Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-16
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from the stone hearth. There were
no eyes to look. however. save those
which belonged to the maj on the
other side of the door.
On the hither side of that door in
the room where the fire burned on the
hearth, there was rest In the heart of
the occupant; on the farther side
where the FIRE only burned In the
heart, there was tumult. Not outward
and visible. but inward and spiritual,
and yet there Vas no lack of apparent
manifestation OF the turmoil In the
mans soul. esw
Albeit the room wss smaller than
the other, It wa still Of q good size.
Hs walked nsrvously up and down
from one end to the other as eeass-
lessiy as . slid animal impatient Of
captivity stalks the narrow limits OF
his contracted Gags. Ths even tenor
OF Mis- HE 'had suddenly been diverted.
The ordinary sequence OF his days
had been abruptly changed. The pri-
vacy or ave ysars which he had hepSd
and dreamed might exist ~ long II
hs. had been rudsly broksn In nron-
humanity, which he had avoided,
irsm wnien no naa usa. which ~ had
cast saway forever, had found hin.
Abfit excsxsit. ~vastt. arupits And, 10,
his departures were al Ia yaini tbs
world with Ill afts awraxdsur ana n In
significance. with MI it, powers and
IT. wsaknsssss. with ali tts enpertu-
nfsiss and To obligations. with all its
toys xua fts had knoeksd ut
bis door: ana that the knocking Aaad
Was that of q woman. but added 20
his rsrplexity and to his disnaay.
He bad ehertxhsd . dream tkEt he
could rive to himsst alone with but q,
memory to BEAR him company, and
From that dream he had been thun.
derousiy awakened. Everything was
changed. What had encs bean easy
had now become ~Nimpogstbfs. He
might send her away. But though hs
nwore her ia secrecy she would hare
te tell her II ny and something of his:
the world would lsarn some OF II and
seek him out with Unsuitable cs1ios-
fty to know the rest
Eyes as keen ~ HIS would prssept-
ly search and scrutinizs the noun.
tains where hs had roaned alone.
They would SEQ what he had seen,
find what he had found. Mankind.
gold3usting, would swarm End hive
upon the hills and flght and love and
breed and die. Great Godi
He could OF coarse move on. bus
where? And went ha whithsrsoever
he might, he wouid now cf necessity
carry with him smother memory
which would not 9wsii within bis
naind In harmony with the memory
which until that day had heen para
mount there alone.
Slowly. isborieusiy, painfully hs
hsd built his house upon the sand.
and the winds had blown and tho
foods had coma. not only In a literal
but In spiritual Significance. and In
one day that house had fallsn. He
stood smid the wrecked remains OF It
trying to recreste It. TO endow once
mere with the fitted precision OF tbs
paat the ~shapeless broken units Of the
fabric OF his fond imagination.
While he resented the fierce, cav
aga. passionate intensity the Interrupt
ton of this into his life.
While he fhrobbed with equal intsn-
sIty and aimost az much passion at
the thought OF her.
Fave you yer climbed 8 mountain
early la tho snoraing whiie II war yst
dark and having gained sosns domi-
aaai uresi STOOD. staring ct the rar
horizon. ths ernpurpssd ease, whils the
"dawn came up nke t~handsr9" Or
better asiii. have you sver stood with
I'm the cold. dark reessses OF some
deep valley ef river Or pass and
watched tbs cisar light spread its
bars athsFars tie heavens HE nebu-
io1s mighty pinicna along the ligh<
touched crest of = towering range. an
I'll all Of q sudden, with q leap almost
az 5rxkha greas snn biased an the
high horissns s~
Yea aaighA sbs bora . cAElA OF ths
eark. and hight might sear and burn
yuur eye balls accustomed 20 eoolsr
asspsr shades, yet you could no more