The evening world., 1916-09-09
~ NENr MONDAYS EVENING WORLD

conn I've nnFn fDInH 20 fedi sOoxtf
iht fnah shnm I met ius' once. ~
evening otrf a loar $50. 90 ceusss
Ada house m Buthrsylus oant
rnd hin he's soEs"
Gowns" he said Then you .
fsru snlssd mef'
Not o. nfs, But after q vhnsA
uitle thinfs besan 90 come bach: Aa1
What yqu told me about Miss Rich-
lander. you know. and the hlna -
rect"
Then you snev or you ,AsushH
! vas a criminal"
she nodded, n her sass was ~
Ing upon the nearby rravsi hsoR
ous Ada wrote me DNs -
made no difference atdnsV ~
whether o had done the eS1SS
they said you hsd. or not NM
did know was tha, YOU haA 49,
your shAokiss IN some way an6 ~
your"
Il supposs 80; IN sUsns bind -.
ION. nut u IL you VINO have - -
free, Corona. II began that uiaSa
Euthrisvllle when I stole one Oh 49,
niovee. " wasn't anything yvu eaAAa
u vas what you svidsnsiy bsGSvS
= lived. And out hsre-i va -
Svs'sv esvaes when you saw -
. tumbisd hsadions me-
eoyse OF tho new ANA snS slsmASSS
Aad u I AN trying 10 scramSis -;
now on the side Of honor anS SsSS
manhood. u 10 chiefly bsoause r.
nave shoWn me the wuy."
When ala I sver, John"-vs0 n.
up sisnoe OF the gray eye thss -
almost wistfui.
Always: and with q v1.A.~ 49,.
mAkos me almost afraid Of WON no.
example, there was the aIsht mo
was fairly on the edge of iettfnr JIh-
oey stay IN the mne and 70 msd n he
wanted so:. you lashed me with the
ons word that made ma save his iise
instead OF taking II. How ala yo,,
~no1 tnat was h one word 10 ayr
Inquired softly. "The moment hrinss
~ own inspiration. II broke ne
heart 70 see what you could be. Ana
70 think that you might not be Il.
AFTER ALL But ! came out here mi.
10y 70 talk about something clse.
WHAT are o going to do when Sou
ero able to leave 6unr1ss 0uichf"
the q straightforward thins
ehsrs 10 for mo TO do. I shall 70 bsck
70 Lnwrenosviils and take my msdi-
and Aftsr that," =
That IL for you to say. Corona.
would you marry q %convictf"
John. dear" she said. ana h.-
voice was trembling between a laugh
ana a sob. 'fisten: This morning
Colonel-daddy got . night letter from
Billy otarbuck. You have been won
derin8 why Billy never camo out here
to see you--4t was because he and Mr..
Snilings have bean In Lawrenceville.
trying to clear you They are there
nov, and the wire says that wstroue
Ounham IA bean arrested and thai
has broken down And confessed. Z
o IRE . free man. John; you ,
The grass cropping pony had w1d.
snsd its circle BY q full yard. ana ~
westward pointing shadows Of ShY
mrs were growing shorter ana more
defined a. the August sun
swung higher ovsr the summits Of
tho eastern TtmAnyonis. For ne two
the house bench. time. hsvin9 III
its tntsrspaoes allied with oo0tt1o
silences. had no measure that Was
worth recording. In a OF the more
Intervals II was the naa
Some things In tAis world NJ ~,
Corona. We can to.
ana Try % account Tor
chance. was Il chance that 0isycV
" togstner At your cousins h0upe d
0uthrievfile a year ago last Junst"
ohs laughed happily. II SUPPOSE y
.was-though ia like to Be F0ma1e60
snoush % below that II wasn't"
"Debritt would say that Il was -
Absolute EGO" 10 said. half MI.
and who =. Mr.. p.sr.sr.
eIyA 4 fhA man ANAAA ~A
last evening In Lawrencsvins. Ne
had been Joking me about my various !,
little mugnesses-good JOB, goo0 I
clothes. easy life. and all that, and
he wound w by warning me u watch
ont for the Absolute EGO"
What IL the Absolute Esof" sAs
asked dutifully. 3
John Montague Smith. with hts
curling yellow beard three weeks un-
trimmed. with his clothes irsssiLe
the part Of a neglected camper, and
with a steel ia cketed bullet trying 10
encyst Itself under his right shoulder
blade. grinned eNultantly.
"Debritt didn't know. himself: but
] know now: it's the primitive man
soul; tho r. that is able to refuse 10
be bound down and tied by environ
ment or habit or petty conventions.
or any Of the things we nlssname
limitations It's asleep In rpost OF
us; II WAS asleep In me. Yan maze
II sit mp and u it's s!ns for n
minute or two that evening in
Guthrieville, but II lozed on again. 3
and there had 10 be m earthquake at
he last to shake II alive. DO YOU
know the first thing IT did when II
took hold and began TO driver"
mo-
Here is whore tho law OF chances
falls TO pieces, Corona. Without tell
ing me anything about II, this newly
cmancipatcd man-soul Of mine made
a bee-line for tho only Absolute
Ego woman II had W. known. And
II found her"
Again the young. oml laughed
happily. III you are going TO call mo
names. Ego-man, Noull have to make I
II up 10 me some other way" che
aid
Whereupon. the moment being
elemental and sacred TO tem-y
o~nstratlons OF the absolute. ne did. Nt
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