St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-08-04

: she had seen. She kept his whole intel
lectual being in healthy action. l'y an,
t by little pale, spiritIcss woman woul,
come stealing in, and sit silently il th,
shade.
Sometimes it was the little woman,
own fault that she was not brighter
Sometimes spirit of dumb submission
that was yet FIR from being patience
took possession of her, and She wou,
not now strive to make herself charming
rs she could, and us she had through al
her welded life till now. Sometime:
she was silent when she might have talk.
ed well and wlscly-as well, perhaps a.
the more brilliant woman whom she al.
lowed To eclipse her. Sometimes she
wiltully threw her husband in the way
Of temptation by being still, and cold,
and passive herself, when this old friend
Of his was most attractive and winning
| sec all this now, but did not see
it then. | only felt | WAS wrrtchcd, and
believed Miriam Dclamatrr Wa the
cause.
One morning at breakfast table allu-
sion was made TO I;ryants poem to the
Fringcd Hcnlian and Miss Dclamatcr
remarked that she lid not know tie
flower.
What not know the Frimgrd Cen
tian !' sad Walter, turning round quick
ly. swell, adviSr you to make its ac-
qutintancc before you 90 flower hunting
again 'on the Alps or the Apprentices
will brin% you Il blossom 10 nI"ht if can
find one II must hr in bloom by this
time"
"No thank you,' she said carclr-sy.
"If see the flower a; all want 10 see
it in It's native hlunts. No ~in.lc bios
som for me, if you please
"Thcn what say you, barbara! Let
ulS 20 mp To- the head of the Lake this al
icrnoon; towards sunset, and We can reap
Il harvest of "cntian~. Mrludon~ woods
must be- filled with them
did not particularly y care to 20; but
| | had sill cnuu1h common sense remain
in. To know that Il walk, and the :wrrt,
fresh cvcnn" :lir would do me GOOD -
we went, all three of u.
| am not COIN" to describe our wall, ou
the shores of that lovely lake, tn, "ipri-
ouS-sun-rt sky, the op:,lin' gleam-, the
tints OF purple and rn,e, amethyst and
amber, that clarified cloud, AMI wavelet,
and mountain. Even my prrturbrd spIr-
it felt that 1T WAS guod to be there
We fingered - lon@ that when we enter
ed the woods the sun w,IS slowly sinking
"A nloh. of fire behind the crest Mount
| Victory.
The lrostS had come, and the leaves
were hr%innin" 10 fall But bright with
''heayrn'~ own blue" the grntian ''look-
rl thrun"I it, triugr~ 10 the sky from
every lamp and shady nook We found
them un every sile OF IL, and wandered
ON, lurcd 10y seemingly richer specimens
Just hcyond, until we were checked 10y
the gathering darknrs-. looked up
AMI -in"lr star ~honr down upon me
through the trees But even Is Looked
Il dense cloud swept over IL
Walter and Miss D,lamatrr were ut a
little di-ttncc lie wa. showing her Il
spot where the May-ilowcrs were LARGEST
and sweetest in the Sprinr. | called T."
them.
.NWaltcr, Miriam :" said 1T Is
GETTING late, and believe it l. "oin% 10
rain. We must hurry home.
They came back to me hastily. But
before we had taken a dozen steps the
wind swaycd the tops OF the pine trees, 4
sullen, :In%ry roar came from the deeper
woods into which we had not penetrated,
and it became evident that one of the
sudden, violent tclnpe,ts of autumn were
upon liz.
We hurried ON, while ii crew darker
and darker every moment, AMI the s"u%h
ng and shrirkng Of the wind, and the
crcakin" of the TOSSING hou"lI~ raised 4
| hcwil,lcrin@ tumult about Us Taking Il
hand Of each, Walter tried 10 urge Us for
ward. But our feet became cntanglcd in
the brakes and under brush, and we made
slow progress.
clark is that Thunder p said Miriam
under her breath.
1T is too cold for Il thunder Storm
Walter answered. 1T is only the wind. -
Even as he spoke Il fearful Gust tore
our hands apart. DcmScr darkness
darkness that could be tclt,-irll about
us we could not sec an inch before our
iaccs-wc could not see each other
Suddenly the air was filled with ilyin@
PARTICLES, and crash after crash rcSoundcd
from the forest. We were in the very
track of the tornado Great trees fell
PROSTATE 10 the right and 10 the lett Of
us and huge branches were borne Ike
Strlws on the wings of the tempest.
Stricken TO the ground, crouching there
in dire extremity, We awaited for what
might come.
But high above the roar oi the clc-
mcnts, the fierce beating Of :hc storm, |
heard my husbands voice.
''Barbara Barbara barbara :" |
heard it through the darkness, and
could not answer him.
Barbara-not Alriam-cvcn in that
supreme moment when soul spoke to
soul, and we stood upon the confines OF
the other world
w Hcll relullci 10 COnscluu~ntS>
Was in Il darkcncd room, and there were
two or three strange women about me
| tried TO move my left arm, but could
not. 1t was Landagcd from the shoul
der down. Walter knclt ut the foot Of
the bed.
The women went out.
| cannot tell You about it. Some
things are too sacred to bc made subjects
of common speech. But knew that
night by my husbands tears and careSsc<,