The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-26
ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY MAGAZINE

which on the instant came clamoring in. There
was no vacant seat in the they entered and
both stood clinging to al joining straps, the girl
rgdly aloof from him and his proffered support
AT least, lean my arm.
THANK you ! need help" Her eyes
strained straigh, ahead, vigorously refusing his
With her free hand She pulled the fastening of
her scarf, for her throat was throbbing with
acute distress
As she did So his eyes poignant, persistent,
drew her IN spite of herself....
THE great rushing flame had descended even
here Chatter and crash and boom could not 81
lcnce it, crowds and lights and the speeding Of
the train could not annihate it.
She knew what he had meant by the
avalanche and braced herself To fight il. The
more i, shouted and Numbered, the more NO
lently she would resist.
Staring fiXcdlv upw ard. where chain upon
chain of electric globes multiplied themSelve~
increasingly. she felt the digging magic that
transformed them into millions Of whirling suns
II was such glamour n this. sh" told herself.
that swept away the will power of weak. foolish
women. those who could not fight A. she was
fighting She closed her eyes and bent her head.
holding tightly 10 her resolve.
But she could not shut ont sound More
than ever her inner hearing was cNGHSlt"iy allIe
Why, they were all one. these Voices, thu
crashing medley Of violence and storm. for sud
DENLY as she listened She heard the huge organ
undertone, the thunder OF an unseen orchestra
with every instrument in tune.
Resistance hut a straw against that III
finite cataract of harmony. Her eyes flashed
open to seek relief in the contrast of a proSalc
sight jammed unhappy travellers giumly re-
signed 10 discomfort. But she found no contra
dciion of the glamour. for even hcrt the straras"
trans forming force had been at work. Instead 81
duh proved, selfish human creatures most OF
them uncleany and rcpulsi'e. she faced the glow
Of kindred beings. gazed into eyes that showed
the Ipang of hopes and loves and ardpr~ such A.
her own heart knew. All eye were shining with
that passionate light all faces were awake
with IT, and all were beautiful
II was as if some closed vein in her had
opened suddenly. joining her own em2ilon "l'h
the swift furious. universal tide.
How could il be that anything 50 divine ~
this. 50 towering in its beauty. was an enemy i
menace TO her higher nature?
Yet such il must bc-shc could not b" de
ceiyed. Its very slibliInity was but its o." m
sidious disguise: IL was all part of that power
full enchantment against which her whole NE
training had armored hcr-thc evil so few couid
resist But she had strength 10 grapple with It,
and She would.
~Hundred and Thirry-sevenrh Street,
OLE kept her face turned from him a. he
y hclped her through the press and when they
reached The. pIaiform pushed resoutey on, re-
mote from him even though ~ kept close beside
her.
Only one block Of the canon where apart
ment buildings reared brilliant windows 10 the
sky then the lon. sweep OF KVerside
90 can't you see =" ne burst forth inns
doesn't belong TO the life of hu>kS and f"lh's-
Won't you try TO believe it? BERTHA It isn't
possible YOU can't me as | am. You. the one
woman " -,
II see you better than you see Yourself
You've lived so long in that hectic world
1--WE ncrcr lived in it-ncver had part IN
Your judgments distorted your whole
perspective all of your Ideals
''Mv ideals are yours. Bertha No. don
shrink and he angry-it's true. Why. girl. can't
YOU believe it possible ! might seem to be- living
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