Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-08

SAAoS sic Was supply pOSSeSS0O VI q
strong will, of great ~self-control, and
an exceedingly clear understanding.
That she was imbued with the modern
woman's determination. to discrimin-
t between mere sex attraction and
love. That she had evolved a
philosophy which satisfied herself,
concerning the relations of men and
women. That she had decided upon,
what should be the basis for the rela-
ton which has to do with peopling
the world; that she was a worshiper
Of the new-old idea that marriage
should be a combination Of the best
elements of both friendship and sex
attraction, and that that combination
and no other should be given the
name Of love. And also, that friends,
ship unalloyed by the usual sex come
plications was quite possible between.
men and women. In short that
Freda O'Rourke was an 'advanced"
woman, though not Of 1.-THE 'free-love''
or '::sympathy-craving'' order-which
Is, IN reality, q feversion to the hyper.
civilization Of the Roman era and has
no rightful place in the hard sense of
the modern scheme.
At any rate, Ffeda had lived up to
beliefs. She had de1ed the uni
versal assumption that an intimacy
between a man and q woman can have
but one significance, and had suffered
as a result. She had handled MacAl-'
lister wisely, and had won his lasting
friendship, and had persisted in hold
ing what she had won even when La
classe had shown, its disapproval 50
aware Of 1t. But, though enraged
over the sights shown her, he had not
asked her to marry him; he had never
asked her to marry him, and Freda
knew why. He had discovered early
that she would. demand honesty of
him; he knew that she would take.
only a whole loaf, and he had but half
a loaf to offer her: IN the latter years,
q devoted friendship, even affection,
but not the perfect combination she
demanded.
However much she had suffered in
secret, Freda had chung t their
friendship. What she would be giving
MacAllister in return for real love
was a secret Freda had always guard
ed. II, like all women, she had
dreamed sometimes that MacAllister
might awake to the perfect thing and
offer it to her, it was a dream Care
FULLY concealed. Latterly, a. dream
she had willed herself not to DIRE am;
what she had was better than the
thing most wives had. to her WY OF
thinking. better even than the thing
MacAllister was Offering Marie, which
Freda's Observation-Disclosures had discO:-
cred was principally an oyerwhelm-
ing passion which was capable of, as
overwhelming q revulsion. 1t was the
same craving that had married hat
A1lister to the primitive girl Whose
weakness had entangled them both in
tragedy. Had his feeling for Eugene
been love, as Freda conceived Of love.
he would ha IVA fAsYnH 0-nu til .N.v% ~
their difficulty less cruel to them 10th
than exile. And. vice versa. had
Eugenfe's. love been real love, she
would not have married him; the en-
tire tragedy would have bes1 averte6.
But Freda had Judged Marie i be
! q very different girl from Eugene,
She had sounded Marie. as she cld
most people in whom she was inter-
! ested. Marie was not easy tossfauaom,
but Fseda wa convinced, even -:.ftss
hearing Of MAfie's deceit, that the girl
had character; That ahe had It in. her
to give MacAllister q very perfes st love.
1t merely the primitive In her
that had s~uccurnbed.
But, At the same time, Freda took i
much more lenient view Of Marie's in
Eeritance than MAcAllister did. Being
something Of an eugenist, a. wen q
IAN analyst. Freda thought, % she
watched MacAilisters angry pacing.
that Marie's mixture OF Latin ener-
~lvescence and Indian immobiIity COM
bined with MaoAllister's hard scotch
Qualities would make q child Of no
mean type. And both Marie and he
had rare physical perfection, health
and strength in abundance. She
Thought OF II with . constitution Of
giyen the best hx years Of her life Is
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