Telegram-herald., 1889-07-25

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wllh us Ana "a Ter ln1ernlos- SOL she
cried o4t. -S4se ne. EltaSr. ~ a1y way
1ne1 sesst Et. olly save lie IL l-s
c4-l.ness w1lch cane over her then set---
t1lak seemed ~ - spsE t14- she a. c-ese
q ~ the PROMISED gooa.
Ies.lp - tne house tsey were getting
aalgricely S. ia-r Ter Her husband MAS
sleeping ~ lAls tine ar1 ~ Ills tclr h-s
mother. slt-lg near TIC 81 t4l2-lg lo1 "
Janet, d-Ll L--ss Ler
They wo4li nat care fer her anyway, -
she wo4ld wax 81 -uS ons Up an1 down lie
sands.
Tae promised good seemed near; was IL
ever there acfoss the bay IN the ely slow
F ing dlmly through tae twilight sha@owsi
C0uld j. Ue tAat he q she dared not
evel leok THAI way. Tor he was over there
somewhere ia tie yicln-ty or tie TX
change
AID he lad no right 70 care Tor her as he
4 do, AID SIZE was not privileged 10 murmur
n.s name she bad many times Ia these
terrible years.
home had whlrled into temptation this
/ badgercd soul 50 divided againstltself. until
/ the tortured love reached ont for sympathy
/ elsewhere and found it-sye had met with
more than sheer compassion.
And Sadie Willard found her self asking
again and again, why should she give up
this one golden CLEAN that. Ike a ray or
heaven, lighted % her lonely yearsi And
/ the answer came: Because Il has grown 100
dear
she had only been annexed to the family
| at Beachside six years ago, simply for her
money. She did not dream or IL then, but
IL had come plain enough since, and o.
what revelation II was 10 the shy little
WIFE
And lately, when she had been tempted
sore. she would come down tC the beach 10
walk 70 and fro by the water The low
music Of the waves lulled 10 repose the
evil and lot the better JGcg cgment assert It.
self
There was nothing on the lonely shore
more desol3te than she, and as Tor fears
she left them up at the house, there where
theMghts shine cut over the blufy shore.
Then her thoughts went back to him-not
her husbands No
Once she remembered when he had as
SlSLrl AtI ufAHhNu nUobdlA t-vh4C nc h.sA
remained at Beachside longer than was hls
wont. And when he was ready TO 60 he
had taken her hand for q moment and said
1T would add 10 your happiness, Mrs.
" Hard, and mine, too, If he was dead"
Then he had grown white to his very
lips, and had gone away suddenly. be
had never let bis soul out in words since.
however, yet she never could forget the
look of self-condemnation on his face az
he crossed the sill that day.
But If he had done wrong God surely
had forgiven him; he had been studied IN
his manner toward her ever since.
This and moro swept across her soul
tonight as she paced YEARLY along in the
gathering gloom.
AWAY out there where lay the city the
lights were beginning to fash up and down
the shore. ''Olr she cried, ''when and
where will all this ends'
A hand was laid on her arm. She gave a
little, frightened cry; but a familiar voice
stopped her "Sade, he is bad-worse q
great deal since YOU left the house. Yoy
would better 90 back to them; perhaps tn
. the last, and you may do some good, may
be you can, Sadie"
~O Henri she exclaimed In terror
clutching his arm. "is he so bad as that
-
that awful place called home"
He put his arms around her then, drew
her 20 his aching heart and kissed the ho
l lips fervently. "God forgives me, Sadie,
! he said. ''Go NOW, and nav Heaven keel
| you safely through 1t ali-for me"
2 He was gone now, but her heart had gone
, also The waves doomed 10 the shore anC
b il grew dark Slowly she went up th'
/ winding pathway IN the friendly darkness
: She was not afraid; he was somewhere OF
I the sands, doubtless.
? as Allan betteri" she asked Of the serv
q ant whom she met at the gate. And th'
j. servant answered: "No, he IS worse -
D., They went into tho house together; tn
0 one keeping temptation warm in he
T. heart, the other full Of sympathetic sorrow
S "He is in an awful way moaned th'
g mother. wrinEing her hands as she rushe'
4 Downstairs into the presence OF the white