The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-04
An Effective
Introduction
BY ESTHER VANDEvEER

but he could hear them break and tn
swishing sound as they slid up on tn
sands. That at least was better thai
lounging over magazine or knocking
balls about on billiard table.
For awhile he kept between thu
dunes and the verge Of the ocean. HI
could see nothing dozen feet before
him, but occasionally when a dun.
lowered above him he caught filmy
sight of 1t. At times he diverged from
his line Of direction toward the ocear
and could see the foam ready to encir
Gle his feet. Aiming to keep midway
between the dunes and the foam, when
he got too near the one he bent his
course toward the other.
Why did he continue to walk shut
of from everything save the sands be-
meath his feet! Why do we do any
thing we are not obliged to do? Why
will a man risk his life climbing q
cliff? Why will one who has made a
fortune continue in the slavery Of bust
ness? Why does the sailor tmprison
himself in a ship when he has the
WuOlC OIL LII w WohuSh ph
He didn't know. He had begun to
saunter to avoid ennui. But as he
proceeded he forgot those at the hotel
sitting about listlessly with bored
look on their faces. He was walking
In the mist because he wished to.
There was something he liked In being
thus shut off from the world he knew
to be about him but could not see. He
had sympathized with blind persons
and wondered how they could be cheer
full, as many Of them were. Now he
understood. But he could not give his
understanding in words.
Something dark doomed before him,
and In another moment woman stood
facing him, few feet from him. She
was young and pleasant to look upon.
There was a zest Ia this meeting,
though the person met was a stranger
to him. He might have met a girl,
many girls, time and again on a beach
when the whole panorama OF nature
was spread out before him and not
one have attracted his attention. But
here out of nothingness had sprung a
living being. 1t was like child COM
ing from the unknown. One does not |
consider anything remarkable In
stone falling at his feet even IL 1t
comes from meteorite, but living /
human being suddenly entering into
mis- life-this was wonder
An introduction, essential under 9TH
er circumstances, would have been in
congruous Worthington forgot even
to raise his hat The girl at first
started, then her features broke into
a quick, brief smile. Then she said:
strangely met"
Yes, strange. But no stranger than
all other meetings. Every meeting Is
strange 1t is all strange"
"WhatT
Everything from the universe down
TO grain of sand"
THE universe is not so strange to
ne as a single living being" II
He did not hear this; he was follow
ng his own line OF thought Presently, !
rs If waking from a dream, he said: I
Can it be possible that we are
strangers" {
I'VE are, yet 1t seems as IL l had !
lnown you always. 1t must be the unr q
Usual manner of our meeting" q
II could not feel more companionable t
( / had known you from childhood" a
II wonder" she said, should the +
og lift would we be as we would have
een had we met under the blue sky, L
he ocean, the dunes and the sunlft S
bodies of man about u.s."
I'VE would have passed each other e
Ike two leaves sailing In the wind,
oubtless never to be so near again"
At that moment the fog vanished
rom about them. The sun shone, the
lue sky arched above them, the :
'aves rejecting its hue. White comb
1 waves were chasing one another ON
lie glittering sand surface, while gulls "
ere sailing aloft ii
Worthington turned from briefly e.
king in the scene toward the girl, 81
niled and raised his hat. h,
I'VE are again In the world" he as
i'd, but we have got the start of the
orld. Having met out of the world, y.
e have been Invested of it's conven- -
Qualities. While thus shut off by i
rselves, mtrammeled by its customs
ID its influences, we have become Il;
mpanions. For my part shall new -
relinquish what have gained"
Her eyes dropped to the sands when :,
said tins, and she made no reply. az
How did you happen to be walking =,
the beach In the fogY he asked.
1T was dun at the hotel. ! could ="
t stand the chatter Of the rocking
air brigade"
And the gossip l admit a fog Is
One enjoys better the Ma
md OF the waves. You are at the
can HouseT
I am" !
I am at the Sea Gull cannot so ~
idenIy get hack TO the worlds Gus SIC
rs as TO ask permission TO call upon WI
l. 1t would seem like asking IL of "a
, whose playmate l had been" OF
Don't. You will find me at home du'
enever you call in the morning be- Is
Q the bathing hour or In the late
ernoon or in the evening" ing
This EVENING" ilsf
Yes. Come early"
And stay later Gus
As long as you like the
promise not to keep you up after you