The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-14

HlillNNA INNANhNA
into q nov element aud living the life
Of those already blest, With the
first one hlR love has grown 90 he
has grown, and his weaknesses with him,
II may DO that love seldom cOnquera
those weaknesses but with tho other
love comes o heavenly tyrant and usuTpa
the place " everything less nohlol his
heart 10 clean swept and garnibhed-a
shrine for the object Of his w%orahipl no
has undergone q publication, q Ranctitl'
cation that 10 scarcely less than that Of
o sacrament, II was 30 with me, |
know, NJ least, when | first thought Of
wOOlng Margaret for my wife, and pos
session Of her promise never made II
otherwise,
10 say that she was beautiful would
fail 10 give even a ponclling Of her pres
encei and just a. impossible would II DO
for mo a. frt down any categorical de-
Rcrlptlon Of her loyellneshl Of the large,
fair, pale facet tho eyes, 80 gray and
dark lhNt they grew on you na you ga2cd,
like the shades Of evening from which
tho stars look OUT Of the features, which
would have been 6Culptured had they
been less Instinct with pulalng and dllot-
Ing ltoi Of the trcRaca Of finest, darkest
hair, sweeping down tho tomplea IN
countless curycai Of the "unhpeakable
sweetness Of the Rmilo-thRt Rmilo which
seemed % lll your heart aud soul with
6unhhino and warmth, Mover was there
such another woman made aR Margaret,
Her mind, too, was no less peerless than
her person, II had % trait lik0 light H.
self, and gave color and vitality 10 every
object What II rested on, or humble
birth, and with no means Of education
beyond those afforded by the Village
school and the church library, she had
neycrthelcm cultivated herself 10 q point
! beyond that attained by many women
when living q luxury Of life aud breath
ing lNr atmosphere Of art,
~ has always made me wonder, my
relation with her, what she could have
seen In nae 10 90 bestow herself a. she
did | myself, though stun 30 young
was not entirely q boorj indeed, being u
poor man, / was thought eccentric, per-
hapa because | was not n fool but.
though now sitting ~ my ease, q toler
ably well read man Of wealth, having
climbed easily by others help spoculutcd
largely aud dariugly, studied where /
could and ~ ! went, yet chen ! was only
the mOHlCr OF an engine on the Great
interior Hallway, running q night train
across Che state, and earning my living
by the sweat Of my brow, In SCOT and
grimo and smoke, and all IN the midst Of
u Wild rCliah Of danger,
II 10 o singular fact that tho human
mind can become habituOtod 10 any OK.
prriencG Though ] shall mover forget
The night when / first drove my engine
out Of Waterway, not too familiar with
tho route, drc0ding tho darkness and the
responsibility, tromuloua, indeed, with a
thousand tromors, yet now, were Il twice
as many yCara since / laid hand oh lover
or eignOlod for a station, | could tak0
her out to'night, over marsh and meadow
and drOwbridgc, up the long mountain
grade, across tho terrible trostlOwork,
round that curvlng prccipicc, one side
sheer rock up into the stars, the other
nothing but black darkness and an
empty gulf OF dizzy depth, through the
thick, WvcrbCN, ing tunnels, down tho
long Incline, lll whistle for the brakes
NJ Babylon, wi,l "a much nCuChalanco
Ob WHOM ! took tho rcinA from my groom
this morning and gave my brown beau.
ties their head for0 breezy bit of business
down thcpart,
She wNA0 rushcr, that engine Of mine,
jhe gl0ek bcsa-they had not begun call.
Ing thcm then fer tho successful oQndl-
dOtoa-and would do her milo u minute
Il you Oakcd iti though I've known tho
timg Of u rainy 0 o'clock morning,
when, with all gtcpm on, her wheels
made their revolutions and sho stood
etilli and, 10 got her along tho slippery
side Of an up grade, both fireman and
myHell, jumping OH, had 10 walk by her
painting side and uprlnll0 tho wet rails
with sand 10 toll hor on, But, although
I've owned since then 90 choice apeci.
nou1 a. over stepped the turf, | never
cared for any thoroughbred Of them oil
o. | did for The Black Bcss, and ! stablod
her a. carefully, and, IN early days,
handled her pA daintily, as though She
were the expected winner Of q handicap,
Perhaps | loved my iron stood all the
bottcr for the dangers through which
ah0 Ind passed, since there ue fow
whose affections are not drawn 10 their
companion In pcrilj and the Black Bcss
and ! had had II out ono night, iuat az,
clearing The Waterway suburbs, we nut
on al speed fortho long run across The
marshes Tho train was full, the steam
was up, the very wind whiglod behind
ue while we clclt iti light as a feather
Llo Elttn s,.5 wont 40 " she trOd Tho
air.
Suddenly, with u sharp turn Of tho
course from the shelter OF Il Young
thlckct, We came cut ON u low cross
country rOad-a kind Of u causoway
rNi5od upon the meadows, and cutting
~dipgOnNlly across the railway track. So
uuirequcntcd was this road chat | could
not remember over having noticed q
vehicle on all ite long and winding sweep,
but NJ thiB moment ~ enormous lond OF
hay, fitting heavily down on ono aide,
rested directly across tho track and
blocked the way, not only for an instant's
limo, but was fixed thor0. | eau see Il
hero, II ! close my eyes, with such a
word d|istlnctnos8 In ovcry line as might
bo If q grave Light had stamped Il ON The
plate OF Gome supernatural camcrn-the
-four great |BtOHnling oxen, In the glow Of
the headlight rising like n projection
from tho darkness, with wild eyes and
lntorlockod horns, and trampllng and
tugglngOt thearrostod wheels, tho fitting
mountain Of meadow hay, the drunken
toamstor, half hidden In It's pllowy
masses, 0Sloep, and with his Jug beside
him, In vain my touch upon the bell
rope or the rod In vain tho short, sharp
shrioks Of Black Boss while / reached
my hand TO reverse tho engine VIC should
scatter oil TO flinders, Ono second the
face, Tho face Of that sleeping man,
branded In on my brain as II by d scar.
Ing from the next, q wild thought of
Margaret, n great blow, and dumb dirk.
ness, The man and his load were dust
together, tho Black Boss. waa nj tha
track aud above her wheels In meadow
mud md ! lay stunned and ]eensoless,
When a person RECEIVERS from u con
cueslon Of The brain, IL would sometimes
be bcttor If hc had died. ! learned this
TO my cost one day, but / did not think
80 on fret getting about after my long
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