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Know Anything About Such Things"--Half Contemptuously.--"You've Always
Been Goody-Good! I Can See It In Your Look. You Don't Know What It Is To
Have Men Making Fools Of Themselves Over You! You Don't Know All I've
Done! I've Been What They Call A Sinner! I Sent Away The Only Man I Ever
Loved Because I Was _Jealous Of God_! I Broke The Heart Of The Man Who
Loved Me Because I Got Tired Of Him And His Everlasting Perfection! I
Hated The Idea Of Being A Mother, And When My Child Came I Deserted Her!
I Would Have Killed Her If I Had Dared! I Went Away With A Bad Man! And
When I Got Tired Of Him I Took The First Way That Opened To Get Away
From Him! God Doesn't Forgive Things Like That! I Didn't Expect He Would
When I Did Them. But It Wasn't Fair Not To Let Me Live Out My Life! I'm
Too Young To Die! And I'm Afraid! I'm Afraid!"
"Yes. God Forgives All Those Things! There Was A Woman Once Who Had Been
Like That, And Jesus Forgave Her. He Will Forgive You If You Ask Him.
But He Can't Forgive You Unless You Are Sorry And Really Want Him To. He
Says, 'Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet They Shall Be As White As Snow;
And Though They Be Red Like Crimson, They Shall Be As Wool,' But You
Have To Be Sorry First That You Sinned. He Can't Forgive You If You
Aren't Sorry."
"Sorry! _Sorry!_" Gila's Laugh Rang Out Mirthlessly And Echoed In The
High, White Room. "Oh, I'm _Sorry_, All Right! What Do You Think I Am?
Do You Think I've Been _Happy_? Don't You Know That I've Suffered
Torments? Everything Has Turned To Ashes That I've Touched! I've Gone
Everywhere And Done Everything To Try To Forget Myself, But Always There
Was That Awful Presence Chasing Me! Standing In My Way Everywhere I
Turned! Driving Me! Always Driving Me Toward Hell! I've Tried Drowning
My Thoughts With Cocktails And Dope, But Always When It Wore Off There
Would Be The Presence Of God Pursuing Me! Do You Mean To Tell Me There
Is Forgiveness For Me With Him?"
Her Breath Was Coming In Painful Gasps As She Screamed Out The Words As
The Nurse Leaned Over And Gave Her A Quieting Draught.
Bonnie, In A Low, Clear Voice, Began To Repeat Bible Verses:
"The Blood Of Jesus Christ His Son Cleanseth Us From _All_
Sin!
"As Far As The East Is From The West, So Far Hath He Removed
Our Transgressions From Us.
"I, Even I, Am He That Blotteth Out Thy Transgressions For
Mine Own Sake, And Will Not Remember Thy Sins.
"If We Confess Our Sins He Is Faithful And Just To Forgive
Us Our Sins And To Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness."
Gila Listened With Wondering, Incredulous Eyes, Like The Eyes Of A
Frightened, Naughty Child Who Scarcely Understood What Was Being Said
And Was In A Frenzy Of Fear.
"Oh, If Paul Courtland Were Here He Would Tell Me If This Is True!" Gila
Cried At Last.
Instantly, From Out The Shadow Of The Doorway, Stepped Courtland, And
Stood At The Foot Of The Bed Where She Could See Him, Looking Steadily
At The Dying Girl For A Moment, And Then Lifting His Eyes, As If To One
Who Stood Just Beside Her:
"O Jesus Christ! Who Came To Save, Come Close To This Poor Little
Wandering Child Of Thine And Show Her That She Is Forgiven! Take Her
Gently By The Hand And Help Her To See Thee, How Loving Thou Art! Help
Her To Understand How Thou Didst Come To Earth And Die To Take Her Place
Of Punishment So That She Might Be Forgiven! Open Her Eyes To Comprehend
What Love Like That Can Be!"
Gila Turned Startled Eyes On Courtland As She Heard His Voice, Strong,
Beseeching, Tender, Intimate With God! She Lay Listening, Watching His
Illumined Face As He Prayed. Watched And Listened As One Who Suddenly
Sees A Ray Of Light Where All Was Darkness; Till Gradually The Tenseness
And Pain Faded From Her Face And A Surprised Calm Came To Take Its
Place.
The Strong Voice Went On, Talking With The Saviour About What He Had
Done For This Poor Erring One, Till With A Sigh, Like A Tired Child, The
Eyelids Dropped Over Her Frightened Eyes And A Look Of Peace Began To
Dawn.
While The Prayer Had Been Going On, Tennelly, With His Little Girl In
His Arms, Had Slipped Silently Into The Room And Stood With Bowed Head
Looking With Anguished Eyes At The Wreck Of The Beautiful Girl Who Was
Once His Wife.
Suddenly, As If Alive To Subtle Influences, Gila Opened Her Great Eyes
Again And Looked Straight At Tennelly And The Baby! A Dart Of
Consciousness Came Into Her Gaze And Something Like A Wave Of Anguish
Passed Over Her Face. She Made A Piteous, Helpless Movement With The
Little Jeweled Hands That Lay Limply On The Coverlet, And Murmured One
Word, With Pleading In Her Eyes:
"Forgive!"
Courtland Had Ceased Praying And The Room Was Very Still Till Bonnie,
Just Outside The Door, Began To Sing, Softly:
"Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me,
Let Me Hide Myself In Thee!
Let The Water And The Blood
From Thy Riven Side Which Flowed
Be Of Sin The Double Cure,
Save Me From Its Guilt And Power!"
Chapter 35 Pg 198Suddenly Little Doris, Who Had Been Looking Down, With Wondering Baby
Solemnity On The Strange Scene, Leaned Forward And Pointed To The Bed.
"Pitty Mamma Dawn As'eep!" She Said, Softly; And With A Groan Tennelly
Sank With Her To His Knees Beside The Bed. Courtland, Kneeling A Little
Way Off, Spoke Out Once More:
"Lord Jesus, The Saviour Of The World, We Leave Her With Thy Tender
Mercy!"
As If A Visible Sign Of Assent Had Been Asked, The Setting Sun Suddenly
Dropped Lower, Touching Into Blazing Glory The Golden Cross On The
Church, And Threw Its Reflection Upon The Wall At The Head Of The Bed
Just Over The White Face Of The Dead.
The Baby Saw And Pointed Once Again. "Pitty! Pitty! Papa, See!"
The Sorrowing Father Lifted His Eyes To The Golden Symbol Of Salvation,
And Courtland, Standing At The Foot Of The Bed, Said, Softly:
"I Am The Resurrection And The Life: He That Believeth In Me, Though He
Were Dead, Yet Shall He Live."
The End
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Chapter 35 Pg 199
_There Is A Grosset & Dunlap Book For Every Mood And For
Every Taste_
Edgar Rice Burrough's Novels
May Be Had Wherever Books Are Sold. Ask For Grosset & Dunlap's List.
Tarzan The Untamed
Tells Of Tarzan's Return To The Life Of The Ape-Man In His Search For
Vengeance On Those Who Took From Him His Wife And Home.
Jungle Tales Of Tarzan
Records The Many Wonderful Exploits By Which Tarzan Proves His Right To
Ape Kingship.
A Princess Of Mars
Forty-Three Million Miles From The Earth--A Succession Of The Weirdest
And Most Astounding Adventures In Fiction. John Carter, American, Finds
Himself On The Planet Mars, Battling For A Beautiful Woman, With The
Green Men Of Mars, Terrible Creatures Fifteen Feet High, Mounted On
Horses Like Dragons.
The Gods Of Mars
Continuing John Carter's Adventures On The Planet Mars, In Which He Does
Battle Against The Ferocious "Plant Men," Creatures Whose Mighty Tails
Swished Their Victims To Instant Death, And Defies Issus, The Terrible
Goddess Of Death, Whom All Mars Worships And Reveres.
The Warlord Of Mars
Old Acquaintances, Made In The Two Other Stories, Reappear, Tars Tarkas,
Tardos Mors And Others. There Is A Happy Ending To The Story In The
Union Of The Warlord, The Title Conferred Upon John Carter, With Dejah
Thoris.
Thuvia, Maid Of Mars
The Fourth Volume Of The Series. The Story Centers Around The Adventures
Of Carthoris, The Son Of John Carter And Thuvia, Daughter Of A Martian
Emperor.
Grosset & Dunlap. Publishers, New York
James Oliver Curwood's Stories Of Adventure
May Be Had Wherever Books Are Sold. Ask For Grosset & Dunlap's List.
The River's End
A Story Of The Royal Mounted Police.
The Golden Snare
Thrilling Adventures In The Far Northland.
Nomads Of The North
The Story Of A Bear-Cub And A Dog.
Kazan
Chapter 35 Pg 200
The Tale Of A "Quarter-Strain Wolf And Three-Quarters Husky" Torn
Between The Call Of The Human And His Wild Mate.
Baree, Son Of Kazan
The Story Of The Son Of The Blind Grey Wolf And The Gallant Part He
Played In The Lives Of A Man And A Woman.
The Courage Of Captain Plum
The Story Of The King Of Beaver Island, A Mormon Colony, And His Battle
With Captain Plum.
The Danger Trail
A Tale Of Love, Indian Vengeance, And A Mystery Of The North.
The Hunted Woman
A Tale Of A Great Fight In The "Valley Of Gold" For A Woman.
The Flower Of The North
The Story Of Fort O' God, Where The Wild Flavor Of The Wilderness Is
Blended With The Courtly Atmosphere Of France.
The Grizzly King
The Story Of Thor, The Big Grizzly.
Isobel
A Love Story Of The Far North.
The Wolf Hunters
A Thrilling Tale Of Adventure In The Canadian Wilderness.
The Gold Hunters
The Story Of Adventure In The Hudson Bay Wilds.
The Courage Of Marge O'doone
Filled With Exciting Incidents In The Land Of Strong Men And Women.
Back To God's Country
A Thrilling Story Of The Far North. The Great Photoplay Was Made From
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The Man Of The Forest
The Desert Of Wheat
The U.P. Trail
Wildfire
The Border Legion
The Rainbow Trail
The Heritage Of The Desert
Riders Of The Purple Sage
The Light Of
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