Iron County register., 1890-01-30

And then arter it is done, every one sees It
is good, We know. Now, about this ere
room, Jacob. Something's air right and
something's air wrong. l mean in the ixia's.
lad and hev noticed that the right thing.
are what was easy to do, and the other
things that were a heap more trouble they
don't suit no one now they are done"
..Oh, father. fatherl'' said Jacob, rising
unexpectedly and pacing the floor; ''you
should have been in my place: you should
have had a chance!"
.'Chance for what, lad! Money? do
not want it. Inever have-that is not what
/ have keered for"
"What do you care fora" said Jacob
s'Me! What do keer fora I don't know
how to tell ye, lad. know don't keer for
money-for that only means so many loads
of hemlock bark taken to the stannin'.'
But it seems to me, lad, as if there must be
some other use for what's in us-some other
use. I'm no scollard; can't say what
feels, my boy, but when 1 heered you the
other day in court, pleadin' for that poor
woman, and saw the tears a runnin' down
the peoples cheeks, I felt as if / was a
livin' then" and Uncle Aaron rose and put
his hand on Jacobs shoulder.
You give me new courage, father" said
Jacob; ''but it's hard to live on without her
my wife,
II know, lad. Don't ever think forget
it. l doesn't" There are some that help
US even although they can not take our
burden from US, they seem to share the
weight of it.
Jacob, strong man that he was, felt steal
ing over him the same sense of comfort
that he had felt as a child in Uncle Aaron's
| arms. He felt siren gthened and uplifted,
better able to face the long, dreary outlook
oflonely days to come.
Father" he sai3, at last, "you make me
feel like man a9ain-like a soldier that
has heard the ringing cheer of his Captain
to charge the foe. And / would indeed be
co ward If 1 fell back now.''
my lad,' said Uncle Aaron, with his
tender, loving smile, "you never have been
a coward-and you never will be!''
CHAPTER VI.
There are few so stepped in wrong-doing
as to be comfortably stupefed. Rose has
| never quite forgotten for one short half
hour her deserted child and husband. Uncle
Aaron s beseeching words have come back
to her ears again and again, and she feels
a strange, regretful pity whenever she
| thinks of him.
Fifteen years have passed away since she
has seen him, and on this particular day as
| she is walking through the town of Ron
| dout he is in her mind. She is with her
| theatrical company, and whether it is owing
| to the fact that she is so near to the mount
aims or not, she has been thinking of Uncle
| Aaron all the morning. Suddenly q hand
| is laid upon her shoulder, and voice says
| huskily: ''Beant this Rose?''
| ''Yes-why, it's you'll" she exclainls, gaz-
| ing at Uncle Aaron in surprise. He stands
there in the sunlight, his beard and hair
very white, his gray eyes flashing with ex-
element, his breath coming fast. 'Ah-
how do you dO?' she says; ''are you wells"
| "Yes, thankee," stammers Uncle Aaron.
"I was just thinking of you," goes on
Rose, coolIy, looking very beautiful, with
the CLINT of the sun upon her yellow hair:
do you of ten come into towna / thought
! you seldom left the mountains"
| u coined down on Matthew's business
He's my other son, yer know-has a farm
l live with him sence mother died. How
do We know-how is Jacob?' said the old
man, eagerly.
Jacob? l do not know. 1 have not seer
him. slowly, ''since l last saw you.''
The camness of this statement rather
shakes the good old man for moment;
then, his eyes flashing more than ever, he
answers: 80 long as that Why, wee
Alice is nigh on to eighteen years old"
eyes" assented Rose, calmly, "she must
be. Is she like mes Is she pretty, do you
| lznow!n
| woman woman ~ broke in Uncle Aaron,
| "havc We no heart at all? And you have
| not seen her in all these years? Tell me,
| have ye never wanted to see her and yer
| husband-my boys Never wanted to see
| them all this time.'
| 'Not very much" she answers, smiling
slowly; ''but 1 have wanted to see you,
| though. You don't believe that? It's true
| all the same. You have always been in my
| thoughts. have felt so sorry that what
| did hurt you, because you were so good"
| throwing out her hands with pretty gest-
| ure.
"Good'" calculated Uncle Aaron, in
| amaZement; what do ye mean?"
| Il mean," said Rose, turning around i'm.
pulsively and facing him, that you are
more of a saint than any one l know, and
| my memory of your talk to me is like that
of a church, and that if l had had you for
my father l might have been q good
woman. There, that's what mean"
| More amazed than ever Uncle Aaron
| stood looking at her, his heart swelling with
| emotion.
YES" went on Rose, land if were with
you every day now, would be good wo-
man. It's true,' she nodded; "you are bet
| ter than all the priests to me-"
| 81 don't see why,' he said.
| "You don't? No, suppose not,' she ex-
| claimed, laughing away tear; "but it's
fact all the same. I know that if had to
die this very minute, shouldn't be half sc
afraid to go If you would stand by me and
hold my hand"'
Suddenly over Uncle Aaron's face came
strange light, and the blood rushed hotly up
against his white hair. 'Eose, I have
thought of something. Will yer do it fer
me, child VIII ye do it?''
| mot to go back to Jacob"
s'But if go with ye,' said Uncle Aaron,
rapidly. ''Ye said, If ye was not making
| sport of me, that if 1 were by ye every day
We could be a good woman. Rose! Rose! F.!
come back to Jacob, and I'll come with
We, Come back to my boy. Come, rl come
with We. Think OF the years that he has
loved We and been left alone. Think OF yer
child-will yer come, Roses"
| For a moment she seemed to waver, then
| shaking her head she said, rather wearily:
| mo it would be of no use. l couldn't now.
1t is too late. He can not want should not
| suit him-he could not forgive, and besides
oh, l couldn't! 1t is impossible"
There are times when the yearning of an
| intense love has the force of q whirlwind.
| Such was Uncle Aaron's great soul now.
He saw the future joy both of his boy and
| of this fair woman before him hanging IN
] the balance, and he felt that he must
save her. His eyes burned, his face was
| flushed, he walked erect like. king, and
| like king he commanded:
Come, want to talk with ye."