Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-31

H6NIf at Erna. She heard the
6S words, but she did not, could
not, comprehend them. Erna had ex-
pected an outburst of passionate anger
or vehement unbelief. There was mel
theE. Somehow her earnestness had
impressed the truth OF her statement
upon her companion. 1t may be that
without realizing it Lisle was prepared
for the announcement 1t certainly
meant less TO her than Erna could have
supposed that Il would.
Tell me more" she said presently.
~How do you know--how did you dis
cover that | am a woman? How may
l know that 1 am oner'
ct believe" replied Erna. that your
own heart has told you already that
Jon are not man. Don't you see that
you are like meY'
am In the least like you. l am taller,
broader, bigger in every way. We are
not alike; we are very different
ION, dear! Throw of your coat and
wa!stcoat again, as you were this morn
ing when you called me TO 20 to your
father. There! Do you not see that
your hips are like mine Press your
sides so. here at your waist Now do
the same TO me. l have left of my
Instruments OF torture and so l am
not bullet proof this morning. Don't
you see that. though larger than am,
you are shaped the sameI Men are not
formed that way"
Lisle oheyed slowly aud wonderingly
Her calm eyes studied the blushing
face before BIER with an expression that
was filled with awe.
Are they not?" she asked presently.
"Are men created after one mold and
women after anotherT
Certainly
-AlwaysY-
Always"
rs that all the differepceT"
-Of course not. you goosep'
What are the other differencesY
why. everything Is different, I sup
pose
do you Only suppose? Don't you
known
"Oh, dear! Come Into the house. Let
rs so back to my room. We can talk
better there. You look so much Ike a
man In thar dress that out here feel
as though the eyes OF the whole world
were upon US"
And IL the eyes OF the world were
upon US. what thenr Is there any.
thing 10 be ashamed of?''
"So-that is. not really. But IL looks
so. Come. VIII you SO bnckr'
Eyes"
They returned together to the house.
and Erna. having closed aud locked the
door OF her room. began again her diff
ficult task.
Now, LisIe- she said. please hear
me through 10 the end OF what I am
going TO say without asking any ques-
tons. Every one that you ask Is sure
10 be the very one that least expect.
and IL Is pretty sure to be the one that
l do not ia the least know how to an-
swer-that Is. not In words. | never
knew before today how ignorant am
myself OF things that ought TO know.
That Is, ] thought ali the while I knew
about them. while the fact is do not
know much more than you do your
self. ! suppose il is for the same rear
son that the Egyptians never thought
or studying their own pyramids until
lot or foreigners blew into the coun-
try and discovered that the hieroglyphic
writings meant something. have liv-
ed next door to the pyramids all my
life and never thought them worth
the trouble OF study. and now you have
materialized on the scene. and. you
want to know all at once every secret
that Is connected with them. Now
can show you the way to the pyra-
mids, but I don't IN the least know
read the BibleT'
MY father used to read It to me-
Ibid he ever read ABOUT the garden
OF EdenT
"No; do not remember It."
"Of course not. 1t Is about q woman
and he wouldn't read that Well, -
desperately-"there was such a place
when God made the world, and there
was man there. He was all alone
There wasn't another human being II
the whole world. and Adam-that wa:
his name-was lonely. I'm not surpris
| ed at that. IL must have been hoFrid
| He raised some kind OF q row about IL
and so one night while he was asleeI
4 God took q rib out of his side anC
| made q woman out OF It After tina
Adam became the father OF all men
| and Eve--that was the woman's nam'
l became the mother OF ali women
Men are all made after the same pat
i tern as Adam, aud women are all mad