So though divided through the land, in dreams

[Pg 97]

We see a people kneeling low,

Bowed down in heart and soul to see

This fearful sorrow, crushing as it seems.

And all the grand cathedral silence falls

Into the hearts of these that worship low,

Like tender waves of hushed nothingness,

Confined, nor kept by human earthly walls.

[Pg 98]

A STORY OF VENGEANCE.

Yes, Eleanor, I have grown grayer. I am younger than you, you know, but then, what have you to age you? A kind husband, lovely children, while I—I am nothing but a lonely woman. Time goes slowly, slowly for me now.

Why did I never marry? Move that screen a little to one side, please; my eyes can scarcely bear a strong light. Bernard? Oh, that's a long story. I'll tell you if you wish; it might pass an hour.

Do you ever think to go over the old school-days? We thought such foolish things then, didn't we? There wasn't one of us but imagined we would have only to knock ever so faintly on the portals of fame and they would fly wide for our entrance into the magic realms. On Commencement night we whispered merrily among ourselves on the stage to see our favorite planet, Venus, of course,[Pg 99] smiling at us through a high, open window, "bidding adieu to her astronomy class," we said.

[Pg 99]

Then you went away to plunge into the most brilliant whirl of society, and I stayed in the beautiful old city to work.

Bernard was very much en evidence those days. He liked you a great 

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