The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-07

clefk, VINO lOunu IL OF increasing dll- |
iculty 10 support his wife and three |
children. Were it not for her llnfail,
ing help he would have resigned his
present position and accepted a very
tempting one held out to him by The
head of an establishment which was
just then forging rapidly ahead and
making for itself rather dubious no
toriety.
1t was one in which, under guise Of
money transactions, gambling was
covertly carried on. 1t was under the
eye of the law, but, thanks to the
clever manipulation of it's head, man.
aged to steer its unprincipled course
free of detection. More than once,
Philip Wendover had been approached
by it's director with a view to obtain
ing his permanent services. He saw
through the motives of this step. Ele
knew they wanted the support of
respectable Catholic name on their
staff. But he knew also that, putting
aside the extremely shady methods of
their proceedings, there was little
chance of his being able to attend to
his religious duties if he took service
with them; So up to this, Mr. Reuben
Lewis gilded bait had been declined.
Then, one day, Philip took his cour-
age in both hands and applied for
promotion. Some vacancies had oc-
Cured and for one of these he applied.
He dared not aspire to the one which
no 1iCf Wi oil
which would realize his fondest wish
es. No; he would be quite. contenl,
with EastOn. That would, at least:
enable him to give his dear ones some
degree of comfort and educate his
| children. And Easton had fallen to
him. The past was forgotten. Now.
| for a new life, with new hope, new
| vigor, new aims.
How he worked that morning at the
| office, getting things ship shape for
his successor. A weight seemed lifted
from his shoulders. Now and then a
smile would come to his face at the
thought of working with one of his
own, his first cousin. What good
chums they always had been.
Eyes, come ill., Want anything,
Priges?" as tap at the door was
| followed by the appearance of the
office boy, holding a telegram, which
he handed to Philip, who tore it open
and read, while the words seemed to
! burn themselves into his BRAIN
appointment cancelled. Personal
reasons. G.. F. Hardfert'
| For an instant he reeled back, as if
struck. What! His happiness killed
at one blow by these cruel words! SO
old Hardfert, the head Of the firm,
could never forget, that one fatal pc
Rod, for Which he had since amply
atoned. Good heavens, was there no
| justice, no pity in the world! Well,
be it So He knew what to do. No
hesitation now as to the course he
would adopt.
| With his brain on fire, with every
nerve tinglinG, he somehow got
through The remainder Of the day.
| Then, back to the home from which
he started with such high hopes that
morning.
Now, Mary he said bitterly on
meeting his wife, 80 much for trust
in prayer, and all that. We've been
living in fools paradise for the last
few hours. Read that And with a
groan he flung himself into a chair
while she ran her eye over the curt,
| incisive words of the telegram.
Heaven only knew what it cost the
| brave woman to keep back the words
of dismay, of indignation fast throng-
ing to her lips. With swift, silent
appeal for help to the source which
had never yet failed her, she said to
her husband:
"This looks pretty bad, Phil. But
don't lose heart now, dear. Well
manage just as we'll as we've done up
to this
"No, Mary! Therell be no more
| worrying trying to make ends meet.
I'll write this very night to Levi and
close with his offer. He wrote to me
again two days ago, and I haven't
answered yet
"Oh, Philip, you won't do that. Id
rather starve than see you in that
post"
But in vain she pleaded. His mind
was made up, and the only conces
sion she could obtain was that the
letter should not be posted till next
day. It seemed churlieh to refuse her
this one plea. Besides, a few hours
delay would make no difference. So
Immediately after dinner, Philip wrote
two letters: one to Mr.. Hardfert, send
ing in his resignation of the present
post; the other to Mr.. Reuben Levi
accepting his offer, with it's highly
liberal terms. jH ,.... -.
Meanwhile, his wife had also taken
up her pen, for she, too, had set
tied plan in her mind. In spite OF hel
hard and well-flled life, she found
time to do something for the interests
of the Heart of Jesus, and was zeal
Gus, untiring Promoter Of the League
of the Sacred Heart She said thai
this duty of love, so far from being {
hindrance to her, was q help ant
solace in her difficulties. Nor is Mrs
Wendover the first who has fount
this to be the case. Tonight she dis
patched a few notes to some of fe1
members, begging them to unite il
PRAYER for an intention of immediate
urgency. Once more she was having
recourse to the might of united inter
. cession, which had before now stoOt