Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-03-02

in few sentences she told him al
and he in turn talked of his lonely
home, his dead Anna and all his past
II have been loving you for long
time. my Lisbeth. but onl y to night
found courage TO speak"
But" she said, shivering in the
warm sweet air, you cannot marry
mel am only 'housemsid'
He stopped and turned to her.
"Y ou are all the world to me-" be
said simply, "and | need you"
Her clear, sweet tones broke the ST.
lence
Then if you need me, my master,
| must be yours, and with you l feel
go safe "
They had reached the front steps;
he put his foot on one of them, Not
there" she said appealingly; Il go
in by the area steps Do you re-
pent?" Her voice had taken a joy
Gus ring, almost laugh. For ans wer
the professor drew her to him and
kissed her,
There is no Que 70 consult" he
whispered, land shall come for you
tomorrow. Sister Gretts will well
come you; she knows my wishes
Good night dear one"
He was gone, and she entered the
dark hall iu whrI of amaze. To be
married tomorrow. Yet it seemed as
if she had known him all her life, and
now she rememb bered many things
that proved be loved her; she had
always felt that he was her friend;
she would yield, heart and art would
be safe in his keeping, and as she
CROPPED her way toward the upper
hall, the voice of Miss Maude called
over the balustrade: Its not proper,
Lisbeth to be talking TO a young man
and laughing on the area steps,
1T shall not happen again. miss" !"
said Lisbeth, as she made her way
for the last time to her attic studio.
Chicago Letter from Rev. Roth.
The following Interesting letter we
find in tho Pittsburg IForkman of
late date.
"Whsn | came here Chicago had
5000 people,; so said g gentlemen to
me, nor is he yet an old man, who
came in his youth from Norway and
made Chicago his home To-day it
counts over 900 600 of population,
and with present rate of growth will
soon reach million
The growth of the United States is
the wonder of the century. Chicago
is the miracle Of our country As
New York is the metropolis of the
East, so is Chicago the metropolis of
the West Between these two cities
lies the race for precedency.
A stranger may not venture to
write of so great city. And it will
require time to secure intelligent ac
quaintance with the work, the inter-
ests. the organizations. the outlook
for our dear Lutheran Church in this
western metropolis With every ma
terial interest pushed to the utmost;
with a population SO rapid and
mighty in its growth, it cGnnot be
other than that vast spiritual interests
are at stake; and more than to any
other are these interests of moment to
the Mother Church of the Reforma-
tion Within the limits of Chic go,
her sons and daughters are found by
the ten thousands in number. Here
there are literally "acres of Luther.
ans"
Of these we may write in the fu-
ture That which for the time has
most impressed us is the cold, Of
this we lack not personal knowledge.
With the thermometer swinging
about zero, and constant tendency
to get below, &c. l4o, 2Oo-the low
est for the city-it is not season for
doing much beside keeping warm.
Not much snow, little wind, no rain;
the steady cold, if not so severe, is
rather pleasant winter weather. Thus
it has been for the weeks since the
New Year. but the cold. the dreadful
cold, "Wbo can stand before this
cold?" and we rejoice iu the thought
that spring is so many weeks nearer.
"Waffles. waffles. hot waffles," in
voice and tones indescribable, came
through our window. one of the cold
days last week Along the pave
ment, tray in hand. the peripatetic
merchant threaded bis way, his quick
eve searching every door and window
for buyer In the street, covered
wagon, drawn bv one horse ct slow
sleepy gait, containing portable
bakery, over which white-sleeved,
white-capped baker presded;aud here,
as the wagon slowly moved along, the
hot wafflps were manufactured and
placed on sale. Though the "ch!ck-
en-" was lacking who would not wish
the enterprising merchant quick sales
of his hot goods on that cold day ?
! Astonishing are the great buildings
that. right along through this cold
weather, apparently without break,
are going up all over the city, Here
a railroad depot; there the largest
grain elevator in the world; yonder
big brick storehouse. and over there,
rows of brick dwellings pushing rap
idly forward.
II W RoTH.