come and
Spread the Light
Gentle thunder was understood TO expAs-
tulatc that II was not conscious OF any
particular light that Ii might spread; un-
less. perhaps. ii were that one must not
be too strenuous in forcing the hand OF
Destiny.
Hang Destiny. A man of your abil-
fty-'
The thunder opined that it did not run
much TO ability
''Yos are an ass" said Hicks In friend
ly huff
Il have always feared it, replied the
little msn meeleiy while his candid eyes
peered pGtheticaIly at his monitor But
IL one ls only content 10 wait for Destiny.
and Just 10 stand ready to open to her
when she KNOCKS ard go with her the way
she poirts-well." he concluded. weakly.
there you are.
The years went by Hicks was high in
the India esfice and. sirice he now rode
always IN hansoms left the bus conduc-
tors to perfect themselves In the methods
and results of the Higher Criticism VIII
kins was editing London daily. and stir
ring up with his pugent quill a BRAVE tur-
mol In the far East. That was his limo
The weird sisters had grown more sere
Theoph still walked patiently The sa me
obscure path. but he walked more slowly
He might be- said to have walked heavily
IL the advert fitted with ones NOTCH OF
seven stone Ave ms voice was giving cut
too and his hands and the calves of his
his sefe. But his gray eyes still watched
the door, and his ears listened more anx-
iensly, yet still with confidence. for that
tardy knock.
AT ias, the day came when Theoph found
himself unable To rise and proceed to that
namel@as toll Of his, and he lay in his sien-
der bed very stiil while the weird sis
tiers watched him teayfuliy. Nerve after
nerve dropped out of touch witt, the wcrid
outside, and an inefahIe rest was en-
wrapping the nervous little body upon
which the Last JUNCTION had spent It's
grace. But the patient eyes beneath the
gathering film still expected, and I'm ite
paior the face looked more alert than usu-
al. 80 that the weird sisters as they watch
ed II. forget 30 grieve.
They were startled presently by
change. The face grew feryid the eyes
strained towards the door shore with an
esgerness Of attention: the head was al
most lifted from the pillow They saw
the lips move, and leaned Down TO catch
The words They sounded IKE
"Rat-a-tat-door" The sisters under
stood that he would have them open H.
Then he fell back again. and his eyes
were faint With joy. And as the lady bear
ire her gifts Rad come FOR him. he gave
her his hand and went
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