Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-22

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seemed as If Nature were In 8 con
spiracy to seal up the mountains ant
all they contained, to make ingresi
and egress alike impossible.
A month had elapsed and Ends
foot vas now quite well. The mar
had managed to sew up her boo
where the knife had cut It and al
though the job WAS a clumsy one tbs
result was q disable shoe. 1t is as
tonishing the comfort she took wher
she first put It on and discarded foi
good the shapeless WOODEN stocking
which had covered the clumsy band
age happily no longer necessary. AL
though the torn and bruised member
had healed and she could use 1t witt
care, her foot was still very tender
and capable of sustaining no violent
or long continued strain. or neces
sity she had been largely confined te
the house, but whenever 1t had been
possible he had wrapped her In his
great bear skin coat and had helped
her out to the edge OF the clin for
a breath of fresh air.
Sometimes he would leave her
there alone. would perhaps have left
her alone there always had she not
imperiously required his company.
1nsensibly she had acquired the hab.
it--not a difficult one for a m to
fall into-of taking the lead In the
small affairs Of their circumscribed
existence, and he had acquiesced in
her dominance without hesitation OF
dered- their daily walk and converse.
tion- Her wishes were consulted
about everything; to be sure no great
range Of choice was allowed them, OF
liberty of action or freedom in the
constraints with which nature bound
them, but whenever there was any
selection she made Il.
The man yielded everything for her
and yet he did 1t without in any way
derogating from his self-respect or
without surrendering his natural IN
dependence. The woman instructive
ly realized that In any great crisis In
any large matter, the determination
Of which would naturally effect their
present or their future, their happin-
ess, welfare life, he would assert him
self, and his assertion would be I'm
questioned and unquestionable by her.
There was a delightful satisfaction
to the woman In the whole situation.
She had O woman's desire to lead in
the smaller things in life, and yet
craved the woman's consciousness
that in the great emergencies she
would be led, In the great battles she
would be fought for. In the great dan
gers she would be protected, in the
great peIils she would be saved.
There was rest, comfort, Joy and salts
faction In these thoughts.
The strength of the man she mas
tered was estimate OF her own power
and charm. There was a great, sweet,
yoiceless. unconscious fiattery In his
difference OF which she could not be
unaware.
Having little else to do.xEs s,uSsS
the mdelr~-aEddf@ etm with .
warm desrry and an enthusiastic pre-
disposition TO find the best In him.
She would not have been a human
girl IL she had not been thrilled to
the very heart of her by what the
mar had done for her. She recognized
that whether he asserted 1t or not, he
had established an everlasting and
trd,srrtahlc CLAIM upon ha-.
The circumstances OF their first
meeting, which as the days passed
did not seem quite so horrible to her,
and yet u thought of which would
bring the blood to her cheek still on
the instant. had In some way turned
her over to him. His consideration
OF her, his gracious tenderness to-
ward her. his absolute ~abnegation, his
evident overwhelming desire to please
her. to make>the anomalous situation
In which they stood to each other
bearable in spite of their lonely and
unobserved intimacy, by an absolute
lack Of presumption IN his partial
those things touched her profoundly.
Although she did not recognize the
fact then perhaps. she loved him from
the moment her eyes had opened In
the mist and rain after that awful
battle in the torrent to see him bend
ing oyer her.
No sight that had ever met Enid
Maitland's eyes was SO glorious, so
inspiring. 30 uplifting and mag
nificent as the view from the verge
of the ciiff in the sunlight of some
bright winter morning. Few women
had v enjoyed such privileges as
hers. She did not know whether she