Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1899 — Page 7

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ge went out of the dining room, and was silence for a moment. Mme. p age waited until the servant had brought in something and then asked her to go out. She was angry, and her anger was formidable, although checked in some measure by the presence of Rachel. “I am older by several years than ron. young ladies,” she said, and her traditional type of bearing seemed to Rachel to rise up like a great frozen wall between her and every conception of Jesus as a sacrifice. ‘ ‘What you have promised in a spirit of false emotion, 1 presume, is impossible of performance. ’ “Do you m*’n, grandmother, that we cannot possibly act as Jesus would, or do you mean that if we try to we shall offend the customs and prejudices of society?” asked Virginia. “It is not required. It is not necesKir v. Besides, how can you act with any’— Mme. Page paused, broke off her sentence and then turned to Rachel. “What will your mother say to your decision? My dear, is it not foolish? What do you expect to do with your voice anyway?" “1 don't know what mother will say yet.” Rachel answered, with a great shrinking from trying to give her mother's probable answer. If there was a woman in all Raymond with great ambitions for her daughter’s success as a singer, Mrs. Winslow was that woman. “Oh, you will see it in a different light after wise thought of it I My dear,” continued Mme. Page, rising from the table, “you will live to regret it if you do not accept the concert company's offer or something like it.” Rachel said something that contained a hint of the struggle she was still having, and after a little she went away, feeling that her departure was to be followed by a painful conversation between Virginia and her grandmother. As she afterward learned, Virginia passed through a crisis of feeling during that scene with her grandmother that hastened her final decision as to the use of her money and her social position. Rachel was glad to escape and be by herself. A plan was slowly forming in her mind, and she wanted to be alone to think it out carefully. But before she had walked two blocks she was annoyed to find Rollin Page walking beside her. “Sorry to disturb your thought, Miss Winslow, but I happened to be going your way and had an idea yon might not object In fact, I've been walking here for a whole block, and you haven't objected.'’ “I did not see you,” replied Rachel. "I wouldn’t mind that if you only thought of me once in awhile, "said Rollin suddenly. He took one last nervous puff of his cigar, tossed it into the street and walked along with a pale face. Rachel was surprised, but not startled. She had known Rollin as a boy, and there had been a time when they had used each other’s first name familiarly. Lately, however, something in Rachel's manner had put an end to that. She was used to his direct attempts at compliment and was sometimes amused by them. Today she honestly wished him anywhere else. “Do you ever think of me. Miss Winslow?” asked Rollin after a pause “Oh, yes, quite often I” said Rachel, with a smile. “Are you thinking of me now?” “Yes, that is—yes, I am. ” “What?” “Do you want me to be absolutely truthful ?’ “Os course." “Then 1 was thinking that I wished you were not here. ” Rollin bit his lip and looked gloomy. Rachel had not spoken anything as he wished ' j' ow ' l°°k here, Rachel —oh, I know that s forbidden, but I’ve got to speak £ °metime—you know how I feel. What you treat me so hard ? You used »like me a little, you know. ” , Did I? Os course we used to get on ve ry well as boy and girl, but we are older now." Rachel still spoke in the light, easy a y she had used since her first annoyat seeing him. She was still somehat preoccupied with her plan, which oad been disturbed bv Rollin’s appearance. " walked along in silence a little I . a - v - The avenue was full of people. the persons passing was Jasper t Hosaw Rachel and Rollin and •*ed as he went by. Rollin was a ,s aia '’ Rachel closely. j I wish I were Jasper Chase. Maybe stand some show then,” he said Wxhly. SheAa* 1 colored in spite of herself , ' 1 id not say anything and quickened Uiin'T 6 & Rollin seemed deter- ' to say something, and Rachel all L “*dpless to prevent him. After t 6 , ' ' n ?ht, he might as well know t ptth one time as another. kow 1°? J®. ,w well enough, Rachel, brme< , twvard you. Isn’t there any lotus 1 c °nld make you happy. I’ve ! , ‘Wh° n i. B Soo< * man Y years’ ' — Wr "'tT'’ old do you think I am ?’ She w' n ® a<? I le l, 'with a nervous laugh, "f manner “ out of her usual P° ise Min ’? n ‘ )W tvhat I mean,” went on right » ®Sgedly, “and you have no laugh at me just because I

want you to marry me.” “I’m not, but it is useless for you to speak Rollin, ” said Rachel after a little hesitation and then using his name in such a frank, simple way that he could attach no meaning to it beyond the familiarity of the family acquaintance. “It is impossible.” She was still a little agitated by the fact of receiving a proposal of marriage on the avenue” but the noise on the street and sidewalk made the conversation as private as if they were in the house. “Would you—that is—do you think —if you gave me time I would”— “No!” said Rachel. She spoke firmly. Perhaps, she thought afterward, although she did not mean to, she spoke harshly. They walked on for some time without a word. They were nearing Rachel’s home, and she was anxious to end the scene As they turned off the avenue into one of the quiet streets Rollin spoke suddenly and with more manliness than he had yet shown. There was a distinct note of dignity in his voice that was new to Rachel. “Miss Winslow, I ask you to be my wife. Is there any hope for me that you will ever consent ?' ’ “None in the least.” Rachel spoke decidedly. “Will you tell me why?” He asked the question as if he had a right to a truthful answer. “I do not feel toward you as a woman ought to feel toward the man she ought to marry. ” “In other words, you do not love me ?’ ’ “I do not, and I cannot.” “Why ?’ ’ That was another question, imd Rachel was a little surprised that he should ask it. “Because” — She hesitated for fear she might say too much in an attempt to speak the (exact trSth. “Tell me just why. You can’t hurt me more than you have done already. ” “Well, I don’t and can’t love you because you have no purpose in life. What do you ever do to make the world better? You spend your time in club life, in amusements, in travel, in luxury. What is there in such a life to attract a woman?” “Not much, I guess,” said Rollin, with a little laugh. “Still, I don’t know that I am any worse than the rest of the men around me. I’m not so bad as some. Glad to know your reason. ” He suddenly stopped, took off his hat. bowed gravely and turned back. Rachel went on home and hurried into her room, disturbed in many ways by the event which had so unexpectedly thrust itself into her experience. When she had time to think it all over, she found herself condemned by the very judgment she had passed on Rollin Page. What purpose had she in life ? She had been abroad and studied music with one of the famous teachers of Europe. She had come home to Raymond and had been singing in the First church choir now for a year. She was well paid. Up to that Sunday two weeks ago she had been quite satisfied with herself and her position. She had shared her mother's ambition and anticipated growing triumphs in the musical world. What possible career was before her except the regular career of every singer ? She asked the question again and, in the light of her recent reply to Rollin, asked again if she had any very great purpose in life herself? What would Jesus do? There was a fortune in her voice. She knew it, not necessarily as a matter of personal pride or professional egotism, but simply as a fact, ami she was obliged to acknowledge that until two weeks ago she had purposed to use her voice to make money and win admiration and applause. Mas that a much higher purpose, after all. than Rollin Page lived for? She sat in her room a long time and finallv went down stairs resolved to have'a frank talk with her mother about the concert company s offer and her new plan, which was gradually shaping in her mind. She had already had one talk with her mother and knew that she expected Rachel to accept the X and enter on a successful career as said. to go out with the company. I have a Her youngest toy. De t 0 younger than R 1 ’ academy in graduate and Rachel the summer Meanw n el , sfather . were at ho “ e died while the fam.•No mine. You know what it was. “Suppose I do. Os “nrse church members meari to ini and follow him as far as

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with our present day surroundings. But what has that to do with your decision in the concert company’s matter?” "It has everything to do with it. After asking, 'What would Jesus do?' and going to the source of authority for wisdom I have been obliged to say that j I do not believe he would in my case. make that use of my voice. ” “Why? Is there anything wrong about such a career?” “No; I don’t know that I can say there is. ” “Do you presume to sit in judgment on other people who go out to sing in this way ? Do von presume to say that ( they are doing what Christ would not j do?” “Mother, I wish you to understand me. I judge no one else. I condemn no other professional singers. I simply decide my own course. As I look at it, 11 have a conviction that Jesus would do something else. ” “What else?" Mrs. Winslow had not vet lost her temper. She did not understand the situation or Rachel in the jpjflst of it. but she was anxious that | her daughter’s career should be as distinguished as her natural gifts promised, and she felt confident that when the present unusual religious excitement in the First church had passed away Rachel would go on with her public life according to the wishes of the family- She was totally unprepared , fur Rachel's next remark. "What? Something that will serve mankind where it most needs the service of song- M° ther ' 1 have madenp mv mind to use my voice in some way so as to satisfy my soul that I am doing something better than pleasing fashionable audiences or making money or even cr itifving my own love of singing. lam foingto do something that will satisfy g T ask ‘What would Jesus dof'and I am not satisfied and cannot, be when I think of myself as singing myZelf into the career of a concert com- . Pa ßaZhd 'Soke with a vigor and ear-j newness that surprised her mother. Mra Winslow was angry now, and she nexer tried to conceal her feelings. to -It is simply absurd! Rachel, you

;I are a fanatic! What can you do?” “The world has been served by men i and women who have given it other i things that were gifts. Why should I. ; because 1 am blessed with a natural ■ gift, at once proceed to put a market price on it and make al) the money I can out of it? Yon know, mother, that I you have taught me to think of a mu- ■ sical career always in the light of a financial and social success. 1 have been unable since I made my promise two weeks ago to imagine Jesus joining a concert company to do what I would I do and live the life I would have to live if I joined it. ” Mrs. Winslow rose and then sat down again. With a great effort she composed herself. “What do yon intend to do. then? You have not answered my question. ” “I shall continue to sing for the time being in the church. I am pledged to sing there through spring. During the week I am going to sing at the White Cross meetings down in the Rectangle. ’’ “What! Rachel Winslow! Do you i know what you are saying? Do you know what sort of people those are down there?” Rachel almost quailed before her mother For a moment she shrank back and was silent. "I know very well That is the reason I am going. Mr. and Mrs. Gray have been working there several weeks I learned only this morning that they wanted singers from the churches to help them in their meetings They nse a tent It is in a part of the city where Christian work is most needed. I shall offer them my help. Mother,” Rachel cried out with the first passionate utterance she had yet used, “I want to do something that will cost me something in the way of sacrifice. I know you will not understand me. But lam hungry to suffer something. What have we done all our lives for the suffering, sinning side of Raymond ? How much have we denied ourselves or given of I our personal easo and pleasure to bless the place in which we live or imitate the life of the Saviour of the world? Are we always to go on doing as society selfishly dictates, moving on its

narrow little round of pleasures and entertainments and never knowing the pain of things that cost?” “Are you preaching at me?” asked Mrs. Winslow slowly. Rachel understood her mother's words. “No; I am preaching at myself, ” she replied gently. She paused a moment as if she thought her mother would say something more and then went out of the room. When she reached her own room, she felt that, so far as her mother was concerned, she could expect no sympathy or even a fair understanding from her She kneeled down. It is safe to say that within the two weeks since Henry Maxwell’s church had faced that shabby figure with the faded hat more members of his parish had been driven to their knees in prayer than during ail the previous term of his pastorate. When she rose, her beautiful face was wet with tears. She sat thoughtfully a little while and then wrote a note to Virginia Page. She sent it to herby a messenger and then went down stairs again and told her mother that she and Virginia were going down to the Rectangle that evening to see Mr and Mrs. Gray, the evangelists. “Virginia’s uncle, Dr. West, will go with us if she goes. I have asked her to call him up by telephone and go with us. The doctor is a friend of the Grays and attended some of the meetings last winter. ” Mrs. Winslow did not say anything. Her manner showed her complete disapproval of Rachel’s course, and Rachel felt her unspoken bitterness. About 7 o’clock the doctor and Virginia appeared, and together the three started for the scene of the White Cross meetings. The Rectangle was the most notorious district in all Raymond. It was in the territory close by the great railroad shops and the packing bouses. The slum and tenement district of Raymond congested its most wretched elements about the Rectangle. This was a barren field used in the summer by circus companies and wandering showmen. It was shut in by rows of saloons, gambling hells and cheap, dirty boarding

and lodging houses. The First church of Raymond had never touched the Rectangle problem It was too dirty, too coarse, too sinful, too awful, for close contact. Let us be honest. There had been an attempt to cleanse this sore spot by sending down an occasional committee of singers, of Sunday school teachers or gospel visitors from various churches, but the church of Raymond as an institution had never really done anything to make the Rectangle any less a stronghold of the devil as the years went by. Into this heart of the coarse part of the sin of Raymond the traveling evangelist and his brave little wife had pitched a good sized tent and begun meetings It was the spring of the year, and the evenings were beginning to be pleasant. The evangelists had asked for the help of Christian people and had received more than the usual amount of encouragement, but they felt a great need of more and better mvsic. During the meetings on the Sunday just gone the assistant at the organ had been taken ill The volunteers from the city were few and the voices of ordinary quality “There will be a small meeting tonight, John,’’ said his wife as tl ey entered the tent a little after 7 o clock and began to arrange the chairs and light up. “Yes; I think so. ’’ Mr Gray was a small, energetic man, with a pleasant voice and the courage of a highborn fighter He had already made friends in the neighborhood, and one of his converts, a heavy faced man. who had just come in. began to help in the arrangement of the seats. It was after 8 o’clock when Alexander Powers opened the door of his office and started to go home. He was going to take a car at the corner of the Rectangle. but as he neared it he was aroused by a voice coming from the tent. [to bk continued, J In India elephants over 12 and up to 45 years of age are deemed the best to purchase and will generally work until they are 80 years old.