The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-28


liand going Lightly between parted Inns.
Fit way easy 10 zee tiiat the past teri
yeafs had not all been as peaceful al
this. Tie tifcis hair. pushed careless.
Fly bacIrSRas 3 reak ed with gray. The
exlberalt vitality of the face and
frame hid wen place 10 a worn look
of passive trength, Ten years should
not so change face were II not that
ten years, as men count time, are
sometimes 4 cycle. "
perrItf was not th,nklne n the
mast. b,wevar iii,foFF& Fl Thifnaall He
was. resting i9aintSrSst reneth Tor ma
NEXT work That ihytSssops him &
{ AZ s1ast he srose SSd !fbeean n move
about tte room; MAKING ready for9din.
iiiefr. Suddenly lie IlsSto55Sed {bew;flderrad
putting his hand to ria head what
had bappenea9. A,5ctange .too snhtla
Ia he mt IN words Ia, coneg over him
while he rested II. hooked e ia
face n The mirror. hslf sx,nTeStitIg "a
see M, some sien Il was MT there But
deep IN his heart he telt II throbbing
thrilling. Life was after an worth
ifyihr. Nav. more. n was a wonder.
HI beautifnl thing. The feeling did
not take words It was too peryasiye,
too complete for that No mere
thought could have carried such
weight Of conviction. It was too sim.
nile for a chain Of reasoning Yet II
carried belief He had reasoned care.
fully and, logically 10 THE opposite
conclusion. How was tt?-Ldfe could
not be worth living Since there Is
no permanent happiness. existence
has no reason for being rather than
for not being and no certainty Of an
outcome that shan iustifv suffering
He smiled ~ his careful logic. swept
away by the force Of pnre conviction
Life was worth living!
It lay before him simple as day.
light and as clear His mind ran
ahead He must Ana the work he
could do wen and a. It Herein lay
banniness Then let him helm others
10 Ana the,,, nlace No would have
inv NJ heart and the nnrnoae that
mskes liFe reasonable n ,mattered
Uttia abo,,t the immor,alitv ~ the
.o,Il Thrsa.score voars and ton was
immortality The str,,ctnre ~ the
mni,,erss hat,.o.,a5 a n.ste. MAN 10
i've n ,nis s, - with tSis n,sn to aid
n 90 eTac,,tion--i, univ for, = few
vaars.-was eno,,ph -
He turned - the w,rdow and draw.
inc nm the shade looEed across The
bro,,en limos ~ chimney.nots and roofs
q tbe waStorn ekv HE heart leanad
- most 4 peanty had come hack 10
tha eerth Ha stood bringing n N
r,ttb the aa,srness ~ = 'travsIsr WIN
,oss home at Iaat He had mot known
Inow bis arttst natnra had buneerad
sor q throneb the CARE The te m Y
.aImMea MEnd MA 33IR sTesda "a he looked A
angle II ct,mnays ana gables against
/ twilight sl.v hit fnIi n subtle bean.
y Wonld n 'stay W}t6 him Where
Had q heenq Thera N the after
vor,dHbut hidden from him becatise
,e was unworthy? Or n his own soul
anguIsbins with its sickness? Then
N moment n came IL HINT. was
not in the world nor in his soul. II
was the sonI itself coming to con con.
seriousness, RECOGNIZING itself, behold
ing It's own features as in a g1ass--
existence reaehtng TITS highest form In
The consciousness Of the SOUL tIHc
stood awed, before it 1t scanned ia
stretch away into space, wonderful
lofty, but close about him.
He went down to dinner with an
Eager interest. Everything had be
come transformed. Men and women
we're no longer machines wound up tc
run through a definite term of pain
and calling on his sympathy and help
They were divine-Capable of the
highest happiness. He felt like leap
ing, exulting, crying aloud In fulnesS
Of Joy at the beauty Of life and human
xinshlp.
"DerrinE was more like himself to
ulght than he has been for years.
remarked an elderly man to his CON
Oanion as Derr4ng passed from the
room where they sat smoking aftel
dinner.
ryThe speaker as,ua,,QuIet, thought