Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-03-09
On the Way to Florida,

The train on which we are aidine toward
Fleriia ID filled with consump tives seeking
d new lease OF life in the tropics. They are
| in ali the cars, and travelling under all con-
ditions In the second rate cars you see
here and there an invalid too poor to afford
8 sleeper, crowded and hemmsd ill., his pale
face made still paler, and his weak lungs
irritated constantly as he brea thes the heavy
| air made foul with smoke ind dIt. He is
travelling alone Offering about the car and
waihng on himself RS hould ered this way
and that getting little sympathy or kind
ness, reeling at last into the worst corner Of
the oar because he is too weak to contend
| for this best one. In the sleeper you see
| the rich invalid reclining upon soft pillows,
| surrounded By friends who minister to
every want and answer every wish before it
Liz spoken--W wealth, Fastening to console
where it cannot relieve, and brighten the
approaches to d death it cannot avert.
There are all sorts Of parties On the train.
Here is worn, weary looking wife with
love in her patient eyes, nlinistering to her
| husband, whose hectic flesh tells too plain
| ly that her troubles are nearly ended.
There a father, with q brood Of children. are
| gathered abouta dying mother, whose sweet
| smile and loving words even impending
death cannot even still or subdus. Yonder
| are 4 father and mother watching son,
and reading in each others anxious looks
the truth that either is afraid to speak. an
interesting pair il 4 father, on whose life
! this dread disease has fastened itself, tray
! cling alone with his boY--a chubby Young
.steI OF ten years, surrendered possibly by a
mother to watch over q life that is precious
| to her, bus that she cannot follow. Right
across the car FROM me is one OF the most
| touching figures in the cars,
| A. Young woman of perhaps thir-
Ity years--with plain, resolute face
alOn5, She wears that Understandable air Of
reserve and sadness that invests all women
who have lived their lives apart She is.
dressed plainly, and her well-Worn habit
tells OF priyation and struggle. She is
probably . teacher, who, walking to and
from her work in some bleak New
| England village, thinly clad and in.pro-
tected, the winds and storms OF winter
| whipped into her slender form the seeds Of
disease. She had remained at her post too
| long so long that death has already set its
seal On her cheeks, and looks guant
and memorable out of her great,
kept her there probably the demands
OF a mother or sister on her small
resources pinohed them SO that they
pinned her to her martyrdom And
now, at last, on the savings
Of many years, the price Of her life,
she comes to find balm and healing
n the South. There is despair in her
| face, brit there is no trouble there. Her
great eyes are cloudless. Her thin lips are
peacefully closed, her brow is calm, and
| there is gentle resignation in every feature.
| Perhaps she LOOKS with littls regret to the
end OF q life that has been hard and lahori-
GUS and lonely, and feels that God will
giys her at last the rest and peace 50 long
| denied her. Just beyond her there is q
strong man, chatting uneasily in the thrall
Of disease. His face is knotted with
suffering and dread. His wealth, his
strength, his resources none Of these give
! him the peace and content that has come
to thus frail and slender girl Truly, there
| rs no power like the consciousness OF q life
well spent, o duty fully performed, q mis-
sion accomplished, 8 nartyrdon endured.
/ 70 the girl across the way death is but q
falling asleepa sweet, dreamless, rest af !
ter q long and wearying work. Cores .
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