Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-28
: charles Fl. Sheldon.
CHAPTER VIII.
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iq' af bis window, he was not thinking & Pas pacbel o Winslow and did not expect @ .ae ls her anywhere. He had come sud-
 lo ,7. spe mon her as she turned into the
 pen, a,,e and his heart had leaped up at
 " sss s;gbf of her. He walked along by
 5 " e 9.9 now rejoicing, after all, in little
 lsl a,.o,,t a.g of this earthly love he could < I ,ot drive out of his life.
 '0a sI have just been over to see Yir- ..;a said Rachel ssShe tells me the
 aranoements ., are nearly completed for Y ls transfer of the Rectangle property. ' # ..yes; it has been q tedious case in #.ho eonrts. Did Virginia show you all ztbe plans and specifications for build- s Eve looked over a good many. It i5 <bstaaishing to me where Virginia has znsnAged to get all her ideas about this 8vork.
 $ s,eId Toynbee and east end London institutional church work in Amer 5 ea than a good many professional slum $Uarkers. She has been spending nearly saf summer in getting information. 9 SRolin was beginning to feel more at sease as they talked over this coming |work for humanity. 1t was safe com |lnon ground,
 aWhat have you been doing all sum- smer2 have not seen much of you, Rachel suddenly asked, and then her |faes warmed with it's quick flush of Tropical color, as if she might have im- Eplied too much interest in Rollin or too Inueh regret at not seeing him oftener. T have been busy, replied Rollin briefly.
 aTell ne something about it, per |sisted RachsL You say so little Have |I a right to ask z
 She put tIle question very frankly, Turning toward Rollin in real interest.
 AYes, eeftainls. De replied, with T grateful smile Il am nof so certain |that can tell you much. l have been trying to find some way to reach the |men I aHee- knew and win them into |moge psafal lives
 He stopped suddenly, as if be were |almast afraid to 20 on. Rachel cd not venture t5 suggest anything.
 ssI have been 2 member of the same company to which you and Virginia be- bong. continued Rollin, beginning again. "f have made the pledge to dc las I believe Jesus would do. and 1t is in trying to answer this question that I have been doing my work. .
 eThat is what do not understand. Virginia told lie about the other. It seems wonderful to think that you are trying to keep that pledge with Us. Bat what can you do with the elnbmen ?
 "You have asked me direct ques- tion. and shall hsye to answer it how, , replied Rell.n, smiling again. z Ton see, l asked myself after that night at the tent, you remember r8-he spoke hurriedly, and his voice trembled 2 little-sswhat purpose l could now have in my life to redeem if, to satisfy my thought of Christian discipieship, and the more thought of it the more I was driven to place where l lznaw I must take up this cross. Did you ever thlnk that of all the neglected beings h our social system none are quite so completely left alone as the fast young men who fil the clubs and waste their time and money as l used to? The look after the poor, miserable creatures like those in the Reetangle, they make some effort to raaeh the workingmen, theY have large con- sltqency among tie average salary earnlng people, they send money and Missionaries to tAe foreign hes.then, but the fashionable. t;asipated young men around town, the clabmen, are left out of all plans fer reaching and Christian lAng and yet TO class of people needs u more. l said to myself: I know these men, their good and bad qualities. 1 nave been enc of them. l am not fitted to seach the Rectangle people. l do not Know how. But l think I could possibly reach some of these young men and 0oys who have money and time to spend So that is what l have been sfylng to do. When I asked, as you ald' What would Jesus dog that was ny answer It has been also my cross
 Rollins 5 voice was so low on the last that Rachel had difficulty in aeaiing ], him above the noise around them, but she know what he had said. 9ae wanted to ask what his methods were, but she did not know just how to ask hlm. Her interest in his plans was afsef thaa mere curiosity. Rollin Page Was So different now from the fashion aple young roan who had asked her to 2, ae nss wife that she could not help Of ailn and talking with him as II ne Ney9 entirely a new acquaint- ance
 They had 11ned off the avenue and were going up the street to Rachel s nome It was the same street where Nollln had asked Rachel why she could aoe love him. They were both stricken Y z sudden shyness as they went on. lsaenel had not forgotten that day, and esollln could nof forpe5 if She finally