The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-07-15

things In her life. Yet AZ shs thought.
she had given her heart 10 . man
alas, the submission TO the eternal
lawi--and although their relationship
was sanctioned By nothing but their
affection, 10 was 10 her as pure and
as holy . thing ss n the contract had
been witnessed and blest By q thou
sand priests. What was II 10 him. She
counted without the other ser. Many
other women unfortunately have done
the same.
Not content with the writing OF
books, her intense devotion TO her
cause. coupled with her unnasgins
energy. had found vent upon the lee
ture platform. The curious crowded
10 her feet at once. 80 bold, so radical.
so beautiful and so innocent. One OF
her first converts had been the only
son OF a multi-mlllionalre. bygone bo-
mama king OF the Pacific slope. His
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 Hypatis.
skilled In the learning OF the schools,
burning with exhaustiess real. per.
meated with hery energy. was yet as
Innocent In some ways as any OF her
humber sisters. As that good Book
which she dlsdained In the newer iliu-
limitations which had come to her.
might have said Of her. she was In the
world but not OF H.
Unconsciously she fulfilled many In.
functions Of him who had she but
known II was the greatest OF philoso-
piers. Naturally she kept herself
unspotted from the world. Yet when
the young man who had engaged her
affections proposed 10 her that they
should put her theories In practice.
after some hesitation she had acceded
to his proposition. II was a species OF
self.immolation not far from heroism
that made her consent Indeed. she did
not realize how heroic II was. With
no other ceremony than a clasp OF the
hand and an unspoken. wordless
promise OF trust. devotion. single
hearted alliance. publicly and before
God and man. without a 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-
gethes In love like any other pair
since Eve mated with Adam in the
dawn OF the worlds hrst morning
Yet there has never been an Eden
| OF which man has known without It's
serpent In the cabin OF that gorgeous
yacht. Sathanas reared his head. The
| FIRST week or so OF the adventure had
been filled with idyllic happiness. hap
| piness so great that II was strong
enough TO quiet certain low. still. small
voices OF conscience which the woman
rightly ascribed to 4 strange atavism
| Of ancient prejudice TO which her phil
osophy was as yet unequal
However. such conditions did not
elinsd. presently she found 10 her sor.
row. TO take a somewhat lower view
Of the situation than suited her own
high -souled views The arior Of her
devotes cooled a. his passion In
creased. Shut up In the narrow con
fnsr OF ship-greAt and splendid
though this yacht was beyond imagina-
tion-littie characteristics heretofore
unexpected developed In the mere
man. The course OF true love was not
so smooth a. the summer seas over
which they sailed. The air In which
they lived WAS rufisd by nurries In
which experience would have found
presass for coming deeper storm. The
image that had feet OF clay sought for
similar earthly alloy In the companion
image which vss made OF pure gold
all through. and finding II not. r.
sentsd It desperately. The convert
having gained his desire. weakened In
his principles There vas no rslsxa-
ton In his devotion. In his tenderness.
In anything outward and visible. but
the high philosophy which had made
the Joint effort almost a self-sAcrince
OF demonstration was slowly vanish
ing from one heart while the other
chung the more tenaciously to II.
II was the old. old story In little
the catspaw developed into the tenn
pest. When II appeared II came with
surprising swiftness. The woman
found that in neither abstract thought
nor mental speculation was there any
protection for her. There might be
no God In heaven. but there was a con-
science In her breast Finally she
broke away from the man so far az
she could do so when they were both
in the same ship OF which he was lord
and master. She would have nothing
more TO do with him save that which
common dscency and the bare civil
ties OF life demanded OF her. Denied
the privileges upon which he had
counted. the man grew savage and
showed the clovsn foot. The disagree
ment became a quarrel The quarrel
ran through several phases. Ashamed
OF himself he had recantsd at nrst
Then he had sworn again allegiance
to the specious philosophy which she
now realised he had only profsssed.
consciously or unconsciously. that he
might possess her. But she was not
deceived. There Was no truth In his