The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-17

..Oh. MIR. Fred! tine old woman
cried. catching his hand. while look
OF such nnseliish delight irradiated ne!
wrinkled face as absolutely TRANSPORTED
Il. '.The Lord be thanked that u - nos
VI who have been taken''
s.No. not r." Fred said slowly. while
shc. IN the relief that seemed 10 set AL
her senses free again, heard the cricket
chirp. and saw how the golden needle
Of LIGHT had slipped away from hcriap.
and felt II where il lay bright and warm
across her foot mot l. he said, ''but
another" And there he paused again,
finding speech difficult, and laid his
hand on her shoulder as Il 20 steady
her: and then, In despair 1t his own
cowardice In breaking the news 70 her.
he turned abruptly TO Annie. Help
her II Won can. Annie" he said. Tell
her. Jem was on the train. too. II u
her Jcm who was killed."
The old nurse spoke never word
Did she understand? She felt trem-
bling: but she did not weep or moan or
move by a hairs breadth; only sat with
her hands dropped helplessly In her lap:
looking unseeingly up at him who had
hronc6t the news. Il seemed As II the
silence could be felt Annie had flung
herself on her knees by the old wom-
! ans side again, and was covering the
!. moor old hand with vain kisses and
vainer tears. Her heart was full OF an
intolerable pity, that took almost the
shane Of seif-reproach. What words Of
! comfort could she dare to speak to one
) who was old. aud weak. and poor. and
: helpless. and who had lost not one on
out Of many. but the one only blessing
. she had?
For n few moments the stricken
: woman sat there speechless, aging vlsi
!. bly, before their eyes In the nrst a"iu
! shock of the bereavement she was
. if she had gone deaf and dumb am M
I, blind in an instant or rather, as u
: with faculties all overstrained an
!, tense. she had been suddenly plunge
y into n sphere with which theirs had d
: communication. But after time 81
reused herself with an effort. DRAWN
a long breath. and moistening her or
q lips :. \,
4, said. brokenly, with wan smile, mo-
- ing her hand, tremblingly. to Annie
= hair. ssSome one had to be taken. /,
- see. and some one has to suffer. and II
:. better than another; for I've not
~ LONG A. some to wait. It's near u
* closing OF the day with me; the mig
=, will he upon me soon; and don't me-
a. the strength TO bear 1t. rs them A. b
a. Int becun the day. Don't We FRI
Annie: don't We fret. dear. The 10
- has laid His burden upon me: but 4
~ hand viii be under when my old 4
,er fall N. 49,, ~.
-, ~ She got up unsteadily, still smilll
that faint. wan smile. and stood q n
-. ment looking uncertainty about her,
II irving to find herself in this stran
- world she. was lost in. and, sudden
n the chirp OF the cricket smote her e
~ like a familiar sound from the fren1
old world OF the past. linking the ~
o-u and the now together. The console
az ~ ness came slowly back into her eyes
~ : her look wandered out over the In
= and the trees beyond. and then seen
ver 70 pass on to some point further 81
Ain' perhaps beyond earth altogether.
yond death, beyond space and beyt
~ time. She seemed quite 70 nave iors
~ ten the presence Of the others.
go ''Ay, ay- Sne uuhnuh0o' Sca.s-
sHs- not so long TO wait rs some The II
ne Is full Of love and mercy. Its bett.
est. than another. And better Jem 4
our one, may he. less ready"
= And with that she turned and v
our into her little, desolate home, and clio
son the door; and the two LETT outs
our looked at each other silently. and I
see went mutely away together. saddle
50, through all the happiness Of their
only union. By what inscrutable Justice
on this sorrow passed them BY to faI
on her? What is the mystic sign tina
AZ. often turns aside the angel OF woe =
salu the abode Of the happy. to shesihe
ma sword afresh in hearts that have aire
ye' blcdP Is it because they who have
rom fered most are stronger to endure AZ
being the quickest TO discern The Ind
lnie. blessing in the sting. and the sure
'an's making it their ownP
bear Who can tell? Life i full o. r
lens more unanswerable than tn
say Grucc DEMO Litchfcld. ~ y. D.
ing pendent