The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-06


covered with buds. In one of the windows
hung bird cage, It's pretty occupant cur
led up into soft. yellow ball How path
etc to me we're he feded curtains, telling as
they did, Of the long patient waiting, the
richness of hope deferred.
When returned to the fire Pills eyes
were fixed on picture that hung over the
mantle piece-a womans face, beautiful and
sad, We. lighted with radiance Of divine
hope. Beneath the picture was bracket,
On which stood vase of flowers.
Phil, Is that IT,.
My wife. 1t was no. meant for her. yet
the likeness is perfect With that lock on
her face, she is waiting somewhere, Unjust
net despair now, Archie, when she may be
near
Then we sal down and had one of our
talks, nos about things seen and temporal,
bnt things unseen and eternal Phil star
lied my sober theology sometimes with his
simply expressed ideas, but when thought
awhile l always found that they were pure,
and true, ana good, only my slower intellect
needed time to learn their beauty. During
al these years he had dwelt so much in the
| world of feeling, tha, spiritual things Sc amed
| very near TO him that 10 NE were only dim
weeks he taught me more real religion than
had learned in all my life before Some
| times his quiet God WILL" .He will not
seemed to me presumption, but atterward |
thought: Who ana l that should judges Is
| it not the child that knows the fathers heart
50 well, that what to many is but peradven-
| ture' is to him the blisstul certainty?
! We had been silent some minutes, Phil
gazing in the fire, ana | thinking what
wonderful romacces are sometimes buried
beneath a quiet ex, erior, when he took up
the prayer book aud began turning over its
! leaves.
| GLOW absurd this sentence is, the other
wise beautiful marriage service: Those
whom God hath joined together LEI no man
| pat asunder. What God nath joined togeth
er no man can put asunder, wait a minute,
! Archie know what you would say; know
| some have not patience 10 wait Tor God =
| good time, or when their twin soul comes
their eyes ere blinded aud they only catch
| Il watt from Paradise instead of entering at
the gate. Then some fancy rules them, and
then III after years they ind that they are
only units IN the mighty whole. who SO mis-
| take aud thwart Gods providence. Then
there are hands drawn out Of one another,
changed lips that speak their cold farewell.
God never Joined those two together that
was man work. II is true God sometimes
parts his sanls but still the freed spirit may
hold blessed converse with its mourning
mate, held prisoner in its house Of clay
God never utterly divides what he hath JOIN
ed. Il may be HIS Will that ! shall never
see my kathleen's face again, vet ! can
trust Him aud live ON until upon His ever
lasting hills He shall restore her to me-
pills voice tremblcd little, and his face
grow suddely old and eareworn. said
nothing, this was sorrow with which nc
stranger hand might meddle. Presently he
rose with sigh. This il a thought
Archie, that sometime comes to tempt me,
but" aud the bright, cheerful look came
back TO his ace, .'bope always blossoms out
! again, and believe that God in His good
time viii, here On earth, bring my wife
home to me"
On the morning Of the 18th OF December,
! was sitting in my room thinking Of my
frind. The wind whistled without, and
now and then fake OF snow were whirl-
ed against he window pane. | was won
jeriag whether Phil would rather be alone,
or If | should 90 TO him, when a note war
handed 10 me II was in Pills writing.
..Archie, she has come. want You. Bring
Abby with you; she is a sensible woman,
and can hold her tongue.
| SEEING my hat and CLOAK, and telling b.
By to follow, | hurried over. Phil met me
| III tue hall. he clasp both my hands and
drew me into his office Size came 70 night,
| in the carly draKness; she has follow ed her
!, father from city to city, the only link that
| bound his to purer life;he died month
ago in London. She has been cold, hungry,
desolate. Dat she has come at iast.
Then he led me into the warmth and
brightness Of the nest, hose bird had a.
length flown home
A hrure was lying on the low couch drawn
IN before the Ere My wife, Philip SAID
/ foundly: then ! saw sa. her face beauiIfu
| with the beauty Of heaven, and frightened
now with Il light ike The atteg-glow Of ih'
sunset: her hair Tss white as silver, oa
the eyes and smile were young. Beside hel
Philip had placed the lille cabinet. che had
been examining liz ,reasures--severai lay Il
her Iay.E On little table a. hsr feet, wher.
her eyes could rest upon II. stood the tea
rose, in full bloom noss.
4 she greeted me with smile. then as Phi
xaeelcd beside her. ste said, with eianc.
8: tae picture about the fire:
4sTou we're told THAI y ~ like me- All
Philip aid not Know bat poor old wo
mar was coming bone 10 lin at last.
Kathleen, yoa say nothing Of the old, olt
man yoa found
II The locx she turned upon him was tb'
|. rross beautiful eser saw on any face.
i s.if say nothing, Philip, il is because N.
heart il 70 fun for words"
Hearing Abby IN the hall. went ont an
. lest the two together. When ccrae baci
. Phil handed me the prayer book open q
i marriage service.
do you mind using that form. Archie
! Kathleen likes IT,
i lie spoke so quietly, looked duIabiy .
. hin. With the hoax open in ny hand
: .sTes, Archie. thai Is what We want; rh
has been my wife these twenty years, but
4 gsrt all uaen 10 know IL ncw.D
RI So, il the presence Of ABBY and Pills Oh
/ | houseKeeper, married sheD.
Ucw white the still fac On the pillow
had become; hu. when the rte WAS e1de
she turnea 10 Philip with radiant smiie-
: s.Til death ~ do parf.' Death viii ns