Telegram-herald., 1891-07-05

again lie felt that the young man
must be lying crushed across those
rails And il was bis doing; he had rot
warned the young man Of his danger;
he had consented 20 his death. aad.
therefore. he had killed himi Oh. the
Aorrorl Oh. the pity Of it,
When he reached his lonely lodging it
ives late, and he was dali and tired.
He was conscious of having walked
long way round. and To and fire, but
where he did not know. The strain
was now OF his nerves, and duh. dead
misery was upon him- He mechanical
" undressed, ard went to bed and sank
TO sleep al once; but his sleep WAS IN
refreshing: it was troubled all the
night through with alarms and terrors.
with screeching ard roaring trains
and falling bodies, and when in the
morning he was fully awake, his misery
settled upon him like dense fog OF
death
The morning postman brought let
ter from his wife. she was in good
spirits. and the boy was improving rap
idly. Then tears--kitter, bitter tears!
came 70 his relief. and he sobbed in
agony. What had possessed hint
What hend of AMER and hate had en-
tered into him TO make him commit
that deed? He was aghast at the afro
cious possibilities of his own nature.
lie felt as if he could not look in the
face OF his wife egain, or again VEN
ture 10 take her IN his arms. Would
she not shrink from him with horror
when she knew? And would not his
boy-his little Jim!-when he grew up
OF he ever grew APP, be ashamed of
the father who had so dishonored his
name?
''Oh, my Godr' no cried. in his misery
and grief. Let me bear the utmost
punishment Of my sin, but spare them!
Punish not the innocent with the guilty!
Let my dear wife and child live in peace
and honor before Thee"
He could not eat q morsel of break
fast-he had scarcely tasted food or
could not rest in the lodgings. He wan
dercd out with his load of misery upon
him. He was man who seldom read
the newspapers, and he did not think OF
buying one now, nor did it even occur
TO him TO sean the contents-bills set out
side the news-venders' shops. He mere
ly wandered on and round, revolving
the horrible business that had brought
him so low, and then he wandered back
in the afternoon faint with exhaustion.
When he entered the sitting-room he
saw letter set for him on the mantel-
piece. 1t was from his friend ut Upton.
and it declared with delight that,
after the stirring debate on Thursday
evening, he (Murray) had been ''unani-
mously elected" minister. That was the
unlookcd-for stroke of retribution! To
think that he had committed his sin
nay, his crime!-in headlong wanton-
ness! To think that at the very mo-
ment when he had committed it he was
being elected to the place which he had
believed the young man had been chos-
en- to fill! Bitter, bitter was his pun
ishment beginning to be; for, Of course.
he could not, with the stain of crime on
his soul, if not on his hands, accept the
place-not even to save his wife and
child from want.
The writer further said that il was
desired that he (Murray) should occupy
next Sunday the pulpit which was
henceforward to be his. What was to
be done? Clearly but one thing-at all
costs to occupy the pulpit o: Sunday
morning, TO lay bare his soul to the peo-
pie who had Unanimously" invited
him, and to tell them he could never
more be minister either there or else
where.
He sat thus with the letter in his
hand, when the door opened and his
wife came in with the boy asleep in her
arms; he had omitted to write to her
since Wednesday. He rose to his feet
and stood back against the fireplace.
''Oh. my poor dear" she cried, when
she saw him. ''How terribly i'll y6si
look. Why didn't you tell me? l felt
there was something wrong with you
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