The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-11-19


afraid you c1n't pray yourself out OF this
situation; but therosno harm In trying"
The sound OF his voice gave another and q
fresh turn 10 her thoughts. AZ that mo-
ment her prayer was answered and every
thing grow cloar. The clouds which trou.
bled her rolled away, or II may DO, closed
round h,r 10 break no more,
She shiverol, AMI stil kncollng, turned
her face to tho speaker Her look for u mo.
ment startled him In spite Of tue contempt
b, felt for her religious yagarloL Aud we'll
II might atortlo hun,
Now she knew all. She knew why sho
had lived ho know 10 what sho was pro-
destined, Cycles ago this moment had beon
dCcrcel. N was she whom God had APP
pointed 10 remove this man from tho path
which lcl ono Of elect 30 happiness Tho
belief that nPoi and Gges before sho was
born, h,r place, not only In this world, but
also In hc next, had been irrovuc0hly fixed,
tho towblo conviction that aho was one Of
tho many doomed by Gods viii 90 eternal
torture, n falo which not tao prayers Of n
lilotlme, or tho conduct Of snint, could
avert or IN tho slightest dcgrco MITIGATE;
this fpnriul boiof CloIol round her lill' the
walls OF a prison from which there is no
oycUpc, from which death itgrlf thcro IA no
rclongn, How IN such state Of mIud could
sho turn w.,h foclngl Of love nnl alteration
10 tho Supreme BONG Who had doomed hor
~ such unuliorohlo wool No, sho coIl fear
Him, trcwhlo l1ioro HIM, ubNso herself at
His feet, pray her wild hopeless prayers but
such love Os she had TO give was foin TO DO.
stow itself upon an earthly objct AMI for
tho want Of bettor that object was
Beatrice,
Eyon ~ Jacl, ovon ns Judith had tholr mis-.
sion 10 hal She Sarah Miller mission
equally terrible, that Of slOyiny n man whom
God had doomed. with her brain flooded. .por-
mentod by this ono fearful Thought, tho
woman rosO from hor knOes and 70, a.nod
her seat
Everything, sho funoIod, with her mind
bcwlllcrcd In reality, yet 20 herself scom.
ingly clcnr, pointed TO the carrying out OF
this decree Of dostlnv, The solitude, tho
night Journey, even tho mans hnlf-holploss
condition wore but details Of settled
scheme Tho opportunity was here, only
tho way and the means were wanting,
These In goo tlmo would bo vouchsOfod 20
her. Sho would DO shown how she, WAX
woman, was TO take tho liio Of n strong
man,
Little did Maurice Horvcy, as from tho
effects Of fatigue cigara aud brandy no sat
hllf doing In the corner Of the compart-
Iiont dream what thoughts wcro passing
through the mind Of no woman ncar him,
Tohim she was nothlNg moro than an nd-
dlc.hondod sort Of creature, who onco upon
time Ind done great dc0l towards bring
ing him 10 ruin; an net for which h' rightly
beloved ho was now paying hor IN full.
How was she 10 do iil Time was passing,
aud yet the path was not yet pointed out,
SEQ, Tho mans cyos were cosel Had tho
moment comet If she had knife she might
tvo', now drive u into his haartl Bu' 'ho
md no knife; had nothing which would
scrvc her nc,l, or rather Gol's ned, Sud-
denly she remembered, os ono remembers q
dream, that hours an hours 0go shn Ind
seen q fellow passenger opening n bng, and
hn1 noticed on the ton Of that bng n pis' ol
Had she cen 4 lowed 20 catch sight Of az
weapon for tho purpose which sho wni
drpuicd 10 carry outl II no, whore WINS thai
pistol, and how could she get II into hon
hanlsl Sho rose, and without any settlct
object, passed Hcrvoy and stepped out int
the gangway
unr movement .awokO him, uq put HI
head through tue door ana w1tchol h,r ~ Z
cat watches mouse. Sarah won't th
longth of tho long carriage, but fount
nothing 10 guido her 10 hor end, Ever,
door was hermeticolly sealed II seemed n
n hho and hor companion were the only por
sons awake Tho only sound heard was th
consoles rush OF thu train ~ u tore Ito wa,
on and on through tho night l'Hlj
Tho woman returned and resumed he
nnnt. The means had not yet boen givo
her. A phantom OF common sonse nls
. fitted through her mind, II she kille thi
man In such manner II meant arrest an
trial Of herself II meant shamo aud O,
posure 10 her loved mistress No, she muI
wait yet while God had not yet spoke
, the last word; not yet shown tho oxaot wa
! An which His work was 10 bo done. Yet he
I boliof never aYoI we'd. neyer wayerodi
, Or not until ehe know that the end Oh
I. long, droary journey was close ut hand nc
! until kind Of Instinct told hor that Ia
4 fow ehortminutoa Munich would be reaches
; Horyoy, whom necossltios had deprived {
4 tho means OF telling tho time, was sti
, sleeping his wakeitil and suspicious dog
' slcop. Suddenly the long, shrll whist
4 sounded Tho man started up wide awalt
/ and for the first timo for hours doubt 0
!. TO her true reading OF Gods purpose 6oshe
4 through Sarah Miller's brain. Tho tin
4 was 80 short. There was 30 much-so muc
10 be done. Tho way was still In darknos
4 Would tho last fow moment light II upl
q Sho clenched her hands oonvusivoly dl
|, cling the nails Of one into the flesh OF u
ls other She glanced once more ot Hervoy
D face which, from his fatigue looked pale NJ
d wan. She rose, ind mechanically, like ol
10 In dream, stepped out Of tho compartmei
Il into The dinly lighted gangway. Hery,
m followed her.