The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-24
By ARTHUR HENRY vESEY
CHAPTER v.-Continued.

CHAPTER v.-Contnued.
Like the others. you think | have
forfeited the right to one word OF
sympathy
More than all the others, | should
.hink" she answered calmly. without
hesitation.
Yes | said, YEARLY, you have
placed a placard on my back, as they
used 20 put "A high paper cap on the
bows IN school. On the cap the school.
masters used TO write the word
Ounce on the placard you have
written the word Coward And yet
am not quite a coward DO you re
fuse 10 see that am simply one Of
those men whose fate It has been to
be tried TO the uttermost? Forgive
me: ! am appealing To your sympathy
after an You resent that II Is quite
natural II was a moment of weak
ness" Again ! pushed back my chair
She regarded me half curiously.
Perhaps she noticed | was haggard
and pale Perhaps in spite of herself
she vas a little sorry for me.
0h suppose" she said. very
gently that there is something TO
be said In the defense of everyone
by and by ! may feel less bitter to-
ward YOU Mr.. Haddon shall re-
member that you did not spare your
self hat YOU might not have told
me- her voice fell to a Whisper
everything
Thank you for saying so much. II
there We're any PREPARATION ! would
make t You should know that"
Rcraratlon'" Her eyes flashed
~hoN can YOU speak Of reparation ?"
And is there no atonement posi-.
b.e even for the most wretched?"
She looked down az me almost
sferny, for she had risen at the ques.
ton Then, as if thin veil had been
drawn from her face. ! saw the gentle
pity ul womanhood reflected there. A
strange sweetness came into her voice
as She spoke slowly. almost unwin-
insy Il was a mystical message of
comfort she was bringing TO me. She
was suggesting a way OF hope after all
Because Of you a life has been lost
70 ne world | leave out the per.
sonal loss 70 myself Because OF
your weakness. to call II by the most
charitable name. the world is the
poorer ior one strong soul"
Yes ! said, humbly. yes"
but u she spoke more eagerly.
u through YOU a life were saved for
the world-if 1t were to be a life for
a life"
moment ! stared al her. uncom-
pretending She had suggested a way
~ escape so romantic that to one liy-
ing IN this twentieth century II may
seem absurd But the very audacity
OF ne suggestion appealed ;, me.
Yes cried. passionately. 4 un.
deIsiand 1t is TO be life for life,
~ some way. no matter how. | am TO
save NE for the life that has been
los' ihrough me-"
AZ least that should restore your
scircspect." she assented almost
coliIy She wished me to understand
lhai whatever | might or might not
=" was no concern OF hers But I i
was nof 20 be discouraged.
wa i am so fortunate as to ac
'ohpl-h this held her eyes
s.'aiiy will you. should say
la'Nrr VIII the world. your world, re.
member that? Shall then stand on
'he anne plane as other men in your
rcspcc 9"
'ouch nothing for the world. and
certainly not" she added haughtily.
FOR myself"
lelt an emotion that was very near
tNdt OF triumph. II Is extraordinary
w" IN the most sacred of moments
'he passion to conquer, to subdue.
~ iIdes itself Eenceforth. whether
lnif woman would have 1t so or not.
mere Was bond between us. She
''l auggested a way of escape ac-
'epied 10 with passionate gratitude.
~ oic 10 myself. as | stood before her.
'H"l would not rest until had &C.
oomplished the sacred task she had
~ me answered with boldness
'lat surprised even myself.
rom this day my one object in
we snail be to make the reparation
~" nave suggested. But when that
= dore YOU will know It,"
saw her hand tremble as she light.
Z 'ouched her hair It was not so
ni'h embarrassment that brought
\, SLOW blush TO her cheek as anger
'N'e 'irned from me without word.