Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-03-28
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BT NHxMELL GREY.

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people better than getting money,
he replied My wife is greatly set
on that, especially on helping the
women. Come and see her; she has
heard many tale of you. 1t Will be
supper time by the time we are back, y
Bverard gladly accepted this invita-
ton, and found among SmithsonS staff
another old prison friend, whose me-
mory of him was as grateful as his
employers. Smthson showed him the
photograph vi Il retined-loohing woman,
with a pleasing face. Our forewom-
an" he said.
''But surely there is nothing against
her" said Bverard.
''She had ten years for killing her
husband" replied Smithson.
Capital woman of business, and the
sweetest temper The dean got hold
of her, and sent her to me. He stands
surety for those Who have no char
acter. Ali no one knows the good
that man does
"Do you mean the Dean of Bel
mlnSter?" asked Everard, in hard
voice
"Of course; the dean-Dean Matt.
And."
Bverard again looked at the hand
some milliner. whose face was as
gentle as it was refined and could
not help asking what led this amiable
person to resort to the extreme meas
ure of numbering her husband. No
doubt he deserved it, he thought; but
then, 50 many husbands do, that 1t
would cause considerable social in
convenience to ccndone such acts.
''She did it in passion, poor girl
The fellow was Il drunken brute, years
older than She, and he used to beat
her and drag her about by the hair
1t, as so many poor things do, and
went starved and barefoot, though
they were well-to-do people, But one
night he came home drunk as usual,
and dashed the baby against the wall
and she took mp knife and stabbed
him to death"
"And the baby"
''The baby is now in Earlswood, a
hopeless idiot. She hopes to have it
home to tend some day. 1t was a
clever little thing, Just beginning to
talk. Nobody but the dean and we
two guess there is anything wrong
in her past. She is only four-and
thirty now, and much admired. My
wnfe is very fond of her.
"I1ave you any more murderers 2"
asked Everard
''Not ait present We are mostly
thieves and forgers just now, and all
first convictions. All, doctor! the AL
mighty can bring good out Of evil
and 1t was a happy day for many be-
sides me when first | saw your Kind
face In that awful place. Nobody but
YOU ever told me that good is stronger
than evil. You said it in the exercise
yard that cold, foggy Sunday, while
all that vicious talk was going on
round us, and the Mauler was making
his filthy jokes"
''That is all over now. jim, thank
Cod" said Everard
Then the former comrades parted
Bverard deeply moved by what he
had seen and heard, and half doubt
ing IF the pleasant. open face of the
philanthropic lfncn-draper with its
look of grave Thought and settled hap
piness, could indeed be the same as
that white, haggard, abject face with
the despairing eyes which had so
moved his pity years ago in the
dreary prison, and thankful for his
hong agony If it had been the saliva
ton Of but one fellow-creature.
The next evening found him in the
nave of the cathedral some time be-
fore the appointed hour for the lecture,
for the verger had warned him that
the attendance would be very large.
The sum was still shining warmly on
the lime-tre avenue outside. making
the fresh foliage glow like a jewel Of
unearthly radiance in his blended gold
and green translucence, throwing long
powdery shafts of gold through the
windows up into the dim recesscs of
the groined roof, and disclosing carven
olLN tiItLS lphtiTl DS llit llIlN-
summer glory, and dark all the year
long besides. But the body of the
cathedral was solemnly dusk, and
great masses of shadow brooded in the
choirs, TRANSCRIPTS, and chantries, and
each brotherhood of massed pillars in
the nave was bound with a girdle Of
tiny firepoints, which Were to grow
larger with the gathering gloom
Everad watched the great stream
If worShipers pour steadily and quiet
~ in and fill the long lines Of chairs,
which made the pillars look more lofty
and the soaring roof further off than
ever. They were chiefly men, the lee
lures being specially given for work
iLg men; but women were not exclud-
ed, and in some cases accompanied
husband, n father. or brother. Men
with hard and stained hands, with
clothes still redolent Of the putty
paint. or oil Of the days labors; men
with rugged, eager faces and athletic
frames, for the most part: also the
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