Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-06-06

as laouSN she We're young boy and
an Older man The small details OF
our u,ay ute She had assumed because
sc $.t, WAS The stronger Without
pioI ~ u'&u and simply through the
stern command of ne, eSSjty. our inter
eS,> had been idCuu,ai our plans coy
erred us both rs one, AZ night for the
sake Of warmth we had SicOt CLOSELY
side Icy SAtr, both too weary and wotu
out 10 reason regarding that or amy
other thinG Once in the nigh, know
l felt her arm across my face. upon
my head her hand she still sleeping
ami millions OF miles away amouE the
stars. would not have walked her.
l(Ot now behold the strange story OF
mAu'S advance i'll what he calls civ
ii1auo0, Rehold what property means
in regard to what we call laws. We
had two pieces OF robe instead of one
We might he two creatures now. Il
man and Il woman, Il wall between.
instead Of two suffering. perishiug ami.
ma'S with hut one common need that
of self preservation. There were two
might he and still allow us To survive
Our table was common aud that was
all
During that first night when We slept
apart the wolves came very close 10
our meat heaps and set up their usual
roaring chorus. The terror OF this She
could not eudurr, aud So she came
creeping With her half robe to my side
where | lay, That was ne cSSary
Later that night when she awokc un
der the shelter OF her half hide She
found me sitting awake near the open
ing, But she would not have me put
over her my portion of the robe. She
made OF our party two Individuals,
and that | must understand, must
understand now that society was be
ginning again and law and custom
At night. In trout of her poor shel
ter, sat and thought and looked out
at the stars The stars said to me that
life and dtSire were one. that the
world must 20 on, that all the future
of the world rested With us two But
at this rehelpd. All, prurient stars!
| cried, 'Nnu evil OF mind What mat
ters II that YOU suffer or that | suffer-
Let the world end, yes, let the world
end before this strange new compnn-
ion, gained In want and poverty and
suffering and now lost by reason Of
comforts and health shall shed one
tear of suffering
From now, day by day. night by
night against all my Will and wish.
against all my mind and resolution.
knew that | was loving this new being
with all my heart and all my soul. for
saking all others, and that this would
be until death should us part. KIN, =
that neither here nor elsewhere in the
world was anything which could make
me whole of this-no principles of
duty or honor, no wish nor inclination
nor resolve!
had eaten. | loved. saw what
life Is
saw the great deceit of nature.
saw her plan, her wish, her mercilcss,
pitilesS desire, and, seeing this, | smil-
ed slowly in the dark ut the mockery
OF what we call civilization. It's fuss
and furry, its pretense. It's misery. In
deed, we are small, but life is not
small, We are small. but love Is very
large and strong, born as II Is of the
great necessity that man shall not for
get the world, that woman shall not
rob the race For myself | accepted
my station in this plan. saying moth
ing beyond my own soul. None the
less, ! said there to my own soul that
this must be now till death should
come 10 part us twain.
Soon now we would be able to tray
ell, but whittier and for what purpose
/ began TO shrink from the thought OF
change. This wild world was enough
tor me. None the less we must travel.
We had been absent now from civil
zation some three weeks and must
have been given up long since. our
party must have passed far to til"
westward. and by this time our story
was known at Laramie and elsewh
Parties were no doubt in search of us
at that time. But where should these
search in that wilderness of the un-
hhOhi IIuluS. l1ON SiOulu IL w
known that we were almost within
touch OF the great highway Of tn"
west, now again thronging with wagon
trains? BY force OF these strange cir.
cumstances which have related we
were utterly gone. blotted out Our
old world no longer existed for us nor
We for II.
AS | argued to myself again and
again the laws and customs OF that
forgotten world no longer belonged 10
US. We must build laws again laws
for the good Of the greatest number.
can promise, who have been In place
10 know, that In one months time civ
iliZation shall utterly fade away from
the human heart, that n new state Of
life shall within that space enforce IT,
self, SO close lies the savage In US al
ways to the skin. This vast scheme
Of organized selGshness which Is call
cd civilization shall within three weeks