Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-23

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tAs fIos Of death a.d - 10 hsps
Il rsl&si the pistol which w>s ssin
IL sny hand and thss I whispered -
mysoif; '$ot here ksea tee bare
walls. tAo1sht. rctslned sons
sacred nemo<y Of her whseh stayed
my hand In that room. aid.
haa come - ne the one chance
VI M life, and ! lad thrown ID
awsys but 1 ~oald noe die shars- I
woaiast iesst hide my disersoe from
tie ege Of m<rcenzry curiosity.
wished 20 such epltaph a. the papers
woeld be likely 70 give me.
AS for death its>lf IL had already
come When l turned 70 leave that
room there wss upon mo the peace
watch Is the reward Of the good nan
aid the pardon Of the evil doer--ths
eonmon lot u ns al. IL there had
bssen any hope In my soul that could
ever mako amends % her | would have
lived Ia torment. II necessary. 10 do A.
But had utterly despaired of myself
Il tell you. Harry. was dead when
left that room The function Of 10
eolnotioa was ell that distinguished
nse FROM one who has passed through
tae great change. Ny mind had ceased
70 exist and my heart 10 suffer Doubt
less the muscular energy Of my frame
would have carried me 20 the actual
physical eonsummation OF suicide;
bat mentally had died Of despair, u
degradation.
81 passed down the stairs; opened
nEd closed the outside DOOR and stood
upon the step. Ia the nlxy was the
glinmer OF dawn The physical sense
which yet survived IA me perceived IL
and was more weary Of living 1T this
sign OF reviving life and tumult and
struggling. The soul was gone and
the body was impatient for dissolution
And yet the habits Of this life per
sist strangely In the body. What do
you suppose, Harry, that this present
shell of my spirit did when ceased
to direct it7"
shook my head
"well. sir, IL walked flfty-six feet to
the left-tho width OF two city lots
turned to the left again and entered q
house. Ii mounted two flights of
stairs, opened door and walked into
pretty little parlor. Then II passed
into room where dim light burned
, and woman lay asleep with one
white arm stretched out as IL 10 greet
a man whom she loved. Ny bodily
eyes saw that. and then my soul came
back. I fell upon my knees beside
that bed, and covered tho white hand
with kisses
That's the story. Harry. The soul
when IL came back 10 me was better
than before can resist temptation;
IL can do its own WI. being no more
the slave of that witch who poisoned
my blood centuries ago, perhaps; and,
above all, IL can love without fear.
being now sufficiently In harmony with
what II loves to feel secure.
''Of course you don't need TO DO told
that II wasn't Saturday morning" he
continued That paper In my Office
was almost a week old i had been un-
conscious from drink not more than SIX
hours As for my getting into the
wrong house, discovered the next
day that the man who built that block
of flats got his locks and keys cheaper
by having them al alike. One of the
reasons why we moved out, and yet /
forgive him for his parsimony. Indeed.
bless him for IL. Otherwise I might
not have died. and IL had not died I
could not have lived the new life"
The Cause of IL
Coroner-What killed the manf
Druggist don't know. He was
listening to the monograph and fell
over dead
Coroner-what tune have you In the
machine?
Druggist-"Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay."-
Ill