News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-16


But there is danger in the high
flight" finished Miss Van Teller. IAN
ulr-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
haser effort"
What do you meanT asked Ire
uont, no longer making the slightest
fort to hide his awakened interest.
II was thinking" said Miss Van Tel
er, dreamily, that every woman is
group of three individuals. Shall
tell you their names?"
Yes" said fremont
'-rhe first" continued the girl, her
voice floating from her as though
carried on the bosom of her dream,
lis called Flesh; the second, Spirit,
and the third-the third 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
we XIII =, us tIlplSll W VI uS llCI DdCh
from her minds far distance.
"PeOple wonder she continued. her
mood unbroken, "at the wreck of APP
parently perfect marriages and yet
IT'S so simple to any woman that
IT'S amazing thai should be the first
to display our open secret, Only the
complete lover cin he secure o. his
holnvpd, Bcarher He who wins her
flesh alone leaves her spmt to betray
him and he who wins the spirit alone
is in mortal danger Of the woman of
the flesh"
The explanation" said fremont,
whimsicaly, lis SO feminine that it
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 sim
pie matter. Did you leave out tie
Yelled God purpoSely or just to be
different and avoid the obvious"s
ITO avoid the obvious is an instinct
of breodipg," said Miss Van, Teller
land | would never blush for doing it;
but where would your thoughts be now
if | had said Just what you expected,
if 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 Doucnd bIt ne TrpmOnt chung
to, the silence, che 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
m undiscovered god and gazes out
upon broad land eternally promised,
never materially seized. Few are the
mCn--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
lshed 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
| thought, but didn't say"
"Madge.' said fremont, "What have
Won done? IFS true that | have never
stopped to hypocrisies with you and
that have never while with you
spoken "A vulgar word. Did you
think that have been knowingly
wise? Well, haven't. | didn't know
until this moment why l chose a 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 go. 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 sneak
err was drawing away from the girl
ard a moment later his senses were