She is very beautiful,
Frank, and very fine. You must try to forgive me. Faithfully yours,
"ENOCH HUNTINGDON."
CHAPTER V
A PHOTOGRAPHER OF INDIANS
"When I tutored boys I wondered most at their selfishness and their
generosity. They had so much of both! And I believe that as men they
lose none of either."--_Enoch's Diary_.
Enoch knew what it was to fight himself. Perhaps he knew more about
such lonely, unlovely battles than any man of his acquaintance. The
average man is usually too vain and too spiritually lazy to fight his
inner devils to the death. But Enoch had fought so terribly that it
seemed to him that he could surely win this new struggle. Nothing
should induce him to break his vow of celibacy. He cursed himself for
a weak fool in not obeying Frank Allen's request. Then he gathered
together all his resources, to protect Diana from himself.
A week or so went by, during which Enoch made no attempt to see Diana
or to hear from her. The office routine ground on and on. The Mexican
cloud thickened. Alaska developed a threatening attitude over her coal
fields. The farmers of Idaho suddenly withdrew their proposals
regarding water power. Calmly and with clear vision, Enoch met each
day's problems.
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