Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! DOUBLE CHANGE OF OPINION,

receive absolute alngcness OF devotion
from her priests was the way he stat
ed the matter to his friends
She WINS an artist, Arm In the belief
Hhht real devotion TO Art admitted
of no other loves or devotlons.
' "0ne cannot serve the gods and nt
family altar" was her manner OF stat
tRg the case.
They met upon transatlantic
Bteamer coming over, and the ineVll'
able happened.
He had been In England, studying
Ahe semi-monnstlc orders OF the An
lglican Church In TINT country She
had been sketchlng In France and
,Germany, closing up her trip with q
dying trip to london and Liverpool
uie was from New York; she from
Chicago. Their principles were exact
Iy alike, only that they didn't know H.
But II only took them lO days 70 dis'
cover this fnct.
He was attracted to her because OF
certain high pureness OF fHee ana
bearing which set her far apart from
Nhe merry, charming, but decidedly
aiirtatlOus other women who snt NJ
her tabG-.nnd his. She came 10 the
conclusion that he undoubtedly 'hnd
something In him." because OF the
quiet reserve OF his manner. A long
acquaintance with Art had Taught her
That Il is the fnce--Ns the picture
which holds something In reserve that
usually proves worthy OF study ana
cultivation. Besides, the high vest
and large silver cross, which stamped
ihim as II rituulist among ritunllsts,
and, therefore most likely believer
in eelibacy made her feel perfectly,
DELIGHTFULLY."- safe in enjoying his com
pany. Nlir0ble Anneston often found
Il necessary to be extremely careful
In her intercourse with the other sex.
She was pretty girl and decidedly
charming; since she did not intend
10 mntry-or thought she did not,
which amounted to the same thing-it
behooved her to be careful how she
raised false hopes.
Rupert Hn2nrd-Fnther Hazard, as
he preferred to be culled-ielt cores;
pondmgly safe in talking with Miss
AnnestGn, because self consciousness
seemed to be so entirely lacking in her
male-up. They began by talking about
art, literature, and the deeper prob
lens of social economics. They didn't
begin to talk of love, even in the alb
stract until Liverpool had been left be-
hind for seven days. The young wo:
man who had made and broken TWO
engagements in that time led them in
this direction unconsciously.
Neither of them was u gossip, but
The thing seemed 80 incredible-to
people who hadn't crossed the OCEAN,
often enough to become accustomed TO
this sort of phenomenn--tha they
couldn't help thinking of 1t, having
been informed Of the fracture OF the
second engagement by their respect-
I've stnteroom stewnrds--and several
other persons. As the young woman
apparently we'll on the way toward a
third deep-seu engagement, passed by
the sunny corner where they were COM
fortably discussing the condition OF
the poor IN New York, London and
Chicago, Nrnble spoke out suddenly.
doesn't 1t seem strange that people
will play and trAe with the most sa-
cred and holy things in liGe?' she said,
with musipg tone
Rev. Rupert Hazard came out OF his
reverie concerning the good work
which the church was destined to ac-
complish among the poor Of lis own
parish neighborhood and sighed.
at does, it docs" he returned, SER
fously.
This wns the opening wedge, From
love In thc abstract to the question OF
love OF more ordinary and personal
aspect was but little step, Qt never
ISL A day later they were telling each
other why love was not for them. Two
days later each knew the other had
decided never to marry, Three days
later the Accomplished Traveller, over
hearing fragment of their conversa.
tion, smiled sympnthetically as she
promenaded on.
"Do you know" the young clergy
man was saying, "that while celibacy
has always seemed almost unnecessary
for the priesthood to me Qt had
seemed absolutely necessary until q
few days ago. fail to see how unmar-
ried, PEI haps lonely, existence will
cause you to paint better pictures"
"Why!" and the girls tone was ear.
nest and astonished. 81 don't see how
you can think otherwise. Art demands
all the best of one, and no second-rate
or secondhand devotion,if one is really
Il oserve and minister to the beautiful.
But it has always seemed to me-" she
said, that an unmarried minister has
lost fine chance at least Of getting
close to the heart of his people. Won
der which of us is right--or neither, OF
bOth?'
Then came the big storm, and after
that all things slooked different, Mirable
was anything but coward, but she
could not help feeling little nervous
MS the great ship trembled and stag
gered and rolled under the force OF
the tremendous waves. The young
minister, whose faith was of the real
and assertive kind, soothed and reas,
Sured her as she sat, trembling but ST.
lent, in the music room, looking out al
the angry waters. The girl was duly
comforted and strengthened, and tho
pleasant feeling Of helf dependence
and intimacy, both of his thoughtful
Kindness, lasted even after the sun had
decided to shine again. And the young