The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30

h1cAuss knew tnat lie was out OF the
country, too. Bat If he's come back, and
you're naukerIng after hiin again, why,
the-eIl be nothing for it bls for Us to clip
your wings DIT as we dill before
jess shrank away from his arm, and
rested her head against the wooden side Of
The cart.
After few moments silence she spoke in
somewhat chokei voice.
1T amt kind of You. Stephen. to be al
ways bringing up the pas again me. I've
given him up once aud tr ali, and if I was
bit taken attack by eng him here 50
Close, and SO angry looking too. think YOU
ough- 70 make allowance for M. and not
20 talking as | WASH changed and all
thatsn
1T amt altogether a question as TO
whether You are changed" saI Stephen.
ObstiDately. ''if he isn't changed, there's
very little chance of your being ouL OF dan
ger unless somebody's always 81 to protect
/ YOU"
He will be changed jess murmured:
end there vas sweet pure light on her
face winch made it look like the face of an
angel as she spoke.
But Stephen groaned in spirit, and pro
ceeded doggedlY.
II don'6rEInk there's much chance Of him
being CHANGED, sol long Us You are standing
i'll his way
Me standing in his way. What do you
mean. said the girl, starting up little SO
as to draw herself Into S ing posture
STEPHEN, still kneeling. looked at her from
te1eatn his rugged orows in u somewhat
furLlYe manner as he replied:
II mean this, jess. Hem come after Won
again, and try TO mako YOU Lelieve he loves
you. could see it in his eye when smoke
TO you tonight. He'll try to circumvent
you, and to make you turn against me: and
maybe he'll ask you to marry him open
{ honest
20, Steven The girls voice had grown
low and tender. "Wouldn't that be a right
| thing, Steve." she asked, with painful
anxiety.
Answer for yourself said the man. his
dark eyes still fixed upon her face How
shall TWO walk together unless they be
agreed! Are you agreed-him and you9
Hasn't he done his best to ruin You. BODY
and soulE Could you 90 back to him and
feel that blessing would resi- upon your
wedding! Answer for yourself"
Jess head dropped lower and lower. Her
lips began to tremble, and the tears trickled
down her face. She could not answer. and
yet she could not agree. She had done
good deal to please Stephen: she had
even come to reverence him, and to believe
| III his dicta rather tllan in her own instincts:
but he could not make her feel less love
Tor the man who had once won her maiden
heart. and once been all the world to her.
You must see for yourself that such
union would be impossible" said Stephen.
not divining the latent rebellion that
| stirred jess soul; land | should think that
there's not much chance now of your being
asked to be Mrs. Eastwood. Still, | dare
say he'd try to delude You with the thought
of it. dare say he'd say all sorts of fine
things to you. He'd lie to YOU EASY
enough, if he thought he could get any
thing by it, and that's why l say to you,
jess. that you are standing in his way, and
that you're a snare unto his soul. Don't
you see that if you tempt him to lie ii yo1
tempt him to sin, you are a hindrance to his
salvationm
30, yes, see, see, cried Jess, breaking
down completely. II never thought of #
like that. Pm 50 awful selfish. Steve.
what can l do! Don't tell me | can'C do
nothing, for it's that that breaks my
heart. u
You could do something if you would"
said Stephen, slowly. But you WON'T.
You're too selfish, a you saw"
TRY ME, she sobbed. 81 amt too selfish
to do anything for him; | love him so. ~
Aye that's just 1t. You've only pre-
tended to give HIM up. You don't give him
up il your heart; you only pretend Give
him up in reality-for his good, this time,
not your own"
He had found the string that vibratei
! most readily to his touch. Even Jess re-
| ligious enthusiasm did not respond as
! quickly as her love for George Eastwood.
| she was prepared to go to the rack for
him.
Try me, Steve,n she said, more calmly.
"Youll see what can do / promise YOU
! I'll do anything | can-if it's like tearing
out nv own heartn
Then Stephen said. what was in his mind.
| but he said it with his eyes on the ground
aud a completely subdued manner, as ii he
| were afraid or ashamed of what he had To
| say.
He'll never leave off laundering after
| We, jess, my dear, 50 long as you're single
aud unprotected like. Tue way for Won to
get rid of him is TO marry another man.
Now Pve bean waiting for you all these
years, and if you'd take me--w V, YOU
| know, should say 1t was better late than
never, and be thankful IL you want to
deliver his soul out of the snare, you'd bet
ter be my wife. Unless he's worse than
real bad man-unless he's devil and moth
ing else, he'd leave you alone them"
| lie paused, awaiting reply His heart
was belting SO loudly aud SO painfully, that
he would not be able to hear it when it
came.
But for some minutes Jes d d not speak.
She had )vered her face with her hands,
AMI he knew that she was weeping 81
lentlv
Isn't it true what say, Jess!n he muir
INJURED at length, venturiug TO touch her
knee with his nand.
20, yes, lis true enough, Sieve" said
she, with a heavy sigh. but | couldn't
do it. not if lived to be thousand years
old"
why not, Jess?n
ut wouldn't seem right to me, Stephen.
dare say YOU know better, and all that :
but i don't Seem to me rs if | could do il. y
u don't understand, said Stephen, cold
ly. You said just now you were willing
to do anything for that mans good; and
YET Jon say now that you can't do the only
thing that's OF any use. Bat you women
are all alike. You say and say, but you
don't do as Won say.o
jess hands had dropped from her face to
her lap; she sat looking at them, and did
not oace raise her eyes as she replied:
Il dare say YOU are right, Stephen. l
know I'm poor, ignorant girl. and TINT
I've done bad things. But didn't know; 1
was led on, and till YOU shovel me now bad
ia been. WANTED to go back to George.
whether we were married or not. ., |
know it was wicked; AMI ] don't want to
so Back now She caught her breath
quickly as She said this, and then hurried
OF. But | can't help remembering that
did once think of him as my hu band, and
| can't possibly think of anybody els, l.
would seem ike having two husbands to
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