The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-21
[BlA, FEM EssEE, FRIDAY OCTOBER 81. ls7(

| when think Of my plan for Tie orphan
children, It seems heard to bar. Bu
God knows best, and pefhspe Z shUuli
icnevr have sueceeded.a Yous WilI tel
Dr.. Hope about it, won't yuuf 0 And
do not feel grieved of anxi1ns sfor me
I can get plenty Of mun1c- -schn2ars, and
my teacher used often to tell ne thal
the little aketches and painting I malil
at school. would bring me money II
were poor. So you must think Of me
as content. - ~ a7'lf
|s Six months later Ethel Stanley sat
in her studio, a plain little room, vel
not without that distinctive character
which her magnetic nature impaired ia
the simplest surroundings. 4 - &
There was atap ct the door, and Ethel
rose and opened it for some one who
stood still q moment in the shadow,
and then lifting his face with q snile
Like sunshine, stepped across the thres-
hold. eDr. Hope Ethel did not start
? or exclaim. Could it b that, sllent,
and absent, he had stfll . near HI In
Dhef thouSht? such zpgesenoe -. our
dead sometimes have with as, 90 that
II they Were to come to us, fsH 60 y
}.9l," with a living tor,ch,is iadi gogi J.
3 - Though we know they are silent 1: -
sF wv We SsH sSonid moi mot Vsoo Wonder much s 4
'.I have little story to ten you,
Ethel" he said, when they had talked
awhile Of the Dudleys, and he had told
her how they grieved' at her persistent
refusal to become dependent upon their
slender means. i M. .ala 81 ,-,7i. -
80 Once on a Lime, / will not say how
many years ago, an orpaan-Roy,o too
young to remember the home and love
he had lost, was cast poer, friendless,
and among strangers. The years past
and brought him various fortunes. The
world did not crowd HIN from lts throng
Of struggling workers nor refuse him
standing-rOom among those who essayet1
to climb. Yet it was not world that
loved its own.' The want that fell 10
his lot was ,sadder than that Of food or
shelter, q poverty which even palace
walls cannot always exclude crouchinS,
wOlf-like famine stealing into the very
heart of plentiful years,-tife dearth of
sympathy the loneliness Of a soul stand
ing by itself. = 81 ..ss l39isf9
'.He Travelled near and far; Inc saw tile
great world OH both sides OF the sea;
then he came back like weary child, to
rest among his native hills. ~, 81
!" Once when he was younger, he had
seen the summer sunlight shine buck
upon him from tile eyes Of alittle twelve
year old maiden, who held hts hand, and
tripped beside him In the fearless trust
of childhood. Now, ,slie came again, Il
womad, young, gifted and lovely, rich in
the treasurers Of the world, but her true
eyes still undazzled by It's glittering fab
sity. And he loved her, Ethel, He sat
at her. feet and saw his own Imperfect
aims shriyel in the light Of her ptlrcr
He loved her, but he could
not ask her to mate the dew of her youth
She went away, and tidings came to him
which fell upon her, which she met with
dauntless courage and unclilled faith.
"Can you guess how, as DAYS and
months went by, he longed to take her
in his arms-his very Own-out of the
worlds wilderness, into the safe shelter
of his love? Can you guess how, when
the silence ached within him till his very
heart was like to break, he went forth to
seek her, holding in his hand his one
hope, rs once the first-bOrn 4
was borne up the mount of sOcrifice }"
He ,daused, but she did not answer.
Her head sank Tow and lower over her |
clasped hands. ',lt9i5 s-5 eFi851f
Ethel ."-his voice was nnspeaksblys
solemn anil tender" Ethel, ii he risks !
yon now, tonight, would you 60 with
him?" r.. = 81 7g,..- -, t.,,,'s-qi
:, And Ethel answered, O. will CO. /
The May-fowers were just trailing |
their fringe of fragrant blossoms along |
the hem of the vanishing snow-driff, !
when DIR. Hope carried home his bride. |
Fair and stately in its renovated pro-
portions stood the homo upon the hill |
side light and warmth awaited them in |
side the threshold, and love entered with |
hem, guest whose parting none should |
speed forever more. f
Nor ever since have failed beneath |
their roof, shelter for the homeless, food |
for the hungry, or comfort for the forsa-
Sen. sGte hf tT-+
And thus has Ethel Stanley's dream
.Ome frue ...