The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-08-05

face to face with this primeval norm.
Could she teach this man anything1
He seemed tractable, reverential, def
erential now. knowledge was power.
Would it be power with him? Could
she open those sealed doors of his
mind, what floods would outpour
therefrom, of power, Of passion?
Would she be swept away? 1t mat
tered not. She must try. The inn
pulse seized her to begin now. Fixing
her dark eyes upon him, she pointed
directly at him with her finger
Man" she said clearly and en-
phatically.
He was always looking at her. He
had scarcely taken his eyes from her
since she had seen him in the tall
grass by the shore, but at her gesture
and word his eyes frightened. There
was that little wrinkling of the brow
again which she had noticed, outward
and visible sign of an inward attempt
at comprehension
MAN." she said passionately.
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 dis
tinct resemblance to the clearly cut
monosyllable.
Mani" he said at last
It was tremendous step in evolu-
ton, almost too great for any untu-
tored human brain, for at once the
man before her received name and
the idea of name as we'll. In 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 habita-
ton and name. He knew himself
In some way to be.
Mani" he cried. growing more and
more confident with every repetition
and more and more accurate in CATCH
Ing the very intonation 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
little way. Ideas were beginning 60
7, edge their way through the crack. 81 4.
MAN! Man! Mani" he cried again
]. and again, looking eagerly at her.
| She rose in turn and patted him on
; the shoulder encouragihgly as sho
J might 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 lam
; guage which even the lowest creation
understands and that her dominion
, would 60 on the instant, she mastered
, herself and mastered him. Although
she was but woman whom he might
have broken in his hands, she DOM
J, mated him as the conscious soul ever
dominates the unconscious soul.
She essayed no more lessons, but
] turned and retraced her way to the
, shore where she had landed, which
! because she had landed there, she
!? called home. On the way she attempt.
! ed an experiment She plucked from
low bush a bright colored fruit OF
I whose quality and characteristics she
, was ignorant and slowly made as if to
! convey it to her lips
) 'Man!" cried the voice behind her,
/ uttering it's only word.
+ She turned to find her companion
b looking fixedly at her and proffering
other fruit which he had quickly gath
S cred She handed him that she had
plucked in exchange. He shook his
i head, not in negation but rather in
r beWilderment and threw it from him.
r and then she understood in some way
t that the fruit was not good for food
S How he had OWNED it, she could not
). tell. Some compromising instinct
g sharpened by use into a protecting
r quality, had taught him. She had nc
' such instinct. She had learned to de
i. pend upon reason and observation
Y and these failed her in the presence
Of this unknown. She was humblet
!, a little in this thought.
t She craved meat and salt, having
), been trained to these things, the arti
s fetal diet and stinulant to which sht
r had become accustomed, and her crav
+ ing was the more insistent because sh'
d had been without them all that tim'
# in the boat. And yet when she hat
n eaten the fruit that nature had pro
d vided in that tropic island, her crav
,e ing was abated and she was satisfied
Ie She felt that she could soon grow ae
e customed to such diet If it were nee
If essary. So musing she passed on VI
1t der the trees and sat down on tn
sand again.
= (To BE CONTINUED.)
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