The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-08-12

not more faithful. aoceptant and Do
voted. Yet this was q very human
man In spite OF all these things, .
man Of splendid vigor and health with
ell Q mans impulses. hopes. dreams
and aspirations. And he loved her.
He, too. sat upon the white sands
OF the eemiike island and looked out
into the far blue Of the Pacific wash
ing the distant shores and lands psor
pied with strange creatures Of history
aad romance and he, too. wondered.
He had had no experience with men
and the world and he lonsed to set
away and 70 take her away.
She had long since discovered that
he was . gentleman. an innate gentle
she had seen to 1t herself that he had
been we'll bred. Yet no mortal man
ever went through greater nrss Of
unknown and mysterious temptations
than he. He forced himself not to
speak words that burned. He checked
the free course OF thoughts that bub-
bled and seethed within his brain, and
the Relationship between them re-
NAMED that OF mistress snd man.
teacher and taught. friend and friend.
II was he who so maintained II, though
OF this she was unaware.
And he, too, lonGed for some hour
TO come when he might with right and
decency and dignity speak the words
which some day he must speak or die.
He was not versed In the ways Of
women. He had no store OF knowi-
edge, no lesson OF experience 10 fall
back upon. He knew but one woman.
He could not predicate from any petty
or from any worn out philosophy.
what she would or would not do under
certain conditions. Indeed. he only
thought that he loved her and he must
tell her or die In the concealinent.
And so matters ran on and on. II
needed but q spark to ignite the pow
der. II would have seemed. and yet
a vast cataclysm of nature only
brought about the explosion. He had
never touched her except to take her
hand. Her person had been as In
violate TO him as II she had been .
star above his head. And she had
been careful under no circumstances
to allow more than that. Their hands
had clasped often. Indeed. with every
Good night" and Good morning" the
circuit Of touch was made and broken.
but that was all. They usually parted
at night on the sands where she had
FIRST been thrown ashore. He would
stand and watch her as she glided
away from him In the darkness toward
the cave that was her home. She
had impressed upon him how she
trusted him, the absolute assurance,
the entire confidence that she had
that he would respect the Agreement
between them and he would have dtsd
rather than have transsr essed the law,
stepped over that imaginary barrier.
as potent ~ the circle Of Riehsiisu.
which kept them apart.
And yet she would never know
what horrible constraint hs put UPON
himself. How he stood with olsaebsd
hands and auiverins body and stared
after her. long after she had seus. she
would never know how that intensity
Of longing grew and grew sntl some
times he felt that he could not over
master II. She wsaid never know how
he plunged away stasgsrias through
the woods and threw himself down
spon the sands ON his side Of the
island, disdsinins even the rude shell
ter Of the cave which was his home,
and fought Il out Sometimes she
saw evidences Of internal eonnist In
his soul the Hext morning. TIE calm
serenity, the indifference. the animal
like satisfaction with which he had
faced life when abe nrst knew him
had long since disappeared. There
were deepening lines upon his face
which told OF thought Of struggle, and
OF character thus developed By these
two potent factors in shaping human
destiny.
And he could never know what IVES
IN her niad, sisAsr. Ne nsver dreamed
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