The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-14
AMan Built Of Sentiment

coast near Atlantic CITY contain,ns
message
big storm? shipwreck? Vessel sink
ing? We are all lost?
More than that. I've had 4 lover
didn't know of Read it.y And sh,
handed him bit OF paper on which
were scrawled her full name and adj
dress and
~ few minutes this vessel win car,
~ All 70 q watery grave. / wish vo,, ~
Know that there has been one Who has
unknown 70 you, loved you davotedlv
But ne VIII die as he has lived withou,
revealing himself to you. Farewell.
Well" said Joe after reading the
message, do you suppose It's genu.
ine?"
Something tells me 1t is"
'What?"
u feel--I-somehow it seems to me
that had this man wooed me we would
have
Would have
What a noble. good man he must
have been to love me at distancer'
Noble, good man. eli? To love YOU
at a distance! win you kindly ex.
plain3'
why, there must have been some
reason why he couldn't declare him.
self His great heart bore the load
without permitting me to share it,"
Then why didn't he keep on bear
ing It without mixing you up in this
way?"
he knew a woman's nature | wish
you knew it as well. A woman re-
ceiyes her greatest compliment in the
love Of good man."
You mean a noble. good man. Don't
leave out the NOBLE
This man must have been noble,
good, self sacrificing man"
Where does the self sacrifice come
inY
'fWhy, If he had told me Of his love
/ would have loved him. We couldn't
marry and"
''Htw do you know you couldn't?
way, what other reason would there
be f9 his not
LIDS Of 'em. The chances are be
was beneath you, probably some cab
driver who once drove you somewhere
orr
Joseph
More likely common sailor. with
his arms and breast tattooed with an.
chors"
You are simply showing your envy
Of one who was doubtless your SUI
perior.''
"At any rate, I'd have more sense
than to keep my love secret TIL a
few minutes before was to be launch
ed for kingdom come"
"You haven't that nobility Of soul to
understand this mans nature He
would not speak till what he said
would not make me suffer-ti till 1t
would ID only sweet for a woman to
hear"
sNobiIit OF soul, Ell? I haven't no
bIlity OF soul And this man-how do
you know he had soul at all7 How
do you know be isn't myth? Some
body may have been playing a joke
on you"
zone who would play such joke
would have as little soul as the myth
he createdF
Joseph Looked sorely troubled.
ut seemA to nae, he said presently,
"that rival has sprung up--a blood
less, spiritual, heavenly, noble, good,
unseIfsh"
Heroic"
Heroic. Any more"
"Why do you sheer at himf"
I'm not sheerlng at him. He's sim
ply manufactured man, one who has
been built up out of pure sentiment
with sentIMental arms, legs. head
hands, "A
''Who creasd him? Not II never
heard Of him till / received his only
and last message"
Eat any rata, he has replaced me.
I'm going to say farewell. I'm going
to give way to your ideal hero"
sYou shouldlstriye TO be like him.
Like him! Do you suppose I'd wish
to be like man of tissue paper, with
nothing inside Of him but gas? lie
isn't even gas He's vacuum
There's no substance In the angels
'.There are different kinds OF angels.
II do believe you hate him"
IL Hate himl I'm perfectly indiHer-
ent to him. confound himw
The girl burst into merry laugh
She laughed for FIVE minutes, holding
her sides. then tried to say something,
but she was interrupted by another IN
voluntary peel q laughter. Finally
she controlled herself sufficiently TO
say.
"Joe, this is"-
Its certainly no laughing matter
'tYes. It is, stupid
Stupid It's wen that stupid man
should give way to little tin god
Joe, the next time you send me a
message from the dead do have sense
enough TO write It on paper that
won't recognize aslyour own"
The expression Of mingled fiereeness
and misery on Joa's face gradualiy
faded away and gave place to one OF
shamefacedness and relief
did you recognize the paperf ne
asked.
How could | help It since I've q ton
Of It upstairsT'
"And the writinglf
Scarcely at all disguised. ! knew II
IN a minute. How came you TO 40
such q thing~
"well, Charlie Baker said that q giri