News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-03-11

| VI ''NlS' tht tpHN'duIlN sees lnlnES
that sadden. 80 sooner am | deep IN
the enjoyment ANA Interest Of some
pleasure tAsu al confronted with II
sight Of poverty that makes my own
| possessions seem wholly wrong |
didn't work for this money-why
should have IT."
"But your father worked for it." he
said, knowing very well he was instill-
ing false social economy.
THAT doesn't make it right" she
shook her head.
perhaps not" he granted.
II think" she went on ''that people
would interest me more than anything
else in the world If only they were
real, were themselves; but have vet
to meet man or woman of the world
| who seems TO me genuine-eXcent You
and my aunt, And Aunt Eunice seems
to be herself only when we are alone.
| Perhaps" size suddenly looked ND at
| MIN, II ! saw sou with Ulher people
YOU too. would seem artificial to me
and 10 be acting part"
"Thote'S no telling, Eunicc. what
your unciouded eyes would seew
Some things seem so strange" she
went on; Aunt Eunice ana all tle
people who make up what she calls her
set Cmeaning Il sort of CAM are so
hemmcd in by social laws, so ham
pered Oh all sides by perfectly meaning
less iG.e3 and customs 50 taken up
with 'e.Il,3 which are trivial and TN
c,@>at,al-and very t,resome to them.
1~.,e. but which they nevertheless
j@..9 heed toto" what reason it IL
Atid 70 i.;tIc Cut-tlat at times tley
al sen lie puppets moving ut the
PHI oi 4 St:ing-with no freedom OF
Ia ian II al and no spontaueity. 1t
stiles nn."
Go n" he urged when she paused.
her fresh Impressions Interesting him
y az myself sometimes, Is all life
sjaae-g., olly in different forms? Ev-
cry one seems to be in bondage of
some sort. The men of Aunt Eunice's
CLAN are slaves to the women: man
allows himself to become mere mon
ey making machine for no other ap-
parent reason than to keep his wife
and daughters in idleness or to give
them opportunity to cultivate them
selves. 1t seems that the man doesn't
need time for culture. It's no objec-
ton to him if he does have some cul.
ture, but It must not interfere with
his money making But the women
must have leisure for the study of art
for society and other feminine occupa-
tons Aunt Eunice says that if q
man is a gentleman he win work night |
and day to give his wife or daughter
absolute leisure to do as she pleases. |
justice. If woman does not rear a |
family and make a home or else work |
at some vocation, If she is simply the |
daughter OF a household spending her
time cultivating herself in music and |
literature and gracing social affairs, Of |
what significance is her existence IN |
the economy of the universe? What
point has her life?"
She turned to him with her old visit
full appeal These commonplace prob
lens. so new to her. were evidently |
veXinG her sorely.
as it perhaps enough Just to he he
suggested. eff only one be lovely and |
good and a delight TO others?"
But" she objected. sis it possible
to be anything worth withdrawing
strong and worthy-without work, eff
fort. responsibility? l am looking on
at life not to judge and criticise. but
only to learn. but sometimes judgment
is forced upon me by what I see"
"And perhaps you, with your unso
phisticated eyes, may be able to see
deeper truth than is vouchsafed to old
buffers like us-your aunt and me,
mean"
"But." she answered impetuously
whatever impresses me I try to see
through your eyes as we'll as my own,
what you would think
about this or that which bewilders or
puzzles me. In everything that | do
n see your presence seems to be with
ne constantly | have longed so IN
'peakably to have all these experiences
with you actually and not just in
'ancy."
Kinross felt the blood surge to his
yery forehead. He answered her with |
IN abrupt question.
"W-hy ill Won leave my letter qnan-
wered. Eunice:"
Her eyes fell. She did not reply at
nee.
81 couldn't write to you" u.
"And why"
"Aunt Eunice kept urging me to
write She said | must express my
'ratitude to you for all You had done
or me. but my feeling for you is 50
ar above gratitude-it is Il feeling so
much larger and greater than that.
let" she added. her head dropping. Il
ould not write of it to you, and so !
ould not write at ALL for there is TO
ne sacredness in my feeling for you
which would seem belittled and even
esecrated by my not being true to it.
could write to you out of the fullness .
{ my heart or be silent"
ITO BE Continued Il ,