New-York tribune., 1903-03-02
6sOo Dogs and an Interfering Fate
BY GERTRUDE PAGE.
IN TWO PARTsPART I.

In consequence OF these views three more days
passed with only daily exchange g OF cS @ 5o her
suddenly. toing up the long mountain pain 10 1rs
Il think our roads lie in the same direction. ne
said simply raising mis- har, so We might as wen
She smiled to herself at his coOlness and re-
1t would certainly be rather ridiculous 70 60
the whole way few yards apart and a. were
Exactly. A little companionship by way Of
T6man ii hSa Sisfn ne s0Sd sdded reec9vs |
I'm very sorEy myseit 9 ~ bTS6iy 55sosabs HfYe n a.
Il dare say but all the same IL IS not peees4ary a
enemy to your sex 1t is Just as wen % Dc
'9i51sp "CeptaiDiy: and half guessed it. For myself
have no special aversion to men, put l nnd ones
surroundings are more PeaceIul seera-iy "len 1ne'
VERY likely. But there's no reason Why we
shouldn't contrve to forget our sex altogether Tor
To$ writs; FL / [6ss99 P5szsn9me'''
II am preparing medical treatise OrigtnaIly
Se1f to STUDY. have to get my book ready for
the publisher by October. so I am rather pressed
When thew stood beside the three crosses that
give 5S rEn Hare 20 ana t rorrfn Their attitude toward
each other had glidet INTO simple frank com
Tfe three crosses mark the, graves Of three
grey sIf had Chosen my nationality and calling
he Ra65sf Ssta 7 should have been an Austrian sno,'
oh no., carelessy; ''one has 10 1l- some lin'..:
This is as good place as any, Better m TasL-
he went on after PaIsf If nay fia4r5 eI5s ra-
friends that never ~ g ~ ~ n = ON b,
a further link. The great point is that t7SI are
But they shut one in she said If-ls F.r-
of the mountains aud know what Won man ~
s5Hf s5etIs iRs5 from everyfn and evarvaodv ike
That is one OF their greatest rharrns- TaS ne
calm reply. When contact WIZ the gllSIlr ~ N,r,5
ana slIIress suT5 % Ym nav lend vI-r brains and yor
object. and they keep watcn and guard over you-
Of the noisy. scram5ling world -,
But II is A tOruor-StaCuatiOu-: tn she CRED
leaning forward and cat n: - a ~ ITtS Ia -
w-h nervous r1Gv'TIl'Tli = ou ma - L--r go Ct
from yTHT 1e1i9~S r9 'G 1adantr sphere Of your own
sciousiy stretched out her arms After a tnoe !
and they strike ae-inst the walls Of the noun
Thrre was long pause. -hrn he said in man
have There is still hope. ambition and anthgsiasT1
in your heart For ne m. mg.i'tln- ;r rfFf us ar
once 70 seek a similar STANDING
5 ~ ~ frnI7 fht 4er+-raVa-,Ilr with scOrn.
and she turned her eyes from him 70 WHere DIS
tant cleft in the mountains l"J IN m" 9la@ say ee
yond. For N" If i III %. a,f,m. & al aEo ,Tss ge@
all I int-nd- II Is GOOD ." Hive and breathe ara
ME He watched ho- with q halc snlls ..,.....-.
myself on. b , -%"n % ., 81 5' ~ Ta f1p ms or,
can't rieSa up every Us'S~IG 50 ~Jrt-rt oefore -
now there i wind'w @"kl1s "l,r 81 M m S@IItHas @
You know the eager t"lnc w"r!d IS Just beyond i.
and sometimes it calls 10 you--tt must and she
ttIr7ad him with gue<tonI'.G esaserT.ss- - 49,.
on no not now '"il go, H-~ fI.F -
lin SnrnerinIrs ALWAYS Tl-hut il y only the
hammering of an empty tin KEITH II doesn't
arfert me in the least
She got up suddenly. his Sr""r WAS TOO much f7r
You must he the iucsirratou Of seIhshness shs
d ~ voIlr 7rty ~ kettle and she lelighrSrII
company Of YOUR own r"f""tto's ONE along
Scamp" and ~" SCI on IT '-'7S pa" ''"n IT.
When they met next sh. WIS sornev hat cold
a attitude Of diSapPr0vaI toward his bitter SeHt
WITH 'cIraru IF hunor ir hi~ eyes a. he o5serv.f
her stiHrned manner \'''the~ tGu''nei upon ~.
conversation after drift~c through many phases
last touched un"n n.tr1nl"Dy -.
''tIav" y"u any ide!iS If There" n" asked WIN
II have But beIi~ve they are out of reach she
You mean you know that YOU expect too much
more than ever hope to IND
ven after Il pause. "pcrh1rs il n"tter than
sb, ioqSra MIN u:it.4e tr a.E to g, =, on onrt
never have suririorr <airh .iH 'ny woman ~ bind
myself to her F"r IF
':Thsre@ Doubt sh. rFrss,I Nv w - ar a e@tE
pOntmcnt and worry Most Of fh'' r'r~ m ~" world
SDrirGs ,4fr-CrFy ur Indirectly l"y, a!JtrS
Exactly So" NJ repIiyd n ~iI'' p" 1"ar N'I
sav IT, I presume ynU have mo- ttfh ir men
II think they al s~ll-h NOR "r ''~- dt'''.-
violin most eases tedious
held his hand
think We ought Shake hands over cur uli-
tuaI sentiments he said. are she did :" Win m
amused smile feeling they bad stepped tack 70
the old understanding. for which she was m no
1t is ieIiEhrfuI'- she tod h~rsef tha, veins
80 have met a who ~ "stTahl' "E fT'-nc~hlp
uirh a woman without any danger 0f Affairs com
ing to unpleasant climax or ErttiUg generally
tangled because we happen 10 be- OF ODpCSlte sexes
she was quite pleased with herself also. as rep
resenttnE a woman OF equally pratSeWorthy capa-
bities -, -
stspDed In 10 have her say And the woman. being
tba the less experienced ana the more
s,scep tbie was the first To TALL
II yaS not however. until toward the end OF her
visit that she knew IT, though she had once or twice
had grave She sent FOR 70 Eng
land unexpectedly and discovered ali N = moment.
ss IN we're Iust how great wrench il would be to
20 Dav hy day for three weeks they had met reg
1IarIy and IL was only when these daily meetings
ruI,sF cease she realized truly how good they had
been -
hAen sent for" and hracing herself up, went 70 md
O~- no b contnnSdO