Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13

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open brow the black hair parted ans
hung in graceful waves upon boa
slightly colored cheeks; the raven ar. e'
brows and the fringed lashes also wero
very lovely, and the large, dark. carr
est, beaming eyes cleaned forth I'm
clouded and serene beneath them ~,
soul was worthy the casket that on
shrined it. She, too, thought No,
clearly defined, had a sense of wbo.
love was. The empty fatterer. tbn
long pursed coxcomb, the earth bon,5
plodder, could not satisfy the restIss'
cravings of her heart. She was w,tt
ing the time until her destined one a.,
rived.
How these souls, so long unknown
became know, by what casualty tbsg
were drawn together, my vision H.
not minute enough to say. Suficiar,
that they did meet-that their wbola
hearts, that every pulse in their frames
and every motion in their minds. roso
up In giant strength when they did "a
meet, and proclaimed proudly throusb
the remotest channels of their heinz,
that they could never again become rS'
known to each other; but that Whit,
er even than life. To Danish the ide,
of love between them as a chimsra
and a sentimentality was, Therefore
the counsel of the world. But in rbeir
great hearts counsel had no WEIGHT
What If the need were not closa a.
hand? What if it never came? Thai
was uncertain, but it was certain tbgt
they loved, certain that it would bs
akin to crime to smother and repress
that love. And SO he told her IN
glowing picturing, what be was. wbg,
he had, what he was likely to baya
and offered her his whole self entire'
and she, resolute, dear spirit that she
was, looking into his eyes, calmly ani
resolutely answered: BE it long ar
be it brief, through sorrow or through
JOY. dear heart, | am thine forever
Surely it was a noble thing, that NJ
two human beings, thus steadfastIv
confronting years of toll and abiding
and saying, not in hot passion or reck.
less enthusiasm, but in sober conf.
dence and sedate determination, For
thy sake, o well beloved I will endure
that toll and abide that long abiding
Surely it was a grand and heroic thing
that my vision next revealed to me,
of the many years that rolled over
them, and as each died away in the
past, left them as faithful and as pa
tient as when its first morning dawn
ed upon them. [ followed him through
his fierce battling with the haps and
chances of busy life, and battling also
with his own rebellious passions and
spiritual mutinies; pursuing at once
the winning of a home for his beloved
and the purifying Of his heart and life
till it should be worthy OF her.
Nor, though less actively laborious
was her life whit less intrinsiCaly
heroic than his. Nay, it was even
more so; for in the hurry and conflict
of his disturbed endeavor, there was
kind of wild excitement that was alto
gether wanting in her lot. She had
but to remain in quiet, and endure,
unchanging; and was it nothing that
in serent tranquility she did so abide;
that while she beheld her sChoolmates
and companions marry ard perchance
ride in carriages, in swift succession,
until she seemed stranded, as 1t we're,
on a solitary island, she still remained
the same faithful, unrepenting, truth
full being, thinking it higher honor
than all her carriages and money
matches that she had soul like his
to wait for.
The last glimpse had Of my heroic
lovers and wherein they faded from
my view was thus:
1t was mild and tranquil summer
evening, by the margin of the great
deep. The sun was sinking behind the
western waters, and tipped the break
ing crests of the advancing waves. A
fuller purple was upon the mountains
and melancholy evening anthem
was chanting by the retiring birda
from a neighboring grove. The bless
ing of the God of Peace appeared 10 Do
in every leaf and wavelet. In sman
chamber. that fronted the beach, with
the easement opened so that the cool
breeze famed their faces. side by slde
the united lovers sat together, ana
looked forth in silence, more reVerent
than uttered prayer, more eloquent
than studied oratory, upon the settlns
sun and the incoming tide. He VITA
his arm entwined around her, was
pressing her TO his bosom; ana she.
with her large dark eyes cleal @N'
Iustrous, looking love lhto n!s SUI
Il have just been saying, sald my
Amt Mareerv as | started from my
reveries, that love matches aie "o'
surdities; now, don't you think So
too?"
was in no humor to reply to such
question; and so, giving short mega
tive grunt, broke up the fire ana rang
for tea.-St. Louis Globe Democrat