The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-23

arthelcss real. because | could not dis
cover that it existed between them
individually. only between them. or
any one Of them, and me. They were
coughcr. braWner, heavier in voice, in
manner. in figure, than | am. Their
! features were coarscr - everything
about them was different. Hair grows
upon their faces, as,it does on yours.
VIII you explain this difference to
me?'
Your training has been different
from theirs, Lisle."
Pardon me- sir, but | cannot under
stand why that should make all the
difference. There were subtle differ
tnces which | have not words 10 ex-
plain because do not know how to
define them. but | could feel them.
One day, while We were sorting our
cattle, two OF them sat upon their
horses close beside you. studied
them, and studied you. Afterward
/ rode up and took place beside
you myself, and then l studied over
them again. The same difference did
not manifest itself between them and
you as 1t did between them and me
or between you and me. Do ! make
myself understood? | mean that in
some ways those strangers were more
like you than !, who am your son, am
like you. The same subtle something
which distinguishes those young men
from me does not separate them from
YOU. and the same !nexplicable differ
ence that exists between them and me
could discover also between you and
me- AIN not like other men. Why
am | notr'
"Am like other men whom you
know. I.isie: Am | like Craig Thomp'
SOM" asked klchard Maxwell.
Eyes, you are in the sense to which
| refer-ln that subtle sense which
cannot define. 1t is in the air you
breathe, in the way you breathe 1t, III
the unspoken understanding between
you and other men, or, since you have
mentioned name, between you and
Craig Thomps0n-an understanding I'D
i which have no part or place.
. "These subtletles, Lisle. are freaks OF
7 the Imagination which result from your
habits Of study. Your life has been dif'
, ferent from the lives of any other young
> man / ever knew. 1t Is my love foi
r YOU that has made 1t so, | have kept
= you near me and away from the woric
{ which | have repudiated. have
taught you differently. trained you dif
! ferently, led you TO think differently
;, Your manner OF living. your methods
( of study, your isolation from strangers
a have, combined, created the difference
that you discover. Your imagination
has emphasized and magnifled them
That is all"
I.isle sighed aud shook his head neg
atively.
You do not or you viii not under
Il stand" he said Your reply does no
/ comprehend the question. 1t Is lIl'
II building q house without windows.
am your son. You are my father
~ Should not father and son be alikeT'
H. Sometimes they are very muc
10 alike; sometimes they are very differ
10 ent. There In no rule which govern
.. such a condition. Step with me to th
:" mirror, Have you forgotten bow great
u ly we resemble each other. eliminatin
the difference In ageT
% No: II is true that our features or
e alike. our forms are different Fra
u Quently | ace You at work withou
q your coat. You never permit me 10 n
f. move mine except here In the house
'e The men remove theirs and place ther
z across their saddles. Their figure
"a
& mine. Yours Is not the same as mln'
NJ have studied myself before my o."
p mirror know that | am east In
Ie different mold from other men. kno'
a that you are cast In the same mold q
q other men. am as different from va
y as the day is different from the nigh
20 Tell me truly, am like womanT'
II "Yes. you have The best qualities c
p woman aud the best qualities OF maj
Is Strangers see and recognize both. benc
u such remarks"
Is Again you fall short OF complct
p response to my question: sighed l.lSl'
A. We will pass It for the present io
&. mentioned my parents. Who are o
- were they? You are one; who was 'h
otherW
n Your mother"
r, "You have always refused TO speal
10 OF her TO the. Win you not do so now
l. mo"
r, "Was not my mother-a being whom
r. you have taught me TO despIse-a WON
n an?'
. Yes"
Does my mother live|
4 I'VE viii not discuss your mother.
II will not urge you, father. hav
Il learned to know that the subject /
"a painful to you. although you Will no
D. tell me why 1t is SO. May child dur
r. ing it's growth change from woman II
man or from man to woman?
O. Human beings come into the Worl'
a by the will OF God, They live ont th
period of existence allotted 10 ehch o
II them and pass away in order to maxi
l. room for others. God appoints iha
r. they shall be men or women. Human
r ity has no power in the selection
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