Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14

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l5ea and
=, s,aa
Nv
a,t s's,''s ,,star,d
,s,s ses'' e. salf ,;sl,taars co,,ter,r,i
and mai has i.eer nv attitude ali
slcna haras ofter n,a,.velad II the.
aaod of intolerance tnat has rushed
o |ssss s. 81 siobt of blnsz-the violent
desire fi,af has nossessea me to look
azvav from his weakness ana Danish
tba ,, i.,,a,s.l..tosa ~ Tint now / under.
stand
- know now what the feeling meant.
Tha Knowledge came to me tonight. It
meant fl,af turned away from his
xvaa,sfesS heca,1se deem within myself
so,netI,in9 Stirred s. recognition Of it.
humanity Is really much simpler than
We like 10 think. and human impulses
have an extraordinary fundamental
connection. Weakness is egotism, but
| SO II strength. ChiIcote has followed
his vice. have followed my ambition.
II viii take 8 higher Judgment than
vo,lrs 81 mine to saw which Of US has
been fhe more selfish man. He paus-
ed and looked at her.
she was watching him intently.
some Of the meaning in his face had
found named. alarmed reflection In
| her own. Rut the awe and wonder of
Tho 1no,.nino,s discovery still colored
her mind too wildly to allow OF other
considers tions possessing their proper
value The thrill Of exultation with
which ,y, t,,a ,,;sgivings horn Of f,hiIcote's
Voc had dronned away from her men
al i,naoa If T,odar was sim too absorb
,ao 4, ID aasilv dominated. she loved.
and nc IF bv 4 miracle her love had
hoan instifie1r FIR fhe moment the
s,,st;f;sa 4;on was III snfticing some
t tt.s. ~ s,o,f;aance something Of the
; ir.,,ss7 thaf comes nat from igno-
1890 =. ax,;I Int from : mind singu
.s s.lss ,,,,eoa cont, blinded her to
~ -. 8 ,a-saa,. Il I,er ,,osition
- Ta s5s.,.s xra;tino ann, ehensfvelv for
saaa ia so,,,a ev,,rcssiea of opinion.
baear,a o,aauallv conscious OF this
, ls,1,,5 - 700 Ii7afion Moved bv n fresh
;s,sss,,,so Il ,.,.ossad the small SPACE
dicfdnd Thorn ami CaUHDI5 her
hands
..Ts,,o !, IL cold comfy II have been
+r,;,,g - onalv1a myself and give you
Az ,os,,.ts b,.t sf,ausf try any more.
+ s,,o, Ia a,,ita nlai., with vou.
..Ero,a the first moment I took your
b,,shand,s Mace was ambitious. You
nnconsciously aroused tie feeling when
|
fhe first night. You aroused it by your
words but more strongly, though more
obscursiv by your underlying antago-
nisln. on that night, though / did not
| know 1t. i took up my position; l made
my determination. Do you know what
that determination Was7v
She shook her head
1T was the desire to stamp out Chill
cote's footmarks with my own, to
/ prove that personality is the great force
capable OF everything. i forgot to reck-
on that when we draw largely upon
Fate she generally EFFORTS a crushing
interest.
"First came the wish for your re-
spect, then the desire to stand well
with such men as Fraide to feel the
i stir of emulation and competition-to
prove myself strong in the one career
/ I knew myself fitted for. For time
the second ambition overshadowed the
i first, but the first was bound to reas-
i sert itself. and in a moment of egotism
/ conceived the notion of winning your
enthusiasm as well as your respect"
r-., ee1, ol,,4 o,,l ,,,oe.f;o,,iner
suddenly paled as a doubt crossed her
mind.
AThen ii. was only-only to stand well
with megv
IT believed If was only the desire to
stand well with Won. i believed it I'M
/ RI tha night az nv speeeb-if YOU can
credit anvthing so absurd. Then on that
/ night as I came IN the stairs to the
gallery and saw Won standing there.