The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-09


Il am going 10 attend your services
too, though you are so 'dreadfully high
as the woman's auxiliary of St. Jude's
says. I can stand the vestments and the
candles and the altar cloths easily, but, 8"
and Katherine Forbes smiled, III have
10 draw the line at confession. l don [
believe 1 could confess to you, Mr..
knight" and the girl laughed again.
Tn afraid you would give a heavy pen
ance for a peccadillo. No, I'll never
make q confession 10 you.
Il don't think you'll ever find any con-
fessional boxes in St. Martins, Miss
Forbes. said the rector.
Well. time went on and John Knight fell
more and more in love with this match
less woman. who went about among his
poor and lost her haughtiness in her very
pity for their condition. One night he
told her. and then came the struggle Of
the girls lie. She knew that she was
dangerously near 10 the point Of loving
this man, but then there was poverty
ahead and the trials and the straight
lacedness" Of the life OF a clergyman :
vile. And then she thought OF George
Banks, big and handsome and with his
two millions. But the thought brought
no such warmth 10 her heart rs did the
presence of this man who was giving his
life TO the least of these"
Katherine Forbes evaded an answer
Don't ask me now" she said, but
fear il will never be. l don't know my
own heart. Believe me, I am sorry"
John Knight knew of the attentions OF
George Banks 10 Katherine Forbes. AMI
now he felt intuitively that this woman :
heart did not yet know its own choice
Three nights later Katherine Forbes
went 10 a reception. She had thought 10
meet the rector there. and admitted to
herself her disappointment when he did
not come. George Banks was there. how
ever. but despite this Katherine Forbes
eyes were almost constantly fixed on the
floor II was long after midnight when
she reached homo. She met her maid at
the foot Of the front steps. there have
you been. Mary. at this hour?' exclaimed
katherine.
oh. miss. it's dreadful. I've been down
TO Mrs. Johnson Jimmie was run over
by a carriage that was being drove ter
ribly fast. and he's hurt bad You know
the family goes 70 st. Martins. and Ar.
Knight heard Of the accident and went
right down there Jimmie supports the
hole family. and they re awful poor The
rector he gets q doctor and pays him and
buys the medicine and gets q nurse and
I Eivcs Mrs johnson enough money 20 last
q month. He's a saint. that man Is.
Jimmie knew whose carriage il was
/ thst run over him The man gets out u
the carriage and swears a. Jimmie Tor
being in the way. and tells the policemaa
that it's the boys fault. ard he can
use his carriage 70 De taken home. Cali
the 'pertroi. he says, and drives away.
| + heard Mr.. knizht ask Jimmie who tn
man was. ard miss 30 you believe g.
] Jimmie says NJ. Banks I heard hin.
but no one else did. Then the rector
/ leaned over Jimmie with a queer leoz 81
his face ard sayz Jimmie. sou must
never tel ard ihe1 he gets un ant -
walks uu and down the room ard nut
tsrs n himself she must never know
I 1 suppose ne vas talking sh1ut &rs.
/ johnson though Why hs didat want her
{ e. know who rau over 5lu11a3s calf see
( for the life - ne
A nzht shot into Katherine FORBES
eyes. ~ffe thought 20 save ne pain she
/ ssi6 70 herself. ard then her aearz felt
warm
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