Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-03
Ny OTHER s e L r
BY W. J. Henderson.

Oh LHlS CNCiiihS o'' - $500
with him since he had attained
'e- realizing age-he could feel the pulsl
u zion of grand thoughts, but he was III
4 able to- give them a living body Ill
Il work was now, as ever fragmentary
4 incoherent-bright flashes which glow
ell for als instant on the face of cllaos
! revealing only fornless things, seq
] ments which could never be Joined III
to the perfect circle of a concrete
thought.
Worn out and discouraged, he tire"
himself on his bed and sank into
feverish slumber, from which he awaE-
pned to see standing before him form
more beautiful than any of those "a
dant creatures whe, had been born as
the ideal of his fancy. The presence
seemed surrounded by soft radiance
which Illuminated the chamber. AL
though the visitant Was well defined.
wearing the form Of a young maiden
clothed In trailing white garments, yet
it. possessed an ethereal character. as
though spirit. and not matter, actuated
it, movements.
There seemed command for Parker
Milton in the presence, which impelled
him rG arise and seat hilnself at the
table where the tablet he had thrown
down in despair after his last attempt
| to give expression to his inner being
! lay open.
Then Cor hours he wrote she words
dictatmy to him by his fair visitor. AL
though she spoke 10 audible words, |
yet his consciousness seemed to feel !
the dictation. and his hand transcribed =
the words which became the rounded !
and snblimmted expressions of his
hearts ideal
When, the work was completed. an
OverpoWarng lethargy controlled his
faculties, and, despite his efforts. Mil
ton fell asleep, his head resting Oh the
tablet wherein he had written.
When lie mWoke, the bright light of
day was Shining around him, and he
would have thought the events, Of the
night dream were it not for the close
~ written tablat which lay before him,
OH which he found inscribed clearly. !
beautifully. ALL the images which he |
had sought us1snecessfully heretofore
to express.
AT first the work seemed too sacred |
10 submit tn Others but the Thought 4.
hat II was IL Message. through him., to
Ill TIE sollDWing children of EARTH. i'm
'elled Parker Milton to give his, writ
NJ publications.,
Never was message given, ia, the
world before which spoke more d!rect-
to the hearts OF rlen or with greater
over than this book. Honor and alnaa !
loWned its author.
Many letters reached this author i'm !
nlation to his, book. many expressions
I JOY and THINKS for his message. !
Inch had illumineI the dark path Of !,
fe for the writer One morning as he u
II III his study he was strangely i'm Il
fessed by the appearance of a, dainty b
ray envelope directed In a, clear. Il
rong, although evidently temare,
anu. Quickly opening this letter, its V
'ntents seemed like breath from the p
splratlon which had been his guide Il
the night when his book was, writ V
n. a
There was no. hesitation on the part I p
Milton IN seeking his correspondent. IL
er letter gave her address in a dis ! al
Mt city; hut. although the width of b'
e continent separated themY he only az
Ok time 10 gather a few necessary til
ticles In a small satchel before he Gt
'rted on tn" long journey. REQUIRED 10
reach thu residence of the object of vi
J quest he
When Maud Arlington entered the
I'm where he. waited her ,responsa to w
card, it hardly seemed a surprise re
Millions to- see in her the image of ! TO
It form; In the illumination of whose til
'sence the shackles hasl fallen fr,m SO
mind. i We
mere, was no formal greeting he ba
zen these two, for EACH recog,riyed err
me ta1er the missing segment of the wi
nplefe circle of perfect life. the
tnls their first meeting held in De
'slcal form they faund true the 1
l. which held good through all their Go
se9ueht association. that in eacb ter
III was born the fragment of a ma
osht Which only Became the ner, aga
image when joirad together HI, Mo
fhlnd alone prodaced nothing com, tie
e. while their joiat production WAS to
srfect song of beauty and bower -ou
) they sat hand. in hand she told ives
now from her earliest recollections H
had felt the inspiration Of thoughts ent,
eoaid never give expression; that ago
the particular night when he 20. min
Ell his inspira zion she had sat alone wea
'"'orihs to master the ideal and ra. con-
1T to her will until, exhausted, tive
seemed to fall into deep sleen and
;, 49, mat theh her mind seemed ban
from her body, aud, directe(b hv Thi,
'ieslstiDle force, she was led ia his On
hper; that her thought seemed To To
with his and find in that union tho t,ref
er of expression unattainahlo ho tims
When she awakened, she conld natu
'mDer as dream his faoo H.. +h.I