Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-20

world rs miac. True. from time to time
there showed a the surface or vaguely
outlined IN the depths. forms strangely GU
of place in those unsullied waters. But
either refused To see or refused to trus'
m. senses. l had a fixed ideal OF what a
woman should be; this gil embodied tha'
ideal.
III you'd only give up your cisarets.
remember saving 10 her when we were /,
little better acquainted, you'd be per
feet"
She made an impatient gesture. Don't.
she commanded almost anSrily. Aot
make me feel like q hypocrite. You temp
me 10 he IA hynocritc. Why not he con
tent with woman AZ snc is-a human be
| ing And-how couldl any woman no
an IDIOT be alive for twenty-five year,
without learning a thing or two: WHY
should any man want it,"
Because TO know is To be spattered ant
stained, said ]. Il get enough OF people
who know. DOWNTOWN. Up-tOwn-I VAN
, a change OF air. OF course. you think yol
know the world. but YOU haven't the re
hottest conception Of what it's really like
Sometimes when I'm with you, I begin Il
feel mean and-and unclean. And the feel
ing grows on MT until it's all l can do L
restrain myself from rushing away
She looked at me critically.
"You've never had much to do viii
women, nave YOU. she lilall! sdlu SLOW
~ in n mlsing tone. p,
II wish thai were true-almost." repliN
i, Oh my nct.le as a man. and resisting
not without effort the impulse to maxi
some vague OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES dis
guised as penitential admissions-after tn
customary masculine fashion.
She smilcd-and one of those disquiettni
shapes seemed to me TO be floating laail.
and repcllently downward. out of sight
"A man and a woman can he a great dea
TO each other, / believe" said she. ga.
be-married. and all that-and remain a:
strange to each other as il they had neva
m~ct-lnore hopelessly strangers"
"There's always A sort of mystery"
conceded. II suppose that's one of th'
things that keep married people inter,
cstcd."
She shrugged her shoulders-she was ~
evening dress. j recall and there was OF
her white skin that intense. transparent
blush tinge one sees on the new snow
when the sun comes out.
Mystery" she said impatientiy
There's no mystery except what we our
selves make. It's usclcss-perfect!y use
less" she went on abscntly. You're tn,
sort OK man who, il a woman cared fN
him. or even showed friendship for hin b.
being frank and human and natural witt
him. he'd punish her for it by-by desp!s
ing her"
] smiled. much as one smiles at TIL.
efforts OF a precocious child to provo tina
1t Is a Methuselah in experience.
III you weren't like an ange in com.
parison with the others I've KNOWN satt
/, do YOU suppose | could care for you q
1 do
/ saw my remark Initiated licr, and :.
iaiicied It was her vanity that was offend
cd by my disbelief in her knowledge a
life. | hadn't a suspicion that l had hun,
and alicnated her by slamming In her yer.
face the door OF friendship and franknesi
her honesty was forcing her to try to opcl
for me.
In my stupidity OF imagining her no
human like the other women and the me
1 mad known, but q creature apart and II
n class apart, l stood day after day gaping
at that very door, and wondering how
could open 1t, how penetrate even to tn
courtyard Of that vestal citadel. So Iona
az my old-fashioned belief tina gool
women were more than human n b0
women less than human had influence.
me only to a sharper lookout In dealing
with the n species Of woman
then came in contact with. no harm
to me resulted. but on the CON
trary g~ood-whocver got into troubf
through walking the world Will
sword and sword arm free: But wher
under the spell OF Anita Ellcrsly.
ragged the "superhuman goodness par
or my theory down out OF the clouds ans
made 1t my guardian and guide-really
us a miracle that l escaped from the ri
into wMch that lunacy pitched mo head.
long. 1 was not content with idealizins
only hcr: L went on to seeing good. ant
only good. in everybody! The millen.
mum was at hand; all Wall street was mn
rl.eno; Whatever wanted would hap
pen. Ana when Roebuck. with an air Xix,
a benediction from a Bishop backed nv
cathedral organ and full choir. gave NJ.
the tip TO buy coal stocks. 1 canonized hin
on the spot. Never did a Jersey lay" IL
sunday clothes and tallowed boots resnona
20 a punco steerer's greeting with a glad.
DER smile than mine to that pious al,
past-master OF craft.
1 will say. in justice to myself. thou.p
IT IS also In excuse. that II had known
nm intimately a few years earlier.
slouio AVE found 1t all but impossible Il
aool myseif. For he had not long been 1,
a position where he could keep wholly de
tached from the crimes committed for ~
cement ana by his order, and where h
coud disclaim responsibility and eve,
Aiowieose. The great lawyers of thu
country have been most Ingenious IN da
veioping corporate law in the direction ~
naaklns tne corporation a complete am
secure Shield between t,,p beneficiary O,
a crime and its consequences; but beror
. great hnancier can use this shield per
10y. ne must build up a system-h,
must hnd l%ieutenants with the necessar,
."o'Hess' courage and cunning: he mn.
.eacn tnem to understand his hints. n,
must educate them. not to point out ~
nm the disagreeable Things involved T.
ms orders. but to execute unquestioninxlv
70 enace completely the trail between hin
ana them. whether or not they succeed i,
Soser.ns the roundabout. and fain. trai
ne 49, themselves n tile tools tha,
Continues Next Week.,
Lady from Boston.
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