The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-23
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'as nlensst Of all for 4 woman '' or
thought ! should live ana A.. once
out knowing 1t. az many womae WIN
wish might give you .omath,. 40
great" something Z,
= am already overpaid" h. g.
soi z man there is nothing 40 sr.
no influence 20 nearly omnipotsns. .eat
.ne iove OF good woman. n =
.ever mat moves the world-wh,, ,,. .ns
Is does move-up the hill tn w. n ~, !.
| planes." Inc Nigh
silence while she gathered N.
smelling tangle in her lap into .o.:
more portable arrangement Ana =.
terward. when they were drift,n. =. .1'
" nomeward in the lenxthenln, .h 49,
ows. q small asking. ~a'
mt. Morelock Is coming m, >,
row to hold service in St John. .n S' ,
snah 80 to play for him. WIN von ~.
with me. Tom?" ''a 10
ne smiled out Of the gold and -,
pnirs depths Of lovers reverb ~
One week from the day after ~. a.
atter to-morrow-and It will be- n.
longest wsek-and-two days Of INV ~; Nv
oearest-your grandfather viii t,I.
you to church, and l shall brin, w..
away. Won't that be enoughr
She took him quite seriouslv
Il shall never be a Felicia y.,,.
Dickson. and drag you." she promi,.,
But. o Tom! l wish"
1 know" he said. gently. You A..
thinking Of the days to come: wh.n ths
paths may diverge-yours and MINI
ever 20 little: when there may be chin
dren to choose between their motb.y,
faith and their fathers indifference.
But am not Indifferent So far from
It am only anxious now 10 prov.
what I was once so bent on disprov.
Ing"
You yourself are the strops.,,
proof" she interposed. you will ,s.
1t, some day."
Shall l? / hope 50; and that |, an
earnest hope. And really and truly
think have come up bit-out Of ths
wilderness. you know. l am Willing to
admit that this Is the best Of all DOS.
sible worlds; and want to do my part
In making 1t little better because
have lived In 1t. Also, I'd like to be.
lieve in something bigger and better
than protoplasm."
Her smile was Of the kind which
stands halfway in the path to tears
but she spoke bravely to the doubt in
his reply.
You do believe. Tom. dear; you have
never seen the moment when you did
not. 1t was the doubt that was unreal.
When the supreme test came, 1t was
Gods hand that restrained you; You
know 1t now-yOu knew 1t at the time
And afterward 1t was His grace that
enabled you to do what was just and
right. Haven't you admitted all this
to yourself?"
They had crossed the white pike to
the manor-house gates and were turn.
ing aside from the driveway into the
winding lawn path when he said:
ITO myself, and to one other" Then.
very softly: Il sat at my mothers knee
last night, Ardea. and told her all there
was to tell"
Ardeas eyes were shining. What
did she say. Tom. dear-or Is 1t mora
than should ask"
There Is nothing you may not ask
She said-it wasn't altogether true I'm
afraid-but she put her arms around
my neck and cried and said: For this
my SON was dead, and Is alive again;
he was lost, and Is found"
She slipped her arm In his, and there
was a little sob Of pure JOY at the
catching of her breath. The moon was
inst rising above the Lebanon cllh'
line. and the beauty OF the glorious
ht-dawn possessed her utterly. An
n was a good world and a generous
bringing rich gifts to the steadfaA
rnstinctively she felt that Toms litus
confession did not require an answei
that he was battling his way 70 'n'
heights which must be taken alone !.
So them came in the sacred nusn o'
the Young night to great tunp-us'
IN the lawn, and where curlonsg
water-worn limestone boulder sefvsa
as a rustic seat wide enough tut WV
r,hose hearts are one they sat down ~.
oo+har still in the companionsnlp lns'
needs no speech. II was ION WIN ~
broke the silence. ,,,,
~ have been trying ever since Tue.
,,oh. last winter to feel my way ouI
10 sa,d. slowly. But what Is 70 cOD,
a.? I can't go back to tine ooynvss
uastardays: in a way have nopei.'ss
outgrown them. Let us aoini' s s,.' A..
lipion has become real again, D Du',aoa
dea. girl, is isn't Uncle Silas iea' .ad
oror nv mothers. or even yours o.
I don't know any other. 49,. :. only
1T ia all right. dear; there - ,o Un
-. one religion in all Chrls'enu rns,
perhaps in all the woriu' :, IN peo
part Of it. The differences
pie" neen sloug
nnan,no to me-this thing !, an - ,,u
,na - cali confinement: shan I,.h ii
nas -. ~ dav and find it gone WI" I'm
the old doubts in the 'sa ','.
no asked 1t almost wistfuiy., eenty
who can tell?" she salu' the in;
Rut = will make no differences inst tb1
nu. .. y !" Fact will be there 'u', vsl|
musaD, .,nsther YOU are asleep ~ ~ u
same wne oan.t always stand % I'd
ing. any Of u.s. on
some, perhaps. it is nev smv q Life %
when one saves his enen Tom def
forgives and forgetsm,o
CONT you understand? ,ove-blInSs