Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-10-28
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woy, though, the gate used 10 cfeak,o be
remembered, aud be wanfed 10 supr e
tem-wontcd too, to getaote hook anthem
i'ali before be madeIhis preseuceo known 4--t
Inc t'lnds awerspp. mspd 2tbeNligbt sbope,
tuli In his eyes as he approached The win.
dow, stepping lightly that no football might
bettay him. Neai er aud nearer I'LL he
s'ood close TO the s;ll. lasi 9alL co gnib n
19T1Wbat pleasant room 10 sw6s " blr lis
pretty carpet and bafhishGI stove. and the
pictures op the walls A lule boy SAT with
book aud slate beside, the lamp. That
was Eddie, .s'udious Ellio, ald tbe pink
checked child who leaned on his knee YES
BABY Flory. A woman sat il a rocking
chsir before the stove, a fair yondg wbman
with CiIristie's ace aud smile and Chrisde's )
bands Of derk hsig. yrsiel5Js s5i al bssit
br Bat wRo was that man, beside her. who
held her hand in ..ueh 0 cop6dent, love- :
like way aud even bent down aud kissed
her, right there in The broad ligb ',fliefo e,
the children, befoe ibe very eyes of the
husband whose presence none Of ibem sns
peced? In God shame what did il mean 9
\ Marx Ryder clnched bis haud aud took
Q sep bearer the door, ibut stopped as
y voice that thrilled to his heart, as it had
done. so Of Gu before, said Gone Floy,
Eddie, rs time for lhtle folks 1ogoito5
bed" Theyoudger child cane obedieudy,a .
and the man S,auding aou,side saw dhis
other. man qealeb herIoqt ef the, mother's
aims aud swing her high above his bead,
while the little one laughed aud shouted
with giee, and Chiistie said 'pleadfngly
please don't, husband IL makes me af'aid
10 see you throS DER up o.aoi...a 7sisaf
HI1,sbond,iu5i r'ifo@f esd g7rHUl3
af-I- 80 q,hag Il siw,.l .,7E .sgs- 1
r The mystery was growing clear DOW, div 4
The moonlight fell on o white coDvulsed.
face, and the angels seeing it, must have
pilicd the man. There. was noue other TO
pity no kindly hulnin face or voice, only
The rcmemberance Of the conductors free
which stayed by HIN somehow, aud the y
words that cutiously 'eEough 'reeurred to
his MUD now, God give you a hsppy
Homecoming He had uttered no syllable
of reprUacli, only the words that were al I
Elo6t a Cry, Oal Chgistiel Chtistie! !-7s1k 4
LAS if in sanswef she Turned towards lhe
~ ipdow, but the figure that had stood
,here was gone now. .{, ., t..,...-
Even ID tbs moment Of bewilderment
uul torture the wronged husband saw
cIcarely how the wrong had been DONE
He had been reported deud, aud CHRISTIE,
L lim'd, dependent @olnap always, had
married again. She had been married
many months--his eyes told him that
aud he could not bring shame NJ disgrace
l9r "A tru in in tup
hours-He would take it. and go far away,
back 10 the army, pc! baps. anywhere, ii
did not matter, and she should never know.
but that he was really dead. Il would be
best so. 90.
Oh! Christie, if you had cnly known
whose eyes looked upon you tba. night!
Whose unsel6sh heart was plnning for you,
placing your future peace and well6eing
before his own craving hunger rlhome
happiness aud cbildreu's love.siisso srola
When Mark Ryder glanced again tow
aid the window tie srange man bad
IN ,ved aside, out of lis range ofvi,ion. aud
he saw only Ctri tie sitting there with her
child in her lap while Eide leaned on tbe
ann Of the chair. Home, aud wife and
children-aIl that he had hoped! aud
prayed for through lhrec Years Of absence
aud ,eghieep months Of cppiivity btfore
his eyes, within his reach al last. (hink
none but God knew What was in the mans
soul then, when he gave them all up aho
elected to -brcome d wandeter. lOneAong
look at the dear tace he shopid neser see
agaiuatbisu side of iieayen---t hen be TUNED
resohtely away. no piz,, soiysr,,st4, 4
.s.g III haH 4
over when deg came oat, Of a ,kennelnear
by ,groEling, sayagely, Bfunosa a good
fellow! Hearing bis haIne in that voice
the dog knew his master and 'sprang up
th a quick, glad whine. licking she hand
sTh II caressed hs shaggy held, and the face
that bent down close for sniustantlas the
man knelt ou one knee upon the froz,n
lgronnd, hisarm about the dogs necG-3-2
OF You will see them all lu. mortog, old
,felloS5wy 7Chrislie,i and + llieo and Flo!y-
but | shall never see Them again until
meet them up yonder. They never know
that ha We been here Tonight, -aRd you
can't tell them can your You'll Keep my
secret, and when all the rest have fptgot-
tsn nSd dog witi7zffmembes.I An,iayou
Irmusl'ai fyllow.g BAck, ! ay,aand--go3d-
bye, 1-riaeT 70 !a.a iyaqsG sdi, 10 buag
He did not, look back once, as he wenty--'
| kept straight on, a:yoss the field towaI
the station, IN the same pafh lie had come.
j over less than an h6ur Before. Tbe iwnd,
4 was ia bis face now, tbat bitter, piercing
wind which seemed 40 ipcIesrste then blue
oyercoat so easily, chilling him through
and through. He ishlyered at first aud
shrsnk as il',swept oFer him, but After a.
while he did NOT feel il so much. 3 ~
: Itmustab be getting late, be thought, he
yss getting very sfeepy-galEfng siSwer
and Slower, pauSfbg Sohce as the Inonretpl
howl ofAa dog on'"his ears aiPoor
Btuuo.i HeSd griesing fordmelb Nobody
ilelse, II grieve Nobody esedi kuoSsa Or
kearss.ai Its slrange+-s hat Imakesu me- SO
tired must-sit down-77AeIerragd, testt
There's Time enough, NJ, NtosTpeed0.o T,
hurry, ..Christie's-z asleepEby -this-
\ time-Ean1 n1611I4 Shi le lnshAlsVos ell n
7 sLes6iug his elbows on his Knees a nd hi,
face in hisshands, be sat qaiet! Not aieep
for he heard still the how ling OF the dog,
but it seemed TO him miles uvsy.0o Ills
sens es were getting dulled, his faculties
benumoed. d.siGsusYolu aiNsuYsin zsgla t.as