The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-08-14

her. The eeafsss exhausted her; she be-
caHe daily more frsil; bet n lzst sA4
| change caue, her lesson Of srhaais.soa
seemed learned, and the resee Of ~er-
feet trrss in God to settle upon her ca-
quiet scal
More than zen mouths bad passed With
cut farther ssdings from Robert, and her
friends bscane snxioas aud dispsrite6
mt Susy vas calrn, and seldom spoke of
him. Qns day she sat reading 10 Nelly,
when saddsuly starting TO her feet and
extending her aras. vhile her gaze SEEM
ed to rest upon some f4r distant ebjeet,
she cried, Robert. Rohe<t, hear you;s
| then listening with axed hook usoment,
shu3der convulsed her frame, and she
| fell insensihls 10 she Acor.
Ellen ~ s4ariy parly1ed rith ssson~
ishnent and terror, bat selsiag hossIs
of eoiegne water, she used il With such
saearSs that Sasy scoa revived and an
swered her sisters alarraed inquiry by
snile Of peace. alt is over, Nelly," she
said ~ have seen Robert he Is dead
heard him say, .Susy, . my darIing,
come to me" then | saw him; he lsy up
on the deck of . vessel, diving. Dear
sister, / am not Wild; | saw him; | know
he Is dead, for his eyes looked into rnine,
and I sas the film Of death come over
them Is he stretched cut his hands to
me"
No reasoning coald persuade S1sy that
tbs vIsioa was freak of her iaaSina-
siaa. Various scientific explanations If
such plenomeaa were quoted 10 her, but
il vain. "lss," she woald reply, .'the
hypothesis is reasonable, perhaps, but
kaov."
She was no longer restless, but prepar-
Cd for returning to Msrlewooi ss soon 5
information OF Roberts death should
reach her; for, dnriag those lonely hours
of self communion upon the sea-shore,
her duty had been made rlsin 70 her Il
was not to pine idly for vanished joys;
aos TO lay hztlesSiy at the Masters feet
the bardsa Of her bLghted life So did
not he who bore alons the weight OF
worlds woe Following his divins ex-
ample, she uass plant flowers in the waste
places, and the barren lives Of other, if
ihev uaight 10. net grace her own; she
mast LOT weakly sGeenanh under the
weight Of tie heasy eruss which she uu>t
carry 10 the end Of her Journey
Some weeks after the incidents | hare
related occurred, Mr. NJ, With sad
" troubled face, oGe d4y eEfiea Nelly
| fran the rooz where she sat with Susy,
and consulted her as to the manner In
L - So A.
death. eoavevel t. him iu a letter trou
John Williams; shCa3l E-a impaired Gg
Sasy Thev ger ~st Ha}a 5aa. w
Sasv eussss tse 1aEs tEst svfs
iz agttatel ~ sssa lasa&kA Scr
momeus as sazsE s -ss and ssae ass
tarwAseh il Eessl. All exiesnalng her
,re14bli1g haud feE il, SID quietly, - 10
net fear for lie; can bear Al now"
She opened the letssr, and lock of
Roberts hair, with scrap Of paper, aa
which few almost ilsegihle lines vert
peneiled, fell s, her feet Tie bit Of
writing xas from Robert, snd read thus
"Susy, my lore, NV wife, I'll il clear now
II see nv fatal mistake; bat God Is
wise, and viii oserrale my foolishIcss for
cur greatest good. Forgive me the sas-
fsring l have caused you.-I am punish
ed BY dying far from yea; but yea will
come to me soon, and shall wait for nv
perfect JOY until | see you- Gocd-by fer
. little time, my darling have pressed
maDy kisses here for you- | can trust
orr father to care for you, and am n
peace kosksr."
That vas .li-but JohnWillians' letter
gave the details of his death. Their yoy-
arc had been long, owing to ths isaky
ari unseawo-thy condition OF tie ship,
and many Of the passengers were seixed
with fever. caused by their crowded .sa.a
aud the uuwhalesome aud insufficient
fooa furnished them. Robert was 1Rtir-
ins in his attention to the sick, Until un-
vented exposure and fatigue Induced N
attack Of the fever, for which, in h:s
case, no remedy availed. Is he became
daily weaker, be spoke much to his com.
panIons of his absent wife aid pleasant
home, and noarnei that he had not been
content with his happiness 4 singular
circumstance occurred near his desth.
He had been carried to the deck for air,
and lying supported by Johns arms, he
became almost deiirious with desire TO
see Susy once more. Gradually b. be-
came quiet, and they thought hin sleep
ing, when suddenly be called aload, '.Sa-
sy, darling, come; DO you hear me- come,
come to me-" aud directly stretched Gu:
his hands As though about TO elsep the
beloved one, smile Of loy eye~preadins
his face. and be fell into that sleep tia.
none need fear TO distarb.
TIE following DAY, amid the tears Of
many who had lesrned to love him, lis
body was committed to the waves, and
their eeaxeless means we're his requiem.
Early he had reached the goal, but not by
the path be sought.
When the woods donned their gay ap-
parel, and the signing winds shook the
ripenei nuts from the trees. Susv came
home to Maplewood Nelly and her hns-
band endeayored to retain her q bles-
sing to their own life, bat she said, Il
shall be better where have been happi-
est; there arc duties calling me there.
and could not bear to know that the
hands Of strangers tended the aowers he
loved, or seem 70 shun the place that was
our Eden"
The naples shovered their wi;he-iag,
frostredened leaves upoa her Is she
stood again upon the little lawn. 'Like
nv hopes" she said to me, who was there
to welcome her. ssit Is the ft,est season
for my return, but shall Sni rest here
Many eyes filed with tears as Sasy
took her accustomed seat in church On
the Sabbath after her return. and many
sympathising han1s were outstretehei II