Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-02-01

death, aud Size felt she was ali .l,;a wa.
left her The night ie:i as it had fallen
upon her heart.
John Elmer cou'd d have bought his Tf.
for Il pairy sum tut he had moi the sum
which could buy 1t. fhrce hundred dol
Lars Is II pi'liul amount, tor want of il
Marians heart was beginning tu pe;rify.
Marian did What she could. Ii WAS but
little, but that winch she could do WAS
killing her. H. cUnd make no provision
for wife AMI chIid-ihcre WAS none in his
power lie would leave them in the care
of HIM who fed the ravens. The morn
ING came when John Elmer was To leave
homn-tiark and ratins-volh, and oh , 81
dreiry. He icit that II Was icr the l:iSi
time He parted from Marian OH what
Il parting! so wrctchcd. - surruwftl
Ii was Ju>i like Il soul torn from the boiv
/ he looked into her t;,ce-he saw moth
Ing but ;un9mi~h and that strange still
ness which sometimes comes unaccuunt-
ably over children was upon Grace. IL
snaichrd himself away-he dared not louk
back. Marian took up her child, close
! to her bosom. So close, it struggled 10 get
/ free, and turned and went ln A rich
( stuckhn remarked al dinner that day.
having paI six hundred for his two so.,s
THAT 'oj.pcrhead Elmer went to-day
could not False the '>pondmiicks >" Good
enough for him-iIe might have volunteer
ed long ago
Such sympathy had Marian.
Weeks AMI months passed on. /: was
drcary with Marian; OH. so lonely. She
hal nothing hnt Grace now. She heard
from Join but seldom. 1t WAS very
srldom he svnt her money, for the
wages OF drafted man are not won-
! dcriuI, and il was hard To make the
ends meet The winter Was come ON,
/ and ever, thing was going up; hri Lousr
rent was fallen due. and >he was IN need
! of wool. Strange what changes are
wrought in short fine. From modest
ease, Marian WAS coming TO want-iI
might he suffering 10 st:,rvati"n-sh" coula
moi tell. -" i-ij her tp,.hy and Wett uul
IL nuut work. She bad her sewing ma
cbi!i,., ..ni size could She had mot
counted the difficulties Her husband
Was a drafted man, Il = hu;tcrnui," they
/ had nothing for her to- do They gave
icers Marian looked in their faces
and won irrei what they meant. Was
! her husbands belief rrproarh, Was
! II a disgrace 10 be drafted! If 50 ii fell
/ upon him. She was proud. this little
woman. But when she went back and
! found Grace crying for her and The room
cold, her pride began 10 give way TO des-
pair.
! One day came a letter To Marian. She
read il t,arlesslv, bu, il Was the wedge.
that, driven sharply iii, divided The already
/ broken heart. Ii WAS frt III II cumpauinn
! of johns telling how he had been urahlc
to bear the ruugh msaggs of war, how he
| had fallen il and after lying a long time
. in Tie hospital had died. lie should have
writer: before but having hrcn separated
: from john ON drtarhed service during his
sickness. Then lie spike of his ga':,nIrv,
his close observance of his assumed duties.
etc. Bat what matttrrd All this TO Ma
rian He was dead-he was gone, she.
, could never, never see his dear fac. ag:,in.
! She would never b. h,.il In his arms
never feel The pressure OF his kiSs. H..
WAS dead and Grace was fa:herless. But
/ Mari;,n'S grief was silent. She rose up
and took up her burden. AMI ih"urht she
would live for the sake OF tie little one
! But il was hard work to live. She got
some little work to de-, bu; she could rent
ouiy one room now, AMI barely keep them
in food Sometimes they had no fire for
an entire tav. Even Marian'S h, a!th
suffered. and the child took severe cold
that en;ied in the Group and term mated its
/ life Marian ihon.ht she had suffered
her full measure of loss. bat when this
last and only tr,asnre was taken away,
/ the last tie that bound her to this life was
broken, whnt WAS country to her In
all length and breadth, s!:e had none Ia
love hrr, no spot in Its boundaries she
could cal home. What was 1t 10 her
that the country should be saved She
was diving "f arirf an! starvation.
Work became scarce and hard to get.
Some one was ALWAYS before her. One
bv one she sold ali her little articles OF
vaiuc. disposed of al! those little things
which had made her rno.ns so pleasant
when she and John and baby were all 81
happy together Then. when there was
nothing left, s'l, sank down in slow ne:'
vous fever After it was g' neral!y known
that Mrs Elmer WAS destitute and sick,
a few neiglbnrs began TO drop in and try
TO do something for the unhappy woman
but tardy conscience had failed to remind
them of their duty until it WAS entirely