The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-22

deepestanxiety
How do you feel now, dear~ asked the
old lady
oh, Mrs. Winston, feel so miserable
What have | to live for now' My heart is
breaking! Has Virgil comes"
NO, dear"
What time is itr continued the young
lady, rising to sitting posture.
About half-past g."
He will be here presently if no accident
befalls him. Poor Virgil! What an awful
shock Is in store for him! God strengthen
him i'll this hour of distress"
\ moments silence ensued; then she
asked:
Where is Miltoul'
'Ip the front parlor."
In his cofiini"
She hid her face in her hands as she
spoke.
YES, he is in his coffin. Do you think
yourself strong enough to go down and look
at himH
Yes, ma'am"
She drew her hand across her forehead
a habit into which she had fallen of late
and. then rising, began to draw on her
dress.
as there anybody in the roomm she in
quired. Il want to be alone with my dar-
hngY'
There is nobody down there now. But
more than hundred people, do believe
have been here to-day to see him His
death seems to have cast gloon over the
whole neighborhood. Poor boy How we
shall miss his sweet face and winsome ways
As your poor father used to say, his pres
sence was like sunlight! How desolate it
will be without him
"Oh, don't talk about it!'
And out into the hall, down the stairs,
and into tho dip11y- iobta1 cham her of
death Pauline glided, her long golden hair
falling loosely down her back.
Beneath the glittering chandelier the cot
fin rested upon the marble slab of table
The girl paused, with one hand upon her
wildly throbbing heart and the other upon
the door knob, and, breathing a short
prayer for strength. glided forward and
gazed on the beautiful face of the dead boy,
who looked as though he had just fall n
asleep A lock of his brown hair hung in
careless grace over his brow, and in his
countenance there was still that sweetness
that tenderness of expression which in life
had drawn all hearts to him. He was dressed
in a suit of snowy linen; a white necktie
was fastened at his throat; in his cuffs gilt
tered the costly buttons which she had given
him on his 10th birthday-the morning pre-
vious; and within his small, fair hands,
which were claSped upon his bosom, lay a
WllL6 IUS6Duu, pIdCcC bllSit, IL was uIlCA
ward learned, by a modest little maiden
whom be had loved with all the ardor of
his boyish soul.
Pauline slipped her arm under the boys
head, and, pillowing it upon her breast,
kissed his lips and brow. Then laying her
cheek upon his, she said half aloud:
you know now what is is to be there,
don't you, darling9 All, heaven will be but
the sweeter since you-another of my loved
ones-have gone thither! But, oh, earth
will be so dreary without you! How Miss
Paulie wishes she could lie down and sleep
with her little brother! She is so lonely-so
weary She has nothing but sorrown
Good Lord, who is dead. Pauline: Not
Milton"
She turned quickly around. Virgil, va
Use in hand, was standing few feet from
her. She replied;
Eyes; it is Miton-your idol and mine
who is dead"
He dropped his vaIise, and, like a bird
pierced by call uttered low cry, and
staggering forward, dropped his head on his
brothers pulseless breast, while his power
full frame fairly shook, so intense was his
grief.
At length he raised his head, and, OBJ the
anguish depicted upon his countenance!
"Pauline, how did it happens" he asked.
Tell me all about it.
And, in a voice, choked by sobs, she
obeyed.
He listened, and, when she had finished,
exclaimed:
"Oh. little sister, how can bear it, It is
the heaviest affection that has ever fallen
upon me! | thought it was hard to part
wit my parents; but | merely loved them.
NV brother | worshipedl Oh, Mlltonw and
he stooped and kissed the lips of the dead
boy. Sin him l conferred all my hopes! He
was all had to lovel ] was so proud of
him! He was so pure, so talented, so beau
tifull Now, behold my idol Faded in the
loneliness of his youth-faded just as he was
budding into manhoOd-dressed for the
darkness and gloom of the grave, there to
moulder into dustl Neril all IS vanity and
vexation of spirit! Oh, Christ, | staggeI
beneath my cross! Thou, who didst bear
thine own with such meekne $ and hero
ISM. help ne bear mine i'll like Splritl Com
fort thou me. oh, Lord Teach me to say,
,Thy will be doner for | am but human,
and already my heart grows rebelliouS."
1t was evering again, and within the
walls of the First Baptist Church vast
throng had gathered to pay the last tribute
of respect to the promising youth whose I'M
timely death had occurred the morning pre-
viouS.
promptly dU . y ClOCh-Oiio hOui oPPOihS
ed for the funeral serYices-the middle doors
of the church were thrown noiselessly open
solemn tones from the great organ filled
The edifice: and as the funeral cortege
moved slowly up the aisle a young lady III
the Choir gallery arose and touchlngly be-
| gan to sing.
The coffin. covered with anchors, crowns,
harris. crosses, and other designs made of
white flowers, was placed in front of the
pulpit. and the SIX youths who had borne it
| thither, withdrew, weeping bitterly, to
seats reserved for them. .
Vircil. his eyes fastened upon the floor,
paused in the aisle until Pauline had entered
| the pew; tnen he passed in, and, closing the
| door. sat down by her side
When the music had ceased and the singer
had resumed her seat, the old pastor, his
sad ewes fixed upon the fiower-cover casket,
,epeated in tremulous voice those com
forting words OF Jesus:
~ am the resurrection and the NE; ne
that beieveth in me, though he were dead,
vet shall he live; and whosoever Aveth and
| believeth in me shall never die"
He then turned to the nineteenth Psalm and
| read the solemn words contained therein,
! after which he delivered brief, touching
frinute TO the memory of him whose re-
mains Law before him, dwelling upon the
IovelinesS of the boys character and the
snblimitv of his faith in Jesus, and ending
with the divine admonition: "Be ye also
ready: for in such an hour as We think not
| the Son of Man cometh."
a ministerial student, who had dearly
| - +ha dacaaSed then offered I'D a