The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-13

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Myrtilla through her mind, she could
not analyze. she could 9niy reel, ana
through her Inauguration IT came Sow
~ 10 her CONSCIOUSNESS that TINS peas
antest tnihg o ner NE was sllpping
away from her. She did not rebel, nor
that stolclsm which III the New England
rural character passes for resignation.
jason, came back the next summer for
9 ieN days, before making a trip to the
fat West; He vas full OF life. radiant
WITH hedlth, ail4 Charmed Myrtilla INTO
hapIIiiiess for the time; he still talked
II fbs ,ne a6si M}dff ia ta;x afH or n the the e't e;ty "h bnt
dill III Il vague way:
1 Which he left for the West, Myrtilla
felt that he had gone quite ont Of, her
lite, and that It Wds het, pullisbif}ent for
thinking Of living lhef HE i'll the etij6y-
thent of worldly pleasures: =.
Soon after J9s a $eRattdfei Myt.
tillu had to face the problems of life
alone.
long-standing debts, and only a small
sum stood between Myrtilla and dire
Poverty. The, vil1lEe MINISTER took her
into his family where she WIS to do
housework for her BOARD, About, this
time a company of salvsati1h .fAtt1y
workers stopped in the little villaggee;;
and held meetings for a few days.
TO Myrtilla. with grief for the loss of.
methods particularly appealed, and soon
she was working with them,. with the
utmost enthusiasm. 1t required little
persuasion to induce her to join the band,
anu III Il short time she went away III
u Hnu II nIV(H InNy nHn
knUwh her dll ner n1e knew her no more
onf Mohid no HeIe pe seen n the VIII
y cnu{Sh, tnf Sid s1aee stupped mo more
at tie nat rocH P$ t1f $fossfoaoi ief never
any more Would N4yrt}ila WIZ its GOnAte.
one mug gone OUT lhto Y iaigEr nei4 1of
"4at sue peiseFeu 10 pe net NE WON:
Jason neard OF Nlyrtlllas disappear
a aara,ot anu W MrG he. 10 T t9e minister inns! ior m
lornhatioh OF her; goou man re.
sPohaed telling all ne knew; namely that
sue ne ."u tf Sune ~ seSfe iM 'H =; oa'satIpn
4arLnS; s"uins iHas MSrtlia Is one OF tne
f1oiGs wv" eAi'uien' anu 11e VIII care
Aoi e .u,., i, .. .-.
sae'n ~ 't hee IN 5,i, |h haH way 10 ootain
| i na ,t';thhls,1t t + !" y h, ~ '".h ~ 20
Ni;,rt;i ia ,t,a, i.t;;ia vvyn &c itum..
49, hasu1, -. - !1:ti ~ 49, Iou .un III nef
T Ths tro am anao Win ,,t t.a. en1 hnn M ~
iESmviand hnit,o 70 t vI"te son n !, ~ III h. wv NV
friaItfml turmoil NJ Nav YnrL almost
| nafdlfzad 1iet ut Rrst. Int tho amount ri
VOL ta,idv 81 hanS ,loi;,h+oi hor All "
| she seethei si,tinottni tv q sort Of e%xaito-
| ton that sustained beff thtum.h iii tho
| priVatiotis ind irving exner;enres which
| caiie to her lot.
One night in uuidvittet q great. silent
| snowstorm was snreoj;ng IL Io.r+;f',i
| White blanket over tho c;ty's sonnlnr and
| dirt; In m onan snnare =; n +bH nid q -.
| ter of fhn town y scene was ba;ng en-
| ,ctcI ;. scs;SG ~ tH.ttros,"o n.+hn. r.
| the center Of tho sni,o ~ ,tn a.1n . +am
| e~lectri,. lipht Close tn tho ,a,ta which
| unheld # was eathereI = mo tIInv "m"n
| and strange. It was a LITTLE band of The
| Salvation .rmr ond fron ,t tb o;"t y, ~
| voices came the d;scordan+ harmony that
| was the only sonnd rising thronch Tho
| stiffness IF the fall;nq snow Gatborndd
| If threo ,,,o,, AMI + tr,.6 o; "a'0 Wy eon u s.,;ra
crowd If street stracelors' q hnnorv-,onIl
ing tran n nr two- :, few meci,an;ns ro+,,rn-
| inp iate from tkn;r vvort , marLot v,nm-
Of nait,ta mfi ,t na ! Nv 10y a1u II coupe
l;s+ennd fot q ,,,ot m = .t"u ni thheetts' WHY
awst none" VIII 'nen went
~, ..;.a A.,
snow.a, loS s eli sni 81, ulum "hlcn .ne
that mon +ho ",u 8 III u ts M's .ne scene
u.,u u,ro,,,d ~ ft..1 '
a " =. " nome a, ~ a s't tha iur.'1nea coa!,
W. Wv w 70 ' a dan "u' in oi tha fneb; S9uafe, on ms rs
tMEas ~ a oai x III the reasonable part OF
tist;c temnora mani and 4ha MaH " ar
| ness If tho scona ,nnoo,a mi p h;ne ~
| electric light ,iv;nc "t tho efoct ~ ILL., mo ene
| light THROUGH the fail;np snow and "t naSt-
| ing strange dancinp shadow.s IN Tho 49,
ment: the soft hush that seems = to p cono
| with the great white Aates. Tho e;nUnrs
| and their song and the LITTLE crowd i IF
listeners-it made mr. q n;ctrro +hot
wouid have cansed even m p nc roi nas
| observer than our youne fr;end to nanse
AS he looked. at tho oronn somath;n1
familiar ahont ono ~ ffho po;ni .; = =
| seemed to strike. him. and as s tba;r s%h gran
| ended he stenned hastily Il" tou.era nT hnn
| The GIRL turneff and "non .Gma l4u Hgr.
| and Jason stood face to Dnf go as''n Msr'iia
"NvrtilIa - cr;nd Ieeon az 81 ,ou u.,
Won at last" ~''e' '"'o"' na'e looho
eyes" said Nvrti,,, ..von ho,o fo,,a
me, but we are 1othinr now Vu to n" each ,o othl
err 7 am ahont NV MNaS + worH o ond
| I have naupht to do WITH HE r. wJfN s anu
| mounting sinners tn tho worIi ~ VOW" "om, S'|e