Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-22

on guard by her side, ~buttressing her,
protecting her, sh~eltering her. Indeed
his presence then was necessary,
without him she could scarce have
maintained a footing. The force Of
the wind might have hurled her down
tho mountain but for his strong arm.
When the cold grew too great be led
her back carefully to the hut and the
warm fire.
All, yes, life and the world were
both beautiful to her then, in night,
in day. by sunlight. by moonlight, In
calm and storm. Yet it made no DIFF
ference what was spread before the
woman's eyes, what glorious picture
was exhibited to her gaze, she could
not look at It more than q moment
without thinking OF the man. With
the most fascinating panorama that
the earth's surface could spread be-
fore human vision to engage her at
tention, she looked into her own
heart and saw there this mani
Oh, she had fought against It at
first, but lately she had l~uxuriated
In 1t. She loved him, she loved him!
And why not? What Ia 1t that won.
en- love in meni Strength Of bodyf
She could remember yet how he had
carried her over the mountains In the
midst Of the storm, how she had been
SO braveiy upborne by his arms to his
heart She realized later what q task
that had been, what q feat Of strength.
The ~uprooting Of that sapling and the
o%verturning Of that huge Grizzly were
child's play to the long portage up
the almost impossible canon and
mountain side which had brought her
to this dear haven.
Was II strength OF character she
sought. resolution, determinationl
Thia man had deliberately Withdrawn
from the world. buried himself In this
mountain. and had stayed there deaf
to the alluring call of man or woman;
he had had the courage to do that.
Wa It strength Of mind she ads
miredf Enid Maitland was no mean
judge OF the mental powers OF her
acquaintance. She was Just az full OF
life and spirit and the Joy of them "A
any young woman should be, but sha
had not been trained by and thrown
with the best for nothing. Noblesse
oblige! That his was a mind well
stored with knowledge OF the most,
varied sort she easily and at once
perceived. OF course the popular
books OF the last five years had passed
him by, and OF such he knew nothing,
but he could talk i~ntelligently, inter.
estingly, entertainingiy upon the great
classics. Keats and Shakespeare were
his most thumbed volumes. He lad
graduated from Harvard as q evil
engineer with the highest honors Of
hts class and school and the youngest
man to get his sheepskin! Enid Matt.
land herself was a oma OF broad
culture and wide reading and she a..
nberately set herself to fathesgSa tbis
mans capabilities. Qtinfrequently,
much to her sgEBsssse Sometimes 70
dssifays but generally to her sat
isfaction, she found that she had no
iplummat with which to sound his
greater depths.
Did she seek In him that fine fow.
er of good breeding, gentleness and
consideration? Where could she find
these qualities better displayed? She
was absolutely alone with this man,
entirely in his power, shut on from
the world and It's interference as ef-
f~ectually as II they had both been
abandoned In an ice foe at the North
Pole or cast away on some lonely Is
land in the South Seas, yet she felt
as safe as If she had been in her own
house. or her uncle's. with every pro
lection that human power could give.
He had never presumed upon the sit
uation In the least degree, he never
once referred to the circumstances
OF their meeting Ia the remotest way.
he eve eyen discussed her rescue
from the flood, he never told her how
he had borne her through the rain tc
the lonely shelter of the hills, and In
no way did he say anything that the
most keenly scrutinizing mind would
torture into an allusion to the pool
and the bear and the woman. The
fineness of his breeding was never sc
well exhibited as in this r~eticence
Moro often than not it is what he
does not rathsr than what he does
that indicates the man.
1t. would be folly to deny that hs
never thought Of these things. Had
he forgotten them there would be no
merit In his silence; but to remem-
Der them and to keep still-aye, that
showed the mank He would close his
eyes In that little room on the other
side of the door and see again the
dark pool. her white shoulders, her
graceful arms, the lovely face with
Its crown OF sunny hair rising above
the rushing water. He had listened
to the roar OF the wind through the
long nights, when she thought him
asleep II she thought OF him at ali,
and heard again the scream of the
storm that had brought her to his
arms. No 10Y drop that touched
his cheek when he was abroad but
reminded him OF that night In the
cold rain when he had held her close
and carried her on. He could not sit
and mend her boot without remem+
bering that white foot before which
he would fain have FRUSTRATED him
pressed passionate kisses IL he had
given way to his desires. But he kept
all these things In his heart, pom