The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-01-05

When Rose reached home. her father
was standing in his usual attitude be-
fore the open fireplace, smoking cigar.
.Where is Felicia 2" he asked as Rose
came in alone
'She staid to an after meeting" re-
Piled Rose shortly She threw off her
wraps and was going up stairs when
MI. Sterling called after her:
IAN after meeting? What do you
mean2"
CDR Bruce asked the church to take
the Raymond pledge. y
Mr. Sterling took his cigar out of his
mouth and twirled it nervously be-
tween his fingers
81 didn't expect that of Dr. Bruce
Did any Of the members stay?"
81 don't know. l didn' t. . replied
Rose, and she went up stairs leaving
her father standing in the drawing
room
| After a few minutes he went to the
WINDOW and stood there looking out at
the people driving on the boulevard.
| His cigar had gone out, but he still fin
gered it nervously. Then he turned
from the window and walked up and
down the room. A servant stepped
across the hall and announced dinner,
and he told her to wait for Felicia.
Rose came down stairs and went into
the library, and still Mr.. Sterling paced
the drawing room restlessly.
/! He had finally wearied of the walking
apparently and, throwing himself into
chair, was brooding over something
deeply when Felicia came in.
He rose and faced her. Felicia was
evidently very much moved by the
meeting from which she had just come.
At the same time she did not wish to
talk too much about it. just as she en-
tered the drawing room Rose came in
from the library
elbow many staid?" she asked. Rose
was curious. At the same she was skep-
,, teal of the whole movement in Ray
> mond.
"About hundred" replied Felicia
gravely Mr.. Sterling looked surprised
Felicia was going out of the room. He
called to her
"Do you really mean to keep the
; pledge2" he asked
Felicia colored Over her face and
, neck the warm blood flowed as she an
. swered. "You would not ask such a
, question, father, if you had been pres
. ent at the meeting" She fingered a
l moment in the room, then asked to be
, excused from dinner for awhile and
G went up to see her mother.
(; No one ever knew what that inter
view between Felicia and her mother
was 1t is certain that she must have
\ told her mother something of the spir-
I itual power that had awed every person
a present in the company of disciples from
: Nazareth Avenue church who faced DR.
Bruce in that meeting after the morn
9 ing service. 1t is also certain that Fe
/ icia had never known such an expert
/. ence and never would have thought O
sharing it with her mother if it had no
9 been for the prayer the evening before
= Another fact is also known of Felicia
= experience at this time When sh
= finally joined her father and Rose a
the table, she seemed unable to tel
- them much about the meeting Their
was reluctance to speak of it, as on
- might hesitate to attempt description
= of a wonderful sunset to person VIII
,. never talked about anything but tn
; weather When that Sunday in til
=, Sterling mansion was drawing to
close and the soft. warm lights through
70 out the dwelling were glowing throug
;, the great windows, in a corner of he
No 1,ol, o1c NJ
T. licia kneeled, and when she raised he
- face and turned it toward the light
= was the face Of woman who had al
y, ready defined for herself the creates
i, issues Of earthly life.
. That same evening after the Sunda
"a evening service, the Rev. Calvin Bruce
-, D. D.. of Nazareth Avenue church, wa
= talking over the events of the day wit
- his wife. They We're Of one heart an
~ mind in the matter and faced their ne
=. future with all the faith and courae
= of new disciples. Neither was deceive
' as to the probable results of the pleds
~ to themselves or to the church.
IL They had been talking but lit
- while when the bell rang, and D
~ Bruce, going to the door, exclaimed
- he opened it: ''It is you, Edwar,
=. Come inl''
- There came into the hall comman,
M ing figure. The bishop was of extrao
M diary height and breadth of shoulde
wv but of such good proportions that the
no was no thought of ungainly OF even
ri, unusual size The impression the bisht
I'd made on strangers was first that
great health and then of great affectio
,ro He came into the parlor and greet
- Mrs. Bruce, who after few momen
-, was called out of the room leaving t.
~ two men together.
: The bishop sat in deep easy cha
~ before the open fire There was ju
No, enough dampness in the early spring
,t7 the year to make an open fire pleasan
for Calvin, you have taken a very SCI
~ GUS step today, he finally said, liftil
al, his large dark eyes to his old cole
- classmates face. 81 heard of it I'll
NO afternoon could not resist the desi
- tn sea Won nbont il tonight -