Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29

been ruined in sense. She was not
vet twcnty-threc when she and Nathan
parted. ana from that day she had
aged rapidly During the thirteen
years, she had lost both parents and
her only hIother, At thirtN-StN she
was grim, gray haired woman, hold
ing t"naciouSlN to her hatred Tor
SalnA'ha Thompson, VINO. ttulh TO
tell, had unWlttIl@lI doh" al IN" haflu.
I Iru" Sll" hdtt reported I" lcf son thal
upon gong over 10 Stanley =, sue AHu
hrird S'laE&e voice ana rs She was
nor 'lNru UP. Sh" hdd JUST pe"p"u III
at the uhcuf'aln'u WlhuoW. ana 'h're
sat young Holm = Young man from
some eastern town, OF Whom Na'hln
had pen Jealous from tn" IlrS'
SI' was Il0' sorry however lha'
h!naN November IhanNS%iNlll% DAY
when hrf son fu&Il"o almost ir'h%l""
'F"Sehce ana showing lrr lh"
rpral h.@'uN' lol" NI'a' had haPp'h'u.
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lllIIdAlI dinner was thoroughly UNI
der hcad way Wll'h som" one pnllIh%
Yalnly at the latch string drew her ut
teh'loh ana She opened the door I" l"-
mt very small t"W-h"ad'd SIri' VINO
llllll"ulalrlN held up Il battered bll or
paSlHhoArd' eAclaIIhlhG:
Sc" my lafd, llululh.
HAS llee got II caro-: Let me S'r'
lluIdah had Il warm place IN h"r
otherwise chilled heart for children
"ad IT, commanded the niue one.
liuldhh spelled II out III h'r SLOW
way;
"For If We forgive not men their
treSpasScS, neither VIII your Father
III Heaven forgive your treSpaSSrS'
"o,' she SAID. catching her breath
ana feeling as one might who had read
out lil"lr own dealh sentence.
! wonder II mat IS really Wlla' tl'e
Bible says.
Inc chilu pfal'l"d ON, but all the
woman could near were those accusing
words ringing IN her ear
Then the former went away ana the
latter sat down TO dinner, but she
scarcely ate anything. she was as
some other churclllnen would express
/ 1t under conVlctlon' but she Fought
II braNrly. Shc tried all sorts of tao
ties. People would say she was run
ming after Nathan again if she went;
Nathan would think So perhaps; she
could not break the vow she had made
to never go near samantha her me
was ruined and neither God nor man
could expect such sacritic; but all the
while ana to all arguments the same
words seemed to ring cut:
"For If We forgive not men their
trcSpasscs neither will your Father in
Heaven forgive your trespasses. and
then, just once in awhile, she would
seem to hear Nathan's voice saying
"lluldah."
And SO the day wore on till toward
night when Il neighbor ran in to say
that Samantha Thompson had been
taken very much worse about noon
and that she was not likely to live
through the night.
For few moments lluldah swaycd