Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-10
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love of that which to love Is to produce
all kinds of evil men obscure the love-
" vision by scenes Of shame and cru
city the Lord on the very evening of
his birth!
Edward sitting up in corner Of the
gallery that night several times put
his face in his hands, but the entice-
ment Of the play was on him in all its
alluring attractiveness, and the glare
and glitter and brilliancy Of it all led
his soul on in ways that he knew well
enough were ways Of evil and only
evil. 1t was not so much anything dis
tinctively and positively indecent or
vile that fascinated him in the play. If
it had been too broad and too coarse, it
would have repealed him. 1t was the
suggestive nature of it that reused his
evil physical passions. 1t was the out
ward display of vice in all it's apparent
intoxication of the senses that was so
delicately successful in hiding from
him the real horror underneath. 1t was
this that drew him on and dragged him
down irresistibly. Outwardly the
chains that bound him were festooned
with smiling flowers. But the grim
strength Of them was the strength of
dull, hard, cruel letters, the same that
in every age have held captive even far
stronger sodls than his.
When he went to his room that night,
he found that an invitation to take din
ner next day with one Of the professors
had been dropped into the letter box on
the door.
The professor was one of the new
men who had just begun few weeks
before the holidays. Edward did not
know him Well, although he had been
doing laboratory work under him since
his arrival.
AS he went over to the house next
day at the time announced he had a
feeling of self reproach come over him
suddenly that he had neglected Freeda
Of late. He was going out to Christ
mas dinner and Freeda-he had not
been to see her for several days. His
shame was keen as he thought of the
reason why he had avoided her. For
several nights he had really been see
ing ana hearing things that he very
we'll knew he would not want her to
know. With conscience that really
tormented him he was ushered into the
house, where the professor greeted him
kindly and took his somber, awkward
silence for nothing more than the ordi-
nary embarrassment of young man
unaccustomed to society.
There were half dozen students
who had been left stranded in the
building through the holidays, on
whom the professor and his wife had
taken compassion and for whom they
had evidently exerted themselves to
entertain In as bright and cheerful a
fashion as possible. Before dinner was
announced Edward had forgotten
Freeda, for awhile at least, and when
he went out with the rest he had recov-
cred something of his natural manner.
The professors wife had said some
thing to him as he was seated by her,
and he had answered just as the COM
pany had taken their Seats She paus.
ed a minute, smiling at some part of
Edwards reply, and then rang the
bell.
Edward sat facing the door leading
into the kitchen, and as it opened he
was startled by the appearance of
| Tpoo1o -
Redeemed, but instantly recovered, and
in quiet, self composed manner she
began the serving Of the table.
| "You will have some of the SOUP
Mr. The professors wife smiled as
she turned toward Edward, who sat
there in great confusion, 2 great tn.
multi going on in him from several
causes. The professors wife was a
happy, careless young woman, who
laughingly said she never could remem
Der names and never tried to.
'Mr. Blake" said Edward.
BLAKE repeated the professors
wife, smiling. Then she caught the
look on Edwards face, and her quick
glance went over to Freeda, who was
standing opposite. "Blake! Why, that's
the name off, -.:. .. -.
eyes, ma'am," replied Edward blunt
w., "She's my sister," f., j. :~~.
III didn't know-I-you. see-we have
been here only little while-and-
your sister---only applied a few day.
ago for the place. She-it's quite a com
mon thing for the college girls to worl
out this way, isn't it r q
| Edwards hostess was trying to make
the best of an embarrassing situation
a. she noted the evident embarrass
ment Of the young man. But she mis-
took the cause of his feeling. His min(
was tossed with conflicting emotions
i He had too much sense, thanks to hiI
home training, to feel ashamed at TIL
sight Of Freeda IN the capacity Of ,
servant He had always been proud O.
labor and saw no disgrace III any hon
est form Of It. But what was trou
bling him now was the thought tina
4 for two weeks he had been sQuander
fnS III earnings % indulge lis new
born passion for ths cheap shows 81 !,
! thsatsr while Tfeeda was yoluntatfl,
4 tsking up tho burden Of this new serv
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q l5tt1e farm Is home.
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