The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-30

strange feelingcame
over her; how peace
@.AE- full It would be to be
@ gathered back In the
&%RT retiring waters.
@%5 Over her soul rushed
adark temptation to
end Il all. Who would carel After looking
sfea,thiiy about her for . moment she
rested her eyes once more on the water;
Aut this time she shuddered.
The tide crept to her feet and withdrew,
murmuring: 'sHush! hushi Peace is not
With us!" And in her lnnermost soul she
cried out: ''Save me. Father, in any way
Thou seest At; only save mol" In the
caluuesSw which came over her then some
th,ng seemed to whisper that she was close
On TO the promised good.
Yes, up at the house they were getting
alsag nicely without her. Her husband was
sleeping by this time; and at this hour his
mother, sitting near the bed talking low to
Janet, didn't miss her.
They would not care for her anyway, 30
she would walk on and on, up and down the
sands.
Tho promised good seemed near; was it
over there across the bay in the city show
ing dlmly through the twilight shadowsa
Could it be that he OF she dared not
even look that way, for he was over there
4omewhere in the vicinity of the Ex-
change
Aud he had no right to care for her a. he
did; and she was not privileged to murmur
his name, As b had .msny times In these
-tB1rible years.
home had whirled into temptation this
A-l--ol en,,1 an Hsv-sAof onNsnot sfao1f until
the tortured love reached out for sympathy
elsewhere and found it-aye! had met with
m,re than sheer compassion.
And Sadie Willard found herself asking,
again and again, why should she give up
this one golden CLEAN that, like Q ray of
heaven, lighted up her lonely years! And
che answer came: s.Because 1t has grown too
dear"
She had only been annexed to the family
" Beachside six years ago. simply for her
nancy. She did not dream Of it then; but
II had come plain enough since, and o!
what q revelation it was to the shy little
Wie!
And lately, when she had been tempted
sore, she would come down to the beach to
walk to and fro by the water. The low
Eusic Of the waves lulled to repose' the
evil, and let the better judgment assert it.
self.
There was nothing on the lonely shore
more desolste than she, and As for fears,
she left them upRt the house, there where
the lights shine out over the blufy shore.
Then her thoughts went back to him-not
hex husband! No.
Once she remembered when he had as
sisted her drunken husband home he had
remained at Beachside longer than was his
won't And when he was ready to go he
had taken her hand for Q moment and said:
at would add to your happiness. Mrs.
willard, and mine, too, II he was dead"
Thea he had grown white to his very
Eps, and had gone away suddenly. He
I'D never let his soul out in WORKS since.
however, yet she never could forget the
1sok Of self condemnatiou on his face a.
b crossed the sill that day.
But if he had done wrong God surely
had forgiven him; he had been studied in
lAis manner toward her ever since.
This and more swept across her sou
tonight As she paced Wearily along in the
gathering gloom.
Away out there where lay the city tho
sligsis werc beginning to fash up and down
tho shore. 'OW she cried, ''when and
where will all this end"
A hand wa laid on her arm. She gave q
liteie, frightened cry; but q familiar voice
stopped her. ''Sadie, he Is bad-worse .
1reatdeal since you left the house. You
would better 60 back to them; perhaps tits
tho last and You may do some good, may
BE- sou Can, Sadie."'
20! Henri" she exclaimed in terror,
s3u1ching his Arm. sis he % bad as that
o! tell me hat I need not eyer return to
that awful place called home"
He put his arms around her then, drew
her tn bis aching heart and kissed the hot
fps fervently. 'God forgives me, Sadie"
he said. "Go now, and may Heaven keep
god safely through it all-for me-"
He was gone now, but her heart had gone
also. The waves boomed to the shore and
1t grew dark. Slowly she went up the
winding pathway in the friendly darkness.
She was not afraid; he wa somewhere on
the sands, doubtless.
ais Allan betterl" she asked of the serv-
ant whom size met at the gate. And the
servant answered: mo. he is worse"
They went into the house together; the
ono Keeping . temptation warm in her
1csrt, the other full Of sympathetic sorrow.
~He is in An awful way" moancd the
1nnther, wringlng her hands as she rushed
Downstairs into the presence Of the white