The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-12


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'1 III You saos. II wu,sssAanss
nda4tersl dpy,. but perhl Il van
change your snAeniory okE Hver
aiitA I've known I'm -.
dtelA. Ys6 were u marry mo6n4 I
S@sf kOtat 10 turn straight. could
have donS n with your help. But,
now"
He dropped her hands and turned
away. Eliliors watched him wistfully.
The a thing he wanted she could not
give. There could be no compromise
between them. It must be all or moth
Ing, aud she had given her MI to some
one else.
In the doorway he turned md looked
bnck at her with haggard eyes. 1t was
Us Il he were impresslng on his MEM
DRY every light and shadow Of her
face: every line Of her straight young
figure. Then he went out into that
darkest hour Of the night that pre-
cedes the dawn.
For the first time since his injury
Wards mind was quite clear. He had
not been able to sleep, and the nurse
had been reading to him. Strange read
ing, too, for the, assistant rector Of
Saint Jude's. The books old Hilary
had kept on his bedside still lay there.
Even the nurse, accustomed to
many bookg for many men. was gently
outraged. i
Ward lay in his bed, his eyes half
closed, listening intently. At last the
nurse put down the book.
t.sWtv.: tt's sfrtehtful, It's outrageous,
It's blasphemous! Do you really think
4-Sh0ped> redp ydd any more Of the461.s
Wfrd sn1ilsd~leeblyg \ ki
yss .tr'Id Of DC stsst -
"Nor at AN slid the nurse almost:
sharply And pisted N me b6of ~agPiK.
Ward lay back-on his pillows and
listened t0 the 9ge-old.~ aEguments.s -,
So It was or such literature as this
tat N1tAoET Md besn reared! How
fdff q plant to have grown -tffus Id the
dark! And az the nurse droped Oh.
Ward came to realize how natural and
how inevitable had been her develop
ment.t Reared IN such soil, what might
he himself not have become ; and
more than that, would he have been
0ne-half 20 sweet, 80 tender, so-good?
Toward dawn the nurse slept In her
c11DlfFi.. Her J}allSn VI ttdsl
crooked, and the beapttfying hand Of
slpeRheAsto9chM a1Fey the fhnfll fus
rows between her eyes. Plain she was,
but kindly and full Of geptleness. Ward,
lying awake, watched her. She was no
longer very young. He thought Of the
chpdeen<gho sh0ul1 hsyesAunc - her
brpadjdat boeon4 I'D felt ths.1ouchAso1'
her tender hand.
Then. il because t.curiously enough.
everything Of gentleness and tender
ness reminded him Of Elinor, his
th0ushts swung round 70 her. He
closed his Ii eyes, and dreamed the
dream that had been with him, sub
c~onsciously, all the night. TO take her
In his arms, and BY teaching her love,
teach har 1nanite 5NNaixh1 rahQWing
mercy and forgiveness and great ten
derness, to lead her by these. His at
tribute. to the Christ-this was his
dream.
And because It brought hope and
healing and great peace. after q time
he 1laptClinosvstenain9 -Ale0e-fn the
house outside his door, took courage
from his even breathing and ventured
IN. So l1ght was. BID. -sleep that she,
daf06snok touch 1lm:.She melt very
quietly BY the bed, and kissed the cor
ner Of his pillow.
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Ward spent his Sabbatical year in
Oxford. He had thought tos nd peaee.
~ exchane pne form Of I Nifty m
nother. bu II the less ard
o. his - there he hi
y TO thu He found the Oh In
n create - restlessness 81 epn
m.u gee years since =
high lone many thingdE e
had LETT Wodngham for New York,
and could feel his usefulness nov
only bounded By his strength.
n - old sest - was . Re
ess, heavi( spirit.
had times VII % had
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Once. On the Strand In London. he
came face 70 face with Boroday. Ward
would never forget that meeting. it,
quick hope which died into the old
ache q 4proday'Q worda.H
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