Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
EMERSON,S LAST.
"A Wall of Woe,
FOREIGNER.

TIT. hCyl@LeT-
Eight days have passed since pen.
cilled you my second pisratory cpistIe,
written mostly under the sprllces on
the banks of the trout stream: but fin.
1shed after had reached the hotel at
Boulder, after my sad parting with lit
tie minnie Bell" and my charming
and cultured friend, her father. New
er had better man more gifted and
angelic child. They two were alone in
the wide w0rld..without kinship, except
that which they claimed i'm me. All
others had "gOne over the range--tak-
Ell passports into the spirit land.
Ny heart was depressed. It was
loaded down with q sad weight. 1t
was heavy as lead in my aching bosom
as tore myself away from the wise
doctor Of laws and my charming, dar-
ling little Minnie Bell as left them
up in the mountains at the ranch, }"
and started on business to Denver as
the shades of evening were settling
down over the land.
l proceeded to attend to business
Friends were kind to me. Nothing
was wanting that they could do to make
me happy. Yet at every moment of
non-preoccupatiOn, the angelic form OF
little Minnie was before me, warbling
her bird-like songs, fitting from rock
To rock, her hair streaming in the
mountain breezes-the whole atmos-
phere aglOw with the witchery of her
bright intellect and enchanting pow
ers. The last sobs of her dear father
as he parted from me came back to my
resisting ears. as if pleading for my
presence. ] did not stop to account for
this phenomenon at. the time. (And tits
as well, for no one but the Infinite
could do that.) Still hasteiled on my
business; and day before the expected
time, carriage with pair of blooded
blacks came dashing up to the Union
Depot in Denver, and left me at the
door lin haste lest I should miss the train
back to the mountains. had barely
stepped into the great room, when saw
entering it from the railway side my
friend. DR.. Delaney! He had his hat
In his hand,and was wiping great drops
of Precipitation from his face with his
handkerchief. With a feeling of relief
and gladness ran over to him. At a
few steps distance he discovered me.
My heart was turned to stone in q mo-
ment. The look of unutterable woe
depicted OH the face Of the poor, wretch
ed, broken-hearted man was awful-it
was paralyzing! "Ohi oh! oh!-my
dear Judge" And the poor, broken
man threw himself on my neck and
embraced me, sobbing as grief-strick-
en- child. l almost carried him to a
seat. He leaned his head upon my
shoulder with his arm around my neck,
sobbing with an intensity of grief
which shook his slender frame as All
aspen leaf, unable to articulate ought
but "Minnie! My God! my Minnie!"
Aud then his convulsive moaning was
renewed, until by reason of sympathy
with him, and a prescience that some
great calamity had befallen little dar-
ling Minnie, I became overpowered
myself with convulsive weeping!
Soon as little equanimity could be
restored, l inquired for Minnie. At
the mention of her name. he again
burst into pitteOUs lamentations, ag-
Ony. and grief, until half the strong
hearted men in the room We're In tears
1T the deep agony, the unfathomable
bitter grief Of the wretchsd man, aided
by that unaccOunta BILE grief which /
could not control; for heard enough
amid his sObs to know that Minnie
sweet Misunderstanding Minnie was
DEAD! When the wrecked and shat
tered soul was little calmed, he poiht-
ed toward the express room, took my
arm. and walked into where . box lay.
Undertakers were carefully packing ice
in it around . little ieweled casket
which contained the cold body of dead
little '.Minnie ReIln' Great God! how
are Thy waysi Oh,
give me heart TO see in Thy mysteri-
GUS DEGREES "Justico aid Mercy"
The glass over little Minnie's face,
when not covered with the tears Of her
father and myself, enabled me to see
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