Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21

Mani" she said pas~sionately.
Man." she repeated over and over
again.
And then the unexpected happened.
After innumerable cultural attempts,
her unwilling pupil managed to ar
~ticulate something that bore a dis
tinct resemblance to the clearly u
monosyllable.
mani" he said at last.
It was a tremendous step in evolu-
ton. almost too great for any UNTIL
| tored human brain, for at once the
man before her received a name I'M
the idea of name as well. l n that
instant, on the heaven kissed hill,
he was differentiated from all the rest
of creation forever. His consciousness
hitherto vague, floating, %incoherent, in
definite, was localized, given a habtta-
ton and a name. He knew himself
in some way to be.
mani" he cried, growing more n
more confident with every repetition
and more and more accurate in catch
ing the very information with which
she spoke.
Mani" he cried, laying his hand
upon his breast. MANI"
He leaped to his feet and stretched
out his arms. The doors were open
a little way. Ideas were beginning to
edge their way through the crack.
! Man! Man! MANI he cried again
!. and again, looking eagerly at her.
She rose in turn and patted him on
the shoulder encouragingly as she
might a dog. And again the touch,
the second touch that she had given
him. affected him strangely, so
:, strangely that for a moment she felt
' the soul within her shrink, but realiz-
ing instantly that her domination over
him was spiritual and immaterial and
that the slightest evidence of timidity
- would be translated into universal Ian
guage which even the lowest creation
understands and that her dominion
" would go on the instant, she mastered
herself and mastered him. Although
she was but a woman whom he might
" have broken in his hands, she dom
- mated him as the conscious soul ever
- dominates the unconscious soul,
She essayed no more lessons, blu
~ turned and retraced her way to thu
~, shore where she had landed, which
.f because she had landed there, sh'
AZ called home. On the way she attempt
ed an experiment. She plucked iron
a low bush a bright colored fruit 0
=, whose quality and characteristics sh
~ was ignorant and slowly made as II L
:, convey it to her lips.
mani" cried the voice behind bel
,o uttering it's only word.
ed She turned to find her companlo
IS. looking fixedly at her n proltefln
se other fruit which he had quickly gait
,le cred. She handed him that she ma
nd plucked in exchange. He SHOOK II
rly head, not in negation but rather
sht bewilderment and threw it from hill
ras and then she understood in some wa
ow that the fruit was not good for 100
ras How he had OWNED it, she could n
m. tell. Some compromising lnstlnC
Ig? ~ShaTpened by use Ihto PhoUSN
.ef- quality, had taught him. She had !
er. such instinct. She had learned 10 O
uld pend upon reason and Observable
his and these failed her in the presen'
our of this unknown. She was humble
IN? a little in this thought.
lat She craved meat and salt haVil
i'm been trained to these things, the ar
ing fetal diet and stimulant to which S
ted had become accustomed, and her cra
ing was the more insistent because S
en- had been without them all that I'll
in the boat. And yet when she h
He eaten the fruit that nature had p
her yided in that tropic island, her cr'
tall ing was abated and she was satisn'
:ure She felt that she could 0 o grow
lere customed to such a diet II 1t were n
row essary. So musing she passed on
ard der the trees and sat down on
mpt | sand again.
Cro BE C~oNTINUED)