"Oh, that I could stretch out my hand to save her!--That I could shield her from the tempests!--That I could shelter her from the burning heats! But I cannot.

There is a great gulf between us, and I may not pass to her, nor she to me.

Oh, my soul! is this separation to be for all time ?" There was rebellion in the heart of Paul Hendrickson when he reached his home; and a wild desire to overleap all barriers of separation.
"There will be a divorce in all probability," so he began talking with himself.

"Jessie will never return to him after this violent separation; and he, after a time, will ask to have the marriage annulled.

He will not be able to bring proof of evil against her--will, I am sure, not even attempt it; for no evidence exists.
But her steady refusal to live with him as his wife, will enable him, it may be, to get a divorce.