The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-12-19

the best friend that you and I pos
sess."
81 know It,"
They were silent again until irrele-
want Daphne inquired suddenly:
Jack. what made you do that un-
practical thing? The tea and sugar, l
mean. 1t was only %prolonging the
strike; even l can SEE that"
1T didn't prolong the strike to any
particular extent said Juggernaut,
with decision. Not that | care" he
added. with unusual inconsequence.
III 1t did. 1t made things no easier
for the men. and 1t is with the men
that the decision lies In cases OF this
kind"
But 1t was so unlike you,s persisted
Daphne.
Her husband turned and regarded
her qu~izzically.
"Was it," he said. smiling. Eve all
have our weaknesses" he added.
milne are women and children. j
think" he went on, with great delib-
Grafton. that there Is only one wo-
man In this wide world who has ever
suffered III at my HIND
And she is
"My wife. Listen" he continued
rapidly. while I make confession.
You have spoken your piece bravely.
little Daphne. Nav hear me mine"
Z III rxa. a.. Atg t.4r., ,vd xVnnl no
| fore his wife.
II never knew or cared very much
| about women" he said. II do not re-
member my mother. and ! had no sis
tiers. which probably accounts for n
| good deal: also | was brought up by a
man among men. and l learned to read
men and handle men to the exclusion
at ell ELSE. was given to understand
that women did not matter. | was
| trained to regard them as a sort of
| inferior and unreliable variety OF the
| male sex. SO l confined my dealings
TO men. and | found so much joy In
| handling and mastering men that my
eyes became closed to the fact that
life could offer me anything else"
But didn't you miss female society?
| Most men can't get on without some"
| said experienced Daphne.
! You can't miss what you have new
| or had. little girl. Perhaps IL ! had
encountered female society early in
life
..Rut didn't you sometimes instinc-
lively long for a woman 10 come ana
lake charge OF you2 Most men are so
helpless and messy by themselves
Sometimes" admitted ~Juggcrnaut.
almost reluctantly. Il did, but prt
the notion from me-"
"Shall | tell you why?" asked Daph-
ne quietly.
IL upp IL was because l didn't
want to yield to a weakness
"It was nothing of the kind SAID
Daphne. with immense decision. 1T
was because you were afraid"
"Afraid?"
.Yes-afraid. You would have moth
ing TO do with women because you
told Yourself you despised them. we
were n waste Of time. you SAID. an
circumference! The real reason was
that you feared us-yes. feared. Suc
cess was the breath of life 10 you.
You had always had your own way
wherever rot went. You were the
great Sir John Carr, the strcng nan
.Jugyernaut, You had e been beat
en-. Why? Because you had never
had the pluck to try conclusions win
n m Your excuse was that you
were a woman hater, when all the
time you were n woman lover lou
have lust admitted 1t. impostor. You
were afraid tina, where every man
had failed Il turn you from your own
| hard. selfish. way OF life a woman
might succeed. And so you ran away,
and YOU have been running ever since
There. nv strong man-.heres ne
truth for you!
For once In his life Sir John carr
the terror of Populations. the scourge
! of unsound logicians. the Respectfully
| avoided of hecklers. had no answer
,n,6r--frssr IT assE- ~as~"HSL'ps-n"
| answer was possible. The victory lay
with Daphne. She leaned BACK IN 'he
| settle and looked .earlessiy up INTO
her husbands face. For the hrst time
IN her life she felt maternal toward
| this mon-twenty-two years her senior
inst ms old Mrs. Carfrae had predict
ed. she was utterly and absolutely
| happy. too, for she had just realized
that she and her husband had come
| together at last. They were n nesh.
The time for tactful diplomacy ana
mn,ual accommodation and making FL
| lowances was overpast. NO neeu no"