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ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1900. NO. 54. -
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|| A Tale of Moral Heroismfl
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CHAPTER VL li
"WHOM GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER LET
NO MAN PUT ASUNDEB.' J.
He had come directly to his subject, d
feeling that It was best so. Mrs. Pen- si
rose looked at him In the greatest astonishment
d
"You ? love ? Dorothy?" she said o
slowly. e<
"Yes," replied Malcom Kirk simply.
"I have loved her for four years. Ever tl
since I entered the seminary, In fact"
Mrs. Penrose sat still and looked
more keenly at the awkward, homely
figure In her reception room. She was
a woman of great quickness of perception.
To do her Justice she had preeminently
a large fund of fairness and
& sense of Justice which came to her
through a long line of pilgrim ancestors.
She saw In the man who had
just declared his love for her niece so ;
abruptly something more than a common
average man. There was a look
In his eye that spoke of limitless endurauce,
and his voice was of an un- 1
usual quality, very nearly If not quite i
equal to a rare gift of music or art ;
She rose and walked over to the window
and looked far down the beach.
Then she turned toward Malcom Kirk J
A and said with some emphasis:
"What you have so suddenly told
me, Mr. Kirk, Is, I need not say, a com- K
plete surprise to me. I suppose yon [
know that Mr. Raleigh is a lover of f
Dorothy?" j
"No more than I am," said MaJcom
Kirk quickly.
"I suppose you know he is an old
friend of the family and that Mr. Gilbert
favored his suit?"
"That has nothing to do with my
love for her," said Malcom Kirk softly. ??
Mrs. Penrose smiled slightly. Then
she frowned and looked somewhat anx- a:
lously at him. t<
"What do you expect to do?" she
asked somewhat vaguely. ai
"I am going to ask Dorothy Gilbert
to be my wife." p
"If she loves you?" said Mrs. Pen- fi
rose, a little grimly. li
>4Of course, if she loves me," replied
Malcom Kirk simply. s
" There was silence In the room. A fi
servant came in quietly and lighted II
two long candles on the mantel. The v
dusk and the candlelight blended to- e;
gether softly, and Malcom Kirk looked tl
out of his side of the room at Dor- d
othy's aunt with a somewhat pale o
face, calm, however, and fully self 11
possessed. Even Francis Raleigh, with o
* all his Inherited Instincts toward gen* v
tlemanly habits, was not equal to Mai- si
com Klrk during a supreme crisis.
Mrs. Penrose went over to the win- tl
dow again. Then she returned and took ft
a seat nearer Malcom Klrk. o
"Of course after what you have told tl
me, Mr. Kirk, It will be?you see the fi
awkwardness of the situation?It will tl
be embarrassing for you and Mr. ?
Raleigh to meet" p
"Why?" asked Malcom Kirk. c
"Well, It will, won't it/" sne asaeu u
In some slight Irritation. a
"I don't think so. 1 have nothing to t)
be embarrassed about" u
Mrs. Penrose was silent again. After a
the lapse of a few moments she said: b
"I have not asked you what your
prospects are, Mr. Kirk. Pardon me \
If I seem'abrupt, but you have set me v
the example. I am the nearest rela- tl
tlve Dorothy has now .since my broth* e
er's death. She has been accustomed i
all her life to the comforts of wealth, h
To such comforts as these." Her glance y
swept the room carelessly, but with a
studied meaning. "May I "ask what I
you can offer Dorothy In case"? v
"In case she becomes my wife?" said t
Malcom Kirk, completing the sentence.
"Yes, in case she becomes your wife." b
His face had grown a little paler, y
and the muscles around his mouth had y
stiffened while Mrs. Penrose was n
speaking. But he observed her calmly h
enough. b
"I can offer her a home and com- s
forts. I have a definite position. I do b
not need to say that I am poor. My| t
life in the Home Missionary field to k
which I am going will be full of hardships.
My wife would share them ti
with me. I ought perhaps to say"?he f
spoke with the first hesitation he had v
yet shown?"that I have a possible I
source o^ income in my pen. I expect
to earn as much as my salary by that f
means. I have once or twice done that e
during my college and seminary u
course." C
"So that the most you can offer my ti
'? niece would be $1,200 or $1,500 a e
year?" asked Mrs. Penrose, with the ti
nearest approach to sharpness. a
"By no means, madam!" said Mai- n
com Kirk, and his face glowed with t
the eloquence of his answer. "This is n
pot the most I can offer her. The most b
I can offer is the love I bear her, and h
all the money in the world without e
that would be very little to offer." k
"He's right about that," Mrs. Pen- g
rose spoke to herself softly. Malcom n
Kirk did not hear what she said, but
then at that time he did not know h
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er history nor tne inner emptiness of
er unloved married life.
There was silence again in the room,
he two candles on the mantel were
istinct and clear now as the dusk had
lowly deepened.
A step came up the path, and the
oor opened. Mrs. Penrose and MalDm
Kirk both rose as Dorothy entera
the reception room alone.
She came in with her head erect, and
lere was light enough for her aunt
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Fes, I ivtll share your life with you.
Yes, I love you."
ad Malcom Kirk to see In her face the
)kens of some recent excitement
"Where Is Francis?" Mrs. Penrose
sked.
"He Is not coming back tonight," relied
Dorothy softly, and then for the
rst time she saw Malcom Kirk standlg
there by the fireplace.
She took an eager step toward him
nd then suddenly stopped, while her
ice glowed rosy red In the candleght.
As for Malcom Kirk, he stood
ery erect and still, but out of his
yes shone the lover's look as he faced
he woman of his heart's longing. Ho
id not try to conceal it, and Dorthy
knew as well as if he had spoken
: aloud that he said, "I love you, Dorthy
Gilbert, and I cannot do my life
rork best without you." Mrs. Penrose
aw that look also and respected it
The servant entered and announced
hat tea was ready, and Malcom Kirk
Dund himself shaking hands with Dorthy
and saying some very common
hing about being glad to meet her. A
i*w minutes later ue touua mmsen at
be table with Dorothy and her aunt.
Ie ate and talked at first with a reressed
excitement that gradually beame
a source of eloquent conversaion.
No one asked any more questions
bout Francis Raleigh. It is certain
hat Mrs. Penrose and Malcom Kirk
nderstood that he had pleaded his suit
gain with Dorothy and had again
een unsuccessful.
"She has given him his answer," said
lalcom Kirk to himself, and there
was the first positive hope In his heart
hat he had dared to feel. He had nevr
appeared to such good advantage.
Irs. Penrose, experienced as she was
a the ways of society and familiar
with some of the most brilliant men
nd women, felt a positive charm in
tirk's voice and manner. His awkwardness
for awhile was subordinate
a his higher gifts.
Mr. Penrose was in New York on
usiness. Malcom Kirk learned afterward
some things in his history and
why John Gilbert had been allowed to
aeet his great financial losses without
ielp from his own sister, who to a
irge extent had been powerless to peruade
her husband to come to her
rother's aid. But she was absorbed
onight in the thought of Dorothy. He
new that a crisis in his life had come.
After tea they went Into the receplon
room again. Mrs. Penrose staid
or half an hour and then suddenly,
went out, and Dorothy and Malcom
Zirk were left alone.
He was fully aware that the whole
uture of his life work would be shapd
by the events of the next few mlntes,
but he had never felt more a
Christian than now. There was a nosi
Ive religious excitement of the highst,
purest, noblest character In all the
bought of his love for Dorothy. There
lways had been. He felt that It was
o cheap or silly or shallow sentiment
hat moved him to think of her as of
.0 other being In the world. There
ad not been a night of his life since
e began to love her when he had faild
to speak her name In a prayer. He
new that his Christian faith was
anctlfied and beautified by this hunan
love.
He rose and went over near her. He
ad the miniature in his hand. When
he spoke, It was In great slmpll
but In great directness.
"You know what I have come
You know that I love you wh
You know what my life will be.
know that I am poor. Dorothy,
you share such a life with me? 1
I give this back, or may I keep 1
ways?"
She was sitting with her face pi
In shadow, and she slowly rose
turned and faced him. Like all {
who dream of lovers, she had
dreams, her Ideals, her lmaglni
She looked up at him now, and
blood rushed Impetuously through
as he saw the beginning of her ans'
She had learned to love him du
his absence abroad, during her re
sorrow, during the days that folio
her bereavement. It was not so i
den as it might seem, for Dorothy
learned when Raleigh spoke to
that afternoon that the greatest
son why she could not love him
because she already loved Mai
Kirk. So she gave him then and tl
what he asked. Ah, Malcom Kirk,
this side of heaven will you know
power of that flood that lifted 3
heart and all it contained when
first heard the woman you loved
as she lifted her face to .yours: "Y<
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will sbare~your llfe'wlth you. Ye
love you."
Two hours later Mnlcotu Kirk v
out Into the starry night and dowr
the sea beach, and with the freshi
of the soa breeze blowing about his
covered head he thanked God for
precious, priceless gift of this w
an's heart. They had had muct
say, as true lovers always have,
ways they had come back to the ui
ing theme of their love for each ot
"She loves me!" he kept saying to 1
self. And the waves and the n
wind and the stars and the hai
lights and the pines near the bead
Joined In the same song. He wal
up and down the sands until the e
morning. He found his face wet t
with tears. He ran across a long s
of beach exultant and walked f
one of his reveries to find himself I
deep In water, for the tide was con
In, and be knew nothing of tides, <
of the one that had risen In his <
.spirit
But he drew back out of the wt
laughing, and finally found his wa;
the Inn down by the pier where
had breakfasted. But what he at
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I vmeiiier tie ute auj luiug ?ao
unknown to him; at lea9t he was
able to give Dorothy satisfactory
swers when he came back to the ho
His dream was a reality. She
him with the look on her face that
never to die out of It as long as
lived, and together they went to
Mrs. Penrose.
Dorothy's aunt was somewhat
plexed and, to tell the truth, a {
deal astonished at the events of
last 24 hours. Dorothy had told
all. and there was no Question in ]
city, Penrose's mind that the daughter of
John Gilbert had made her definite
for. glad choice of this awkward, unhandlolly.
some, poor young minister as her fuYon
ture husband. She could not deny
can that the young man was a gentleman;
Hunt also that he had very superior qualit
al- tie& of mind and heart But the fact
' remained that he had no prospects exirtly
cept his Home Missionary field and a
and somewhat uncertain income from oc?irla
casional writings,
her When she pictured Dorothy In a sod
ngs. house or a dugout or a shanty in that
the vague, wild, uncouth place called "out
him west" living in a parish of plain, unsver.
cultured people, such as she placidly i
ring took for granted lived on the prairies, 1
cent Mrs. Penrose felt as if Dorothy's 1
wed strange choice was the strangest thing
Bud- she t?ver knew.
had "And yet she loves him truly," she '
her Bald to herself as Dorothy and Malrea
com Kirk came In that morning, both
was of them glorified by the greatest thing
com in all the world. Dorothy had never
here looked so beautiful Kirk had never
not felt so like a giant In possibility. 1
the Dorothy had anticipated remonfour
Btrances and opposition from her aunt i
you She was surprised and gratified to find
say bow calmly Mrs. Penrose accepted the <
js, I matter. Even when Malcom Kirk ex- '
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRY^
Lional Convention at Kansas City, last Thursday
United States.
>s, I | pressed his wish, gravely, but' with 11
firmness, that they might be married at i
rent once and go together to the new par- <
i on l?h to begin their life together Mrs. j
aess Penrose offered no decided objection. 1
un- "You are neither of you children," 1
the she finally said to Dorothy, with a sad
ora- smile. "You know your own minds by
t to this time. I want you to be married
Al- here In this house, of course. It seems
idy- very sudden. But I don't blame Mr.
her. Kirk."
lira- "Of course not," said Malccm Kirk
Ight decidedly as he looked Dorothy In the
rbor face.
1 So It came about that a month later
Iked the president of the seminary faculty
arly came down to Beverly one morning,
race and Dorothy and Malcom Kirk were
'trip married in the presence of a very few
roui of Dorothy's Hermon friends and two
cnee of Kirk's classmates who had been
ling settled over parishes near Boston.
>nly Kirk had made all his preparations for
iwn leaving. A few days before he was
married the president of the faculty
iter, bad surprised him with the announcey
to ment that the sales of his pamphlet
> he had been set aside by the publishers
e or for the benefit of the seminary, but by
ibly unanimous consent the entire amount,
not something over $200, was now at
an- Kirk's disposal. Malcom Kirk was
use. not going to be a penniless bridegroom
met in any case. He had already received
was since his return from abroad several
i he checks for writing he had done dursee
ing his last year In the seminary and
while in London. So he was able to .
per- start toward the new home with much
food courage aijd the knowledge that Dor- 1
the othy would not miss too many of the i
her old luxuries. 1
VIrs. But Dorothy, once she had given her f
heart to Malcom "Kirk and safd to him
that she would share his life, entered
upon a new and contented experience,
such aa In all her luxurious life she
had never before felt It Is perfectly
true that she loved him without condition.
She put her hand In his with
the trustful confidence of a child, and
it Is no exaggeration to say that she
would have been happy with him anywhere,
rich or poor, famous or obscure.
successful or defeated.
The train whirled them on into the
west Into the land of the prairies.
Into the land of new things, or those
vague possibilities that always go with
an untried community. And Dorothy
every moment felt more and more con
tent Malcom Kirk satisfied her ideals.
His noble nature was continually revealing
to her new phases of his Christian
purpose. He had enthusiasm, and
be was the only man who had ever
been able to kindle hers. The thought
that they were to work together filled
her with a heavenly delight She rejoiced
in his strength, his manhood, his
Inward life.
As for Malcom Kirk, he was transformed
by all that he now possessed.
His poor Home Missionary church became
to his thought a gigantic engine
of power, with this glorious woman
VN.
7, by acclamation, for president of the
now his wife, who was to be by "Bis
side henceforth. He trembled at the
jxtent of such a love and consecrated
It every moment to the Infinite eternal
life that belongs both to this world and
to that which Is to come.
They reached their Journey's end at
"Do you think we two can help to 'bring
in the kinodom.' as vou sayV'
the close of a day ana entered the
:own by night. There was quite a Utile
gathering at the station, curious to
see the new minister, and the. superln
fendent hlmselr, who happened that
week to be In that part of the state,
was present to welcome them and Introduce
them to a little handful of
their parishioners.
There was a parsonage, a furnished *
house of five rooms, close by the
church. A supper was ready for them.
A little company came in afterward to.
greet them, and the people seemed to
be truly glad to see them. The sight
of Dorothy's beauty astonished them,
all. She was a little amused at the ey
ldent look of disappointment with,
which every one first saw her husband.,
"When they know him, they will love,
him," she said to herself, with unfaltering
trust In his victory over them.
She came out on the porch with him *
after all the members had gone away,
and together they tried tp get some
Idea of the place which was to be
their home. The night was starry and
the prairie vastness Impressive to them.
They had never either of them lived
outside of a hill country.
"How large did you say the town
was, Malcom?"
"About 1,500 people, so the superintendent
says."
"How many church members are
there?"
"Fifty-seven on the rolL About 40
living here."
"Can't we go over and look Into the
church? ,1 am curious to see It," said
Dorothy. She spoke In such a glad,'
happy voice that Malcom Kirk, as he
stood there with his arm about her,
said, "You are happy, little woman,
aren't you?" ;
"Can you ask?" she replied, and he
was satisfied. One of the trustees had
left a church key with him. Theyi
walked across the parsonage yard, taking
a lamp from the house with them, 1
and together they went in.
It was a small room with seats for
about 150. A small classroom In the
rear and a choir railing In front of the
organ, which was Id a little recess at
one side of the platform.
Malcom Kirk set the lamp down on
the pulpit and, with his wife, stood
looking over the room.
"My dear," said Dorothy, nestling up
close to him, "do you think we two can
help to 'bring in the kingdom,' as you
say, into this town?"
Malcom Kirk looked at (he room, at
his pulpit where he was to preach and*
at his wife, and he fully understood1
what uorotny meant.
"Do you mean that we will see how
much two people can do to make heaven
on earth for 1,500 other people?'
"Yes, and whether In our lifetime we
can redeem whatever Is evil here arid i
give It back to God."
"We will do It by his grace," replied)
Malcom Kirk gravely. It seemed to
him almost as if they two, there In
their little church, had made a solemn
uromlse. to redeem the souls of all the
lost in Conrad. They passed out of the
church with the same feeling deep in
their souls. Their hearts kindled at
their opportunity. And In the Infinite
places of the heavenly hosts, good and
evil, God and the devil noted the entrance
of these two children of light
into that lawless, un-Chrlstlan town of
25 years ago, and from what at once
began to be there it seemed within the
reach of a tremendous reality that
heaven and hell began to struggle for
a supremacy marked by events which
will leave their record In the book of
life with startling clearness. For.
these two Christians had entered the
arena of the great human battle for .
victory over the world, and the two
greatest forces In the universe now began
to test their powers as they had
never yet been tested in that place.
TO BE CONTINUED.
GERMANY DECLARES WAR.
That la the Virtual Effect of Emperor
William's Position.
Addressing a detachment of German
marines which sailed from Wilhelm's
Haven for China last Sunday, Emperor
William made a remarkable speech,
during which he notified (be world of
Germany's intention to avenge the
murder of Baron von Ketteler, the late
minister of Germany at Pekin, and the
missionaries, and to dictate terms to
the Chinese from the palace at Pekin.
His majesty spoke as follows :
"The firebrand of war has been
hurled in the midst of the most profound
peace. Unhappily this was to
me not unexpected. The crime is unspeakable
insolence; borrifyiog in its
barbarity that has been committed
against the person of my trusty representative
and has taken htm from us.
The ministers of the other powers
hover between life and death, and with
them comrades sent for their protection.
It may be that while I speak
they have already fought their last
fight.
"The German flag has been insulted
and the German empire treated with
contempt. This demands exemplary
punishment and vengeance. Eventn
have moved with frightful rapidity
and have become profoundly grave and
still graver. Since I called you to arms
what I hoped to effect with the help of
marine infantry has now become a dif"
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ncuit lasK wmcn cau uuiy ue iuiuucu
with the help of the serried ranks of
all civilized states.
"I will not rest until the GermaD
flag, joined to those of the other powers,
floats triumphantly over China's
flag, and until it has been planted on
the walls of Pekin to dictate peace to
the Chinese. You will have to maintain
good comradeship with all the
other troops whom you will come in
contact with over yonder. Russians, <.
British and French, all alike, are fighting
for one common cause?for civilization."