Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-02-27

have taken the bullet herself rather
than let II find him. That was what
that was whit"
II know. Dave" She had 10 hold
herself IN check lest the tenderness
that welled within her. and would
shnpe words OF endearing sympathy
In her mind. should find utterance In
speech. II know. Dave" she said.
"The next thing. then. Is to make
sure In your own mind whether you
ever really loved Irene Hardy. Be-
cause II you loved Irene a week ago
you love her tonight"
Edith" he said. there In no way
OF explaining this. You can't under
stand. ! know you have given your
self up to a life OF service. and |
honor you very much. and NIL that. but
there ure some things you won't be
uhle to understand. You emit under
stand just how much I loved Irene.
Have you never known OF love being
turned TO hnte7"
mo. Other impulses may he. but
not love. Love ran no more turn TO
hnte than sunlight can turn 20 dark
ness. Believe me, Dave, II you hate
Irene now you never loved her. Lis
ten Love benreth all things. bellev-
eth oil things, hopeth all things. en-
dureth all things"
mot all things, Edith; not oil
things"
at says all things"
Dave vas silent for some time.
Wien he spoke again she caught n DIFF
ferent sound In his volce-a tone ms
though his soul In those few moments
had gone through a lifetime Of expe-
rlencc.
edith" he said. "when you repeat.
ed those words | knew you had
thing that I hive not. | knew II. not
by words b o. by the way you said
them. You made me know that In
your own life, II you loved. you would
be rendy to endure all things. Tell
me. Edith. how may this thing be
done7"
She trembled with delight at the
new tone In his voice, for she knew
that for him life would never again
he the empty, fIppnnt. selfish. IRE
sponslble thing which In the past he
had called life.
"In your cnse." she said, "the course
Is simple. II Is just "A case OF :or-
giving"
He gazed for a time into the street,
while thoughts OF bitterness and re-
venge fought for domination OF his
mind. Edith" he said. at length,
must I-fOrglve?"
u do not say you must" she an
swered. II merely say II you nre wise
you Will. Nothing. II seems to me, Is
80 much misunderstood as forgiveness.
The one who Is forgiven may merely
escape punishment, but the one who
forglves experiences n positive splr-
itunl expansion"
rs that Christianity" he ventured.
ut Is n side of Christianity. The
other side ls service. II you are will
Ing to forgive and ready to serve l
don't think you need worry much over
the details OF your creed. Creeds,
after all. are not expressed In words
but In lives. When you know how n
man lives you know what he bellevcs-
always"
suppose | foreivc-what thenT"
Service, You ARE needed right
now, Dnye-forglve my f%rankness-
SO country needs you right now. You
mu dismiss this grievance from your
min, az least dismiss your resent
ment over IL. and then place yourself
nc the disposal Of your country"
''rhnt Is what | had been thinking
Of he said. AT lcnst that part about
serving my country. although | don't
think my motives were as high ms you
would make them. But the war can't
last. II Is unbelievable"
I'm not 80 sure.' she answered
gravely. "Of course | know nothing
nhout Germany. But I do know some
thing about our W people. know
how selfish and indiyldunllstlc and
sordld and money-grnbblng we have
been how slothful and incompetent
and self-sntisned we have been and
I fear II will take n long war and sac
rinces ana tragedies altogether be-
yond our present Imagination to make
us unselnsh and publlc-splrlted and
clean sld generous. | I'm not wor-
rylng about The defeat OF Germany.
n our civilization Is better than that
Of Germany w shall win, ultimately.
and !. our civilization Is worse than
that Of Germany we shall be defeated
ultlmntely-and we shall deserve to
be defeated.
"But | rather think that neither OF
the alternatives will be the result. 1
rather think that the test OF war will
show that there are elements In Ger