[The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller]@TWC D-Link bookThe Light in the Clearing CHAPTER VIII 21/23
As I think of the immaculate soul of the boy, I feel a touch of pathos in that scene.
I think that he felt it, for I remember that his whisper trembled a little as he began to tell me why men are strong and women are beautiful and given to men in marriage. "You'll be falling in love one o' these days," he said.
"It's natural ye should.
You remember Rovin' Kate ?" he asked by and by. "Yes," I answered. "Some day when you're a little older I'll tell ye her story an' you'll see what happens when men an' women break the law o' God.
Here's Mr. Wright's letter.
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