Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-28
CHOW. men, he said, reaching his

"Now, men," he said, reaching his
the word Jesus Christ left foryou. He
says, Every one Of You come to me.
I made you, and yod are Of great ac-
count to NET The man over there in
the fur cap, the one in the gray blouse
and every fellow of you. He loved you
SO that He died to give you chance
at your best. Why, he loves you more
than wives, or children, or mothers do,
though he sees right through you;
sees how cowardly and ungenerous you
are. How you turn against Him be-
cause He calls you out of a mixed
world, Instead of taking you up bodily
and setting you Ill a heaven. Though
He sees how some Of you shut off, and
think of cutting your throat, or ump-
ing overheard, or in some way slip
ping service. How every one Of you
think more of coming money and sue
cess out of this life, than of getting
joyfully ready for the life just over
there, one moment Of which is worth
more of life than all the nights and
mornings of this. You think some
times that you are made just to dig,
and sweat, and suffer, and die. 1t
isn't So. You were to grow into per-
feet manhood which will overcome,
ssBlessed be He which overcometh. :"
$50 this is the word Jesus Christ
left for you: Come to me, friend
who is Of flesh, and know it all. Let
us bear the heavy loads Of this world
together; and let us evermore. reysIsi
| u You see the Lord of glory, who went
through the world by the hard way,
and knows it's the best Way for you,
after all, makes you His comrade !" "
These words were not much, but
through them the preachers martial
soul touched the men. He lifted on
them the keen, magnetic points Of his
eyes. When he burst out again with
his song about bearing the cross,
their voices joined him with mighty
| bass.
He spread his hands over them with
a short, loving benediction, and Ieaped
down from the cask to shake hands all
through his congregation and ask spe-
cial questions. ,.... .....--.
It was dark. Tom could scarcely de-
fine the young apostles face; yet when
that ardent hand pressed his, he felt
that he had found,a friend in the dark :;
he wrung it; wrung its fire and Joy
into his arm lifted his forehead and
| squared mis- shoulders, turned his back
on the river, went back to--Ada and
| failure. e,t s.. rraoa.- eianf atz9qs
| s" Whether hope and happiness are
for ne or, not. said Tom, :s'In get
some good out of life for somebody"
He stepped up the boalding-house
stairs with martial step. Hollow
eyed, his hair damp with fog, you
might have taken him tor a warriors
ghost. ,.... ..:......., ......s. ...,-,. .
| He opened his chamber door, and
stepped just inside, seeing Ada bun
died down by the window Wished
with a longing, strong as his manhood,
that he could make wife Of her. linen
reproached himself that he expected so
much of a kitten. Resolved, that he
! would make the best and most of it,
and not let her fret him any more.
! But the face, which Ada turned to
him was not like, any other face she
had ever shown him. Now, whether
God did visit that woman, and Breathe
into her a living soul, / know not.
| People have strong mental changes.
Hers might have been grown for years,
like the century. plant, but 1t suddenly
1 burst into flower.
4 She goj up and came to meet her
I husband. AS general thing, Ada was
not demonstrat1ve, though she expects
a certain amount of petting. She put
her hands on Toms elbows-she was
! too little to reach his shoulders-and
looked into his eyes with a long,
steady, tender look, which made the
tears swell out to his lashes, man
though he was. ,s 7e.e s.,.. :.~r.. -
i "Oh, my darling! - breathed Ada,
\ 81 haven't ever been q real wife to
you" t.sfT eg@.a!io9 -o"a.' H. Il
! Not another word. 8. And without
clamor and effusion. Was, it Ada, Or
an angel in her body! ...l.. -.
t Tom sat down and drew her on his
shoulder He heard her breathing
close TO his ear in the dark; loug-drawn
breaths, gurgling, sobbing breaths, and
ground her to him; pressed her almost
into his heart; his wife; who at last
knew the self-renunciation of love. ..
+ Did she hold her husbands hands
up afterwards 2 Did she divert him
when he failed Sparkle proudly into
his eyes when he succeeded ? renounce
new dresses with continual Lentel hui
initiation {? care little where they tent
ed for the time, if Tom were not ham
pered for money? Did she take hold
royalty with him, and give her king
the glory when the victory was won Z
I She did. She actually did. II you
we're to see that dear, stylish, charm
ing little Mrs. Tom to-day, bewitch-
ing her husband, bewitching every man
who approached her, with the honest
charm of admirable womanhood, you
would believe it of her. For women
can change themselves, though IN nine
cases out of ten they will not. There
fore, the safest investment is the wo-
man who doesn't need changing. ..-.
AS for Tom. when he's on wave-top,
he's waving his hat to cheer those who
aren't; and when he's down in the
trough Of the sea, he shuts his mouth
! tight and does his best. .,-...