Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-11-15

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- "A'AiHs WIN l" silehe itmp-Andrew
o"' 'en years oioer stlan when L had
80 'V'ii ni"' out sun Anarew Hudson
"c'e' n0peo TO look upon him again
Win 'i' i"S eyes. L teasted them now. |
was no' qui'e sure could live through
''i"' hour. ne suppressed agitation
Soeine0 10 t Rii ils ms yet tne very sight
o' hi"i WAS Joy lie s''' aDofe me IN the
siue AIS e. ana could nos see me without
turning ms mead
Even then with my mourning veil down
ne u''sht not KNOW me- and cou hard-
DC tAe same at thiriy was at eight
cen
looked and looked, great tears swell
ing INTO my eyes. / was not conscious of
anything going on about me. only
knew that saw Andrew.
Suddenly there was the sound of crash
"A rum 5nng, shaking of the church, and
screams FROM female voices. The whole
congregation started to their feet ct once
AMI pushed doorward he old clerk try
ing his best TO stop them.
1t there any danger at all, he made
them near at last, ITS just by the door.
The floor has given away. I've said it
would these twenty years.
at that the crowd huddled back and
formed themselves at standstlll.
Inst Then hand ~ hTt u ip-
a voice said
DO not be alarmed. The church VIII
not tumble about our ears yet. The only
danger Is rush over the weak spot of
the floor
ltwas Andrews voice, and | did not
dare to look at him.
l stood quito still Some Of the bolder
souls had leaped the chasm-others had
clambered through the windows. The
ladies were being handed over by means
OF an extemporaneous bridge, and the
place was almost empty.
The new clergyman had come down
from the pulpit, ana stood, with his wife
on his arm, very near me. The clerk and
Deacon Blauvels peered into the aper~
ture.
"The beams have been dry-rotten for a
long while, said the latter. "One Of en-
is in two, and the other-I say, there's a
letter.
He interrupted himself by kneeIing
down and thrusting his arm into the
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the cellar wall, rested a lelter-dirty, cob
web covered, but with the seal unbroken.
"Miss-Sophy-Norroway,' he read
slowly, "Why, Sophy, that's yours
saw Andrew hudson start violently
ana turn h's eyes upon me with a new
| look IN thef, ana stretched out my
hand- How 1t trembled
An old letter, | said Il lost one be-
lore read 1t ten years ago, 1t must have
shPped through that crack IN the floor We
al N"o" o. ana spoke calmly though
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you. gu "o"i'--hcre' "hder 'lcse naples,
ana reaa that note-reao ana answer It;
/ not as IL asks you' buC with Word-a
'iiiie" Iooh' "'ie Seelh' "I'hi" my
grasp once more
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