Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-28
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reminded of it constantly.
.'Ah. but one of these days you will We
great | would say. and she would laugh
happily ut the prophecy How that hap
py child laugh of hers rings in my ears
even now. TO tell you of her appearance
is to belle her character. for the outward
being and the inner self had no sister
hood save when now and again at some
chance word that inspired noble
thought in her the wOmans glorious soul
peeped shy out through her blue eyes till
they grew dark and deep and the warm
glow of her divine intelligence permeated
and shone through her clear baby skin.
She loved poetry-true poetry-and re-
membered all she loved in it. All, if you
could have heard her recite poetry as |
havel
At such moments she was beautiful
more than that, worshipful.
| have seen young men and cantanker
Gus old women rise spellbound to that
bright angel face and listen breathlessly
for the words as they fell from those
baby lips.
At such times the beautiful story of the
Christ child in the temple has seemed 10
me to gain strength and reality, and l
have pondered wonderingly over the
power some mortais have to hold and en-
thrai others, bIndinG them last TO good or
evil
L must speak of her as q child, L sup
pose, in order that you may see her as
she appeared to the Physical eye. One
had to know and to love her tthe terms
are synonymOusl to see her with the eyes
of the mind. Those who knew her-they
were not many-saw her as 2 child, but
they loved her as woman.
A woman to be loved fiercely. hotly;
woman to dare fO,, t. work for, to
achieve for-if need be TO die for-but to
die for honorabiy OF life's battlefield,
fighting to the last.
\ woman at whose feet mans sue
cesses might be laid, and whose one
word of praise would he al sufficient
guerdon.
All, ye women VIII sou never under
stand your wondrous powers to make
men or to mar them
You laugh at this ''high flown nonsense
about a child,' do you not? | forgive you,
for you never knew my little lady.
Until my little lady came into my life
| was alone. Do YOU know what that
means? Have you realized it? Can you
realize it? To go out into the world, to
eat and to drink like other people do. to
shake vour fellow creatures by the hand
while mentally Won spylrn them under
foot and void vn,Ir rheIln upon them, to
greet all men and women with a lie upon
YOUR lips-a lie that processes interest in
their health and in Them for whom vou
care no more than Tor the starving mon
arel which Won drive from vour dooystep
with a savage kick and an oath mutter-
ed through set teeth. To be without any
love for any living thing. nav. to hate the
whole huge human race because one man
and one woman have proven unworthy
to hate and Ioatbe Yourself even more
than YOU detest the vilest thing that
crawls the earth-this it IS to be alone
And so was until my little lady came
into my life
How well l remember the first time l
met her,
4 silly woman who thought | might
perchance become the purchaser of one
of her silly daughters had asked me to
come and help amuse some children"
thinking, no doubt, that the juvenile set
ting would enhance in my eyes the value
of the jewes she intended for NE.
1t did just the reverse. have always
loved children. and the sight of their
sweet innocence made me hate the men
and women there still more. l sat IN
corner and watched the ehlldren play
WlshinS could De one o! 1hein again. MY
little lady was foremost in the games, but
presently she left the oehefs ana came
to sit near me.
have you headache; she ASKED IN
voice that struck me almost uneon-
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