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T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , AUGUST 5, 18!I7.
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you are. Do you not feel I is acquiring. How will he use ¡1?” Lave settles everything, for it ia
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[ A ROMANCE BV SAMUEL P. PU TSAM .J t l . i a k is «
men toil so, if it were not for love?
for his greatest trium phs have ever
How it tills the hum an heart, so
Its glaring eyes were attracted by the
Mj t
af)d kjgg me «gain.”
been won through a
' th a t it can en dure everything!”
while body, and it wheeled about
“Love is a stim u lan t,” said the others. M hy has hepenetra ed h
„ Ahj j sllou]d have su n k, if it
as if to seize it; but the doctor sk ill­ doctor; “ bui you m ust have a little heavens an d niappe< a mi ion
riot
for iove singing iu my
fully dung one of his torpedoes, medicine and good nursing. Mrs. system s. W hy has he hariMMK-d
B ut ¡. 6aid aiw ay8)‘He will
heart.
which exploded with mimic
nic thunder; Fuf
n wiU lake care of you for and im prisoned the steam ? Not
come, he will save you’; and I
and the unexpected noise and tu- aw hije W iih this cordial and through any selfish purpose, not for
would not yeild.”
m ult caused the huge anim al to soll|e nice fw«f, you’ll soon be ready in d iv id u a lg o o d .b u tfo r th e u n iv e r-
“ But, when I first received th a t
tu rn , and, like a cornet with light t go , on
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cruel letter, Isaid I would not come.
H ashing from ev ery p a r t o f bis mo-
In an hour or two the translbr-1 these merely for his own welfare
For a moment I doubted you.”
bile mass, he plunged into the out-1 m atjon
complete. Mrs. Fur- He can only
o n ly do it thro
th ro u g h th e in
“ Doubt me?
How could you!
erm ost darkness. Safely,
they
n>g dres, c8 were altered bv a lit- spiration th a t coniss ft
from his un-
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Lo« i T h a t was u n ju st, indeed!”
continued th eir course, and wlt 1 tlesk¡111„
Kt tbKforI1, „[ Blanehe;a„d I, selfish
feeling.
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“ I know it. But the old devil
wonderous patience and strength Hushed with radiant life and - ■
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h a p - ! look at it, and the more m an wag )n m e yet
[ th o u g h t you had
fough. th eir way throng,, the en-
looked as if just dropped knows the better he is for in order
closing waters to the A I ba ti o s.. from lhe heaven8| a c |,i|t] ()f light to know he m ust be actuated by the |
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never doubted J ou
T h e y rose to th e su rface, a n d soon | and love, ra th e r than emerged from highest desire.
m om ent. We owe all to h im .”
the fair body of Blanche w asdraw u
of
“ I see th at, h u t,” persisted
He is a wise m an indeed.”
upon deck and placed in the cap-
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44 I suppose I am a foolish one.”
tian ’s cabin, under the care of h,s The innum ,
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waves tossed
44 I forgive your folly.”
ready and skillful wife
Morton
orb. A slight through the aid of science.”
“ I shall not be found guilty
and the doctor im m ediately doffed b,.c( Ze wa6 6 tirrin g . a „d the “ Alba-
their d ripping garm ents, and were
GOLDEN THRONE
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ivw .. viaid rr.-va.As - ■ — .pecks u> one anu as poisonous. n e is m e spi
“ We can tru st each other now,
b randy, an d in a few " " " “ t®8 were ilno|her
It was a gorgeous night, of O rthodoxy. The lighl of science
devilish ^or our suffering is the seal of fate
ready to visit their patient.
Sol|tber|1 C r,,88 shone re sp le n -; could not m ake such a a devilish
She lay upon the bed, still and d en t ¡n the heavens> the suprem e creature. The scientific sp irit is th a t m akes us one.
beautiful and w hite as a lily
" as |w v aniid „ „ riad stars. The s e a ! essentially generous. G ood, is the . In, d ’ !b ' 8’b
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the “ h eart of fire” w ithin her yet
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k w ith a ,ustroU9 child
, be old re lig io n ,-a n exag- [ 8'g “ als are th >’ br « h t
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eyes
were
indeed
beautiful
or had it vanished beyond the skill X 7 d of i t . own. ’ll seem ed to he geration, I g r a m , - a prodigy of evil j
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of man to summon to trem bling lip,
shinjng
h a ljs th a t under the garb of saintliness; but as they looked upon her kneeling
an d eye! Morton looked upon the 8tretched (ar aw ay into the remote he is 1 he outcome of ils real tend- lover. Lustrous as the heavens,
m arble features, he touched t h e i darknefls
¡ency. For the old religion appeals liquid as the sea, unfathonable they
cheek so cold, he kissed th e m outh
^W onderful!” said Blanche, as in to selfishness; its m otive is a crown glanced with wild splender of love.
No wonder th a t Morton knelt at
so calm and unresponsive. She the bvauteoU8 night she and Charlie ! of glory, one’s own welfare in the
s o u n d dead, utter y r gi ,
paced the deck, gazing upon the | life to come. O rthodoxy, today, is her feet and kissed her hand.
shone about them like a
chained to the ever astm g si ence m easnre,eg8 gcene
<And here I i a b rillia n t speculation, a long look Night
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“ Is she dead, doctor ?
he cried
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. n11„ i ul. nn«» «nd so it ' great palace. A thousand torches
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am like a queen in golden halls. I ahead for num ber one, and so it ft
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“T cannot see a sign of life.’
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pnom innslv were burning. 1 he sea spread like
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fairies from darkness into light, selfish; and then, w lien he gets tne
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m ized her, as .( his eyes had the Q
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Q)i<| (g <m hig gjd<>) ,,, ¡g a n d m elted ,n the intense radiance.
power of a microscope to read Die
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a „ d f w t, and ! capable of com m itting any erime, The winds danced along with mus­
very secret of her m otionless form.
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. I . have no doubt th a t he r felt
«. ? -- a ; xi ~ j ical feet. The sails were spread, and
justified
now I am free!”
with quickening motion the ship
“ She will live,” lie said. “ She is
“ H<»w di<l Gooch do this? He for all th at he has done as regards
but G entlv!’they
asleep.”
Went over and rub-
niust have schemed «lay and n ig h t,” you. He has got himself so mixed ploughed its sparkling way; an d
the two lovers brooded and dream ­
bed her feet and handa. For a
*"i(1 Charlie. up with Ihe Deity, is on such fam.l-
ed and whispered and listened to
long while there seemed no spark of
“ I understand I was in the way tar term s w ,th him , that he m akes
heal, no How of blood. Then, about
somehow. He had a claim upon I,ini p artn e r in every mean thing
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, the nronertv. He did not dare to he does, and it becomes a divine deeper song w iinin u ieir own iio rn
the tem ples there was a little Hush,
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c h l.i8lia,lity is responsible They read th e m istic glory of love
an d a faint mist gathered on the m urder tne so he m arried me.”
It ! in each o th er’s faces. The divine-
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absurdity.
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glass held to her lips. Then, slowly,
“ I cannot tell. My serv an t who a part of its system . It cannot call est of all was theirs, the a uence
the veins about the neck brightened;
went with tne and is now on the such a knave as Gooch an excep-
^ [ l i m e in terp reter of the
and along the arm s the red tide fit­
fully swelled, surging to the finger- •B etsy Jan e’ was bribed. She m ust. Don. He m ay be a distortion, hut universe| w ith o u t thee we are weak
tips. Then, all
at om-e, a crim son
under
his
instructions, have he draw s his life blood fr«,,n tbe i ¡ndeed aud poor aud desolute even
glow sp re a d over her face;
and, drugged n,y food or d rin k . I look theology of the p a .t. U nder the
crowned with diam onds;
with « deep Sigh and a quick gasp, my usual walk th at m orning, when reign of science there can he no such
she opened her eyes, th a t Hashed I
overcome by dizziness. He sain tly rogues, for it allows of noth- ¡8
a „ toi, ig grauiou8> the
like lustrous stars, and, stretching f"Bowed, no doubt, and captured ,ng beyon.l m an s reason. I t wl11 hulnbleet home is lau refled with
forth her hands, she was clasped to me, and then 1 was at his m ercy, have nothing to do w ith inspiration, flo
and itg hearth8tone blaaing
He rushe«! me through some form oniv with argum ent. A m an can-
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the bosom of her loved.
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with uncounted jewels!
“ Saved!” he cried. “ Mine now, of a m arriage, and then b u rn ed off not argue him self into crime. Ihe
to sea.”
iinunent he begins to argue, he be-
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forever and forever!”
“ Detestable v illa in ! But we have comes clear-headed; and then he will 1 lie good ship sped along. The\
“ Yes, she said. “ W here am I?”
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-k r* wa a v r The
r’Va splen
were _ a l_
happy
shrink from wrong-doing.”
“ On board t h e ‘A lbatross,’ am ong outw itted him.
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iends O ur plan was suecesstui.
“ Yes, hut
wliat power the evil-
“ You are q u ite too philosophical dor of th e sky and the music of the
friends. O ur plan was successful.
Ze have taken you from the depths m inded man has, w hat resources for me, though I see the -truth of sea were not more full of joy than
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of th e se » , and here y.m are in lif,. furnished by science!”
what you say. But Philosophy is these brave adventurers
•md happiness ”
“ True, but science gives th«* same a grav-headed gentlem an, who
“ I w.iould a lw a y s like to do this,
“ How strange it
is! I thought to those who w« mid defeat him . See I »roods over books and looks very said Paddie. “ Here we forget the
surely I was dying as I sank down, w hat m arvellous power it put inf» sedate. I could never scrape ac- cares of life.”
«lown into an awful slum ber, and I our hands to travel through the q u ain tan ce with h im ; but love is a
“ I wonder if it could always he
felt th a t my limbs
were growing ileeP ^ a , and under the form of young and sprightly thing, laughing so,” said C harlie, “ or is there a fate
stiff, and my blood
was like ice.
death bear you t«» safety!” and dim pling, and I like his c o m -, th a t forbids happiness to be more
th an for aw hile?”
W hat a terrible adventure! A u d i ' “ I sometimes trem ble when I pany best.”
“ I suppose the breakers must
th in k of this prodigious power man- “ I do, when it comes to th at.
am really alive?”
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