The Portland daily press., 1881-05-16

and coming from heaven to see usn' And
they all stood solemnly in the doorway to
watch the approach of the apparition. But
when Macha's living lips spoke to them,
and her outstretched hands touched them,
then arose such cries as the rocks gave
back.
The advent of mercy was not an hour too
soon to bring the color of life back to pinched
faces and to put light on the fireless hearth.
A long battle with hunger and cold must
soon have dolefully ended had not succor
arrived. Rains had drenched the turf, and
the sun had not shone to dry it; and the
potatoes had been washed out of the earth.
Macha had known how it would be, though
her husband refused to believe in the tale.
Who will take oil from the flinty stone or
honey out of the rock? The very birds will
not live in this barren world. Why should
man cling to it with such unaccountable
love?
When Macha, having ministered to their
bodily wants, and comforted their hearts
with her love, lay down that night on the
old bed of straw, she had time to remember
the hus band from'before whose angry face
she had fled HE will never love me
MORE" thought she; che will never como
back to see me again" She tried to COM
fort herself with the thought that she was
still the Macha of old, and would work for
ner peopie' put the tears poured from hef
eyes, and her passionate heart was not sat-
isfied yet.
Next DAY she went ABOUT her old WORK
in her old dress, and tried to forget that she
had ever been away from her home. Pain
fully she saw the misery and the squalor of
it, and planned such little improvements as
might lie within her reach. But soft living
had spoiled Macha for privation and toll.
hunger alillcted ner, anu her limos We're
WrunS with cold; she was no longer III TO
strive. wandering round inc DARK water,
sIe couid not now 1eei an interest IN MN
Mno lives uown III Ine Iahe, tne lYliis
Hall whom she haa uispleaseu anu IorsaA-
en-, Whom sne had loVeo ana MADE unhappy
Evel Tue Dressed splrlts, the s0loeh cloud
snapes noVllis across lne SKY, hau oecolne
oHnu aps.la 10; W ne. s wnosc EYES were
'iTaye looNinS saifiy iol oiie aosei1 ioi H.
al Lei e1peiience VI oeIter Inlnss, ner hatu,
la suou Ia; .asIe, anu .ne noney sue nau
plousnI MIN her enabled her 10 make tne
pLoJec.eu improvements IN nef nome YET
MheI tney were maui, sue ilau no pleasure
III penoiullls tLeui. 1hey nao COST her 100
ueal W nave tne power 70 give nef any de-
iisnI ~ aa:iea!llS inc nuellty oll one sue:
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hoart IVA .tet tto $50 ~ upon NJ ,s Ghi,
honn; @u .ao tnu vi ivy anu
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nation i,nn.ssionod cts ' nf n ioMo d
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and too tim;d to attemnt 70 Hr; 70 - lin,
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