Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-12

til she fell forward in the warm sand
and lasped into absolute and total un-
consciousness.
CHAPTER TX.
Latent Passions.
The three years which had elapsed
had made a vast change in the rela.
tons between the man and the woman
In the beginning and for long time
hers had been the dominant position
So absolutely had she ruled that to
him she had been as god. So en-
tirely had he obeyed that to her he
had been a devotee. Once she discov-
cred his ductility and had begun to
teach him, the relationships had COM
menced to change. Gradually each had
recognized the humanity of the other.
Together students they had naturally
approached common level. Every
new knowledge she impaired to him
was an abdication of some of her SUI
premacy. Every new knowledge he ac-
Auired was an inspiration to her high
level.
Three years Is short time in the
educational life OF human being,
but she brought to her side of what
was slowly developing into an equa-
ton the highest training. a natural
ability to impart what she knew, an
absolute devotion to the endeavor and
an entire freedom from other interests.
So fascinating had the experiment
been that she had scarcely missed the
rest OF the world. wonder II he had
been woman instead OF q man If
that absorption would have resulted
from their intercourse?
On his part, he brought to bear upon
the problem of learning. 1t was soon
developed, an intellect which although
entirely unframed was unusually
! acute, faculty Of acquiring knowl-
edge az great as was her ability to i'm
part 1t and q reasoning capacity which
kept pace with his other qualities. In
deed. the main thing with which she
had to contend at flrstt was his lack OF
application. But SO soon as he had
learned enough to enable Linn to rea.
lize the Importance of learning more
she had no trouble on that score. 1t
was as II a mature mind had been
Drought to bear upon the problems of
adolescence. He grappled with things
In that way. Whatever she taught him,
he learned, ne mastered all; and the
mastery inspired him to learn more.
His .mnemonic ability was prodigious;
for all the years OF his life he had not
been storing up the Insignificant, the
immaterial, the unnecessary, in his
brain cells. He remembered all that
she taught him with unyarying1 accu-
racy. His was powerful. vigorous
mentality which had known nothing
and upon which she wrote what she
pleased. To the judgment of a man
he added the receptivlty and duetility
of a child
She had taught him first OF all to
speak and then to read; then rudi-
mentary mathematics such as he could
do in his head. There was nothing
that she could devise that was prac.
ticab!e for writing. There was no
slate on the island, the rock was not
suitable. Therefore he had never
learned to write, although he knew
what writing was. for she had ex.
planned 1t to him, and had made shift
to teach him the Arabic letters. She
also taught him geography. astronomy
natural sciences, and above all. his.
tory. She unfolded the Kingdoms OF
this world and the glory of them be.
fore his vision, touching lightly. as has
been the fashion of such unfolders
upon the misery and the shams. His
was singular knowledge indeed
There were some things about which
she was reticent, being woman. and
some things she could not tell him al
all; but being man, with imagina
ton quickened. he thought OF these
things the more-for these were some
OF the deeper things of life and ma
ture!
But the change in the relations be
tween the two were not greater than
the change in the woman herself. She
was no longer a philosopher. That
which she had disdained, she admired;
that which she had abhorred, she loved
that which she had refused. she &C
cepted. She was Christian in belief
as last. Alone. or practically so. face
to face with God in his world. God IL
His Book God in humanity. her spe
cious ideas OF life and her relationship
to 1t had broken down. She hat
learned to kneel beside that man ant
pray She had learned to seek else
where than in herself for power t.
enable her to live her life and fulfil
her tasks.
She had not wished to be Chris
tfan. She had fought against 1t. strug
| gled With 1t, agonized over 1t, but s
compelling necessity was upon her
The. convictions OF her conversion tore
the veil from before her face. dispellet
the mist that hung about her. She
saw herself as she was, woman who
under the influence of wrong ideas
false conceptions, had branded herself
forever. No. not In the eyes of that
God whom she had learned to fear
| not In the eyes that Christ whom
she had learned to love. but In tEe
eyes OF men: yet she was woman
who was pure In heart. Perhaps these
thoughts and this consciousness had
more to do with keeping her content
! even that her intense pre.occupatior
In the man and her work, for she reu
lied what she would have to face Il
she went back 70 the world which had