The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-02-03

, llan tn0Se WHICH constitute thee 1he,
| may be weather. than thou as THE
\ worlds wisdom is, but who is He Dat
hath made us to diffcr2 Who gay{to
ME broad lands and a wide house, willie
tlou hast no place for thy nightly rst 4
Even he shall one day require an exact
account at my hands. And, perchahce
thou in His sight art richer than l. The
dover of intellect, the gift of, genius,
may be thine. Then let us be friendly,
knowing that all we have is receivedof
one benficent and all-wise Father abovel"
But, even as the ice began to mqlt,
| and their good angel whispered these
things, the departing spirit Of evil CLAN
ces backward Shortly there is quick
| return. and closing Of the avenues 10
a the higher and heller, the more Godlike
attributes Of the soul. Peace and light
and joy have fled, and darkness has come
again.
Everything about the room presents
an air Of busy, active, energetic though {
noiscless hOusewifery. Not particle ofI !
dust adheres to the smoothly polished
surface of the floor The furniture mI
the house, though not of the costiest +;
grade, is such as one would most natur.
ally expect in the home of an opulcntI
farmer, who considered his comfort raih-g t
er than the best means Of acquiring pc
cunary wealth. Between two vindowsl
stands table spread with snowy linen,
and an old fashioned family clock ticks
E0isily in the corner.
The framed picture of youth Of, APP
Eparently, sixteen summers and no win
ters, looks down from the wall above the
Fireplace. | say no uiaters, for only the
sunshine and summer of existenccis writ
ten upon his handsome boyisll facc.-f
XlW, gcntleness, and SkrNpess, alsoI
- -I'1sis e ss Is iles 0s.Sll Inca
= gmehts. Still, child like and sincere
The the expression Of that face is, a close ol
of server could trace, in the compression
and the full red lips, an earnest OF the tutul
use. man. The daughters attention is ofte
,cr, riveted upon that face. She holds IN ht
ave hand book, but the portrait upon I'll
ars, wall has more of interest for her tina
- these pictured within its pages. a hal
,nls suppressed cry involuntarily escapes he
inc and then she sinks lower over the bool
fin as though fearful of the consequences
Bo- so rash an act And. indeed, Davi
nd, Granger rouses himself from the drows
re- sumber into which he has fallen, an
ngs Uowns for!iadingly; ; but Martha Graz
aht ger, down lower in the depths Of her sou
rth lechocs The sigh but it Is so very fl
ght down that II does not riseto her lips, an
in is only manifested by the quick, conyu
cly sive hcaving of her breast.
4 Without. in front of his dwelling, Da
IN yid Granger had erected lamp post
ak. and on dark nights, like the present, ha
hat been accustomed to hang up lantcrl
fes- that the weary, way Worn traveller migl
alN be guided to a place of rerose; bu
nta somehow, tonight, his usual care for OIL
ick. vrs and forc.tlougIts seemed TO have d,
,igAt serted him. He had forgotten to han
nast ont his sign Presently he remembere
xis-a ait,sand taling the laatern from itsusus
rumlplaee, lighted it and went forth, bar
ain Ehcadesl, into the diving tempest, an
$ Of hung il up.
lies Far away, through the storm and darl
ness, one solitary female figure toile
eur, YEARLY, croucllipgls on, seemingly born
,ver down by some heavy burden. which woul
no speedily sink her III the earth. She raj.
one "a her lcniaciated hands imploringly tt
hat ward the heavens Only the drivin
ttcr sIect bcst harshly y1upun her defenccics
ner head. Only the March winds answere
lon her niutd appeal for aid, as they wcr
ere waiIing liy, ruthl.ssly clntching at tn
| of Escant raimrnt so iiconlpletc protectio
# against the bitttf mclemency of til
Ca weather, and blowing her tottering step
ate backward wkcnevar she essayed to 20 u
rior Surely, desertedM the God who mad
ks her and fjrsakenak man, she could bu
de she thUuglit,sS, with a low wall {
enf suffering, she sallt down upon the col,
her. damp earth.
kes Vas she indee1forgotten by the Hol
md One, who remembers even sparrow j
ny, its fail? Had heHvoicelcss cry Of agt
rm- my nospower to sammon Heaven to he
inv assistance
the Farup on the hill, light suddenl
rer- shines forth, liktla beacon Gre, to tn
vii, ocean tossed mariner. She has zee
lots that vision, and 4 revives her soul froI
,as- the apathy Of DESPAIR, and bears up be
pss, dropping form. Bfavely, now, and wit
en- blessings upon heilips, she proceeds on
ger ward.
tile
eel Within the great brown house is s
lilly lence. There is strange, undetinabl
asp exprcssionresting npon the usually plu
ing cid countcnance Il Martha Granger
and look OF attention and about her forr
there is an attitusleof listening. thoug
hat from afar sounds were borne upon tn
ON night winds lone which could only b
iiar analyzed hy her. 40