Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-24

sent into sorrow and exile tho man 81 ,
loved; she had listened while hOnore,
lips told her she was imperiling hel
soul; she had given up her hope o
heaven. Why did she pause over thi
GROWING act Of her sin.
She had said TO herself that she
would keep what she had at all risks
She knew that sho would lose her fail
name before men-that she would be
forever estrangod from those she loved
best; yet she had weighed all that In
her mind, and it seemed TO hera moth
ing in comparison with whatshe gained
by her sin Why did she hesitate? The
red blaze seemed to laugh us it reared
away. She raised her hand to thrust
the will far into the soft glow and then
paused.
She could not do it-she had tried,
and failed; she could not, she dared not
do it. Perhaps the good angels had
won the battle--perhaps the evil spirits
had fled. She could not do it-that
browning act of hersin was beyond her.
Slowly the arm that held the will
dropped; and presently the roll fell
from the nerveless hand to the floor
and the girl dropped on her knees with
passionate Cry and passionate tears
"Merciful heaven, she called, help
me to do right"
The trial and struggle were over
she was no longer at war with herself
the better natul o conquered the lower
one, loyalty had beaten down false
hood, honor had shamed dishOnor.
She who had boosted so proudly that
she would risk all for Crown Leight N
lay weeping helpless, humble child.
The temptation had been a terrible
one-it was trampled under foot now.
Looking back, Leonie thought she
must have gone mad. She had tried
to be brave and hardy in her wrong.
doing; but she had nobler nature
than she herself knew of. When it
came to the last act in the anna, her
noble heart, her natural goodness, and
her early sense of right were all
stronger than temptation, and they
beat it down.
The relief was as cooling dew-drop;
to thirsty flowers; what soft, sweet
showers are to parched trees and arid
grass, such to her soul were the tears
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grace and healing with them.
"How could | dream of this wicked
deed?" she sobbed aloud. "Never again
shall such an evil spirit hold me in
chains. will live and die loyal and
true, even though may not be Coun-
tess Of Charnlelgh."
She remembered the old saving.
"Tho woman who hesitates is lost" Il
will deliberate no longer, she said; al
will place myself beyond temptation;
will place this in Paul Flemyng' S hand,
and then cannot go back. Left to
myself, | might fall again; if do there
can be no retraction.'
When the passion of her tears had
been exhausted, she rose from the
floor; then she stopped and carefully
picked up the will.
81 will not stop to look around me, "
she thought; 81 will not linger over
the magniiicence of Crown Leighton:
will go ut once, before the temptation
returns even stronger than before.
And without one glance at the sump-
tuous chamber, without one look at
the splendor she had loved so well, she
put on her travelling cloak and went
down stairs
Mrs Fearon," she said, "will Won
order the carriage? l want to go at
once to Weldon, l have not a moment
to spare"
Wondering a little at what she
thought her lady's caprices, the house
keeper fastened to comply with her
request.
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