, 1877-01-14
SUNDAY JANUARY H. 1s7s1xTEEN PAGES

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cloud Of witnesses"' he would suddenly ca
out, following in some vlc'Yless thing ABOUT ths
room with his wild eyes. linen ne .. would IA
asleep for short space and WaSc with strange
terror, and presently be murnurlng, as If he
were scarcely doing more than breathing,
*'sBut timoEous mortals start and shrink
To cross this narrow sea,
anu linger, satyer1ns' on me n1sf1nk'
anu rear TO Ia"ncn s,"ay.
and-by We would make q out r., that he whispered
dlslointed fragments OF Inc clwenty,talrd fsal1n:
ANA when al1 was stu again, anu you could
near the lrost a1aMne the nails OF tho old
clear and solemn, as though he were preaching
to the people:
.'Rlse, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise
E1alt thy towering head and 1ift thine eyes;
And break upon thee in the aooi Of day!"
And then followed q torrent Of the hot and
hurried murmurs, gradually. growing lower and
lower, till they ceased. AS for the poor wife,
reused when some louder exclamation Of Hebers
| assembled to her, once or twice trying to rise and
60 down, but fu1ling back again.
| 1t was bad ease Of typhoid, Mrs Huldah's,
the doctor said next day: She had been down
in the infected district too much, and the poison
had laid hold Of her exhausted system. There
was hardly any hope. The ductor sent nurse.
who took the main stress Of the cure, aud Alilly
| and Katy and We ourselves tame and went. re-
| licving her. But on the morning of the third
tlay-thc great storm still blowing on outside
Mrs. Huldah looked up, frightening, and asked
what day it WIS., and we told her it was the last
ono ct tic year.
ua1 mThs new new year" she sighed; :" Il only we
us how her husband was.
We hesitated d moment; fcr re did not dare
to tell the truth lest it should shock her. and
perhaps do fatal injury. &c had ceased to
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grown very quiet; aud every night as the sun
went down bic Ind seemed to withdraw preaE
tide Of life from old Hebcr lie was sinkinr
fast, as even we could see; he took no more
nourishneut no stimulant: his NOR strength !
had become iii insufficient to meet the Graft
upon it; be lay like death, still and white, and |
only once in while could VIC see he brcathed. |
We had just come up from his side, and hail
left Katy and Aiilly there.
s'Don't be afraid" she mur1nured, afraid
to tell me. T shall ho rloi}-;i-he ooaa t;rs,
For what would he do-Bithout me7,i And so
we told her we thought that he was DIVING.
wan face, and turned Ill the shrunken. sbriv-
elcd trouble of the fever into something heav-
cnly.
.s0Wc shall have our New-Year there p, abe
hands and PRAYED under her breath. half rnnt
half feycrcd. as If she were nrovino Iis s3n13
away. She CEASED moment to ask rs not toIer oIr
him know If she went before him. ami thcn shc s
DrnThr |
We were trembline, onrsc1vrs f7om hand =, !
foot. We yere yePv mnrh friohtcnc5 inJaoI
II it had not been for tho snow We cnn1d harf1ir
haye staid Il seemed n ho n,,r S,,tv ~ go! 49,!
tbnurh. vet wc had noror eaag Jn+h'
and yc sl,ranl- And a1thnnab ~ -oen uenII' III
IIcher Who for ~ 1nn~ Ioi - ta,s puos ~ ~.
half alive. it did mi scens "a hal ret h.r. ~
tbis little inner rha1nl,er with tha h;t t-. ~.
Fhistling m ontsidc. Gcso1ate and horr;hia
wc understood with wa thot so,i 'r 49, an1,
from hodv that .,nst woa honou,in "H5 r.. t
dust, and tlc spirit ioosing Tor it's ai@ht amone
The eternal mysteries that the most a,Sful nys=
+ made us shiycr ,Sth col1 iite the co1d IuJ ~
leath and thc rravo " ;tsc1f 'o l'a' @'e coio u
Sic slent after l;ttIe II that +bir ,h,;,;,, I
.ould be called sleep: When she grsw conac;nus
It il the rise End fa, nf her hSeaa, n5 mS
hat was seen no more NJ ,,ravor ~, ~
cencd to utter torethcr witH The hrcati ' n1 oou
he lips, -~'s'A4 "p0D t
Sn thr 7ov cron+ -, md tbo .+o-u, III, 4
1yo at 1Eare XII tha- ~ - ae44 auu
tairs. md thr door oncnoo md fotLn1 ~ ;e c
ono one bad sent hin tIlcre. w. anranT - ~ Il
iul, choking back our crv: and os we % diH 80 ~ $
ot bazc IF snpset 1irht and Il Fl, rosc
,thcr,s focc And inst thnr anIno,;,s 5,aa ~ Il
peucd: a pulsc OF VITALITY sccmcI - th3ob v
ack through her. Eyes jkc Heher,s ares tnto :, d
b. nv son!n And then she Iay Ike o5r;fa 5 f1a
linz. with the ECSTASY of srnrisa ~ soaed mnol O.
a. '4,;, T.; fset ~ - ". ea p'4ee eceu upon II
1va ,.art - 4Uos, t,ssa,,,.s,a eaese' ~ ri
;th no,a ~ tne ~ anp", ene 9e1t morn II
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