New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-06

From that time the old house saw q difer,,.
| life. Nathan never got over his s. Ryness, but
visitors were welcome for Neys salyeu She new,
walked, as the doctor had foretold bug at the end
Of three years she was able to he drcsssel daily and
put into n wheeled chair which Nathan boucht
| Tor her lie himself lifted her III evefy mornrr
| and took her out every evening.
| She could push herself about the house. ana
took no small delight in the fact that she c0ulI
Use her hands II not her feet She KNIT Nathans
stockings made his shirts in Short tool the wbols
| care of his clothes She learned to prepare his
favorte dishes, and so poor Lizbeth's]air castIes
had partial realization even In an cirtl sphere
And she did it all with an almost child-Iiks
gleefulncss charming to witness He's was q
much shallower nature than Nathan's, but it had
| infinite movement and sparkle The nischievous
element had been eliminated by. suffering, so that
| though not so piquant as the Nelly OF the earlier
part Of our story, she was much gcntle' and more
lovablc One could readily understand how such
a temperament must have fascinated the grave
fascination with him. He was Away happest
| with her as she was with him.
He carried her, chair and all, out Of doors
when the weather was fine, and they Guild often
be seen under the great sycamore in the open
| dooryard, Nathan tinkering an OX-bow or fitting
an axr-handle, with Nellie chattering b. his side
| She was always the talllcr. and he Tin listener
great barn, and it was even seen in tn bayfield,
under shelter OF an oak or maple. Sh. made
pretty picture lying in the Pickering light and
| shade.
Her face and hands were thin and white, but
not of an unhcalthful pallor Her lsge ewes
were Of the blue of the fringed genthn, with
| noticeahly long. curved ashes. Her brGn hair
despite her suffering had no threads OF siler In IT,
| She had been slight even in health and Nathan
| lifted her az easily as ! did my doll.
| Children as well as grown people. we're welcome
seems to me that they were more welcome. As the
| child Of those whom they reckoned heir dearest
| friends, I doubly welcome Nahan's hair
was snow-white before ! knew HIN. md / never
| ~ ~
How well remember one little incident Of my
life then. 1t took place when WIS SIX or there
| nbouts II was winter, and Nathn was shellin2
corn into great bushel basket by tie slt'ing-room
fire As he slelcd. he dropped tn cobs on the
floor by his side where I was building house Of
the Tower of Babel order But II failed to suit
70 fashion themselves according to he pattern IN
nv mind AZ last. in sheer rage, kicked the
| whole thing over with my small b)t, and threw
myself upon the floor passion oltearS and sobs
| 7 was immediately lifted upon Nafhan's knee
and consocd. Then getting down himself upon
| the floor. hc rebuilt the tower. telling me all the
| time in tho Cenflest words how foTsh was Do.
| Gauge il did not exactly suit. TO kiN il over and
spol everything. Many time in aftr life have
| had reason 10 recall Nathans ParabL Of the Cob
| House.
story | had asked my mother concerning the
| relationship Of the two. Were they rorher ana
sister or was Nathan Nclly's uncle Then nv
mother told 1t lar rs III WIS 10 hci ie
.nncbod mo dcoply. especially Matthias entire
forgiveness of Nelly. did not then ,lprehend
What love in its is: that !, is fo,syene
No consider tho two separately after our .miIsd.
ari.o fosbion- but they are inseparable The
Great I Am: because He is love, is and INST be
forgiveness. And so when the prodigal US
oreat way of Iio mot him. .,,,
Tho ncaceful happy years slpped ny tiilthe
timc came when Nathan was TO die. lie die, In
his chair with Nelly beside him lie dica wi,nne
warning. painlc.slv And it was not untll he
leaked IN. wonderirr that h did not respond Q
her her. chatter with lis CUSTOMARY Yes NE Nels.
which was his part of the conversation; Una, Us 80
saw 10 had passed. beyond the reach OF her , volc
with his death all power and desire OF nvin
+; fail her, She S w.n Scr hT phe out niss
Tass' d;od She asked whereabouts in the
old graveyard they had laid Nothnn :, In m !.
snace between Lizbefh and the six small parable
Tbcr can lie where 7 want 70 lie-st NJ
Zoo. said Nrlv "Promiso me that snail.
And nv mother promised-iAtalanta