The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-12-24
OUR SATURDAY NiGHT
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waiting by The riverside f,r tire !
wave which will I Ike iin away
And it will soon come, Tot ea' Il /
moment he uears the edge as tie
edge is nearing him This ie BIZ
last Saturday Night on earth, lor
he is beyond BE reach od human
skill. and covered not Sc much by
sheets wrought By human fingers
as by pity.
Who soas he
Only man. A friend OF ours,
we met nearly twenty years AGO.
II was good, honest lad-he
ought to have been good man
and useful. He was, for time
A more earnest man we never
knew. Kind, tender Of heart, liy-
ing in his heart and for a heart,
he tried to beat down his faults
and to grow beautiful virtues ov-
u taCA one.
One day lie met che with beau
tlful face, whe! Elm seemed cluster
ed all the evidences CT that he art
wOrthiness which makes women so
lovable. He wooed and lie won
her. Then he was very, very hop
nv. His whole life seemed lifted
up. He seemed to live only for
her love, and 10 be heat taught
anew that there is something high
and noble for us each TO strive for
One day we saw them III their
little home, happy. He loved her.
His life to her and TO others was
tie living evidence how we'll. We
looked upon them as beautiful ex-
amples. No company could lure
him from her side. No tempta-
ton to idle away time-to dissi-
pate or to slime over lis honest,
loving manhood TO her could ever
reach him, for he was protected by
the love Of a kind, earnest, beauti-
ful woman.
What she wished for he strove
to obtain. Her wish was his law
Truly did he guard her in life, in
health-lovingly did he stand by
her, with n tear filled heart, in
her every sickness, for he truly
loved her.
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Tonight he was very sick when
he sent for us. Leaving all work
unfinished, we fastened to his bed
side, for one who is i'll counts the
minutes rather than hours. We
found him, but how changed. He
was waited on in his helpiessness
by men-he who so deserved gem
tier hands. Those who were in
attendance left the room Then
we sat on the bedside by him, with
his thin hands held in ours Will
he told US his story. God pity ell
who have such lie lessons given
them by Implying hearts.
X
I am dying. The little cord of
hope and life which so long held
me up is giving away l feel it,
and welcome the moment when /
shall be released. When l am
gone, will you be kind to her. You
know who / mean. / love her, for
al 1 am lost. We were SO happy
together. / tried to make her life
one of happiness. 1t was an ear
nest and an honest love that / gave
her-a heart that was all her own.
She was help to me in eivin
life to my heart and good impul-
ses safe direction. ! did try
good, and noble. 70 IL, Deen
taught that true woman did best
love the man who was Il 20 her
1t was hard, bitter, torturing les
son that taught me otherwise.
When We were happy together.
she tired of my love. She longed
for the society Of others. and for
soft compliment of fattery which
by scores had been given to her
She longed to go here and to go
there, and to sip of the adulation
Of the world. She said / was too
earnest-that too mt ch love wca-
ried her and gave annoyance. She
changed, and changed, and chang
ed till the eye which once spoke
TO me with such eloquence looked
upon me only as others look Til
the lips which were once so loving
ly raised TO greet me forgot their
welcome. And then / was rsh--
ed back-and back into t. gro
ping darkness some hearts other
than mine have felt.
Il suffered and endured agony.
| was honest in my love, but she
told me that honest love lacked
spice and grow tiresome. Others
knew how 1 loved her. Then she
babe me be discreet and appear to