The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-19
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i "f know 1t would be ie," she made did it to save an6thef7 Ana there ars 'sss ss. ses s than ss,a ns to ssD s sns sps Ss sS bow to tell you. but-f've 10 money, Fa. ther, I've no friends or relatives, and Il 1 my husband- throws me aside there's orily anss--aad--and--I do not want to go to-
 Ths face of the priest was pale and pug zlsd. Az a riergyman he knew lying tc he hated lying osi general principles. He was firmly convinced of the wickedness of doing evil that good may come. And yet
 It was all SO clear before. him, If this woman did not still love the--the other niAn-she would not @ fear and dread being thrown aside by her unloving. un- to whom else could she turn? That she was epeaking the truth in regard to hef husband's harshness and her own peh- kns% ors abous as soS 5ohn fsw than most people, and for hard man and exceeding close with his money all men knew him. That he would refuse to the lover from whom he had parted her. by unfair means, solitary and as innocent as accidental. was also toierably certain.
 Then. certainly. the problem lay be- the priestly soul which had never yet been stained by lying.
 Heavy steps sounded along the pas- woman. sprinsing % to a chair tt, on the other her side of the table looked at the priest be- seechingiy and bent hurriedly over some papers. A moment later and solid John
 At sight of his wife the hard face chang ed, the expression faltered. The priest, rising to confront him. saw in his eyes both doubt and hesitation.
 said. sgllenly. May I inquire if she has
 For a moment the priest struggled natural. all but uncontroiIabie incline. ton to knock down this intimidator of a woman and trample upon him. Then he fss%e,hhSsred tsn, thssc d.. that he was priest and the intimidator's. victim. He turned his eyes toward her down.bent head. nomen- tarily, and again the Problem of the Ae garded him, He saw, as If in vision. the Recording Angel who was SO real q per- sonaee to him take down. with sorrowful sternness. the white scroll of his unstain- the dust. His eyes filled with tears. sud- denly, as though he had witnessed an- other downfall. But. over and again this vision. was set the soul of this woman
 For him, repentance and remorse in Ing the very thought Of the sin In con- temptation. For her--in case her fears were reallzed-no place of repentance. though she sought 1t carefully, with tears.
 And, right or wrong the unselfish inn
 ''No. sir. l" he heard himself saying, dis tinctiy, after so brief an interval that even the angry husband noticed no hesi- tstion, .she has not. l did not see her until after luncheon. But this afternoon she accompanied me on a round of char ity calls. and. since. our return, she has been oustlY engaged in making out her report to the Charity Calls Committee of the W0man'B Auxiliary. She will be fSSsdy sS:s Y tS ,sc sscSo%pany you home so soon as
 For this lie Father Charles Billings presently-and long-repented. and he will never cease to be anxious concerning its moral effect upon Mrs. Brewster-noN slowly acquiring the habit of a negative happiness by utter self-forgettinR. Also. the recurrert torture of his wretched in. ability to solve the problem of whether or not he did right in telling the lie will ai- ways serve the purpose of an exuuisitely painful hair-shirt to the man who told iG. But there are rare moments, now and then. when the problem and the repent- afce alike cease to trouble ilim-when hA IS glad in the conviction that the Iie saved not only woman's body from per- dition, but also the womans soul