River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-10-08

/ forgetting Tor the time to listen to the
stlil small voice which was whispering,
Come unto me, all yc that are heavy
laden, and will give you rest
Alice was hurried off to London. and
and alter few years was married to Mr..
Southworth, man of wealth and honor.
Nj, Bradford sought alienation from his
disappointment in books and farm, and
subsequently married Dorothy Nav, a
woman Of his own rank and persuasion.
who proved genial and faithful compan.
ION. After few years we find them
abandoning their pleasant home. for he
was one of the first advocates for the re.
moval of the little band Of Puritans TO
| American and next we see them upon the
tempeStuous ocean, in the cabin of the
May-hower. After arriving in Cape Cod
harbor, Mr.. Bradford set out with a
small party to explore the coast, and on
returning was panied and afflicted to find
that during his absense his wife, Dorothy.
had fallen from the ship and was drown
ed. lie deeply mourned her loss, for she
had proven good wife, and they were
mutually attached. He bore this second
disappointment Of his life with Christian
fortitude. He had no leisure to sit and
brood over his grief, for life with hun
was now a warfare with cold and hunger.
for he shared in all that the colonists Suf-
iered. IL is well known to any child of
history how they struggled with disease
and savage enemies.
Mr.. Bradford was now over thirty wears
OF age, man of rare piety and dignity
OF manner and few months after their
arrival Governor Carver dying, he was
elected Governor of the little colonly, a
position which he ably filed for more
than thirty years. And while with faith.
erly care he tenderly watched all the in.
terests of the little colony, there was a
blank IN the household. and none knew
better than himself how he realized the
need OF woman's ready sympathy, and
he was often annoyed at his inability to
keep his thoughts from wandering across
the deep blue sea-. The love he had
chirished for Alice had never died out of
his heart. True. it had been sleeping.
and while the husband of another had
never wished himself other than he was /;
but now they were both free--for Alice,
too was left alone-he often said to him
self, "lwonder if she remembers the love
OF her youth; and even if she did, would
| she not think it too great sacrifice to
share his fortune in the wilderness.
Men are not like woman, and will not
wait lifetime without knowing their
fate when it can be decided by a single
word. So he resolved to write and ask
Alice, and in the spring Of 1895 the letter
was sent across the Atlantic. He faith
fully set before her all the privations and
| sacrifices STE would be called upon to en-
dure, saying as an equivalent for this
that he had only the love of an honest
heart to offer her, and requested her, if
she thought fayorably Of his proposal, to
take passage in the first ship that would
sail for America. as he was too occupied
TO come over to England for her, fearing
the colony might suffer during his alb :.
sence.
Time, always so hcavy-footed to the
waiting, passed slowly to the Governor
but late in August q tiny sail was seen
in the distance 1t was the ship that
| contained so much Of interest to many.
but none waited with such almost breath
less anxiety as did Governor Bradford,
for 1T was to contain Alice or her letter
of refusal. The whole town crowded the
landing, and when the vessel reached the
shore many went on board, and the Gov.
! ernor passed from one TO the other of the
now corners, telling them how welcome
they were; but close observer would
have seen that the restless wanderings Of
his eye were indications that something
was unsatisfying. She was nowhere to
be seen, and he tried to say calmly. ut
is Gods will. and will try and be hap
py without her; there WILL at least be
letter for me-" He turned to ask for
one, when he met coming from the cabin
MISUNDERSTANDING womaA. He seemed
to have forgotten that while time was
fastening him to maturity, Alice, too,
might be changed; he had always kept
her in mind as the fair, frail girl Of many
years ago, and here she was, the beauti-
iul, stately woman. She too, probably
had her surprise, for the two stood look
ing at each other, when William p al.
ice were uttered simultaneously, and
the two, So long kept aSunder, met, never
TO be parted by mans decree again.
They were married at once. There was
no display, but that which all outward
show is but as sounding brass or tink-
ling cymbal,' the joy Of two faithful
hearts. They lived long and happily, to-
gether; thirty-four years longer did he
prosperously guide the affairs Of the col
only, then died his wife surviving him
several years. She was well educated,
refined, and much beloved, and did much
in assisting her husband in the improve
mcnt Of the rising generation, and was
sincerely lamented when she died. Mrs.
ii. NJ. Crook, in Baltimore Eocutionist
ANOTHER WEATHER PROPHET.
A rival Of Prof. Tice has appeared in
the person Of an aged citizen Of German
birth, named Henry Krocger. Mr..
kroeger resides in Wisconsin, and has
lived in the West fifty.onc years. lie
can neither read nor write, but can OBJ
serve things and put them together, and
he has memory like an encyclopaedia.
After running over the past lifty.one
years with his minds eye, Mr.. Kroeger
chances into the future, and prophesies
| thus: After the next moon shows the