The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-24

.tos ny tSOI- Sata Adam, ~ftu NOT
De soon forgot s. you've come In ne
tween her end nae when she might
have loved me. It'll not be soon for
got, as you've robbed me Of my hapDi
ness when ! thought you my best
friend You're coward and a seoun-
drei, and I de@pise you"
The color rushed kaek To Arthur,S
face. He dealt a lightning blow which
sent Adam staggering back. but the
deiicate-handed gentleman was no
match for the workman's great
strength. After fierce struggle Ar
| thur fell motionie@s. while Adam. In
sudden revuIsion OF feeling. knelt over
him like an image 81 despair gazing
on death.
To his intense relief, Arthur grad
ually revived Adam got him to his
feet, supported him to the little cabin.
and laid him on couch. Then he
spoke out.
Il don't forget what's owing TO ygu
as q gentleman, but In this thing we
are man to mam Either tell me she
can never be my wffe-teIl me you're
lying when you say you haven't
harmed her-or else write her let
ter, telling her the truth that you
won't see her again"
Arthur struggled, suffered. prom
Ised, and Adam half eonforted. left,
not knowing that there, in the waste
basket, hastily stuffed under the pa
pers, lay wonnan's silk kerchief.
When Hetty read Arthur's letter,
she gave way to despair. Then, by
one Of those conclusive motiveless ao-
tons by which the wretched leap from
temporary sorrow to lifelong misery,
she determined to marry Adam. The
big carpenter was In the seventh
heaven, Hetty ftful and depressed.
For family reasons, the marriage
could not be FASTENED and as the
months passed. she determined at any
cost to seek out Arthur, whose regi-
ment was at Windsor. Telling her
uncle she was going to SnowfeId TO
see Dinah for q little change Of scene
before her marriage, she started out.
ignorant of the country. paniestricken
and forIorn, eager to shnn every IA
| miliar face, longing only TO feel again
the protection OF her lovers arms
On Arthur, meanwhile, life seemed
again to smile. After rejoining his
regiment, his sharpest regrets for
Hetty began TO lose their sting Soon
he was transferred TO ireland, and
| there learned that by his grandpa
| TIERS death he was lord of the manor.
Home he came, fast as chaIse and
4 rns,r% hnv rxrId drsva hor,a - 49,
old Haysiope sleeping on the hill.
where he was to live his life, mar
rfed to some lovely lady, respected and
appreciated by his tenants. A pile OF
letters awaited him He opened the
| first, and with a violent conxulsion
shaking his whole frame, read the
words: Hetty Sorrel is In prison for
the crime of child murder.
Clutching the letter, Arthur rushed
from the room like hunted man. and
springing to the saddle Of q waiting
horse. SET on at a gaIlop.
That very evening young woman
knocked at the door of the village jail.
There was about her deep eoncen-
trated calmness which induced the
/ jailer to grant her request to visit
| the condemned cell. As the heavy
door closed behind her, she hesitated
before the pallet bed
@Hetty. Dinah Is come to you"
Slowly, very slowly, Hetty rose and
was elasped In Dinah's arms
You won't leave me. Dfnahgs
'tNo, Hetty,~ whispered Dinah- ~TH
stay with you to the last But Hetty.
there Is someone else in this cell"
~WhoT' whispered Hetty, fright
ened- ....
Someone who has been with you
all your hours OF sin and trouble. Ii
makes no difference. Hetty, whether
we live or die. We are in the presence
OF God. Confess the sin you have com
mitted against your Heavenly Father.
Let Us kneel together. He is here
There in the silence and darkness,
Hetty, who through her trial had sat
like stone image. poured forth her
pitiful story.
at was because WIS so miserable.
Dinah. I didn't know where to go. I
/ tried to kill myself. and couldn't. 1
| Henr 10 WINDSOR 10 nnd him. he was
gone. and didn't know what to do.
daredn't go home again Then the
baby WIS born. / did do II.
Dinah- ] buried II In the wood-the
| little baby. II cried I heard
Ii all highland went back. And
then 1 thought would go home. and
all Of a sudden saw a hole under q
nut tree. and it darted over me ike
lightning I'd lay the baby there and
cover IL with grass and chips I
couldn't cover II quite up. Dinah-
thought somebody'd come and take
care Of II. Dinah. do you think God
viii take away that cry and the place
in the wood, now that I've told every
thingf'
LET US pray. poor sinner" breathed