El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-16

way to save some of the young fellows
from going to the bad in gambling
Rollin spoke with enthusiasm. His
face was transformed by his interest IL
the subject which had now become a
part of his real life Rachel again noted
the strong, manly, healthful tone of
his speech. With it all she knew was a
deep. underlying seriousn ess which fe'
the burden of the cross even while car
rying it with joy. The next time she
spoke it was with a swift feeling of
Justice due to Rollin and his new life.
s.Do you remember L reproached you
once for not having any purpose worth
living for?'' she asked, while her beau
tifuI face seemed to Rollin more beau
tiful than ever when he had won suffi-
Gent self control to look up. 81 want
to say feel the need of saying, in JUS
tice to you now, that 1 honor you for
your courage and your obedience to
your promise. The life you are living
now is a very noble one.''
Roliin trembled. His agitation was
greater than he could control. Rachel
could not help seeing it. They walked
along in silence. AT last Rollin said ::
81 thank you. 1t has been more than
1 can tell to hear you say that. a" He
looked into her face for one moment.
She read his love for her in that look.
but he did not speak.
When they separated. Rachel went
into the house, and, sitting down in
her room, she put her face in her hands
and said to herself: 81 am beginning
to know what it means to be loved by
noble man | shall love Rollin Page.
after all What am I saying? Rachel
WinslOw, have you forgotten -
She rose and walked back and forth.
She was deeply moved Nevertheless it
was evident to herself that her emotion
was not that of regret or sorrow. Some
how a glad, new joy had come to her
She had entered another circle of eX-
perience. and later in the day she re-
joiced with a very strong and sincere
gladness that her Christian discipleshiD
found room for this crisis in her feel
ing. It was indeed part of it, for if
she were beginning to love Rollin it
was the Christian man who had won
her heart. The other never would have
moved her to this great change.
And Rollin as he went back treasured
q hope that had been a stranger to him
since Rachel had said no that day. In
that hope he went on with his work as
the days sped on, and at no time was
he more successful in reaching and saw
ing his old acquaintance than in the
time that followed that chance meeting
with Rachel Winslow.
The summer had gone, and Raymond
was once more facing the rigor of her
winter season. Virginia had been able
to accomplish part of her plan for
Capturing the Rectangle. as she
called it, but the building of houses in
the field. the transforming of its bleak,
bare aspect into an attractive park, all
of which was included in her PLAN was
a work too large to be completed that !
fall after she had secured the property. |
But million dollars in the hands OF a |
person who really wants to do with it |
as Jesus would ought to accomplish |
for humanity in a short time,
and Henry Maxwell. going over to the1
scene of the new work one day after a |
noon hour with the shopmen. was
amazed to see how much had been done |
Yet he walked home thoughtfully. |
and on his way he could not avoid the
question of the continual problem thrust |
into his notice by the saloon. How
much had been done for the Rectangle.
after all? Even counting in Virginia S
and Rachefs work and Mr.. Gray's.
where had it actually counted in any
visible quantity? OF course he said to
himself that the redemptive work begun
and carried on by the Holy Spirit in
MS wonderful displays of power in the
First church and in the tent meetings
mad had its effect on the life of Ray
nond, but as he walked past saloon aft
II saloon and noticed the crowds going
IN and coming out of them, as he saw
The wretched dens, as many as ever APP
as he caught the brutality and
,qualor and open misery and degrade
ion on countless faces of men and
women and children, he sickened at the
light. He found himself asking how
i UGH cleansing could even a million
dollars poured into this cesspool accom-
dish? Was not the living source of
nearly all the human misery they
ought to relieve untouched as long as
hese saloons did their deadly but legiti-
nate work? What could even such I'M
elfish Christian discipleship as Vir-
,inia's and RachePs do to lessen the
tream of vice so long as the great
pring of vice and crime flowed as deep
md strong as ever? Was it not prac
ical waste of beautiful lives for these ,
'oung women to throw themselves into
his earthly hell when for every soul ,
escued by their sacrifice the saloon (
made two more that needed rescue?
He could not escape the question. 1t
vas the same that Virginia had put to ,
Rachel in her statement that, in her :
pinion, nothing really would ever be ,
one until the saloon was taken out of ,
he Rectangle Henry Maxwell went ,
ack to his parish work that afternoon
Nth added convictions on the license