The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-11-16

When came In. Cortc simply pointed 20 the
lody OF his daughter. that was all the reply
] GOT. She was very III when she came;
wonder indeed she lived 10 long. OF course,
did not press him, aud u II is a loss, Messcr
Nob'li is riSh enough to hear this, hut II IL
dreadful tm way these people owe"
! WINGED little, thinking Of my own di.
minishcd purse. and Ccci continued; u
thought would come and scc you as went
down. u Is on my way. The body mast be
removed tomorrow"
You will find some difficulty in pcrsuad.
ins him to give Il a Christian burial
Howl Ia he a hereto. or a pagan-if sol"
Il did not say that. believe the man to
he mad"
~ will scc him tomorrow" said Ceci. II
think he will yield TO reason. Poor childi"
Tie went out. and down the stairs with the
stcp of young man, and marvcled at the
contradictory nature, which could show tho
Kindness II had towards aillction, and at the
same time coldly plan TO remove q fellow.
creature from the world, as one removes
bud from . tree. with touch Of the knife.
But Ccci's words had also reminded me again
of Cortc's need. stood nt the door listen.
ina until his footsteps died away, and knew
he was scuc Tor the night. Then pulled
out my purse, and looked at its contents;
there were two gold crowns left, and few
pnuls. ! hcsitatcd for a little, but the ncc,l
OF the man upstairs was greater than mine.
Drawing of my boots 80 that there might he
no sound, stole up softly, like thief, and
gained the landing Of Cortc's room. The
door was partly open, and stood before II
for a short while, half afraid to enter.
rlu,kins up heart, ! crcpt in gently. The
dead girl lay with her hands crossed on her
bosom, still ~ " cut out cf marble, and on
her face was fixed a sad little smile. Cortc
! sat on stool near the table; his head was
buried between his hands, and he had given
way To silent dcsnair. The dog lay asleep
in corner. ] meant TO have proflcrcd the
cold ] had with me. rs a loan TO Cortc, hut
] did not dare 10 address him in his grief
So placing the coins quietly on the table in
sach manner that when he raised his head
he must sec them, withdrew as noisclcssly
"a canc. and reached my room without at.
tracing any attention. II was not until the
small hours Of the morning that sought my
couch, Tor my mind kept working on the
thoughts which asitatcd me after WITNESSING
the death of Cor,c's daughter. At ,hc same
time, ] was able 10 sec that this considcra.
t,on of the suffering Of others was of the
greatest benefit to me. II took me out Of
myself. II showed me that my own were
not the only sorrows in the world, and that
,hcw might vet I've others who had reached
a deep OF misery rs far below tina. Of Cortc
as his was below mine. This led me on Ia
consider my own position, and began "a
think there was some mysterious power
that was preventing me carrying out my
plan of p,prisal against D'Entrangues.
had come to Florence rcd.hot on his track
At our very first meeting he had won th,
haEaid, and the long illness that followed
gave him chance to put distance hctwccr
US; then my resources diminished whilst yc,
nothing was done; then came the doubt,
as 10 whether I was justified in my action
and finally, and not least, there was in me
haunting desire to see Angola, as I called
her to myself, oncc again. ] was pulled b,
different strings. There was what callct
conscience, urging me to give up my schemes
Of revenge; there was the wild animal in me
telling me to go on; there was n feeling to
wards woman, which had honestly ncvc
experienced before. which, despite my strug
slcs against it's apparently hopeless folly
was entirely ovcrmastcring me, until di,