WAR
"Jon, do you hear?" shrieks Evelyn. "The black is gone! Dave's gone! My uniform is gone! He knows. He's gone—South!"
"I—hear!" says Jonathan.
"This is for you—from Dave's room."
She handed him a letter.
"He's done just what you said he would—gone South as Mallory to save us!"
While Jon reads the letter she raves on:
"In some way he knows—he knows all. What am I to do—Jon, what am I to do?"
Jon just looked at her.
"Jonthy, help me! Help a sinner to stop the consequences of her sin."
"Into the fire goes the dross, out of it comes the pure gold," says Jon with his eyes closed. "Through sorrow to joy—always!"
Jon had finished reading the letter. He stood and smiled down on Evelyn. The leave-taking was still going on, and no one noticed Evelyn and the captain much.
"How beautiful you are to-day!" says Jon.
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