The Washington times., 1917-12-24

xKT.T nay be that you many have
to bear that muck till God
himself sees fit. as He most
surely shall, on the Judgment
Day, to redress all wrongs OF the
earth and of His children that He
has placed thereon.
And Oh, Madam Nina, my dear,
my. dear, may, we who love you be
there to see, when that red scar, the
1iFn OF Gods knowledge OF what has
BEEN, shall pass away and leave your
forehead as pure as the heart we
know.
HfUST BEAR THEIR CROSS
I'LL DIVINE AID ARRIVES.
(. @For, 80 surely as we live, that
scar shah pass away when God sees
rfSht to lift the burden that is hard
upon US. Tin then we bear our
csost. A. His Son. did In obedience to
Hia- VIII. It may be that We are
chosen instruments OF His good pleas
ur6 and that we ascend to His bid
Ding a. that other through stripes
and nhG1ns; through tears and blood;
through doubts and fears, and all
that makes the difference between
0oa and man"
There SVaS hope in his words, and
comfort; and they made for resigna-
tfeA.' Nina ana I both felt so, and
eirndl we each took one of
the old mans hands and bent over
and kfssSd tt Then without . word
We eli knelt down together, and, all
holding hands, swors to be true to
6aeh other.
i We tnen pledged ourselves to raise
sAs vel or sorrow from the head
81 her whom, each In his own way,
We loved and we prayed for help
Gadi guidGnee in the terrible task
Nlneh l4Gy before
II was then time to start. So 1
aGf4 farewell to Nina, a parting
which neither Of US shall forget to
our 6ying day; and we set out.
To; one thlnG I have made up my
min6: II we. find out that Nina must
be q vampire in the end, then she
shall not 80 into that unknown and
terrible land alone. suppose 1t is
thus; that in old times one vampire
meant many just as their hideous
bodies could only rest in sacred earth,
20 the hoiieat love was the recruiting
sergeant for their ghastly ranks.
.YIEB ALI THINGS
JUsf As on FIRST VISIT.
We entered Carfax without trou-
bic and found all things the same
~ on the nrst occasion 1t was hard
- sbsileVer that amongst SO prosaic
ntiETeundIngs OF neglect and dust and
Decay there wzS any ground for such
fear - Already we knew. Had not
our minds .bSsn made up, and had
there NOS boen terrible memories to
apur us on, We could hardly have
proceeded with our task.
We found no papers or any Sign
of use IN the house; and in the old
chGpel the great boxes looked just
- We had seen them last. DR.. Van
HeisinE said to us solemnly as we
stood before them:
and now, my friends, we have q!
duty hSrs TO 90. We must sterlize
this '6Arth, 20 sacred OF holy mem
oriss. that he has brought from a far
distent land for such fell use.
',+Hs has chosen this earth because
Il has. basn holy. Thus we defeat
him With his own weapon, for we
HnaiSe II more holy still II was sane
dftsd to such use Of man, now we
Sanrttfy Il to God"
Ia be spoke he took from his bag
q eRcrOEGriVer an6 q wrench, and
SSFy seon the top Of one OF the cases
w%s thrown open. The earth Gmell-i
81 nIubtYl and closs; but we did not
sonehoE, seem to mind. for our at
tFnttep was concentrated on the pro-
EnaBOr.
T9king from his box q piece Of
ne EAersd Wafer he laid # reyerent- |
u. az the earth, and then shutting
dovE ths ia began 20 screw Il home,
ne aiding him as he worked. /
VAH HELgIHG BTERILIHEs
HAcH. nox OF EARTH. w
on BY one we treated in the same
way each Of the great boxes, and left =,
N 0rs A. xva had found than to all an |