The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-12

sa;d. and can't
IL am sorry said. for IL IL very
plain TO me. II you Ear take and en- oy
property that you know belongs 10
others. you can do wha; / never can.
never. Aaron Deems
He stood before me. hooking pale
and troubled Can't you look NJ IL
as I do-noi even for my sake?' he
askcL
Mot even for your sake. Aaron"
sad. though nv heart was ready 10
break. but don't let Us talk %: il any
wore tonight: I am sure YOU viii think
rs ! do when you have had time TO re-
hect.
81 hope Il am surc-we shall come
To think alike in so important 4 mat
ter he said; for | couldn't bear to be
separated from you, Abby"
"'Dh. W. can't be separated. Aaron
! said. and clung 10 him with all my
heart. But there WAS . GOODNESS in his
good bye. m l felt tina; awful shadow
between US after he was gone. |
couldn't endure that the nan ] loved
should take such views Of right and
wrong. even for a moment
We'll. we had many ialks on the sub-
jet after that; and the more We talked
the colder a.d heavier the shadow
grew. He couldn't give up a part of
what was lett him by his uncle; no. not
oven for me, And I couldn't give up
the light | walked by; no. not even for
him Couldn't prevent his accepting
the fruits Of his uncle's dishonesty. and.
IL I MARI ed him | W uld be a partakcr
in the wrong. SO il came 10 this.
Aaron l "a Il TO him one night. If
YOU arc determined. then we must part.
I can't share in any advantage obtained
through your uncle's wrong do NJ; a. |
should have 10. by becoming your wife,
Then YOU don love me- he said.
and pleaded with me 10 take back those
hard word.
Aaron | said, Il would take them
back if | could. for | feel that | am
giving up all the world when ] give YOU
up. But | can not give up the spirit ol
Righteousness, III nv own soul. Com
pared with that, . Aaron | said, now
little seems that which | ask ,On 10
give up, not for me only. but for Your
own conscience and life
"He was AL of 4 trrmble as he took
my hand. Abby said he. Won are the
noblest girl | ever saw, and ] don't
! am not up To the sacrifice that seems
so easy TO you. SO | suppose we must
And so we parted. i never Aunt
Abby went on, never can forget the
that followed, | was torn with
anguish; | Wa tempted terribly. 1t
seemed to me tina: | was giving up all
was worth living for. | was young
and not bad-lookin9. fond of society
aud all beauti nj things. | knew the
of money; /, too. would have
Jecn pleased with a lie Of ease and en-
ioyment. But all that was nothin. 10
nv attachment to him. How could |
eve HIM up?
why should you?' something
rhisI cred. 'Nhy t you do what
almost any body else would in your
place, without any such silly scrupleS?
lou 4 do good with the money, and
% atone for any sin there NAV be in ac-
it. Don't throw away your
happiness for an idea
..On the other hand. a clear, deep
'o'cc said: walk by the light that
$ given you
why am | telling you all this"
he suddenly interrupted herself. '.Ah.
ir, how YOU have Irought the past
'ack to me by a little sympathy. All
his happened thirty-six years ago. but
t seems like yesterday. How well |
emember the morning when Aaron
his bride into church-the
ride who had taken my place. The
light would have killed me, if all my
ride and selfishness had not been
cad already.
81 had other offers after that, put
one l could accept. Folks called me
.otional. May be I was. All | caa
ny is. | walked by the ligh: that VS.
iven me. That led me more and
out of the world and its ways, up-
il, twenty years ago. | settled down in
his little house that appears Il you 80
Dnely. Here | have lived ever since.
kept for a few weeks e.cry winter.
hen | visit friends who would gladly
eep me with them all the time. But.
rs it may seem. | am never so
Apply As when | come back here To my
ermitage to my birds and flowers
nd books. and my own thoughts.
''.Aaron? Oh. yes. he lived and was
rOSpered in a sense. He had a hand.
and fashionable wife. and he
rev richer still by some transactions
hitch some said were too much like his
But | don { condemn him.
lie may have walked by his light, as |
'alked by mine. l only know our
'alks did not lie together.
And nave never regretted the sac
fee l made? Sometimes when [ have
'oked upon myself. living alone in
with these hands hardened bv
iii. and without The daily affection
hich the leart Graves, / have won
cred and said to myself: ABBY. is il
a dream? Wouldn't that other lie
ave been better for you' But some.
ling SAYS: NO: you couldn't have
losen differently Every life has its
,rrowS and heart aches: but there is
D 10 ,ellness like that of 3 soul that
as lost its rectitude. and gr;evcd away
Spirit.
.'On the WHOLE" she added. cheer
lily, Il am very well off here. No
onal as folks think me. my neighbors I
Re very kind; they come cnd see me.
nd lend me books: every winter they {
m fire-wooi. and every spring
Iey plant my little patch TO corn and
and potatoes. OH" she ex. {
graspirg my hand. as | rose /,
take leave OF her. seeing my friend I
i've up at the gate. Il sometimes I
link there isn't another woman in al, !
e world 30 blessed as ~ (
As rode away with my friend I once {
ore looked back at the little house. I
hich did not seem so lonesome to me c