Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-30

She shivered, and still kneoling turned
her face to the speaker. Her look for mo-
mcnt startled him IN spite Of the contempt
he felt for her religious vagaries And well
IL might startlc him.
Now she knew all. She knew why she
had lived. She knew to what she was pre-
destined. Cycles ago this moment had been
decreed. IL was she whom God had ap-
pointed to remove this man from the path
which led one of elect to happiness. The
belief that ages and ages before she was
born, her place, not only In this world, but
also in the next, had been irrevocably fixed,
the terrible conviction that she was one Of
the many doomed by Gods will to eternal
torture, a fate which not the prayers Of a
lifetime, or the conduct of q saint, could
avert or In the slightest degree mitigate;
this fearful belief closed round her like the
walls of prison from which there ia no
escape, from which death itself there is no
release How in such state of mind could
she turn with feelings of love and alteration
to the Supreme Being Who had doomed her
10 such unutterable woei No, she could fear
Him, tremble before Him, abase herself at
His feet, pray her wild hopeless prayers, but
such love as she had to give was fain TO be-
stow itself upon an earthly object, and for
the want of a better that object was
Beatrice.
Even as Jael, even as Judith, had their mis-
sion so hal she. Sarah Miller. n mission
equally terrible, that Of slavinr man whom
God had oorned, with her brain flooded, per.
meated by this ono fearful thought the
woman rose from hcr knees and resumed
her seat
Everything, she funciei, with her mind
bewildered in reality, yet to herself SEEM
ingly clear, pointed to the carrying out OF
this decree OF DESTINY. The solitude. the
night Journey. even the mans half belpless
condition were but dotnils Of n settled
scheme The opportunity was here only
the way and the means were wanting.
These in goo time would be youchsafed To
ber She would be shown how she n weo,.
woman. was to take the life OF n strong
man.
little did Maurice Hervev. as from the
effects Of fatiyua cipars and brandy be cat
half dozinp in tho corner os tho comnart-
ment. dream what thoughts were passing
tbrongh the mind Of the woman near him,
To him she was nothing more than an adj.
d,e-beoded sort Of creature who once mon
= time had done n great deal towards bring.
ipg him IN ruin. nm act for which he rigb.iv
beIieved he was now having ber In FIJI
How was sbe IN do II, Time was noss;po
and vet the path was not vet pointed ont
500 tho mans ewes wore closed, Had y
mnment come, If sbe had n knife she mich,
oye,, now drive II into his hcort, Bu. Tho
had no knife. bod nothinp which wouI |
sorve ber need or rather GoJ's need Srd.
don,v sbe rememb bered ne ono remomhors .
drcom that hours AMI bonrs ago sb, bcd
seen n fellow MESSENGER openipg a bay n
bod noticed ON tho ton ~ that bog n nie 1
Had sbo een oIIoved to cat,-, sigbt ~ , a
woanon for tbo urroso which sbe a., :
dennted 10 carry ont, II 90, where was tbo
nistn,. and how could she get IL into or
hands, She rose md without anv set,Io
object, passad Heryev and stepped ont into
Anc gangvav
Her movement awoke him. He mt hi
head tbrougb tire door and watched har "A n
eat watches n mouse Sarah went Tho
Iengtb of the lone ,,arriaoe INIT found
notbiny To puide her TO ber end Everv
door ,.as bermeticaI,v soalod II soeroj n
n sbe and ber communion we're tho opI, ner.
.ops awako The only sound baard was = a
coaseless rush Of the train as Il fore ito wa .
on and ON through the pigbt
The woman returned and resrmed ber
rat. The means had not vet been give
her A nhnntom Of common sense ol
aitted tbrough her mind IF sb. kiIleJ :,
man In sucb a manner n meant arrest !,
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