Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-07

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prose But tue wrong Is geherahy III tne
opposite directlon' You WouIu no. nave
TO go Iar 10 ma WHO "nose ne Is
perpetual niartyroou- soincti,lns noaN,e,
than stroke OF thc ns', unh'hu worus'
Staggering nome at nliuh'snt u,u Von-
slant maltreatment' whlcn nave ieI' ner
only a wreck or what she was on 'nat
DAY when IN the mast OIL pr'''iant as
semblnge the vows were t"hfn' anu LUZ,
organ Played tue weuuing natcn' ana
the carriage roheo ava! w"n 'ne pene-
diction OF the people WHAT was the
burning Oh i'auiner anu n'uiey at tne
stake compared with this? Those men
soon became unconscious in the IRE, but
there is a 30 years martyrdom, 30
years putting to death, yet uncomplain'
ing No bitter words when the rollck'
ing companions at o'clock in the morn
ing pitch the husband dead drunk into
the front entry. No bitter words when
wiping from the swollen brow the blood
struck out in midnight carousal. Bend
ing over the battered and bruised form
of him who when he took her from her
fathers home promised love and kindness
and protection, yet nothing but sympathy
and prayers and forgiveness before they
are asked for. NO bitter words when the
family Bible goes for rum and the pawn
brokers' shop gets the last decent dress.
Some day, desiring to evoke the story of
her sorrows, you say, well, how are you
getting along nowE and, rallying her
trembling voice and quoting her culver
ing lip she says, Pretty well, l thank
you; pretty well. She never Will tell
you. In the dcllrium OF her last sickness
she may tell all the other secrets OF her
lifetime, but She Will not tell that Not
until the books of eternity are opened on
the throne of Judgment Will ever be
known what she has suffered. Oh, We
who are twisting a garland for the victor,
put it on that pale brow. When she is
dcnd, the ncighbors Will beg linen to
make her n shroud, and she Will be car
RED ont IN plain box, with no silver
plate to tell her years, for she has lived
thousand years of trial and anguish. The
gamblers and swlndlers who destroyed
her husband VIII not come to the funeral
One carriage Will be enough for that flu
neral--One carriage to carry the orphans
and the two Christian women who pre-
sided over the obsequies.
The Celestial Door Opened.
But there is fash and the opening Of
q celestial door and a shout, Lift up
your head. We everlasting gate, and let
her come III Anu Cnrist VIII step iortn
ana say ZONE III, re SUFFERED WIN me
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