The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-12-09
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IN MP.ATIBLcE,
The last summer d my bright, ca:'
FREQ girlhood} Vas pssed Amy Mac
among the hills, With Uncle Cyrus an
Aunt Abigail tbs ~ W thought Is If
YVES peace. Even NV I sometime
.6idk i was the hspftsssl i sumner i daasff of m
l&;1EbaaoeFefF' }.snI 'ji.ippoiDte'
ahere; NY idsals,wee p all glorionss he
] ilIos,, xho neYsr eamt aexh u from I! thei
spedestala Lile;befe, ma licked Xix i.
one grand triumnphslnatet1 ; myasonl,
care tor the future ws 4' I to wonder, r a
girls will, what strolg arm 1 shoult
leapupon;:a1d whathaaanb treadndlt
tzkesp tyne e e The = 'ai' pgio efI4y lishte'
etoPs
- Uncle Cyrus and Amt Abigail wert
sthe roraats old seoppex in ,thes world
Their love Had feaoka 'tsy Indian sum,
:nez, !. 1e., tas<it> @ il Hasnot m 1estnfaG nke that
ot + The tltss year.; j. i {. did nt suggest decay
and death, but = /. void ,here such love
must bloom over agan ! freshness and
immortal yoatht.>. ; s'1t.hna;s y I silipened' slow
~, I, knew now, though, Thought then
it had alwaysbeen thu peaceful; for
Uncle Cyrus once taYy-brovn. hair
was like sno~,: and only few threads
Of dark in the silver Of AUNT Abigaiis
told of the wealth Of blk hair which
framed her beautiful fes when she
came bride 70 the old pmestead. .
Aunt Abigail VS.. <aapFfitnEs by
birth and training, and dhen:thaksnon-
resisting seet threatent TO tread, her
out Of meeting" bcc,se her whole soul
I9TffSQAr p, Z !. .,,llpYse e hlele Cyrus whose:
Als4tahd> BEEN CohgregationaIssss'' =
for generations, he temperament ard
her training net il hand e. hand con.
flict. Temperance won the victory.
as.it generally dodn such cases 50
she laid aside her'ab, and Frightened
the bridal white her weddiqg,hat
~itb .!bitof scar sSve,ben., ~a,n,di sat
in the choir with 'cle Cyrus the Sun
~ after they ~ married. { She
said '"thee" but on after that time,
and it was years a years after, when
Uncle Cyrus told |, with a ghastly
face, that Cousin ,rge was dead
dead at Gettysk. "Theo cam.
mean it, Cyrus" ,e ia shrek from
her ashy lips, ands sank senseless ct
his feet. Poor A Abigail! all the
hope Of her y !, coming back
through the old tliar phrase to re,
sist the srock, ! pewerless before
the terrible truth We thoaght her;
heart was brokenit after the first
sharp agony was I, >she, vas her own.
strong self agai aud when they
brought Grape anmbazine, she er.
1elaimed, "Shall L sonf Ksfx5nte of
mourning becauay ~ son has been
'promoted onthd 7'"' and she put
them away with &c like that of an
: 'a6gei. Theix g 4raa TOO sacred ior
sadness ; if full leart-break, it was
also full Of no bo'sterous mirth
afmight BE- eubautue no jntloos1E en-
joyment was erhecked by their
presence.
= 'Tho faith IF aged couple created
J a serene atmqbI around them Il, Which
. fI, weak aud "a as I hads become, :,
logged for xth ine4pressible long
. ng ,ssdvhea placed me eontorta. oda
bly, in the cars he could not go With;
me, giving tconductor enough
II s4ars(sNo|bet'e e fas'|qflM Yei1s
a very young ind, and 1 leaned
langaidly baci iSoss4oi=she tranquil
ets:eA:!;' y! !! s,,t! Pees$ es's n
;, my nuI aud thought; Of Philip
nd Flanders seen!ling like the mem.
1e q ory Of a bad = ! "Ns> /"
Of A.ea,essini a aroused me, and
y :ty be, py evil q was beside me. ~
' *. "Alone for'a journey, in such d
ns state! he salty. b"
~, I had beer i'll, and was weak
e and morbid, ive said, and befo3e
N. &Jyjsufnsy bit completed I had
an agoei1ipaietion that I yas2a' 4 1
a wretched, ! deserted wife, and
" that he 8asl'ny s'alGrs than i
- 6Ana,'sGHas left at static N y !
.,, few miles ftbcle Cyrus, "a!
:w1aeaaeaue 4t.t.4s>nore ,'eaw
n4s aud IN |gG'se' s.ate than hs
found me > lid not think Of tRis
at the time '''
The nezlog, utter . s)eeples,
|ER night, I thk would tell Uncfe
or. Cytus and Abigailny sad story.
- They wetrtelcharit.ble'to motives 81
-}qf qfth.5 q@f fst4.eafne, IA thsy
did net, II :werstl came to tde
worst-thpf what that worsi
eh / Would o be kly /. Vague notion! p!
A1as Als9' ther, wask lore than frisnd'' I'd
fxo whom I peal, and Who: toatd
i. stand by ahs l.'> ~, J. .fte'