Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-02

beautiful cure. This view Of the case did
not seem to lessen, but rather to in
crease. the unhappiness of Barueh.
Between his vision of the old Ariella
flung down from the heights OF hope to the
old, sad, familiar face. and the new Ariella
condemned, in the first thrill of recovery, to a
brutal, mock assumption of that fate, he had
not much to choose. Either was bad enough;
either at moments seemed worse than the
other. Worst OF all was the cruel shock
! given, by the turn events had taken, to the
touching faith of Baruch in the Nazarene.
! 1t was impossible to say what was the
effect of this shock. His mother observed
| him with a motherly impatience which
vitiated her power to interpret his condition.
| The blind man, always possessed of the reti-
| cence OF his intirmity, sunk into a SYSTEM
attic silence and inner solitude, in which a
sensitive nature may easily perish. He fire.
quented the environs of the house of MaIa-
chi patiently; but for admittance he had
ceased to hope or ask. ArieIla remained
| invisible; nor did any reliable report OF her
condition reach the villagers, among whom
curiosity and indignation were increasing
steadily.
One afternoon Baruch, being led by the
lad with whom he was accustomed to go
forth, disappeared altogether from Bethany.
He did not return at dusk. Night fell and
nothing was seen of him. AT parting from
his mother he had bade her feel no concern
at his absence, nor expect him till she
should see him. Rachel therefore awaited
him with no more than the inevitable un-
easiness of q woman in such position.
Baruch occasionally took these notions and
demanded his freedom, like a man with
eyes. The woman, like the rest of her kind,
had nothing to do but to bear it.
Midnight came. But Rachel sat alonei
Morning followed-noon-dusk again; but
Baruch did not return. A second nights
absence succeeded to the first. The third
evening set in. Rachel was now thoroughly
uncomfortable; her poor boy had sent her no
sign or message. So long an absence he had
never made from home in fashion so unpro-
tected. 1t occurred to Rachel to seek the ad-
vice of the Nazarene, for it was said by the
common people that he was never too weary
or too busy or too Indifferent to give counsel
to any person who did need and ask it; but
she learned that he was absent from
Jerusalem; some said this way, some that;
he was in Tiberias, Capernaum, Jericho,
this place or the other, no one knew, and
everyone knew where; but he was not to be
found.
Meanwhile the situation at the house Of
Malachi remained unaltered. Crowds gath
cred daily before the doors, and cries and
jeers arose from the people whenever the big
figure OF the Pharisee appeared in sight,
Malachi had lost so much sleep bv dint Of
noisy demands that he come forth and ac-
count for the condition OF his daughter. that
he became at length overcome with drowsi-
ness and i'll temper, and abandoning all at
tempts to treat for decency's sake with the
crowds, barred his doors and threw himself
upon rug before it to rest. The women OF
his household remained closely concealed;
by choice orof necessity, who could
saw?
Upon the day following that upon which
Baruch disappeared from Bethany, a stout
but tired ass. ridden by a man and boy,
might have been seen IN the outskirts Of
Tiberias. stopping 10 rest. The animal was