The Detroit times., 1914-09-19
Lay Down Your Arms! d a' e :; :: &

4 for all that. even II at present peace.
as they say, must be concluded"
"Ah. God grant It," interrupted
TOO late. indeed. for my poor Arno.
but still thousands OF others Will be
spared"
You are always thinking of your
self and OF individuals. But In this
matter IL Is Austria which is In ques-
ton"
Well but does not she consist en-
tirely OF individually"
my dear. kingdom, state. lives
a longer and more important life than
individuals do. They disappear. gen
GRAFTON after generation, while the
state expands still farther. grows into
glory. greatness and power. or sinks
and crumples up and disappears. IL II
allows itself to be overcome by other
kingdoms. Therefore the most i'm
portant and the highest aim for which
any individual has to struggle. and for
which he ought to be glad to die. is the
existence, the greatness and the we'll
being OF the kingdom"
/ impressed these words on my
mind In order to put them down the
same day In the red volume. They
seemed to me to express 80 clearly and
strongly the feeling which had de-
rived In my student days from the
books OF history. feeling which In
these last times. after Amos depar-
ture. had been driven out of my mind
by fear and pity. / wanted to cleave
to 1t again as close as possible, In
order to find consolation and support
In the idea that my darling had fallen
In great cause, and that my mis-
fortune itself was only one element
In this great cause.
Aunt Mary had. on the other hand,
different source Of consolation
ready.
DO not weep, dear child" she used
to say. when I was sunk In profound
grief. do not be so selfish as to
bewail him who Is now so happy. He
Is among the blessed, and is looking
down on you with blessing. After q
few quickly passing years on earth
you will find him again In the fulness
OF his glory. For those who have fall
en- on the field Of battle heaven re-
serves its fairest dwellings. Happy
those who were called away Just at
the moment when they were fulfilling
q holy duty. The dying soldier stands
next in merit to the dying martyr"
Then am TO be glad that Arno--"
mo, not to be glad. that would be
asking too much, but to bear your lot
with humble resignation. 1t Is pro-
baton that heaven sends you, and
from which you should emerge puri-
fed and strengthened In faith:
80, In order that might be tried
and purified. Arno had to-"
mo, not on that account. But who
dare seek to sound the hidden ways
of Providence? Not at least
Although such objections always
would rise In me against Aunt Mary's
consolation. yet I'm the depths Of my
heart I readily fell In with the mys-
tical assumption that my glorified one
was now enjoying In heaven the re-
ward of his death Of sacrifice. and
that his memory on earth was adorned
with the eternal glory of sainthood.
| About IA days later than the news
OF the defeat of Solferino came the
news OF the signing Of the prelimin-
aries of peace at Villafranca.
| My father took all the pains posi-
BILE to explain to me that for political
reasons II was matter OF pressing
necessity to conclude this peace, on
which I assured him that 1t seemed
| to me joyful news anyhow that this
fighting and dying should come to an
end.
Four years later, my two sisters,
now II and Is years old. we're to be
presented at court. On this occasion
I determined that would also again
Ego into society"
The time which had elapsed had
done its work. and gradually mitigated
my pain. Despair changed into
mourning. mourning into sorrow. sor-
row into indifference, and even this
, ut last into renewed pleasure In life.
| I woke one fine morning to the con-
viction that really was In an envi-
able condition, and one that promised
happiness. Twenty-three years old.
beautiful. rich, high-born, free. the
mother of darling child. a member