Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-10

and Oh boS sArk the room wa mat oiaeh
nornInr-and | knelt By your chair. ine
faca of Ms Apnes was now hidden on her
husbands shoulder-''aud Oh, prdyea! no.
ont loud for | could not speak, but in WINS
pers now and then, aud then tears rushing
inst as they'd wanted to rush all those nou'''
And. by-and bye-it was the queeresl 'hine-
a great peace and comfort came over me- Nn''
q ,,reat shining faith seemed to draw near
and ill my soul. And it is here yet ue'r'
She lifted her face, pale with intense feeling
her eyes b-i hit and wide and far-seclnG' AMI
laid her hand upon her breast.
81 feel that YOU are gong to live Tor years
know that you are not going 10 leaEe ne
VIII, dear, until 1 am white-hareu on "o'
man Slipping about in cloth shoes ana wear
inc, white lace caps y" and Agnes began 10
smile little. ..,, ,,
.sRIess your dear heartW was ell VIII couId
saw. The tears were tumbIing down his
cheeks and sparkling mewilY IN the hFei'sn
.sBut this isn't all OF the queer thing"
AGNES continued. 'AI that morhlnS-aI
that dav, in fact, had Il faint, di1l' persi'-
tent feeling of being among pine trees lou
NAV smile, and welcome, but us laeI-Shd
impression of breezy, balsamc ltASF' ice
ana Of little hillsides STEPPED ID hup'llhe'
| How much better such place Tor VIII, came
| the thought, than that dusty old edi' re-
! roomI Aud SO, thinking OF tue pines, go'
| TO thinking OF brother Jimmy. Aud then
wrote to him concern NJ the heathtulnesS u
nine forests, aud said that perhaps we might
nav him a visit, and-no, sir, not one wore
about business, @, anything Of the soFt!-aae
back came his repiy-his ofTerT-and here we
arel
WIN with Agnes drawn closely to his side,
looked LONG and thoughtfully into tho fire.
That he was feeling better and stronger, and
gaining in breathug-power every day he was
well aware. The complete change In his work
and ways of liviug-tnc muscular exercise
the pure aromatic air-the early hours-the
plentiful sleep-the appetiziug taste Of things
cooked before the primitive fret would be
sippu'ar indeed il these things did not yield
him bencht-for time, at leastl But what
had brought him 10 these things aud why
had his wIte's little confession thrilled him So
STRANGELY! lie hal always been square.
thinking sduare-tcting sort Of fellow, aul his
mind toward spiritual aud undcmonstrated
th,,ps had never been exercised very much.
! If tjprfnrei. however, with ths fashionable
skerticism of the age, no one knew t. He
was too kind-hearted, too large-mnded to
scoff at any belief that could make even one
soul the happier and the better; aud Tor him
self be kept silence.
As he looked into the fire, portion OF a
stick fell down and lay smoulderiug at some
distance from its blazing comrades. III ii
goes out, III follow Tom and Eb,'. was his
thought, If it lights up again, I'll live and
Agnes is right"
The little ember smoullered on, frightened
for a moment and then seemed to die out
utterly. A shade creDt over Wills face We
all have auecL Of sunerstition hidden away
someV here =. tHe strata Of hard common
sense. rhen he smiled slightly, thinking 10
! himselr-'It would be 4 pretty small sort OF
, Providence who woud 90 about doing little
tricks Of that kiad" Then under pressure Of
soma ..aaccountabla wave OF feeling he bowed
, his head and said aloud-'Lord, believe
o help Thou M unbelief"
A breeze came rushing through the pines
the chimney drew long rreat2; the fallen
: ember uuivered and snapped and sparkled
and in a moment was entelopet in flame
r shone dazzlinglE into WHIPS eyes as he Lifted
, his head.-Ea'g T. L''a'6S@ -0'''''S''
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