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however, to cast himself over the steep. but tc
| return 20 this valley; no man klllA hilnse!f ius,
"ueh he haa found great enigma which be
! wishes to uulve.
But the enigma Of Aasta's life could never BE-
so!Soa now Sue had lived III Aiuer!ca ever s.cce
sue had grown up; and sne was coming from
IN re ~hen tho ships laE into each other lr
H.41e part Of Amcrcn should Ills quest begin
FROM what part Ut Norway she had at first come
| lie dd nu: positively know: and was uncertain
even whether her family name had not been
changed Since then. And that torelyn skipper
| WHO could lie lie: Dlu he Eunw Aasta, or wae
It only sAe who knen something OF him? I'o
question thua vas like questioning tna very sea
piunKtuE lot3 lta depths
surely lie had uEao u terrible mistake. 4 wom-
an peuitent on account OF some guilty thing
would bare found relinf in conteasiug 1t to hct
Auaoaud; and QUO still iulpouteut would haYs
sougnt tetuse in some evasion or other. But
| Aasta had uetthtz coafesssd any thing NOR had
| lecoufss to any evasou, but had houSat refuge
I III aa2th "heu lie ho tormsnted uor. Such
| conduct showed no sigu Of guilt. But why
| not Soule folks had . great dread uf confess
inE anything. Aasia, however, mad no such
I dread tor sue Lad nlleady cuufessed thalo MAS
Something about her tlfc which she cutllu ue Ter
tell hun. fornaps, then, tAo greatness OF her
| Eul!t made confession iInloeslhte: But she
could not have had the Lurucu Of auy great
| quit upon her; Tor she was often juyous-nay
| as6u tull OF tun. She MAS nasty aud lmpe suoua
u Ii true: but sAe was also very tull Ut teuiez
| fce!lnS aud ununezs. Perhaps tho guiis was
! eG<ne oth1r ptraou'a and lot Aers =. ailt Why
/ ti,uu, had shs ueYer told hllu eos II abe had
only dvus tlis, all woul4 have come right. But,
suppoa1uS IAero were NJ quilt, e.1her on 4er
| side, or Oh that Ut anybouy else, how then :
Bus she her.cli haa ta,4 there waa something
.tiie coult neycr tell hiu- And then, low About
tuas fol e'gu skipper sue Was 10 afraid OF ? How
Vas 1t III he n4ne Of gooduess. how Was it
All, lad aAo bsen stiil alive Ea would still have
iormeuscu her! 1hls thought moved u. m
d.,eply, aud u4auo him reproac. lud ilcspse Aim-
ttll tetoust nelaure.
!5t.li lie boz.u ag4in-perhaps she WAS not SO
guilty she ncrsel1 believed ur perhaps not 60
gully as otLeta might lave thougLl2 How
often did NO do wrong qulse lunuceatly, and
0Aly Though l1l1oraucE, though low could
understand that! IuuB Aasta had thought ths.
te, VINO MAI alwa;B luIl OF suspicion. would not
uuderstano It. Out OF QUO clear, simple s,,ane
he would have fouud matter for = huudrsl sus-
p4ciou2 Questions; anu So slls had cuoseu to
ccuGca he.se.f to death r=tler THAI " him.
Why could ho never leave her IN peacss Sue
had Eei from the things OF her past lfr
aud sought refuge w4th him; and then lo
foraootA, mist constantly drag them fo.r
aud fling item in her face! She waY truiy
attached to Aliu, aod snoaeu him all love mud
tenderness; uuat right l.Al he, then, to concesn
Aimaclf about her pas+s Aud, il he had Any
such night, why did he not say 80 III tho be-
glunlugs Whereas, tho more Ler affection had
E1ON1s kAG Alo4E Lac A-14A4Gs AAA EAOHA 4AGHlE5
which she. NOT merely through xdmlratiou aud
Rratltuuu, but also through love, Lad bcCuiua
wholly Lis OWE, :Len, foraoosA. ba must pegl,
to w.aA to know all Guout W4al Hhe had done auu
been i'll days gons by. The more, too. sLe had
Pie-ded ~. nerkcli the worse Au had thought Ut
her, ana tho moo lie had Insisted that there waz
aoucth4uy Ae ought ~ be toiu.
I1cn4 Tor the uis. time, Riose the question,
had he told her eyeljthlug? Would It really he
ugut for husband anu vile to tcli each olAer
tul1. Most cert1lGiy nos.
lie Aearu two children playing, and be looked
aiouud- He "as sitting Ill the green luctosuro
Aesta had spoken of . Little nhlls zSu, but he
hid not been aaAre Of It till now. tiTc hours
had passed; lie thought it was few nlluusea
Iue cn!lureu Lad muss likely been playlug LLere
for luug tlms; but ns he21d then now fur the
hcet tine.
What! Was no. one Of them Agnes. the
cie1gymans little daughter OF = years, whom
A4ala uau 1oyed even tu luuIatrY and who wzs 30 |
lac Hel Good heareus Aow Ike shs Was
Agnes lad JUS: set ner little bother upon 4 |
gFea. etoue, where he had t. 10 school, White
aie VAS sct,ootu.as,es.
"SAy noT Juas Mat say" sue commanded. /
F" Our Ea:Eer"
- Gu Il ;er."
- WHO art il aearen-"
"'Eu'm."
'.H.loved b Thy namo."
" "'A1yiu 1c name"
''Ihy Kingdom come" |
'Ihy will 10 DONE"
'' No want.
Botoli crept away not horeve. becanso tho |
prayer had touched him , indeed he had not |
iila keu thai It Was Player but wiie La looked
n aud listened ~ tbs children, he became tu Ills
own eyes. u horrlbio Wild beast, unit to COINS |
ueaE either God VI mau. He dragged himself be- /
hind somo buehes, no that thn children lnght
not d.scoscr nllu he was moEe a1za4d OF them |
tuAu h= han xver becn OF xuy one Ill Ill his life.
Hu siuuk or ln,o tbs lu4est, fxr Awuy from tho
hl.h road.
Nue1e should he 60? To thu now empty
house hc lid buuSht snd furnished for Aasta? |
Or should lie go sumeWtere iurtlef nway3 II
mattesed n1ining; for wherever tie thought OF
going, he esw AAala st7ndtng there. II u said
taat wien lolks ate dylus, Tie l4=t OBJ jcct they
'co Is pictured upon thar eyes; 50, too, wheu
nau wakes to CJnscluusuess alter uo:11, wica-
ii deed, the 1ifnt ouJect he sees is pictured UPON
lis eyes. aud lie cau uover get rld Ut l.. Thus,
wien Eotolf saw Aasta, sus 10 loDGcr appeared
% lin 40 sAe lao upon Tue tnolutalE-slopo su
saort time beluzc, but sEe seemed 10 be little
uuoceut glri-an Iacs to 10 Agnes. Even the
,lcturo he retained Ut her tigule while She ras
nAlnS doan tie steep was tuas Of Agnes, with
,er ilttle hands uplifteu. in Whatever d!rec-
loa LIE turned nls thoughts aud tememoraaces
u ,he suffering woa4An whom he had sus-
'ectet- thoy wcto met by this iuuoceut
hld, rhom he had just heard repeating
be Lorcfs Prayer In every scene of his
tfe with Aasta-from tho ulg Mt OF the slip
rreck to tAis snnaay morusnS-the chius f4ce
ppeared. Tho thought OF this mysterious
80 PIE. Ell upon hun, in botu MUD
nd body, that IN tie courso OF q few DAYS ue |
ecanao uEaoie to taho LIS necessary food, and
littls While after was compelled to keep his
I'd. |
soon every one could see ~ was approaching
cath. He wluse mind IL bsrdened oy uon,e
reat life-enigma acquires peculiar manner. {
trough winch he himself becomes an c1,i.ma
otaers. Even fIom the day Boto!f and Assta ,
rst came to live IN mat pariBh, his gloomy taci-
II nifty. her beauty, aud tie loneliness Of the
fe Of both had been the subject OF frequent 1
ossip among tho ncishbors; aud now, xLou !
asta all at ouce disappeared, t1e talk increased
ntil the most incredible things said we're tho 5
.ss believed. Nobody could throw ANY light
Ion the matter ; for mono OF Ill those who i
red upon tho mounts.n-ridge. or tha shore be- | i
.ath. or who we're accustomed to 60 thcre. had i
.ppened to be looking toward the steep lust
hen Aassa flung herself over. Neither did 3
II corpse ever drift 70 l1ud, itself to give eyl-
.nce. :
Even while Boto!f was yet alive, therefore. no $
I'd OF strange Spiritualistc stories we're to1d .
|out him. He became dreadful to tee, ~ he $
; tnere with long, aupken face, red beasu and "
Exempt red hair growing tangled toSethez aud q
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