Evening star., 1924-02-22

who wrote it, will be sitting in de-
spair.
''Meriwether Lewis, come back to
me. even 50. 1t will be too late for
you to aid me. You will have ruined
all our hopes. But yours still will be
! the task-the duty--to 'lool: me in
the face and say whether you owe
! ausht to me. Can | forgive you?
than forgive. No matter what you
did. ] Tear | should forgive you. be-
cause. after all. my own wish III ali
this
"Ah: let me writ" slowly here and
think very carefully.
My greatest wish in this. greater
t.tau amy amoition ! bad for myself
, .:-.iay family. tt.i.s hccu fer you. See, !
! ;,m writing thos, words-wouId
dare tell them to any other man IN all
the world: Nay. surely not. But that
| trust yen the very writing itself Is
proof. And write this to you. who
b.. to woman if either is to BE- happy
the man to whom can never be what
woman must be If she is to mean ali
10 any man. Apart forever: We are
cstranged by circumstances, sundcred
by that. if you please, weak as those
words seem. And yet something
takes Your soul 20 mine. Does some
| thing take mine to you. across all the
across all the long and bitter months?
81 say to you one" more that in all
! this my demand upon you has not
been for. myself. nor wholly for my
father. Let me be careful here.
This impossible gulf il fixed be-
I tween US FOR ali our lives. Neither of
I Us may cross il. But have been de-
, sirous I" sc> You stand among men
! why ! wished that-you must never
ASK me. am MIS-. Aistop, even as
rite.
And as for, you? Arc YOU IN rags
hungry? Are YOU alone, aloaf. de-
| seIt-d. perhaps suffering, with none
! to ScoTfort YOU? | cannot aid YOU.
Nay. shall punish YOU once more
and say that it vas your desire-that
| You brought this on yourself-that
| You would have il thus. in spite Of all
my Intervention for you.
Moreover. you shall say to your
i self always: she asked and ] re-
| fused her.
Nay, nay: I shall not be so cruel.
! / shall not say that AT all. let me
mark that ont! Because il ! write
! that 3-"u will think I wish 20 hurt
/ you. And. my friend. let me admit
! the trulh--th. truth ] ought not to
lay upon YOU a. any secret could
Yer wish to hurt You.
! They say that men far away in
! the wilderness sometimes long for
! See. now YOU hav" that. look VI
/ AZ you. What is your impulse: !
am alone with you-l am in your
! hands-treat me. therefore. with
1 honor. ! pray you
! You must not raise my face 70 yours.
! must not bend yours TO mine. Sec
! nov, measure r!y trust in you. Meri-
wether Lewis. Estimate the great con-
! tidencC ] hold III ycl as a gentleman be-
! CauSn---do you not sea gentleman
I does not kiss the woman whons he
! has 1t disadvantage-thc woman
wao can never be his, who Is an
! ota.r's. Is il not true"
''HaI pincSS Is not for Us. We are SO
; Far apart. / am sad. Good night. Meri-
(; w5 the r Lewis. 7, too, have your pic
| ture b.! me--thc one yor gave me
3; years ago when ! Was in Virginia
J And it-good night. Alr. Me-iwetEler
| Lewis.
! place me apart-far from you in the
! room. Let my face not look at you
| direct. But in your hcart-your hard
I heart OF = man, intent on dreams, ter
| getful OF all clse-please, please let
! there ling-r some small memory OF
| her who darcs to write these lines
and who hopes that YOU never may
I Sc. them,
! CONTINUED in Tomorrow's star