Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-10-20

i'S' Hearu the olrds singing, and felt
the pure cold air on my face. Before |
| opened my eyes | knew the sun YVES
shining, and smelled the fragrance of
the rose | saw near my bed. Every
thing looked so fresh and clean in the
room, which was strange to me. / Law
looking around, feeling too weak and
happy to move or think how | came
there, when | heard a tiny crv, and
looking, saw beside me wee little
baby: 1t seemed 50 odd, but before
could think further it looked at me
with Rogers eyes.
Then knew-then all the past came
back to me, but only for moment. |
was too weak to think long, and gave
myself up to the delicious sense of rest
and peace which possessed me. When
l opened my eyes again, Roger himself
was bending over me with look on
his face shall never forget.
"My dear little wife," he said in the
clear old tone, GOD has been very good
to give you back to me. | thought
once" and his voice trembled. "Never
mind now; don't try to remember any
thing. Some day I'll tell you all. Kiss
me now and go TO sleep, darling"
Too happy to do anything else, |
obeyed him, and when l awoke felt
like myself once more.
Very precious to me were the days
which followed with my husband and
my boy. l did as Roger told me, and
lived only in the present.
One day early in September we went
back to our own little home. Roger had
it put in order, and Nurse Amy was to
go with US to stay through the winter.
That night after we had gone to our
room, and little Lloyd was asleep i'll his
cradle, Roger called me TO him and
opened his arms. But sat on a low
stool at his feet, with my head on his
knee and my hands clasped and waited.
This is what he told me:
"When at college, my dearest friend
was Nellman Eliot. He was younger
than l, and, partly because he was in
delicate health, and partly because he
was shy and grave, l became his cham
pion in his sports and plays, and his
protector where he would never have
defended himself. Having no brother,
he seemed very dear to me, and it was
trial to us both when he went to join
his father at the completion of his
course. A year or two after heard of
his death, and it was not until that
day / learned it was false report. He
had returned to California the week
before, heard that was here, and sent
for me to meet him at the hotel, as
he was not we'll enough to hunt me
up. l went, but found his sister, who
told me ne was too ill to leave
home, but wished me to come to
him. There was no time to lose-I
could only write you a word. He had
been taken suddenly worse after his
sister left, and | only reached him IN
time for dying farewell. l took the
first train home to ask you to go and
stay with his poor young wife, and !
found" Here, for the first time, he
stopped. His hands were wet with my
tears, and he leaned forward to clasp
me in his arms, but | drew back-I was
too unworthy. How could he, SO noble
and true, have ever loved me through
all my silly, wicked suspicion Could
/ ever look at him again? For my
shame it seemed as though | could not
bear the gaze of those clear, dark eyes
how could | ever have distrusted
him?
Something of this he must have seen
in my downcast face, for he raised me
tenderly, saying, "My poor child, you
were not so much to blame-I had left
you too much alone. l ought to have
told you, you were far from well. We
will forget it all now"
| slipped from his knee and brought
him our baby "Dear Roger, for his
sweet sake, forgive me l know | was
wrong" but he would not let me fin
ish. Taking us both in close embrace,
he said
Little wife, let us both thank God
that He has kept us for each other, and
given us this precious gift to gladden.
our hearts and brighten our days. And
now the past is all forgotten, and we are
glad to be at home"
There was a new tenderness in his
voice and manner, and as he kissed us
both, ! knew that l was very happy.
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