Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-03

r this time" A confused sound OF excla-
nations went mp around tho table, while
Mrs. Pitkin pale and calm, read the let.
ter and then passed Il to her husband
without a word The bright, fixed color
in Diana ace had mcanwhii, been slow
| iy ebb ng away, till wi II cheeks and lips
pale ashes. she hastily rose and left the
table and went to her room. A Strange
new terrible pain--a sensation like being
ch0ked or smot hared--a rush e mixed
cmutiOns--a fearful sense Of some mex
orabie, unalterable crisis having cone OF
her girlish folly -Oyerwhei med her.
Again she RENE bered the deep tones Of
his good b, and Low she had only moe &
ed at his emotion, she sat down and
leaned her head on her hands In tear
less, con used sorrow.
Deacon Pitkin was at first more shock
ed and overwhelmed than his wife. His
yesterdays ak with James had had no
such seriO s purpose. 1t had been only
the escape va We for his hypochon.
driac IorebOding Of the future,
and not ny was farther from
his thoughts than having II bear
1ruit IN any ich decisive movement on
he part If his son. In fact, he secre ly
was proud of his talents and his sch0l-
arsh p, and ha' set his hear on his going
through college, and had no more serious
purpose in what he said the day before
than the general one of making his son
fec the straits and ifficulties q was put
to for him. Young men were tempted at
college to be too expensive, he thought,
and to forget wha 1t cost their pa entS at
h me. N short the whole thing had been
merely he passing OF Of q paro ysm OF
hrn ria hn ha 4 aIr nd h6
to 10 va isied that he shot ld raise the in
terest money tina year without material
difficult The letter showed him too
keenI the depth of the suffering he had
in let d on his son, and when he had
read he cast a sort of helpless, question
ing ok on his wife, and said, after an
interval OF silence
well, IN Their"
There was o netting quite pathetic In
the a pealng look and voice
Well father, she answered In sub
dued tones; ''all we can do now Is to
leave 1t. y"
|, AVE IT,
Those were words often in that woman 8
mouth, and they expressed that hab OF
her lite which made her victorious over
oil troubles that abit Of trust In the In
finite will, that actually could and did
lea . eve"y accomplished event N his
hand, without murmur and without cen
let.
If there was any one thing In her uni
formly selfden ed life that had Teen a
personal ambition and a personal desire,
it had been that her son shOIld have a
cole g Q luCa ion. 1t was The center OF
her ca thly w,shrs, hopes and efforts
That wis had been cut oil In moment,
that hope had sunk un er her feet and
| now oh!y remained to her he task of com.
flrtng the undiSciplineI soul whose I'M
Gu' ed ute anccs had W.T. ,ut ut the mis-
| chief It W y not the first me that,
wounded by a loving hand in thi, dark
struggle OF lif0, she had suppressed the
pain OF her own hurt that he that had
wounded her might the better forgive him
self.
".icar father she said to him when
over and o or he b AIMED himself for his
yesterday y harsh words to his son, don I
! worry ab ut 1t now; yoI didn't mean It,
la c5 is a good boy, and he II see 1t right
| at Ia it and he is in uod's hands. and We
must leave him there. lie overruleS all.
When Mrs. Pilku turned from her
Il sband she sought Diana In her room.
" Ii cousin cousin said the Z ri.
thro wing herself into her arms 5
| this true? Is James gone? Can't we do
anything Can't We Let him back We
been thinking over. oh, II the ship
! wouldn't all and d go to Sal m and
| beg him to come back. on my knees. III.
| II | had only known yesterday. oh,
cousin. cousin he wanted talk with
| me, and | CO I'D have persua ed him out
| OF 1t. Oh why didn / know"
| There there dear child We must ac-
cept it u,t as it is, now that it is DONE
Don't feel So We must try to look at the
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