The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-28
CHAPTER xxxlii.


There ~ In every true woman's heart /
q spark of heavenly fire. which beams I
and blazes In the dark hours Of adver- /
sityg- Washington irving
but madam; but madam" tried /
to begin At last, after moments I
which seemed to me ages long, I
broke out "But once. at least you
promised to tell me who and what you
are. Will you do that nowY
Yes yesl" she said Nov ] shall
finish the clearing Of my soul. You,
after all, shall be my confessor."
We heard again faltering football
in the hallway. ! raised an eyebrow
In query.
1T Is my father Yes, but let him
come. He also must hear He IL In
deed the author OF my story such M
II is.
Father" she added, come, sit you
here have something to say to Mr..
Trist."
She seated herself now on one of
the low couches, her hands clasped
across its arm, her eyes looking far
away out of the little window, beyond
which could be seen the hills across
the wide Potomac,
I'VE are foreigners" she went on.
'as you can tell. speak your Ian
guage better than my father does be-
cause | was younger when | learned.
It Is quite true he is my father He
Is an Austrian nobeman, Of one Of the
old families. He was educated In Ger
many, and Of late has lived there"
II could have told most of that OF
you both." said
She bowed and resumed:
my father was always student.
As a young man In the university, he
was devoted to certain theories OF his
own. NJ est-ce pas vrai. mon droleY"
she asked turning to put her arm on
} her fathers shoulder as he dropped
weakly on the couch beside her.
He nodded Yes, ! wass student"
he said. Il wass not content with the
ways of my people"
$50, my father, you will see" said
she, smiling at him. being much de-
= termined on anything which he at
tempted, decided, with five others, Ia
+ make certain experiment II was
I the strangest experiment, presume
i ever made in the interest OF what IL
4 called science II was wholly the
@ most curious and the most cruel thing
ever done"
Z She hesitated now. All could d.
9 was to look from one to the other
y wonderingly.
"rhis dear old dreamer, my father
:, then, and five others"
!, 81 name them" he interrupted
u There we're Karl Won Goertz, Al
d brecht Iardman, Adolph zu sterr
bern. Karl Won Starnack. and Rudolp
N von Wardberg. We we're all friends
n yes" she said softly, "aIl friends
~ and all fools Sometimes think c
ID my mother
IN my dear. your motherl"
a. but | must tell this as Il was
n, Then, sir, these six, all IIeidelber
'u men, all well born. men of fortune. a
men devoted to science and intereste
y in the study of the hopelessness of III
10 average human being In central r.
- rope-these fools. or heroes, ] say NJ
:" whieh--they decided to do somethll
- In the interest OF science. They we
OF the belief that human beings we
he becoming poor in type. so they {
NJ termined to marry"
he Naturally" said I, seeking to !
%. lieve delicate situation--"th
no scorned the marriage OF conyenien
he they came to our American way
is- thinking. that they would marry
ma love"
" you do them too much credit
" said she slowly. THAT would ha
~ meant no sacrifice on either sis
i. They married with the deliberate
tention OF improving individuals of /
for human speciesl Father. is II not 80
Some speech stumbled on
es. tongue but she raised her hai
Listen to me. will be fair to W