Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-03-04

reach OF human voice.
The neighbOrs for miles arOnnd
came to the tuner+l, and the honse
was fail of grave decor 'us whis-
prrs. broken strangely when any
one spoke 10 the wife. She was
pale aud silent; nnh once iii she
speak of anything th It sac wanted
done, aud then she called Ntnnie
hrsliaungly.
'Tell him I '0n|C want hlm to
spe k SOS 1 can hear. lI-it
wouldn't seem proper, somehow.
II won't make any difference TO
EVA now, aud F-she fal'rred a
moment, and tender light CT nc
into the faded blue q, es-'I guess
10 can't say anything about my
husbdud that don't know "a hLn-
drrd times bitter 'han him.
IN tell him, mOther,' salu Nan
ME, gently.
Her other spoke slowly, choos
ing her words. Aud tell him. shr
SAID. that we've lived together
thirt, years, aud it don't seeri
more Than thirty weeks as | look
back. Aud tell him thai in it all
Vas never an angry word, never
any lhing Ou, love | can speak
Of: and tell him She was crying =
little now, but her face WAS still
t0u he'd with the wonderful light
ell him that tue only thing pm
sorry for now is that there wasn't
more | could do to show NY love
for mY husband
Il will tell him ALL sdil \ Innie.
Tnat was strange funeral
The neIghhOIs spoke OF it after
wards. The still figure that sat
dead to the words of teuder heal.
ing spoken 10y The minister seemed
to lend an element of my lsteri
to the scene, aud the contrast
between The darkened room aud
the brilliant, sparkling wOrIl ont
side flashed npou their eyes like "
miracle.
They spoke OF it on the way
home, and SAID that Ezra bad been
good hnsbAal To her, AMI no
one would ill his place.
Mamie means all right; Mrs
Tarbox SAID, sroOthing her black
dress, 'Dut she hasn't time to se
down and make work of Ell er-
tanning her mOlhel.'
'TIs so,' Au~wrre Ms. Slocnm,
'dud HcsIei'll Miss rnierta nlng
Ezra, 90. Tnu'6 As ihoIgl sne
gaSn'C fill ttel, either way. She
Is Young aud >pry enough yet, bu
q seems most as II us no uSe.'
i shall sort o'.ni,s b -arlng IN N
81 mrr evenings, s'll rer irirnd.
We Ncrr 80 near. yOu knOW-- II
se'..n, Il almost Ike company
Il guess we'll all teal ba | To see
the house shut up,' responded Mrs.
S ucu her voice full OF the sOlem
nit, ot the occasion.
And Nr.. b uks all UNCONSCIOUS
OF lhe ak, Was being driven OVER
t. Mann e's. She WAS 80 qlirt
that rer daugh rr did not disturb
her
Il don't feel as II I knew what TO
sa, to her. though she is my
mOtlcr,' she whispered to htI
husband
The, helprd her tendeily INTO
lie house aDd n innle pat hsr into
hr easiest char. From the Uext
room baby voice broke in upon
them.
Mamma, can | see dra NINA?
Mamie wants to see dran'map
Mamie was hurrylug to the
door hen voice stopped her.
let me have Mamie. please
IT'S so long since have!
Mamie stopped at the door, a
great wonder in her eyes.
'Why, mother she exclaimed.
Her mother looked up at her
with "A tremulOus smile.
Yes, | know. | meant to tell
you before, but ! couldn't some
ways, I've heard all the time. |
was deaf a day or two from cold.
| thought | really was at first, and
then | kept it mp, because tt com
foIted- ed-him-SOmehOw. He'd felt
he Was old aud breaking down,
you know, but when / did, too, he
felt better, aud cheerei right up
There was only one tbing-I did
want the baby sol And it seemed
az If 'twould break my heart when
she di | come not to answer her,
and to have h-r strnu hsr little
voice to make me heaIl'
AMI yOn Kept it up all these
monthsr SAID Mamie, IN hushen