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"There is a spiritual strength," said Plank ti it," said Siward "I have tried to find it through the accepted sources--accepted by me, too God has not helped h traditional methods; but that has not inclined me to doubt Him as the tribunal of last resort," he added hastily "I don't for a norant of the proper manner to approach Him The Arbiter of all knows that I desire to be decent He must be aware, too, that all anchors save one have failed to hold me"

"You mean--Miss Landis?"

"Yes It may be weakness; it may be to my shame that the cables of pride and self-respect, even the spiritual respect for the Highest, cannot hold me when this one anchor holds All I know is that it holds--so far It held ain, now And the rocks were close abeam, Plank--very close--when she spoke to h the rain, that dark day in March"

He ht see her I have waited a long tiain and I've won out, so far"

He looked up at Plank, curiously eence wholesome, balanced, sane; and I want to ask you if you think that perhaps, without understanding how, I have found in her, or through her, in soht help me to helpsentimental cant? Don't answer, if you think that I can't trust h, "I'll know it all some day--the sooner the better!"

"Don't say that!" growled Plank "You were sane a o"

Siward looked up sharply, but the other silenced hiesture

"Wait! You asked me a perfectly sane question--so wholeso to frame an ansorthy of it! I intimated that after the physical, the mental, the ethical phenomena, there remained always the spiritual instinct Like a wireless current, if a man can establish communication it is well for him, whatever the method You assented, I think"

"Yes"

"And you ask me if I believe it possible that she can be the medium?"

"Yes"

Plank said deliberately: "Yes, I do think so"

The silence was again broken by Plank: "Siward, you have asked me what I think Now you h her--her love,her--you stood the best chance in the world to win out, it would be cowardly to ask her to take the risk As ht than accept such a risk from her Now you knohat I think--but you don't know all Siward, I say to you that if you are h to take her, take her! And I say that of the two risks she is running to-day, the chance she ht take with you is infinitely the lesser risk For with you, if you continue slowly losing your fight, theonly will be hers But if she closes this bargain with Quarrier, selling to hio out of her soul for ever"