New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-15
SABINA W ms.

SABINA VII KINS.
Miss Sabina had finished her morning
duties. had dressed the butter, swept
the back porch and turned the broom up
IN hecorner, asneat housekeepers do, had
gathered flowers and seed and eggs and
now seated herself BY the window to
crochet.
But the fingers moved laggardly. She
was clean sickened ont sof fancy work,
Of nursing tho sick. sitting upwith other
peoples children, going to funerals and
to church picnics to see young people in
love ENJOYING themselves. shewas tired,
too. Of being asked why she didn't pet
married. She had been literally ioked
to death on the subject.
But to look in the little room where
Miss Sabina sat one would think she
might be tolerably happy. Old Puss
purred kindly at her feet. ready to fol.
low every step. On the mantel stood
vases Of gay flowers, and between them
an old clock, ticking and striking the
hours softly, out Of respect, it may be-
supposed, to the sensitiveness OF Miss
Sabina, who fain would linger awhile
longer at the rosy gate to the temple Of
time. On q table lay the family Bible,
in which, however, was recorded one
date that sad ened Miss Sabina her age.
Near by hung a birdcage whose occu-
pant, with head askew, perceived his
owners melancholy and forthwith began
| to sing. 4,
IS Between the windows stood an old
fashioned bureau, whose mirror kept
Miss Sabina informed Of all the changes
/ in her face, which she prayed Father
| Time to touch gently, as it might yet be
] her fortune.
I Feeling lonelier than ever before in her
/ life, she looked about her, sat for some
moments in deep meditation and then
exclaimed:
us this all there is in the world for
me?'
Here was the key to her discomfort
Miss Sabina was right pretty, hadn't
sharp tongue nor long neck and was
well off. Now, why did she have to live
| alone? Gods original plan must GER
tainly have luded her happiness. Why
not? What could Providence. possibly
have against her? She had never harmed
any body and never talked spitefully Of
men remarkable thing in single wo-
man of 40. When Miss Sabina contenl-
! plated the shrews, the redheads, the femi-
nine scarecrows, that were furnishing
like green bay trees with husbands, and
with children to spare, she Just settled
it that there was hitch somewhere
something out Of gear in the worlds
marriage machinery and it never oc-
CURED to her that it is always darkest
before day.
AS Miss Sabina sat musing on life and
its inequalities she heard the sharp whis-
tie of q train which passed right in front
Of her house. Something must have hap
pened. The whistle did not usually
sound SO far from the station. Looking
out, Miss Sabina saw the train at q
standstill, men running back on the
track and passengers looking excitedly
from the car wind ows. Selling her sun
bonnet, she dashed down the yard. to
find out what had happened. Four men
were approaching, bearing gently a gen
tleman who had been hurt. Attempting
to walk from one car to another, he had
made misstep, lost his balance and
fallen. The result was badly mutt
lated foot. Miss Sabina's house being
the nearest one in sight, he was taken to
the train moved on.
Ampntatlon was at once pronounced
necessary, and David Ware would not
preach the next Sunday ia the city to-
which he had accepted acall. He lay
moaning on 9 cot in Miss Sabina's neat
little parlor. She never had any thing to
touch her feelings quite SO much ID her
life as his sufferings and his big brown
eyes, which she caught sight Of now and
then through the door. David Wares
foot was taken of, and q trained nurse
employed to attend him. Miss Sabina
had nothing to- do ii the case but to fur
nish fresh flowers and dainty edibles to
David. She was relieved of much em-
sbarrassment when she heard that 81 was
minister under her roof. People
wouldn't Be 80 apt to Joke about s mar,
being ID 8 house that never had such i
thing before
As David "a his pain, saw. the little
woman moving through the hall and
beard her wing orile ffor his COM
be thong q the cloud til silver lin
ing about which he had - often preac
ga. Is realistic vision ~ passing IS
1l<re him. The third tsat he la, s,
IN little paxior, ~ mn TIT him tldIs