Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-17
THE ROSE TREE MINE.

There WaA pAuHNf anu Ai'hf M
,J,e. heard child cry In the night,
,pl / could not sleep" a.
ofl was a dovil bird, my wife; 1t flics
.i,rlv and the summer Is dead
.Antoine. there was rushing Of
,5,g. by my bed before the morn was
trraking.'
The wild geese know thcir way in
a.. pirht, Angeliquc, but they lew by
~ house and not near thy bod"
sThe two black squirrels have gone
from tho hickory tree
They have hidden away with tho
h.,rs IN the earth, for tho frost comes,
milf 4 the time Of sleep"
"A cold hand was knocking nc my
lat when | said my ayes last night,
~ Antoine"
The heart OF woman feels many
r-lge things. cannot answer, my
ve."
al.st us 60 also Fouthward, Antoine,
NJ orc thu great winds aud tho wild frost
c,me."
u have loyo OF thee, Angeliquc, but |
cannot co.
Us not love greater than alli7
10 keep a pledge is greater
"Ytt " evil Gomez
"There IS the mine"
"Nono travels hithor; who should
End IT,
Gle said to me, my wife, Antoine,
will you stay and watch the mine until
leone with tho birds northward ayaiiir
and said i will stay and Angcliluo will
stay, viii watch the mine"
This Is for his riches, but for our
pnl. Antoine"
"Who can say whittier womln's
fancy gocsy II ~ full OF guessing. II Is
clouds and darkness today and sunshine
80 much-tomorrow. ! cannot AN
fwer.'
81 have fear If my husband loved
me-
"Thcro Is tho mine" no interrupted
firmly.
when my heart aches SOL
"Angcliquo, there Is tho mine.'
"Ah my AnioinoT
Aud so these two s,aid ON the island
n Saint Junu, in Lake Superior, through
the purple hlz1 Of autumn into tho
white brilliancy Of winter. guarding tho
Rose Tree mine, which Fading, tho
Eulli5hmnn, and his companions had
ptospoctod aud declared 10 bo their
Orhir.
But Saint Jean was far from the ways
oiettlement, aud there was littlc food
aud only one hut, md many things must
h. done for the R0ao Trro mine Ia the
places whore men sell their souls Tor
money. aud Antoine aud Angcliquc,
french peasants from the parish Of Saint
ltus, In Quebec, were left 10 gunrd thu
lhesoi treasure until. TO tho sound u
tahaghing spring. there should como
ruy mon and much machinery, and
issinlins Of shafts in tho earth and
t' making Of riches.
But when Antoine and AugoliquO were
IN alone in tho waste, and God began
,odraw the pale coyorlet Of frost slowly
across land and water and 10 surround
Saint jean with a stubborn mont OF ice,
tho heart of the woman felt some coming
dingtr, and ut last broke forth in words
Of timid warning. When she once had
spoken she said NO more, but staid and
buildel tho heaps Of earth about Tho
home, aud hllod every cgoyico against
tie iuhospitablo Spirit Of Winds, and
drew her world closer aud closer within
those two rooms where they should live
through many moons.
The wntOr was harsh, but tho hcarii
Of the two were strong. They loved
and love is the parent Of endurance, III,
hgetter Of courage. Aud every day
because 1t seemed his duty, Antoine in
Tectod tho Rose Tree minc; and oyery
day, also, because II seemed her duty
Anyelique said many ayes. And ont
payer was much with her-for sprinl
70 come early, that tho child should no
tuior; the child which tho good Coo
WAS to give TO her and Antoine.
In tho first hours Of each evening An
tome smoked and Angeliquo sang tn,
Oh songs which thoir ancestors Learned
in Normandy. Ono night Antoines fac,
was lighted with fine fire ~ he talkc,
Of happy days In tho parish Of Sain
Irene and with that romantic tcryur O
his race which the stern winters Of Can
ala could not kill, he sang "a Ia Clair,
Ioutaine." the well beloved song chill,
OF tho yoyagors hearts.
And the wife smiled far away into th
oAncing ilames-iar away, because tn
hro relreatod, rotreated TO tho it'll
church whore they two were wed; an,
fhe did as most good women do-thougl
exactly why, man tho insufficient can
not dcclare-she wept little through
her smiles. But when the last ecrs
came both smiles and tears ceased. An
tome sang Il with fond monotony;
Would that each rose were growing
Upon the rose tioo say,
Aud that tho fatal ro-o tree
Deep In tho ocean lay.
Icy a longtemps que ie t'nime
Jamnis j. no toublieral.
AngcliquoB heart grow suddonl
heavy. From tho roso tree Of the son
her mind fled and shiyerod before h
l.ailess rose tree by tho mine; and he
Old dread came back
OF course this was foolish Of Angt
hlue; OF course the wise and grca
throw contunely on all such suporst
uonsi and you knowing women wi
sllilo ut each other moaningly aud wit
pity for u dull mau writer. and wi
whisper, "Ol course, tho child" Bu
many things, your majesties, are hidde
i'on your wisdom and your greatness
aad arc given TO the simplo--to babe
aud the mother8 OF babies.
was upon this very night that FAX
uS' M Epgiishman, gut with other me
"a London tavern talking joyously
tnoros been tho luck Of heaven" h