The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-18

| through the accursed country where 1t ]: l only necessary that two men do not loyt each other in order to kill each other l Our pilot Is the booming of cannon: oui l hght-houses are the flames of burning l cities.
 Tn addition to this the woman wht i follows me bears the burden of the can celed will of her uncle. the letter 1T | which her relations diSown her. the torI l document of her divorced husband, ana i the tools for my future vocation mallet l chisel and crucible.
 And the most grievous loss she ha. | sustained Is not her sacrifice of riches | comfort and aggrandizement, but of ar ! adored. idolized society. full of comfort | ing. mediating, sasntly patrons. undel i as serenely as the child upon its moth | CTS bosom: she has not only banishet 1, herself from the palace of princes, bu | also from the churches, and those wh' wear crowns, as we'll as saints and mar l tyrs, turn from her
 l And when we arrive at the little islanc l of my people. that blissful solitude Y | which we fain would dwell does not awai | with my brothers and their wiSes. Tn woman who follows me thitheri mus 1 ho .or. love and esteem them all as mucl as I do. Their faults, differences, awk wardness and bad habits she must ex cuse. just as do.
 From morn to night no sweet ca-esse: await us. The woman does not see hei husband during the whole day, While he is at his hard work, she takes care of the household; and when he comes home in the evening. begrimed. soot-cov. cred. fatigued. and sometimes ill-humored on account of fruitless .oil, she must not irritate Jim by as<irg what a!ls him. She must endure his rudeneSs. k..
 But on the seventT. day. which is the Sabbath of the Lord. they go to church together. The building is d plain house with | vhtsewlshei ceiling. Neither a Raphael nor Canova has VITO oight there, in order to make the invisible god visible There Is no altar. The people themselves sing. and their songs are drawllng and monotonous. The minister does not put on a garment glittering with gold: He IS as plain man as the others. What he says Is not directed up to the angels but down to the people. When he bless ss us. he has no shepherds staff nor flsh- ernran's ring; he is as poor as those whom he dismisses with his blessing.
 But when the simple guardian of souls lays the hand of woman in that of man he says to her: This man Is thy hus- hand and thou art his wife until death. Amen The woman who is the wife of the man, holding his hand in hers. then walks. with a face beaming with pr.da greater than that of princes, between the two lines composed of venerable men, virtuous matrons, respectful children and lovely maidens. And when the time ap- breaches for her to become mother, there Is no queen upon earth who Eas a stronger right to rule than the woman who is the idol. the providence of that little world which she, like God, has created out of nothing.
 This is my alluring picture, Princess.
 Blanca gave violent jerk to the spokes of the wheel, and then, sobbing aloud with joy. threw herself upon the breast of the young man. She could not speak. She pointed at the compass. The needle had deviated. The ship had turned to- ward the north and had begun it's course toward that land in which the moon island is situated.
 ''Will you take me with you, thenr' asked the woman.
 "Will you accompany me?" said the young man.
 You well know that the space which you enclose with your two arms is my entire world"
 Then you are. now my slave. With this I am not satisfied. wiz not make you believe that you are shipwrecked and that my heart is a plank upon which you can float. If you had thrown your self upon my breast in despair 1t would have been for both of us a gloomy prog hostile. Why did you exclaim when you kissed me the first time:
 " Ed 10 sono la condannata'
 Well was not that kiss agreeable to you?"
 "No, 1t pained me.
 "Pained you? The kiss?"
 "It pained me that you kissed me. in anger
 Had I not a reason to be exasperated Had not everything which, until then, had regarded as endless brilliant splen. dor, at that moment become ashes? Did not lose my belief in the deity of a hu- man being in the efficacy of the blessing yes. even in human justice?s Those who had condemned me to a martyrs life and to martyrs death fled before their own judgment How could 1 still believe in the God-g given mission of those whom saw taking their flight?"
 You confound the ideas. They will lose the earth. but they will always pos sess the keys of Heaven. He whom you saw fly was the temporal ruler, who left his crown. against which flesh md blood were revolting. But the souls remained to him. The saints. the hosts of the blessed ones. the apostles. the martyrs do not come to him to demand con- stitution; and hundreds Of millions will still implore him to unlock for them the gates of this world; your heart will ache because you stepped from the lines of the brilliant proct ssion which he will lead"
 'iEven if I have to renounce Heaven for your sake, it shall be done. You know this. I can become nothing but what you or the beautiful Cyrene has
 You have chosen to become my wife. In order to do so, you must go where those of my belief dwell. The law wills 1t. You must become of my faith.
 T am ready for this
 You are not ready for 1t. My church is not a thoroughfare for lovers who wish to meet each other. It is not an asylum for the condemned of another faith, who fly into 1t from their judges The ball on my church steeple does not say, Come hither; morals are iooser here than else where; life Is easier here; you need bear no cross here;'--you must first learn to love the God to whom l pray"
 And how am I to recognize him?
 Prom the people who confess him. Not by words, not in the holy books, but in the life and dress of the people. You must learn to know how they live who do not put off reconciliation to God and to men until they go to another world. but secure it upon earth; who show how men may be tolerant and just toward one another; who forgive insults; who work upon and under the surface of the earth; who repair fidelity with fidelity, do good to the suffering, cultivate the mind, ana who because Of all this, enjoy life and It's work; who are faithful. forglvlng. benevolent and studious, and. for all this praise God who granted all these, not as breathed Into the people Ills breath, So that they, as men. may be as happy, as He is as God When you know all this, you will love my people, and the only God who is a God of peace. Then your kiss will not cause me pain,
 Are all your compatriots like you?
 "rhey are, without exception, better than l." /
 Her kisses did not now cause him pIir and she could only stammer:
 Ed io sono la beata.'
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