The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-04-19
The Good bye.

George--George .,
uWell what's wanting now
rha ,o,ng husband turned back the door KNOB
.,i ,hsro was an impatiente IN his tone, an'
snnovance on the brow, us he answered MS
wics call ,,,,,,o,, o.
"Nothing, papa, only baby ana Ju'' W"n' y, ~
Lice vou GOOD bye. - aud she came up towarus
him the little. graceful, sweet voiced woman;
,,i,h her babv i'm her arms and hel up the smal
so,, face tn his cheeks aud the little one crowed'
ood ,hrnst nm its dimplcd hands aud cutched the
short thick locks triumphanily
20 baby. YOU rogue you'd like to pull out a
handful OF papu's hair wouldn you now
laughed the merchant, in tone 80 uu''"e "'SS
farmer one. that YOU would no. have Recognized
il and he lesucd down, anu NSseo ''o '"''''
fragrant lips over and over. ,,,
Now lis my turn. papa" mi Mrs Reynolds
smoothed nwnv the rumplcd hair, and kissed her
husbands forrhead; aud as he went out o' '"f
house lhat morning. n new soltness anu P'"C'
had erased the troubled look from The man
face.
Aud that day it was appointed to Gcotg
Reynolds % pass through sharp ann 'rar'u'
temptation. =,
Ho wns in IN. midst OF n commercial crisis
and .ypr,l OF his heaviest debtors had ldiled
that week aud now payment ct ten lhuuSoll'
dollars was due. uul there was no way to tuiS'
this sum unltss--
A.. L,l Inc rcu rrcsoluely in his shaken
hand, tho veins were swollen into great blnr
cords on his forehead, and the breath came lhck
and fast hetwix, his hot lips; lew scrawlS ui
that pen solitary name at the bottom uhd the
Young merchant could secure the ten Thousand
doilars and the business credit would he sale.
There was no sort oi Il Jub, too but he could
raise the money within lew days, ana lhuS Sc
cure himself lrnm all d,scovery,ani the pressing
Circumstance OF the case certanIy allowed some
limits in inuncietiug.
81 WHISPERED the temptcr, ns ne walked up
and down the soul of George Reynolds, always
sorteuing dawn the word forgery into some false
nam, which totally changed TO his perceptions
the moral complexion OF the deed he was about
to commit.
The yonng merchants eyes glarod all around
his Off Co. but there was none TO SEQ hlm then !
he d. pped his pen with kind ol desperate Gag
crupss. into the tall porcelain lnh'iani, and lie
drew il along th1 paper when suddenly MS hanl
paused, struck by thonght-the memory OF his
wie's kiss that morning
He saw her as he saw her last, standing IL
the door, the baby IN her arms, her sweet lace
full ol mo;herly tenderness aud wiely trust, as
she lifted it to him at parting the voice OF the
tcmpter passed away before that rush o. holIer
emotion which blurred the mans eyes; he dashed
down the pen. Mary Mary You uavr saved
your husband, sink or swim, will not do tins
deed should blush Tor shame to meet your
eyes and your babys tonight, II | CARED the
burning consciousness IN my own soul, though
no other man ever did or would. Mary, my lat
tie wife, YOU won't know it. but that good-byr
kiss ol yours this morning has saved yoGr hus
band tom this great SIN
George Reynolds did not sink. II was hard
struggle but the storm passed by without tat
ling on him as it did on many others,and Mary,
his wife, never knew that she had saved her
husband from sin which i'll her eyes would
have been WORSE than death.
The good which we have done we shall know,
"not hgrc but hereafter" aud the best aud trurst
lives are those which slrew all the years with
the sweet aromas OF loving aud sel'sacrlhcing
deeds.
AS the water lilies take root and grow
silently amid the slime and mud in low waters,
until in the midsummcr they op"n their great
creamy vases to the soft pcrsuuslons OF the sun
shine, aud lie in snowy hoilIas on the bottoms
Of the streams the glory and ideallsduon OF all
flowers, so amid the lowIandS OF Illr among It's
shadows aud mists, have we also to sow day by
day our small seed of all gentle and generous
deeds, not knowing when they take root, or ex'
pecting to behold their unfolding iuto blossoms
or the river OF time.
o, ye who sigh to set your lives with the
arabesQues OF great aud noble deeds, who pant
for broader horizons, and higher opportunities
God has appointed you work where You are
Every day lifts up its white chalicc out OF the
night, and is held down to you through all its
solemn, sient-loutCd hours for those small lG-
bors of love whose tu- sign licance aud relations
we shall only understand in eternity.
Aud in this small daily labor lies much OF
woman's work. aud her sweet home influences
fall like the sunshine ani the evening dow, upon
the characters around her.
She may litDlr comprehend what silent force
Of healing, restraining, strengthening Influence
she is rxerlng, ani periods OF unrest aud dcs
ponltncy m " I'LL many hours wth shadows,
which would be illuminated with JOY aud
thanksgiving, il she could only know as she is
known
Bit the pictures of all lives are locked mp in
ths eternal galleries. ana the angels hold the
keys, aud when Gods voice Sp'aks the word,th
dons shall b npea ii, an wntn we 30 in we
sh.lI NIL hahnll nnll 11nlnrsInn