The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-06

3D.. He deeply mourned her loss, for shr
had proven a 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 him
was now warfare with cold and hunger,
for he shared in all that the colonists suf-
'ered. It is we'll known to any child OF
history how they struggled with disease
and savage enemies.
Mr.. Bradford was now over thirty years
of age, a man Of rare piety and dignity
Of manner : and a few months after their
arrival Governor Carver dying, he was
elected Governor of the little colonly, a
position which he ably filled 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 ano Their had
never wished himself other than he was
but now they were both frec--for Alice,
too was left alone-he often said to him.
self, ''1wonder 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
late when it can be decided by a single
word. So he resolved to write and ash:
Alice, and in the spring Of 1855 the letter
was sent across the Atlantic. He faith
fully set before her all the privations end
sacrifices she 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 favorably 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 tiny sail was seen
in the distance 1t was the ship that
contained so much of int crest to many.
less anxiety as did Governor Bradford.
for it 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 passe:t 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. 1T
is Gods will, and will try and be hap
py without her; there will, at least be
letter for me- He turned to ask ror
one, when he met coming from the cabin
matronly-]ooking woman. 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 beauri-
full, stately woman. She TOO, probably
had her surprise, for the two stood look
ing at each other, when :Wiliam - 'sAl.
ice =. we're uttered simultaneously, and
tae two, SO long kept asunder, met, ney er
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 a tnk-
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 we'll educated,
refined. and much beloved, aud did much
in assisting her husband in the improve
ment Of the rising generation, and was
sincerely lamentcd when She died. Mrs.
H. NJ. Crook, in Baltimore .Elocutionist.