The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-08-09
shall answer for himself He is a man of
truth, and will not deceive YOU"

was forced to withdraw, bafilcd i'm his search.
But he could not forget her, She came
Ike a vision. lie could see the flash of her
face, as she had defended her father; and
he asked himself the question, which he
had not been able to ask her, SO awed had
he,te9 by her presence: "Can she also be
one VI those Christians whom we have un-
dertakcn to externinate off the face of the
earth"
Her image sank deeper and deeper into
his heart. Her prescnce-ler sphere. as
modern philosophers have termed it-hcr
spiritual being had impressed itself upon
his memory and heart in inetf;icable charac.
ters A senuous woman makes her impress
SION upon the sensual nature An intellcc.
tuai one nnpresscs the intellect; but pure,
high, spiritual, loving woman goes home to
the most sacred recess of the human heart;
and when it is said that rhe Greeks and Ro-
mans know little of the love of sentiment
we must remember that the reason is, that
there were but few women fitted to inspire
it,
The persecution ragged on. Octavian was
not 50 Jealous us formerly; but the taunts
OF n companions spurrcd him forward
One day one of his spies brought him word
that he had found the entrance to one of
the s crct hiding places Of the Christians.
Losing no time, he took file of soldiers,
aud following his guide, came to the en-
trance OF one Of the catacombs. They de-
scended'to the dark passages, their steps
lighted by torches. Octavian read the in
scripsionS on the graves Of the martyrs of
past cras OF persecution. He heard music
the far distance, sounding as if it came
from the bowels of the earth. Then came
the smoke OF incense Following the guide
with stcalthy steps, they came to subter-
ranean chapel crowded with worshippers.
They were all upon their Ances in posture
OF adoratlon, while whitc-haired old priest,
robed III flowing vestmcnts, stood before an
ai,ar, made OF Il martyrs tomb.
The armed men gathered in the dark
space in the back OF the chapel Tor the al.
tar was lighted with tapcrs, and lamps were
suspended from the ceiling All wns hushed
IN profound silence for a few moments.
hen the worshiprers rose, and woman.
tur ing her head. saw the soldiers, and was
surprised into shrek.
The venerable priest turned from the al
tar, and approached Octavinu.
"ls it ] Tor whom YOU search?" he asked
81 am ready. Lead on"
But before Octavian could give an order
~ III" s"'u'etS' 81" another form stood before
hun. Claudia, in her white purity-Clau-
'a' - ''' "'o'" '''''i "'"'laI beauty, Us II
L..,' -" - O''aSi'"' t''tcw hrrseli between
'''"' - '"u .'I' ~ ''' priest anu sa'd
'',' ~ '"c '''e ne Sot"S' Look upon me
81" Va '"''' larry me to your Judges;
c "'c ~ VIC emperor You VIII need
{ ~. =, ave." ~ am Ohr'N''a"
't'"Nt ."e "'d h''.'--~i'nvc these poor peo,
WI" i"'"""
| y, wv" "o' -c"''S ~
-, W.,
! .,.'t, ~, "'9 'l''''' "'' can he nave
.,-.I 9'"',' ''''' '''''o' "ce' 1T is
h.~m."a, La.,, v MS j. ne w''' S'''4'I' !"
ma, I,,, .',,,,'',, S,' ~" S''"'
A,., ran n.. '''' '''''''p
Lr.,,,,,I., I'.,,. u,.,,i ny VINO hau
,..,,,IJ III "'' Hi9 ~ %" "'i"' ana
fl :;'.', = "' ''y i'ch oA
soldiers too. actin,unJnr his nr.Ior. u,;,L,
report a.g,in>t HIM. h,. n.d mn oi,n, =. H.,
to arrest some ou,, and b,y c,ul... L.. 1T
those who offered themselves
With panu which went to b;. b.,r,
Octaviau ordered the soldier, TO arrest III,
priest and N,riyp,.
"Whi you not arrest me olso2" ss C,,,,
/ la "Whcre are nv f.ko,, >, LII .L@
holdin. up her lIttlc hands with .n,;,.
Let men answer for their dcels" said
Octavian. I'VE need not burthcn ourselve.
with women
''' :" with my father and my priest :"
SAID the heroic girl. Who will hinder
me =
She knew that it was to the prison. If
she refused to sacrifice tie gods, il was
torture, or those more infamous and ter.
rIble outragcs 50 much worse than any
torturcs to the Christian mail Il, and which
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