The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-07-15
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lou WILL. |
"lou wrong to compei me To Go
this she tXpostuiated asitatedly
"And If what they say Of her IN the
village is true
"What is thatr'
THAT her mind" she began hesita:
tngly; then I'm afraid
"Afraid!' he said slowly. 1t is
only a little white butterfly that has
broken it's wings"
He might have said more. But then
she came-the little figure that they
had tortured the soul from. She came
slowly into the room. and calmly. and
the great emptiness might have been
a great peace bad one not known.
Under her breath her aunt cried.
"My niece" And then. as she came
nearer, this slender figure with the
empty eyes, she said:
lyon know me-"
Empty eyes turned to her. Empty
voice answered:
Yes; you're Aunt Marguerite"
"You looked at me rs though ! wore
stranger. All, to think you brought
this suffering ON YOURSELF"
Empty voice said slowly. evenly:
"Snfferingy"
"She does not suffer" declared
OMara. Her very incapacity for
pain Is her disease. II only she conld
feel. ever to suffer, The day that
again you see tears in her eyes she
Will be saved"
Mile. de Valette spoke quickly. Sc
verely:
"She ought to feel, She ought to
think"
Il do think" said the empty voice.
81 think all the time. l keep wonder
Wondering ! wonder why Gil
bert died. That was curi"ns.'
"You ought not to think OF him.
You ought to shudder AT the thought"
IL tbInk and ! remember" the emp
ty voice continued. II remember that
Raonl said it came to you all at once:
It absorbed you so that not fear nor
shame nor death could stop you. And
ememb that it did come to me
Just Us he said. You see how we'll |
remember that That was just the
way It was then"
1ol tuEDl 10 InII1k VI YOUR puulSL-
ment,'
Ought II Empty eyes were raised.
"Was that a punishment when I lost
my soul: ! don't see how it can be.
Furnishing is hurting. isn't 1T How
cAD ! be punished when nothing hurts
Meg'
bh,x G. SNrh rnt Won fnfcf fQal ~
"But l cant. Don't You see: am
dead. The candle are lighted for me.
i don't know where my soul is. | LOST
II when l died. If you do that you
can never find it again. There was the
forest. and l followed him and found
him there. And | loved him very
much. That is why l died. think
all the time. you see. and ! have
found out that If YOU love any one
for Ii and die"
Mile. dc Nalette shook her head slow
ly. Te"rs came to her eyes.
Broken wings" murmured the
priest.
why do o cry" the empty voice
asked. That's only one Of Gods ways
isn't it,"
Gods ways cried Mile. de Valette
Goods punishment Of sin
The priest turned upon her.
Goods way he cried vehemently
"Do You think a worm in the dust raj
understand why a man rides by? pt
you think that because we can see tn;
beginning Of one Of Gods thoughts Oul
little minds can follow to the end OF
what he is thinking? Down here in tn
dust we call them Gods ways. bu'
they are only mans mistakes. DowI
b river there We're men-God's crea
lures. brothers they should have beer
killing each Other. And they kille(
this boy! There's one old man oveI
yOnder so filled with phantoms ant
cObwebs and the ghosts OF things tina
shouldn't hay been that he let's hi.
pride murder the father In him. Ant
the two crimes together are destroy
ing this child. You cali that God:
way he demanded almost tiercely
"I1l tell you one thing | know abou
Gods way. by faith. That he never
punished the good love. and l say t.
o this was a good love. 1T came Il
her just as n rose comes to its busl
In spring: she had a right to 1t a!
much as the tree to its blossoms. and
like them. it was good. l tell you there
was nc fault in her that will Onent
God, md in the end he will give he
peace
Now 1t came to pass that Crawley
the recruit of the shock hair and tn
nerveless spine, had lied. The massa
ere that he said he had seen had bee
no massacre. The defeat had been
victory. While the others had Tough
shoulder to shoulder, he had lain jow
by jowl with Fear deep in the forest
And that Fear had breathed into hi
ear the things hat he had come bacl
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