The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-27
The Mothcr in Pnrndlsc.

"A
7 en-, writes Eugene Field. she was aged
and weary Her body was bowed and her
/ face was Wrinkled and Withered. Tor her
Z burden had been the burieu OF care and
trouble ana sorrow. So she was GLAD TO be
I done with life and 10 seek at the gateway
| OF heaven the fulhllment of the Promise
I that had been her solace through all the
I hard, bitter years
An angel met the Mother at the gate
way and put her arms about the dropping
ngIre and spoke gracious. tender words
| Whom seekest thou2" asked the angel.
Il seek my dear ones who came hither
before me-" answered the Mother. They
are very many-my father, my mother. my
I husband. my children-they all are here to-
gether and for many and weary years 1
/ have lived in my loneliness with no other
I thing 10 cheer me hut the thought that l
[ should follow them IN good time"
Yes, they are here and they await thee
/ said the angel, Lean upon me, dear Moth
I or, and I Will lead thee 10 them"
| Then the angel led the way through the
Z garden OF paradise and the angel and the
/ mother talked as they walked together;
| Il am not weary now said the Mother,
I and my heart is not troubled"
! 1t IS the grace OF heaven that restOrcth
/ thee dear Mother" quoth the angel. Pre-
I sently thou shalt be filled with the new
/ life and thou shalt be young again. and
/ thou shalt sing with rapture and thy soul
/ shall know the endless ccstacy Of heaven. ."
/ AldS. l care not 10 he Dung again,
saith the Mother. Il care only TO find and
/ TO be forever with my beloved ones"
| As they journeyod on their way a com
! pany came to meet them. Then the Mother
/ saw and knew her dear ones-even though
/ tho heavenly life had glOrified their COun-
tenances the Mother knew them. and she
| ran TO greet them and there was great
/ joy to her and to them. Meanwhile the
| angel kept steadfasuy at her side.
! Now the Mother, when she had embraced
| her dear ones, looked at each of them sep
| arately once more, and then she said; 'Ye
| are indeed my beloved-my mother, my IA
! Their, my husband and my children, But
| there is one who should be of your com
! pany whom do not see-my babe, my little
! helpless babe that came hithcr alone SO
! many, many years ago Ny heart fainteth.
| my breast yearneth for that dear little
| lamb OF minei Come, let us go together and
! search for her, or await me here under
| these pleasant trees while | search and call
IN TINS fair garden for my dear, lost little
The others answered never a word. But
the angel said: Il will go with thee Moth
or, and together we shall find thy child
As they went on their way the angel said
Shall ] tell thee of MYSELF For ] was a
| little helpless babe when I came hither "a
this fair garden and into this heavenly
"Perchance thou knowest her, my prec-
| ious lambkini" cried the Mother
Il was a babe when / came hithcr." said
the angel. See how / am grown, and What
happiness hath been minei The compass
sion of divinity hath protected and foster
ed me and hath led me all these years IL
the peace that passeth all human under
standing. God hath instructed me in wis
dom, and lie shall instruct thee too, for al
who come hither are as children in His
sight. and they shall grow in wisdom anC
| In grace eternally."
whom l have not held in these arms for Sc
many weary years-shall she not stlll b'
my little babe, and shall not cradle her il
my BOSOM asked the Mother.
Thy child shall be restored to thee.
said the angel, for she yearneth for the'
even as thou yearnest for her. Only witt
this difference, dear Mother: Thy chile
hath known, in the grace OF heavenly wis
DOM that at the last thy earthly sorrow
should be rewarded with the joys of th'
endless reunion IN paradisei
Then she hath thought of me and long
ed for me to comet" cried the Mother
And my lost babe shall be restored ant
shall know her mother again.
LAY, she loVeth thee fOndly," said tn
| angel. land she hath awaited thy coming
| 10, these many years Presently thine eye
shall be opened and thou shalt see he
} standing before thee in her heavenly raj
ment. whittier than snow, and about he
e | neck thou shalt see her wearing most pre-
cious DearIs~the tears which tbou has
shed, Oh, lonely Mother! and which are tn
, | pearls the little ones in heaven gather NJ
) ! and cherish as an adornment most pleas
: ing unto God and them
Z Then the Mother felt that her eyes wer
a ! opened, and she turned and looked upO
the angel. And the Mother saw that tina
angel was her lost beloved child, WHOM
> | she was seeking; not the helpless babe tina
! she had thought TO find, hat a maiden o
such heavenly beauty and gentleness q
: | only the jewellers in paradise behold an
know. And the Mother spread her arm
- | ana gave a great cry OF Joy and folded he
very dear one to her bosom.
9 Then presently they returned togethe
d to the others. And there was rapturous aC
= claim in paradise and it was to God swee
T pleasauce that 1t was so. For a Mothe
/. and her beloved communed in the hol
t companionship of love everlasting.
Don't Say Ozark" In Washington.
t A difference in the meaning of word
g that might interest dialecticians wa
,. brought to the notice of New Yorke
;, who went to Washington not long ago t
Il help a friend get married, says the Me-
T York Sun. Nobody can marry in Wash
q | ingtOn without first getting a marriae
y license at the city hall. Neither the ma
most interested nor his New York frien
had ever been married in Washington an
it was with some trepidation that the
went after the license together. 1t wa
agreed that the New Yorker should d
the talking. After several attempts
extract a license from the tax clerk, TIA
mayors private secretary and two Stra
l. deputy sheriffs, the pair got to the RICH
y desk and applied for the license. TIL
u clerk asked the names of the contractin
| parties, their place of residence and OF
5 questions. Then he said to the New Yorh
k rs the groom light or dark?"
! Light" returned the young man, wor
!, dering what complexion had to do wit
l Lady light also?" asked the clerk, wri
mo; she's dark" was the reply.
Dark said the clerk inquiringly ian
the groom llSnI. Is IndI ilSnlt
Certainly" replied the New Yorke
:, with dignity, wondering still more.
: Marriage between So-and-So, whit
! and So-and-so, colored," read the clerk
- What's that?' shouted the groom tai
- ing a hand in the game. what the dew
- do YOU mean by calling her colored?"
d. why, this gentleman said So" said til
: clerk.
!. Il didn't" protested the New Yorke
ie Il said she was dark She's a brunette.
= 'Oh, brunette, observed the clerk
I, see. You're from the north aren't you
~ Down here when we say light we mea
20 white, and dark means colored. Here
- the license. One dollar, please"
r Cheap enough, too with the informf
- ton thrown in said the groom to III
l. New Yorker as they took the license an
= went away, 7 wonder if they'd call
IS mulatto striped?"
IF Bishop Potter's Story of Seasicknes
i Bishop Potter is credited with telling IL
re story which, more aptly than the thoI
1t sands of other stories on the same sul
ject illustrates the abject misery and N
ter responsibility Of sea sickness. saws II
Chicago Record. We hardly know why ii i
: but it cannot be denied that any yarn n
j. VOlving the horrors of NAL de mer is set
o. lIpOn with aXiditN nv no p1t,1io 49,