The daily Alaskan., 1913-09-22
Philosophical
 Discussion
 By REGINALD D. HAVEN

.NN.'' ...h'N f""..'.N'AH .'Nf"a '''a N.+haNH | hud during thc summer encampmenB
 escorted young ladies 10 "Old Fort |PuC and over Filtration walk' and danced with them at hops.
 He was a major of artillery in the United States army and stationed 0t | Fort Smelling It was August, and he
 thought be would run over to Lake ! |MmuctouEa at the time the resort was |dIcd with persons enjoying their sum-
 mcr vacations He was thlrty-Gve and unmarried His friends said that be | had proposed to SO many girls when
 be was at West Point that there were
 none left for him to marry when he
 really meant business.
 He had passed out Of the reckless loycmaklng of youth It bad left him dreamy, imaginative, with a vein of sentiment such as belongs to the poet | He was fond of musIUg upon the won. dcrs or Che universe The most inter- csuug study Co him was mankind that ls. after womankind-for, being Unmarried. lc considered woman ht subject for study, although a married friend told him he had better stick to
 ncDulae and let woman alone.
 Major Donaldson, have you met Miss EenworthyT said lady by way |or on introduction
 "I have not, but it gives me great pleasure to do so now" said the major
 The mroducer dropped out and the officer drew a chair beside Miss Ken.
 worthy It was the hour of twilight land the planet Venus was looking down. radiant, on the god of day that ! had sunk beneath the horizon.
 "Boauuml sight" remarked thr ma. lor by way of opening the conversa' u0u "This hour at this season is my l fav0r0tc Of 0lI parts of the year."
 .ytry beautiful" Miss Kcnworthy assculad
 "I wonder how the planet happened to bc named for the goddess of lovef
 "Tnurs easily answered. Venus Is the only one Of the planets that ap' pears Co us to bc always changing" The major glanced suspiciously at l hls companion She was looking out ! upon tHe landscape with a sober face
 "Your explanation does not hold. The |phasrs 0f Venus are not apparent to ! tlc naked eye. and the ancIents had
 100 telescopes. wonder if the planets l are inhabited"
 "If there arc human beings on Venus l presume tur women are all Nenuses. Again Major Donaldson cast an in- ! torr0gativc glance ut Miss kcnworthy ! Was hur remark intended Co be humor ous or saurIcaI? Her face was still sober There was no twinkle in her l eye
 "Do you know" said the major, "that thc philosopher Sir William Hamilton, suggested that life may have been transmitted to the earth from one Of ! Che other planets as the wind waits pollen from flower tC lOwcr|
 "m Hr same principle, l presume, love was sent down to us from Venus"
 "Yon are not 0t a serious vein, ] pcrrcIgc. As for me, I'm quite in love with these spcrumuons. One of my ngDrlr topics of thought is whether We have lived before and whether we shall live again"
 "DD y0u ever have a feeling that you have been before in the position that yOu occupy ut the present momcntE
 "I don't exuctIy understand you"
 "TU illustrate. we two nre sitting together of a s.mmpr evening at the l twilight hour. lo.a.Ug oul uu land and water and sky Supposug that it should Uc... Co yDu that yDu have been sitting w.H nu before amid thc same condition. ."r s whm 1 mean"
 "Now HHnhcnd. There are per sons WI. .r experienced such sen uHou re.r incidents huvc been used u uuus Ihat we have ex. istrI nrf..n We came upon earth"
 "I ua.. such uu experience at the present maamul"
 "Yuu Guar .wu it."
 "I um rou.r1ous of having sat with you ut twE. al overlooking land and water and snv and. though Instead of looking westward we were looking nomnwurd Gln planet Venus shonc forth rcspIumIuut Singular, isn't iti"
 "yury" tur major asscntcd thought. fully "Uuyr ,nu any idea of the time ! fnar ms elapsed since this previous ryprricuccf Was It a few years, thou sands of years, millions Of years or
 ponss"
 "It wus exactly twelve years" The mai0r once more turned and srrmuIzrd the lgdy's face.
 "Cm you mol partcuIarizc further| hc asked
 1 ,I cam We were sitting on the rear norch ut the hotel at West Point look ! ing ouC ou that beautiful view uD the Hudson river You were a cadet and ! was lust ou, or short dresses"
 And the planet Venus. What has | that Go do with It?' stammcred the major. reckoning
 "You told me you loved me and
 would npYrr love another" The mulor sat ntcnty looking at the l laIy beside him. He had no remem- l I,.-r,.. nr rpr nr fIn scene she de-