The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-04-07
"Dut what2" asked fremont.

/ pour all is lOSt-the good In me that
| you will have missed as well as the
| bad that you could have won by a
| baser effort"
What do you mean7" 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
a group Of three individuals. Shall
l tell you their names?
"Yes," said fremont.
"Ihe first" continued the girl, her
voice floating from her as though
carried on the bosom of her dream,
rs called Flesh; the second, Spirit,
and the thIrd-the third l shall 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 "at the wreck Of ap-
narently perfect marriages and vet
It's so simple to any woman that
it's amazing that l should be the first
to display our open secret. Only the
complete lover can be secure of his
beloved Beacher. lie who wins her
flesh alone leaves her spirit to betray
linn, and he who wins the spirit alone
Is in mortal danger Of the woman of
the flesh"
"The explanation" said fremont,
Whimsically, 'is so feminine that 1t
confuses. If you had said that each
woman is a 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,
"and l would never blush for doing II;
but where would your thoughts be now
If had said just what you expected,
if l had treated the Yelled God as a
matter Of fact! Oh, mol 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 clung .
to the silence, she presently Contin- |
ued. "The complete lover is the man |
who having conquered all the heights f.
of flesh and spirit in his mistress, |
dWells consciously in the presence Of /
an undiscovered god and gazes out I
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. "Thut Is what
| thought but didn't say"
"Madge," said fremont, "what have
you done? It's true that I have never
stopped to hypOcrisies with you and
llldl l nave never Wlllle with you !
spoken n vulgar word. Did you
think that l have been knowingly
wise? Well, haven't l didn't know
until this moment why ! chose rare
and high atmosphere to reach you
Now / know 1t was because you were
there. ! 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 l ever meant
TO go. You have taken me Off the
beaten path and showed me an un-
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
ard Il moment later his senses were
TO surpass themselves in additional
iivinatlon. you are afraid of that
woman I'm me?" asked Miss Van Tel
ier softly. "What about this oneY
And then 1t was that RandOlph's de-
luctive antennue quivered under their
burden of intelligence. lie knew as
certainly as though he had faced
about that an adorable Madge, tender
md wide-eyed, had slipped her bare
arms around Beacher Tremonts neck
md kissed him on the mouth.
Thara was a long silence. then !