Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-05-15
BRATTLEBORO, VT, FRIDAY MAY 15, 1874.

knows it all let us bear the heavy loads of
this world together, and let us overcome
"You see the Lord of Glory, who went
through the world by the hard way, knows
It's the best way for you, after all, and
makes you his comrades y
These words were not much, but through
them the preachers martial soul touched
the men. lie lifted them on the keen, mag
netic points of his eyes. When he burst
out again with his song about bearing the
cross, their voices joined with mighty bass.
lie spread his hands over them with a
short, loving benediction, aud leaped down
from the cask to shake hands all through
the congregation, and ask special ques-
tions.
1t was dusk. Tom could scarcely discern
the young apostles face; yet when that ar
dent hand pressed his, he felt he had found
a friend in the dark wrung it wrung its
fire and Joy into his own arm lined his
forehead aud squared his shoulders turned
his back on the river, vert back to-Ada
and failure.
"Whether hope and happiness are for mo
or not" said Tom, "Ill get some good out
of life for somebody"
lie stepped up the boarding house stairs
with martial step. IIollow-eyed, his hair
damp with fog, you might have taken him
for warriors ghost.
lie opened his chamber door and stepped
just inside, seeing Ada bundled down by the
window. Wished with longing, strong
as his manhood, that he could make wife
Of her Then reproached himself that he
expected so much OF kitten. Resolved
that he would make The best and most oil 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 living
soul, l know not. People have strange
mental changes. Hers might have been
growing for years, like the century plant,
but ii suddenly burst into flower.
She got up and came TO meet her hus-
band. As a general thing, Ada was not
demonstrative, though She expected c-r-
tain amount Of pStting. She put her hands
on Tou's elbows was too little TO
reach his shoulders, s,--and looked into his
eyes with a long, steady, tender look, which
made the tears swell out to his lsshes, man
| The ugh he was.
"Oh, my darlingw breathed Ada, IL
haven't ever been 4 real wife TO you"
Not another word. And without clamor
and eflusion. Was it Ada, or an angel in
her 'ody?
Tom sat down and drew her on his shoul-
der. lie heard her breathing close to his
ear in the dark; long-drawn breaths
gurgling, sobbing breaths. And clasped
her TO him; pressed her almost into his
! heart bis wife, who al last knew the self
pronunciation Of love.
Did she hold her husbands hands up af-
terwards? DID She divert him when he
failed, sparkle proudly into his eyes when
he succeeded? renounce new dresses with
continual Lentcn humiliation? care liIll,
where they tented for the time, il Tom wa
not hamperol for money? Did she tax,
hold Loyalty with him, and give her kinl
the glory when victory was won?
She d,d. She actually did. II you wer,
10 set that dear, stylish, charming littlI
Mrs. Tom to day, bewiiching every maj
| VINO approaches ueI, Win tue hOhcstc cHd' u
of an admirable Womauhood, you woult
believe it of her. For women can chang
themselves, though in nine cases out OF tel
they will not. Therefore the safest invest
ment is in the woman who doesn't neet
changing.
A. Cor my Tom, when lie is on a wave
top, he's waving his hat 20 cheer those VIII
aren't; and when he is down in the troug
OF the seI, he shuts his mouth light an,
does his best.
Life isn't rest" says Tom, shaking sour
looking crabs by the hand, but with a
its knocks, there's something royal in hold
ing out couraGeously till the last, instead {
stifleuing and going down. Glad didn't.
- H'oOd Household Magazine.