The daily gazette., 1879-11-28
TO-DAY.
BY 9. T. W.

alone than should be II none were
near.
Not one with whom I pass an ordinary
conversation can know how my heart
aches ; not one that can sympathiks with
me In my "utter des0lation." She has
gone, and her departure, like the day,
seems TO have left me under the clouds.
Fit day for the severing ties, gloomy,
dark, and drear. But she did not leave
ne without hope and I4will cling TO
that, for faith In her sincerity II strong.
Her ms seem to be around me now /;
but no, l am dreaming. Heaven pity
me My darling, but not my darling
only, for others have said the same to
her, claimed q place In her affections.
Do they love her more than /? They
say two women cannot love each other,
that twas never heard of, and therefore
10 impossible. Perhaps they know; they
who never felt its holy influence would
try to tell me that am mistaken. Their
individual experience is not as extended
as 1t might be, and will not waste
words with them. To feel is to know.
Left me! but 1t will only be for short
time, few years at the most. Then we
shall meet, again, changed, perhaps, but
true.
To-day my daring left me-" said an
old man, as he sat in the vine clad porch
OF the old homestead, thinking of his
young daughter, who had taken . hus-
bard and gone from her old home.
"Wife," said the man, ~ can remem-
Der just as well - though it were yester-
day, when Jennie was little, prattling
child, and 10 think that to-day made her
. wife is most too much for my poor
brain. Well,it has been beautiful day,
and hope she will always be happy, for
William is a good young man, with no
bad habits.
"But she was my darling, and did
hate to give her up, for | knew ! should
miss her about the old fam. She Is all
we've got, too, and that makes 1t more
severe for us. Wen try TO bear II
through; for don't you remember how
your old father missed you? But had
no mercy for him, and took you away.
We've lived here in this house nigh on
forty y ,ars, and out of three children
got none to stay with us in our old age.
Iw Of 'em lie in the old church yard,
and jennie, she has been and done 1t by
getting married."
Tho old lady laid down her knitting
removed her glasses, and then took I
fresh pinch of snuff before she was ready
10 reply.
"Joe, you have been 4 good and kind
husband for these forty years, and I've
never seen you give up to any kind o.
trouble; but do declare you seem to bt
entirely unstrung at Jennie's getting
married. knew It had to come, 90
made up my mind to be brave. Jennie
was an industrious girl, and helped mi
great deal about the house, and shal
miss her more and more until l get re-
conciled. Bnt, lawl I'm not going to si
down, with my elbows on my knees, snt
mourn because she 10 gone. left my
old home, and as good father ant
mother as you ever saw, for you, Joe
and I've never been sorry for 1t, either
SO now, can't you be contented to hav,
me and let Jane leave father and moth
er and cling to her husband?" =
"To be sure, wife but cart hell
feeling that to-day my darling left me
for ali that. I'm not a-going to eat any
less, or waste away over 1t, or stop milk
ing the cows and feeding the sheep, o
bringing In the hens eggs, but am 90
ing to miss her all the same"
A mother is bending over the body Of
her dead child, and moaning over wha
heaven has seen fit to do. 'Tis q littl,
girl, from whose white brow the fiaxer
curls have been combed, and the littl'
hands folded meekly upon the breast
There Is happy smile resting upon the
face which death could not take away
The eyes are closed to earth, and open
ed to the beauties Of another world.
"Oh, heaven! to-day my darling lsf
me, and am for ever alone. Why dds
thou take away my only hope in life
and give me nothing but despair? Thi
is more than can bear! On, take me
take me too. She was all l had, my life
my hope, my all !'
Hark a step approaches, and her sob
are hushed, as a band is laid upon he
shoul er.
"Mary, come with me am living
an you used to love me. Have you nc
hope in lite? Let US cling closer than
ever before"
She took his arm, and they went ou
of the room where death abided, to
place more faith In each other.
4
"To day my darling left me. There \
nothing for me to do now except pray
for guidance, to try to make others har
py. can see a ce tain path In life which
seems to be on; mar ied out for me.
will take it, and strive to be Of some use
In the world. will hope to meet my
darling when my object is accomplished
II not here, in the world above. Oh
darling, II I cannot see you, ! can lovt
you for ever. Good-by; may heaven
bless you"
We are parting with loved ones every
day; we are marching toward . future
which shall bring meetings and partings
as in the years gone by. Every broken
tie takes from the affection of our being
and no coming years will bring 1t back
We shall love 10 ss an less those who dc
not have a strong tie upon US. The lOvet
Of our childhood will never be realized
in the experience of our matured years.
the ideal Of our lives never be met II
our pilgrimage. 80 we journey on, hid
ing our best Impulses under q mask OF
Indifference, and crushing out the affec
ton OF our natures, because there are
few who read our mott yes Alright. II we
ha- do eli m OF =,