The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-08
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9 NOV, love produces both hnrnine19
and nnhapplneas hni Oh tho who'll I
think tho happiness pfedcmInRte5, for
love itaelf II It be true and hieh Isl
itaIoTu reward. Love rAy fool itself
unworthy md may, shrink even from
the pnlatchIng Of the uhoe lace oi IN
beloved, yet II Joys IN tts own dkiki
elee nevertheless. OF ecurse 10
greatest satisfaction II IN the retdfn. (
but there is q sweetness even IN the
despair OF the truly loving.
Enid Maitland. however did not
have to endure indifference, or fight
against a passion which met With ito.
response. for this man loved her Win
a loye that was greater even than
her, own. The moon, 1.-THE trits aphct-
Ism, looks on many br6oks, the bfool.
sees no moon but the one aBote him
In the heavensS In one 6ense his
merit in winning her affection Tor him.
self from the hundreds OF men aho
khlpey. vas the greater; in many years
he had only seen this one woman.
Naturally she should be everything 10 .
him. She represented TO him not only
the woman but womankind. 30 had
been boy practically when no had
buried himself in those mountains,
and in all that time he had seen no
body like Enid Maitland. Every 81:
gument which had been exploited 70
show why she should love him could
be turned about to account for hit
passion for her. They are not necei1.
airy, they are all sapstesogatory, sdio
words. To him also lore had been
born in an hour. 1t had flashed into
existence as II from the fat Of tho
Divine.
oh, he had fought against Il. Lilsog
the cremites Of old he had been !
scourged into the desert hy3 remofno
and another passion, but time had
done its work. The woman ne flrEti
loved had ,ninistered not to the al
itpal side Of the man, or IL she IND 4
|eo ministered In any degree Il wa b
cause be had looked at her With d !
glamour Of inexperisnce and youth.
During those ave yesrs Of solitude. d
.study and Of reflection, the truth shaQ !!
gradually uproiied itself before him
Conclusions vastly ,at variance VIII.
what he had ever believed possible! !,
,as to the woman upon whom he had
frat bestowed his heart, had got into
his being and were in solution thersi
this present woman was the precipltantf
which brought them to life. He know
now what the old appeal Of his wiiey
had been. He knewGnow what the
new appeal Of this woman was.
In humanity two things in life are
inextricably intermipgled, body and
soul. Where the function Or ono DO.
gins and the function u tie Other
ends no one is able to say. In alIi3
human passions are admiktires Sofs
the earth earthy.8 We are! born thosI
sons OF old, Adam, as we are rebornIl
the, sons Of the New, Passions are
complex. As in harvest wheat ant,
tares grow together uRtli the end, 81
In love earth and HEAVIER fningiS ever.
He remembered o clause iroms an an
Client marriage service he had read
with my body ! tien worship. 2 ana
with every fibre. Of his physicel he,nsi,
he loved this woman,I VI / 8 !
It,would be idle tegdepy that, Inn
possible to disguise the facts, but iii
the melting pot Of passion the pre-.
ponderant Ingredient was mental and
spiritual; and Just because highsr and
boiler things predominated, he held
her in his heart a,sacred thing. Love
Is like rose: the material part Il The
beautiful blossom; the spiritual factor
Is the fragrance which abldes In the
rose Jar even after every leaf has I'D.
ed away, or which may be expressedi
from the soft petals BY the hard elf!
eumstances Of pain aid sorrow Until
there Is left nothing but the lingsfii
perfume Of the flower. <
His body trembled if she laid Il
hand upon him, his soul thirstsd Tor
her: present or absent he ccajutadi
before bis tortured brain the sweet
ness, that inhabited her, hresst : Hsl
had been clearsighted enough "a anse
alyzlng the past, he was neither ciesrsi
sighted nor coherent in thinking Of
the. presents He, worshipsd hey, .iSl
could S4aye tHFSwn himself 1ipb1 Id
knees q shet; y 1t would have added
to her Ehapptness, she could have
killed him, smiling at her. Rode shSi
in the Juggernaut car OF the ancient
idol, with his body, would he have uii.
hesitatiagly paved the way and hayS
been glad Of the privilege. He longed
TO compass her with sweet obser.
servances. The world revenged Itself;
upon him for bis long neglect II had
stunned up in this one woman ali III
charm, Its beauty, It's romance, and I
had thrust her into his very arms.
His was one Of those great passions
which illuminate the records q Tho
rast. Paolo had. notloyed Ffaneesca., Z
more.
toh. yes the woman knew heIipveds
her 1t was not in the power OF NOR
tai man no matter how iron his "a