Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16

st is a great mission" he went on,
slowly; land you were highly honored
in being thought fit to undertake 1t.
The result was that I. drawing for you,
drew a blank. You will not have as
among those who have risked martyr
dom for the cause"
She shivered and drew herself to-
! gether.
The mission was so grave and so
great that in fairness to those aspiring
members who could O take part in
this drawing, it was arranged before
the lots were drawn that all who parti-
cipated in this occasion should not draw
again for a period OF six months. Your
presence, therefore, before the council
of tn, is not rquired for six calendar
months from this date. But you have
permission to. present yourself should
you requide to do So"
~ SitoS iSiACi was oPpdiChI III Al
face in the fact that her figure had lost
its dropping attitude, but she answer
ed only: Il accept the ruling"
He moved towards the door. 81 wish
you a goodnight and au r%evoir,' he
said. by the way" he added, stepping
back to her side, when did you last
hear from your husband?"
She did not dare to lie to this man
as she had lied to the man who loved
her.
Il hear of him every day. He is in
a home for inebriates. He cannot last
much longer. His state is now a liv-
ing death"
Good" replied the master. "He was
always a useless beast from whom no
good could come. Possibly before the
expiration of your term OF rest he will
be gone. Then you will be free from
! all distractions, let us hope, and able
and willing to devote yourself entirely
to the cause"
Was there a sneer or a covert
threat in his words? The woman
could not tell; ut in her heart the was
determined to defy him-to make such
use Of the time before her as to place
herself beyond his power. She was
hopeful, in spite OF that drunken ma
MAC IN the home for lnebriates, whose
few last wretched months OF life i'm
p.riiled the safety and happiness of
her entire future. for she, poor storm
tossed creature, felt that her horizon
was bounded as far as any exercise OF
her W will went by that period Of
! hall a years grace.
Clever as h was-courageous, SUBJ
tie, and, in the main, unprincipled,
with no redeeming point in her char
acter. except her capacity of devotion
to that which she loved-she would
have felt herself unequai 20 the task
before her had she known the tenour
OF her visitors thoughts as he strolled
away towards the boulevards.
Il have been over confident" he
zSased- Il had no right to allow her
the chance of six months grace. 1t
would have been simple enough to pre-
clude such a possibility. I had only to
see that all the lots drawn for by the
others were blanks, and that | myself
held the with the red cross, ready
to substitute it for the one actually
drawn by me. My authority would have
borne me out in such an action. The
thing, or something like it, has been
done before; but | did lot wish to
drive her into open rebellion. and she
is ripe for that. ! did o wish to
! have TO denounce her myself as a rene
gade. She has but to be weaned from
her lover: or since that seems impossi-
Bile. / must see that he Is weaned from
her. She will then return and dedicate
her glorious energies to the case. II
Is for the cause that | am thus merci-
full to her, not for herself. What is
she. with all her wit and beauty. more
than any OF our comradese For her
! own AXE she must return to us soon:
even my authority canine shield her
much further. This EngIishman re-
! ceived my letter and was distracted ~
ii, yet he left her 3ust now II Isast a.
amicabls ferms. y I tndge from M
0E9Nss y accsrt - ~ men1g