The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06


"You must let ne thank you for your
late you, too"
Kari followed her into the dining
room, where the table was spread for
dinner.
sit down.. she said, and she drew .
chair out for him and another for her
self Now. Mr.. Engfer." she went on.
81 am awfully obliged to you for having
brought me my habit"
As the young man looked at her in
the soft light cast by the pink shades
that adorned the candles in the candei-
abra he thought he never before real
lied how beautiful she was. She was
SO bright this evening. too-so cheer
ing-and, what wcs dea-er to him than
all else, she was really almost familiar.
The chasm which had once seemed SO
| wide between them was growing
narrower and narrower. There was no
doubt Of that. Once ne was ordained
the breach might easily be closed en-
| tirely.
| And now" she went on, At want to
offer you my congratulations upon the
good news heard to-day; that you are
coming e the mission to take Mr..
Dsvid's place"
Kari could not believe that he heard
| Alright Could it be that she was sctu-
ally pleased that Mr. David was going
| away? At one time during the latter
| part of his attendance, 1T the mission
Sundayschool he had thought that she
cared something for the young divine.
and he had really been n little jealous
of him.
You ere very kind, Miss Stnrgis," he
said. very Kind. Do you take as much
interest in the mission as formerly?"
''Oh, dear, yes. More than everl''
Then / suppose l shall see a good
deal of you there?'
''Of ne?' she asked. eurpriscdly.
''Oh, you don't know, then. Why, /
| thought everyone knew. Haven't you
! heard whom Mr.. David is going to
marry?'
A sharp pain Us from k1ife-thrust
shot through Karl's heart He seemed
suddenly unable to breathe. There
was rumbhng. rushing sound in
his head and swaying. dsrkening
sclous of q tingling chilliness, and then
of numbness. in his hands, his feet,
and his legs from the knees down. He
made an effort to pull himself together
to hide his feelings-but he failed
He felt that ne was sitting; that he must
/ get into the fresh air, at any cost; and
he heard himself mumbling something,
he scarcely knew what, his voice seemed
50 strange and unnatural.
The next momeps he-was stumbling
up the area steps on to the sidewalk;
!: and an instant later he had come into
collision with some one who was about
to mount the stoop.
The shock steadied him. He started
to apologize, but the words died on his
tongue. The light of street-lamp
across the way had revealed TO him the
face which he had suddenly come to alb
hor-the face of the one man in all the
thief who had robbed him of hope
that for seven years had been to him
more than life itself and OF an ambi-
ton that had raised him from the level
of his own people to place of which
he might well have been proud.
ms tinctively he clinched his fists and
fire came into his eyes. Then, sudden
ly, he grew uizzy again. Iron fingers
seemed to be pressing upon his temples
with the terrible clutch of death, and
he staggered away like drunken man.
He wandered the streets for hours; a
whirl of memories in his brain, a lcaden
weight upon his heart-up one thor
oughfare and down another, through
by-ways, in and out of blind alleys, Sec
ing nothing, caring for nothing Sut to
escape from himself and the + sture
that was within him.
Presently he became conscious Of .
sound of tapping -aves-the murmur
of waters - and a chill in the air |
that pierced him TO the marrow. Re- !
called thus to a realizatiorof his physi- |
cal being. he glanced down, to see that ]
he was standing at the extreme end of 1
a long pier, with the dark river flowing 4
below. keen wind was blowing in /
his face; thousand lights glittered ON /
the opposite shore.
Another step" he murmured, land |
Si1Oul0 nave UtcH OUT Oh II ALL why !
did / not take that one as took the
others? And OH must have taken so
many tonight! How tired am"
He stood for q moment in hesitation.
Something was whispering to him to
take that one step more. II was for
her, ut told MN, that he had adopted
the church as his calling. OF what use
was he TO the world Tow. or il to him?
Of what use was al his learning-his
Greek aud Latin and Hebrew. his
knowledge Ct the Bible, his knowledge
of theology What good could he de-?
Then another voice, lower, sweetcr,
more tender in its pleading, spoke TO
him II seemed borne on the wind,
which had suddenly died 20 zephyr.
1t answered the questions, one and all
1t breathed encouragement II bade
him look up.
He raised his eyes heavenwara
Across the river. above the roofs and
ctirnneys and spires Of the sleeping city
was faint but ever-Increasing baue: Of
light A new day was dzwnin9.-
Charles s Wayne, in Leslies Sewsps-
per.
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