Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-08

gentleman he hated lying on general
principles. He was firmly convinced
Of the wickedness of doing evi! that
good may come. And yet
1t was all so clear before him. II
this woman did not still love the
the other man-she would not so fear
and dread being thrown aside by her
unloving, unloved husband. And, II so
thrown aside, to whom else could she
turn? That she was speaking the
truth in regard to her husbands
harshness and her own penniless con-
dition the clergyman knew well. He
knew more about solid John Brewster
than most people. and for hard man
and exceeding close with his money
all men knew him. That he would re-
fuse to believe the meeting between his
wife and the lover from whom he had
pared her, by unfair means, solitary
and as innocent as accidental was also
tolerably certain.
Then, certainly, the problem lay be-
tween this womans soul and his own
the priestly soul which had never yet
been stained by lying.
Heavy steps sounded along the pass
ageway leading from the street. The
woman, springing to chair on the
other side of the table, looked at the
priest beseechingly and bent hurriedly
over some papers. A moment later
and solid John Brewster himself strobe
into the room.
At sight of his wife the hard face
| changed, the expression faitered. The
priest. rising TO confront him. saw in
his eyes both doubt and hesitation.
IL see my wife Is with you" the
man said. sullenly. May l inquire
| If she has been with you all day."
! For a moment the priest struggled
against a most human impulse, the
mad, natural, all but uncomfortable
inclination to knock down this in
timidator OF a woman and trample
upon him. Then he remembered that
he was a priest. and that there seemed
but one way of helping the intlmida-
tors victim. lie turned his eyes to-
ward her down-benC head, momenta-
rily, and again the Problem of the Lie
| lifted its double-headed torment and
| regarded him. He saw, as II in vision,
the Recording Angel who was so real
a parsonage to him take down, with
sorrowful sternness. the white scroll OF
his unstained veraclty and degrade IL
degrade IL to the dust. His eyes filled
with tears, suddenly, as though he had
witnessed another's downfall. But
over and against this vision, was sci
the soul OF this woman-and her peril
For him. repentance and remorse In
plenty. Nay, was he not already re.
penting the very thought OF the sir
in contemplation. For her-in case
her fears were realized-no place o
repentance, though she sought II care
fully, with tears.
And. right or wrong, the unseltsf
impulse tri,mphed.
No, sir" he heard himself saying
distinctly. after so brief an interva
that even the angry husband noticed
no hesitation, "she has not did no
see her untll after luncheon. but tnl
afternoon she accompanied me oa |
round of charity calls. and, since GU
return, she has been busily engaged II
making out her report TO the Chart.
Calls Committee Of the Womans AUX
niary She will be ready TO accom-
! pany you home so soon as this is nm
, ished."
For this lie Father Charles Billing
! presently iong-repented, and h
/ will never cease 20 be anxious con
eerning its moral effect upon Mrs
Brewster-now slowly acquiring tn
/ habit of a negative happiness by utte