The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22

sir Michael
ION tho shoulders Of us four people
hnngs an Incredible BURDEN We must
do nothing Until we tlre sure. But ever
since dortrc's s,,splcons have been
l known to the, ever since Bchuabo asked
YOU that curious question II, the train.
i1ipon, have fclt absolutely nss,ircd OF
their truth. Everything becomes c en
at once. The only difficulty Is the difi-
Guilty OF believing III stich colossal wick-
edness, coupled with such supreme dar-
Ing"
1T Is hard" said Father Ripon. but
probnby ones mind ID dnzzled With tho
consequences, tho size and lmmensIty
OF tho fraud. Apart from this question
Of bigness 1t may be tint there Is. given
Il certain Napoleonic type OF brains
i n,ch uiuantlc evil than In doing OWL on
q smaller scale" I'll
Perhaps tho sizc Of tho operation
blinds people," Spence WINS con tinulng.
when the door opened and the butler
showed Gortre into tho room.
! Ho wore a heavy black cloak and car
ried Paisley travelling rug upon his arm.
The three waiting mon started up Mt
! his approach, with an unspoken question
on tho lips Of ench ono OF them
Gortrc bcgnnI to speak Mt once. Flo
was slightly flushed from his rdo through,
tho keen, frosty mir Of tho evening. Ills
manner was brisk, hopeful,
''Tho interview was excessively pain
full, MS had anticipated'' he began.
1.-THE result has been this: have been
! able to got no direct, absolute conflrma :
ton Of what wo think On tho other
| hand, what I have heard establishes
something. and has made, mo morally
| certain that we are on the right track.
| I think there Gun be no doubt about that.
! Again, there is q strong possibility that
we shall know much moro worry shortly"
Have you had anything to eat?" asked
Sir Michael.
mo, sir, and I'm hungry after my
Journey. III have como OF this cold beef,
and tell you everything that has ZAP
pcncd while I eat"
He sat down, began his meal. and told
his story In detail.
II found Miss Hunt, he said. I'm her
little cottage by the coast-guard watch
house. looking over tho sen. OF course,
as you know, she Is known MS Mrs. Hunt
In the village. Only the rector knows her
story; sho has made herself very beloved
! in Eastworld, even in the short time she
| has been there. asked her, first Of all,
| about her lie in general. Then, without
J In any way Indicating the object OF my
/ vislt-at that point led the conversa-
tion up to the subject OF tho Palestine
discovery, OF course she had heard
OF 1t and knew all tho details. The rec-.
| tor had preached upon It. and the whole
village, SO It seems, was In q Torment
! for q week or 30. Then, In both Church
and tho Dissenting hnpels--there are
two-the whole thing died away In
marvellous manner. Tho history OF It was
extremely interesting. Every one came
to service just tho Same as usual; life
went or in unbroken placIdity. The fish
cr1ncn. who compose the whole popula-
ton OF the village, absolutely refused to
believe or discuss the thing So utterly
different from townspeoplo! They simply
felt and knew intultively TINT the sthte-
ments made In the papers must be untrue.
So, without argument or worry, they ig-
nored It. Miss Hunt said that the church
! has been fuller than ever before, the
people coming as a sort OF stubborn pro-
test againt any attack upon the faith OF
their fathers. For her own part, when
she realized what tho news meant or
! would mean Miss Hunt had black time
| Of terror and struggle. She Is a woman
! with a good brain, and saw Mt once what
It would mean to her. Her own words
! were Infinitely pathetic. went out on
| the sands she said, and walked for miles.
| Then when was tired out sat down
| and cried, to think that there would
| be any Jesus any more TO save poo
! girls. It seemed so empty and terrible,
| and I'd only been trying TO be good such
! a short time. I went to evensong when
got back; the bell was toltng just as
| usual, And rs sat there saw that
! 1t couldn't be true that Jesus was Just
a good man, and not God I wondered
at myself for doubling, seeing what
| He'd done for me. II the paper was
| right then why was 1t was SO happy
happier than ever before in my life.
although am going to die soon? Why
was 1t that could &c away and leave
Bob and the old life? why was 1t that
could see Jesus in my walks. hear tho
wind prayIng-feel that everything was
speaking of Him. That was the gist
of what she said, though there was much
more. I wish could tell you adequate
! ly of the deep conviction In her voice
! and eyes. One doesn't often see 1t, ex-
! cept in very old people. After this
began to speak Of our suspicious ms
delicately as possible. II was horribly
| old longings and recalling That mans
influence I was relieved to find that
she took 1t very we'll indeed. Her feel
| ings towards tho man have undergone
n complete change. She fears him, not
| because he has yet an Influence over
| her. but with n hearty fear and horror
| Of the life she was living with him.
| When told her what wo thought, she
began at once by saying that from what
she knew of Llwelyn he would not Stop
| oven ut such wlckedness as this. Sho
| said that no only cared for two things,
and kept them quite dlstnct. When ne
| is working he throws his whole heart
! into what he is doing, and he will let
| no obstacle stand In his way lie wants
to constantly assure himself of his own
pre-emnence In his work. Flo must be
| first at any cost When his work Is