Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-04-20

PIE, one retained bcr old Eastern ways
and was always at home. had nlver lei
her do much work. (her hands were toe
small for that) She was stately in hei
form, and she had queer way Of twist,
ing her long hair round her head, so il
looked like crown. The folks said
she was proud; and one or two who had
daughters asked me why did not take a
wife, and if were not afraid? So il
came upon me gradually while upon her,
You see, it fell like a stroke
You must have found it difficult tc
break such thing to her.
Yes, it was hard to do. But at last !
said will do it on Thursday and on
Thursday evening when | came home she
was standing in the garden, and | went
up and put my arm around her, and told
her how it had been revealed to me that
must marry again.
What did she say?'
Nothing. Not one word. She Just
gave one scream; declare | shall never
get that scream out of my ears. l believe
| should hear it if were on the Andes
| thought | heard it a minute ago.
The slcet ratified against the windows
cf our car, and the bleak midnight wind
swept down the mountains, and | thought
l heard it too.
The Mormon proceeded And then
she fell like one dead. thought she was
dead, but she came to after Il while, and,
would you believe it, she never mentioned
the subject to Inc. l could not find it in
my heart to say word about it again for
more than five months. Meantime, she
had taken cold, and did not get strong
again. ! saw she was wearing the thought
OF it about her like a mourning weed, and
so, when she seemed little better, | talk
ed to her about the great principles OF our
Faith, and how those to whom the spirit
revealed itself must follow its dictates, or
bc forever cast into h"iii And told her
she need not fear my affection for her would
be divided, for | had vision, in which
it was told me that should love her for
ever, and that we should never die, but
live together, and see the thousand years
of Christ's reign upon the earth, and be by
him rewarded for our obedience and wiling
ness now to cast aside our selfish human
will, and sacrifice to him.
Margaret was always true believer
But had always been wandering in search
of rock Of Faith, until | anchored here.
L had heard from pulpit to pulpit, such
conflicting doctrine, | could lay my hand
on nothing that seemed secure, and thinl,
she was unwilling to set me adritt again,
and so she consented. My parting from
her was a dreadful one. for she moaned
and wept like one in despair, anl--I was
fool enough to cry too
i don't wonder said his interlocuter.
1T ishard wholly to subdue nature even
at the call of duty and he gave low
laugh.
when came back continued the
Mormon it had been Just 50 all the time.
She had never eaten, and never slept, but
only walked up and doHr. always, hour
after hour
We'll, how dill she get uscl to t?'
She retained the house had first built
OF course. 1t was at large; we had no
children and she was very lonely, for l was
necessarily much away from her. I went
as often as | could; but ] IN rricd, in quick
succession, two others; and so we were sep
arated, and she fretted in my Absence
At last it was this, or she saw the folly of
resisting her fate; he got quiet in her mind;
used to it, in fact. People do get used to
anything you know. When the iron force
of circumstances presses them On every
side, and they do not know how or where
to resist, they at first grow quiet. She
took it into her head, after while, and she
would not live very long, and she said it
was not worth While, to be separated so
much the little time she was here; and if I
pleased the families might all coEae and live
together. | told her she was sen,ible and
getting used to things. But she only said
something to herself about the collapsiug
sides of an iron shroud, pressing put her
life. 1t sounded like poetry. She always
had such way of picking up such odl
things out Of books
Did she get wclI?'
No, not yet. Indeed her cough is rath-
er worse, and she is more feeble. but she
seems happy enough. She is very kind
to every one, especially the two little chill
dren, and she wiz get better when the
spring comes. know she will, because
it has been revealed to me that she is to
live and dwell with me thousand wears,
when Oh i + shall reign and judge the
world