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Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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DANGER IN THE DARK. 53<br />

sensations; I know not how to account for my aversion<br />

to him, unless <strong>the</strong>re be someth<strong>in</strong>g wondrous<br />

wicked <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> man; nor do I feel right about his say<strong>in</strong>g<br />

mass for my fa<strong>the</strong>r."<br />

"Why, child, it can do no harm, if it effects no<br />

good; but you know not what beneficial <strong>in</strong>fluence<br />

such a ceremony might have. Religion is a mystery,<br />

and as such, we should not pretend to comprehend it;<br />

and it is someth<strong>in</strong>g, perhaps, we have too long neglected.<br />

His argument seemed <strong>in</strong>deed plausible-that<br />

<strong>the</strong>re can be but one true church; and if so, that one<br />

must be <strong>the</strong> Catholic."<br />

" Ma, I cannot help feel<strong>in</strong>g that that man may have<br />

some design upon us."<br />

" Do not <strong>in</strong>dulge such strange fancies, Maria; <strong>the</strong>re<br />

can be no foundation for any apprehensions of that<br />

sort."<br />

"How happens it he has become so wonderfully<br />

<strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> us-entire strangers as we are to himnever<br />

even hav<strong>in</strong>g visited his church l"<br />

" Dear one, that is by no means remarkable. He<br />

is a priest, wholly devoted to religion; his only concern<br />

is to save souls; and if we have souls to save<br />

why should he not be <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> us ~"<br />

"I'd be sorry to depend on such a horrid, haggardlook<strong>in</strong>g<br />

mortal as he is for salvation I Some people,<br />

Pa used to say, expect to go to <strong>the</strong>ir preachers, ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />

than <strong>the</strong>ir Saviour, when <strong>the</strong>y die. Well, when I w<strong>in</strong>k<br />

out for <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r world, I ask leave to go to somebody

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