Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-23
The Web of
Destiny
By ]. u. GTESY and J. b. SMITH
Copyright The Frank A. Munsey Co.

is but the transcending of the lower
by the higher application" said he.
"Splendid!" exclaimed Connie.
I'm 30 glad to hear you say that,
Mr.. Dual. Not, of course, that
doubted your innate mercy, but when
| you begin to speak of the law in that
manner, l always feel as if l didn't
understand"
80 few of us do understand" said
Semi. And because of that SO many
of US suffer. AS for mercy-yes, l
believe in it. But, Mrs. Glace, one
must be careful in its exercise lest he
allow mere sympathy to pervert his
understanding, and so cause him to
trangress his true position. He who
seeks to become an instrument Of
destiny may often precipitate more
harm than good. 1t is choice to be
| made with care"
"Apropos of that" joined in, "in
| view of the present swat-the-fly cru
sade, isn't your recent act in freeing
the fly open to question on the
grounds of the greatest good to the
greatest NUMBER"
Duaps eyes twinkled.
"Well sped, my verbal archer" he
made answer.
Besides" / went on, you robbed
the spider of his dinner. How justify
that?"
by the conjunction of time and
place." said Dual. You who know
my belief that nothing happens from
chance in this world of ours scarcely
need ask, friend Glace. Still" He
paused and grew utterly serious in his
manner. Had the destiny of that
little insect which l freed just now
demanded it's ultimate dissolution,
| personally hold that neither you nor
| your wife nor myself would have been
| at this place at this time. And be-
| cause we were here at this time,
| hold that the fly was to be saved, and
that in liberating it from it's peril,
acted as an instrument of fate, re-
Geological hygiene"
Again he paused and appeared al
most to listen, stood so for a moment,
and shook his head. ut may be-" he
resumed, that there is hidden
meaning in all this, wholly apart
from the seemingly trivial incident
under discussion. 1t has come to me
in the last moment that there are
etheric vibrations about us which 1
may read if / retired to your state
| room-until you wish to use it?"
"Of course" Connie assented
"Oh, dear this interests me immense
ly. What is it, do you think, Mr..
Dual?"
Semi shook his head.
mot nOw-later," he made an
swer and walked across to our car,
mounted the steps, and disappeared
within.
Connie turned her eyes from
watching his retreating figure, and
rushed question at me.
What did he mean? What's he
going to do? Isn't he the queerest
and finest man that"
A rattling bump ran along the line
of Pullmans. l glanced forward and
saw that the two engines were coup
led up. | shook my head.
"All aboard now, Hon." suggest
ed. Wed better get on now our
selves. Where do you want to go
inside or back on the platform"
Back" decided Connie. Il want
you to tell me lot more about Mr.
Dual. l want to ask you some ques-
tions."
We went back and because it was
hot day there between the hills in
the little valley, and because people
are like sheep in a way and followed
each other in or down from the plat
form when the train stopped, we
found 1t deserted, and settled our
selves in a couple of chairs well back
under the overhang.
And now" said when we were
seated and the depot buildings were
beginning to slip past us, what do
you want to know about Dual?"
Everything. my wife made most
comprehensive reply.
smiled. 1--WE told you pretty
much all of that for the last few
years, II remember remarked.
But l didn't know him then"
Connie countered. "Now that / do, l
want to hear it. again-how you met
him, and about his theories of life,
and all of it. Go on" She turned
half toward me and prepared to lis
ten.
And 30 as the panorama Of the
mountains unrolled on either side and
the train crawled up toward the west,
told her again of how had first
gone to see the strange person whom
we now called friend; how l had
gone to interview him for the Record
long before Bryce and organized our
detective bureau. and found him dwell
ling in the magnificent quarters which
he had made for himself twenty
stories up in the air on top of the
Urania building. where his garden OF
flowers and vines and shrubs bloomed
the year around under its sheltering