Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
EDITED ny Mrs. E. ". MILES.
Who was 20 blame?

Who was 70 blame?
There is a duh quiet in the VILLAGE
of M--,a Il lassitude, that crept over
hamlet and people, whe1 the July sun
has parched the fields, and dried up
the brooks, except where the cows
stand, refreshing themselves, these
long hot days. The old school yard
apple-tree has shaken themissi1es from
its branches, lodged there from yecrsant
hands until they number as many ;aa,I
the fruit above. The hard bare places, /
worn by nlmble feet are overgrown
with weeds, The passer-by is heard to
say those other wefs bettof lays..l
Times fingers have drawn dark pos
tive lines here and there, all over this
quaint little place and its people. Now
aud then that certain messenger death
beckot1s some one of them to the I'M
known, a birth brightens the life lesson
and the marriage bells chime, through
the uncertain music Of the evergreefs
; So like Its history to other places, tbs
true. But to-day beneath the elm Of
a half century, are united in holy mat
rimony the beautiful Narcissa Dean
and the village pastor. Ina few more
weeks and he must go to other fields
Y of labor, taking from her home this
: artless, pure, strongminded woman to
! help him make the best of life.
i Strength is best known when tested.
f Character is truest to the test when
completely built by the realities Of
: events that come; not bldndered into
J. by excitement or haste: Squire Dean
q and his generous wife spare no pains
d taking to make this, the great event of
Nj. For. two Seats this society
have SUSTAINED their yoing and eff
h Gent pastor, bearing him Up in his
= sorrow, when they laid to rest his am
!. liable young wife in the church yard
" beneath the flowers and dasies to-day
:, as mis- right by divine guidance; they
unite in giving their queen to be hi:
co-laborer and companion, not withou
ot feelings IF sacrifice and regret. how
10 ever do they yield to this one Of life
- inevitable There" blurteu GU
ii Tim Blake, when the congratulation
VI. were over, .its all wrong and know i,
or then vanished leaving those VIII
~ ~ heard him to DRAW theirown inferehce
:. Tim is a fearless reckless youth lef
fatHer1ess by the war; the living tokel
of Squire Deans sympathy and pat
is riotism; bringing daily test to his p;
Il. tiettce and reHerence for good words
10 Still possessing So much CURT, good
n. hhinor aid 6penheartedness that he re
ii ceived only, y,fJrBearance ahd fdrgivness
i. Having the care of living, christian
~ hearts is Unused to harlshlps an,
~ Shielded from t!ieternptations of you'll
:. the days full Of pleasure and work
al soon pass and bring the happy pal
" face to face with the last Sabbath
n the last service in the Old brown churcl
re The first quick, clear peal of the cl,
n bell serds an ecstatic bound of childisl
/" Joy such as Narciss;l had felt IN othe
el days; but us the peals became empha
ic with heightened intervals, memorie
of the long ago with a quicker rythn
OF linked the past with the Present NJ
ty longer was she the little girl watchin!
the great flies beat their heads aglius
OF the window panes, no longer the youn
Sc lady assuming the gravit y of her e
n ders; but the one carrying Il great mari
n tie Of responsibilities to be Borne witt
re 80 graceful propriety Percy Burke arouse
- from his meditations, glanclng frol
O. the window; says "..When the mist
n have rolled in splendor its most tim
,r- to go to church. HegaZed intenty' NJ
ia on the landscape. so changed the dis
Gu tant hills half obscure in a misty clou
MI instead Of the dim blue of II tedious
n drouth. the evergreens still beade
ch over with the rime of the previou
~ night. Rumors came floating up q
III the terrible devastation of the storm
n only !; nile east following Hlrrican
all Gap, for miles 10 the, nbrthwarC
he sweeping bridges and destroying val
- liable timber. Tim and a neighljcr bc
'se had been down to survey the route {
III the storm and note damages. The vi
lage church was deserted. The storl
and the calamity to an aged travele
lis Just lodged in the village tavern er
At listing all interest and sympath!
~ az Squire Dean and MIR. Burke drive t
ne the village center, Men id groups ar
in discussing the disaster and COME,
* turing WHO the unfortunate Strange
he might be. They, arriving in time. t
ne n help convey the apparently lifeles
ne form to q more comfortable couci
If Soon the sufferer begins to rally il
spring the anxious watchers with tn
;.s hope that they shall soon hear frol
J. 70 his own lips his name and destinatio
lr. His lilckering life spark in OUR keeE
Mt. ing we must not falter to resusctat
tv or we stand condemned said Perc
~ Burke to some Indifferent lookers-c
NC Who could he be coming in SO late
ed the night on that old abandoned road
Try An old veteran from his Scars. A nj
all ser clothed Sc poorly carrying such
~ bag of gold, We're among the man
'ie things said. "Where are his effect
he we may get some clew to his name an
he friends" said Esquire Deane.
ass "We have searched and found notl
.., ing" said Dir. Il ';.nd we may ne'
i'' er Know.
ry. ITO BE CoNIiSuED.l