The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-05-13
have the door partially closed, SO that no
should depend upon his ear Tor . knowl-
edge of the movements within the

uCg poSAeu1) SUI ASscse~'
II am going away somewhere when
these dreadful men leave. Do you
think they will catch Eugene? Oh,
shall hate him forever. If he had not
taken my money, could pay them to
90 away, and eould 90 to him. No, no,
I h.ts him. Do you think Maggie, it
Was the money he. wanted! Oh he
made mo get 90 much. got Mathews
check book. He wrote his name, and
] went to the bank and got the money.
Oh, % much. I bought things, jewel
~ and lace, aud had them charged to
Mathew, and he put them all in his
pockets. I wanted to carry my jewel
case, but he said if We got into trouble
he could take better care Of it. Do
you think he Intended to leave me, or
did you chase hin away p
THIS was spoken in a whisper while |
Margaret bent her head to hear, and
made signs to caution her against being
heard BY their goaler. VS., ~
II think no intcnded 10 dsaart you
but not just yet. If nothing had hap.
pened to interrupt your journey, he
would have taken you to New York Or
some other place, and staid With you
while you could help him to get mon
ey; but do not let US talk. Il makes
you worse"
"No. I shall die if I do not know.
These men want to put me IN Jail. Do
you think Mathew will let them, when
he knows. They said forgery, aud that
there was a large reward. That is
Madame De Baum, l know; aud she
hates me. I got the money at tho
bank, aud knew it wasn't rig hit; but
hs coaxed me and got angry when I
did not want to go. She has fouad il
out. Do you think Mathew will let
her put ne in jail? You know there
arc dreadful little windows, with iron
bars across and such ftighsful wicked
people there"
She chung to Margaret and buried
her face in her bosom, then became
rigid aud frightfully convulsed. Mar
garet moved towards the door t. call
for help; but concluded not to call
witnesses, and hastily completed the
work Of getting her uudressed add I'M
der tho cover. BY the prescribed rem
edies she succeeded In quoting her,
then lay down At her side, holding her
delicate tapering fingers from which
her robber lover had stripped the jew
Oh. When the spasm passed she re-
covered her power Of speech, and as
Margaret raised herself to zee if che
.lspt, she found tears running silently
ever her checks !; aud with a convul-
sive effort she whispered
sWhy do you not Let me die, and
many Mathew! I never dare see him
AGAIN, and it would be better for every
ono if I were dead"
"But you are not dead !; and I do
not mean that you shall be. Dead peo-
ple are Of no use, for there is no work,
nor device nor knowledge in the grave.
You must live and work and devise and
know great deal. told you that if
you said anything more to me about
that I should do something dreadful to
you. Now do not try me again, but so
to Sleep"
A surge Of passionate resentment
swept over her as she spoke-resent-
ment against herself for the echo which
those words "marry Mathew" awoke
in her soul-rcsentmeut against this
erring woman, who, by her folly had
called forth that undue sympathy for
the husband she wronged, which must
heuceforth be the great burden Of her
life. After some time, tho feeling of
anger passed, and the burning tears Of
bitter anguish, aud establishment
'eourssd over her cheeks. leila put up
her hand to caress her, and felt them.
She erept to her gulping to keep down
her sobs and whispered
"Oh, if God vou:d lot me die. DO
you think I dare pray!"
"Did you ever read the story Of Pc
ter, walking on the water We are try
ing to walk on very deep, dark waters.
LIE. US pray as he did" Raising the
hand she held between hers, she whis
pered as we'll as her rising sobs would
permit: "Lord save US we perish
The night is fearful; and tho wave:
come IN upon our souls. Stretch on,
Thine hand an d lead US. Lord, do moi
think to pass. We know Thee, the
Savior, tho Redeemer. 1t is no spiri,
Of evil onen Turing to destruction
but Christ the righteous, walking in
the storm. Save Us, Lord. Save US
We perish"
She turned her face into the pillow
to silence the 1t Of weeping she could
not control while leila wept silently
and for the first time felt the solemnlty
Of . belief in the Divine presence.
"Maggie, what made you follow me,
and get into all this troubls7"
II followed you, dear, because be.
long to church, or l did, and every time
I went TO- eommunien I took a solemn
vow 10 follow the Lamb whlthe-soever
he gosth; through good and through
evil report; to palace or to prison.
To follow Him means to follow His ex
ample. He left His fathers house to
seek and 70 save that which vas lost.
Could l follow Him and stay quietly at
home wien I knew You had wandered
of int the waste, bowling wilderness
aof sis, where evil beasts Of prey would
yeeEtpioly devour you? How could I
eall On Him to come and saw me if I
don't try to save Others? and there
w 10 ono che 70 save you"
II thought you believed that He saves
people BY faith without any works."
III He does not, shall never be
saved and could not hope to be if He
did not pat it toto my heart to try to be
like Him. All the blssssdness Of heav-
% u j. being like Him; and He gave
Himself . suffer that Others, throu n
Him, might be saved. If We arc not
willing to suffer that others NAV be
saved, We have not His Spirit. We
, 3Ganhot follow Him by trying to avoid
aufferinp. He will not hermit no -