The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-09-13

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CHAPTER V-cosrivrrn
Woman he cried %siernly. "itl Il
your weakness that has encouraged
him You never enforced obedience.
lou always lot him have hl. " head,
and this Is thu result of your criminal
ioliyn
80 BEN tried 10 DO the bost
could she answered, meckly. never
limiting By word or tone that there
could DO any possibility of Ah having
ever been to lame.
lie CROPPED or a chair and sank into
IL heavily. W No q woman's natural in.
slinct. Myra Anderson put aside her
own pain anl tired 10 comfort him.
She knew that his pride aud temper
were wounded aud 80 she said little,
only dropping a word now aud then
with rare tact, making h always ~
favorable for her boy ~ She dared.
No one said much To- Ben Anderson
about his Dos thoy soon learned BY the
look In his face that II was not best.
Only Ton Arnold told him that ia ms
opinion, no min had Alright to set up his
wishes against nature. aud man forced
10 take up u life against strong, re-.
pellant instincts, generally made n
failure OF III
The summer grew bright, as so many
summers had done before, but some.
thing dimmed lis s%plendor, and cast q
faint shadow over all the earth and air.
The days were so long aud the nights
50 lonely at the pleasant prairie home,
that Myra Anderson got nervous over
Their slow. monotonous length. but
by and'by letters came from Ralph
gay. bright little letters, full Of buoynnt
life. ardent anticlpaiions and eager am.
billions. with here and there little sud-
den veins Of deep tenderness, that
brought the blood 10 Myra Anderson's
face with n quick, warm glow. hut he
said nothing. lie listened 10 the letters
with q white, immovablc face. still very
set and stern, whenever Ralph's name
was mentioned. Very evidently he had
not yet forgiven him.
But one day u rumor was, mentioned
In the newspapers that there had been n
terrible gale On the South Atlantic
coast, and a list Of the vessels supposed
TO be lost was given, aud among them
the North Star "--hG ship, Hen An
derson heard II In The city. How he
got home he never knew, ho lad no
recollection Of q step Of the way. He
walked into the room where his wife
sat reading over some letters, n faint
smile on her lips. She hid them hastily
IN her dress, blushing softly. hut no
did not see; he walked straight TO the
table and sal down, and buried his face
in his hands.
God In Heaven, have mcrcyr,
broke In a sudden. agonizcd cry from
MS lips, the great drops OF sweat com.
ing out on his forehead like g%listening
beads.
"Bcnl o my husband-what-
what she stopped. half paralyzcd
with alarm and dread rs a terrible. wild
Thought came crashing through her
brain.
lie pushed the crushed paper toward
her-he had brought Il all The WAY from
Rockford crushed In his hand then
broke into a fierce, Wild storm OF pas.
sionate weeping. Mym Anderson was
nearly wild with terror. Never even
when their baby had died. had she seen
her husband weep. Il Is something
terrible when astrong man gives way to
tears. A woman wccps softly and nat,i.
rally, but when the depths Of a strong.
stern. rugged man = nature ara broken
up. II Is lkethe fierce pass on Of the tor.
nado In lis intensity.
ne has punished me for my hard.
ness wonidni forgive him." he said.
alter he had grown calmcrand they had
sonrn
Did you ever think what strange ways
Iod takes 10 break down these stub.
born wills OF oursP How, when love
and tenderness fail. lie sends the tom.
pests breath and the terrible. swift
sword, TO do His will; and then when
our hearts are softencd and broken.
how tenderly lie turns about and drops
some great gift or JOY into our liycsP
lie did this into Ben Andcrson's in this
way:
-Four weeks after that terrible m.
NOR, came a letter from Ralph There
had been a terrible storm, no wrote.
pui hey were IN port 1t the time.
HAN a Nj OF vessels went dawn
among them tho North Stato,n of Nav
York.