Robin Hood

to bed. Taking a Bible from thetable,

ape from it, and nopossibility of a double meaning. If it is not true, then it would seemthat nothing is true, an

n he sat down by the open window, and gazing at the dreamy beautyof the summer night, he thought, for his soul was troubled. Oncebefore it had been troubled thus; that was nine years ago, for now hewas but little over thirty. Then a call had come to him, a voice hadseemed to speak to his ears bidding him to lay down great possessionsto follow

e hisby right, speak of him as "poor Thomas," and mark their disapprobationof his peculiar conduct by refusing with an unvarying steadiness tosubscribe even a single shilling to a missionary society. H

dgment-seat ofconscience. For three years he had worked hard somewhere in the slums;then this living had fallen to him. He had taken it, and from that dayforward his record was very mu

den so to do now, this very night, would he indeed "thinkdifferently"? He had become a priest to serve his Maker. How would itbe were that Maker to

admired celibacy,and in secret dedicated himself to that state. But at heart Thomas wasvery much a man, and of late he had come to see that which isagainst nature is presumably not right, though fanatics may nothesitate to pronounce it wrong. Possibl

. At theleast he heard it, and, like the Apostles, he arose and girded hisloins to obey. For now, in the hour of trial, it proved that thisman's faith partook of the nature of their faith. It was utter andvirgin; it was not clogged with nineteenth-century qualifications;

breakfast Owen had some talk

telling me--the Sons ofFire. Well, I have been thinking it over, and come to the conclusionthat I will do so----

theliving, of which I own the advowson, and it occurred to me that itmight suit you--that is all. You have done your share; your health isbroken, and you have many dependent upon you. It seems right,therefore, that you should rest, and that I should work. If I do nogood yonder, at the least you and yours will be a little benefited."*****That same day Owen chanced to meet the lady who has been spoken of ashaving caught his heart. He had meant to go away without seeing her,but f

eyes, "then,love, stay for me."For a moment he was shaken

I believemyself to have received a Divine mission. I believe that I shallexecute it, or bring about its execution, but at the ultimate cost ofmy own life. Still, in such a service two are better tha

the sharpest. Of all his sacri