Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-28

her close.
"Well, it's this" she continued
"Women are not conquered by mai
alone, but by man and atmosphere
We never rush at the precipice; w
f1utter toward it with many stops ant
pSuses. The silliest breezes of i'm
pulse may carry US on or a puff o
unkind aid hold US back. 1t all reall!
depends on the man imposing his at
mosphere so steadily that the driftins
soul of woman forgets its Unborn It'll,
to vagrancy and sleepily assumes it.
enemy's goal"
'Madge," said Mr. fremont almos
earnestly, you frighten me. I never
knew you could talk like that You
brighten me because I have a terror
of analysed personal relations"
Randolph could hear a faint rustling
of her robe as though she had nestled
closer to her escort. q never meant
TO startle you, Beacher," her voice
continued, not quite so clear. Into its
tone had crept, hesitatingly, trace
of unaccUstomed emotion. Il was only
warning you. Every man can make a
world Of his arms for one woman
not all can hold the illusion to be,
yond possession"
Il can, if you will only help me,
whispered fremont and paused as
though his own earnestness were tax
ing him by surprise.
81 wonder" said Miss Van Teller.
You have played the right game.
You have never said a vulgar thing
to me or stopped to the usual hypO-
crisies; those are compliments by in
ference that have fattered the best
that is in me. You have set the play
in a 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. IAN
air-pocket in 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 a
baser effort"
What do you mean?' asked Ire
mont, nc longer making the slightest
effort to hide his awakened interest
Il was thinking" said Miss Van Tel
lier, drcamiIy, that every woman is
a group of three individuals. Shall
| tell YOU their names?"
Yes" said fremont.
"The 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 Cod"
''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 to any woman that
it's amazing that I should be the first
to display our open secret. Only the
complete lover can be secure OF his
beloved, Beacher. He who wins her
flesh alone leaves he" spirit to betray
him. and he who wins the spirit alone
is in mortal danger Of the woman of
the flesh"
"The explanation" said fremont,
whlmslcally, "is so feminine that it
confuses. If you had said that each
woman is a trinity ana 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.
"and l would never blush for doing it;
but where would your thoughts be now
If I had said just what you expected,
If I 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 its very essence is a de-
ferred possession
She paused, but as fremont chung
to the silence. she presently contin-
ued. '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 eternaIly 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"
''8iadge," said fremont, "what have
you done? It's true that ! have never
stopped to hyp0crIsies with you and
that l have never while with you
spoken a vulgar word. Did you
think that I have been knowingly
wise? Well, l haven't / didn't know
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