Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-01

was another presence there more pc
tent than her own, that would blight
her, also, with its evil spell. Her
soul must not be made victim of the
box.
What description can portray the
charm and peace TO me of the room
to which | went To find her, after
long absence, which, although not un-
derstanding. her loyal heart had not
misunderstood the sun shining
through the thin white curtains on the
plants blooming in the boxes In the
windows, the clock ticking its
contentment on the mantel, the rest
fully tinted walls, the welcoming
chairs, the atmosphere of all.pervad
ing cheer to which / had no right. I
had meant to tell her merely that
was unworthy. and to bid her to for
get that had ever come into her life,
but her woman's power over me drew
from me the secret which / had de-
termined no other human being was
TO share. She listened without COM
ment, but with something in her face
to me, as | sat with head bowed on
her table in utter establishment and
despair, having confessed all to her
and lingering but for a moment more
of her, that bending over me she
laughed.
You are not WE'LL" she murmured.
Wait for me here till l come back
In
with that rustic Of gentle skirts that
| knew SO well in dreams, she held
glass of cordial, soothing and spark
| ling, to my lips.
What have you in your hand?" |
asked
"A file" she said.
/ pass over my expostulations, my en-
treaties, my horror, in my now re.
doubled love of her, at the thought OF
having her come into contact with
| the baleful thing. Together we sought
the house In which had my lodgings,
| together mounted up the stair, togeth-
er came into the room, which | found
that 4 had never seen In the mellow
/ light of afternoon. AS we entered,
our eyes turning toward one object
/ the dark casket on the cabinet, now
become more dreadful than the
/ Sphinxs riddle, she put the file into
my hand. Her touch, her presence
there beside me, brought back my
manhood with an electric fash, trans
fused, as by a current. the power of
her spirit into mine, and knew my.
self, at that moment, TO be what had
ceased to hope that / should ever be,
the master of the box.
Striding forward, while she fol.
lowed me, / took IL from it's place,
holding it hard in my grasp, in tri.
umphant vengeance for the grasp that II
had had so long of me. With the WON.
an who had given me the strength be.
side me, and in the light of the win.
dows through which the late sun,
streaming in, seemed to be dissolving
the dark spell about me, ] fled away
first one and then the other OF the
metal bands. The first and then the
second, as / worked and she watched
me, broke with sudden snap.
looked at her, and she looked at me
and the heavy lid, held only by the
pressure Of my fingers and released
by them, sprang back-and standing
side by side we saw that which had
been buried with Abed Horeb and
shall surely be buried with me, too
and with her. and, accept it or strug-
| gle with ii with what hate he may
every child of man, be he sheik or
serf, rich or poor. powerful or help.
less, who shall come into the world
and shall go out of it. and that is all
that it is possible for him to carry
with him. Nothing!