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OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1901.
IN . HIS STEPS.
"What Would Jesus Do?"
By OHAELES'M. SHELDON.
rCopvriiOitpd nnd published in boolc form by
tlie Auvaiicu 1'nblibUiuK Co. of Chicago.
CONTINUED.
CHAPTER III.
If any man Pometh unto me and hateth not his
wn father and mother and wife and children and
brethren and sisters yea and his own life also
lie cannot be my disciple. And whomever
forsakcUi not all that he liath, he cannot be my
disciple.
When Rachel Winslow and Virginia
Page separated after the meeting at the
First church on Sunday, they agreed to
continue their conversation the next
day. Virginia asked Rachel to come
and lunch with her at noon, and Rachel
accordingly rang the .bell at the Page
mansion about half past 11. Virginia
herself met her, and -the two were soon
talking earnestly.
"The fact is," Rachel was Baying
after they had been talking a few min
utes, "I cannot reconcile it with my
judgment of what he would do. I can
not tell another person what to do, but
I feel that I ought not to accept this
offer."
"What will you da, .then?" asked
Virginia, with great interest.
"I don't know yet, but I have decid
ed to ref use this offer. "
Rachel picked up a letter that had
been lying in her lap and ran over its
contents again. It was a Intter from
the manager of a comic opera offering
her a place with a large traveling com
pany for the fleason. The salary was a
eery large figure, and the prospect held
out by the manager was flattering. He
had heard Rachel sing that Sunday
morning when the stranger had Inter
rupted the service. He had been much
impressed. There was money In that
voice, and it ought to be used, in comic
opera, so said the letter, and the man
ager wanted a reply as soon as possible.
"There's no virtue in saying 'No' to
Ihis oiler when I have the other one, "
Rachel went on thoughtfully. "That'i
Harder to decide, but I've made up my
luind. To toll the truth, Virginia, I'm
completely convinced in the first case
that Jesns would never nse any talent
like a good voice just to make money.
But, now, tiike this concert offer. Here
is a reputable company to travel with
in impersonator and a violinist and a
male quartet, all people of good ropu
tation. I'm asked to go as one of the
sompany and sing leading ioprano. The
alary (I mentioned it, didn't I?) is to
be guaranteed $200 a month for the
leason. But I don't fori satisfied that
Jeans would go. What do you think?"
"You lmistu't ask me to decide for
you," replied Virginia, ' with a sad
imilo. "I believe Mr. Maiwoll was
right when he said we must each one
of us decide according to the judgmont
we felt for ourselves to be Christlike.
C am having a harder time tytin yon
aro, dear, to dxcide what he would do."
"Are yon ?" Rachel asked. She rose
ind walked over to the window and
looked out. Virginia came and etood
by her. The street was crowded with
life, and the two yonng women looked
it it silently Tor a moment. Suddenly
Virginia broke out as Rachel had never
beard her before.
"Rachel, 'What does all this contrast
In conditions mean to you as you ask
this question of what Jesus would do?
It maddens me to think that the society
In which I have been brought up, the
tame to which we are both said to be
long, is satisfied, year after year, to go
an dressing and eating and having a
jood timo, giving and receiving enter
tainments, spending its money on
houses and luxuries and occasionally,
to ease its conscience, donating, with
out any personal sacrifice, a little
money to charity. I have been edu
cated, as you have, in one of the most
expensive schools of America, launched
into society as an heiress, supposed to
be in a very enviable position. I'm per
fectly well, I can travel or stay at
homo, I can do as I please, I can gratify
almost any want or desire, and yet
when I honestly try to imagine Jesus
living the life I have lived and am ex
pected to livo and doing for the rest of
my life what thousands of other rich
people do 1 am under condemnation for
being one ot the most wickad, seltish,
useless creatures iu the world. I have
ttot looked out of this window for weeks
without a feeling of horror toward my
elf as I see the humanity that pours by
this house."
Virginia turned Rway and walked up
nd down the room. Rachel watched
her and could not repress the rising tide
if her own growing definition of disci
llleship. Of what Christian nse was her
jwu talent of song? Was the best she
could do to sell her taleut for bo much
a month, go on a concert company'!
tour, dress beautifully, enjoy the e
iitement tvf public applause and gain a
reputation as a great singer? Was that
what Jettas would do?
She was not morbid She was in
sound health, was conscious of great
powers as a singer and know that if she
went out into public life sho could
make a great deal of money and become
well known. It is doubtful if she ovv
mrimated tier ability to accomplish all
4i thought herself capable of. And
Virginia what sho had just said smote
Rachel with great force because of the
similar position in which the two
friends found themselves.
Lnnch was announced, and they
went out and were joined by Virginia's
grandmother, Mine. Page, a handsome,
stately woman of 65, and Virginia's
brother, Rollin, a young man who
spent most of his time at one of the
clul s and had no particular ambition
for anything bat a growing adiuiruticn
j for Rachel "Winslow, and whenever she
I lined or lunched at the Page mansion,
if he knew of it, .he alway planned to
be at home. ,
j These three made up the Page fam
ily. Virginia's father had been a bank
er and grain speculator. Her mother
had died en years before, her father
within the.past year. The grandmother,
a southern woman in birth and train
ing, had all the traditions and feelings
that accompany the possession of wealth
and social standing that have never
been disturbed. She was a shrewd, carei
ful business woman of more than aver
age ability. The family property and
, wealth were invested, in large measure,
! under her personal care. Virginia's por
tion was, without any restriction, her
Dwn. She had been trained by her fa
thw to understand the ways of the
business world, and even the grand
mother had been compelled to acknowl
edge the girl's capacity for taking care
of her own money.
i Perhaps two persons could not be
found anywhere less capable of under
standing a girl like Virginia than Mme.
Page and Rollin. Rachel, who had
known the family since she was a girl
playmate of Virginia's, could not help
thinking of what confronted Virginia
in her own home when she once decided
on the course which she honestly be
lieved Jesus would take. Today at
lunch, as she recalled Virginia's out
break in the front room, she tried to
picture the scene that would at some
time occur between Mme. Page and iter
granddaughter.
'I understand that you are going on
the stage, Miss Winslow. We shall all
be delighted, I'm sura," said Rollin
during one of the pauses in the conver
sation, which had not been animated.
Rachel colored and felt annoyed.
' "Who told you?" she asked, while
Virginia, who had been very silent and
reserved, suddenly roused herself and
appeared ready to join in the talk.
"Oh, we hear a thing or two on the
street I Besides, every one saw Cran
dall, the manager, at church two weeks
ago. He doesn't go to church to hear
the preaching. In fact, I know other
people who don't either, not when
there'B something better to hear. "
i Rachel did not color this time,, but
she answered quietly:
"You're mistaken. I'm not going on
the stage."
"It's a great pity. You'd make a hit.
Everybody is talking about your sing
ing." This time Rachel flushed with genu
ine anger.
Before she could say anything Vir
ginia broke in.
, "Whom do you mean by 'every
body?' "
i "Whom? I mean all the peoplo who
hear Miss Winslow on Sunday. What
other time do they hear her? It's a
great pity, I say, that the general pub
lic outside of Raymond cannot hear her
.voice."
"Let us tftek about something else, "
; said Rachel a little sharply. Mme. Page
' glanced at her and spoke with a gentle
! courtesy.
"My dear, Rollin never could pay an
' indirect compliment. He is like his fa
I ther in that. But we are all curious to
jknow something of your planB. We
i claim the right from old acquaintance,
J " nwvi.t Aiiu , iiium unit cvuucauj
told us of your concert company offer. "
"I supposed, of course, that was pnb
lio property, " said Virgir". smiling
across the table. "It was fhe News
yesterday."
"Yes, yes," replied Rachel hastily.
"I understand that, Mme. Page. Well,
Virginia and I have been talking about
it I have decided not to accept, and
that is as far as I have gone yet. "
Rachel was conscious of the f aot that
the conversation had up to this point
been narrowing her hesitation concern
ing the company's offer down to a de
cision that would absolutely satisfy her
own judgment of Jesus' probable ac
tion. It had been the last thing in the
world, however, that she had desired to
have her decision made in any way so
public as thia Somehow what Rollin
Page had said and his manner in say
ing it had hastened her judgment in
the matter.
"Would you mind telling us, Rachel,
your reasons for refusing the offer? It
looks like a good opportunity for a
young girl like you. Don't you think
the general nublio ouirht to hear von ? I
feel like Rollin about that. A voice
like yours belongs to a larger audience
than Raymond and the First church."
Rachel Winslow was naturally a girl
of great reserve. She shrank from mak
ing her plans or her thoughts public.
But with all her repression there was
possible in her an occasional sudden
breaking out that was simply an im
pulsive, thoughtful, frank, truthful ex
pression of her mast inner personal feel
ing. She spoke now in reply to Mme.
Pago in one of those raro moments of
unreserve that added to the attractive
ness of her whole character.
"I have no other reason than a con
viction that Jesus would do the same
thing," bIio said, looking in Mme.
Page's eyes with a clear, earnest gaze.
Mine. Pago turned red, and Rollin
stared. Before her grand mot her could
say anything Virginia spoke.
Her rising color allowed hew she was
stirred. Virginia's pale, clear com
plexion was that of health, but it was
generally in marked coutrast to Rachel's
tropical type of beauty.
"Grandmother, you know we prem
ised to inako that the standard of onr
conduct for a year. Mr. Maxwell's
proposition was plain to all who heard
it Wo have not boon able to arrive at
our decisions very rapidly. The difti
cnlty iu knowing what Jesus would do
has perplexed Rachel and me a good
deal."
Mme. Page looked sharply at Vir
ginia before she said anything.
"Of course I understand Mr. Max
well's statement It is perfectly im
practicable to put it into practice. I
felt confident at the time that those
who promised would find it out after a
trial and abandon it as visionary and
absurd. I have nothing to say about
Miss Winslow 's affairs, but" she
paused and continued with a sharpness
that was new to Rachel "I hope you
have no foolish notions in this matter,
Virginia,"
"I have a great many notions," re
plied Virginia quietly. "Whether they
are foolish or not depends upon my
right understanding of what he would
do. As soon as I find out I shall do it."
"Excuse me, ladies," said Rollin,
rising from the table. "The conversa
tion is getting beyond my depth. I
shall retire to the library for a cigar. "
He went out of the dining room, and
there was silence for a moment. Mme.
Page 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 same measure by the presence of
Rachel.
"I am older by several years than
you, young ladies," she said, and her
traditional type qf 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, I
ipresume, is impossible of performance."
"Do you mean, 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 neces
sary. Besides. Low can you act with
any"
Mme. Page paused, broke off hr sen
tence 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?"
"I don't know what mother will say
yet," Rachel answered, with a great
shrinking from trying to give her moth
er's probable answer. If there was a
woman in all Raymond with great am
bitions 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
I from the table, "you will live to regret
it if you do not accept the concert com
pany's offer or something like it. "
Rachel said something that contained
a hint of the struggle she was still hav-
I ing, and after a little she went away,
reeling tnai ner departure was to oe
followed by a painful conversation be
tween Virginia and her grandmother.
As she afterward learned, Virginia
passed through a crisisjf 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 an
noyed to find Rollin Page walking be
i side her.
j "Sorry to disturb your thought, Miss
I Winslow, but I happened to be going
your way and had an idea you 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 nerv
ous puff of his cigar, tossed it into the
street and walked along with a pale
face.
Rachel was surprised, but not star
tled. She had known Rollin as a boy,
and there had been a time when they
had used each other's first name famil
iarly. Lately, however, something in
Rachel's manner had put an end to
that She was used to his direct at
tempts at compliment and was some
times amused by them. Today she hon
estly 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?'
"Of course."
"Then I was thinking that I wished
you were not here."
Rollin bit his lip and looked gloomy,
i Rachel had not spoken anything as he
i wished.
"New, look here, Rachel oh, I know
I that's forbidden, but I've got to speak
some time you know how I feel. What
makes yon treat me so hard? You used
to like me a little, you know. "
"Did I? Of course we used to get on
very well as boy and girl, but we are
older now."
Rachel still spoke in the light, easy
way she had used since her first annoy
ance at seeing him. She was still some
what preoccupied with her plan, which
uad been disturbed by Rolliu's appear
ance. They walked along in eilence a little
way. The avenue was full of people.
Among the persons passing was Jasper
Chase. He saw Rachel and Rollin and
bowed hs he went by. Rollin was
watching Rachel closely.
"I wish I were Jasjwr Chase. Maybe
I'd stand some show then," he said
moodily.
Rachel colored in spite cf herself.
She did not say anything and quickened
her pace a little. Rollin seemed deter
mined to say something, and Rachel
seemed helpless to prevent him. After
all, she thought, he might as well know
the truth one time as another.
"You know well enough, Rachel,
how I feel toward you. Isn't there any
hope? I could make you hsppy. I've
loved you a good many years"'
"Why, how old do yon think I am?"
broke in Rachel, with a nervous laugh.
She was shaken out of her usual poise
of manner.
"You know what I mean," went on
Rollin doggedly, "and you have no
right to laugh at me just because I
want you to marry me. "
"I'm not bnt it is useless) for yon to
speak Rollin," said Rachel after a lit
tle 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 acquaint
ance. "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 side
I walk made the conversation as private
' as if they were in the house.
"Would you that is do you think
i if you gave me time I would"
j ' "No!" said Rachel. She spoke firm
; ly. Perhaps, she thought afterward, al
though she did not mean to, she spoke
, harshly.
j They walked on for some time with
' out 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.
i "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 wom
an ought to feel toward the man she
ought to marry."
! "In other words, yon do not love
me?"
"I do not, and I cannot. "
"Why?" That was another question,
and 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 truth.
"Tell me just why. You can't hurt
me more than you have done already. "
"Well, I don't and can't love yon
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 lux
ury. What is there in such a life to at
tract 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. Glial to know your rea
lm. "
i To be continued.
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