Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-02

Frank McIntire, Pres.
G. D. Evans, Cashier.
communication, and yet are not nee,
essarily capable of that perfect union
which must naturally, on account OF
the difficulties in the way, be very
rare; but yet towards which all wom-
anhood moves, scrutinising every
face she meets, experimenting, making
mistakes, but always moving towards
the light, like flower in dark room.
1t is because of this strong instinct
towards perfection in woman that man
feels his imperfections in her pres
ence. In Vandraken's case, this was
accentuated because his imprisoned
soul was cropping towards him through
Lady Kitty's, since they were spiritual
affinities, to the extent of belonging to
the same star Their physical Atm
ity they had felt the first time they
met Now it was tremendously &C
centuated in Lady Kitty by the prim-
tive emotions which Vandraken's
spectacular fight had aroused in her,
appealing as it did to her instinct to-
wards physical perfection.
Except in her presence, Vandraken
did not exactly feel remorse for the
way he had spent the last two years.
True, they had not yielded him all the
| pleasure he had anticipated, and he
had no objection to circumstances
arising to curtail them, or to pass on
| to the other items he had planned in
his life, before schedule time. He
felt regret that men like Dashmore
should censure his mode of life, and
he was aware that if Lady Kitty found
out about him she might be prejudiced
/ against him.
But when they were alone together
4 the young man felt the sway of new
in him dim perceptions of a higher life
which made his past seem inadequate.
He looked at himself with dissatisfac-
ton, as a growing girl looks at her
red hands and her obtrusive feet.
On the whole, however, it was not
his past he quarelled with, but with
his present. He had been shaken In
his allegiance to material life, and
felt the growing pains of the spiritual
He was able to sit in chair now
under the gaily-striped awnings of the
balcony. 1t was three days since he
had recovered consciousness, and he
hnd made wonderful strides towards
convalescence. Lady Kitty shared
the balcony. She had quite recovered
, her pale bloom, and more than hel
usual share of vivacity. Yet, since
4 Fabian Dare had come back into hel
life she had changed-as garder
changes when cloud drifts across 1t
/ She took life more seriously.
"Do you know. Mr.. Vandraken
, every time Miss Sidcombe and | lool
: out across the harbour and see the
, Barbaric, we long to row out to hel
and see what she is like inside. W.
7 asked Mr.. Dashmore to take us, ant
he said he would"
What" cried Vandraken, excltedly
Really, now is there anything
astonishing in wanting to see the bic
!, gest yacht in the world?'
? No, no!-of course not. But dom
> think Mr.. Dashmore ought to take yo
!, until-well, until am we'll enough t
. go along"
: That's what Mr. Dashmore says
= Good old Slap Dash!-I mean
! would be much better to wait til
: then. No hurry, Yacht can't run ava
a you know"
Mother was saying today how mic
y it would be if you gave us lift bac
:. to Ireland on the yacht. There mus
= be heaps and heaps of room, and W
:, - could look after you. Donoyle woul
;, do you lots of good, and the peopl
:, about must be dying to see the her
y who saved our lives"
at would be ripping!" answered tn
young man. "But the doctor thinks
\. sailing yacht, you know, and longe
"a yacht, would be best. The Barbar
"a is too fast And I would like the tr1
q to take long time, so that I coul
n. be with you for ever so long"
"a Then one of those eloquent silence
. fell between them which ever ia
n between a man and woman who al
&c drawing near to one another, al
i. marks the stage when they have NJ
o. dared to speak words of love and wi
re not put up with commonplace of co
versation.
o. The girl acquiesced happily in Il
ar silence, for she understood 1t. tt
20 man tried to think of something
AZ say. The girl understood that, to
re and remained dainty statue in Zig
II. blue chiffon, looking out to sea, oh
q. on hand, waiting to know what
TO would be.
te Ibid you mind my sending tho
se flowers?" he jerked out at last.
N us was an unconventional thing
VS. do; but then like unconvention
yo things-so I liked the flowers, and t
Nv mystery of the red rose, which, ne
er that you are here, you might as. w
nv make clear"
en- Vandraken looked troubled. ct
er impulse to put that red rose amo
he the white lilies came from outsi
he myself. can't quite explain it
ar meaning is, so to speak, on the tip
nj my thoughts, but l can't get it II
form or colour. You know what
rs mean?"
'se Eyes. 1t is like bar OF music y
ne know, and love, and can sing in yc
ire mind, but can't even hum to yourse
ex- All the same, you might have dropp
lic me a line now and then, I thous