Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-19

coaa, md dasknees thinkinR lang siser her
father haa drifssd into the shsdow land
Of dreams
When she had made the roorn neat
ue1t morning aud prepafedu hi< breskfass
shcrwsnt b coll her father. ID He lay with
one hand under his cheek and the bed
clothes huieled about his head staring
with wide open eyes as the ceiling. stone
dead e..M and dcsi. It vas Z great
shock 10 Polly. Heshsa never loved her.
hue she had given up much fM him. and
although ahe dreary DAY. where the neigh
bors came and went in the next room she
sat by the iittic table alone and still. II
had been like death almost this life since
Dennis lcft her father. Poor father ! 10
save part Of his support for another time
aud so near death and heaven. To be so
poor! Add Polly pisyiss hin ID hi.
loneliness and poverty almost came 70
love him. although be had been SO cruel
to her. ~ ~ -.H ne .f-s.. SID
bat be dill no. know she said sitting
the reproachfal thoughts. mo man could
know ..ta
So they buried her dead out Of her
sight. and anew surprise came tn her,
She was an heircss. House and lands
we're hers but she was jus. as far from
happiness as when Dennis turned his
stalwart back upon her and said good
bye.
Men are curious animals said the c.
centric old lady aforementioned and there
is no understanding them; but my dear if
I were in your place, all the money in the
world wouldn't hire me to take particle
Of interest in one Of them. That's my
notion. But you've one Of the forgiving
kind (Which ] must confess I'm not, J and
| dare say you want to be serving some
body. Do rs you please. Hunt up this
hig -,empersd isborer and sndow him with
your riches. You've had NO advantage
poor child and know no better. Lord :,
to think ofthe years that have been wasted
and that money piling up all the time.'
So. cautiously worded sdvcrtisements
were pu. up in papers. with no result but
disappointment. o. H.. ..a
lie is dead said Polly and sighed.
lie is married. sail the old lady, 'anl
you are my daughter
So the two established themselves to-
gether. and lived another year. Theu
the old lady looking at Polly's sad little
face one day. said she must travel. Her
troubled her and her ply
sician recomu cnded California. So they
started. =.
When We are momcn!arily expecting a
great sorrow or great shock. il passes Us
BY but at some future time. when we sit
Of the most trivial of common
place things it comes aud taking as una
wares. it prostrates Us. s..
So with Polly. Sitting in the cars
wonderingly whether the. wind is east
or west. tue engine sh,icks. and stops.
and there Is great commotion.
What is the matter I the old lady asks.
while Polly looks up idly. scarcely inter-
csted.
A gentleman coming from the door an-
swers.
a hand-car on the track--a man killed,
l think they say. One Of the hands
a little parlor. Polly looked out Of the
window. They were carrying u man
past.
The old lady was Mortified an instant
later, for Polly few from her seat. aud
followed the slow procession:
%. Dennis, Dennis"
Then faint voice came from the strick-
en- form.
Put me down. ....
They laid him tenderly down on the
prairie grass, and Polly knet By his side.
her white slender fingers clasping his gri-
my hand
1--we longed 40 for you. Dennis. and
yoa--you have not ioreo.ieu!'
Forgotten? hardly. I've thought Of
you more than Of the saints in heaven
MAY be forgiven where I am goinc?'
You're not going to die now. Dennis
how when We can be SO happy. God
is kinder than that
God is kind. with the best Kindness
he said lowly ani brokenly. I'm going
soon.'
Some one said something about doc
tors aud breaking it to bis wife His
vifs'