Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-14

her blameleSs Have all men ana all
women price IL we but name Il:
Answer. Answer And then from
the depths OF his being came the burn
ing words:
no. swear II. No."
He looked up with start. wonder
ing vaguely If the crowd had heard
this cry.
No: they were intent on the drama
at the altar. The minister was say.
ling:
what God hath joined together let
not man put asunder."
-'God. Surely he didn't say God /"
Stuart trooded. Does God. the au-
gust. mysterious. awful creator Of the
universe. work like this? Did not the
God of heaven and earth give this wo-
man TO him beneath the sunny skies
Of the south while their souls sang for
joyf"
/ They were moving again down the
aisle. the organ throbbing the recess
sIonaI from Mendelssohn. A wave of
emotion swept the crowd inside. and
they became a mob OF vulgar. chatter.
Ing, gossiping fools. swarmlng over
the church as II It were the grand
stand OF a racecourse. without hesita-
ton tearing down and stealing Its dec
orations for souvenirs.
BY curious law of reaction all re-
sentiment and anger were gone. and
only great pity for Nan began to Gil
Stuart's heart.
That night Stuart entered one of the
more iignified and serious theaters just
OF Broadway. The play was serious
effort by a brilliant young dramatist
Of the modern school Of realism. In
two minutes from the rising Of the cur
tain the play had gripped him with re-
Ientless power. Slowly. remorsefess as
fste. he saw the purpose of the author
uafold itself in series OF tense and
terrible scenes. The comedy over which
the crowd laughed with such conta-
gious merriment was even more SIMS
ter than the serious parts. No matter
what the situation whether set to
laughter. to terror or to tears-beneath
1t all throbbed one insistent question::
HAS the woman who sells herself
for money q soul?"
With GREATNESS interest he watched
the cruel carving OF her body into tiny
pieces Without smiling. whining or
apology. with arms barred and gleanl-
ing scalpel srmly gripped in hand
that never quivered once. the author
dissecfed her. Always be could bear
this white invisible ngure bending over
each scene talking TO the audience In
his quiet. terrible way:
wei. II be she has soul we shall
find it. Perhaps it's here
With FIRMS strong hand the last
secret of muscle and nerve and bone
was laid hare. aud the white face look
ed intoIhe eyes of the audience through
i mist Of tears IS
am sorry. my friends. But we must
face the truth. It's better to know the
truth. however bitter. than to believe q
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With q soft rtksh the biz curtain came
down in "a silence that could be felt
The dazefl crowd walked from the spell
and mured into the aisles. while Stu.
srt still sat crippiig the arms OF his
seat with sfrangling emotion.
II hast he said to himself with chol;.
inc emphasis:
.He WAS cruei. inhuman. unjust. 4
refuse TO believe Ill she has soul!
She mas a SOUR
vext dav smart went 70 his ONCE
win bis mind KEYED TO higher pitch
~ nnwer He felt that he was on his
ma,tle The arht was not ret won.
hnt this morning no was winning. He
nlunged into his work with tireless
zeal Everything he touched seemed
lllamjned with new light.
Al the close OF the days work he was
stiil conscious OF an exhausfless pity
which he'd found no adequate expires,
sion IN his la hor on his clients cases
His mind wandered to the dark silent
millions into whose world the doctor
had led him that night-millions who
hare M roica fn courts haeausn they