The Washington times., 1915-06-28

Will for Divine purposes. That was
what she believed. with the complete
faith of a little child.
The Octagon fire did not really shake
Celesta's faith in herself, her origin
OF her destiny, but 1t set her TO asking
questions. What line must she draw
between herself as human being ana
herself as Celestial? Already certain
pains of this earth and certain pleas
ures had been thrust upon her. She
had not been able to prevent the hre,
or to escape its terrors. No more could
she keep her heart from beating d
little quicker whenever she thought or
Tommy. How long was she to be a
, human being? Until her work was
| done-a few years at best. She would
have to eat, and to drink and to sleep.
What other indulgenceS could she granI
herself? only such as would not inter-
fere with her work. Is the best work
done on a minimum OF pain or pleasure
! or maximum? II she had to love all
men. was there one whom she must not
| love more than all the others put to-
gether? Had Douglass. before he broke
his arm. worked better or worse be-
| cause he had a loving and faithrul
wife? Why far better, of course! lie
| had indeed at one time been in the
| drinking way. but a pair of eyes, you
wouldn't have thought them especially
| bright or blue, but he did-had savec
| him.
Already Tommy had helped her with
| her work. If only by the fact of saving
! her life so that she could work. If he
| could be always near her, wouldn't ne
| be always helping? And she couldn'l
! answer any of these questions satisfac'
| torily. There were two voices IN hel
| mind. One kept saying Let yourself
| go-love limits all right while the
other kept saying "Of course you are
| human for the moment, but you have
no right to be as other humans are
You mustn't let one man displace from
| your heart that love of the whole worlc
| which 1t contains"
| OF one thing only she was sure-tha
she would decide nothing until sh,
! was sure that her decision was right
But this begging of the question 70
the time being did not seem to hav,
a silencing effect upon Tommy himself
A man. erroneOusly, assumes certain
rights or claims upon a certain woman
II she won't be his. at least she ough
to be- because he saw her first, or h
was first to love her, or he intervenet
in her behalf and saved her from some
thing or other-in the case of Celestia
Tommy had saved her from death. Ais,
he had been the first to see her, ant
the first to love her.
"Celestia," he said to her one day Chi
hands still in bandages from superficial
burns), III only to be logical and con
sistent. you ought to marry me.
know that you are absolutely SINGER
Ill the Dtllcl llidl you are SOlnS 10 max
the whole world happy I'm a smal
part of the world. Unless you max
me happy. and you don't show an
symptoms of doing that, you cant pos
| sibly succeed. can you?'
Celestia considered half smiling
Then she said, wholly smiling; "Wha
did you mean the other day when yo
said merely to look at me. merely t
breathe the same air | breathed. mercl
to hear the sound of my voice wa
happiness for you?"
"Oh. Celestial" he said, hopelessly
there's no answer to questions lik
that Those are the things that a ma
just has to say to the girl he loves.
don't know why he has to say EN-. bu
he does. They are the truth and no
the truth. It's heaven Just TO look a
you Yes, II is. And in the momen
y Of looking it's hell to think that may b