Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-27
FOR THE SAKE OF LOViNGN ESS.

II Will co 1t mamma, Tor the sake of
lovlngness,' said little five-year old,
when requested to perform an act for her
mother; and the remark set me to think
ing of another maiden ten summers old
er, who seemed to have lived her whole
lie tor the same purpose from the time
my story commences, until she was laid
at rest beneath the soft eyed violets only
a lew summers ago.
Such a lovely girl as Eva Bingham was
at the age of fifteen! One might fancy
as he gazed in her face, that her eyes had
caught, aud would forever hold, the color
OF the blue-bells that grew close to the
brook tloWlng over messy stones border
ed with delicate ferns that grew in the
shadows of pine-clad hills on either side.
The wild rose was scarcely more charm
ing IN its tints than the color that bloom
ed on her cheeks. And her hair! It was
a browning glory to her head, as it fell in
golden ripples down to her slender waist.
'Mothers comfort" the invalid mother
had been wont to call her, as she patient
ly performed the rude and laborious
tasks in pioneers home. Her father had
lett the Granite state and settled with his
family in log cabin in central Wiscon-
sin, although their home scarcely de-
served the name of cabin, after the Vir-
glnia creeper planted by Eva hands had
made such close acquaintance with the
bark on the logs, for the climbing rose
had kept close company as if to show
what grand results could be accomplish
ed in the way of coloring, when Nature
chose to exert herself. Some simple, ten
der pictures in rustic frames hung on the
walls within, which were as white as
lime could make them.
For the SAKE Of lovingness thoughts of
ribbons were denied, that the money
might bring added comforts for the in
valid mother, for pin money was very
scarce article in tina. home. And as the
spirit of denial grew in her heart, until at
the age Of eighteen, when the dying
mother requested her to care for the five
yearold sister and two older brothers,
she put aside the prospect of deeper
happiness, and faithfully made the prom
Use.
After the funeral rites were over the
young minister, her lover, came to the
home Of Eva to comfort her with words
CT love and precious promises. There
| Eva told him Of her promise. you were
right my darling; he said, tenderly tax
| ing her two small hands in his own. II
am sure the parsonage will be large
enough for us all; and now how soon
may care for you as my very own?"
"Harry, do you know, DEAR Eva said,
trying to speak cheerfully, that it cannot
be just yet; perhaps not for some time to
Gomez Please DON'T" she pleaded, he,
tries to interrupt her. II know your
love for me would make you quite
willing to undertake the burden, but I
should not be true to you-nor myself
if permitted you to assume SO much for
my sake. We are far from rich, and the
anxiety it would cause you mi ght seri-
ously interfere with your higher duties"
But l need you SO, pleaded the lover.
"iou are so true and tender, such an
earnest Christian, and, he added in a
lower tone, II love you So"
eff am Christian" she replied. ST
must strive to do what know to be nv
duty. And Harry, please remember, it
IS tor the sake of lovingncss, too, to my
dead mother, you, and the Children
The lover was silenced--could offer no
more entreaties, but orly words of love
and comfort, and fervent prayer for
blessing and holy guidance to his prom
ised wife.
"For the sake of lovingness." he re-