The Washington herald., 1908-07-28

l Could she. q passionate creature-he had
| never doubted that-.upose terms after
an unconditional surrender2
He stood stil. trembling, seeing clearly
| the issues involved The sense that he
could see clearly at such q moment was
a fact Of extraordinary significance, be-
cause Joy herself had made such clarity
I OF vision possible she had upIifted him.
n her company he had scaled peaks
which scared above bIurr.ng unists- And
/ the air IN these attitudes was the very
( breath Of her nostri-s. Il he pulled her
/ down 70 the plains. she-tle spirit and
soul OF her-would perish he would
possess her body-rothIng else
Was that elough2
The baser half Of him roared yes"
Civil war ragged Decisive battles in the
void history have been won and lost
n q few minutes; the battles OF the soul
are sometimes Of shorter duration IN
this case the victory was 70 the Powers
o- Evil No student OF life viii be sur
prised al this because the human VII
and the human appreciation OF higher
things are bOnd-slsves &c habIr During
the past few weeks Hugo Charters had
LiVed, cheerrClly enough. for others 4
capacity for self-sacri6ce had been born
n hin. al Inheritance from his mother.
an almost llerallcable part Of his char
acter and temperament Always Il had
stood out finely Distinguishing him from
the common herd and gaining for him
many friends az Eton and afterwar5-
Never had il manifested ltself 80 plainly
as during The trial. although n0t haIf
dozen persons perceived I at the tine.
But, overlylng this divine instinct were
years Of seif-iud-lgecce. the years when
ne had Obeyed 10 law other thar the
whir1 and inclination OF the moment
Often he had seen the better. revsreaced
T. and then, deliberately, had chosen the
worse At the supreme moment, when
Angela had 5eguiled him ilco a bIzcker
and more shameful sin than auv he had
committed heretofore. he knew what he
was doing and old it. because the flesh
was u-lghtier than the spirit The fanatics
pr2cticing absurd r1o-ri6catio-s excite
pity and contempt. but they Erasped this
Ilndaiiieislsl truth which seems 70 have
eluced our SeleraCiOl- there never has
been and there never VIII be any c1-7-0-
mise possible between the conflicting
claims Of body and soul Some would
seem 70 be all animal and. IN living Ike
aIliIIla-s- recognizing 10 law higher than
lne graC1catlon Of appetite. these nav be
serving some mysterious purpose hidden
Iron mite understanding others-0rs re-
calls one or Two shining up-as-u-o-,fd
seem 10 be all spirit, 50 far exalted above
Ialnt and temptation. thar they. TOO, must
be considered as not quite human being
placed among Us 10 di1uss q celestial
radiance, the chosen messengers Of the
Most High. Between these extreme ryDes
We other m0rtaIs wander 10 and fro: now
saints for brief moment, now sinners
Tor weary spaces Of time. But is there
one OF Us Who, II he were offered rhs
choice. would elect 10 be sinner rather
than saint2 Is there q man who sincerely
believes that TIE satisfaction born OF th.s
Hesh Is greater thing than the hauuf-
ness born Of the spirit2
Hugo paused for a moment after mass
ing through the gate which gives access
TO the rectOry garden The moon ulur,i-
natef the modest facade OF the house.
shafts q silvery light penetrated through
the row OF fine beech trees sklrtiuz The
lawn; IN the air was the nip and fuir
which indicate approaching frost HUGO
stared al d dorner window pro-ectlne
from the heavily matched roof: the win
dow Of joys bedroom, whence she. had
looked out upon the only world she knew.
Every object about him had been "a
miliar 10 her since childhood. and each.
in its degree. q formative influence IN
her life. To the left. heavily outlined
against the northern SKY. stood the
church. in itself an extraordinary f,1rn-
ble Of styles. veritable page out Of &C.
clesiasJical history, with its thirteenth
century tower ffteenth-ceutury chznceI.
and PrePosterous eiEhteenth-cearury
nave. nlled with high pews. and Rbovs
these wonderful three-decksr pulpit!
To Be Continued Next Tburrda-