The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-06-28
XIV
SOME STRANGE LApses OF A

shape Of cynicism had disappeared
1T was q shadow myself cast upon
her" ] assured myself aud once more
she seemed 90 me like 70 clear. calm
lake Of melted snow from the noun.
tains. ~ can see To- the pure white
sand Of the very bottom" thought g. .
Mystery there was. but only the mys.
terry OF wonder at the appaHuou of
such beauty ana purity In such
world as mine True. from time Go
time. there showed az the surface or
vaguely outlined iu the depths, forms
strangely out of place in those un8ul.
Tied waters. nut ! either refused 90
see or refused TO trust my sonScs. 1
had a fixed ideal Of what a woman
should be- this gIrl embodied that
ideal
N you'd only give up your cigar
cites remember saying TO her when
We were little better acquainted
you'd be perfect
She made an impatient gesture
DON'T" she commanded almost AN.
grily. you make me focl like "a hypo
critic You tempt mo To be a hypocrite
why not he content with woman as
she is--a human being? And how
could Amy woman not an idiot-be
alive for twenty-five years without
learning thlng or two? Why should
any man want it2'
because TO know Is 20 be- spattcrod
and Vainod said T. - get enough
81 people who know. down town Up
town want change of air. or
course. you think you know the world
but you haven't the remotest coucen
tion of what its really like Some.
times when I'm with you / begin 20
feel mean and-and uncleau. And
the feeling grows ON me until its an
can do 10 restrain myself from rush.
Tag away"
She looked az me critically
You've never had much 10 do with
women. have you" she finally said
slowly In q musiug tone
81 wish that were truc-almost. ro.
piled I. ON my metilc a. a man. aud re
sistins not without effort the impulse
10 make some vague confessions
bOastings disguised as pcnitvuual ad'
mlssions-aiter the customary mascu.
line fashion.
She smilcd-and one OF those dis
quietng shapes seemed to me to BE-
. floating luzily and repellcnuy down
ward out OF sight "A man aud a
woman can be "A great deal TO each
other. believe said she; can be
married. aud all that-lud remain as
strange To each other as " they had
never met--more hopelessIy strung
ers."
There's always a sort OF mystery
/ conceded Il suppose that's one OF
the things that keep married people
interested"
She shrugged her shoulders-sh,
was In evening dress. | recall, and
there was on her white skin that la
tense. transparent blush tinge on,
sees on the new snow when the sui
comes out
Mystery" she said impatiently
There's no myStcry except what ",
ourselves make It's useless-prr
feot7J useless" she went on absently
you're the sort OF a man who, II {
woman cared for him. or even Shove,
friendship for him by being frank an,
human and natural with him. he'd pun
ish her for II by-by dcsplsing her"
smiled. much a. one smiles at IN,
efforts OF precoclouB child TO prove
that IL Is n Methuselah In experience
III you weren't Ike an angel II
comparison with the other. I've
known" said !. do you suppose
could care for YOU as ! do?'
saw my remark irrltated her AM
fancied II was her vanity that wa
offended by my disbelief In her know
edge OF life hadn't q suspicion tina
! had hurt and alienated her b" slam
ming In her face the door Of friend
ship and franknoss her honesty wa
forcing her TO try to open for me,
In my stupidity Ut imagining her no
human like the other women aud IN
men had known, but a creature apar
and In a class apart. | stood day ate
DAY gaping &C that very door and wot
derlng how I could open IL, how pcn'
trata even TO the courtyard Of tina
yestal citadel So long as my old
fashioned belief that good wome
were more than human and ba
women less than human had inf
enced me only TO a sharper looEou
in dealing with the one species d
woman then came In contact win
no harm to me resulted, but on IN
contrary good whoever got into trol
BILE through walking the world viii
sword and sword arm frce' But whol
under the spell OF Anita Ellewly,
dragged the "superhuman goodness
mart OF my theory down out of Oh
clouds and made It my guardian am
guide really, IT'S a miracle that ] g
caped from the pit into which ih'
mnacy pitched mo hoadlong va
not content with idealIzIns only her.
went on 10 seeing good aud only goo
in everybody! the millennium was
hand. AN Wall street was my trienr
Whateyer wanted would happen. Al