Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-02

'Now you are talking like a lover.
that il. q person more and yet less than
a man. BY your ambition l mean the
intrigues against the state in which
you are engaged and which will bring
you to ruin. You wish for me, and /
am yours but only on the condition. that
you leave Paris when I leave 1t, Join
me in Vienna, n forever
these plots and conspiracies which will
end in the ruin Of France and will in
clude your own inevitable ruin"
What you ask from me now is my
SOUL" replied the young a rising and
pacing the floor.
Have 1t so. 1 ask for your soul. but
for no bad purpose. l know o i'm
timately. as only a woman can know
the ma she loves. / know your am
bition, and 1 ono you for it. l came
here from Vienna to study the state OF
France, I see all the elements of dis
aster and ruin; l see a house about to
fall, and l would pluck you from the
ruins"
II. whose whole ambition Is to be one
of the architects of hat ruin!"
There are others to fill your place.
And mark this, no man uin a state.
states ruin themselves. Why should
you, young, innocent. wealthy. with all
In0 0lGN1eTLS VI IIdppillCSo W yOuA
heart. why should o be crushed in the
ice jam Of folly?"
De L.ussac ceased pacing the floor
and gazed at her for a moment. as II
drinking in her WORDS. Then he took
her hand, led her to n of the windows
of the room and flung 1t open.
The sounds of the Rue Cog Heron. all
sorts of weird cries of old Paris. filled
the room; the cry Of the street hawk!er
came across the little courtyard. the
blind mans pipe, the rumble of a hack
ney-coach and the footsteps of the
passersby.
.That is why" said he. pointing be-
fore her. Look! Look at those peo-
pie; look at their faces; see that wom-
an, that rag picker who Is herself q
bundle of rags. And this is not a mean
street, but the Rue Coo Heron; and
this is nothing in a city given over 70
starvation. misery and despair; flleo
with a people whose blood has been
sucked by a vampire king and a vam-
ptre cOurteSan."
She closed the window.
Tomorrow" said she, gently Leading
destroy their vampire king, would turn
vampires themselves: out OF that gut
ter another king would arise as surely
as another sun will dawn tomorrow.
| What you are attacking Is no. the evil
of the king and court. but the evil that
lies III Tile OuIl1dN ICdTI. by ~ lACACO
overthrow of the existing state OF
things will you alter the heart of menu
Never. never never! No more han by
f%uriously destroying a bad crop Will
you make new corn grow. DeStruction
my friend, is the logic OF q mailman.
You would raise the people by running
the mobiles, when your policy ought to
be to ruin the mobiles by raising the
people," Then. turning to the window.
she paused for a moment. gazed out at
the street. and turned again.
1t seems to me. from my experience
Of the world. that all co~nspirators are
children. One can not help loving them
as they beat their ARE palms or the
door. break their toys. succeed mt
times in their little revolutions. which,
however, leave h great world some
how the same al before" She came to
between his hands. drew them away
from his face and kissed him. Then
taking him by the hand, she talked to
him. talked to him the philosophy OF
humanity divorced from the philosophy
of hate. spoke simply and truly and
well. With hunOr and logic and that
bell-like voice that was in itself an
argument, she led his mind as a child
is led by q firm and gentle hand to
the heights of her point of view.
And now finished she. Choose, my
friend. which you will have. Myself.
Lily xOIOI0s lily kOV0-dllA INC pOW0A ~
work for % fellOw-men by rational
methods-or the course you are now
pursuing and the ruin 1t will lead to-
He stood up. % both her hands
and held them while he spoke, looking
into her eyes as he spoke.
Fol you / would deny my religion
and my country. my wealth
land title.. walk barefoot through the
world and fling my soul to Satan, II by
SO doing I could buy you paradise"
Then you will leave France with
meg"
Il will"
Forget your enmity to the king?"
II Will. for you have shown me the
hatefulness Of personal enmtty. Your
philosophy viii be my philosophy. With
the same aim. let ~ work by different
methods"
He folded her In his rims.
Now leave me- she said. 7 have
affairs 70 arrange before l start FOL
IComptegne. ] will return tomorrow
afternoon. Will you meet me here q
8 o'clock
sIswill b. here. And your address q
Compiegne?
MY address will be the Villa Rool
Compiegne, h first house AZ you en-
ter the town by the Paris road"
Continued Next Week.
Common Life Heross.
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