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CHAPTER IX.
MSAPPOINTMENT.
It was nearly half a mile from tht
Salvation Army hall to the Vasplalnes',
anil Stuart never knew what he said to
I T'iki n a Mim malVail m Dtinna. I.... I.
as the door had opened revealed a part
of the truth to Smart. If Ethena had
been in Una's place during that holfl
mile, there wntild have been no ques-
tlnn of his determination to decide his
destiny nt once. As It was I'na was at
first very gay In her rallying questions
and remarks, and then as she nenred
her home she grew quiet and finally
haughty and chilling In her whole at
titude toward Stuart. She did no'
know all, hut she guessed the state of
Stuart's mind toward Kheua, and she
was piqued, if Indeed n deeper feeling
diil not enter Into her thought, al tin
sight of the Indifference of her old
playmate to the beauty and attractive
lless he had oiler seemed to enjoy. Sin
hade him good night abruptly and
went in at once, leaving him standing
somewhat awkwardly by the dooi
waiting for Louise,
When Louise and Vasplaine flnnll
appeared, smart moved down the
slops, and without waiting for Vas
plalne to say good night be said: "Lou
ise, wo had better he going right back.
Good night, Vasplaine."
"Good night! tiood night, Louise,"
cried the young man. and be went up
the steps at once and Into the house.
For a few minutes as the two walked
hack neither said anything Finally
Stuart asked abruptly:
"How long has Vasplaine been call
mg you 'Louise'' "
"Ever since we were children," re
plied Louise In a mocking tone. Hut
she was very much excited and nevei
looked so pretty in all her life.
"But not In that tone of voice," re
plied Stuart, lie looked at the face in
the fur trimmed hat.
Louise looked hack at him with Just
the talntest indication of a sneer on her
lips. "Hal asked me to marry him."
she said at last.
"And what did you tell him?" nsketl
Stuart quietly.
"I told him I would."
The two walked on In silence, broken
only by the crisp sound of the dry
snow under their feet.
"Do you love him, Louise?" Stuart
asked gently.
"Oh, I like him well enough! He
ls"-
"Stop, Louise! I can't bear to hear
you speak that way of such a .serious
matter. Do you know what sort of a
man Vasplaine Is?"
Louise was at anger heat In a mo
ment. She wrenched her arm from
Stuart's and spoke with a passion she
really felt. "No, no! Do you think 1
spy out his habits? lie's ns fast as
most of the young men, I suppose.
What difference does it make? What
right have you to pass judgment on
him?"
Stuart wns staggered at first. Then
he recovered himself and replied:
"Louise, I love you. You are my sis
ter. I speak as I do because of my
knowledge, and I say to you that if
you marry Hal Vasplaine you will be
a miserable woman. Louise, listen to
me," Stuart went on, his love for his
sister for the moment causing him to
forget his own condition. "This man
who has asked you to marry him is
oh, Louise, he will wreck your life!
He ls"-
"You need not say any more," Inter
rupted Louise coldly. "I have promis
ed to marry him, I like him. 1 be
lieve I love him even, since your brutal
attack on him behind his back. You
claim the privilege of marrying be
neath you. Let me do the same, if
that Is what you call it "
Stuart id led almost ns II he bad
been struck, He had been standing
facing Louise since she took her arm
from his. lie passed his band across
Ills eyes, and then lu a low tone he
said:
"Let us go on. We shall never un
derstand each other."
Louise without a word took his arm
again, and they went on In silence. Ry
the time they reached the town square
most of the lights were out, except In
the houses where the sick nnd dying
lay. Everything was wrapped In the
qulet of a still winter night. The Sal-
ration Army hall looked cold nnd
bleak, Its unpalnted siding black with
age. There wns a light shining from
Rhena'S room. Their way led right past
the house. Stuart trembled as he went ;
by. lie feared Louise might say some
thing. She did not, however, nnd neither
Spoke a word until they reached home.
Aunt Royal was still up nnd waiting
for them. "You must have walked
fast." she Fttld, looking keenly nt them
both.
"We did," replied Stunrt. "It Is a
very cold night."
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He went into the library, where there
was an open fire burning in the grate.
The rooms were still heavy with the
perfume of roses and carnations.
Aunt Royal and Louise followed him.
after Louise had said a few words to
her aunt. Aunt Royal was as suited
as she ever allowed herself to be.
"Louise tells me you object to her
marrying young Vasplaine," she said
confronting Stuart abruptly,
Stuart was surprised, lie did not
think Louise would mention the tnntte.
to her aunt. But Louise was thorough
ly angry, ond small natures like hi ri
are never satisfied to wnit long baton
expressing resentment. It was a verj,
natural thing for her to confide at onei
in her aunt, being sure in this Instance
of her perfect sympathy.
"Yes, I do object," replied Stuart
firmly. He looked straight Into his
aunt's face.
"On what grounds?"
"The character of the man," answer
ed stuart quietly.
"His character! Do you know that
the Vasplalnes have held the very
highest position lu the best society for
several generations? Has not young
Vasplaine been received everywhere in
society where you and Louise have
been?"
"It is possible that society may have
more regard for wealth and a family
name than for the little consideration
Of character and morals. 1 have heard
sometimes that that Is the case," said
Stuart, with a sad smile.
"Why have you allowed the Vfls
phtlncs to come Into the house, then, If
they are such dreadful people?" asked
Louise as she sot In one of the deep
easy chairs, with her feet out toward
the lire.
Stuart did not reply. He wns dis
tracted by the events of the evening.
He realized that his home life was dis
turhed by the conflicting factors which
necessarily entered It with all his new
er ideas and definitions of life. Noth
Ing could be more certain than the fact
that henceforth the lives of his sister
and Aunt Royal lay In directly oppo
site ways from Ills. He felt the need
less Irritation of the present discussion
and longed to escape from It.
Louise, however, had no Intention of
letting Stuart go without suffering
from u blow she knew so well how to
Inflict. "Aunt, I told Stuart he ought
not to object to my choice If I didn't
object to his. I don't think, though
that wo shall be disgraced by a Salva
tion Army alliance In the family. Miss
Dwlght was presented to Una and her
escort this evening, and by the appear
ance of her face It was easy to see she
thought them a very handsome con
pie."
Stuart clinched his hands tightly ns
he stood with bis back to the Are. The
old passion rose in him to Its highest
point, and nothing bnt the grace of
God kept It from bursting out into n
torrent such as In the other days had
more than once terrified Louise, reck
less as she was in provoking It.
There was a deep alienee In the
heavily perfumed room. Stuart drew
a long breath. Then he looked fear
lessly into Aunt Royal's eyes, and
with a sudden movement he stood
close by his sister.
"Louise," he said, and nt first his
voice was calm, even loving, "you do
not know how you hurt me. I expect
to ask Miss Dwlght to lie my wife, but
I will never subject her to the humilia
tion of living under the roof of a house
where"
He broke off abruptly and went out
of the room. He felt unable to finish
calmly. Aunt Royal nnd Louise sat up
quite lnte talking over the whole mat
ter. It is not necessary to enter Into It.
The whole situation was becoming Un
bearable so far as Stuart was concern
ed, so the two women agreed.
"What If Stuart marries her and
brings her home here?" Aunt Royal
would say.
"Then I shall leave the house, but I
don't believe Rhona Dwlght will ever
marry him." Louise would reply. And
there the matter rested for the time be
ing. In the thought of the women.
The next morning Stuart did not ap
pear at breakfast. He left word that
be had very Important business at the
office and could not wait for the late
meal to which Aunt Royal and Louise
were In the habit of sitting down.
He hnd readied a point In his feel
ings where be felt the necessity of tell
ing Rbeua all. What Louise had said
about that chance meeting at the hall
disturbed him seriously. Hut the great
question with him now was to know
the truth from Rhena herself.
He spent the forenoon at the office.
There was plenty to do. The fever aud
the want on the part of the miners'
families were grim factors now In all
Champion. The other ranges were fast
feeling the effects of the douhle
scourge of sickness nnd suffering,
Scores of the miners' children were dy-
ing daily. To meet the emergency
Stuart used his money lavishly. Ev-
erything In the way of medicines nnd
nurses' supplies went out of the office
In large quantities. He took a tnelau
choly pleasure in spending his money
this way. He could nt least relieve
some pniu, lessen some anguish. It
was a drop only In the great ocean of
the misery, but he hnd some satisfac
tion In contributing that much.
A little after noon word came to him
that the child in the cabin at the end
of Cornlshtown was dying. Stunrt
had no particular reason for going up
there more than to any other cabin
where other children were dying, but
somehow he felt drawn In that direc
tion, and about 2 o'clock he drove up
the narrow wagon road and left his
horse and cutter at the same place
where he had stopped the night he had
found Rhena.
He walked on up the patb over the
trodden snow thinking of that night
The air was crisp and the sky clear.
The whole town behind him. lay In Its
setting of snow dressed bills, beautiful
as a picture painted by a master, glv
lag m .outward sign of the anguish and
sorrow that beat within the homes of
the miners below.
He knocked gently at the cabin door,
and Rhena opened it. She colored faint
ly at sight of 111 in, but without a word
beckoned him to enter.
The doctor was kneeling by the bed.
It was a child, a little girl, only 10
years old, who was dying. Stuart went
and stood at the end of the rude bed.
Rhena seated herself close by the doc
tor. The father of the child was help
less from accident, lie lay lu the next
room. The mother was kneeling by the
side of the doctor.
"Is she Is she going now doctor?
Don't say so. She be young to go!"
cried the mother as she leaned over the
bed and looked into the wasted fact
there. "Yes, she's going. She will soon be
out of suffering," replied the doctor.
very, very gently. No one was ever
more gentle than Dr. Saxon In the
presence of the last enemy. He nevei
relaxed his efforts until the last second
of life. He looked death in the fa
with a frown. That was a part of his
rough, abrupt character. Hut he looked
the dying and the mourning in the fan
with the look of a compassionate au
gel.
Very fast the last great change grew
now. The father cried out from the
other room that he wanted to see 111
little girl once more. Stuart offered
to bring him In. The doctor nodded,
and Stuart went In where the man lay
and with Rhena'S help succeeded in
-at
They had renched the biu glump in tin
middle oj the trail.
getting him into the other room and
propped up in a chair where he could
see the child. (Jreat tears rolled ovei
his rough, coarse face as he sat there
It wns not very long. The doctor made
a movement as he held the sleuder
wrist. The eyes opened full on the fa
ther as he looked. There was a faini
smile. It crossed the face as the sun
light, on a day of low lying clouds
when the wind is blowing hard, cross
es a meadow. It was gone, and the
gray shadow followed fast after. The
form stiffened, there was a sigh, au
other, and that was all. The doetoi
laid the little band down and said
"She is gone." He turned his face
away from the mother, and Stuart
was startled at the look. It was as if
Saxon had seen the death he was con
tinually fighting and was enraged at
the victory wou against his human
skill. Rut he turned ngnin to the
mother, who had, after the manner of
women among the miners, tlung her
self over the bed with great shrieks
and cries, and lifting her up he half
led, half carried, her Into the other looked off over the valley beyond tin
room and laid her down, sobbing and town to h!s owu house as It stood then
groaning, on an old couch there. And 0D the slope of the hill, palatial In Us
Stuart could have sworn the doctor's form and size.
face was as beautiful as mercy and ns ! "I"t 1 nm not really in that world
full of blessing as mortal man's can
ever be. When lie came back after
performing his office for the dead, the
doctor went away. Those were days
when sleep and rest were strangers to
hlni. He never fully recovered from !
the terrible strain of that winter.
Rhena remained a little while to do
what she could, aud Stunrt sent a
boy who had come up from a neigh
Dor's down for the undertaker and
promised all lu his power. When Rhe
na went out, he went with her, nnd
they wtre soon walking together over
the very trail where Stunrt had start
ed out the night of Rhena's fall. She
had other bouses in Cornlshtown to
visit aud needed to save time by the
short cut which the upper trail af
forded.
Stuart had not asked If he might go
with her, and she had neither assented
to his company nor rejected It. He had
forgotten all about his horse and cutter
down the other path. She seemed pas- conversion. It wns so like my own ex
Five and thoughtful.' The scene they pcrlence thnt I was startled by It. I
had Just witnessed affected them both went home from a gay party n few
deeply. It wns not nu unusual sight years ago. I was awakened by a voice,
these days with either, but denth never I saw and heard the divine messenger,
lost Its majesty to Stunrt, and Rhena 1 went out from my father's house the
was never more exalted In her feeling next day an outcast from kin nnd
than In the presence of the great ene- friends, nnd I have never regretted It.
my. Hut the gulf between you and me Is a
There was hardly room In the trail deep one, even with this common ex
most of the way for two persons. Stu- perlence. If I were to become your
art walked behind her. They were si- wife" Rhena spoke the word with dif
lent for the most part, except a ques- Acuity "it would be at the expense of
tion or two about different sick people, the life of service I have chosen. It
until they reached the big stump In the would be"
middle of the trail, the other side of She broke off as If afraid to trust her
which Stuart had found Rhena lying. voice. Stuart would not even then
She turned her face a little as she take advantage of her emotion to look
wns about to walk around the old land- at her. His gaze was still down the
mark, and Stuart spoke to her. He vas valley.
very pale and trembled. It seemed to "Is our Christian faith nothing as a
him thnt a great crisis bad come for common basis for a common work to-
hlm. When he -bad spoken the first gether? Can we not do more thus
word, he nt once became more master than to go our own ways alone?" he
of himself. asked, and his heart was hungry for
"Miss Dwlght, I wish to tell you the love of her, nnd still he would not
something. Will you allow me to say take what she did not yet have to give,
what I have felt I must say for a Rhena answered quietly: "I cannot.
long time?"
Rhena looked startled. Her lip trem-
bled. She seemed unable to answer.
Stuart went on. Now that he had ;
made np bis mind, be was like bis fa-'
ther In the determination that drove !
him to his purpose wltb an Iron energy
p0Met hU whole Pe-'t'T. ns-1
1 have been loving you almost from
the first moment I saw you. You must
have known it from my manner. I am
a poor actor. I have not been able to
conceal much, even if I had wished to.
Rut my life has been transformed by
all this. I have reached the place where
I can no longer be slleut. I know that 1
love you as a man should love the wo
man whom he asks with ail the rever
ence and Joy possible to him to be his
wife."
He had spoken, and it was not what
he had once thought he might have
said. But he was not prepared for the
effect of his declaration upon Rhena,
She was dressed ns usual In her Sal
vation Army costume. The face In the
army bonnet of blue, with its plain rib
buns, was typical of the army faces
teen everywhere. And yet while Stu
art was speaking and all through the
rest of the Interview between them be
thought, with a certain bewilderment,
that it was no longer the Salvation Ar-
my girl who stood facing him, hut the
society woman, Miss Rheua Dwlght,
daughrei of Allen Dwlght, the million
aire of New York. And yet she was in
still another way removed from him by
j the very circumstances of her army
i connections, Rhena was very pale as
she spoke.
"Mr. Duncan," she said as she leaned
I back, with one hand on the stump as If
, for support, "can you speak to me tell
me-this after what I saw last night-
after"
"What!" cried Stuart, the color rush
ing to his face. "Do you mean your
seeing me With Miss Vasplaine? We
have been old friends. We were boy
and girl together. I was simply going
home with her from a social gathering
at my bouse, She Is nothing to me but
an acquaintance."
,r i... i .i
i i iiuvo ueen una mat you wire en
' gaged," said Rhena after a slight
pause.
"Who told you that?" cried Stuart
impulsively. He stepped near Rhena,
"Your sister!" Rhena spoke calmly,
looking straight nt Stuart, but she was
still very pale.
"Louise? She deceived you. It is
not true. I never had a thought ol
Miss Vasplaine except that of a friend,
an old acquaintance. Do you believe
me when I say so?" Stuart spokt
straight on and waited her answei
steadily.
"Yes; I believe you," said Rhena
quietly.
"Then you believe me when I say I
love you ? You"
"Yes; I believe I think you are r.
true man, but what you nsk is Impossi
ble."
Stuart controlled himself. lie felt
that whatever the crisis might In
which now faced him he must be uias
ter of himself. It began to grow Upon
him that perhaps he had not yet wor
the love of this rarely strong and beau
tiful woman, as It should be bis.
"Why Impossible?" he asked, with a
gentleness and calmness that surpris
ed himself.
"We live In separate worlds," re
piled Rhena, with an answering calm
ness that was possibly as surprising to
her. "I have cut myself purposely aud
for always from the life I once lived.
1 have no wish to re-enter it. I have
chosen my life work. It is a work se
different from that of society and the
world of which you are a part that to
go back to your world would be to turn
traitor to all my deepest aud best con
victions. It Is Impossible that I should
be again ns I once was."
Stunrt did not reply at once. He
any more. The cause of humanity Is
my cause now. Do you condemn un
to separation from you because I am
what I am outwardly? I loathe the
forms aud selfishness and hoartlcss-
n,'ss ot society as deeply as you do. I
would give anything to be other than 1
am nt this moment. If it Is simply
that which keeps you from"
He could not finish. It was signifi
cant to her Hint he had not ventured to
ask her If she loved him. Neither
had he yet spoken her first name. He
was a man of rare purpose and power
in the emergency that he now faced.
He would not expect what was per
haps not yet in her power to give. She
was moved deeply. When she spoke
again, Stuart had at first a gleam of
hope.
"I believe you see the cause of hu
manity us I. see It, Mr. Duncan. I have
believed It since that night in the hall
when you told me the story of your
j It Is not for me to thank you for the
greatest honor a good man can give a
woman. I am unworthy of it."
"No, no!" Stuart cried at last, turning
to her. "I love you. Let me say It
even if It may be for the last time.'
And then he did what he had not
thought of doing when b began. Bi
log love In this woman, and he lonw
iv mi iw uiucu to sari me iuat
i without fully showing her his heart
He took Rhena's glove from his .j
j et, the glove he had picked up tt
I trail that night. "See!" he cried. ;H JJ
j showed it to her. "I passed along thi,
j path one night, and It was a night of
great beauty to me. I found yon lyfe
: over there close by the month of Uw
I pit. I caught you up and carried .voa
down to safety. Aud for a little whjf
i you were mine in my heart's thought
nun jun i (Mini uut say uie nay. m
voice broke in a sob. A man can ,
only under certain emotions. Stuart
had never felt that before.
As for Rhena, she caught her Lr.ath
and then stood pale and still. "Tm
told me Dr. Snxon brought me In v.Vv
did they not tell me the truth? WhJ
did he not tell me? I owe yon mj I .
It was both a question and a state,
ment. Stuart would not even n,,u
tlcipate the love that might yi t In ,
He stood there facing her, silent after
that one outburst. At last be mid
gently. "I would like to keep the gl
may 1?"
She did uot answer him. lie put h,
glove bock in his pocket. She wai
very, very pale.
He said one more word, "You believe
I love you?"
"Yes; I believe it," she answered in a
very low voice.
"1 shall always love you." be Bftli
He took off his hat. The act was one
of reverence. "Some time when I hare
won your love, ns I know I have not
yet, 1 shall speak again," he added
slowly. And then be turned and weni
back over the trail, never once looking
behind. If be had
When he disappeared behind a elun p
of tirs, Rhena knelt down by the li
stump nml laid her bead upon it. and
her prayer was very much like the
prayer of that night when Louise bad
called upon her. After awhile she row
and went down the trail. But she wns
not the same woman. Her heart wai
shaken for the first time in her life la
the love c,f a great and good man. Ab,
it is possible if he had said to her,
"Rhena!" she might have said, "Stu
art!" and given him alL It was dan
gerous for her to think of him. She
felt as never before. Aud then tin
glove, the knowledge of her safety due
to him she trembled. There were
times in her feeling when If Stuart bad
come back she would have said to him:
"I love you. Let us go on our way
through life together!" And she went
on into the next cottage, a look in her
eyes that was new to them and feu
emotion In her heart that she could tit
suppress.
As for 8tuart he went down into
Champion with a feeling that was not
that of defeat or discouragement. It
had been a crisis with him. He hail at
hist spoken. He bad nothing to regret
in all he had said. And in spite of the
fact that bis answer had been no some
thing told him it was not final. He
was the last man In the world to try
to argue the woman be loved Into lur
ing him. He was not and could not be
a pleading suitor for the heart of this
woman of all persons In the world. He
said to himself the time would come,
although he did not attempt to picture
when or how, when she would he his
ns he wnnted her to be. With that
great thought burning in him he enter
ed upon one of the busiest and must
significant weeks of his life.
In the first place, when Sunday came
he joined the church. He had already
two weeks before gone Into the pre
paratory meeting with Andrew ami
there recited his experience. It seemed
the most necessary act In the world
that he should Identify himself opealj
and boldly with other Christians In the
organization which Christ loved. There
wns not a moment's hesitation in Stu
art's mind about the duty and privilege
of church membership. That was
notable day lu his life when Andrew
asked him to rise and give assent to
the church covenant.
The news that Stuart Duncan was
going to join the church was interest
ing enough to call out a large part of
the population of Champion. Andrew
had never seen such a congregation
St. John's was crowded, very largely
with the miners and their families.
Stunrt was the only person received at
this communion. When he rose at An
drew's Invitation, his face was calm
and even beautiful. It was a splendid
sight to see these two men facing each
other at the communion service. When
Stuart kneeled to receive the baptism.
Andrew's voice trembled for a second
over the words, "I baptize thee, Stuart,
my brother, disciple of Jesus." and
many an eye In tho nudience moisten
ed. When the bread was passed, Stu
art received It from one of the miners
who had worked In Champion nilm"
ever since Stuart was n boy. He was
a deacon In St. John's, nnd Stuart nev
er forgot the look on the old man's face
as he banded the plate In at the end of
the pew. More than half of Andrew's
membership were Cornishtnen. It was
a day long remembered by them.
And to Stuart there came also ns he
pnrtook for the first time of the ele
ments a new and serious thought of
the fellowship he had begun with
these men, nearly all of whom bad
been In his father's employ. It was
true they were of the rudest, most un
educated sort. Their type of Chris
tianity as church members was not
very exalted. They were at this very
moment engaged In a method of strug
gle against capital which was contrary
to all Stuart's real convictions, but be
had reached a point where be looked
upon the struggle from a different ba
sis. The men In the church were for
the most part prayerful, honest ann
above all generous with what they pos
sessed. Stuart did not know it, but
Deacon Sam Penryck, who passed tbe
bread and wine, bad that very morning
given one of the suffering families in
Cornlshtown a third of his own sav
ings which he had stored up for toe
.ter to take him throucb the sinar.