Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-19

lit il her mother love With consurn-
ing anxiety she watches the oldest OF
her dlarlings die slow death of scurvy.
At last irs sufferings are ended; the
mothers heart is breaking with agony
and more fe~vently than ever she
clasps her remaining child 10 her be-
rcayed breast.
Two more terrible DAYS have passed
over their heads; they begin to feel the
penetrating cold as well as the gnawing
hunger, for the human body needs food
for its inward fuel to generate the
necessary natural warmth. Everything
las been consumed except the last rein
deer, which provides the infant with
milk. The parents shrink from killing
the animal and thus deprive their deli
cate child Of this one source of nourish.
ment which nothing can replace
No, they would rather die
| And what is then TO become Of the
little helpless creaturei Is there no
way out Of this labyrinth OF misery
They decide 20 postpone the killing
Of the last reindeer as long as possible,
and for short time will share the food
Of the animal, the moss.
With leaden heaviness the hours
drag YEARLY by. Esther almost faints
with hunger. Suddenly the child
awakens. 1t was hungry when she
rocked ii 20 sleep and now demands its
food with infant vehemency. The fec
BILE cry Of her baby arouses Esther
from her stupor. She springs to her
feet, seizes the knife and places Ii In
her husbands outstretched hand.
Our child, Ahasverl Save our
child"
Answers apathy instantly dispersed
he must feed his famishing child, and
he hurries into the adjoining space. A
dull thud, a gurgling sound, and It 1.
done. After they have fed their child
on the warm blood Of the reindeer
. these two starving people still theil
: own hunger.
g Days pass by-perhaps weeks-fo
D these two have ceased to measure time
8 The portions Of food become smaller
z the child grows weaker, for the mea
n diet is not good for 1t, and the hope o
n salvation from this misery has fed.
}. The infant, with It's tiny, shrunkei
y body and wizened face, lies dead In 1t
0 mothers arms. The cry of anguisl
!. breaks from her lips mt this last, crue
!, lash of fate. No tear of grief falls fron
/ L.
d have watched the inevitable draw nea
II with silent resignation, and their heart
n arc flied with but one desire, of bein
" reunited soon with their loved ones
IT They are calm and composed now, an
submissive to the win of the Almight,
a Without uttering a complaint they
IS vide the last morsel OF the reindes
4. meat.
m Days have passed since they has
lt eaten the last bite. Everything III
or been consumed; there Smoothing lief
in They hold each other In one last Ell
a. brace death Iingcr in their faces.
1t Tile quiet Of the tomb reigns within
k Each hears the others heart beatir
~ family. The flame OF the gas Is dyiI
away. Esther il too weak TO reple
Is ish the material, and she does not wa
2. to be separated for even the brief spa
"A of a moment from her husbands 10y
"a brcnst. 49,.
n. Profound darkness envelops ever
"a thing.
ey There, oh, wonderl suddenly a RI
ne of light Eliminates the hut. The RI
40 steals softly through the roof. It
id the magnetic polar light. Ahasver al
or Esther, almost : gemoved. from Il
ne world, show no .RERrise. Heaven
IN Joy fills their souls, and more firm
than before they clasp each other, I
ts death cannot part SHEEN. = 1t FRO
q brighter bespre tlseirryes; mild, wal
m breezes sweea sbftly around thef
II heavenly melodies fall on their eal
w and before the enraptured gaze
Nd spread a world of whose wonders tn
or have never dreamed.
/. Arrayed in garments Of ssoftest Liz
OF and wandering under glorious pail
le their children come toward them h
N nestle against their. hearts. And hol
In ing their darlings TO their breasts tn
Ct arc carried upward as II on ange
We wings to life of heavenly bliss
m
II The snow is DRILLING ON unceasingl
to AL life ON the globe is dead and
no wiz never be renewed. The earth,
to more the mother earth, an atom in 4
lg unreasonable space OF the world, pr
is sues her course unerringly, until aft
pit millions of years destiny Is fulfilled al
u she win be hurled in the burning 81
OF ball that she may become its fuel N
w bring life and warmth to other sphei
e, and other organic creatures. Z. b.
be In St. Louis Pest Dispatch.
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