The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-01
(Continued.)


up at the beautiful face of Evelyn
and saw that it bore the marks botr
of conflict and victory. In her nlnc
fioated the memory of the words
These are they which came out OF
great tribulation."s, Therefore are
they before the throne of God.
AS on the day when first she knelt
in the Mission of the Resurrection
she had the impression of the throw
ing back of doors which let in great
Hoods of light, showing all her life In
fresh aspects.
1t was long before she broke 81
lence. for her thoughts worked last
and she chased them from point to
point i'm the stiffness. But at last she
asked, What did you do afterwards
when ii was over?"
Il took house for myself there, in
the place where Cecil died, and gave
up my London life altogether.
fetched Amy from her asylum with
the nurse of whom she was fond. and
took her to live with me. Cecil left
me all his money! good deal Ii
was not possible to refuse it; the idea
distressed him too greatly.
she did grow much happier, hap
pier in mind, improved in every way
But she never really regained her full
powers. Her life crept always on a
tn hoC he
lived with me for twelve years, and
then, one day, quite Unexpectedly
she died in her sleep, and the doctors
found an unsupported disease of, the
heart. which had never been dag
nosed. / was terribly desolate when
she was dead. But very soon after
that Father Conroy was asked TO
come here and found the Mission,
and he thought. and thought, that
it would give me work to do.
am going to use the bulk of Cecil's
! fortune to build the church. The
dedication was my own idea: to his
memory
oh how glad 1 am that I got to
know you." cried Vernon fervently.
Evelyn smiled. 81 wonder if you
guess how much your friendship is
beginning to mean to me-" she re-
piled. 81 was terribly hard up for
congenial people, when you came"
"And am congenial." joyously
asked Vernon.
Yes indeed. ! must try not to let
my feelings bias my advice to you,
for i freely own that I don't like to
think of your marrying and going
away to Vancouver again."
Il shan't do that, whatever hap
pens" said Vernon sharply
"All this time we have never dis
cussed your affairs cried Evelyn. Il
was SO lost in the story of my own.
hardly know why 1 told you; for as
i said, my case is very unlike yours.
Poor Amy was only to be pitied, and
Mr.. Gladwyn's wife was much to
blame, apparently. And yet-the
whole relationship of husband and
wife does seem to me 80 imperishable
SO rrevocable. And you say that
Mr.. Gladwyn took no steps to find his
wife? He just let her go to ruin
without word?"
TT was too late to ipterfere.'' said
Vernon. Everything had happened,
before she let him know. They were
halfway to England,
Il have sometimes thought" said
Evelyn. in a low voice, that that is
the stage at which s woman would
be most likely to regent
But what good is dependence when
the thing is done?. cried Vernon.
IF she was sorry-if she was will
ing-he could have prevented her 60
ing on living in sim"
II don't suppose she thought it was
sin. 1 don't expect she believed in
SIM said Vernon.
Then perhaps it was partly his
fsuIt for not teaching her better
Vernon reflected deeply. 81 don't
know what to say" she replied. "On-
ly know that feel as if my telling
Lionel that 1 don't believe in divorce
would be a mean way of getting out
of things Doesn't something de-
pend upon what she has been doing
all the time? Had he not better find
her first?''
Il think he ought to find her But
/ also think that. If you don't mean
TO marry him, you ought to tell him
so clearly from the first
But / don't think know myself
said Vernon.
II think / do" replied Evelyn.
As, she spoke, the cottage gate
clicked. and Jem walked his bicycle
up the path
II must co." said Vernon hastily II
must not keep him waiting, he is very
good to go out of his way to fetch
me. i shall see you tomorrow nj
the picnic
They embraced and went out into
The hall together.
SD md Evelyn greeted one anoth-
sr quite cordially. They had some
tn.ng to say about a mems club which
was in process of being worked al
the brickfields. Father Conroy had
a great idea of making the men run
a thing like this for themselves. He