New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-17
FIN UnanSsOered Question.
By ALIEN
IN TWO PARTs-PART I.

, not call himself Stanley smith argued nothing. ia
But 70 was not as gentleman down
| mittance man had been there before him. and
established an UueuviabIe reputation. ScdpegOau.
bIs-AustraIa knows these sons. shipped on
hurriedly 70 the Antipodes and supported there on
StSr r5r ne Underworld Were lndiscretIon may be
hidden and GA names relieved OF indecency.
His voice was still even. his eyes concealed only
the faiuCest scOru OF tone revealed any feeling.
II the remittance man be not dipsomaniao there
shearsr cook; or, II he has kn0wIedge OF horse
hesh-as to his cost he frequently has-he Is or
has eaten MS mutton and darper IN a shearfnE
shed and washed It down with billy tea
- dssrIbS5z o. ireypectsi f5rttEnss'..
Stanley smith did wait for sventualities. re-
sumed the other. 'Hs built himself hut on tns
name. mustered few sheep and cattle within the
inclosure. and. armed with a stock Whip and a re-
fate II a f. decreed by Fate for disaster. shs
kicks; and this man had sta6sd his soul on bscom-
Ing rich He had a reason"
bright with thsir latent Ere. There IS no sternsr
Incentive than passion" be added and the woman
had scorned his poverty. A man and his estate ha
concluded were one IN her compensation SO ms
lowed IT. 1t led him into mire. into qleksands =
hold woman Is to master her, and By the mans
own individuality. gOOdf bad or Indifferent Onc9
security for the man IS lost. FOR women are never
consistent-they change their OUTLOOK as tney
The UniacEy Number looked sttsuttvsly at tAs
old lady.
Perhaps he resumed In his even tones. There
are women, though. who create an atnosphere.
men to victory. There 6 in some mems brains =
present. or to comes 2s isIWoman The man tel
you Of placed one woman above his soul Greed
meant ambition; her image was painted over cruelty
and Less sb ts scS %ss man P1Ss ta. as
OF the country; then shs married him"
Poor begsarF inter1scted ne SoGtor.
That IS unfair" said the old LADY. knitting
quickly az a si-k SOCK II - Unjust 70 Inaks
hue OF mans own mind col0rs his hfe.'
thu color Of that mans mind was ths color q
war. He fought ali that stood as barrier 70 ths
That one xo1asnr, I iniierDOlated.
"shs was fair he resumed she had nads 70
understood from the first that education tempera-
SS Their MODE for sain. Natra i1rsne5 ber fo,
rule and conquest-and Nature Is a tyrannical po-
Nature Interrupted the old lady. made all
animals. Don't tell me that chtds soul Is beau
tfull watch It All It's Instincts are animal.
which means its providence The higher up
~ ,I IN '-,5 @+ 80, o L-{ Il-vys ~ a. sI5
women IS animal instiuct-t6e man % subtugats.
This man believed the woman did not love him.
2IOCSeoeG 60 me Ps as ne Sg gVvi1c 1,
rewarded him with herself. her charm her distinc-
ton. her beauty her sweetness were an his She
was the queen OF her circle. There woman
IN Melbourne whom &c was greater privilege TO
know. Her house was n link between the old
world and the No worth knowing came
from home that Mrs Stanley smith wife OF the
millionaire sheep farmer. did not know"
was her husband happy asked some one.
What Is happiness asked In answer. the cool
voice "A Eratihed desire. catching ND % a
phantom. ambition realized Yes. tire
should have been happy. But. possessing all that
he had hargained Tor. he yet desired mOre-povartY
with that woman's love-
50 that day when Stanley smith rode home to
his country house under the shadow OF the hills
where his wife had retired. was his test day. he
a ruined
Tie bowed his head TO the furnace blast OF the
midday heat. The parched world seemed but a set
ting 20 his burning thirst OF heart He had dug
springs but had never drunk from theul-given. but
had not received To-day he beggar. should
he taste the sweet OF chartty2 cup OF cold water
given 70 him IN love would mean more than all 30
had wrsnched from destiny.
His heart went faster than he. Would the
begsar's thirst be quenched2 Ir Imperative 70
know. Ills love had Ourdistanced his first desra-
he had bought the woman fairly; she had been
worth the price. But having eaten Of his bread.
was he anything more to her than catsrsEF'
Go Be- OonrinusdA