The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-02-24

| ity, surged unanimously to his lips
to die there.
For the source Of their Inspiration, o
this tremendous flight into the divin,
azure from his regulated role of tn,
commonplace and coldly practical, wal
the woman at his side, the one bein.
in the work. who was dear TO him an,
ever had been. whom be held in litti,
less reverence than he did his Maker.
He broke of his description of tn,
forest giants and vast freedoms o
the west with conclusion in his or
binary street surface language.
But there-it's no use me trying /,
do any lecture platform stunts.
wasn't born with the gift Of the CAB
Emma. them things have got to b.
seen to be appreciated. There's nc
other way. You understand.
Yes. Emma understood
She had listened to his brief, unsus
pected elocuence and had read BIZ,
soul in the light of the celestial iickel
that had emanated from it; had seer
the glory of it in his face-a glory
transient as a beacon fash, that wal
gone from II. leaving only his habitua
noncommittal smile. as he turned tS
her and sail. You understand
They continued the climb In silence
Emma's bosom rising and falling ra.,
idly upon the rush and swirl Of the
torrent that ragged beneath II. almost
sweeping her self control before IL
Jimsy indeed loved her. Why Egd
this chance revelation Of what her In.
tuition had OWNED long before torn
open the fioodgates of her own emo
uonsf Because Il had set vibrating
every chord Of her being. and every
chord Of that being. as she had come
TO understand also. was attuned to
his. Together they had bcheId the mir
age OF heaven.
At the upper edge Of the forest laby-
rinth they emerged on to a rocky
plateau studded with Gwarfed frs and
balsam pines. but covered thIckly with
aromatic ferns and BURBERRY bushes.
Jinlsy barred his head 10 the cool
breeze that swept the clearing and
watched Emma. who. with a little cry
Of delight. had stopped among the
BURBERRY bushes and was gathering a
handful OF their ripe fruit. She was
Ulu1 a4f Ia -
heaval In her heart that she felt must
show In her eyes.
This upheaval. sudden and almost
violent though IL was.
was not Of the mornings forming.
She had known the calm. sympathetic
westerner--as be had reminded Cap
tain Wiiliams-ever since she was a
girl IN short frocks. She had soon
come 20 look upon him as a big broth
or. with whom she shared her girlish
troubles and In whom she confided
freely. naturally. AZ matter Of course.
When she had become a woman and
be had sought her fer bis bride she
had not been able. with al her liking
for him. 20 bring herself 60 consider
him IN the light u a lover.
After the scales formed there by the
Establishments aud personal pulchri-
tude ~ Brooks had fallen from her
eyes and she saw that she had bowed
down TO an empty. painted fetch Of
plaster instead 81 20 God IN the flesh
she had resizned herself 10 the lot
destiny had brought her and sought
10 make the Icst Of IL Ike the pure
woman she was Household drndgcry
and the stern yeri'Ics ~ her existence
Ind vanuuished ard put 70 flight all
her Illusions. Love was a dclusion.
II was not what siie had conceived II
10 be- II existed Il perfect. ideal
form only In the ima-iri1rs Of the
poets and lIttcrateurs. I'd any one
suggested 20 her that .'linyy smith
was the depository Of II, III bis heart
was the altar on which the sscred fire
burned uDqnenchable. that u"der the
crust ~ his Unconditional manrcr was
a quiasceni volcano Of passion that
could BE- r0used 10 sfupcndous erup.
ton. size would have laughed.