Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-02-27

tUd WA M'l>t idull~. YOU WIN h"'" ~.
,An,hiug Inconsistencies Of my character
"a, al once" he answered, that know
,ou Co hc a mortal creature. l. there any
human character, even the Modest that is
always consistently c"od?''
"Ouc reads ut them sometimes, she SuS-
er>tcj IA books.
.Nr,." hc said In the worst books You
could pos- bly, real the only really immoral
books written in our tim".
why are they Imm"rA'
"Fnt tins pain reason. that they delibcr-
nir.y prryrri the truth t,aptrap. you in
uac.ut creature. 90 catch foolish readers!
" hen 40 these consistently good people APP
isat iu the iii, around as. the ii" that We
al -r,' Sever Arr the best moriAls that
ever lived al-pSs the mach 81 temptation 10
do H. and ar the, ALWAYS too good u yield
10 H. How doc, the Lords prayer Instruct
humanity? Il commands H. All. without "a
ccpiiuu. to pa, that We may not be- led into
temptation luu have been led into temp
t1tiun. In otlrr wnri>. you are human
bring. All that human being could do
you have donr-you hav" rep"n,ed and CON
i,.~scd Don't know how you have suffer
ell. aud hoW You have been tried! Why.
what a mean phari>cc should be II pre-
sumcd 10 dc>pl>e YOU.
She locked al him proudly and gratefully;
shr lifted her arm ~ II Ia thank HIM by an
embrace. and suddenly let IL drop again ut
her side
IAN tormcntlne my self without causeT'
she said. 'Or is there something that looks
like sorrow showing itself 10 me In your
iacc?'
You see the b.t,crcst sorrOw." he an
swered, that have felt In all my sad life.'
-. h" s"rrow for me?' she went on. IT! INK
u speak calmly
No. Sorrow for myself"
'Ilas il come ~ you through me? Is II my
fault?'
tits more your misfortune than your
fault"
Then you can feel for mc''
Il can and do"
He has not yet set her nj ease.
II am afraid your sympathy stops some
where" she said. Where docs IL Stop"'
For the iir.t time he shrank from directly
answering her Il begin Ia wish had fol-
lowed your example," he owned. At might
have been better for both oi us IL ! had an
swrred your letter Ia writing"
Tell me plainly" She cried, losing all
fear Of him Ia her anxnty Ia know wha.
something you can't forg yc?'
There Is something can't forget"
/ What il II? Oh. what is II! When my
mother told poor little Kitty that her father
was dead are you even more sorry than | AIN
that | allowed IL? Are you even more
ashamed Of me than am OF myself?'
No. regret that you allowed 1t; but
understand how YOU were led into that er
ror Your husbands intdelity had shaker
Is hold on your respect for him and YOU
sympathy with him. and had 80 left yot
without your natural safeguard against Mrs
Presty's sophistlcal reasoning and bad exam
pie. But for t%t wrong doing there Is I
remedy left. Enlighten your child a. yol
have enlightened me; and then-l have No
personal motive for pleading Mr.. Herbert
Linley's cause. aftor whist I have seen Of
him-and then. acknowio. the fathers
claim on the child"
"Do you mean his claim to see hcrP''
What else can | mean? Yes lot him seq
her DO God help me. now when It's toe
late , do what you ought 10 have done, on
that accused day which will be the blackes
day In my calendar, 10 the end Of my life.
VIVA, day do you mean?'
THE day that you remembered the law oil
man and forgot the law Of God; the day
when you broke the marriage tie, the sacrct
marriage lie. BY q divorced
She listened-not conscious now OF sus
peDse or fear; she listened, with her whole
heart In revolt against him.
You are too cruel T. she declared. "You
can feel Tor me, you can understand me. yot
can pardon me In everything else that hav,
done. But you judge without mercy Of III,
one blamcless act OF my life. since my hus
band left me-the act that protected
mother In the exercise Of her rights. Oh
can II he you? Can II be youY'
1t can be-" ho said, signing bitterly; ''ant
Il is"
"what horrible delusIon possesses youy
she broke out "Why do you curse the happ,
day, the blessed day, which saw inc safe Il
the possession Of my childy'
For the worst and mcapest OF reasons.
he answered--"a selfish reason. Don't sup
pose that have spoken of divorce rs on,
who has had occasion 10 think Of Il I hav
had no occasion "a think Of IT, Idon't thlnl
of 1t even now. abhor II, because IL stand
between you and me. loathe II curse II
because Il separates us for life"
Separates us for life! Howy'
Can you ask meY"
YES. do ask youv'
lie looked around the room. A society O
religious persons had visited the hotel wheI
II was first opened. and had obtained per
mission IN place q copy 0s the bible In ever
room. One Of those copies lay on the chin
ney-piece In GATHERINGS room. Brnnydccl
brought II 10 her. and placed Il open on th
! table near where she was sitting. lie turne'
to the now testament and opened II at IN
gospel Of ST Matthew. With his hand Of
the page. he said:
IL have done my best rightly 10 under
| stand the duties OF a Christian. One o
thosr duties. rs I interpret them. Is 10 le
, what believe show itself In what do Yo
have seen enough Of me- I hope. 10 know
Though have not been forward In speak
! Ing OF 10 that am. To the best OF my poo
ability. faithful follower OF the teaching q
, Christ l dare not set my own interest
and my own happiness above Ills laws II
suffer In o5eylng them N | suffer now,
must still submit They are the laws OF m
life"
"is It through me that you suffer-
J III In through you"
"Will you tell ms howy"
lie had already found the chapter. III
. tears dropped on II ~ he pointed 70 Oh
verse.
Read he answered, "what the mo,
compassionate OF all Teachers has said. 4
the sermon on the mount. And forgive IN
and pity me, II you can"
She read: whoever shall marry her tina
y h divorced conmltteth adultery"
Another innocent woman, In her place
might have pointed 10 that first part OF IN
verse. which presuppose the infidelity OF IN
divorced wife. and might have asked
: those words applied 10 her. This woman
, knowing that she had lost him, knew ais
what she owed 10 herself. She rose In 3
!. lencc and held out her hand at pa-.ing.
Have you nothing 10 say To mcy' b
, asked.
"Good-by. my one last friend; good-by fo
, evcrr'
When she had said that She had said all
, lie drew her 10 him gently and kissed hi
, on the forehead. The agony In his face wa
. more than she could support: she recoiie
, from II In horror. Ills last act was devote
70 the tranquility OF the one woman whoI
he had loved. lie signed 10 her 10 lcav
him.
CHATTER LII.
Mrs. Presty waited In the garden 10
. Joined by her daughter and Capt Benny
deck. and waited In vain. II was past he
grandchild's bed time: she decided on r,
turning 10 the house.
. Suppose we look for them In the sitting
roomY' Kitty proposed.
Suppose We walt moment before we r
, IMP her wise grandmother advised. III
, hear them talking. shall take you up-staiI