New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
CHAPTER XVIII.
w 18th Mary at Moorwin

to say she was alive, should've mind so much"
She may have written and the letter got
lost IN transit, | suggested.
Then why didn't She write again or wire,
persisted Mary. And there are her ClOthesl
Why. she hadn't even a second gown with her
believe she's dead, Maurice. | do indeed
She began 70 cry softly-poor dear little We
man and did not know what 10 say 10 COM
fort her dared not give her the slightest hint
as 10 what had befallen Anne, or OF my own
agony OF mind concerning her, for that would
only have added TO her distress And | knew
now why it imperative that she should be
spared any extra worry, and, If possible. be
treasured about her friend.
"NOnsenSei' | exclaimed. " You'd have
heard soon enough If anything had happened
70 her. And the clothes prove nothing. Her
father a wealthy man, and, when she found
the things didn't arrive she'd just buy more.
Depend upon it. her father went TO meet
her when he left the hotel at Berlin. and
they're jaunting of on their travels together
all right"
Il don't believe it she cried stormilv
Anne would have written 10 me again and
again, rather than let me endure this suspense.
And II one letter went aStray, 1t 5 impossible
that they all should. But you-I can't under
stand YOU, Maurice. You're as unSvmpathetiC
as Jim, and yeti thought Sure-yOu
loved her.
This was almost more than could stand.
God knows | do love herr" said as steadily
as could. She VIII ALWAYS be the one woman
in the world for me, Mary. even If | never SEE
or hear OF her again. But I'd not going 10 en-
courage you IN all this futile worry, Is Jim.
He's not unSympathetiC. really; but he knows
how bad II Is for YOU. as YOU ought 70 know too
Annes your friend, and YOU love her dearly:
but remember you're inns wife and more
precious 10 HIM than all the world"
She flushed holly at that | saw it. though
was careful not TO look directly AT her. Yes.
II know that" she said almost IN a whisper
And III try not 10 worry for his-for all our
SSakeS You're right. YOU dear. old kind boy:
but"
We can do nothing, Went on Even If
She Is Ill or IN danger. do nothing till We.
have news of her But She Is IN God $ hands as
We all are, little woman"
do pray for her Maurice She lvowed
plteouSly. But-but-'
That's all YOU do. dear but it is much
also More things are wrought by pravel than
tins world dreams Of Keep ON PRAYING and
trusting, and tie PRAYERS Will be answered
She looked al me through her tear lovingly.
out with some establishment. Why, Maurice.
never heard You talk like that before"
4 couldn't have SAID 1t 70 anyone but YOU
dear, | SAID gruttiv, and were silent for a
spell But She understood me: for we both
come from the same sturdy old Puritan stock
We were both born and reared IN the. faith of
our fathers, and IN this period of doubt and
danger amt suffering II was strange how the. old
teaching came back To me. the firm fixed belief
IN Tod, our refuge and strength, very pres
ent help in trouble" That faith had led our
had sustained them from one generation 10 an
other in the face of difficulties and dangers IN
calculable. had made of them a great nation
and knew 1t now for my most precious herr
tagc
had tainted unless | had believed 10 see
the goodness ot the Lord IN the land If the NV
ing
Wait ON the Lord: be of good courage. and
he shall strengthen thine heart
Through God VIII do valiantlv. for II Is
tie that shall tread down our enemies"
Half forgotten for 50 many wears. but familiar
enough III my bovhood when nv father read
a psalm aloud every morning before breakfast
and his wrath tell ON any member of the house
hold who va, absent from the reading-the
old words REQUIRED t. me with new significance
III the long hours when | lay brooding over the
mystery and peril that enCompaSSed the girl |
loved. They brought strength and assurance
to my soul. they saved me from madness
during that long period OF forced inaction that
followed my collapse at the police court
MARY. and Jim too. everyone about me IN
A'A fact ,lespaired Of life tor many davs.
and now that | was again convaleSccnt and
they brought me down 10 the Cornish cottage
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