Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-10-02

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cry description, but as they proceeded
along the path. in places ankle deep in
wet moss, and pushed through under
/ brush that Kept Smith busy breaking n
f way for his dainty but hardy and
. seemingly treless companion they
I came into the FIR region. amid hoary
giants that shot sheer Co such a height
I that they seemed 10 form pillars for
/ the canopy of the heavens. Emma re
/ garded the great trees with awe, but
7 Smith laughed. He told her they
/ were as s0p,iugs compared with the
I mighty trees Of the west. He tried
I 90 describe these and became filed
/ with the fever OF immensely. The
. long uufclt influence OF the bordcrless
prairies The mammoth mountain
chains FAR flung through the pr0di gious
spaces of the sunset lands that dimiu-
ishcd their proportions. was upon him
His soul strained 60 burst it's tothcrs
and soar upward into the Infinite.
where a. could expand unrcstrained.
Burning woods. never used. unimag-
ined before in his unlcttcrod mind. AIDE
Quate to depict this liberated spiritual.
ity, surged unanimously Co his lips
70 die there.
For the source Of their inspiration. OF
this tremendous flight into the divine
azure from his regulated role Of the
commonplace and coldly practical. was
the woman az his side. the one being
IN the world who was dear 90 HIM aad
ever had been. whom he held in little
less reverence than he did his Maker
lie broke or his description OF the
forest giants aud vast freedoms OF
the west with "a conclusion in his or
I binary street surface language
But there-lts mo- use me trying 20
do any lecture platform stunts.
wasn't born with the gift OF the Cab
Emma, them things have got to Doe
seen to Doe appreciated. There's no
other way. You understand"
Yes. Emma understood
She had listened Co his brief. unsus-
pected eioqucncc and had read his
soul In the light OF the celestial flicker
that had emanatcd from 90: had seen
the glory Of IL In his face-a glory
transient as a beacon flash. that was
gone from 20, leaving only his habitual
! noncommittal smile. as he turned 90
her and said. You understand"
They continued the climb I'M silence.
| Emma's bosom rising and falling rap
idly upon the rush and swirl OF the
torrent that ragged beneath &c. almost
sweeping her self control before It,
Jimsy indeed loved her, why had
II
tuition had OWNED long before torn
open the foodgates of her own emo.
tons? Because It had set vibrating
every chord Of her being and every
chord OF that being. as she had come
TO understand also. was attNned 10
his. Together they had beheld the mir
age OF heaven.
At the upper edge OF the forest laby-
rinth they emerged on to a rocky
plateau studded with dwarfed frs and
balsam pines. but covered thickly with
aromatic ferns and burberry bushes.
Jimsy barred his head to the cool
breeze that swept the clearing and
watched Emma. who, with little cry
OF delight. had stopped among the
burberry bushes and was gathering n !
handful Of their ripe fruit She was
glad Of the pretext 70 hide the up
beaval in her heart that she felt must
show in her eyes.
This upheaval. sudden and almost
Overpowerinsly violent though IT was.
was not of the mornings forming. |
She had known the calm, sympathetic !
westerner-as he had reminded Cap |
tain Wllliams-ever since she was a |
girl I'm short frocks. She had soon
come 10 look upon him as n big broth |
er, with whom she shared her gfrlish |
troubles and in whom she connded l
freely, naturally. as matter Of course.
When she had become a woman and /
he had sought her for his bride she l
had not been able, with all her liking |
for him, 30 bring herself TO consider
him in the light OF a lover.
After the scales formed there by the /
Establishments and personal puIchri- |
tude OF Brooks had fallen from her
eyes anG she saw that she had bowed |
down 10 an empty. painted fetch OF
plaster instead Of TO God In the flesh |
she had resigned herself to the lot
destiny had brought her and sought
20 make the best Of il ike the pure
woman she was. Household drudgery |
and the stern ver1ties Of her existence |
had vanauished and put 10 flight all |
her Illusions Love was a delusien.
IL was not what she had conceived It |
10 be II existed in perfect, ideal |
form only in the imaginings Of the /
Poets and litteratsurs. Had any one |
suggested to her that rinSv Smith
was the depository Of II, that his heart
was the altar on which the sacred fire