The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-03-28

he CertdluIy WOuiu nave AclS very
Ich out Of place among u.s."
Mes, that's So" said Stuart. provok'
into a statement he could easily
he made before his conversion. "Sh.
hid have been out Of place among
other guests because most OF
M are uneducated Doors and clowns
comparison with a lady like Miss
light"
|unt Royal was speechless. Sh,
ID not find anything to say at first.
ally she began In her usual gentle
ee:
am surprised. Stuart, to hear you
hk that way Of common Salvation
ny
hat was rs far as Aunt Royal could
Stuart interrupted with an en-
hsis that petriiied both the women:
n will not allow you or any one to
eak n dlsrespectful word of the wo.
hi | love and who. II God Is good
klsh to me, will some time become
wife"
ith the words Stuart walked out
The room, leaving his aunt and
Sc gasping as If n pail Of ice wa,
bad been thrown over them. And
they said when they recovered
Sry saith not, and Stuart never
nor cared.
went away to his room and sat
without turning on the lights.
Knew that he had precipitatcd mat
in the home by his brief but out
h declaration Of his purpose. He
not regret 1t. but he was n little
| I'D he had shown the un-Christian
II in his words or manner. The old
! n had a place in him yet? No, he
Ito himself; he was new man.
very best evidence Of 1t was his
bit action. He knclt and prayed to
4 tgivcn If he had spoken wrongly.
tas still praying when a servant
Int word that he was wanted at
lcphone.
went down and was Informed by
ERIK in the Office that two Of the
had come in. and, acting under
ctlons, the clerk had called up
to come and see them. Stuart
be clerk to hold the men until he
get down. He went out at once
rove into the town.
men who had come to the Office
residents OF Cornishtown. They
ONE for help in case not their
but that of n miner who lay sick
n need at the fartheSt limits Of
ttlemcnt.
rt hastily loaded his cutter with
iarics, and with one Of the men to
the way he started out. The
was dark, and n fine snow was
+. The drifts were piled high on
side Of the road. Stuart knew
lld drive only part Of the way. AS
Rnt by the Salvation Army hall he
ed minute to speak to one of the
handing on the steps. The hall
lted. but there was no meeting
Dwight went up to Cornish.
Is afternoon with some clothes
butte and Is not yet back" the
ID In answer to IL question Of
pve on with great feeling Of
Pss at his heart. He recalled
S words about the abandoned
| prospecting holes all about
0wn and on the side hills. The
that Rhena might be in peril
licEened the stir OF his blood.
c his horse with a reckless dis.
# the speed or the danger. The
ho was with him in speaking
erward said. TELL you. boys. |
most | was with the doctor,
ept saying my little prayer. as
ly does who rides with him"
they reached the limit of the
uart left the horse and cutter
fu behind one Of the cottages.
Pple in the cottage there had
rs Dwight come up that after.
She had stopped n minute to
erself and then gone on.
Stuart reached the house at
or the miners path, it was
furlously. Rhcna had been
elore him. She had left hel
ot clothing, and that was the
any one had seen of her
crushed out Of the miserable
lH down the path to the next
OF the settlement. Nothing
n seen of Rhena on her SUP. /
'Ufh to town. She could not
SScu the two men on their way
''' stood in tae little path lis.
WIN his heart trembling. The
mes sobbed under the rising
'"r below the lights of Cham.
4Ael here and there through
"S snow. And never had Stu.
ft"N loved Rhena Dwight as at
"'h'' when the terror of the
'rSSed ana choked him that she
'1'reu out into the treacherous
was perhaps even now lying
o.'om of one of them dead OF
nc prayed as he stood there,
T. my God, save her, for love
r than my llfe.
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