Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-23
GREAT GOD
PAN
BY
KEITH GORDON

ern bachelor quarters.
At 2:3O, his tweed suit changed for
more informal costume. he emerged
from the low. broad doorway, stirred
by pagan desire to get closer still 10
nature. out Into the dim. cloisteral
places of the woods where he might
float deiciously upon sea OF silence.
whose calm was unbroken save by the
ripple Of bird note or the swapping of
twig.
Il say. this is great burst from
his lips luxuriously as he drew in long
whiffs OF the suave air with its warm,
elusive scent OF sweet growing things.
This is life. This is what man was
meant for
As he ceased speaking he lifted his
face 10 the soft brEeze that caressed
his cheek like a SpiritNand and thought
untattering things of civilization. What
after all did this hoasted condition
mean? What but crowded cities with
stone where turf should be. the roar OF
trains, shrieking of whistles, whizzin8
| Of autos. gathering OF hoofs and the
| grind. grind. grind of office life As he
| thought OF il now. looking as he was
| straight into natures smiling, insCruta-
| BILE face. II all seemed supremely ridic-
ulous. Fauns ana Satyrs. hamadryads
and naiads had been wiser.
I At the end of an hours walk he
found that the path ended abruptly at
| a grassy knoll. For a few moments
| Trenham gazed with an appreciation
| too deep for words Then, with sigh
| Of Contentment, he sank down upon the
| thick grass and stretched himself out,
| his head resting I'm the hollow OF his
| clasped hands. his eyes narrowed to
! Sits like gatekeepers who would say
to the beauties about them. zone at
| time, please"
And presently the slits became mar
rover and narrower
Spring" he murmured musingly. 'ls
| Just bursting into young summerhood.'
Then his lips twitched slightly, and he
! tried again.
That apple tree looks ike some
sweet. sedate Quaker lady"
He stretched his eyes open wide, as
If TO fling off some irresistible infu-
enCe.
Good Lord. am | a poet after allF
he demanded comlcally or the shau-
Owy self that always ATTENDS US out
never so palpably as III solltudes. Ana
then he smiled and lay staring up into
the great arch Of the blue above him.
Again lhe slits gre" narrow "lIno''
lmpercepuble, \ hhe lroln poeu
learned In youth trailed across MS
mind, Great Pan Is dead,
Its lie. he murmured dro"sll!'
Great Pan is not dead. Great Pan -
The murmur ended in a knowing
smile, the smile OF one VINO mas iearheu
for certainty what FOOLS most ihortaIS
be, and that in turn iaded INTO Era'lty'
Irenham slept.
Its a regular sleeping beauty or q
place-has breathless, charmed ar
as If il were under a spell peheVe
there are talr'eS or gouilhEs ~ "e "''
covered
SO had Nntica Duke written 10
friend soon after coming 10 Canuco
for the summer There were rev
houses In the region "a halt uozen
within twenty nlIes ana her hrSt Iin-
preston OF the country was ohi! ueep-
ened by her long sohlaF! stroIis' Sho
had mysticai leeIlhs tnat lheIe Nn'
something TO be dlscoVereu-sohle Be-
cret that she was Forever on 'he Ferse
Of.
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might nse III her p"tH al an! n'oAnes
without causing he' any SUI ip'l9e' "nu
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stopped snort AT the euee VI Tue "oou
one DAY upon hhulhs ner iaNo'''o 'p''
already occupied
For the traction OF se'oIu sue nun
believed Then she wholly dlsoeheNeo'
No godlings would appear IN tan OK
fords. Sandals were the utmost one
could concede. STILL as mortar the
sleeping youth before her was worm
consideration. a glance 'oiu hel 'n"''
and she cautiously ufsW step heaF6'
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