Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02

agoniZing terror or pam anu
sbame. or hear her earnest apr
peals for comfort and denver
ance. without Immediately responding
and yielding her hope.
II have q petition dra WI UP, praying
the crown to respite you during ner
majesty's pleasure: | shall take ule
n~etition TO London and lay it before
the home secretary. If he fayors III,
as | hone, and trust. aud believe he
will. it will give us time to investigate
This dark mystery, discover the crini-
inal and deliver YOU
.sOll Malcolm, do you think he VIII:
cried Eudora with clasped hands,
II shall know, dearest, In twenty
four hours. | shall take the nrst train
10 London hat starts at 10 o'clock. 1
came here to see you before setting
ont. and to implore you TO trust In
God. TO pray to him. and To keep up
your spirits until | return
..Will YOU be gone lcng!' asked Eu-
dora. still clinging to his hands.
Two or three days, perhaps; but
will write to YOU 10y every mall, II
telegraph you the moment l get a Ia
yorable answer" -.
'.Oh. NAV God speed your Grand!
she exclaimed feryently clasping her
hands.
amen. And now, dear one, | have
hut twenty minutes to catch the train,
Eudora. in parting with you for Il
short time, | would recommend you
TO see the chaplain Of the prison. He
is n truly righteous man and his con-
yersation will do you god
Il will see him, if only to please
YOU she answered.
And, now, dear one. good-by for the
present. and may the Father or the
fatherless. and the God of the limo
cent watch over you" said Malcolm.
lifting her hands TO his lips with rev
a~rantial tenderness before leaving the
cell.
Half an hour later. Malcolm with
the petition IN his pocket. was steam
ing onward in the express train FOR
London.
II was soon known throughout the
town that Mr.. Montrose had gone 10
the city with q memorial to the crown
for q RESPITE or Communication of Eu-
dora L~elton's sentence; but not one
human being that discussed the SUB
iect believed for one instant that his
desperate enterprise could possibly DE
successful.
The chaplain Of the gaol was the
Reverend William GOodall. a grave,
gentle. sympathetic young man, VINO
greatly cared that the youthful prls-
oner WAS really guilty ana earnestly
desired TO bring her into a state or
hopeful penitence.
With this view, early in the after-
noon, lie visited EudOra in her cell.
and sought by every argument to
coun teract the effect OF thar false
hope which had been raised in her
breast. and which he firmly believed
was the only thing that withheld her
from repentance and confession.
But to all his eXhortations the I'M
happy girl responded:
oh. sir. this one little hope Is the
only vital nerve that quiverS IN my
bosom; kill it and You destroy me.
cven before the appointed aeath-dhy'
oh. Mr.. Goodall, leave me this little
hope
But. my poor child" said the young
minister. gazing with the deepest com
passion upon the almost %infantiic face
of the girl. lit is false. dcIUSivc eN-
pectation. that is Turing you on to GER
tain and everlasting destruction OF
soul as well as body, by Keeping You
from that full confession ana repent
ance which is your only chance OF sal
vation."
but IL does not, Mr. GToodail. |
have nothing TO confess or rppeni; at
least. nothing but my common share
in erring human nature: and for re-
demption from that l have been tauGht
To trust In Gods mercy through our
Saviour
The young minister Groaned in spir-
it and replied:
But. poor, blind child, while you
keep a guilty secret in your breast.
that mercy cannOt zach you; and
while q single hope, of fife liz left
you here. you will not part with
that secret. Abandon all such delus.
i've hopes. Eudora: confess, repent. and
cherish those heavenly hopes Of par
dor and redemption that Fever yet de-
ceiyed n %penitent sinner"
1T is useless for us TO ak longer. |
fear: we speak only ut croSs-pnr
poses. You believe me guilty. and urge
me to- abandon all the expectation of
mercy IN this world ,and To confess
crimes that | never committed: while
| know that | am innocent. anil upon
that knowledge found All my cXpccta-
tons OF deliverance. I am sorry thar
VT cannOt agree. for I do need conso.
Etion and support, but il must be adj
miniSlercd by one who is . SuihC iently
subtle dis. csner of spirits to recognize
the truth when I speak H." said En-.
dora. with gentle dignity.
The young minister drove his fingers
through his dark hair. and gathered
his brows into a deep frown. not OF
anger, but Of Intense p~erplexity: foi
thr clear, C1nfiinching gaze of her eyes
the calm, ~unwavering tones of hei
voice, and the keen and powerful aur;
of truth that seemed to emanate Irou
her whole presence shook his convic
tions Of her guilt. He felt the neccssi
~ of withsdra wing from this disturb
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