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that day my first and last love for man was born.
"'As time passed by, and he recovered his health and strength, he
appeared to me the most beautiful character I had ever known, and with
each succeeding day my love for him grew stronger. But while love formed
a strong mutual link of attachment between us, another force succeeded
in putting us apart.
"'He believed in Natural Law and unselfishness, with equal rights for
both strong and weak alike. I believed in religion and selfishness, with
the strong enjoying more earthly blessings than the weak.
"'He believed in a Supreme Being, who created immutable laws whereby the
entire machinery of the universe is governed, and that these laws could
no more be changed by the silly prayers of man than by the prayers of a
microbe. I believed in a god to whom I could pray to change earthly
conditions to suit my fancies; a god willing to grant me favors even at
the expense of others.
"'He believed in re-incarnation, and the power of the soul to eventually
master the flesh and create a heaven on earth. I believed in the
transmigration of the soul to some obscure heaven where there would be
nothing farther to do but rest during all eternity.
"'He was broad in his views and never tried to restrain me from thinking
as I liked. I was narrow in mine, and quite unwilling that he should
believe in any theory except my own.
"'These and other differences of opinion caused us to separate.
"'One night last June, the same night that awful murder took place in
the Seraglio Apartments, I met John Convert at our regular meeting place
in Central Park for the last time.
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