Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06
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filed with tears, and i1npulsively she
placed her hand in his. 81.
Poor Brian" she said very softly.
at has been very hard for YOU never
knew how hard until now. lo-nlgnt
has marSc d Your first victory. ana AFTER
this YOU shall not fight alone. NO
ma tier how rough the path may pc, no
matter how often you may STUMBLE 4
know the time must come when you Will
stand strong and firm 1t is this belle1
which keeps my faith and courage SO
warm within me. And until mat Tune
does come, I always want you 10 re-
member that my hand is ever IN yours,
and. side by side, we will meet ana
overcome all that is hard TO you.
Through better and through worse, al
WAYS together. Don't, Brian; 1T pains
me to see you give way SO. we VIII
only be giving mutual help. You Siall
lean on me, as | shall often lean on you.
1 have had so many hopes and ambitions
for you. SO if you will insist on mag
niiying my simple duty into such gen
erous proportions, | shall expect my
reward in my own way. l can say no
more tonight; [ feel 50 utterly weary.
Tomorrow [ will have more to tell you.
Only keep your courage strong, and re-
member that my desire to help you IS
above every other.
May God make me strong, MafSareI,
to be worthy OF your faith. In his pres
ence and in yours | solemnly pledge my
word that the day shall come when you
will see in me something higher and
better than the weak creature L am to-
night | can say no more than that
Words are poYerless TO express my
thoughts | can only feel.
And can understand, she returned,
with tremulous lips L can hold my
hand to YOU now and say: There is only
faith and trust between us.
Alone in his room. Alone with feelings
and emotions which filled his heart to
overlooking, Brian went over every WORD
of this conversation, and in the fresh
strength and courage which had come
to h m he repeated his pledge.
Then his mind passed in review the
events of the evening. He remembered
that when he could no longer bear the
tide of bitter, remorseful thoughts which
sursed over him he had found his way
to his old haunts with the almost over
wheming desire to seek oblivion in the
usual way How Wilson hal found him
and drawn him away from the tempta-
ton that had we'll nigh conquered him.
They had walked for a long time in
the fresh, cool night, and while Wilson
talked in the kind, confidential manner
he had SO often used in their student
days, Brian had felt himself over
powered by a rush Of feeling, and he
had lonaed with intense longing for
something OF the noble personality of
the man beside him.
You have saved me from myself" he
had cried under the impulse of the
moment. Il thank you, not for my
sake, but for hers Men who are strong
like you seldom pity men who are weak
like me- l have fallen without the
breastworks. Shall [ ever find safety"
And Wilson had answered, just as he
often answered in those old days, when
he had promised such rich fruition for
Brian's many talents:
There is safety for you in strength
of purpose and determination OF en-
deavor, and safety, he had added in a
lower tone, in the faith and trust of a
loyal wife. Think of her and be strong"