The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-27
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20 speak outi',
n I have heard-that is, there
VIZ he began, his voice husky

wa he began, his voice husky
e grow MS white as death, but he,
3 ciear and calm and her hand
sho graspcd his erm.
& youspity me, toll mo tho worst
: j can bear 1t"
#mndarn, your husband and his
q been waylaid and murdered by
4ls.n
i Did none escapei"
&,cip
aned sharply, leaving him with
End no saw her enter the houso
3tho door after her, and TINT was
q Hc would never come back any
nntter how patiently she might
watch. Hewould never know
~ q son, never look upon tho lit
3 face, with It's bold, blue eyes
cttrls, SO like his own. From
4 her heart and homo wero desc
Is was the anniversary OF bcr
10y. Six years ago, and she was
idc. Five years she had been a
I'm widow. Her boy slept In his
and sho sat there, thinking
and gazing out at the LOW.
and tho wind tossed trees, Tho
ssilssaht fEpfdfya night tof +
3darllncss. Tho rain came down
len,oking sheets, and the wild, |
ms rushed round the gables
hrieking over tho hills like hui
III agony. Her heart achcd with
thatscened almost insupport-
was so hard, yet for the boys
3ust endure an: live on.
! 81 down at her sable garments
Hiding tears. Six years ago,
robcd i'll gems and blossoms.
is very voice, seemed to come
and she fancicd that his spirit
Tar her. No matter how high
how happy, she knew that he
ful, and his glorificd spirit may
IS homo Of bliss to keep with
3crcd anniversary. Tho fancy
Ter beyond expression. She I
fr ut the sleeping boy, with
Pat his fathcr loved and watch l
i Then n sudden impulse shot +
hihd. She would not keep the I
OF her wedding day in the gar I
l'idowhood; she would put on a
,loyod. If he knew aught of n
life, he should SEQ how sacred d
anbcrcd ind observed his sim O
3up to her chamber, she took Y
I've silk and the dainty laces, II
Ellow and timcworn, and a o
4nd gold ornament and ar Ii
4 as in days gone by, and the b
pmc back to her checks and o.
rs 10 her eyes, and she seemed h
Rars and her widowhood and
3 pircsh into the rare beauty tt
& $pa ldenhood. Thus arraycd, CT
softly and seated herself er
lbxing fire, her face fearful III
If his soul were near, and 10
- the hope that it was ms she st
he should see how tcndcrly w
bred him. h
I-ersary night woro IN viii, m
Bth storm md still tho noo NV f,
]lzcd by her terrible sorrow, JIG
poly hcarthstonc, robcd in her III
tents, At Inst there came n at
n sharp, imnnticnt ston 'o 90 AZ
but she did not boor ~ "a ii,
4 worn man. bronznd NV ~ fr
Alo ,rith Ionn ,n1,. W oN NJ
IA front eptronco md e., e. be
80 ID rThranoh the si
y srsho l0 rAddv firclirht to
8Mnrm, attractive roonSthc
Sboom, with his INIT unon Tho
books and mcerscbnnn on
lnnioyed, as he had loft thcn, SO
J kittcn nIirrine on tho " n, ov
10 curtaincd bed in the , DIS SIX
&c dear, sweet fnoe wot with nc
70 dress no loved In honnr SIX
hncd too far back to tho moor hi
@ircamp Was That tho wiro to-
8 Ind so long bccn norted W.
|&l been present with him bi
= lonely hours of noril md G
q Was she WAITING and We
q keeping his home brigbt mt
i ba
window. stolo softly 70 .ho OH
|ronchcd tho side door Hc or
En-. 1t opened, and he stood ne
'shold. tn
her musings. her own swoe, TIN
sad reflections Mnud boo,G Co
Ter heart was far hack wifi IN
she loved so we'll Thc old
we'd old associations. and his at
seemed around and about CHI
liked up, with claspcd bnnds pu
I, eyes. ell