The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10

| the vicinity of Gottingen; thither she
bore the burden OF her SORROWS Judge,
| then, her CONSERVATION, when on
reaching the place she was uniformed
that her relatives had emigrated some
weeks earlier to America, leaving her
| none to lean upon, whether kindred or
friend She had arrived at the end Of
her Borrowing journey that very day,
but to find new and unexpected cause
| Of grief; the house she had sought
| stood tenantless, and no rite of hospi-
| tally had been rendered her by it's
cherished and unheedlng neighbors.
Desolate and distracted. she had wan
| dered in it's vicinity until nightfan,
half hoping, in her deep despair, that
Providence would restore to that de-
serted tenement those from \Whom
alone she might look for wAcome
and a home.
| Adolph listened with soft attention
to the simple narrative, and soon after
commended the fair stranger to the
rest she so much needed and babe
her and her hostess adieu till the NOR
| row.
The morning call of Adolph at the
! cottage was brief and constrained; for
the first glance sufficed to show that
to both rescuer and rescued the night
had been a sleepless one. ~
That evening found each more COM
posed. Each, since their last meeting
had bowed to the spell of Natures
sweet restorer,'' and been refreshed
by it's influence. The maiden met her
preserver at the door of the cot, with
lively gratitude, if not with cheerful
ness, and for few moments their
| f6o1,rJ,tc to- 41,o
future became more and more appar-
ent; the conversation tagged. at
length it ceased. 1t became evident
that the point to which the thoughts
of both irresistibly tended could not
be avoided in their words; the exertion
was painful, and could be sustained
but by unmeaning commonplace, or by
emphatic silence The pause was but
for few moments; it was broken by
Adolph, who deeming farther forbeal-
ance useless and unWise, frankly asH..
ed his charge if she had yet formed
any plans for the future, and whether
he would be allowed to assist in put
ting them in execution. A blush at
the vivid recollection Of her depend
ence, succeeded by a deadly paleness
and a sob Of deepest intensity, consti-
tuted the response. She could not
summon words to reply.
Adolph was panied, but not sur
prised. He felt the difficulties of her
position as truly. if not as keenly, as
the sensitive being at her side. But he
felt also that any prOffers of assist
ance, much more any protestations of
devotion. which might have preceded
this question, would have been still!
more embarrassing, besides seeming
!, to be untimely and obtrusive, in view
! of her bereavement and desolation
Gently urging the subject as one
which necessity required the frank
:, , consideration, he forebore to aggra
vate her painful sense of dependence
by assurances that she would be mos
welcome to such a home as his means
l might provide her, so long as she
chose to accept it at his hands. This
was sufficiently understood, and need
ed not the empty parade Of words
J But when at length he had drawn he]
to speak of her plans and her hopes
: he was startled and shocked in turf
by their repulsive barrenness. In tn,
simplicity of his heart he had dreamed
out for her some scheme of life no
dissimilar to his oWn-a situation a
, teacher, governess, or, at the worst
in some Of the more graceful and deli
cate mechanical employments Of he
sex, in which the immediate futur
could be passed TRANQUILITY and sooth
ingly leaving a bright vista beyond
irradiated by Hopes vague but bliss
full Sleanings. Alas! for none OF thes
was the maiden fifty qualified! HH
life had been passed in seclusion fron
society; the instruction her mothe
" had been able to impart was meage
indeed; and, the student was not lon
in discovering that her crushed spiri
dared aspire no higher than to som
position in which she would be allow
ed to earn the bread Of poverty by III
RENTING drudgery Of mental toll
and even for this, neither her failin
strength nor gentle nature was calcl
lated to adapt her. -
He took her hand in his, while hi
frame trembled, aad his voice Decam
3 at first husky and choked with EN-,
ton:
'Dearest Bertha, be mine! be min
o. forever! God has willed it! Let us nj
to distrust his providence! My home mus
be humble one, but with you it wi
I ever be a paradise Poverty and wal
are the appointed lot of the schola
e; but love can tighten the heaviest bu
y, den and illumine the loWliest cot. F