The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-27

SO beautiful ana so innocent One n,
her first converts had been the or,',
son of multi-millionaire, bygona ho
nanza king of the Pacific slopa ma.
conversion was not so much an effo-,
OF pure reason as of primal passion
although that fact was in no wise o.
parent to her She would find tha.
out later. This modern Hvnana
skilled in the learning of the scboo,a
burning with exhaustless zeal no.
meated with fiery energy, was vet -,
innocent in some ways as any of ber
humber sisters. AS that good pooI
which she disdained in the newer ill.,
limitations which had come IN 10.
might have said of her, she was in ~
world but not of it.
Unconsciously she fulfilled manv n
functions of him who had She hn,
known it was the greatest of nbi,o.a
piers. Naturally she kept her0oI,
unspotted from the world. Yet pbon
the young man who had engaged bor
affections proposed to her that thew
should put her theories in practice
after some hesitation she had accodod
to his proposition. It was specias .,
self-immolation not far from heroisr,
that made her consent. Indeed. she dia
not realize how heroic it was. with
no other ceremony than clasp of the
hand and an unspoken, wordlesa
promise of trust, devotion. single.
hearted alliance, publicly and before
God and man, without a thought for
the one and with no full realization
of the thoughts of the other-at least
on her part-they had gone away to.
gether, hand in hand; he and she To-
gether, in love like any other palr
since Eve mated with Adam in ths
dawn of the worlds first morning,
Yet there has never been an Eden
of which man has known without Its
serpent. In the cabin of that gorgeous
yacht, Sathanas reared his head Tho
first week or so of the adventure had
been filled with idyllic happiness, han
piness so great that it was strong
enough to quiet certain low, still, small
voices of conscience which the woman
rightly ascribed to a strange atavism
of ancient prejudice to which her phil.
osophy was as yet unequal.
However, such conditions did not
long persist. Her disciple was In.
clined, presently she found to her sor.
row, to take somewhat lower view
of the situation than suited her own
high-souled views. The ardor of her
devotee cooled as his passion IN.
creased Shut up in the narrow con.
fines of ship-great and splendid /
though this yacht was beyond imagna
tion-little characteristics heretofore
unsupported developed in the mere
man. The course of true love was not
so smooth as the summer seas over
which they sailed. The air in which
they lived was ruffled by fiurries ia '
which experience would have found
presage for coming deeper storm The .
image that had feet of clay sought for
similar earthly alloy in the companion
image which was made of pure gold
all through, and finding it not, re
sented it desperately. The convert
having gained his desire, weakened 10 4
his principles. There was no relaIs
ton in his devotion, in his tenderness
in anything outward and visible, but
the high philosophy which had MADE
the joint effort almost selfsacriha
of demonstration was slowly vanlSf
ing from one heart while the othe'
chung the more tenaciously to 1t.
1t was the old, old story. In litus
the catspaw developed into the ten
pest. When it appeared it came VIII
surprising swiftness. The womh
found that in neither abstract Though
nor mental speculation was there sI
protection for her. There might
no God in heaven, but there was cVe
science in her breast, Finally s''
broke away from the man so iar
she could do so when they were po'
in the same ship of which he was ios
and master. She would have NOUNS
more to do with him save that whNn
common decency and the bare ch'I
ties of life demanded of her Denle,H
the privileges upon which ne H's
counted, the man grew savage Sn-
showed the cloven foot. The disasl'
ment became quarrel. The guar,
ran through several phases. Asnam
of himself he had recanted at
Then he had sworn again aliesaI
to the specious philosophy winch
now realized he had only prole'
consciously or unconscously' 'nH
might possess her. But she was
deceived There was no tru'll ~
!, words; his asseverations carFleu
conviction to her soul Again
stormed and ragged; once nloi'
: apologized and appealed Ou1 M
, periods of calm grew shorter anu
, periods of storm grew longer anu D -,
vehement. The woman alone ,,a
steadfast. She was overwheiheu ~,
shame, the horror of the sltua''ON
, rising upon her.
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