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Show A MAID OF Till: (iHISTTO it. vies ii.N. .!.. k. ri Ki:rr, ( ,.il.'lil. ll, by Ho t..r I'un. IV, ) Itn, lo'l M ' M-rli-: ','t llh li"f liHinla I,, 1 h -I. 1,'T .- - hvl away l- yond tli I top", win pi a lino of hine nmrki',1 Ho1 Ii, ri.on. Itaolii'l wa- luiv) win ' ihoio-hla. Hhe only n ..ur c"l "h no elhlo triimliiK 1') H'll'ln ''i' 'h" rlnht paili al ehi piuima of Ihe wny. Joaih llom-n'tiiil r um- In. aa he al-waye al-waye did wlnn il- iwiiluhl wa.erKd down and the rninlli wr not "-t 111 and Harhi-I had a liitl tlrwi to give him. Thi-ne inoiiouta were lo lilui the golden ilralui In the amy wb of tha day. He Irx.k bi-r hand and ralai-d It to hla llpa. It waa the old time rhlvalrr In Jmo pli a manner I hat had flrat attrantrd Iht. "My Harln-1. .1,1 you know what day Uila la. and why thcrn haa lxn a aong of Joy In my heart through all lie auuny hour?" Rha tri-inlilml and Iw-nl h"r hrad. "I have Ihoiii-.ht of you all day. I did not even wirii thai you mlrlit aee ma take my diploma luiauaa I waa looklnx down Him way to the time when mi would he alwaya with me. Tim thoiikht of ynu hn hiwll a rnaM lilooinliig In my heart Haa It broiiKht no hr.pplneaa to you' ' "I am .ery glud Vou have worked with nohlo purponn and deapr.e lo atlei'eeil." "Why. aa for thai, you have been lha largi-at part of my purpoao, and you am nohle. an In tlmt view my piiriman haa been a nohle one. Aa for my attltuil, that inlK'it airlke a man aa aelHah." "Vou are alwaya niiwelhah." "I'hlloanphi-ia any that lova la tha moal aolllah pnio-lon known to man. Then I muat lm InteiiHoly ai-ldab for all I do la for love, la It thinking of my iiuarlflahnoaa that had made you ao aerloua when I hoped you would ba glad aa the light ami l 'if annua of blnla and th bloom of flowera?" "Partly that. I have len thinking many thlnra " "Toll me nf Ihem." "You were very young four yeara ago." "Tea; ao were you. The difference la that you have remained young be-tauae be-tauae tho aoul of Innocence and goodneas a the ami! of youth, while I have grnwu i ll ,1,'IvImk among bonne and ilrnaa What maltonl ItT Rhall I not mow youm; hkkIii In the unahlne of y. nr love? ' Her gren 1! irk eea turned toward him pathetli'.lly. With Juat auch eyea, he Ihoui'.lit, timet Knrhcl of old have looked i.pon Jarob when In cooling cool-ing hla pnrclod llpa wlih a draught of IllAKlvlnit water aha bad Inllamed bla heart with tho (lie of love. "Vou know how tho ulrla of tha Ghetto do. Tl oy grow hopeleaa and weary and anl In a llfo of grinding toll ami no ph iiaun a. They loae out of their h. artB the youth and atn-nijlh that belonx to all young thlnu. Then they think to find a way to lift them-aolvea them-aolvea out of t tin Kioovn lii which their Uvea have traveled A girl makee a contract with her lover to help bltn through bla rourao of atudy, ba to marry her when bn la eatabllab-ad eatabllab-ad In Ufa. 1 would not let my father ao bind you. I aald, It he lovea me he will coma. If not. ha muat be free aa the alp nf tha nlalllB." He etooppit and klaaed ber hand reverently. "1 have come. love la tho cloaca! bomlaxn In III". He who once fall" under that power ran nevermore be free. He la a willing prisoner to whom the opcnlnn of lha door would ba Oath " "You t Ink now that ynu love me. Tou ha"C recnatoinoil yourm'lf lo thnt thoucb . Uitll you believe It to be true. Borne . , you will know. The world y Joacph Koaenthal caiua In. opt-ne wl,lo to you. I.tfe offi-ra you far Imliiliia to climb. I could never go with you. Klther 1 ihould ba a weluht to drnii you hack or a burden to allp from ou uml leuve you to gu on alone." "You oould nevrr he either. You are my Inaplratlon. Some men find tn their work all the motive that they want I hope that I am aa earneat tn By v n a. any man, and aa oa "" " tioiia to ilo i:ood In lha world. 1 It In you w ho lire my llfo. and JI I :ln or run dor do In for your aulc' "II will he ilifr-rrnt when , nnaiirw winpotiK with the worMp "You no an lh.1t I ahull lilay (p Iioltroon nml go out In the world aal leave you who have acrlrlced all fr meT" Hhe ahrank aa from a blow. "That la It Yon fi el under ohlipv lion. You ilo not aee that It wai ay way nf giving lo Ihe world what I mlKht have liio'ii In my own life tl thlnga been different. Might ot I & "I ahall not leave you." ahe aaUaoftly. have an ambition too great to ba com-paaai-d without the help of aaottier, aud thua have called on you to tlve oipreaalon to my own aaplrationf "And you nvvr lovod mat" . "Obi" Tba aharp pain In her tone told Urn what ber wnrda had coat her. 1 "If you do why not make mu ha;py and let me do what I can to Oil your Ufa with pleaaureT" "I muat nut. You would weary of one who la veraed only In the tol of lha narrow life that 1 have ku" He pleaded with her until tha, In utter wearlnena, begged bltn In pliy lo leava her anil then he went awiy. Rha lay tho whole nlitht with 1 hor eyea looking upward to the cj ng, where there coined to ho a flaping aword dripping with bar lihrt'e blood. I Aa tha dnya went by and bu ton Id gain from her no other ana.or Ihun the one that filled him with pain, ho ceaapd tn come. Hhe hennl at him omellnica aa the fame of hll work carried hla nnme wider Into tha world and ever fart hor from ber. TS'-n tha fever cniuo and ahe beard often of Dr. ItoKi'iitlml, the "AnKul of the (ihclto" He hail gone out of ber llfo forever and ahe waa p,iad-gUd for the good he could do without at yona to drag him down. for yeara the Kenalon tenerlenta had aiK-med to waver between landing land-ing and falling, eaKglng nut here, Inking In there, growing Inoite Rolut-ed Rolut-ed and wobbly at the kneca. I "Why don't you pull them Down and rebuild"" aouiponn had aakel tba owner. I "Wbal'a the meT They are rlng-lug rlng-lug mo In money all the time alid It will coat no more to clear tha lulna away and build after they fall." ' "Hut Ihe people In them the will be cruahed whi n the bulhllnKa fall." "What of that? Tbero are nlwaya plenty of tenant! for that cliol of houae. In that grude thn race null-tlpllo null-tlpllo rapidly and liiiuilrml, i, ran alwaya be depmuli-d upon to n 1 1 up any ihihkIMo acuncy." O1111 uioriilni: Kuiiiel M , -rl, "i ;. In thn top tory of the Kcn oon. lull a peculiar aensuilon of i;l,l,lin, It acvtnol that the IliHir wu.-, ir, nibllui; and the walla bail a ten, I m-v to aliake aa If with a chill 11,1 t,ie approached ap-proached them. Once a him,i., as of i;rnvcl lultllng In the wn'i. similcd inr. Sho IniiKhcd nt hern .( for being ao nervous. The wnlk to In r work would take away the foolUh feeling. Sin- hail reached llio U-air aud was till Hint; tin- knob when HiuM'nly tliero waa a ciiirh na if tiio earth uu full-lug full-lug to plccta and ahe went down, down, 11 1,, black lilitht. Stic wua In a very dark place and a heavy weight waa criiihln her. far oiT alio anw a ray of llijlit. If ahe could push off, that heavy thing ahe w ould crawl low in d It. Outnlilo an old n nn who bat uat been ilniBtcl out unhurt waa wring' IllK hla band i nnd crying: "My llachcl! My Uachel!" There wua a pile of awaylng tlm-bera tlm-bera in front. A nreinrni had ventured ven-tured under there, led on by th,. yolce of a crying child. One of the t unbare hud fallen and be had been tuki-a out dial. No ore could tell wbi the next would fall. Some ouo aclzed the old man's arm with a grip that made blui cry out "Where la ahet" "Behind that wall." A man daahed Into Ihe rulna, owe I , , I- nf tho tiirrHtnnlMi; bo:i mi taUlnff as he rnn. "H-'n fonc" "No; it Ji:k! vir Mm - ?J by the fnllfti iiml'''!--", croKntd by boill, Kutnn lyti-K as tf lu BlumhiT, eHMini rniHl) fjiit. nf hnri.au inn-blftiir-. It-yiii'l i' f wall of nitoury ho V,un- l.r. My nn rfTort nf hf wt.nii.Tful ulrriiL::h liffnl tlio bonm and rn rr1"t her out, puMilrn hor away frcrn him hh n Hinti.T whirh hml b.-rnin. ill -Ii-.Il. t f H nnl mrimk him. l-'or t lm ii:--. (itii"- -' :ti hl fnc rrl'i nut, "Jn. i '. .(!'(. h!" Whi'ii J.. 1 If Hlal n.-xt ktww thn v.irlf! h" wtf i-i a liunptfal wnrd. A woninn nHh n r'l.tln t. p nml nuft tnnrli wai I'mllni; hint, and Km nvng with whirl) nh l(n.r.. nt him w.-ro UUv Ihe i-vi h that lit thK soul of Jacob Ja-cob tvli' ti hf mm ntti'r-t. W hy tl Hi ynu rifk 011 r Ufa far mo who am of no llMln worth?" "lu-cntmn tny llfo tn but (lnrUnr'ni wlthntit your love lo nil It with llKht If ynu lrntn run what mat tori llf to mT' Hh put Imt hand Into hla. "I Phall not leave you," ant tatd aoftly. They loved for love sake. |