Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-01
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sonal. why not? What am Il
mound, cliff OF, boulder?!'
When I thought It out you were a
Andrea avoided his eyes. You're
not q mound"
= Am I still a BOULDER" he insist
She turned her eyes and looked him
up and down ieetinsly. what else
will it do for meg" she asked.
What else?" he repeated. "Ah.
yes. The philosophy, Ell? 1t will
make you gloriously independent-re-
duce you to the three elements of
1ame." ~ -
Let's begin with the. inner name::'
she suggested. sit sounds mystic"
"But it isn't" he replied. "It's.the
most practical thing in the worlu. 1t
has not only the attributes of a will
o'-the wisp but all the virtues of a
kitchen mop and it has more names
than an archduke. Ambition, illusion,
youth, arc a few of its commoner APP
pellations but the one hat comes
nearest to imprisoning it in a phrase
is, breath of life"
Andrea studied him almost impa-
tiently; inwardly she was rebelling
tremendously at finding herself SO
continually interested by one who was
even at the moment calmly doing her
a great wrong. If he had spoken as
didactically about his precious philo-
Isophy as what he said would have
read, she would have found herself at
once; but he hadn't. In that point
more than in any other lay the harm
charm? Wei, call it charm, any
ed with little pauses, not from hesi-
fancy but as though his mind were
browsing aloud in pleasant pastures.
Having thought the matter out
with a view to hearing him browse
some more she said, Cant you bring
it a little nearer? 2"
"I'l try" he answered after a
pause. Breath of life is that quality
which holds back a man from mar
rying for money and urges another
ito the desertion Of wife and children
preacher leap from the pricking PIN
|nacle of dogma to the heart Of the
Red Light district and his own de-
lstruction, that leads the. king-bull of
the herd to impatient paths OF lone
|ly meditation. In short, it's the per-
petual vigilance Of self at the appar-
emit risk Of the SOUL"
sort Of sublimated .egoism," re-
marked Andrea.
"S%elfishness, you, mean?" He shook
his head; ITS not even on that
fishness a. a quality is merely n Of
the pebbles on the beach below 1t that
the sea has been grinding down to
uniform characteristics for a hundred
years. No, it's almost an opposite;
it's the defence of the individual
against egoisn. socialism and every
other ism in the calendar Of inn
mutable rules Of living. Alive, it's a
flame: dead, It doesn't ever leave a
corpse"
Andrea yawned. Now HONOR she
Won't you talk a little?" said the
man. Defining Is a great game and
I don't want to hog all the fun. Speak
for your class. What's honor?"
Andrea thought for q minute; then
she smiled. with women, it's keep
ing anywhere this side OF the Rubi-
con-" She paused.
"And with men ?" he urged. r
with men it's the art of not get
ting caught"
Capital" he exclaimed.
YES" she murmured. II thought
you would like those answers" He
stared at her but she kept ner face
innocent of malice. Nov tell me what
honor really is"
II believe you could have told me-
he answered, Except for the fact that
Eyour exceptionally good taste bars SIN
certify. Honor, to my mind. is the
pillar without props upon which in
dividual life is twined. It's what is
left OF morality when you're sure no
one is looking"
Andrea stiaed another yawn.
Some of the things you say" she
gasped. are almost clever enough
for a book to read in bed"
Il beg your pardon. I'm sorry"
LOUDLY. A bundle under the tree,
wrapped up head and all in a blanket,
resolved itself into Bathtub rubbing
sleep out of his eyes: arose, seized a
lrope on a pulley and hauled. The
circular mosquito net rolled up from
about the table.
will you go to your room and tell
me If o have everything" Asked
the man. Everything necessary. I
mean"
Andrea reached for a fresh cigar
cite. Don't be absurd" she said.
I'm not going to bed for hours"
She glanced a. him with a sort Of
difident look. as though she were
about to give tway a secret. when
II yawn. always keep on talking. It
means I'm-I'n tree. You know"
Damn your society tricks" re-
marked the man. "I'm going" He
arose and turned his back on her.
Before he had taken three strides
her voice came to him and in 1t was
a new quality, a sure maturity. go
II you like" she said evenly, but I
shall sit here until you come back"
He turned Il once, a flush in his
cheeks. Forgive me-" he said .,im-
ply, struck a match and held 1t for
her.
Now health said Andrea. Don't
you think I'm reasonably healthy al
ready"
mo" said the man. "until you've
wolfed a whole meal and grabbed
chicken with your fingers, you don't
really. know what bodily health means.
God has given you ouch beauty Of
skin that you owe it to every eye that
c%aresses itself with . sight Of you to