The Yale expositor., 1895-08-23
CHAPTER X.-(ContlnuedD

VIA aunt huJnV was Inefe, out
"Aunt Ruthy's husband had paid the
penalty of painful cleanliness 10y dying
of cholera.
Dr. Ross was there, and he enter
tanned all who would listen by re-
counting his early prophecy that Lit
tie Joe was Giving n double life, and
would some day come to his senses;
and by philosophizing upon Joe's cure
in the Internal Regions.
And a dozen or twenty old-time
friends-men and women-were there,
besides few young men and maidens,
anxious so witness n ceremony in which
each hoped, ere long, to play a part,
as principal.
But 1.-THE star of that goodly COM
panic" was Vivette Molier. Self-con-
trolled, unselfsh>and striving to make
others happy; ready of speech, with
pleasant words for all, she won the
goodwill of old and young alike, and
even drew words of praise from Aunt
Ruthy. who declared her mice enough
for her own parlor, without spot or
blemish."
ton to the now publicly renewed mar
riage vows of Joseph and Mary Gust,
he departed somewhat from his usual
course, to deliver a homily on the
marriage state.
Dearly beloved friends" said he,
God has never before permitted me
to illustrate genuine marriage with
lityfn 81 hot
it is Here the fires of love
burn bright, as they burned
thirtyfive years ago. Here is
the heathenish phrase of honeymoon
made meaningless by lifetime of con-
nubial love, ever fresh as in the hour
of first alliance. Each has lived for the
other, seeking TO win, and willing TO be
won, with all the freshness and all the
delicacy of loves young dream. May
God continue to blessyou, Joseph with
Mary, and you, Mary, with your loving
husband, as he has ever blessed YOU in
the past-giving you son without
the pains of maternity, and Hfting
that son from mental darkness by his
own swift agent that flashes in the
band and wife forever. Amen"
There were tears in many eyes as
that deep amen came up from the
heart of the minister, and the low
cchoing amens that were heard in re-
Spouse came also from the heart.
And yet Father Burly, like the
other, guests had known only the
outer life of Joseph and Mary Gust
so easily assumed and apt to deceive.
They should have known the inner
life, where there are no masks and no
make believes. They should have
known Joseph and Mary on the
threshold of married life, in pow
crty, in sickness, in long watchings at
the bed of pain, without neighbors
and without counsel; in the forest
cabin, with savages prowling round; in
the lonely waiting at home by the one
for the other absent, making surveys
for "A future empire; in the alternate
wrestlings with ague, and the long
struggle with miasma; in storm and
cold, and mutual support, when none
but God could see.
And under the nurturing care of
such hearts as these, no mystery that
Little Joe" had grown to manhood to
illustrate the loving household, which
made him one of its members, from
very excess of loving-kindness
The company remained late, talking
of early days, or gossiping in the bright
sunshine of youth, as each should num-
Der the years.
On their way to the home of Vivette,
the affianced couple arranged that Gust
was, onsthe first favora Die opportunity,
to make formal application to Molier
for his daughters hand in marriage.
If he consented. well; If he refused,
they could wait. But, neither life,
nor death, nor angels, should separate
them in heart-herc or hereafter
CHAPTER NJ.