Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
VOLUME VII.
Te.1orrow.
~ n. n. HUDSON.

The morning hours passed enc by one:
The noon came with its world tf gold
| Tho petty household tasks wero done,
| And friends were gathered, new and old;
And all the wedding n'irth begun,
| And iests we're made and tales wore told,
Bnt still no came not. though the sun
Chased shadows from the wood aud void.
Within her chamber, new arraysd
In laces' fairy eossamer,
! She sat and wondered, half afraid,
And starting at tho breezes' stir;
Aud starting il bird betrayed
lts nearness by chirp or whir-
Amazed, aud doubling, since he stai,l,
What cause his coming might defer.
Hcr sisters, gay an hour ago.
Sought comfort in each others eyes,
And filed the moments tardy flow
With hasty questions and replica,
The wedding guests who eat below
Whispered their comments and SURPRISE.
The mother, moving to and fro,
Still kept her gentle, cheerful guise.
The ancient clock, bedcckcd with aowors,
Was pointing out the sign OF two:
Too swiftly now the busy hours
Moved onward in the courses due.
The bridal presents, LOVING dowers
Ofoid affection proved anew,
Lay underneath their tiny bower,
Unheeded aud the moments grex,"
And made another hour. The while
Sho waited, grown heart.sick WITH dread.
Her sisters sought with harmless guile
To smooth the careful words thsy said
AM tried with many winning vile
10 scatter fears thst silence fed.
Still. with white lips sbe tried to smile.
But turned away aud wcpt instead.
He nay be ill.," "r that vero No
He mnsf IN ~ aAr,t ANNA
we had tho noee two days ago."
Perhsps some new delay occurred
never know the time 90 slew"
Said one. in whiepers scarcely heard,
"Aov strangel II We could only knowi
His coming could not be deferred!"
And then, what ,oiA the people sayl"
"Oh, hush speak lower she may hear.n
Il that dust. cloud, lar away
4. UPo9 the road, and coming near?"
1T 10! It 10 hope and pray
1t nay be Rogerl Little fear
But that 1t il. A wcddiDg-tlay
Without bridegroom icowld be oueer.n
Tbe noise Of wheels had reached her car.
The tramp OF horses driven fast:
How quickly every brow grew clcar
That clouds Of doubt had overcastl
ana, 81. 'sog1'ng oue With sudden cheer,
l knew had NO cause to fear,
But yet, thank Heaven. the fear is past
II wonder what has kept him sol
~, And see.my eyes are swollen aud red
iney're m! only At tho bridge. How slowl
sho smoothed the laces' tumbled snow.
bewreathed the flowers that crowned hel
Smiled at the mirrors pretty show.
Aod paced the floor with restless tread.
They're here, and thero is Roger r. "Nay
That is not Kogerl" Why, Who, then ="
"A stranger, and his hair is gray.'
But Rogers with him. Look againl"
NO. Now he's at the door but stay
Listen; e9beo i9e' !! asked him '~hersr and
What was it that heard him say2
Inc Erie Railway? Found at ten ?"
A knot Of people in the door,
And voices loud, then hushed and low:
How many killed?" =" You say At ftur2"
dead whom you found him?" "Lone
Aud killed, think, by one hard blow.
He must have lain six hours or mora
Melted within the ruin 20.
He had this letter in his hand:
1t said hc was to we'd to-day,
thought perhaps--you understand
The news might como some harder way"
Only girls despsiring cry ~
klpg1ng across the UunDy air.
murmur, fading to sigh,
Then sudden silence every where.
And none had known that sue VAS by,
And none had thought to save or snare.
Taey stared, aglast. :" Was she 30 nigh;
You did not tell nc she was there Il
And still the snrmor hroov.. s.n,.a
Each tiny leaf and bloomy spray,
And still throaghout the happy lsntf
The blossoms told that it was May:
For hearts may bresk and loves grow cold
Betwixt the morning and the eve,
And still the sunse. gives ito gold
..S 10 .hose who smile, to those who grieve:
And still the busy seasons weave
New hves and Iovos and last years mould
Covers the dust of those they leave.
-Hdrpcr's Magazine for June.