Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-25

with my help?"
IF you will listen for one moment,
Margaret. Ihave recovered my old pow
ers and more-ten times more. I can
make them cry. / am ten times more
eloquent than ever I was before
She looked at him sharply. She rec.
ognized the voice If the old Adam.
But l have to wear this uniform, as
you sce-a hideous thing. And my COM
panions are common, horribly common,
and uncultivated. And the congrega-
tions' They are Of. the lowest kind.
And there have been rows and misun-
acrstandings. They talk Of reducing me
TO the ranks. yearn to join my own
class again. want to use my own lit.
urgy and to preach in q church,
will any bishop allow you to do
sO?'
mot in England. have thought
that perhaps in America
"Will any bishop give you-what is
it called-a letter or testimonial of
good conduct?"
Il think / can do without such a
testimonial. Iwould go over to America
and get known to some Of the Episcopal
clergy there. I should, Of course, tell
such parts Of my life as should be
Known
I'm other words. Paul, you would
begin your new career with chain of
lies"
"NO-no-do not misrepresent me
pray do mott would confess the sinful
life. would only suppress one or two
Of the Details
lyon would suppress, for instance,
the prison.
'Perhaps-I would rather do so, in
fact. if my-my conscience approved
He lifted his head quite proudly. just
to emphasize the fact that he possessed
at least a conscience.
And the business Of the cathedral?
You would conceal that too?''
| ooh, Of course, that would be indis.
pensablc.
Margaret laughed scornfully. lyon
are. indeed. penitent. But, of course,
| you would be found ont
Il thought it would be better to
change my name. would take my old
nnm". l would return perhaps to plain
4 i
Canning-Cyril is a swcetly religious
name. And when had been long
enough to show my devotion to good
works and my faitii-words being now
real to me. Margarct''-
| Eyes" she said dOubtfully.
| ''Thcn l would ask and receive, once
more. dcacon'S orders-tO be followed i'll
the usual way by Margaret, am at
last in earnest. see before me u noble
career. see an eloquent priest leading
thousands upward. He becomes bishop
AN archbishop; he lives sanity life;
he dies saint confessed.
| lyon would enter upon that life with
deception. You would conceal your
dcacon's orders and take them anew.
This seems tn me a most awful wicked
ness. Oh, Paul, can sanity life rest
on such n basis: Believe me, the only
sanity life for you is one Of obscurity.
II you arc real in repentance, seek ont
some post where you may do humble
and useful work and accept it as your
punishment and your reparation. You
are thinking, not Of the sanity life, but
Of the glory Of the sanity life. While
You would lead your thousands upward
you would be gazing i'll the glass all the
time and thinking what q lovely saint
you looked
lis that all you believe Of me?''
THAT is indeed all I can believe of
you. Why, every word you say shows
that you have not the first element of
pcniterce. You have no shame. While
You boast that you are changed man,
you are continuing new receptions. Go.
And never come to see me again"
Margaret, help me 10 escape" His
face changed; he became a real sup
plant instead Of sham pcnitent.
Help me, say. l hate my life. These
people fill me with loathing; their pre-
lenses have nothing to help them off
the living is rough; there is even priva-
ton; there are no luxuries, not even the
commonest And there are already rows
and accusations. can't stand it. There
will te another scandal Who knows
what may happen? Help me to get
away. In new country can find work
of some kind or other. Here everything
Is closed to me exccpt"-he shuddereti
-the barracks Of the Salvation Army.
Help me. Margaret. for the sake-of
that shattered idol. You were ALWAYS a
Thousand times too good for me. l con-
less that was afraid Of marrying you.
, l knew you would find me ont. But
help me just because you did once be-
lieve me. Give me help, for the sake Of
that time. TO escape from this den of
, despair and hypocrisy. Give Inc money
so that l may 60 away. to America, or
to Australia. or somewhere. Give me
enough for start. lwant clothes I
want passage money, I want money 70
, live upon while am looking about me.
, will mock you with no promises. ]
NAV GO to the devil or may 20 up hill
. instead of DOWN. don't know. Every.
I thing is uncertain except that mus, &c
!. away from here lest n worse thing hap.
pens To- me-"
He spoke for once with the earnes.
ness Of reality. What had he done in
/, the salvation Army: What new scan.
da!s--what rOws-were those Of which
he spoke: Margaret was u woman. She
gave way. She opened her desk; she