New-York tribune., 1904-08-12

By LoUIs CoUPEKUs-
IN TWO PARTs-PART L

never found his god. that he Rad never met IA rs
world single being 10 whom he could devoIs nlI1-
ana worsbippede Did ne ask too much. did be lon<
sun IN a human Soride Had he perhaps passed
BY that being a hundred times. rushed y tnat
even repuised its advances. thrust IL aside thou
seId l.lleS ~ w. u 1es SLc1 80 i1eSs lzI,,
which loads Aim with az good tilltSs an WoEt4lS$
gifts. and withh0lds only JUST the thing which
S,,,lris,- - S ~ ~ ~ -+7iie ~ Lis iiTa@ -
He had asver understood any OF these things:
lived why was it. after an ths existence OF his.
this endless trtlss search OF his soul for another
soul2 Why this whim of-wlacever it might be,
Others joy- and 20 withhold from hinl-oh 50 nl'c6
also.-what % hlm was Jne only Shing5 5,l Pe 90
NOT az present think much tosut the na4 tnou5,-
enough about 81 long aso-oecstuse he ki.ew q.
10 longer felt that il mattered much to him. rN@
wty the Why OF the world he why Of l bins,
eighteen, a pale quiet drearniaE youth with
his big wide ewes OF ceaseless longing IL mat
tered more 90 him aOW. a. man, OF t~enSS-
eight whether or not he should ma ma, that SOU SOU,
within himself never telling OF r. never leI1i&ng & an
Because-and IT was just this-he had never
in aim rT. irresiStibIe rrevoca6le fatal desire
give himself 20 tIscqse 1IIse. ,. - - ~,
Tg he rs-s5 m -II4sr t6ar1, FL would sometimes
look deem $50 th- ewes Of men and women whom
he knew. as though 70 md il them a glance OF en-
coUTagemene glance Of twin love And never
over the World; ne qad IrlenGs a LeWs WLO , 80
siby see into his soul: eight years he had been
She adored him She would nave gone with hins
whenever he wished away rom nsr nusoana ssle -
Of gfrsrns had uueh against her viii released
him from bis promise. seeing plainly that be had
not enough affection 70 make Der husband.
WAY must he give in order 70 be happy9 Why ela
he never find even among those who gave 20 him.
o. his heart
He was reserved. but his face had sor1ssnins
sympathetic ma gnetic about It. something that at
Iragtsd f7eRaed Ss+ ea2lEISe sss fnf 9s< a.
though he did not heed what was thought Of ninn.
by a gentle engagfngness into an aristocratic re-
pose which was never naughty. never Offensive:
this too. from indifference Tor IL was really not
worth the trouble 70 be naughty, o1ensive, even
even in his moods OF greatest heedlsssness. And
THIS gave pay and variety 4r SCI Soa9s g as Is
It's geneness. thai any one wtrh the least interest
or him. was compelled to follow him to study BIS
% tns S Gdgaons no % SO o. az. 5is yofs q as 81 MAJ
He attracted. tascinatsd- ca5tfVated. He pos
sessed charm thai Irresistible Every one
thought him syupathetic. And never, never,
one with a soul 20 understand his own and 60 love
aim with that sympathy which joins two IN the
CouStrafnt CT one narrow circle, as IN q g1r1l8
that binds together, a ring that locks
thea7 Was IT 50 hard to md. 50 ideal? was he
~ s h o9y 3 one & %a9 9nSsd so o. ~. vas ss NEE 1sT
yearned a. he vsarned? And h there was.
when would they two meet? IN this NE? After
a thousand u1etem1sychoses? on. II vas 40 mania
this Oc his; Il 70 him al-fsrvent. noblesr
priTatioa a bitter want that 6oreaI desoiation OF
Z a-s SOU ne aaI 50 oIIen ossa ni|SAsn sIreaey-
ried woman. the young girl thinking OF them.
sought. chershiug for a short while the Illusion
that row The ice1eld would thaW in the sunshine
And then-au the very point OF giving himself, CIV
Ing himself passiOnarely unlocking all the secret
OF his nature IKE an empty sanctlarv opsnine 10
Z
darted back, realizing that he was wlifulIy, know
his ques5 railing that he had nor YET found T.
denly drew back. ne Immediately doubted doubted
I the accuracy Of his insight
taa Ssvg n6 7 rspase 9 3 5 & 5s o2s s%DD0Sns
on, never neyeri Never the certainty, never the
electric fash revealing The twin soul, unmistaS-
On. round about the world. sunIIing At the sIper-
aciaI sympathy that met him at every turn srli-
sns 5ecalSe he VS. roy haush1y 5ut gentle. wiz
oLt NIUE olIteress IN an and no irony The sor-
TrS% T Tnlca ne Isi5 So FealIy gIt7TlIs within hr
I-e-1 - VIZ r,' st.se' olL en-
not have felL this sorrow 50 vivily II he had bee
OF constant and routine OCCUPATION. 81 vbatevar
nature that wouIf have Iest aim no time so- -
l1rros0eCri0n- Even then, perhaps. who knows
For the nights. the slseplsss nights. are always
our ewn. IN The sepulchrs Of darkness 70 feel The
nave been, ne was still an sristocrat who had
e-ways looked down a little strangely upon ths
st-t - u55ss-y rom MOVIES OF such small an
7 oltlon, Wnera people carried on 50 much useless
o. lie seemed 50 plain. SO simple: 70 love ana b
/ loved - ne had never been tempted 70 take U
\ profession and had always lived N cOu70Ia4a
freedom, IN the Coupleta independence OF an sssv
( existence And So he had had fuII leisure FOR
deep introspect,oH. FOR the intense reaIzasion o.
I his anguish
Surely h. had felt hts hunger. the hunger OF his
\ soul. s4awins him as eagerly. more eagerly. per
maps Than tnat poor child felt hers. there on In.
I boulevard IN her futLerfug rags n the d-7uTb,
/ ar that corner which hs never turned VTf-SCr,
I giving her few sous. sIpersritious about ~
I aims and trembling II his longing as hs bssr4 ~.
I haa-Se voice OF the hrtis begsar girl Cry aftsr
Thank you Put u'sfsu: tAas VII br4nx yur
| DO you think sos hore ~ ~ -AFs-
I he had once replied
tCO Be cOu-f1usHN