Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-10-13


sfraH you emit pray yourself On, q this
Situation. bat there sno harm II trying.
The sluni ~ his vo.c' gave another AMI q
fr,..h turn o. her thoughts At that mo
ment her prayer va answered AMI every.
thing grew clear Ths clouds which trou.
blel her rollei away, or it may D.. cio-e,i
rouni her o. brcak no mora
She shiserci AMI stiil kneeling. turnei
hsf facu O. The sp.akcr Hcr lcok for a mo
uicnt startled him la spitc Of the contemp'
b. felt for hrr religious vagarie1 Ani well
IL might starile him.
Now.she knew ali. slle knew Why she
hal livei shc kneE O. What shs was pre-
destined Cyclss ago this moment hal teen
decrcei. r. was she whom God had ap-
pointed o. remove thls man from the path
which lcl ons II elect b. happlnec. The
hslicf that ages ani ages before sbe vas
horn. her piaoe not only In this world. but
also IN the usri. hal hecn irrcvocabiy hxed,
the terrible conviction that shs was ons Of
tls many doomed by Gods will to eternal
torture fate which bot the prayers q a
lifetime, or the cuuduct of saint could
avert or In thc slightest degrce mitigate;
this fearful bcl.ef clo.sl round her like The
walls al a prison fr1m which there y M
escape. from which death itsslf there Il NJ
rciea.. How In such state u mind could
she turn With feeling. ~ love AMI alteration
10 the supreme Benz Who bal doomed her
D. such unuiicrablc woci No. shs couh fear
fim, trcmhle Before Him. alas, herself At
Hn fcr,. pray her viii hopelcss prayers. tut
such love ~ shc bal to give VA. fain to h-,
stow itself upon an earthly obtct, AMI for
the v mt of a better that cbtst was
ncairic,
Even A. Jaol, even a. judith. hal their mis-
don 20 hal she, Sarah Miller. a mission
equally terrible. that q Staying man whom
Gos hal doomed. with her brain flooded. per-
meatei by this one fearful thought. the
woDan ro-s from he knees and rcs1mei
her sat
Everything, he fsncici, with her mind
hewildercd In reality, yet to herself sccm-
ingly clear, poln,si to The carrying out n
this decree q destiny. The SOLITUDE. tho
nigh, journey, even the mans half'hslplcsz
condition were hat detail. q a settled
schers The Opportunity Was here. only
the way ami ihe means were wanting.
TDe-e In COOL time would be vouchsafcd u
her She would b, shown how she, weak
woman, was 10 take the life of q strong
man.
IIttIe dn Msuric, Hervey, A. from thu
effects Of faiigu'. cigars AMI brandy h. at
half dosing IN The cnfner - the compart-
ment, dream what thoughts were passing
through the mind a ,hs woman near him.
TOhim she was nothing more than an si-
dle-heaiei sort q cssature, who once upon
Q time had done a great deal towards bring
ing him to ruin; an act for which h. rightly
believed he was now paying her In full
How was she 10 do iti Time was passing.
ami ye, the path was not yet pointed out.
sse, the mans eye- were eloscdl Had the
moment comei n she had knife she might
ever now drive "a into his hesrti But shs
had no knife; had nothing which wouh
serve her neci. or rather Gods need. Sud-
denly sbe rcmembsred. as one remembers .
dream, thai hours AMI hour ago shs had
rrcn a fellow passenger opening a Tag. and
had noticed on the ton of that Tag q pistol.
Had shs teen allowed to catch sight Of the
weapon for the purro>e which she was
depuied 10 carry outi II 20. where was that
pistol, and how could she get u into hel
hands, she ro-e. and without any settled