The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-11-04
THE TOLLS OF
 ERUPTION
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thatG" asked Edith.
 "Tve tried it and failed"
 Dear me! How could you even tryY'
 "It was last summer at the seashore. Winthrop Kyle was devoted to me dur ing thc whole of last winter. but when the days began to leugthen his atten- tious began Co weaken. was an broken up over it Auntle noticed how I looked and got out of me what was the matter.
 "I see how it is, Celia. she said. Winthrop Is intellectual You are well. frivolous. For awhile be was charmed with your frlvolity, but the time came when he tired of lt. What you want tO do ls Co Improve your mlnd'
 "I made up my mind to try lt When Lent began, declined an invitations and shut myself up for study. l knew was Co meet Winthrop at Mrs. Blakc's Long Island cottage in August, and | was looming for that meeting as col lege students do for an examination.
 Winthrop came down to the Blukes a few days after | got th rc. | scarce ly noticed him for awhile, and when ever he came where l was hc found me buried iu a book. At last be grew tired of this and asked mc to walk down Co the beach with him. l closed Che book as though | couldn't bear Co leave it and went with him. When we reached the ocean. Winthrop threw himself on the sand and ! slt down beside him.
 "IIow refreshing he said, after Che heat of thc town briefs. pleadlngs lawbooEs and an that Co sit here and do l1thiug"
 "I should have seen that he was ready for light tlk. but | was infatu- oted with my plan.
 "A jellygsh had been thrown Cp on the sand beside us. and ! seized upon lt as a topic.
 "Its pretty near pure pro;oplosm' I venturcd. about Che lowest form of animal lie. [ wonder If there are Che germs ot thought In lL
 "If there arc there's more iu it than in mc. ] wouldn't think today for a kiss from thr pretticst woman in the world
 What's a kiss? Nothing more than the pressure og muscular fiber covered by cp.derm.s against Ike substances
 "It matters deal whether or no they belong to different s..os Ert never mind th. Gcsut.1u Iu tols Co you by Che hour about ,ue thing Itself ! believe it was just such a sccur 's this iu which |. .ja' s.-..l NNu Juan.
 "'I never read that un.m AuHi!e says lrs u1uer.y .loGei. !, was Juan kissed J.. cc
 "'No; she s.. "a 'u first, while he was Sleeping At ra-t that's my rccol- lection Of lt. tl rgu l'way hc Nroug'
 "T must r.vr n'.sd a tNrr- l stop ped short luJ M>hgt lt was a dead give away Then ! hurried ou to some thing clsr. I',r been much Interested In o-u,tlU1-y o' late. Recent cNperi- mcut, harr shown tlHt ,be markings ou butterflies wings
 "'Dou't yUu mean Cn'omoloGyf
 "'Oh. ycs. certainly entomology. The marks ou lu.lDr5I.s wings vary with cold and brat and Che changes are inherited
 "'That reminds me- hc sJid that the dressmakers are studying Che colors on butterflies wings copying thc comhi- nations In costumes.
 'T determined Go tgiS about some thing that Le couldn't turn Into tIui- cule and ycuur,J upon history
 "Tve been reading thn Decline and Fan | comm'uccd
 "'Decliue and fglI of wh1tF
 "'Why. th. E -..a .e....... course How stupid .t -pu.
 "'How lor- was it f.l.u-F
 "How lou2s E..- .n ''ls It must hago teen tca ycgrs.
 "I cast side -'au"o u, h.m and thought ! saw him smile Uc threw a pebble Into thc waves and changed the subject.
 "Tm going to have au automobile be said
 "T don't like automobiles They are SO modern An Che ages are 0s- sociated with horses. We have the steed in Assyr.au pictures down to-
 "'The present street car horse
 "It was too bad. Here ! had been studying hulf a year .o please him Co De turned od ln this ridiculous fash ion. However ! pulled mys.if to- gether for one more clort
 Professor Barnes l said OBlrucs paid me attention after Winthrop dropped me, and ] put this in on pur- posei. gave me some delightful h.s. torlcal reading recently, Macuulays History of England" What a good Catholic Macaulay must have been.
 "'Why do you think soT he asked
 "Wel. in that part about some New Zealander skctching the ruins of St Paul. he says that maybe the Cathollc-or was it the Church Of Eng land
 Don't you think he referred to the Christian Scicntists|
 "'No; I'm sure he didn't There was something about Che twilight of fable' in connection with the antiquity of the popes. or course it was the Cath olic church.