The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-08-05

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which vss HE and which vas hers.
A. supper time they met again ana
\ pssssd' the time toxether IN ,convcrse.
ton until the rest period arrived.
Things had 10 be this way else life
would have been unendurable. They
lived on the natural products Of the
island which were varied and sun.
cisntly abundant TO fulhn all dietetie
requirements. 800.
She had also taught him things not
learned from books. Among them.
truth, honor. duty and dignity--ali the
virtues. Her instruction had been
FIRST. that which was natural-ethical
merely, but afterward II had grown
spiritual unspotted from the world
he. and she washed white she hoped
and prayed In spite OF spots, they lived
q life OF idyllic innocence. Yet be
cause he was q man and she was a
woman. strange ores glowed beneath
the outward calm. strange ideas and
desires and thoughts rose from both
hearts. This was inevitable. Her
original relation to the man had been
one Of 90 great superiority a. TO be
fatal TO the early development Of any
feeling but the maternal Even nov
she possessed the superiority which
association With her kind. her longer
tsaiains and her srsassr oppsrtasftsss
he1 givsa hssl And pa she .sssid saiy
recognise that 10 the impartial view
eoassdss1hG HE sbi1,tsss 90 eovor
tunitiss he stood cults % Q lsvsl With
her Perhaps bad ~ snjeyea her
chances he might have stood hiSAsr
sse bsgsn 10 i1ssliss him. 70 lrsan
shout him. 10 voelev eAs trenhss1
on the verge o. passsoa. She knew Ais
10 be Q brilliant mind. She tivinsd
his TO be knightly soul. Physicany,
In face and ngurs. no more splssdsd
man. uprammelsd By base eonventico.
ever stood upon the earth's surface.
Grace and strength mingled In hAr-
mony that was ~ striking 40 Il vas
full Of charm. She had no opportuni-
~ TO test his courage. for no physical
danger ever menaced them. But she
believed In his manhood Thoroughly
The woman had had bitter expert
ence with love. Following what she
believed TO be the highest inspiration
she had wrecked her life and brought
herself TO this pass. The revolt In
her soul at the thought OF the man
Who had 90 degraded her. or Who had
90 taken advantage OF her ignorance
and innocence-the more complete
aimee they we're covered By eoae-
dsnce Of knowledge aud sophisticatiou
la TO allow her 20 degrade herseh,
convinced her that what she had nile
tAken for divine light Was only false
frs, an ignis fatuus which bad led her
INTO the marsh and slough Of slime
and shame, She loAthed the thought
Of that man. She had losthed. when
she had been thrown upon that isisnd.
the thought Of all men. This one
had given back her conndenee I'd her
kind Yet sometimes she wondered
whether that cenndence were var
ranted o. not because Of him. Sup
pose he should come In touch with
the world. what would happenf Was
he, too, capable OF breakins . vo
mans hsartf Would he do III Was
hers the HEARTY What would the soil
ing touch Of the sordid conditions un-
der which life was lived. as she had
known Il. DO for himi Would he still
be unspotted! Would he think her
the samsl She had taught him many
things. But how should he learn to
night temptations. temptations with
which he had no experience. which
never came TO him. she fondly
dreamed.
Yet she had confidence In him. She
had confidence In God. and we cannot
have confidence In God without some
confidence In man. The converse, too,
IL true. Therefore she believed. She
was confident that he would rise SUI
preme In the face Of every test. She
wondered n the test would ever be APP
piled 10 him. II she would be there 20
see. She found herself praying for
affirmation In both matters. Her be-
lief In him would only be belief
upon hope until he had been
urea. mere was a oOupt dbOuN nm
that must be resolved; she must re-
solve II. She could never be satisfied,
In spite OF her belief. until she had
done So The very fact that she
thought so keenly upon the subject
that she was so interested and en-
crossed In the situation was evidence
TO her .sst she cared =;c-c Scr :he
man than she had dreamed II possible.
And what Of him? For once her in
tuition failed her. She wanted TO see
him tested and tried; she wanted TO
see him tempted and triumphant. but
he was all OF that In those very hours
In which she fancied him so unthink-
ing. II never occurred to her that be
might entertain an earthly passion for
her She stiil, from ancient habit. be
iisved herself so far above him that
such an ambition would have been 1T
tie less than sacr1legs to him. She
lulied herself 20 sleep with that idea.
She believed, she knew. Of course.