Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-06-01

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fell AMI ~ did MT miss the Gayli-a-
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heartS nan had @eufAuy styled the
ssu-cr althuu-h Z ~ m reality orly
ts~ nsz zlto Fz1e;Eizx to-zorrox.
soan &fere the ether choir member.
czE@ The word patiently troabled
her AMI So 1n- /. ovcr again and
2Sain- while the SsuEs,irred uau dowr
IN the GuSky corner drank in ever
word fsS he would be patient Com
mlt thy vaF unto Him. and trust In
Him- the sweet voice intoned. ant
mueh II the trus; in the singers hear
was somehow Transmitted TO that Other
heart - fast losing its despair. And
while he listened. knowing now thar
the singer was human. the opening
strain began again and passed with /:
glorious creSccndo To the closing words
And He shall give thee thy hearts de
sire His hearts desire. His darling
Agnes. He did not think of the none,
uow, he had no bitter feeling toward,
the man who in enrichin9 himself has
ruined - many; he only thought of hi
promised wife and his lOng-dead moth
G. That heavenly strain had wzshe,
all evil thoughts from his soul an,
brought on its incoming tide all tn,
good qualities 50 long hidden. to tn,
surface The wandering sheep had re
turued-
And all the while the tender voic.
sang on sang until the choir. Will
much talk and laughter. entered By tn,
side door and the man passed on,
sang while he, buying a paper. discov
cred that the market had change,
again and that. though he was n
longer rich. he had still enough left Z
begin life again Sang till the leade
called the choir 70 order and the owne
woke from the ecstasy which PossesSe,
her To find that her evident enjoymen
of her own music was furnishing grea
amusement for the other singers
She did not know why she was 5
b~lissfuily happy She never knew abou
the newborn beauty her friends no
tieed from that time on: she neve
knex who cent the flowers she foun,
lying in her place on the music rae.
next morning; she never knew that on
man blessed her memory many times
day long after that hour in the quie
church had faded { a iream-like res
objection She never kuew she Ia
saved a soul