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CHAPTEIl VII.
n.ANH OOOD AND BAD.
"You are surprised to see me, Miss
Dwight," said Louise, taking the seat
Rbena had placed for her. "I inn Miss
Duncan, Stuart Duncan's sister."
"i'es. I know you are. I have seen
you walk past the hall several times,"
said Rhena quietly. She had not the
MmotCSt Idea of the purpose ot
Louisa's call.
"We nre going to have a little com
pany at the house next week, and we
would be glad to have you come," said
Louise boldly, looking straight at Rbe
sh. "I thought ii would be less formal
to cull and invite you personally than
to send a note."
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the utmost astonishment. She did not
know Louise at all. She bad never
met her In society In the old days be
fore Waving everything for the army,
and she thought Louise, knowing ber
story, might suppose ahe would possi
bly enjoy a taste of the old life again.
The face In the fur trimmed bat look
ed very pretty, and Rheua felt kindly
toward It.
"Thank you," ahe answered gently.
"I appreciate your kindness, but It is
impossible. I cannot go. 1 have shut
the door upon my old life. I do not
wlsb to open It again." She was silent,
as If memory claimed her thought.
Then she lidded, with a smile that I.ou
Ise could Just see through the unligbtcd
room: "Besides. I have my regular ar
my duties to perform every ulght. I
rannot leave my people, and there Is a
(Treat deal of visiting to be done now.
The distress aud suffering lu miners'
families are Increasing very fast."
i "I'm sorry you cannot come," said
Louise. She rose slowly to go. "Stu
art speaks of you occasionally, and I
thought perhaps It would please him to
Invite you." The girl watched lthcna
carefully. Ithrna did not change color.
She stood like a statue, pale aud still.
Louise continued: "And I thought prob
ably you might feel like coining to the
Informal affair we have planned. We
have asked the Waltons and the Wy
mani and the Vasplalucs, and I'na and
I, I in turru ioii nimwi tonic," said
Lou le.
I will do the honors of the music room,
where we hoped we might have your
voice to assist. I'na plays beautifully."
"Una?" asked Rheua.
"Yes, Miss Vasplaiue. It comes imt
nrnl for me to call her 'Una,' of course.
We weie girls together, and besides,"
added Louise, with a short laugh,
j "since her recent engagement to my
: brother Stuart it seems mom natural
I t li.! i ever. Well, I'm sorry you cannot
i come. We would have enjoyed hearing
you sing."
"You are kind to think of me, and I
it i ii grateful for It," replied Khena. The
j loosest observer could not have detect
ed any special .motion in ber voice and
manner. She Impi -ssetl even Louise,
with thai lie about Stuart warm on ber
lips, ns possessed, even in those dingy
surroundings and in the army garb, of
u grace and refinement that very few
persons could equal. Louise felt like
making some commonplace remark
about the hardship of Hhena's life
work, but something lu Rhena's man
ner forbade It, aud she went out of the
room with a conventional "Hood even
lug, Miss Dwlgllt. So sorry lu think
you cannot favor us."
cm mi i be street Louise murmured
in herself, i was pretty Mire she
w ould refuse to come, aud 1 don't think
she is the person to lead Stuurt mi aft
er thai linle hit of previous Informa
tion about I'ua." She smiled and kcI
Iter face for home, walking lirlsuij
through the now fast falling snow.
To any one familiar with l lie charac
ter of Louise Duncau bur call on Uhe-
110 Dwlglll and her falsehood as to
Stuart's engagement were perfectly
easy to understand. It measured the
extent of Louise's petty, narrow ideas
of life aud all its inclining. She had
observed enough of Stuart's manner
if laic to feel sure that his feeling for
Khena bad become more than senti
ment, and it was the last thing in the
world that she wanted. If she could
prevent nuy attachment with a Salva
tion Army leader, she would do it in
any wi
Iccelt;
would
Khena
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she
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mi. now
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wctnan in
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be;
present position in CllOni-
;ng her to a place still in
pioi) as ell,
polite society.
Khcnn did not light her lamp after
Louise well! out. Blie sat by the win
dow, looking out on the falling snow.
Wben the time came to go out for the
meeting, Which was held regularly In
the hall Instead of the street now that
the nights had become stormy, she
shivered with the cold. Her litis mov
ed In an audible prayer that some one
going by tbe pussage beard, "O Lamb
of Uod that tukest away the slus of
the world, pardon me and help me:"
there were very few out that evening.
A great storm grew with the night,
and in the morning all Champion, with
Its setting of pine covered hills, was
deep In the snow that swept past Rhe
na's windows lu drifted billows high
up against the old storage room door.
That afternoon Stuurt came down
through the drifts to meet with An
drew aud Brie, as the three bad agreed,
to talk over the matter of relief for the
miners and also to arrange for some
thing more permanent than a plan of
local relief for the immediate distress
of Champion. Eric managed to get
through the snow and Insisted that tbe
struggle did blin rood. Andrew wel
comed them in bis hearty fashion and
began to talk roses tbe first thing.
"Look at that! If that isn't a beauty.
I don't know what It Is. Just let me
cut that for you, Mr. Duncan."
"I won't take It not with the 'mis
ter.' You have forgotten tbe bargain,"
replied Stuart, smiling.
Andrew looked a little confused, then
be said: "I did not know bow Vassall
here might take It He Is a prior at
tachment." "Eric." said Stuart, laying a hand on
his old friend's shoulder, "do you ob
ject If Durke here calls me Stuart and
I call blm Andrew? It seems absurd
that wben a man saves another man's
life he should continue on such terms
of formality as are used by ordinary
acquaintances."
"My name la Eric, then." replied Eric
frankly. He was a man of many
faults, but littleness of soul and petty
Jealousy were not among them.
"That settles It, then. It's to be An
drew, Erie ami Stuart to the end of the
chapter," assented Stuart eagerly. He
was enthusiastic this afternoon. He
had begun to be caught up In the pas
sion of a great Idea, and be felt able to
do almost any thing. It is true that,
woven luto all his thoughts of conse
crated money and Its wonderful tow
er, thre was In Stuart the glowing Im
age of Rhena Dwight, and his love for I
her was growing In strength and mean
ing every moment. He had not seen
her to speak to since that night In the
nrmy hall. Rut he did not know how
strong a hold his feeling had tion his
whole being until now, as he began to
face a great opportunity, perhaps the
greatest In his life, the slight form and
pale face of the Salvation Army leader
seemed to occupy n very prominent
place there.
Andrew was cutting off two of the
choicest roses. He gave one to Stuart
aud one to Eric.
"Suy. It seems too bad to cut 'cm off
the plauts that way." said Eric as he
took the blossom and stuck it awk
wardly into a buttonhole.
"That's what 1 grow them for," re
plied Andrew.
"How's your church work going on?"
asked Stuart, pulling himself out of his
brown study after thanking Andrew
for the rose.
"Oh, I don't know yet, I'm slow to
get acquainted, and this is a new field
to me. If I can succeed in making
the people believe they like me. I think
We shall have a good time together.
I never saw so many characters as
there are up here." ,
"Do you count us In?" asked Eric.
"You're the very first ones. If 1
knew how, I'd put you two Into a
book."
"Anybody else?" asked Stuart.
"Dr. Saxon that Is, If he would stand
still long enough to be put."
"Yes, the doctor would hare to go
in sure." replied Kile. "Is that all'"
"The Salvation Army would have to
come In, led by Miss Dwight," replied
Andrew. "Then I would throw In some
specimen miners and mix them up lu
various situations, and my book would
be very Interesting that Is. It would
If I didn't mix them up so that they
never could get unmixed," added An
drew frankly. "I never wrote a book
In my life, but I believe Champion Is
full of material for it."
"Perhaps some one will pat us into
a story some time." said Stuart con
templatively. "Meanwhile, my dear
friends, to the realities of our present
conditions. Brery man could probably
write one good story If he had to. At
liny rate, we live a story In our own
lives, and I am beginning to learn that
every human being Is a tragedy a
possible one, I mean, Since I became
a Christian" Stuart spoke with a dig
nity that could be called nothing less
than reverential "I see a new world.
I understand Paul's statement: 'if any
man be in Christ, he is a new creature,
old things have passed away. Re
bold, all thlnu's are become new'.' And
among them all nothing is so new to
me as human beings."
"They seem pretty old and common
place to me sometimes." said Eric,
"Hut 1 believe I know what you mean."
"I don't believe yon tlo wholly. Hut
I'll let you thin!; you do. Now. we are
going to sec if three met! of brains and
Willingness, with an Interest In human.
Ity, can do anything to help solve some
of the questions that have been thrust
Into some of our own lives. First, say.
there is the money part of It."
Stuart paused, and Andrew looked
thoughtfully over at blm. All three
men were now at a point where the
conversation and their object lu confer
ring together had shut out everything
but the most Intense and absorbing In
terest. "Well." said Eric at last, with his
usual bluntness, "you're the only one
that has any money. It's for you to
say what can be done on that line."
"As near as I can figure out," con
tinued Stuart ns If he bad no: heard
Eric, "the property left by father is
worth In the neighborhood of 4.000,
ooti. Half of It is in the mines and
their equipment. Father had full con
trol of the property at his death and
practically operated the mines as the
company. You know, Eric, how father
managed. While the other ranges went
Into the hands of stockholders, leaving
a few men In control with a surplus of
stock, father worked along from the
time be was a captain In the Reury
mine, running all the business by him
self. It Is practically In the same shape
now. I could sell out lu ordinary
times for $2,000,000. The mines turned
out under father's management won
derfully remunerative. Then there is
nearly $1,000,000 that I hold in trust
for Louise. That of course Is hers to
do with as she chooses. The remaining
$1,000,000 Is in such shape that it could
be converted into cash at any time und
is entirely under my control."
j "Then you have $1,000,000 to spend?'
asked Andrew simply.
"Yes; it amounts to that. Of course
the mines pay for themselves while
they are running. This Sl.000.000 rep
resents savings, accumulations In Dm
business, profits. Most of it was made
in less than fire years."
The men were all silent again. There
was a good deal of hard thinking go
ing on. Stuart spoke first:
"The question now is, 'How can this
money best be used to tbe glory of
Uod?' How would you use it If It was
yours, Andrew?" He asked the ques
tion suddenly, turning to tbe minister,
who sat close by tbe table with one
arm resting on It close by one of his
favorite plants.
Andrew stared at Stuart and did not
know what to say. At laat be exclaim
ed: "That's a very bard question to an
swer. In my wildest dreams I never
approached the edge of a thought of a
million dollars to spend. I never bad
over a thousand dollars a year lu my
life. I should think a million dollars
would buy up all the hothouses in the
United States, and ns for rare speci
menswell, it takes my breath away to
Imagine what a million dollars would
da Hut I'm off the track. Yes, I
know what you mean. It Isn't n ques
tion of what I could get for myself, but
what I could get for other people, and
I nm Inclined to believe It Is harder to
spend money for others than for your
self." "I don't know about that," broke lu 1
Eric. "I have always believed If 1 1
had a million dollars to spend In Cham
pion I could make good use of It."
"f!o on, Erie: tell what you would
do," said Stuart, turning to him.
"Well, for one thing," spoke Eric. I
his dark eye glowing under the impulse
of his Idea. "I would build n house or
hall dedicated to the cause of labor. 1
I would have It In the center of every!
useful and Inspiring Idea that could
elevate and enlarge a man's mind.
sensibilities and affections. I would
have a platform there on which the
best speakers, singers and preachers
could bring their messages to the peo
ple. I would put two of the greatest
Joys of the world within easy reaching
distance of every workingman in
Champion 1 mean music and flowers.
They would be under the roof of this
building dedicated to the common
pie.
"Oh, i bare lain awake many a nfght
planning out the spending of oilier
people's money for my pie." said
L'rlc. w. a smile that was sadder
than tears. 'The heartache, oh. the
heartache, I have felt at the wasted
music ami perfume of (bid's rich earth!
And if I had money to use I could
bring some of these things close to the
lives of these men and brothers whose
lives are spent underground, who live
like animals, as If God had never made
the birds to sing and the violets to
bloom. I almost hesitate to say to yon
two what I have felt as I have known
of the rich and petted men and women
of society wasting their money by the
millions on their own narrow, selfish
pleasure while thousands of the chil
dren of the street and the mine never
heard any sound sweeter than a coarse
note from an untrained voice or fell
the beauty and perfume of anything
better than a dusty weed by the road
side. These wants, these differences
between the rich and the poor and the
miracles of pleasure for my brethren
and my own consciousness of helpless
ness In the matter have almost made
me at times a hater of men. a blas
phemer against (Jod and all the uul
verse. Money V cried Eric as he clinch
ed his hand on his knee, while Hie fnee,
pale ami worn from the recent Injury,
glowed with the fire of Its inward spir
itual agony. "If I had Just what will
lie wasted hi this town this winter In
wicked display and foolishness, I ci old
make ii thousand children happy for a
lifetime and save hundreds of s.mls
from cursing ;kI for ever having been
born Into a world of such inequality. I
have thought sometimes I already lived
in hell instead of earth. Hut Well,
excuse me. I didn't mean to get start
ed this way. I'm mistaken end narrow
und one sided and unreasonable and nil
that, and no one knows It better than 1
do. All tiie same. I am sure that ns
there Is a God who rules and judges
there will come a day of reckoning for
the men and women who have spent
his money on their seltlsh pleasures re
gardless of (bid's cbtldreu who have
gone through life starved and parched
for the lac'.; of the beautiful gifts of I
their Father which he Intended :'.ll
should enjoy."
There was a silence In the room !
Andrew went over to the window and I
looked out. lie came back to the ta l
ble at once and without a word cat!
half a dozen cf the choicest roses from
his plants, hastily rolled (hem up lu a!
paper and without a word of explana
tion rushed out of tbe room. Eric and!
Stuart could hear him tearing down,
the stairs three steps at a time. They
looked at each other lu silence audi
then rose and went over to the win
dow. Crossing tbe square by one of the I
diagonal paths cut through by the
nowplow was Mrs. Hlnney. the wife
of the Injured miner, the woman who
had come in to see Dr. Saxon the day
before Stuart and Eric had been caught
in the mine. She was carrying a basket I
on one arm and was on her way home
after having been down to Champion
from her bouse up on the hill. An
drew had beeu up to see Jim several
times.
Erie and Stuart, looking out, saw
Andrew wade through a snowdrift that
reached almost to his neck and stop
the astonished Mrs. Rlnney just as she
was turning off to go up across the.
railroad tracks. He gave her the roses !
in the paper. She put them In her
basket and bowed her curiously shawl-1
ed and bonneted head. Andrew rushed
back, darted up stulrs, pulled a broom
out of the closet, retired to the hall,
brushed himself off and, coming back,'
eald, panting: "Excuse me. I nm some
times taken that way. It is not dau-j
gerous."
"It would bo a good thlug If It was I
that Is, If It was catching," said Eric,
significantly. '
As for Stuart, he bad gone back to
his seat and was very thoughtful. In a
great study over many things.
"I am wrestling with a problem
greater than any that ever challenged
me," he said at last as tbe others re
mained quiet. "I need more wisdom
and more knowledge. Ibelleve. ns
Erie says, that money can create
miracles of a certain sort in Cham
pion, but shall I say: 'Go to. now! Re
hold me! I am Stuart Duncan, tbe
mine owner. I have a million dollars.
I am going to spend this money for
your benefit. My friends, bow will
you have it? In libraries, soupbouses.
music, flowers, lectures, preaching, art
or what not? I am ready to Chris
tianize, elevate, improve and lift up, to
bridge over the chasms that lie be-'
tween rich and poor and educated and j
ignorant. You just keep quiet, and
tbe million dollars will do the rest.' Is j
that tbe Idea? Given, a million dol- j
lars to bring In the millennium. Is
that the relation between a million dol
lata and a million years of paradise?
It Is uot so easy. I can see the hall
dedicated to labor. That Is a possi- j
bllity. Aud the music and the flow-1
ers and nil that. Good But there Is a 1
good deal more behind and within. !
One thing I know very certainly: I
must see for myself what tbe needs
nre In Champion. I know in a general
way, but I want to know in detail."
"There's one person can tell you all
about it." said Andrew.
"Who's that ?"
"Miss Dwight."
Stuart Hushed. From whore he sat
he could see the front of the Salvation
Army halL Rhena was just going In
with one of the women belonging to
the army.
"I'm told that she Is familiar al
ready with nearly every case of suf
fering in Champion," continued An
drew. "She has even been out on the
hills as far us Cornlsbtown. It's a
DOkerlsb place in winter, full of pit
boles and abandoned prospecting
shafts. I wouldn't want to get caught
out there ami lose my way after dark
with this new snow covering up bad
places."
Stuart did not answer. He was look
ing from (lie window and saw Rhena
and the woman come out of the hall
with bundles. They crossed the street1
and disappeared behind the engine
house, going in the direction of the
Cornlsbtown path.
"Whal did you say?" nsked Stuart,
suddenly as he came back from his lit
tle Journey with Rheua. Andrew and 1
Eric were sitting where they did not;
see what Stuart hail seen.
"I said that In case you ever fall into,
a hole in Cornlsbtown it might be Just
as well to leave the spending of that'
money to laic and me," replied An
drew, nodding at Erie. "Thai is. leave!
It before you fell in. For the chances
are that no one will be prospecting
around at this time of the year with a
rope to pull you out."
"I beg pardon," saw) Stuart. "Let us
get at the subject again. It's very evi
dent we cannot settle this matter off
hand or In n hurry. Hut I'm sure the
Lord will lead us to do something
right. He hasn't given us brains and
hearts and then left us to make fools
of ourselves, especially when we-dou't
want to."
We do not need to give in detail the
afternoon's discussion, Tbe plan for
using the money was not fully shaped
In any definite way. It could not I.e.
liven Eric was obliged to confess
that the element of time was necessary
to help in the solution, They were not
planning for a day or a month, or one
Winter, but for a good many years to
come.
So Stuart Mnally went home after
running into the office and leaving
word there with a clerk to supply cer
tain families that were known to be In
want with fuel and food for the Imme
diate time and also having word to
send for him in case any special de
mand came In later on in the evening.
The miners had recently made several
personal requests for help, ami Stuart,
in his growing eagerness to know as
much ns possible of the facts In the
town, had determined to go himself at
the next pressing call and satisfy his
desire for the truth.
After supper that evening Louise and
Aunt Royal were discussing the coin
"florrtMef" Aunt Rowat tpokt at if she
ki not understood her nephew.
lng party or "affair." which had been
fixed for the following week. Stuart
was sitting with them In the drawing
room. There was a beautiful open tire
in the grate. The mantel and tiling
were handsome pieces of Imported mar
ble. The light! had not been turned on
yet. It was not quite 7 o'clock.
"What have you decided to decorate
with?" asked Louise. She had great
respect for Aunt Royal as an authority
In all matters of society or entertain
ment and deferred to her opinion with
out debate or dispute.
"I think we had better have Nyphetla
roses In the front room and small ferns
with iearl roses In the dining room.
Bmilax and carnations will be the prop
er trimming for the library and biles ot
K !
"113:
tbe valley for the music room. The
last reception I attended In New York
tbe Dupreys decorated tbe entire hout
with lilies of the valley. The effect
was lovely."
"What did you say It cost?" asked
Stuai t. rousing himself to take part In
the conversation. He had beard only a
part of what Aunt Royal had said.
She looked over at ber nephew in sur
prise. "I didn't say. I beard that It cost
about $1,000. That Is a small item for
flowers In the Duprey receptions."
"It must have been lovely." said Lou
ise, clasping ber hands to that her dia
mond rings were tbe most conspicuous
part of ber in tbe light of the tire.
"I think It must have been horrible,"
said Stuart quietly.
"Horrible?" Aunt Royal sjioke as if
she hud not understood ber nephew.
"Yes; not the flowers, but the use of
that much money to decorate for pleas
ure nny man's private residence for the
enjoyment of people who could see
lilies of the valley nuy time they want
ed to."
"Well, well:" Aunt Royal could not
get any further. Louis broke In with
a laugh.
"Oh. Stuart's been converted lately
to some of the commtyiistie socialistic
Ideas. Didn't you know that, aunt?
The next we know he will begin to ob
ject to our using roses for decoration
next week here in the house."
Stuart did uot say anything. He was
thinking of Blic'S speech that after
noon, aud his heart beat heavily as he
thought of all the wasted music and
flowers Of the earth. Who was getting
the best of these two great and beau
tlful gifts ,r God?
Was it not the very people who were
able to pay the highest prices for
them? Where was the rhrhi in squan
dering a thousand dollars of Clod's
own money to enjoy C beauty of
flowers wheu people were '.:.: ; of
hunger and misery in the nenrci t t tic
incut? It it was Cod's money r.-.A i:
men were only trustees , f t! funds
would Cod probably consider ( lint a
right Use of the money? !i , ,,,!.
one phase of the doctrine of ' Will I
ship which Smart had lately beguu t i
believe In.
Hnt Aunt Royal was not Hie person
to remain silent after Stuart's use of
the word "horrible" In connection with
her decorative ideas ns they were con
nected with social functions. She ask
ed, sharply for her:
"Do you mean to say. Stuart, thai
you think we hare no right to us,.
flowers In giving pleasure i ir in
Vited guests?"
"No; I did not say that." replied Stu
art dryly.
"What do you mean then?"
"I can't make you or Louise under
stand me." said Stuart after a pause.
"Noi Stuart talks In riddles of late.
He thinks we-are too aristocratic and
uu-Christlan," said Louise. There was
a sneer in her voice which hurt Stuart
keenly.
"Why do you say that, Louise? You
know I um thinking of the poor fami
lies who are beginning to suffer at tills
time. Surely we- ought to do as much
for them as tor ourselves. If we spend
n hundred dollars to decorate the
rooms with (lowers for a party, we
ought to give twice ns much to help
feed the hungry. The better way
would be to take the money spent on
the flowers and spend It on food."
"Whnt!" erletl Louise angrily. "On
the people who bare brought their con
dition mi themselves by their own fool
ishness! Who is to blame for their
being hungry and cold if not them
selves?" "The women and babies are not ti
blame, and they are the ones to feel
the Buffering most," said Stuart quiet
ly. "Well, yon can use your money that
way if you want to, but I don't waste
mine on people who don't know
they're will off."
Stuart rose and stood with bis bail;
to the lire, lie was agitated Wllh all
the new Ideas that bad crowdi il lulu
his life since the day God had spoken tu
him. Ko felt that the revolution In IllB
would cut square across all I he tradi
tions and usages of polite society, 1 !
dally In the matter of money and IM
personal expenditure.
Finally Louise and Aunt Royal took
up the subject of the coming party ami
began discussing tbe families who
Were invited.
Stuart still stood silently engrossed
In his own thoughts and bearing only
now and then a word. At ktst be was
roused by Louise.
"Stuart, will you sing with Una next
week? You remember that duo yo
sang before you went abroad?"
"Yes; I'll sing If 1 am here that even
ing." replied Stuart, with a feeling that
be was fast losing all bis. Interest In tbe
things that once amused blm, He bod
a splendid baritone voice and was a fa
vorite singer with all his friends.
"Why, are you planning to be away"
"No; 1 did not kuow what uiiht
happen under the condition of tbe
strike and all."
"We've invited tbe Meltons and th1
Vasplalnea. They would be very much
disappointed If you were not here,
said Aunt Loyal.
"I shall probably be here," said Stu
art briefly.
Louise rose suddenly and went up to
her brother.
"And I Invited Miss Dwight. Stuart.
She refused to come, but don't you
think I am too aristocratic for any
thing to Invite her?"
Stuurt looked at Louise in astonish
ment. The words sent tho color to bH
cheek and set bis pulses beating.
"You knew she would not come," be
said In a low voice.
Louise started as If she had beeu
caught in her lie to Rbena. She went
back to her seat and was silent. It
was at times a mad freak with Louise
to say or do tbe unexpected thing. Sbe
was not original, but sbe sometimes
took a malicious pleasure in startling
people.