People's voice., 1900-01-04

Here Is poor. lost human creature
without home slipping into possible
eternal loss, and we have more than
enough have brought her here and
shall keep her.
Nine Page glared at Virginia and
clinChed her hands All this was con-
trary to her social code of conduct
How could society excuse such famil-
iarity with the scum of the streets
What would Virginia's actions cost the
family in the way of criticism and the
loss of standing and all that long list Of
necessary relations which people of
wealth and position must sustain to the
leaders of societyf To Nine. Page So
ciety represented more than the church
or any other institution. 1t was a DOW
er to be feared and obeyed The loss of
its good will was a loss more to be
dreaded than anything, except the loss
Of wealth itself.
She stood erect and stern and con.
fronted Virginia, fully reused and de.
termined Virginia placed her arm
about LOreen and calmly looked her
grandmother in the face.
'You shall not do this Virginia
You can send her to the asylum for
helpless women We can pay all the ez
penses, We cannot afford, for the sake
Of our regulations, to shelter such a
person. "
Grandmother, do not wish to do
anything that is displeasing to you.
but | am going to keep Loreen here to-
night and longer if | think it is best. -
Then You can answer for the conse-
quences | do not stay in the same
house with a miserable" - Nine. Page
lost her self control Virginia stopped
her before she could speak the next
word.
Grandmother, this house is mine
4 is your home with me as long as yor
choose to remain, but IN this matter
shall act as fully believe Jesus would
in my place. ! am willing to bear all
that society may say or do Society is
not my God. By the side of this poor,
lost soul | do not count the verdict of
society as Of any value"
81 shall not remain here, then, said
Nine. Page. She turned suddenly and
walked to the end Of the hall. She then
came back and said, with an emphasis
that revealed her intense excitement
and passion:
"You can always remember that you
have driven your grandmother ont Of
your house in favor Of drunken wom-
an" Then, without waiting for Vir-
ginia to reply. she turned again and
went up ata:rs.
Virginia cllied for q servant and
soon had Loreen cared for. She was fast
lapsing into wretched condition. Dur.
ing the brief scene in the hall she had
clung to Virginia so hard that Vir-
ginia' S arm was sore from the clutch Of
the girls fingers.
4 Virginia did not know whether her
grandmother would leave the house or
not. She had abundant means Of her
own, was perfectly well and vigorous
ard capable Of caring for herself. She
had sisters and brothers living in the
south and was in the habit of spending
several weeks in the year with them.
Virginia was not anxious about her
welfare 60 far as that went, but the in
teryiew had been a painful one to her.
Going over it, as she did in her room
before she went down to tea, she found
httio cause for regret. however WHAT
would jesus do?" There was no uue5-
tion in Virginia's mind that she had
done the right thing. If she had made
mistake, it was one of the Judgment
and rot Of the heart. When the bell
rang for ten. she went down, and her
grandmother did not appear. She sent
a servant to her room, and the servant
brought back word that Nine. Page
was not there A few minutes later
Rollin came in. he brought word that
his grandmother had taken the evening
train for the south He had been at
the station to see some friends of and
had by chance met his grandmother as
be was coming ont She told him her
reason for going.
Virginia and Rollin confronted each
other at TIE table with earnest sad
faces
I "Rollin. " said Virginia, and for the
first time almost since his conversion
she realized what a wonderful thing her
brothers. change of life meant to her,
"do you blame met Am l wrong?"
"No, dear: / cannot believe you are.
This is very painful for US, but if You
think this poor creature owes her safety
and salvation to your personal care il
was the only thing for You to 90. Oh,
Virginia, to think that we have al
these years enjoyed our beautiful home
and all these laxuries selfshly, forget
full Of the multitude like this womanl
Surely Jesus in our places would dc
what you have done.
And so Rollin c3mfortod Virginia and
! couuseled with her that evening, and
Of all the wonderful changes that Vir-
: ginia was henceforth to know on ac-
count Of her great pledge nothing af.
fected her so powerfully as the thought
of Rollins change in life. Truly. this
man in Christ was a new creature. OLD
things were passed away. Behold. all
things in him had become newl
DR.. West came that evening at Vir.
ginia's summons and did everything