The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-25

as me 'Sanna ."
II would na be feard to trust thee.
linn, she answered back, soft and
gentle after manner, "I would ma be
feart to trust thee any time
81 kisses her hand again, ,gentler still.
s'God bless thee, lass [ says, Does
that mean yes?'
''She crept up closer to me i her
sweet quiet way.
''Aye, lad, she answered, TT means
yes, an I'll bide by it..
can the shalt never rue it. lass. ,
said [, ''Tha's gi'an thy life to me, an
I'll gi' mine to thee, sure and true
They were married, and they were
happy. Tim says, .'Theer beant no
words to tell how happy an peaceful we
lived fur two years after that.
But for all they were so happy, Tim,
manlike, would sometimes let doubts
creep into his peace, and he tells of it:
ST dunnot want to question tn Maker,
but would loike to know how it is at
sometimes it seems at we're clean for
got-as if He couldna fash hissen about
our troubles, an most loike left 'em to
work out theirsens, yo' see, mester, an
we aw see sometimes he thinks on US
an gi's us lift, but hasna tina thysen
seen times when tha stopt short an
axed thysen, 'Wher's God-a-moighty?'
at he isna straighten' things out a bit?
TIL worlds i power O. snarl. TIL
righteous is forsaken n his seeds beg
gin bread, an tn devils topmost
again?" But the woman's deeper spirit
ual faith was not SO easily discouraged,
and his wife answered:
.''T1m this is on'y tn skoo' an we're
tn scholars, an He's teachin' US His
way. We munnot be loike tn children
O Israel i tn Wilderness, an turn away
fro tn cross cause O tn sarpent. We
munn0t say S'theers a snake we mum
say cheers tn cross an tn Lord 81 it
to us. TIL teacher wouidna be O much
use, Tim, if tn scholars knew as much
as he did, an [ alters think it's tn best
to comfort mysen wi sayin' 9Th Lord
a-moighty, he knows
After time son was born to them
and now, indeed, was their cup of happi
ness; brimf1ll, and, perhaps because it
was SO, had the time come when il should
be dashed to the ground.
Their little '1ad' died, and was laid
away in the ground. Great was their
grief, and hard to bear, but it was soon
swallowed up in the greater and more
terrible trouble that suddenly burst up
on them. One night on Tins return
ing home he finds a stranger there, and
his wife bowed down in unspeakable
woe, in which he is quickly made a
sharer. The stranger is her former
soldier husband, who was not killed by
the Russians, but had come back to
claim his wife. We cannot for want of
room, repeat the scene of that meeting
It must also be a parting, for in the
simplicity of her nature Rosanna felt
that she must go with the soldier. The
leave taking at the grave of their little
boy, is most tender and heart moving.
Inexpressly dreary became Tins ex-
istence now. There seems nothing to
live for, nothing to hope for. But there
was to be yet one more meeting be-
tween Tim and his wife before their
life's drama closes forever.
It is III Manchester Hospital, one
year after their separation. His wife IS
on her death-bed and has only time to
whisper, 'Dear lad, tn path was Ia SO
long after aw, tn Lord knew-He trod
it hissen onct, yo' know. [ knowed
tha'd come-I prayed SO. I've reached
tn very eend now, Tim, an shall see tn
little lad first. But I wunnot forget my
promise-no, I'll look out-for thee
for thee-at tn gate Tim laid his
wife by the side of his little lads grave,
and now there was nothing to do but
wait patiently and bravely for the end
when they should meet again in a better
world. He had not long to wait, soon
he met his death in an accident at the
mill, and his brave, true spirit went
forth to pass the pearly gate and join his
vile and child.
If this may be considered her best
story, many Of the others lack nothing
in their strong pathos and powerful de-
lneat1ons Of character. We cannot no.
tioe them now, neither will our space al
low US to notice her poems. These last
have been comparatively few, but those
who have seen them viii gladly welcome