Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-20

otten we cannot tell them apart until
We look back at what we have done,
and then it Is all too late. truly wish
to be good more than Pdesire anything
'a4lse in the world. am so ignorant and
helpless and have such strong inclina-
lions to do wrong that sometimes
seem to be almost all wrong. The
priests say so much, but tell us so little.
. They talk about st. Peter and st. Paul
and host of other saints and holy IA
Aa1hers and what nots, but fail to tell US
:sWhat we need every moment Of our
lives; that is, how to know the right
when we see it, and how to do it; and
/ how to know the wrong and how to
avoid it. They ask US to believe so
much and insist that faith is the sum
Of virtue and the lack of it the sum Of
sin, that to faith all things are added,
but we might believe every syllable Of
their whole disturbing creed and then
spoil it all through blind ignorance of
what is right and what is wrong"
"As to knowing right and wrong"
replied Brandon, 81 think I can give
you rule which, although it may not
cover the whole ground, is excellent
for everyday use. 1t is this, Whatever
makes others unhappy is wrong, what
ever makes the world happier is good.
As to how we are always to do this I
cannot tell you. One has to learn that
by trying. We can but try, and if we
TAIL altogether there is still virtue in
every futile effort toward the right.'
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along in thought.
"Wlat you have said is the only ap-
proach to a rule for knowing and doing
the right l have ever heard. Now
what do you think Of me as tlatterer?
But it will do no good. The bad is in
me too strong. 1t always does itself be-
fore l can apply any rule or even real
1ze what is coming" And again she
shook her head, with bewitching lit
tie look Of trouble.
"Pardon me, your highness, but there
IL no bad in you. 1t has been put on
you by others and is all on the outside.
There is none Of it in your heart at all.
That evil which you think comes out
Of you simply falls from you. Your
heart is all right or I have greatly mis-
Judged you" lie was treating her al
most as if she were child.
II fear, Master Brandon, you are the
most adroit flatterer of ALL" said Mary,
shaking her head and looking up at
him with side glance. "People have
deluged NE with all kinds of tlattery-
have different sorts listed and labeled
but no one has ever gone to the ex-
travagant length Of calling me good.
Perhaps they think I lo' not care for
that but I like it best. I don't like the
others at ALL If am beautiful or not,
1t Is as God made me, and I have moth
Ing to do with it and desire no credit,
but if l could only be good it might be
my own doing perhaps, and I ought to
have praise. 1 wonder if there is really
and truly any good in me and it you
have read me Alright" Then, looking
up at him with a touch Of consterna-
don, "Or are you laughing at me?'
Brandon wisely let the last suages-
ton pass unnoticed.
II am sure that I am right. You
have glorious capacities for good, but,
alas, corresponding possibilities for
evil. 1t will eventually all depend upon
the man you marry. He can make out
OF you perfect woman or the reverse"
Again there was the surprised express
sion in Marv,s face, but Brandon's seri-
Gus look disarmcd her.
II fear you are right, as to the reverse
at any rate, and the worst Of it is I
shall never be able to choose a man to
help me, but shall sooner or later Be
compelled to marry the creature who
will pay the greatest price,
Ia>"God Forbid" said Brandon rever-
entity. -<~~>>; >;*-n>
They were growing rather serious, 50
Mary turned the conversation again
into the laughing mood and said, with
a half sigh: *'Oh, hope you are light
about the possibilities for good, but
You do not know. Wait until you have
seen more of me.'
II certainly hope shall not have
bong to wait.''
The surprised eyes again glanced
quickly up to the seSious face, but the
answer came: "That you shall not. But
here is the queen, and I suppose we
must have the beEediction." Brandon
understood her hint, that the preaching
was over, and, taking it for his dismiss
II, playfully lifted his hands In imita-
.don of the old bishop Of Canterbury
and murmured the first line Of the Lat
In benediction Then they both laughed
ind courtesied, and Brandon walked
away.
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