Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-30

when any YelLknown character was in
VOWED. she look her excitement, not
in reading the malicious gossip of so
ciety papers. but in discussing the at
est scandal with the religious world.
Yet nothing can be more certain than
that social purity is never advanced
by sc4nda! -mongeriug, albeit the scan
dal nay have filtered through district
visitors and enthusiastic suppressors
Of vice.
This Afternoon. ia the light Of the
new revelation, Kate remembered with
burning shame how angry she had
been when two or three times she had
tried to make inquiries as tc the state
! Of morals III thea rical life, and Carlo
had courteously but firmly turned the
conversation She had accused him
! In her own mind Of shutting and eyad-
ing the topic-had imagined every
thing bad OF him; and now she found
that this very man who would not dis
cuss the matter, and who had none Of
The surface enthusiasm of her friends,
had quietly devoted his life TO the
work OF saving one woman.
What is it that keeps him silent?'
she thought 10 herself And what is
, Il tnaI makes me love TO talk? Is the
silent work goden'? Is the talk un-
wholesome? Yet out of the album
dance OF the heart the mouth speak
eth There can be no harm in il
then. No thai won't hold, though. be
cause our hearts ought to be full Of
What we want to save them o. not
what We want to save them from.
Add yet we cant very well talk Of
that side or people would think it was
all cant. That is an odd thing about
Carlo Donai, he never seems afraid
that people may think he is talking
cant; | do believe he goes right on
without thinking what people think Of
him at all | fancy 1t is thai he has
no cOnceit. and that have a great
deaf he does hings quietly, and
with fuss and a flourish. Who would
have dreamed that with his quiet,
easy way OF going on, and all the time
he was singing and reading and talk
ing TO us, he was living through such
a fierce struggle? Oh, what goose
what goose / have been! How hate
full and contemplate to be afraid he
was in love with me, when it was
merely thinking of francesca that
made him look like that. And have
been snubbing him, and looking down
On him, and talking such nonsense
about him to Francesca herself. How
they must despise mel"
With relief she turned. as Glare had
advised her from the thought of her
'of Carlo Hitherto she had considered
Francesca 10 be very charming. very
innocent, very reprehensbly idle; one
OF those girls who did not take up
parish work and who were desery
ing of mingled pity and blame Now
she asked herself honestly whether
she could in FranCesca's position, have
given up all so savely. And Mad
anne Merlino. from all she had gath
cred about her from various sources
" dN lO ilAANAF9HNlt Etlnts Jul a. Ntl y
ordinary. common place, ill-tempered
person, who as yet apparently was
far from grateful for the sacrifice
which had cost the lovers SO much.
For some charming, delightful per
son who cared for me | might have
done il, thought Kate; but for one
of those women ike Madame Merlino
who Just get into danger because they
are weak sud foolish, who are dull
ana embarrassing and hcartless-no,
/ could sever have done it, Never!
Again She wen back to her recollec-
lions Of that scene in he hut. What
was Il that had given Carlo power to
choose lis hard. distastetul life
Why had he been able to leave Fran
G sea and tear shame and ,oss and
grlof9 II was not that his love for
her vas less keen than ,he love of
otaor men, on the contrary. the pas
sjanatc f,ryor Of his love had terrified,
had transcribed all her dreams of
what love in she best of men might
mean.
ID must he because he was trying
with all his might trying continu-
ousy. o live the Christ-life which
most OF us 90 spasmodically, and not
with the whole force Of our nature; be-
cause his faith Naa perfect trust in
One who was stronger than the dark
ness. he danger. the misery which
overwhelmed him. one whom he knew
and loved, one whom he desired
above a}l things to serve with the free
devotion of Il man. not the grudging
submission Of a slave II was clearly
a faith which was independent of his
feelings. independent of his intellect.
Independent Of his surroundings; he
had owned himself past feeling and
past. thinking: he had been over
whclmed with the temptations of that
valley OF the shadow of dea,h, yet all
TIE ,me had held mistaken to the
one fact which he knew As he knew
his own identity--"Thou art With
me-"
The c.otk striking five recalled her
to The necessity of SONG downstairs
and OF getting through as hes, she
ph b dreaded meeting
q. serves mp sight she thought TO
herself sajiy. & have been conceded
4HU ia roHziuS haNt lcul ed on every