The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04

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with big, impetuous foot. and pushed
his way into the hall. The landlady came
out Of the sitting room with a sudden pal
ing countenance. They've killed her-sl
they've stoned her. said Shandon, chok-
ingly. Where shall lay her q
They placed her on bed in room OF
the parlor and Shandon rushed away Tor
the company's surgeon. At the end OF
half an hour the surgeon came out.
pretty bad concussion-stunned her-Dut
she'll be all right If kept quiet" he said.
"She's a soldier, sure enough. AS soon
as she came to she wanted to go back into
the street and speak"
shandon's lips moved. but he, did not
speak.
An aching lump sprangz into his throat
and he turned away and strode off to the
round house.
At sunset the next day he came softly
into Hallelujah's room. The girl lay
propped up among her pillows, wan and
weak, a white bandage about her brow.
She laid a Testament, which she had been
reading, on the counterpane before her
and looked up to- Shandon with well
| coming smile. The big engineer. stood
through a breath or two awkwardly turn
ing his hat in his fingers, a swift surge OF
emotion visibly sweeping him at sight
Of her. ct wanted to see you-to find
out how you are getting along" ne said'
! with apology in the tone
you are kind, so kind. Bring chair
and sit here. won't you?" she said. Her
voice was sweet and cool and grateful to
:. hear.
s, He drew a chair near her by the bed
and sat down. She put out her slim hand
and laid 1t on his. 'You are good
friend and thank you. There is some
thing growing in your heart, think
; something that concerns me, but l don't
: want you to-I am not worth it--there IS
! something so much greater, SO much
: sweeter-you understand, don't your
: She turned her eyes to his appealingly.
!. shandon returned the look steadily, yet
l,his hand shook under hers. Il only un-
z Ederstand that>I-that love you,'' he said.
e ~ want to take you away from this thing
3 you are doing-to marry and protect
! Iyou. @Ns,
Her eyelids huttered shut and she lay
in silence a little time, but she did not
q take her hand from his. You do not
= really know who I am-what l have
- been,' she said slowly, with eyes stlll
- closed.
II do not care" he said.
q "I have drained that cup-personal
% love- You-your love-would be different
: l know. T would like to taste it; bu,
q large as it seems, it IS a little thing be-
II side the Great Affection. Cannot you un'
derstand-to fix the heart on only one
n it is toy beside the splendor of E
Is planet!' Her big eyes, luminous will
H. the thought and the ecstasy OF 1t dwell
Is upon his face.
He sat looking down, a. kind of numb:
! ness creeping upon him. Then am a$
= the rest-to you? I am but a part Of the
WHOLE
III Her fingers frightened on his hand. :"
s. would sin by saying that We're true sh'
t; said caressingly. "Yet can you ask me t,
take the cup? Once it would have salts
- fed me, now it would not. You woult
3; marry NO. would try to make me happy
le only me. How much sweeter, more un
Is selfish, to work for the salvation and 10!
of all mankind. The object would be IN
It fnitely greater, your reward OF happ1
l. ness infinitely larger. You understand
IN do you not?"
m He stirred restlessly.' II seem to see
es somehow little, but I cannot feel It,
he said desolately. II want only you.''
it "You must enter into Gods love. 1t wi
1e fill you and then you will love as He loves
IS. caring tenderly for all life. Love grows b
I'd use; even Jesus, 1 believe, kept himsel
from sin only by constantly doing gooo
d, Let me help you little, let me lead yo
e. Just one-step.' '.'; 80
or Her eyes closed, and she began pray
It, ing for him. plaintively, simply, softl.
er When she had finished, he arose a :strue
nd Cling sob in his throat She took bot
It's his hands in hers, and each looked 9
nd the other through tears. ''You will (
e good" she said, "'you will be great !
p the best sense, won't you? am so litt
ito l-only one-almost nothing. Think
the thousands of sick, the unsaved, IL
IT. fallen. Forget me in thinking of the1
nd because it is better for you, and becau
st I might lose myself in loving only Nou."3
nd 'I-wil-try,'' he struggled to say, al
lrd turned and went out, shaken to the soul.
That evening he passed along Ma
" street on the less-frequented side.
Ter larger crowd than ever was at the {
ln- point of meeting. In their midst he ST
- Hallelujah on the speakers box, a VIII
a bandage across her forehead, preachi
no with a glow of light on her face II
sly town marshal stood not far from h
hey a Gordon Of big-hsted men from the ra
seq road shops stood about her, men "
ana had sworn that Round Hill should i
ing ha .gain hu,n,Iiated hv having = won
eys stoned in it's streets. Shandon tried
ace. listen, but could not for the tender, al
ar.' ing, stranglng thing at his heart. &C
nols bless her; she is greater than any ma
;ap- he faltered and went onward, out throl
her the town into the still valley. under
big white stars. At in the morning
the mounted the $50 and took the expr
had east and the drama of MuIey Fork
cap played under that span Of the sun.
e o'u It was a stage for tragedy, that reg
ia 80 q where the Muley river bored through
~ ,tl.l u. mountain bases and met the Grand, eig
nen Ii miles east of Round Hill. At the first s
~ "as as the larger river bent around a cliffs
. ltS tom and flowed eastward through a go
u' "a The track looking from the west.
~ preached the gorge on the right side
.si .,l9 the Grand; but at the mouth Of the
81 80 crossed the river by an iron bridge
c. c. curved eastward at the cliffs base.
'a. a.. half mile east Of the bridge the car
= ~ widened, a sloping mountain lifting on
l.. e left, a towering wall Of. rock beetline
~. "e % O. the farther side Of the river. At the
thar of the steep slope the little town, of NJ
a,,,a ley clustered, above it the broad, 81
- 49, ing bosom Of the mountain. On this !
'a - eled sweep. which ran upward thous
a.,nd of feet. were dark green clots of !
49,. / dents that were Valleys, and mighty 81
tha of rock. poured round with cleaning RI
-, ~ of snow. Two mines opened mouth
r,.L the mountains white face, thrusting
.,,,,, dark tongues of trestleWork. and ira
o,,rr gray boards of waste. Between al
S'0 .!ittlc above The mines fell q depre:
of the earth, closed in the foreground
oush a dam thirty feet high and nearly. tw
posi- foet II, leuoth Remind the. wall hume
ava acres of water. force for. the rnachi
fage' OF The mines and the stamp mills
" .lie supply for the town. On that day. a
- oe warm end of February, thin shet
ieu- ieu- water hundred feet wide flowed