Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-20

Faith ElirIdge, beware, You are fly
ing in the face Of Providence These Wis
Ions and dreams are not Of iIod-the adj
versary Is IN them. Confess Your wretch
eduess. ask him tu forgive your ImPIey
mourn a lttIIr, II you will. for your dead
ami then. IN due time, marry that excel.
lent man who Is patiently waiting for
You
Il think, she saId. that God made my
hcthrrthri come To- ru, that night. that
might know that hr warS still alive"
Her shocking Irrrvrrrucr took away my
breath Had II been SIX years earlier Ia
her life | should have classified her So
verrly, and felt like DOING 50 now. Bat
twas no Use 10 labor with her Prayer
was the only weapon left me. and welded
1t most vigorously
Months passed., and Squire BradIsh
ventured 10 speak 10 Faith ahOut his
wishes. ! never asked either what hap
pencd in that Interview. hal no need
saw hiT leave the hous" with Cluudrd
face, and knew there WAS no hope for
him. And soon something happened that
startled the town. IucYpre~~ihly shocked
as | was, the ayeugIug hand of tod
seemed in il. The squire wa- strong and
robust. and in the maturity Of life, but, ~
and went rapidly to deaths door When
the doctor told him that he might not
have another day to live. he hLl his
lawyer sent for.
Tear up my will" he said which
gives everything to churches and chari-
ties; draw another, Let the old house
keeper have - 90, and ali but that goes
to Faith Eliridgr.
II was done and duly executed
Tell her" he said that it is all the
reparatIOu | can make her was -et upon
marrying her. The captain Of the Con
queror stood in my way, and hire'i that
rufiian of a mate t" remove him. He did
it. He caught him unawares one dark
and stormy night. when the crew were all
aluft and forward, and none. c"uid see,
and flung him over tne quarter The mate
told me how he did 1t when he came for
his bluuI- money and he has left the land
forever. 1t was my wurh tiuI forgive
me-
SO il came tu pass that. through these
astounding events Falth went one day tu
IKE possession OF the Bradl-h mIu-I"a AMI
un,. wealth uf it, late OWNER She took me
with her.
Yes. thanks be- To God. Capt Converse
returned alive and well when three wears
had passed since the C"uqurTur had borne
him away. | was present at hi happy
meeting with Frith, and on that "ccnSlon,
| am constrained tu say. he kept ms arms
round her longer than q strict SENSE Of
propriety would allow. And -hc dill not
either scream ur swunn this time. She
simply said, Il knew you were alive. Earl
l was sure You would come. and laid
Ii {. B.
to kiss her four or live times Ir>~rmrd &"
me that once would have been quite sUii-
Cient
He had clung to floating spar when
treacherouSly hurled into the SEA. ha1
been picked up the next morning. ,rry
near to death. by a trader bound Tor the
south Atlantic. H. hal endured ~n.P-
wreck on the African coast, had been cap
turel and sold into slavery. ami after ~Uun
sufferinys as killed all Of his companions,
he escaped, and at last reached home
again.
The brief years of welded lie which
these two enjoyed. were very happy.
They were bound mp in each other -
much so. that have fears that their re
IigiOUs duties wrr. not always performed
with becoming zeal Dli not my hUFIl-
ity prevent, might also ~U-Se,t that the
marital fOndneSS which Frequently cN-
cluded any attention t" another person al
though that person was vtE.taut every
where in their household. was i TrmIrNa-
bly, selfish passion.
More than five times ito he preCiSel
during the first years Of their welded life
did Faith Converse assure her husband
that they were never more to be parted
~ 4 Thr.nr
Earl" she would say and think YOU
would be lonely without me. Be Of good
cheer; we shall never be parted. within
the same hour we shall seek higher hap
piness in better world | know il.
have seen it in my sleep. When ur where
or how il will be can not tell But that
we two shall die together Is rs certain As
we shall die
What visions are given her to see now
may know one day. but that in tne flesh
she saw the future i proven by what |
have written and have yet To write. On
the night Of Aug. :, lN5g, furious storm
came in from the sea, and RACED all the
night over the town. YoU can be shown
to-day the great trees that were splintered
and SCARED by the lightning bolts; strong
men who were children then remember
how they covered and shudIered rs
they heard His terrible voice in the
storm and the thunder. Until day
light was upon my knees. At the dawn
l tapped upon their door. They answered
not. | softly Enclosed it. They were
asleep, but they had already awakened to
fairer morning than this Neither
SCARED nor disfigurged by the swift mes
senger, they lay as if in peaceful slum-
Der.
He had called them, and they had gone
home together.-J. +. Fits in The Inter
Ocean.