The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-12-13
mysc,, from rushing away"

restrain myself from rushing away
She looked az me critically.
You've never had much 20 do with
women. have your she finally said slow
~ In n muxlng tone.
II wish that were irue-almosi." replied
I. on my mct;lc as a man. and resisting
not without effort the impulse TO make
some vague confessions -boAstlngs dis
yuiScd as pealtentiRl admissioas--sltcr the
customary masculine fashion.
She smilcd-and ono or those disquic;ing
sllapes seemed 10 me to DC floating lazily
and ycpellcntly downward. out Of sight.
"a man and q woman can be n great deal
TO each other. believe" said she: can
be-marricd. and all that-and remain ~
strange TO each other as u they had never
mci-morc hopeleSsly stranger"
There's always sort OF mystery. l
conceded. Il suppose that's one OF the
things tina; Keep married people inter
cstcd.''
She shrugged her shoriders-shc was In
evening drc3s. I recall and there MAS on
her white skin that intense. transparent.
BLUSH tingc one seer on the new snow
when the sun comes out.
Mystery" rhc said impatiently.
There's no mystery except what We our
selves make It's uscicss-perfectly use
less" shc went on abscntiy. you're the
sort OF man who. IL woman cared for
him. or even showed friendship for him by
being frank and human ana natural With
him. he'd punish her for IL by-by despis-
Ing her"
1 smiled. much M ono smiles ut the
Efforts OF a precocious child TO prove that
u Is "a Mcthusciah In experience.
III you weren't like an gagcl In CON-
parison with the others I've known said
j. do you suppose I could care for you as
do?''
saw my remark irritated her. and
fancied ]; was her vanity that was Offend.
ell by my disbelief In her knowledge OF
life. hadn't suspicion that I had hur.
and aiienatcd her By siamming In her very
her honesty was forcing her 20 try TO open
for me.
In ms stupidity OK imagining her not
human like the other women and the mcr
l had known. but "a creature apart and In
class apart. stood day after day gapinB
at that very door. and wondering how
could open ~. how penetrate even 10 the
courtyard OF that vcs;al citadel. So lons
~ my old-fashioncd belle; that good
women were more than human aud bad
women less than human had influenced
me only 10 n sharper lookout In dealing
with the one species of woman
then came In contact with. no harm
to me resulted. but on the con-
ttary good-whocver got into trouble
through walking the world with
sword and sword arm frcc7 hut when
under the spell OF Anita Ellcrsiy.
dragged the ''supcrhuman goodness" part
Of my theory down out OF the clouds and
made q my guardian and guidc--really.
It's miracle that escaped from the pie
Into which that lunacy pitched me head
long. ! was not content with idcalizinr
only her. | went on Co seeing good. and
only good. in everybody. The mlilcn-
MUM was at hand: all Wall street was my
friend. whatever 1 wanted would hap
pen. And when Roebuck. with an nir like
bcnediction from a Bishop backed by n
cathedral organ and full choir. gave mo
the tip 10 buy coal stocks, I canonixed him
ON the spot. Never did Jersey Jay In
Sunday clothes and ta!iowed boots respond
60 bunco stccrcr's greeting with n glad
der smile than mine 10 that pious old
past-mastcr Of craft
will say. In justice to myself. though
IL IL also IN excuse, that IL had known
HIM intimately n few years earlier. I
should have found u oil but impossible TO
fool myself. For he had not long been I'm
position where he could keep wholly de-
tached from the crimes committed for his
bcncnt and by his order. and where he
could dlsclaim responsibility and even
knowledge. The great lawyers OF tho
country have been most ingenious m de-
veloping corporate law In tho direction OF
making the corporation n complete and
secure shield between tac beneficiary OF
crime and its consequences: bur before
n great fnancier can ugo this shield per-
fectly. he must build up a system-he
must find licutcnants with the necessary
GOODNESS. courage and cunning: he must
teach them TO understand his hints: he
must educate them. not 10 point out to-
him the dIsagrccable things involved in
his orders. but TO execute unqucstioningiy,
to cfface completely the trail between him
and them. whether or not they succeed IN
covering the roundabout and faint trail
between themselves and the tools THAI
nominally commit the crimes.
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