Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-01-21
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6G[OQGE RANDOLPH CIESIIR
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cuAprER xx-continued.

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e,nsusrd again in the starlit night.
~ 1I that whirl Of exultation. 1t was
not chillier now, and Allison
'p s'1 bor into the machine with
S ~ tonderness. She felt the thrill
s sin as he sat beside her. and the
!. r strength with which he controlled
% y , swiftly speeding runabout, was
y ber strength. They were kindred
-, these two, soaring above the
':,. Of earth in the serene compla-
D ',v y, those who make trifes OF
@ ',..sss itself. They did not talk
,',h for they had not much to talk
.,n, The details of a scheme SO
''rnrpbensive as Allison's were not
s,,gs TO be explained, they were
AIMS TO be seen in vision. Once
!. asked him about the bringing OF
!. foreign railroads into the combina-
4, and he told her that this would
,v no ACCOMPLISHED by a political up
laval which would take place next
,,,b and would probably involve the
,lIe Of Europe. 1t was another de-
M, and it seemed quite natural. She
=, 20 interested that he told her all
,Sut his foreign visitors.
In the park, Allison stopped at the
MIa outlook house where they had
snbed on that snowy night, and they
fud there, with the stars above, the
Ines below and the twinkling lights
nstching out to the horizon, all alone
dove the world of civilization. Be-
H sounded the clang of street cars,
I'D far off to the left, high in the air.
aTe cleaned the lights Of a curving
Ltain. That was part of Allison's
world which he had long since con.
Nged, part which ne already held
b the hollow of his hand; and the fact
bat every moving thing which chung
Eol a track in all this vast piano.
nna vas under his dominion, served
ay to illustrate and make plain the
nlrTel Of the accomplishment which
'sS now under way. Beyond that dim
lrlOn lay another and still another,
nd in them all, wherever things
rNed or we're transported, the lift of
LSOn'S finger was to start and stop
DE wheels, to the uttermost confines
q the earth! Oh, it was wonderful;
Nlderful! And she was part of it!
twas there that he proposed to her.
i did not surprise her. She had
EoWn 1t when they had entered the
AIE and that this was the place.
He told her that all this empire was
Nng Ouilded to lay at her feet, that
ias was the empress of it and he the
Emperor, but that their joy was to be
@l the sway, not in the scepter and
aoSl, but in the doing, and in the
a'lng done, and in the conceiving
I'd having conceived.
was this a cold painting of pomp
No glory and advantage and reward !?
DC ADDED to it the fire of a lover, and
v mat the force and mastery and
anpulSion of his dynamic power. She
VII again the potent thrill of him, and
" might and sweep and drive of him,
w with the hot, tumbling words of
wy III aer ears, and her senses a-reel.
VIC aer mind in its whirling exulta-
w. she felt between them a sympa-
y and union which it was not in
~ strength to deny! Something
wv w aer back, something made her
!, 'Ilold the word of promise, on the
W y 'uat she must have more time to
4-A 10 consider, to straighten out
J angle OF her mind; but she suf-
4su MIN to sweep her in his arms,
-aislh not kisses upon her face, and
.'eH aer' over and over and over and
IT, 'nat she belonged to him, for
ef aud forever!