The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
Continued from last Chapter of Book "

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CONTINUED from last Chapter of Book u,
The thought which came to her as
aorire Ind gradually unfoldcd the object
4 OF his visit was startling. she me- -,
might perhaps prove to be the piVo. UP
3i'S IN which these great events were VIZ ,I,
inr. It was possible that by her "oius'
si4 thnt nv means OF her help, the dark cor ,i,
splracy might be unveiled ana me mu,
&p3f freed from It's burden. She hcrseil ,.' .',.
~ In nb1o 10 do al this, KIND OF 'h mn
Offering for the miraculous chahse 49,
had bee,, wrought In her i've. ~,
,s5&5 yat when Il wns all summed up hoW
,,ttle she had to tell Gortie after ~.
True her information was OF soi'e Na' w.
1T seemed to confirm what no ana ne
friends suspected. But still II was very
little, and 1t meant long delay, IL sns
4 could provide no other key to open th's
dark door. And mcah"hi'c Souts
dying and sinking. h,r
she had asked Gortre to come to het
again III week. u,,
In thnt time, she had said. she might
have some further information Tor MN.
And now she was out here, alone on
4 the sands, TO ask her soul and GOO "hat
she was to Go. LTD
y hogan to moan and cry over the SAND,
which was swept up and swrled IN her
face. And still she went on with DIX
terness and chill as Of death IN nor
4 heart.
She knew her power over her former
lover,--lf that pure word couln oescrloe
such an unhallowed passion,-knew hcr
mower we'll He would be MS wax IN her
hands, and it had always been 80. FROM
the very first she had done what she
liked with him, and there had always
heen mn undercurrent of contempt III
her thoughts that Il man could be leu
40 easily, could be made the doll ana
p,,ppet of his own passion Nor uiu SIZE
doubt that her power stu remained
& She felt sure OF that. even IN nei 81
IA c1usion some news Of his frantic attempts
to find her had reached her. Her beauty
ain remained, heightened indeed by the
allow, complaint from which she was SUI
sfering. He knew nothing Of that. Ana,
as for the rest--the rouge-pot, the peiia-
donna-well they were sttll ava1lanle'
though she had thought to have done
with them for ever.
The idea began to emerge from the
mist. as it we're, and to take form and
colour, She thought definitely Of it,
though with horror; looked it in the
face though shuddering MS she did SO.
It resolved itself into statement, a
formula, which rang and dlnned ltseil
repeatedly into her consciousness Ike
the omlnous strokes of bell heard
through the turmoil Of the gathering
Storm .$
OF I 20 back to Bob and pretend I'm
tired of being good, he will tell me all
he's done"
over and over again the girl repeated
the sentence to herself. II glowed in her
brain, and burnt 1t like letters of heated
wlre She looked UP at the leaden can.
opy which held the wind. and it flashed
,ot+ 81 ,,tn1 u,
The wind carved It in the sand
.'If I 20 back to Bob and pretend I'm
tired OF being good, he will tell me what
he has DONE"
s43 Could she do this thing for the sake
Of Gortre for the sake of the world
What did It mean exactly? She would DC
4 SHINING terribly once more. going back
to the old life. It was possible that she
might never be able TO break away again
after achieving her purpose: one did not
twice escape hell. 1t would mean that
she sinned a deadly sin In order to help
others. Ought she to do that! Was that
right? !!
The wind flied round her, shrleking.
Could she do this thing?
She would only be SHINING with her
body not with her heart. and Christ
would know why she did so. Would he
cast her out for this?
The struggle went on in her brain. She
Il was not q subtle person, unusued 10 any
self-communing that was not perfectly
n straightforward and simple. The efforts
she was making now were terribly hnrd
for her TO endure. Yet she forced her
I mind to the work by great effort OF
will summoned all her flaGginG energies
to high consideration.
II she went back 1t might mean utter
damnation, even though she found out
what she wanted to find out. She mad
been a Christian SO short time, she
knew very little, of the truth about these
matters.
In her misery and struggle she began
more and more to think in this way.
Suddenly she saw the thing as she
fancied, and indeed said half aloud to
herself 'In a common sense light" Her
face worked horribly, though she was
quite unconscious Of 1t.
"It's better that one person, especially
one that's been as bad as I have, should
20 to hell than hundreds and thousands
Of others"
And then her decision was taken.
The light died out OF her face. the
hope also. She became old in sui
den moment.
And, with one dcspa!ring prayer for
forgiveness, she began TO walk towards
her cottage-there was a fast train to
town.
She believed that there could hardly
be forgiveness for her act, and yet the
thought of the others" gave her
strength TO sin.
And. so, out OF her great love for
Christ. this poor harlot set out to sin II
sin which she thought you'd take Hia
away from her for ever.
End Of Book II.
BOOK III.
- Woman fearing and trem-