Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-03-04


though his own earnestness were TAX
ing him by surprise.
II wonder" said Miss Van Teller.
"You have played the right game.
You have never said vulgar thing
to me or stopped to the usual hypo-
crisies; those are compliments by In
ference that have fiattered. the best
that is In me. You have set the play
In high plane that winning. wins
all Of me; but"
"But what?" asked fremont.
But there Is danger In the high
flight" finished Miss Van Teller. "An
air-pOcket I'm your atmosphere and.
pouf all is lOst-the good in me that
you will have missed as well as the
bad that you could have won by
baser effort
what do you mean?" asked Ire
mont, no longer making the slightest
effort to hide his awakened interest.
IL was thinking" said Miss Van Tel
lier. dreamily, that every woman is
group of three individuals. Shall
| tell you their namec?"
Eyes" said fremont.
1.-THE first" continued the girl, her
voice floating from her as though
carried on the bosom of her dream,
us called Flesh; the second, Spirit,
and the third-the third I snail name
the Yelled God"
"Madge!" cried fremont, and Ran
dOlph, listening with all his ears, could
almost feel the clutch on his own
arms with which the man had seized
the girls, as though TO drag her back
from her minds far distance.
people wonder" she continued, her
mood unbroken, lat the wreck Of ap-
parently perfect marriages and yet
it's so simple 10 any woman that
it's amazing that ] should be the first
to display our open secret. Only the
complete lover can he secure Of his
beloved. Beacher. He who wins her
flesh alone leaves her spirit TO betray
him. and he who wins the spirit alone
Is in mortal danger of the woman of
the flesh"
1.-THE explanation" said fremont,
whimsically, "is so feminine that II
confuses. If you had said that each
woman is trinity and must be thrice
won before a mans honor can feel
secure, understanding would be a SIM
pie matter. Did you leave out the
Yelled God purposely or just to be
different and avoid the obvious?"
ITO avoid the obvious is an instinct
of breeding" said Miss Van Teller.
land would never blush for doing 1t {;
but where would your thoughts be now
If / had said just what you expected,
II / had treated the Yelled God as
matter of fact! Oh, no! One can
clip with words the wings Of flesh and
spirit. but not of the Yelled God In
woman, for its very essence is de-
ferred possession"
She paused, but as fremont chung
to the silence, she presently contin-
ued 1.-THE complete lover is the man
who having conquered all the heights
of flesh and spirit in his mistress,
dwells consciously in the presence Of
an undiscovered god and gazes out
upon a broad land eternally promised,
never materially seized. Few are the
men-few are the men" Her voice
trailed Off as though her thoughts had
run ahead Of words and reached final
ity without the use of the spoken
phrase
"Few are the men who attain to
that serene security" fremont fin
ished for her, only half conscious Of
what he was saying.
Randolph could her the rustic Of
her turning to her companion. How
wonderful" she said. "That is what
I thought, but didn't say"
"Madge," said fremont, "what have
you donel It's true that have never
stopped to hypocrlsies with you and
that / have never while with you
spoken vulgar word. Did you
think that have been knowingly
wise? Well | haven't. didn't know
until this moment why chose rare
and high atmosphere to reach you.
Now know. 1t was because you were
there. I chose only to come to you
rather than drag you down to the drab
Of the usual. What you have done Is
to carry me higher than ! ever meant
to 60. You have taken me Off the
beaten path and showed me an I'M
expected treasure. I'm no longer my.
self. / am cold and afraid"
Randolph could feel that the speak
er was drawing away from the girl
and a moment later his senses were
to surpass themselves In additional
dlvination. "You are afraid of that
woman i'm me?" asked Miss Van Tel
| lier softly. "What about this oneT
And then it was that Randolph's de-
ductive antennae quivered under their
burden of intelligence. He knew as
certainly as though he had faced
about that an adorable Madge, tender
and wide-eyed, had slipped her bare
arms around Beacher Tremonts neck
and kissed him on the mouth.
There was a long silence; then
came TremOnt's voice, thick and
strange to the ear. "A moment ago."
II said, 81 was afraid for you; now
| I'm afraid for myself. I am like