The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-08-26

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10 her feet at once, so bold, so radical.
so beautiful and so innocent. One Of
her hrst converts had been the only
son OF multi-millionaire, bygone boz
nanza king of the Pacific slope. Hia
conversion was not so much an effort
OF pure reason as of primal passion.
although that fact was in no wise ap.
parent to her. She would find that
OUT later. This modern Hypatia.
shllled IN the learning of the schools,
burning with exhaustless zeal, per.
meated with fiery energy, was yet as
innocent In some ways as any of her
number sisters. AS that good Book
"nlch she disdained in the newer illu.
nlnatlons which had come to her.
might have said of her, she was in the
world but not of it.
Unconsciously she fulfilled many IN.
functions of him who had she but
known it was the greatest of philoso.
phers. Naturally she kept herself
unspotted from the world, Yet when
the young man who had engaged her
a1ectlons proposed to her that thew
should put her theories in practice.
after some hesitation she had acceded
TO his proposition. 1t was species Of
selt-immolation not far from heroism
tl1at made her consent. Indeed, she did
not realize how heroic it was. With
no other ceremony than a clasp of tha
hand and. an unspoken, vordless
promise Of trust, devotion, single
hearted alliance, publicly and before
GOD and man, without 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 pair
since Eve mated with Adam in the
dawn of the worlds first morning
Yet there has never been an Edes
OF which man has known without it's
serpent In the cabin Of that gorgeous
yacht Sathanas reared his head, The
nrst week or so of the adventure had
been filled with idyllic happiness hap.
plness so great that it was strona
enough to quiet certain low, still, small
voices of conscience which the woman
rightly ascribed to strange atavism
Oh ancient prejudice to which her phil.
0C0nhV q
However, such conditions did not
long persist. Her disciple was in.
cllned, presently she found to her sor.
row, to take a somewhat lower view 4
or the situation than suited her own
hlgh'souled views. The ardor Of her
devotee cooled as his passion in, &
creased. Shut up in the narrow con.
fines of a ship-great and splendid
though this yacht was beyond imagina.
tlon-ltttle 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 rufled by furries In
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
mage which was made Of pure gold
all through, and finding it not, re-;
'ented 1t desperately. The convert 81.
having gained his desire, weakened ii
1is principles. There was no relaxat
ion in his devotion, in his tenderness.
n anything outward and visible, but
ne high philosophy which had made q
ne joint effort almost self-sacri1ce
u demonstration was slowly vanish.
ng from one heart while the other
lung the more tenaciously to It. .
1t was the old, old story. In a little
ne catspaw developed into the TEN,
'est, When 1t appeared 1t came Will,
uprising swiftness. The woman
ound that in neither abstract thought
or mental speculation was there any .l
protection for her. There might be J.
Q God In heaven, but there was con,
c1ence in her breast. Finally she
roke away from the man so far al
ne could do SO when they were both n.
the same ship Of which he was lord
nd master. She would h&ye nothing .
lore to do with him. save that which
ommon decency and the baro ciyili.
es Of life demanded Of her Denied
le privileges upon which he had
ounted, the man grew savage and
moved the cloven foot. The disagreete
lent became a quarrel. The quarrel
IN through several phases. Ashamed
himself he had recanted at first
hen he had sworn again allegiance
the specious philosophy which She
ow realized he had only protested,
or unconsciously, that ha
light possess her. But she was moi
eceived There was no truth In l,ia
ords; his asseverations carried M
'nvlctlon to her soul. Again ha
ormed and ragged; once more he
'ologized and appealed, but the 8
sriods Of calm grew shorter and the
'riods of storm grew longer and more q 81.
element. The woman alone Was
eadfast. She was overwhelmed with
lame, the horror Of the sftnation =, !.