Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-16

,o- pf he sight in reality 'You "an 5.- esit | ruu can," He, heart gas k9 appeal
 Hh. old argument! No, 1 should aal Ike = see that he replied, T 1n', lo my duty as a soldier to my
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 99 should tell the premier you, Ean 9lt there is still another reasofq fer .ellirg him she urged gently. q | Now he saw her not at twenty y-seVen A0t at seTenteen, gjrlish, he subject i Gf np processes of reason but in the s9lelI of an intuition, and he knew thar sog1athing out of the blue in flash. | Has coming. = 'ttor you will not win," she declared. iiThis struck fire. Square jaw and sturdy body, in masculine energy reso- lute aud trained, were set tndomitabiy against feminine vitality.
 Yes. we shall Win! We shall win he said without even the physical deGl onstration of gesture and ill hard. even voice which was like that of the machinery of modern war itself, voice which the aristocratic sniff, the Louis XVI curls, or any of the old gal | lery y-display heroes would have thought utterly lacking in histrionics suitable to the occasion. He remained rigid after he had spoken, handsome, self possessed.
 There was no use of beating femi- nine fists against such a stone wall. The force of the male was supreme. She smiled with a strange, quivering loosening of the lips. She spread out her hands with fingers apart, as if to let something run free from them into the air, and the flame of appeal that had been in her eyes broke into many l lights that seemed to scatter into space, yet ready to return at her com mand She glanced at the clock and rose, almost abruptly.
 T was very strenuous riding my hobby against yours, wasn't I?" she ex- claimed in flutter of distraction that made it easy for him to descend from 1 his own steed "I stated a feeling. 1 made guess, threat about your 1 w luAlI.S dlld uil III tAS tsAA' iisAS o u woman's privilege; one men grant, ! isn't it?"
 we enjoy doing so,' he replied, all urbanity.
 Thank you!" she said simply. T i must be at home in time for the chil~ drens lesson on Sunday. My sleeper is engaged and if am not to miss the train must go immediately With an undeniable shock of regret he realized that the interview wea l over Really, he had had very good | time; not only that but
 Will it be ten years before we meet again?" he asked
 1 Perhaps, unless you change the rules about officers crossing the fron- tier to take tea" she replied.
 Even if did, the vice-chief of staff might hardly go."
 Then perhaps you must wait" she warned him. until the teachers Of peace have done away with all from tiers"
 l "Or, if there were war, I should come!' he answered in kind. He half wished that this might start another argument and she would miss hex train. But she made no reply. "Anc you may come to the Gray capital again. You are not through traveling!" he added.
 This aroused her afresh; the flame was back in her eyes.
 Yes. have all the memories of my journeys to enjoy, all their lessons to study" she said. There is the big w0rlds and you want tc have had tte breath of all it's climates in your lungs, the visions of all its peoples yours Then the other thing is three acres and a eew.. If you could only have the solidarity of-,the Japanese, their pub lic, spirit, with the old Chinese love of family and peace, and a cathedral nearby on n hill! Patriotism? Why, it is in the soil of your three acres. love to feel the warm, rich earth of our own garden in my hands! Hereafter shall be a stay-at-home; and if my chil- dren. win" she held out her hand in parting with the same frank. earnest gripy of her, greeting, why. you will find that tea is, as usual, at four thirty."'ft1 n iS .'se,
 He had. found the women of his high offlciai world-a narrower world than he realized-much alike. Striking cer- tain keys certain chords responded He could probe the depths of their minds. he thought in single evening. Then he passed on, unless it was. in j the, interest. of pleasure or of his ca reer to finger This meeting had left N his curiosity baffied. He understood how, Marta's vitality demanded action I which exerted itself ir a feminine way 1 for & feminine cause. The cure for .1 such fad was most clear to his mas j culine perception. What if all the power she had shown in her appeal foI peace could be made to serve another ,j ambition? He knew that he was a great man. More than once he .had wondered what would happen if he were to meet great woman. And he should not see Marta Galland again unless war came.