Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-21

s .ne uust which iiiied the air wben 49,.
-. .no .ay which fell in brond snac. ,, seioss
N. s'o 'Wo trees behind me cam, !, sI,aS sveen
pp' " some surprise and sac h .s,. :
VI. v"ns 'hth III whom recoo nl,ad ,.. ".e
The northern guests khr@d one OF
a,' Sah you tell sme, my llttl. ma, ). !,
"' resting his hand On M. 49,, ne
who that lady isSn NY shoulder.
sha va. u Miss Mary" l sasy.r,a o.,
a.. ,iiust not be spoken TO roy.. . ''s
. And whyS' he asked, 80
ro,i;a'I se she Is alone with her eeo, ~
epnea, Tor she used to say those Wi, :
"hen would want to helm no. ~ ~ ~, "
oA' NO, DEAR she would say 80. nsr
ny own work, and would rnthcr ~ ~ 20 -
alone with my dead" "''er 10 left
AZ tins, with look Of sudno,o
o ,n us lace he stepped softly past me Ply ,
,.,sa,e = across the lawn to where ,i,a -. -
ss'uk, WIN the soft light of the set, Ias
r,;,,... 'onihg her golden hair and liz
"'esnaeing her sweet, fair face. '"u-
one diu not see him until ha a,
h he,, ana then, with a quick p,apca ' W
ha. ,oas' out sank down again and ho,rad
hen to nn near MN speaking rapidly M i.
o ~ .er her' but she only held her ~
sa,. .he railing and would not look Nv
90" nun lake her hand, and RAISING h.
.ooh ,hto her face. Then she broLa
A. :, anu resting her head on his shout
| "a e" as II her heart would break
u as ne stood with his arm arou,,
49, sa''y, put with the happest expres :.
on vi us lace, somehow felt AZ Il All,
""a we'll 80 went down to tbe,, os.a
softly touched her hand. '"eH' ana
=; my couch she raised her head from.
niS shoulder, and OIL such s,vost ...',,u
said: "'"e 10 MN she
You jealousy Noe Are
4, nc iausned and then bent oye- .r1
80" "er' ana she stopped and kissed mn
An" SO we walked home together-s,o ~.
Tween us and he holding one hand and |,
the other manu- ana
ne wedding was held at the old bor,a
piace ana all the school was invited Ia
nei piain white dress she looked as mr..
ana uhsuilieti Ms flower, and never had +
seen her lace SO beautiful The tracer. ~
.he years OF care were there. but the cor,
'rast only heightened the effect.
Ana after the ceremony was over ,,a
she had told MS all goodby, she bent aver
ana kissed me, saying, with tears In nor
eyes, But love you best. NV Iittl.
Ani2ht' ana Will remember you always,
But this was all many years ago. aud
rove co hear of her. more matronlv now
ana bearing on her face the symnatbetic
touches OF mothers love as she moves
In the world which surrounds her aud
making II brighter to those across whose
pathway her life lines have fallen.
The graves on the slope are still green in
the spring, and every Memorial Day. as the
years run on their course, when the crowd
which Is less reyerent and more noisy now
, IMAM OF old, has celebrated the tlay with
speeches and salvos Of guns, and has fol.
lowed the band back to the city of the liy.
, ing, now city indeed, | love to watch the
, same hands, still deft and nimble, train the
!, vines up the shaft which has supplauted
the small headstones, the setting sun still
falls with its alchemic light or her hair.
now streaked with gray, as she prays to
the same God who sustained her through
, her years of sorrow to bring her at last
with her loved ones to the same goal of all
| her earthly hopes, whittier the spirits OF
) those over whose graves she bends her
head, have preceded her
| And by her side, as she bends her head In
prayer, stands one who bears her name.
, and on whose face her old expression rests
E In that resemblance lies for me the realza-
: ton of one, at least, OF my childhood
sweetest dreams.-Max Halifax in Atlanta
. Constitution 5000.