Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

"Ah, Frank, but | have been in the
mnd said Beatrice sadly. l have years
of mud up me. twill never come OF,
Frank.
frank. as a man should, tried to console
her, tried to persuade her that the mud
was neither very black nor so very thick.
She shook her head sadly and refused to
believe him. Then came another pause.
"Ah" said Beatrice, lit all comes
back to the old cry-'f what has been
done could only be undOne!
'Yes, said Frank, "the cry of the first
man who developed speech; his thought
perhaps before speech came 10 him; and
S it will be the cry of the last man who
stands ON the wreck of the world. "
There was a silence once moe until
Frank roke il by repeating his original
question. Beatrice toll him she could
not leave Munich until sarah returned.
''But she Is In London. Why not tele-
graph her? Tell her to wait there"
Il wJuli, but do not know where to
find her. She was going to her friends.
The friend who posted my letters. Sarah
used TO send them, but l never thought to
ask the al lress. +"
''And she is making terms with this
man." said Frank rather bitterly, lis
empowered TO let this rutfian rob you.
money Is nothing. He can have all
he wants if he will trouble me no more. :"
Frank" said Beatrice, 81 will leave
with you as soon as she returns, | prom
Use. Now let us talk of something else.
We may have but a day or TWO longer
here. Let me have those days to look
back upon-days of calm before the
storm broke.
They walked a out aimlessly, and
scarcely noticing where. ''Shall we go
anywhere one of the galleries." asked
Beatrice.
INC" said Frank. Its TOO fine for
pictures. Let us go and look a. the
statue of Bavaria"
They inspected the colossal statue, but
did not yield to the temptation of going
up into it's head via the leg. They walk
ed through the Hall of Fame at the back
of the statue. But sightseeing did them
no more good than Frank forced gayety.
They were both sad az heart
'Where shall we go now" asked Frank
as they came back to the fla re. 'ls there
anything else to see about here?' He
crouched this question in curious German,
and addressed the driver. The driver
sa d tn. great south cemetery was not far
off.
81 don't like cemeteries" said Frank
doubtfully.
~ do. said Beatrice SO they drove
&C 'ording TO her wish.
They passed under the great arched en-
trance to Il place of tombs. Beatrice,
who was now deep in sad thoughts, look
ed neither 20 the right nor left-and
Frank was looking only at Beatrice. They
! walked straight into the great open space
and for awhile, with the bright May sun
shining down on them. wandered about
| the forest OF tombs, which, after the man
ner of all continental memorial stones,
looked untidy from the withered or taw-
dry wreaths which had been placed on
them last All Souls Day, and left to de-
cay at ease. Carruthers was somewhat
disappointed in the cemetery. Although
this was his first visit to Munich, he
fancied he hal read or heard that this
cemetery was one of the finest in Europe.
lie told Beatrice he was disappointed.
.Perhaps the finest monuments are I'M
der the piazza she said.
They walked across to the broad piazza
which runs round the center space. AS
Bea rice had suspected the finest and
most costly and artistic monuments we're
against the wall.
This he muttered. "To this It all
lnGs. lHt Gnu Vi lONG, Tile GHu VI dul-
bition, OF wealth, of poverty. of pain, of
Joy. All come to 1t, and other men and
women walk over our graves and wonder
who we were. Beatrice! Beatrice he
cried, in a voice of exquisite agony. 1--WE
can live but once and our life is wasted!"
Bravely as he had borne himself Car
ruthers had at last broken down.
Il was fool-a weak fool, he said.
'Forgive me. -
'NO. you are wise. Oh, why was ever
born!'
LET us go, said Frank. II hate this
abode of dead NOR atty"
SO with heavy hearts they walked along
the brt al plaza toward the entrance to
the cemetery.
Neither spoke. Carruthers was telling
himself that he was weaker than ne
thought, that he could not bear the situa-
ton longer. lie would see Bea. rice safe
in England. lie would see this man and
insure her future peace Then he would
he must leave her. To see her. hear
her voice, touch her hand, yet know she
could not he his was more than he could
ask himself to bear.
And Beatrice thoughts ran much in
the same groove. She had from the first
known it must be so. This was why she
had begged that the last few days they
spent in Munich might be made such as
memory loves to linger upon. Such
friendship as Frank had spoken of was
between them an impossibility.
So as they walked down that piazza
they felt that they were bidding each
other farewell which might we'll be
eternal. No wonder their hands refused
| to part.
AS they drew near to the entr nee
they passed w at was to all ap-
pearances shop with plate-glass
front opening o. the piazza. IN
| front of tNere two or three men aud WON
EN- and several children the lsst-named
on Ii toe aud attening Their Eat Teuton-
| ic noses against the glass. Frank also
| glanced that way and saw such a curious
sight that, in spite of his precccupation,
| he stopped.
A little way inside the glass was arrang-
ed on banas OF evergreens and towers,
what seemed to be do EN- dolls of various
sizes, but all large for dolls Each was
dressed in smart long robes with tinsel and
other decorations, and every doll bore a
large number \ curious sight Carruthers
drew near and then the truth 'ashed upon
| him. They were dead babies! There, each
| in its little nest of leaves and Aowar. thav