The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30

vii wake one Gay with an immortal ms
ture. for the prave. whether 1t be in ocean
ueep, or on mountain ton high, or in valley
NV, will that day give up its dead; $50
OH grave, where is thy victory; oh death,
where is thy stinE:"
'Tis Christmas day in Bethlehem
no Chinese 6recrackers, no Ro
man candles disturbed that peaceful
village. In the quiet stable stall, nothing
but the tramp OF the Roman horse is heard,
! sat q woman clad In mothers dressing
gown, and to her breast . baby elings, He
prince indeed. Who has given tone to
civilization, and that which 10 jet to como,
for be shall rlle his people Israel, and all
the earth In that great and awful day.
IT'S Christmas day in Lisbon. the noise
and roar Of the many merry.msKers is
heard in every street like the distant, and
occasionally cannonading OF Sklrnish
liue, forming in bsttle array for the dead
ly COL fict that IL yet to come, for ''comirg
, events alwayR cast their shadows beiort"
perfection comes. 1t may be an immortal
name for some, but death. eternal death
for Thousands. i was at Chickamaugaa
few years ago where our soldier bows were
drilling themselves for war. l saw Gan.
Grant, Jr., sitting in tent, 8 common
, tent, not ss good as we have sold to rail-
road men; he had LETT his happy New York
home to Fight, ike HE father did when his
native land called fer man brave and true,
and there on the battItf Id OF Chick.
amauea, the blue and the gray we're united
into one grand army to meet the common
foe. For that family fuss was &c ting old,
and our country, unGer one nag, that
uniurls to breeEes, upon every sea, to tell
he trespasser to stop and stay, for tbs the
stately stepping Of Uncle Sam, who will
demand respect for all his children, and
even friends, Of every color and national
i.y, from cruel treatment and foreign
interference.
The author viii bid farewell to few Of
ais friends for few days. and some OF bis
friends have gone on Christmas journey
toe; 70 see their friends, enc to Texas, and
= sweet girl to an old Southern State. the
other iowards the sea. "RoI on thou
dark blue ocean, roll; man marks the
earth with ruins past" and runs yet to
follow, but he trsads with care upon thy
bosom, fer thou art greater than the earth.
God made both and be had q right to make
the difference, and none had the right to
cay Him nay. Believe NOT this, then cast
thyssIi TO death upon the groand. where
Thy poor body will there. remain, but on
the deep ocean wave, and in few moments
OF time, not even bubble there, 10 lett, 70
tell the tale Of poor weak man.
But to the girl love, l must return, for
she loves me, or psrhsps, the ether fellow,
God emily knows which, fer to Him IL lett.
1T last, the secrets Of human heart. Ter
In the silent chambers 81 thy SOUL there IL
divinity DIVINE, like unte 0sd Himself,
for in shsrs, 10 the judgment throns Of the
quick and the dead, then possess i'm
patisEcs. still, thy soui, lor Heaven 10 justi
ahead. where JOY, love and, st last, per-
fectien reiGns; for this is true ~ the old
story IL true tor ages past and goes on.
forever.
Like great fear. or overwhelming ideas,
they sometimes steady cur nerves, ana
makes rs plan in such moments what il
best to be done. and this wss the condition
81 Sir Leonard's nerves 1t this time. He
knew he had done wrong, and concluded
IN honest txprsasien Of his guilt was the
best thing to do, and the moment he de-
cidec on that point he began to act. So he
told Lady Estslle one evening: he had .
secret he had kept from her up to date, fer.
fear OF losing her love; that ne loved
more passienaisIy hsr than he had eyer
loved before, Or even sxpscssd 10 love any
other girl, OF woman. again, ana thatshe
must have known By fntuirisD that he had
had iendness for other girls, and perhaps
had desire fol one, ''only one girl IN the
world for me-" but he had discovered the
mistake Ct his heart, only when, be hrst
saw and mst her. and Ne knew full we'll
noWs to Ais icrTew, thst ne should have
boldly, and like mar, teld her the truth
hsfsfss Fer then she could have taken the
6onseqpenees and blamed no enc for hef
dissp peintmsnts, Ter It Sometimes. even IL.
the higher Wake Of life, woman does net
consult right or wrong, when the game Of
heats are played. She plays her beat;
which means 70 win, and opposition don't
always stop, for when there IL another
woman In the case, engagement, or no
engagement. It cuts no ice with her IN
deciding what she wants TO do. And IL
she IL live and energetic, she starts to work.
have said this OF woman. We admit
that this applies to men too, men that ara
live and not icic.es, aud een love . woman
well, and would be proud Of her ss his wife.
Men are as ambitious about their wives,
40 some women are about her husbands,
and turn iooss all thoughts Of othera, that
che might have asdded, who fortune had
made famous in some way in after years,
that one she loved, which will sometimes
make even the best regret, and say, ''the
saddest words Of tongue or pen 10, that IL
might have been"-me, instead OF she, or he
thati s now governor Of q State, q senator,
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