The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-27

sleet- In her brave young heart
swelled the ineffable song-the music
never yet caught by syrinx or flute or
violin, the words no tongue can speak.
All, here may be the secret of that
vigorous, brave, sweet life of our piO-
neer maids. wives and mothers. II was
love that gave those tender hearts the
iron strength and heroic persistence at
which the world must forever wonder
And do we appreciate those women
Let the old world boast its crowned
kings. its mailed knights. its ladies of
the court and castle but we Of the
new world. we Of the powerful west
let us brim our cups with the wine OF
undyinS devotion, and drink to the
memory of the women Of the revofu-
tiOn-to the humble but good and mar
velOusiy brave and faithful women ike
those of old Vincennes.
But if Alice was being radically in
fiuenced by Beverley, he, in turn, found
a new light suffusing his nature. and
he was not unaware that 1t came out
Of her eyes. her face. her smiles. her
voice, her soul II was the old. wei
known inexplica bic, mutual magne-
tism, which, from the first. has been
the same on the mountain top and in
the lowest valley. The queen and the
milkmaid, the king and the hind may
come together only 10 find the king
walking of with the lowIy beauty ana
her fragrant pail. while away stalks
. the lusty rustic, TO be lord and master
OF the queen Love is love, and il
thrives in al chimes, under all condi-
tons.
mere is an inevitable and curious
protest that comes up unbidden be-
tween lovers; il takes many forms in
/ accordance with particular circum-
stances II is the demand for equality
and perfection Love itself is without
degrees-it is perfect-but when shall
il see the perfect obJect2 Il does see
IL, and il does not see IT, in every be
| loved being Beverley found his mind
| turning. as on a pivot. round and round
/ upon the thought that Alice might be
/ impossible TO him. The mystery Of her
I life seemed 70 force her below the line
/ Of his aristOcratic vision. so that he
could not fairly consider her and yer
with all his heart ne loved her Alice
on the other hand, had her bOOkish
! ideal 10 reckon with, despite the fact
/ that she daily dashed il cOntemptuous-
f y down She was different from
/ Adrienne Bourcier, who beWafIed the
! absence Of her untamable lover: she
I wished that Beverley had not. as she
! somehow viewed it. weakly sur
/ rendered 70 Hamilton. His ap-
! parentiy complacent acceptance Of idle
/ captivity did not comport with her
/ dream Of knighthood and heroism- She
/ had been al the time half expecting
/ him TO do something that would stamp
| him a hero
/ Counter protests OF this sort are new
I er sufficiently vigorous 20 take fall
4 out OF Love; they merely serve TO wor-
/ y his temper by lightly hindeTing his
! feet And IL is surprising how Love
does delight himself with being entan-
gled-
Both Beverley and Alice day by day
felt the cord Tightening which drew
their hearts together-eech aclunOwl-
edged IL secretly, but strove not 70
evince II openly Meantime both were
1 a. happy and as restlessiy dissatisfied
as love and uncertainty could make
! them
CTo be continued tomOrrow-}