The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-07-26
SHIPS THAT
PASS IN
THE NIGHT

tinuance, and the unceasing GRIEF at its
withdrawal. There IL no indignity In this,
nor any trace of weakmindedness In our
restless craving to know about the here
after and the possibilities Of meeting again
those whom we have lost here. It is right
and natural and lovely, that IL should be
the most important question. I know
that many will say that there are weightier
questions-they say SO, but do they think
so? Do we want to know first and fore
most whether we shall do our work better
elsewhere; whether we shall be endowed
with more wisdom; whether, as poor Mr..
Reffold said, we shall be glad to behave
less like ours and more like heroesP These
questions come in, but they can be put
aside. The other question can never be
put on one side. If that were to become
possible, it would only be so because the
human heart had lost the best part of it.
self-its own humanity. We shall go on
building our bridge between life and
death, each one for himself When we see
that it Is not strong enough, we shall
break it down and build another. We
shall watch other people building their
bridges. We shall initiate or criticise or
condemn. But as time goes on we shall
learn not to interfere; we shall know that
one bridge is probably as good as the other,
and that the greatest value of them all has
been in the building Of them 1t does not
matter what we build, but build we must,
you and and every one"
II have long ceased to build my BRIDGE"
the Disagreeable Man said.
'It is an almost unconscious process" 4"
she said. Perhaps you are still at work,
or perhaps you are resting"
| He shrugged his shoulders. and the two
| comrades fn11 info si1epce apniD
They were within two miles of Peters
hof when he broke the silence. There
was something wonderfully gentle in his
| voice.
"You little thing" he said, 1--WE are
nearing home, and have something to
ask you. 1t is easier for me to ask here in
the free open country, where the space
seems to give us breathing room for our
cramped lungs and minds"
"Well," she said kindly. She wondered
what he could have to say.
81 am little nervous of offending you,
he continued, land yet trust you 1t is
only this: You said you had come to the
end of your money, and that you must go
home. 1t seems pity when you are get.
ting better. have so much more than
need. don't offer it to you as a gift, but
thought If you wished to stay longer q
| loan 1rOm me would not De qulte lmpoSsl'
BILE to you. You could repay as quickly OF
as slowly as was convenient to you, and
should only be grateful and'-
He stopped suddenly.
The tears had gathered in Bernardine's
eyes. Her hand rested for one moment
on his arm.
"Mr. Allitsen," she said, 'you did well
to trust me. But could not borrow mon
ey of any one unless was obliged If
could of any one it would have been Of
you. 1t is not a month ago since I was Q
little anxious about money. My remit
tances did not come. I thought then that
If obliged to ask for temporary help
should come to you. So you see If yor
have trusted me- I, too, have trusted you.
A smile passed over the Disagreeabl'
Mans face, one of his rare, beautiful
smiles.
''Supposing you change your mind, hi
said quietly, ''you will not find that hav'
changed mine"
Then few minutes brought them bacl
to Petershof.