Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-05

into the ali about her to expiate the
crime of noble murderer-cold.
senseless walls-to prop1tiate Him
who has given US the living world,
who is the source of warm eternal
love, as though all the whispered
prayers of all the women buried alive
all the chanted chorals and organ
peals, had waited away the strains
which the criminal bore with him 20
the feet of the Eternal. No, never. nor
He will not accept incense strewn In
| the service of Baal, and never
! changes His eternal decisions at the
+, blind request of his creatures.
What a horrible peace of family
history of the Won Gnadewitzes-
| these crumbling remnants of wall be-
| meath her relatedi $50. And vet A
being fully conscious of it's struggle
and endeavor of virtue and inteIlec-
ual progress was supposed to have a
claim upon recognition only when it
| could claim the right to bear that
name: must learn than a stainless
name was valuless in contrast with
human distinctions which are really
nothing but Pigments of the magma,
| ton!
Was the superstition which burned
witches darker than is the belief in
privilege Of birth which verify. not
less cruel in its consequences than
The flame Of the stake, has smothered
many richly beautiful human soul
that belief which fatty contradicts the
intention Of the All Good, according to
which His children go forth from His
| creative land, equal in outer form, In
the equipment of the senses, the tools
OF life, wLerewith king and beggar
| alike enjoy or suffer, equal in the nat
ure of the CLEAN Of light which ami
mates the outer husk? For where Is
! the soul which, even at the summit OF
human perfectibility, has no weak
ness, and where the vilest human
creature in whom, beneath the debris
Of decentralization, there is not at
least one good quality left? And he,
who bore upon his brow the insignia
voice could melt into gentleness
Though the seldom did so), such as
proceeds only from a nature suscepL-
IDLE to deep emOtion-he too was I'M
der the ban of these Wretched preJu-
dIces. He placed the perishable form
above the undying right OF the human
soul, according to which we think and
act in freedom. And is it not pre-
cisely the highest, hottest feeling OF
the human soul, love itself, which is
oftenest crushed merciIessly beneath
that system? Suppose Elizabeth had
loved HolIfeld, what must have been
her fate but for that discovery? And
suppose-a contemptuous smile play
ed over the girls lips-in Herr Won
Walde's heart an inclination for her
ever ventured to spring up and he had
should come now to offer her his
hand? Dreadful thought Never, never
could she share his life with the con-
seriousness that her unsuitable love
could be requited only as convenience
and antiquated ,obsolescent laws per
mltted. In contrast with such pro-
tracted torture, the pain of renuncia-
ton lost much of it's terrors.
Elizabeth returned to the corner OF
the balustrade with sombre looks anG
gazed toward Lindhof. There the pro
toundest silence reigned The same
star twinkled above the wretched
nuts of the village and the proud
castle, or was there really a single
red ray at the point where the woods
gave way to the park? No, that SHIN
mer arose from below and cast a req
dish glow through the tree-tops as it
pressed into the woods and came rap
idly forward. 1t was unquestionabIy
torch borne along the narrow path
by which Elizabeth had reached the
nuns tower.
Once the light stood still, and dis
tant cry reached Elizabeth's ears.
She said to herself rejoicingly that
help was approaching and raised her
voice in answer, though she knew the
faint cry could not reach the seeker.
Another moment the simmer Ifnger
ed, then it came, with flying haste.
nearer and nearer. The young prisoner
could soon distinguish the flame and
saw the sparks dance about when the