It was as a powerfully equipped
nature that I found him interesting. That is the most interesting thing
a teacher can find. It has the fascination of a scientific discovery. We
come across other pleasing and endearing qualities so much oftener than
we find force."
"And, after all," said Mrs. Alexander, "that is the thing we all live
upon. It is the thing that takes us forward."
Wilson thought she spoke a little wistfully. "Exactly," he assented
warmly. "It builds the bridges into the future, over which the feet of
every one of us will go."
"How interested I am to hear you put it in that way. The bridges into
the future--I often say that to myself. Bartley's bridges always seem to
me like that. Have you ever seen his first suspension bridge in Canada,
the one he was doing when I first knew him? I hope you will see it
sometime. We were married as soon as it was finished, and you will laugh
when I tell you that it always has a rather bridal look to me. It is
over the wildest river, with mists and clouds always battling about it,
and it is as delicate as a cobweb hanging in the sky. It really was
a bridge into the future. You have only to look at it to feel that it
meant the beginning of a great career. But I have a photograph of it
here." She drew a portfolio from behind a bookcase. "And there, you see,
on the hill, is my aunt's house."
Wilson took up the photograph. "Bartley was telling me something about
your aunt last night. She must have been a delightful person.
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