Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-10

neither the master nor the mistress OF
/ the house was to be seen. Ulric's face
| darkened.
is there really no one but you,
Kate, to entertain visitors? The rec
tor is what you ladies call such a
| handsome mani Do not stay long,
dear. Think of the pleasant time we
shall have, the boat gliding over the
lake among the water-lilies-a delight
full prospect for warm day"
Il must hear what he has to say,
Uric, " | demonstrated.
AS it happened, the rector had a
great deal to say. He was very anxi-
Gus about the inhabitants of Ulladale.
The town was very unhealthy and, as
there, he wished to see him and talk
to him about it. Some of the houses,
the rector said, were so badly built,
so badly ventilated, that they were
neither more nor less than traps for
fever and death.
do not think that / am an alarm
ist," he added; "but, Miss Forster, if
fever does break out there, it will be
fatal to many"
l advised him to see Sir Rudolph. So
1t came about that the rector was in
vited to dinner-an event in the Ulla-
mere household.
1t was warm day. The air was
faint with the breath of roses, heavy
and still; there was no movement in
the sprays of the jasmine. That even
ing Lady GILMORE looked most beauti-
full. She wore a dress of white lace
trailing grasses; diamond star shone
in her fair hair, a diamond cross lay
on her white breast. She had dressed,
as usual, to charm the eyes OF her hus-
band, and they never even rested on
her.
To please my lover, I wore pretty
primrose silk, cut square, with short
sleeves. had beautiful white,
rounded arms, he said, and insisted on
my showing them; they were made to
be admired, and he would not have
them hidden.
That was the most cheerful dinner /
remember at Ullamere. The unnatu-
raj GOODNESS and silence of husband
and wife were not noticed so much
when there was visitor present. The
rector had plenty to say. Uric was in
better spirits than had seen him for
some time.
Suddenly cannot remember how
1t began-the conversation turned on
capital punishment, and the rector
quoted the well-known words that "the
worst use to which you can put man
is to hang him" I noticed that at
first neither Sir Rudolph nor Lady Gull
more Joined in the conversation. They
sat listening in silence, Sir Rudolph
looking paler than usual, Lady Gull
more with an unusual flush on her
beautiful face The rector and Uric
argued the question hotly, Uric being
in favor of and the rector against the
punishment of death.
Il have often thought" said the rec
tor, that those words, a life for a
life are capable of many interpreta-
tons"
DO you not believe" asked Uric,
that the man who deliberately takes
a human life should pay the penalty
of his crime with his OWN"
No, | do not" replied the rector.
Men are such strange mixtures of
good and evil do not see the use of
hanging a man. 1t does no good; it
cannot restore the dead to life"
1T deters others from committing
the same crime" declared Uric.
I do not think So" said the rector.
When man in the heat of passion
kllls another, he does not stop to
think about the last execution"
Opinions differ" said Uric. Where
life is taken in the mad heat of pas
sion. it is perhaps hardly murder. 1t
Is when life is taken after cool, calm
elaboration, after thought and reflec-
ton, that | call the deed murder"
The word fell painfully on our ears.
IT is a horrible word--'murder.'
said, THE very sound of it is terri
BILE"
1 read strange story the other
day said the rector, "one that struck
me very forciby. A man murdered
MS wife, how or why | forget; she had
given him some provocation perhaps.
tie ran away, when. of course, a hue
ana cry was sent out, and the police
were soon after him. He had hidden
himself in a low part of the town. and
In the very house where he was con-
cealed terrible fire occurred. moor
woman was sleeping in one of the up.
per rooms, and her cries were heard
This man vino murdered his wife
risked, absolutely risked. his life 10
save the woman who was stranger
TO him. He rushed through the flames
aud suffocating smoke: the hair was
burned from his head. his face and
hands suffered, but he saved her life
While she was in the act of blessing
and thanking him for il, the police
captured him. You will hang me for
killing my wife he said to them. 7
killed her because she provoked me.
but am sorry for It. Some one pres.
emit quoted the words, "a life for life.
| That is SCRIPTURE said the man calm.