The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-08

 came to love you with all his heart and
 Lady Betty did not speak. but she covered her eyes with one hand as though to shade them from the light
 He said that he would stay there in the wilderness till he was worthy of you. and that then he would return He wisned to be, quite sure that he was strong enough to resist temptation"
 And when will he return?" asked Lady Betty slowly. without raising her
 He win net return the man re- piled. Sir Richard Gaunt is dead But he died loving you. and with you In his last thoughts. ''lt will be bet ter for her, he said to me. The world will gain what I have lost' Those were his words before God called him !"
 For more than a minute there was silence. The woman still shaded her face with her hand. The man stool before her, as though awaiting sem tence from judge.
 But he was the first to break the silence. E
 The world will gain," he said gently. Tt must always gain by self f-sacrifice You and the little girl, who is carrying for her new-found lover--both of you are set apart for Gods work. I. too. and this young man. We are giving up something. It Is only in this way that one can do the highest form of work. There is no marriage for such as you and L."
 "Th en you will not let Harry Brandon come back to usT' she said. after a long pause.
 T wiIl,not he answered firmly.
 She bowed her head, as though in submission. and he turned to leave the room. Then. as though moved by a sudden impulse. he came back to her side.
 "You are a good woman" he said simply May I ask you to pray for me?"
 q will pray for you" she replied, without looking at his face.
 And I Will pray for you" he said, in low voice. We are comrades you and I We are trying to do good in the world"
 Father Francis left the room with out another word. When he had closed the door behind him, Lady Betty Drake buried her face in her hands and sobbed piteously.
 She had recognized Sir Richard Gaunt in this long-haired. wild-eyed preacher from the deserts of Arabia. Directly she set eyes on him his face and voice had dimly suggested her dead lover, but she had ascribed the resem- blance to q mere coincidencs. The message. however. and the mention of the Santigan, left no room for doubt, and when she threw the light of the lamp on the mans face, she knew that her lover had returned to her again.
 In the great joy of the discovery she had nearly betrayed herself.
 She heard the confession that he had only loved her for the sake of h CT money, and she covered under the blow. Then, as she learnt that he had grown to love her. and would stay in the wilderness till he was worthy of her. her heart beat fast with joy, and she waited eagerly for the words which she expected to come from his lips.
 asked him when Sir Richard Gaunt was going to return; and then the an- swer had come back to her:
 He will not return. Sir Richard Gaunt is dead"
 And then Betty understood. Sir Rich ard Gaunt was dead. Father Francis was alive He had ceased to be a man with human passions and feelings He was going to devote all his time. and brains, and heart, and energy 10 the great work, to which he believed himself called.
 He had asked her to pray for nm :. She was not to help him. she was Uo ha neither his companion. his wife, nor his friend. She was only to pray TOT him. as one prays for the soul of the dead. A Ana now that he had gone, and she had time for thought, she recalled all that he had said in reference to Harry Brandon, and she realired that he was spcakink, not only of the young man. but of himself.
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