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| HERR STEINHARDT'S NEMESIS
i BYL MAcLAREN coBBAN.
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BY J. MAcLAREN coBBAN.

you pain. What you may have TO say
to mo do not know, | am not able b
guess, but II seems saying II will give
you great pain"
I'VE must not care II We give our
selves pain 10 do right, must we, Herr
Pastor7" said she with q smile OF sing.
llar sweetness.
"No," answered; "but would
wish TO tighten your pain, Fraulein, II
can"
~ thank you." she said; at may
bo that you can. But first | must say
this one thing:-Emmanuel Steinhardt
OF Brisach Was very much 10 me many
years ago. He went away to England
but YOU will understand, Herr Pastor,
| have never forgotten him. For the
first time | knew he was In very great
danger and anxiety about 4 year and a
half ago." Il am almost started from
my seat; that Was the very time Of
I.acroix's disappearanceO II learned
II In dream, indeed. dreams, which
the Almighty God sends oftener and
clearer % his chosen ones than 10 other
persons" (She was then Pietist, II
not q maniac.) "iiis danger and anx.
iety then, suppose passed away, for
soon saw no more Of them. But now
for many weeks see him and feel him
more and more anxious than before,
and am made TO feel there is always
now another man near him making him
anxious and afraid, and the other man
seems to be you, think, Herr Pastor. I"
sat silently marvelling.
81 tell you all this plainly, Herr
Pastor" she added, "because you are
not one OF those who laugh at dreams
for you know that the Sacred Scripture
says that the great God reveals to those
who ARE ready TO see, many strange
things In dreams and visions OF the
night"
"You have, indeed" | said, seen
strange thnigs,"
"Will you now" she continued "be
plain with me2 Tell me, Ii you know
exactly what is the thing,-the serious
matter,-he is anxious and afraid
about"
81 can tell you, Fraulein," | said,
"a very serious matter, about the dis
covery Of which suspect he is very
anxious. A little more than year and
half ago Herr steinhardt's partner in
business went 10 London from Ianca.
shire. and IL was thought he never re-
turned; no trace of him could be found.
So his fate remained altogether n
mystery for yeaI, until | went to he
cure in the village. Why the mystery
should have been left so long, cannot
say, because il vac no great cleverness
in me that after that made il less OF a
mystery; perhaps the Almighty left it
20 long to give Emmanuel Steinhardt
time TO repent. Soon after l came to
the village certain things made me sus.
pect that Herr Steinhardts partner did
not stay in London, but came home
and then disappeared. nov know,
from evidence that ! have got, that he
did; but what became Of him cannot
tell. l suspect that Herr Steinhardt
put him out oi the way, but l do not
yet know that he did. l am sure, how.
ever, that the Divine Vengeance, which
has thus far revealed 1t TO me bit by
bit, will yet make clear the whole hor-
rible crime"
She heard me through in silence,
gazing intently at me the while; but
when | came to the end, she drew back
and looked at me in anger and aston
ishment.
"But," said she, "who are you, Herr
Pastor, TO make yourself the minister OF
Divine Vengeance?"
was dumb for moment under this
warm rebuke.
81 think, Fraulein," said length,
"you mistake me. do not put myself
forward rs the agent OF Divine Venge.
ance. first began to look into the
mystery at the request of the missing
mans orphan daughter, who longs to
know what has become OF her father
since then all have learned concern
ing his fate has been revealed to me
with little or no effort on my part"
Zach! Mein GottP she exclaimed,
"The poor man has left daughter"
EYES," l replied; "and Herr Stein.
hardt. who is her guardian, uses her
very cruelty. II it we're not for that,
think should let the whole matter
rest, and take no more part at all in
bringing the crime home to the guilty
man. But so long as she is in danger
/ must do what can, IL must let the
Divine Power use me. God has sent
me to you, Fraulein; II you then have
had anything more revealed to you
than l yet know, l beg you will tell il
me.
each, Herr Pastor!" she cried, "you
know not what you ask You ask me
to condemn Emmanuel Steinhardt!-
me to condemn him! Ach! Gott!--
mein Gott! why hast thou laid this or
mel" She clasped her hands in hel
lap, and looked fixedlY before her.
"Fraulein, ventured to urge, "l
only wish to hinder Steinhardt from
going on his cruel, unscrupulous way"
"What you may wish, Herr Pastor,
she said, with her look still fixed OF
vacancy, "will not matter very much
The great God, l know, is God o
justice as we'll as God of mercy, and
he will work his own will with both
you and me! l have prayed for EN-
manuel, as mother might for her only
son! Surely my God will hear me! Il
he only had time and warning to re-
pent! Oh, was not that why wished
him to come!
"What can say, Fraulein, to les
sen your painp
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