Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-21

his answcr t,# I'r-iet..'s aropo~4l r.. .s:rvc himself ufl-s..s..! !-tH2'l r.. his Ns2sl. To wrote read aei pIamed with frelcsS energy. Ii" frequently forgot to "at and slept =onty ''irau@h sheer cXhauS- tion. in the fullest ~,r,,a of the word hc.lived fer the .al'Hfuain. hear that WIS f,br,H@ him failure oH ssfrre
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 CT Eve he eav tntlift's=fn tEts lime of h.=1s pressure. HhH=a nam pouches the c0re#o of h,< capacities Pns his I'"@l into thc work th.t fT his CEV& stands pJrpmunnt there k ..5tle l4iaee for and 10 need of WaHaH &ae comes before and after Slse inspires. eonpensates or completes. but the achjeEc'#eut. tlle creation. iS mans alone. Alld Ill true women understand and yield to this nnsroGen preeeit.
 Eve watclled the progress of his la bor. and ia=illa 9lnpth of her oWa heart the watching came nearer t0 actual living tlIan a}y activity she had known. She was an oulo1aer-but an onlooker who stood. as if were oil the steps of the arena. Hho. 1E I single forward movement, c6U.d feci the sand under hef. feet. tic #iJrea#h of the battle on her face. and iu this knowledge she rcsta,t satisfied.
 There were hours wien Eotl"r seem e1 scarcely conscious of her existence, but on those oeeaSioAS she smiled in her serene way and went on waiting She knew that each day before the aft eruo0n had passed he would come into his sitting loom H;- face thoughtful, his hands full of hot!ss ei papers, and, dropping into one of the comfortable, studious chairs, would ask lacouically for tea This W-ss:t hcf moment of tri un4pl aHd recoHrense=f t!!e very f uleaasciousnes of his coming doubled 1 it's value lie would sit for half an hour Wifh preoeeHPied glance or with keen. alert eyes fixed on the fire. while his ideas sorted themselves and fell into line. Sometimes he was silent for the whole half houf sometimes he com nleHte6l to himself as lIe scanned his l,It 9tIl nd si9ns he talked, speaking his thoughts and his theories aloud, with the en- ioylnent of q man who knows himself fully ill his depth, while Eve slipped her tea or stitched peacefully at a strip of embroidery.
 On these occasions she made q per feet listener. Here and there she en- ragged him with an intelligent re mark, but she never interrupted. She knew when 10 be silent and when to speak, when to merge her own indlvld- uality and when to make it felt. ln 1 these days of stress and preparation he came to her unconsciously for rest; he ] treated her as he might have treated q younger hrothar-rtlying on her discre- tion. turning to her as ly right for sympathy. e9ts.pi.ehelIsion ana friend- snip Sometimes as they sat silent in tA4 reilly es,las@;i, h0nlelike room Eve woa!3 p4r~a over her embroidery and lot lf'r l.ot....ftS spin mom@ntarly for War! spiu toward the point where, tH,. brei.4 ot l4iss ordeal passed. lie must of uecv@siJy seek something beyond mere rest. But there her thoughts would inevitably break off and the blood flame quickly into her cheek.
 Meanwhile Loder worked persistent i ly. With each day that brought tie crisis of Eraide'S scheme nearer his ac- tivty increasedand with it an inten sifyng of tie nervous strain. For if he had his hours of cXaltation he also had his hours of black apprehension. It is all very well to exercise a ghost by sheer strength of will, but one has also to eliminate the idea that gave it existence. Lillian Astrupp with her manifested evidence and her ephemeral I interest. gave him no real uneaSnesS, bat Chicote and Chilcotes possible summons were matters of graver con Sideration, and there were times when
 
 What if at the very moment of fulfill ment- But invariably he snapped the thread of tie suppositon and turned with tinrcer ardor to his work of prep :l;uion.
 AnG so the last morning of his pro bation daWned, and for the first time ne lrc3theA freely.
 T tb., 1a th witness hiS great effort and dressed slowly IL was splendid mornin" The spirit of the spring seemed em uottied in the air. in the pale blue sky ill tIc shafts of cool sunshine that danced from the mirror to the dressing table from the dressing table to the 1 pictures on the walls of ChilcOtc'S vast room. Inconscquently with its dancing rose q memory of the distant pasta memory of long forgotten days when