Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Il have no reason to suppose the contrary,
said Claude. "Of course l don't love all beauti-
full people and hate all ugly ones, because some
ugly people have got an attractiveness about
them which very beautiful woman may lack;
but as rule I love beauty and ] am Indifferent
TO hing else. And the attractiveness OF those
other people is purely physical, too. OF course
am right. How can YOU love a persons soul! I!
When one falls in love it is the physical contact
which one desires. The touch of one woman
hand is more to me than all the wdrld''
"Oh, admit that" said Jack; but don't you
know what Plato says about the bodily sensation
being only sort of copy from the archetype, the
soul?"
| Claude shook his head.
MY dear Jack, you make that fatal mistake
of getting information secondhand. If you
wanted to see what an elephant ewas like, you
would look il out in the Encyclopedia instead OF
going to the Zoo The only thing that matters
to Inc is what / think about love, not what Plato
thinks about it. Isn't it Plato who proves con-
cusively and in charming language that pain Is
not an evil? was quite convinced by 1T until l
had to 90 to the dentist. And the dentist cop
vinced me that pain is the only evil ~ existence.
/ And as his demonstration was practical 1t was
necessarily more final to me than Plato's, which
| is only theoretical.
Jack laughed
II wish you would be serious for two min
utes'
''I was never more serious in my life: AS a
matter Of experience again, ] don't like people
because they are good, or dislike them because
thev are bad and to me that seems about proof
that if have soul at all it must be very in
different ene-not worth cutvating, IN TACT. "
course il ! liked all good people and dlsiked al
bad ones, it would be very STRONG argument
In favor Of my having soul; but failing the one
! fail the other. No, my hope and my aim are
sufficient for me-
Claude threw away The stump of his cigarette
got up out OF his chair, and stretched himself
slowly and luxuriousiy
| ''Iets go down to the river" he said Il new
er saw such delicious night Yon really were
quite right; it is much better being here thar
! in a stuffy ballroom. / wish my mother was il
England; she loves English June However
she comes next week; she leaves Brndis to
night"
! Claude thrust his hand through jacks arm
and they walked down over the close-shavel
lawn to the waters edge. A great tawny moor
had lust risen over the fields, which were fra
grant and tall with dusky hay, and cast an un
certain trembling track across the stream. Ih
night was perfectly cloudless. A fish rose onc
and again in midstream, and little breeze wan
dered shiftily down the river
.sWhat was that charming little poem yol
showed me the other day" he continued "'Thi
kind warm world is all know That is 81
good, felt / could have written it myself
which, after all. is the highest compliment on
can pay to the productions Of amy one else. AM
people like me, who know only this kind warn
world, enjoy il, 1 believe, most OF all, II mus
be so distracting to believe in anything else"
They stood for several minutes by the rive
! bank and then Claude shivered slightly.
''Ths kind warm world is just trihe chill
4 down here" he said. Lets go in again; it
getting late and i want whisky and soda"
They went indoors and man brought thei