The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-09

ed her, asking in q low but peculiar
tone, "Why have you done. this2"
because she is Christ's," was the
spontaneous reply, and the fearless and
yet kind, compassionate eyes met his
with n power that he felt though he
would not yield to 1t.
"She is Vishnu's," he replied, and
this time his voice was harsh and
threatening.
"Had she lived" rejoined Lillian,
"she would have been baptized. You
know that she had learned to abhor
your monstrous creeds and %unbearable
cruelties. You have no right to mark
her with your idol signs"
"The mem sahib, - said the Brahman
~gravcly, els unjust and illogical. Did
you not teach your pupil that tho hand
Of the Lord your God was all mighty
and that his eyes SEQ everywhere? Well,
where is the difference in what you call
our idols? You say there is no salvation
without faith, but wo have faith too.
Why do you come here to vex our peo-
pie and make them die, as this woman
died, in d~espair?'
Lillian had encountered this Brahman
oStohSs L WIS L lolII u III llltu uOIlS
more than any other native in that place
to destroy the influence of her mission
airy efforts among them. She looked at
him resolutely. "You mean, - she said,
"by dying miserably in despair that she
did not die in your hideous medley of
conflicting creeds. Let tho work of
Christ stay. Evil will certainly befall
whoever dnres to remove it,"
Lillian drew herself up and looked de-
family at the Brahman, the more SO rs
she knew that no would not pollute
himself by touching q corpse, but the
next moment ihe felt q kind OF sickness
come over he>. Was it some cmanation
from the bier or was it tho strange, fell,
intensely penetrating eye of Prohrada?
Never had she seen such eyes IS his
before, never had she dreamed that hu-
man eyes could emit such q concentrated
malignity and power Of evil, mover had
sho seen a mans eyes so like those Of
the dread cobra. She half turned away,
and then was obliged to look again, and
again she felt sick and weak. Those
eyes shot out magnetic rays that fasci-
mated her as the snake fascinates the
bird. Prohrada remained silent, then
his eyes strangely altered. They shrank
up into their usual sly character, rescm-
bling two small black beads with only
n trace of those latent fires which bad
seemed to scorch her very brain. He
spoke as before gravely: "The mem
sahib is brave, but not very kind or ro-
lite to onr gcds. say size Will come to
our temple, and l say she will worship
there, and I say, too,' that she will offer
up to Vishnu all tho wealth that Sahib
Karney, her brother, has taken from
her. Oh, don't think that VIC poor Brah-
mans arc ignorant idiots. that VIC know
nothing. Christians! Why. in this coun-
try it is held impious to live in II street
without a temple, but how many of
your streets have temples? Christians!'
And with that word, uttered in an in
tensely COMBINATIONS tone, Prohrada left
Lillian where she stood, tor tho fIret time
in all her experience Of missionary work
among the natives thoroughly un.
nerved and frightened at sho know not
what.
Returning to the bungalow, Lillian
had encountered Ross. He perceived al
once that something had happened, GnG
although she was not as u rulo given to
speak of her w personal adventures,
h little by little communicated tho in
Cldent of her, encounter with the Brah-
man. Ross felt and looked serious.
Dear Lillian" he said-"lct me 80
address you-bolicve mo, I sympathize
completely with all you do and desire.
l know how hard You find it to live
with your brother, and know how ut
terly single minded you are. but you
must not run into peril. Yours is u life
too precious to DO exposed to danger.
You must not think that I am given up
to worldly care as il life had nothing
else. 1t is not SO long since I thought
what can it avail to convert even q few
hundred out of these countless millions?
1 think and feel differently now. We
have individually only individuals to
consider, and 1 had meant to work and
help you, but you must let mo protect
yon as-as your brother would if he
were only myself"
Ross felt and looked awkward as
he got out these words, but Lillian re-
ceived them in all simplicity, and
rightly held them as sincere, which they
were. She gave Ross her hand frankly
and welcomed him rs another helper on
ber side, and no felt within his secret
self that now ut all events to touch on
the love he felt for this self denying
girl SO entirely absorbed IN others would
DO o sort Of profanity. No, no must
work, hope and wait.
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