The Yale expositor., 1912-06-27
CHAPTER X.-(continued.)

Rive you ever climbed a mountain
V,a-Sy IN the morning while it was yet
<3as3.& and having gained some domi'
'zgCsSse crest stood staring at the far
2SSTzGsGE, the empurpled east, while the
'ttxsvH came up like thunder" Or
'tS0s1ss- still. have you ever stood with
I'm c-1c cold, dark reCesses of some
'rscssfp galley OF river or pass and
pS-E3.5ed Che clear light spread its
ItsSzss ssfIiwart the heavens like nebu-
0Reg nliG,ifty pinions along the light
tzEgs1aed Nest of a towering range, un-
I'm al M a sudden, with leap almost
c0G 10Y, the great sun blazed In the
sigh 0orizon?
GTrx might be born a child of the
'ssarz, and light might scar and burn
S-an- eye balls accustomed to cooler
,gSessreT shades, yet you could no more
'%tlvra away from this glory, though you
;ZygfEs1E hate it. than by mere effort OF
'SiSg sou could cease to breathe the
Jtir. The shock that you might feel,
Cica sudden surprise. is only family sug-
aJnssZ4ve of the emotions in the breast
se9s this man.
u EErzce long ago the gentlest and ten
r 49agv~s of voices called from the dark
sGs tine light the blind And It is given
,rs c2uS1aTu science and to modern skill
: uygHca6mes TO emulate that godlike
.yxr2sItgFeUnent. Perhaps the surprise,
GtsSes azzEazeEleut. the bewilderment. of
E1A3a vho having been blind doth now
yswH,. II we can imagine it not having
pfsszn In the case ourselves, will be a bet
'stg.- ss7Ihfe to the understanding OF this
znagxIs emotion when this woman came
,sslvsa3gnly into his lonely orbit. His
,asNsaS were opened although he would
.y,aE aTaow it. He fought down his new
.caa12nz$ousness and would have none Of
IN ysE IL was there. He loved her!
Iegitn what Joy did Selkirk welcome
fs|es savage sharer of his solitude! Sup
,.,t;gs abe had been a woman of-his own
z.aS1es Dad she been old, withered, hid
s1ur91s, nc must have loved her on the
11sxSzzs1. rnuch more If she were young
sns jezanfiful. The thing was inev-
Jsssf5sz- Such passions are born. God
aesyrS.ld that we should deny it. In the
f1gsssr2 saunts of men where women are
asFB plenty AS blackberries, to use Fal
ssrETsezinles choose between hundred,
ok d. Gnousand, such loves are born, for
ssszss1-
u csoice in the night, a face in the
-,s1.F<ssf, a whispered word, the touch
c,G "a gzlnd. the answering throb Of an
,1&i;eT hearG-and behold! two walk to-
sTyIssAET where before each walked
zEiEzsn- Sometimes the man or the wom-
sESa 0afyo Is born again of love knows it
esz4. refuses 10 admit it, refuses to
--rx-ygui2e it. Some birth pain must
ssgs.alseM the consciousness of the new
Aif&s
u those things are true and posi-
2rs9 under every day conditions and
Cns ordinary men and women, how
zEHea more to this solitary. He had
qssSsm Chis woman. white breasted like
ere scam, rising as the ancient god
gsryae from the Paphian sea- over that
..V,fTs{iection, as he was gentleman
IS1S q Christian, he would fain draw a
,,.D-1zsD, before it erect a wall He
xssIsG not dwell upon that fact. he
Vvcgld not linger over that moment.
Iaf nc could not forget il.
yxs Enconsciously graceful in her aban.
CS2lrnent, on the sward; he had caught
n. glimpse OF her white face desperate
~ spGossed by the rolling water; he
1rzs9 looked into the unfathomable
.1sgurh OF her eyes at that moment
-ss,.zs she had awakened in his arms
reiysyr allch a struggle as had taxed bis
'rn1Eg hood and almost broken his heart.
ghps n7d carried her unconsciously.
e,s..sE-sIy white with her pain-drawn
,Sss.E. stumbling desperately over the
-r7,raa Tn the beating rain to this. his
-c.sxe. There he had held that poor.
Ft,zgassd slender little foot in his hand.
R,sD12y. skiIfuIy treating it, when he
Ilz1xed TO press his lips passionately
,Trrr e. Last of all he had looked
LEGO her face, warmed Wits the red
FExht Of the fire. searched her weary
.sycs almost like blue pools. In whose
.~Sgpfhs there yet lurked life and light.
srsise Der go,doD basr unSe3 ctiV