Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27
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once her quick eyes spled n deer III
the taugles OF the one-time Grameroy
park, now no longer neatly hedged with IRON ron
pallnEs but spread in Wild CONFUSION that
Joined the riot OF growth beyond
On the instant she fred, woundlng the
creature.
stern's shot, echoIng hers. missed AL
ready tho deer was away, out OF range
through the forest. With some dithculty
they pursued down q glenlike strip OF
woods that must have once been irving
Place.
Two hundred yards south OF the park
thew sighted the animal again. ana the
gIri with a single shot sent II crashing TO
earth.
"Brayo. Diana !" hurrahed Stern, run
ming forward with enthusiasm. The deer
fever was on him as strong as IN ms
old days in the Hudson Bay country aot
was the pleasure OF the XIII when thht
meant food. As he ran he JerEed ms
knife from tho skin sheath the girl hao
made for him.
Thus they had fresh vsnison to their
hearts, content-yenison broiled over white
hot Goals in tho fireplace, juicy and saNory-
sweet beyond all telling.
A good deal of the meat they smoked
and salted down for future use, stern
undertook 20 tan the hide with strips OF
hemlocl bark laid in n water pit dug near
the sprInR, He added also some oak bark
nut gals and a good quantity OF young
sumac shoots.
"I guess that ought TO hit the mark II
ANYTHING will" remarked he, as ne I'M
mersed the skin and weighted IL down
with rocks. -, -,-.,.
NJ our extinct doctors-a little OF every.
thing, bound to do the trick one way or
another"
The great variety Of labors now imposed
upon him began to try his ingenuity to the
full In spite Of all his wealth OF praeucal
knowIedge and his scientific skill. he was
astounded at the huge demands OF even
the simplest human llfe
The girl and he now faced these, without
the social cooperation which they haa
formerly taken entirely for granted ana
the change OF conditions had begun TO
alter Stern's concepts OF almost everything
He was already beginning TO realize now
tr,iR the old saying was: "One man Ii no
MANI and how the world had been the
world merely because OF the intSrrelauonH'
the undergraduates OF human beings In
vast numbers.
He was commencing 70 get a glimpse Of
the vanished social problems that had en-
neshed civilization In their true Nght, now
that all he confronted and had TO strussle
with was tho unlntelligent and overbearinS
dominance OF nature.
neer. And the strong indlvldualism (es-
gentlally anarchistlc) on which ne had
prided himself a thousand years ago was
now beginning 10 receive some mortal blows
even during these nrst days OF the new
solitary. unsocialized life,
But neither he nor the girl had very
much time for interpretive thought Each
moment brought its Immediate task ana
every day seemed busier than the last
had been.
they sat together by the light NJ their lamp
In the now homelike offices, Stern and
Beatrice found pleasure In little random
speculation.
stern brought to mind some Of Professor
RaouI Pietets experiments with animals
In which the FTenehman had suspended anil
nation for long periods by sudden freezing
This method seemed 10 answer, In way,
the girls earlier questions as 70 how they
mad escaped death in the many long winters
since they had gone 10 sleep.
Again they tried to imagine the scenes
lust following the catastrophe, the horror
OF that long-past day, and the slow ir-
reyocabs decay Of all the monuments OF
the human race.
often they talked TN past midnight, by
the glow OF their stone fireplace, and many
were the aspects OF the case that they
developed These hours seemed 10 Stern
the happiest OF his life
For the rapprochement between this
beautiful woman and himself at such times
became very close and fascinatlngly inti-
mate. and Stern felt little by little. that
Inc love which now was growing deep
within his heart for her was not without lis
answer In her own
But for the present the man restrained
himself ana spoke no overt word For that
he understood would Immediately have put
aii things on . different hasis-and thero
va urgent work stu waiting 70 hs aona
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