The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-02-10

flesh alone leaves her spirit TO Detra!
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 q 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 obviousT
ITO avoid the obvious Is an instinct
Of breeding" said Miss Van Teller,
land I would never blush for doing it
but where would your thoughts be now
If I had said just what you expected,
If ! had treated the Yelled God as a
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 it's very essence is a de-
ferred possession"
She paused, but as fremont chung
to the silence, she presently cont1n-
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 done? It's true that l have never
stopped to hypocrisies with you and
that | have while with you
spoken a vulgar word. Did you
think that I have been knowingly
wise? Well, l haven't, l didn't know
until this moment why l chose a rare
and high atmosphere to reach you.
Now l 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 I v e meant
to 60. You have taken m off the
beaten path and showed me an I'M
expected treasure. I'm no longer my
self. I am cold and afraid"
Randolph could feel that the speak
er was drawing away from the girl
and a moment later his sense were
to surpass themselves in additional
divination. "You are afraid of that
woman In me?" asked Miss Van Tel
lier softly. "What about this one?'
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 Tremont's 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."
it said, II was afraid for you; now
I'm afraid for myself. am like a
man who has ca~relessly dropped q
lighted match and finds himself with.
in the ring Of a prairie fire. I car
only wonder at my stupidity in think
ing Of you in connection with a casual
possession and not as a consuming
flame. You see? Already you have
burned through the thin crust of lies
that guards man from definite seizure
by wOman-any woman"
kiss me, Beacher," murmured thu
girls voice as though his words hai
swirled around and by her, leaving
her purpose untouched. "Take mt
and hold me carefully where, no -un
kind air can drive me from you. TAKE
all the women In me-one by n L
you must"
At that, moment Mr.. Robert 81. Ran
dolph, In the person of Slim Hervey
chauffeur, very nearly wrecked hi
four-cylinder argosy with it's burden
Of three fates, still individually an,
collectively .indisp ~nih!e to the con
tinuity of this yarn. He missed tn
ditch by a hairs breath, caught hi
own with a gasp, returned to the mid
die Of the broad highway and axe'
his attention on a certain very defnit
matter with which It had been NOR
or less constantly concerned yer sine
he had been directed to hit It up 70
Greenwood.
The road to that well-known hostel
~ was usefully devious and fare
were seldom worried rs to how an
particular driver set out to find Chi
choicest Of needles In the hay-stack Q
the country inns that dot the land
scape Of Westchester and adjacer
counties as long rs he brought th
search TO 4 successful end sOmeWher
this side Of the panes Of hunger.
Nevertheless, had not Mr.. Tremon1
himself 1 motorist Of no mean sxper.
enca. been camplstelx abs6rbed ~ q