St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-21

fast dying away, said with more broth
erly concern; This is simple madness,
Ransom. The part of town she will go
into tonight is tough, and many OF the
men she will 90 among are none too
good for the worst deed. | can't pro-
tect her as I could before was this
way, and her foolhardiness makes a
maniac. of me-" He was weak and
nervous, and began to cry as woman
might.
There, old fellow" said Ransom,
soothingly. 'don't excite yourself any
more, and give it no further thought. If
Isee she means to persist in carrying
out this idea l will follow her to the
hall, stay there through the perform
ance, whatever it may bel dare say L
shall find it novel enough to be anus
ing-and will watch over her on the
way hOme..'
Ransom was as good as his word, and
even found, much to his surprise. that
the affair was rather interesting. he
Swallowed Frances, whose little gray
form in the half light he more than
once suspected of having vanished into
thin air, and when the door of the hall
was reached, he followed her inside,
taking a seat unnoticed among the
other men.
What a child she seemed as she
mounted the platform, and, removing
her bonnet, advanced with odd dignity,
all her own, to the front. The men
cheered her, Ransom himself expe-
rienced a curious sensation of some
thing like enthusiasm, and wondered
what on earth that dainty bit of hu-
mainly could have to say to the UNI
couth souls before her. Her talk was
full of Tolstoi'S theories of non-resis-
lance and standardization ''AIl OF
our misery comes" said she,
''of seeking to perpetuate self,
seeking to crafty and increase
our desires. Do you know what Christ
meant when he said: lie that lOseth
this life shall liver He meant that when
we have ridded our souls of all the con-
Germs of this world we shall find peace.
happiness that will last forever. Want
nothing and you are as well off as II
you have everything. Give no heed to
the morrow, what We shall eat, nor
wherewlthal We shall be clothed
Do the task that each day appoints
for yOu-dO it, not for the dollars and
cents it will bring you, but for the love
you will never lack for anything. Try
not to think of the pair of boots you
want to buy Johnnie next week, nor of
the barrel of flour you will need the
week after. Look only to the day in
which you actually live, give the full
ness of your strength to its duty, and
every day will be rich with blessings"
THAT'S too thin" cried voice in the
audience; "we want bread-bread with
butter on both sides. It's all well
enough for you to talk of livin' on
blessin's, with big house and piles of
money back O. you; but if we don't plan
ahead and worry on t, it's precious
little we'd have. Amt it so, menu"
Yes, yes" came from chorus of
voices. The little speakers voice was
drowned for a moment or two; then
rough fellow shouted: "HOld your
tongueSl Give the girl chance"
"Yes, give the girl chance" others
said, and soon quiet was restored. Tears
were raining down the girls face and
she tried to tell them what hinderance
to her souls salvation she found her
worldly possessions. But she failed to
half-cOnvince them, and when her adj
dress was at an end, she pushed her way
through the crowd, tears still slowly
rolling down her cheeks, her heart
heavy with the consciousness that she
was unable to put her doctrines so that
a single soul would be the easier for her
effort. Along the deserted streets she
went, her head bowed, her footsteps lag
ging But not far from her home, sudden
" figure darted out from a doorway
and, placing hand over her mouth,
seized her roughly. 1t was all done in
the twinkling of an eye-she had been
seized, a half-familiar voice exclaimed
beside her. the man who had caught
her released her with groan and fell
heavily to the walk, and somebody was
say ing: 1.-The infamous scoundrel!
Don't be frightened, Miss HaineS, the
affair is all over and you are safe. Can
you walk? TBke my arm" Her hand
was drawn through Lee RansOm's arm
and he was steadying her uncertain
footsteps.
sit st-startled me So" she said, with
a shudder, evidently attempting to JUS
tify to another the weakness she could
not justify to herself.
STARTLED you? That is putting it
rather mildly. Less than that has often
scared woman into Mysteries" Lee re-
piled, striving to speak lightly, to with
draw her attention from the disagreea-
Bile experience. II feel the necessity,
Miss HaineS-ugly necessity, l assure
yOu-Of playing mentor to you and
preaching a little sermon myself from
this for your own good. / followed you
down there tonight and listened while
you spoke. Then | came out of the
hall just behind you, and was near at
hand when that villain assaulted you.
Think what would have been the con-
sequences had / not been there, and
think what are liable to be the cOnse-
quences every time you attempt any
thing of this sort"
She gave him no answer only to cling
a trifle closer to his side, and he went
on, 81 suppose your ideas of nOn-re-
sistance stop short of the belief that it
was not my duty to interfere and knock
that brute down. Tell me if your Toll
stOi would have acted in any more
transcendental fashion under the same
circumstances"
III don't KNOW" she replied family.
e at occurs to me, after hearing you
tonight, that there is great deal that
you do not know" Lee responded. 1t
amused him to figure in the role of
adviser and instructor to young
saint. 81 wonder how your doctrine of
self-sacrifice will operate when one day
you fall in love with somebody"
She had regained her cOmposure by
this time, and they had reached the
door of her home. THAT | shall never
do" she replied, withdrawing her hand
from his arm and looking up in his face
undisturbed. He almost believed her;
the moonlight gave her so much the APP
pearance of something not of this earth
at least hp was seized with desire IN
learn the truth about it.
do you know what love is, my child?
1T is the cry of the unborn soul plead
ing for existence somebody expresses
it. How can you offer resistance in
such an instance? Is not to do so COM
batting spiritual law and disproving
your theOry?"
II can not tell-nOw," she said, a
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