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

so, utter M, Ward took an extra
pang away with him from the chance
meeting. What II, after all, his watch
ing, aud waiting .maautnothiog3.H
s&c8 wefe -ecte, beyond Sarfiify 6irds
Ing? Death for him might be a begin
ming only, a door to eternity, but all
the philosophy and hope OF his faith
did not fill his empty human arms.
That night he walked the London
streets until dawn.
end Of his course tIer9. Homefrwrs
calling. and 41vork. sJhleSged work. that
'bTfpfs' fo~rgetfuiness.
On the last sundels hef2rSl e .sailed
ne nrtSHded service IL Saint Paul'o. He
knew W. church WELL EL30tY1SssNe earlier
'days when phildsophys M taken his
y01ng brain b. STORM ana his faith
had rocked, - had gone to Saint
Eaufk Sc1nething III the~Sery sotdity
~ the Old church, In It's antiquity. in
the nearress OF those dead,and-gone
great ones Of tile earth who had lived
and died secure IN his te6chings, had
~steadied him.
And now, when II was his heart that
failed, and not his soul, he went there.
1t was there that he found Elinor.
She was just Ia front Of him, in the
prim garb OF an English army nurse.
And 1t was no resemblance that reused
his first interest. What he saw was
only a slender girl, kneeling, and evil
IDENTIFY in tears. She was very thin:
he saw that, and her shoulders heaved
convulsively. But as the service went
on she grew quieter. When she rose
from her knees at last, she was quite
calm.
It was then that he knew her.
Ward watched her with an ache In
his throat. She looked frail, sad. AL
ways In his mind he had pictured her
IN her summer garden, a flower herself
among her flowers, or as she had
looked that night In old Hilary's IL
brary, the night when, to ave him,
she had told him the shameful truth
about herself. And now he found her
here, wearing the garb of service, and
on her knees! :
~ So fearful WINS he Of losing her that
he stayed close as the congregation
moved Alorly out Of the church. She
did Not Intend to go; he saw that. She
ste1pA ont Of the crowd and waited.
ne thought It probable that she was
seeking what he himself had once
s9ousAt.-a quiet hour under a holy roof.
: And 30 II was that they came face to
face Again. She put her hand to her
throat, with the familiar gesture, when
she sdw him. fora moment neither
81 them spoke. The ordinary greetings
were out Of place, and what was there
to say?
! It was Ward who spoke at last.
s'"It doesn't seem quite possible, Ell.
nor" he said. 4ts1.r.n.
She had never been !..Elinotas to him
save In his thoughts. But neither Of
. "IsssSn ssrrJ!yua nave found me. 1
have tried 40 hard 70, hurry myself"
1T lKsx 1~acit61ineIy hard for him to
speak. All the things that had lain in
Aia heart for three years tianAored for
speech. ,.,f,ss.4,p 81 lIfy
"You are-quite well againl"
"Psffsctlg. By yept Ye~ ars thin
II have worked hard and, Of course,
I have suffered. It was not easy-to
tear myself away from the few friends
: INV, 4s4lt Milt4ttFafn. s.t
And then, at last, he broke into
speech. rapid. incoherent. ne blamed
himself for his hardness that night IN
old Hilary's library, he condemned him.
self for a thousand things. She lis
tsnsd, fatheF@bewiidered, WITH the old
usefulness in her eyes.
"Why should you say such things?'
she asked ut last, when he stopped
from sheer panic. you were right. /
was q criminal. / have been learning
things since then: You were, -alwaya.
Klnd TO me. l have never forgotten"
"Kind" He almost groaned.
She held out her hand. II must 70
aOws-~Ay time t1-not my own" Xze,
glanced down at her Uniform. "Do you
remember what You said to me c
about the brotherhood Of man? have
been trying to live up to that"
Ward took her hand. Il MAS very
- kfenaen thSfr
Il y nber it everything ybu
told nj Even \ Kings. that Y.
while f3&r ,,,c%r&S 49, 49,. Z