Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-12

| made q sign, and while they waited he
read the words:
Eve wrestled on toward heaven
! 'Gainst storm and wind and tidee
And so on to that last victorious cry
~ hail the glory dawning
In Immanuel's land"
FOR moment 1t looked as IL the
/ singing colil5. not go on. for tears were
on the minister's face and the womeni
| were beginning to sob, but the Dukes
clear, quiet voice caught up the song
and steddied them AL to the end.
/ After the prayer they all went in
/ and looked ut the Pilots face and
passed out leaving behind only those
/ that knew him best. The Duke and
the Hon. Fred stood looking down up
on the quiet face.
THE country has lost good man,
| Duke" said the Hon. Fred. The Duke
bowed silently. Then Lady Charlotte
came and gazed moment
Dear Pilot" she whispered, her!
tears falling fast. Dear, dear Pilot
Thank God for you! You have done,
much for me-" Then she stopped and,
kissed him on his cold lips and on his
/ forehead.
Then Gwen seemed to suddenly.
waken as from dream. She turnedi
and. looking up in frightened way.j
| said to Bill hurriedly:
81 want to see him again. Carry
me!''
And Bill ga thered her up in his arms
and took her in. AS they looked down
upon the dead face with it's look OF
proud peace and touched with the
stateliness of death Ovens fear pass
ed away, but when the Duke made toi
breath and, clinging to Bill, said, with
sudden gasp:
ooh. Bill, | can't bear it alone! I'm
afraid alone"
She was thinking Of the long, weary
days of pain before her that she must
face now without the Pilots touch and
smile and voice
"Me, too" said Bill, thinking Of the
days before him. He could have said
nothing better. Gwen looked in his
face a moment, then said, well help
each other and Bill, swallowing hard,
could only nod his head in reply. Once
more they looked upon the Pilot, lean
ing down and lingering over him. and
then Gwen said quietly: /
"Take me away. Bill"
Aud Bill carried her into the outer
room. Turning back. caught look
on the Dukes face SO full Of grief that.
could not help showing my amaze.
ment. He noticed and said:
1.-THE best man ever knew, Conner.
He has done sonethiag for me toe.
I'd give the world to die like
that /
Then he covered the-face.
| We sat at Ovens window, Bill, with
Gwen in his arms, and watching.
Down the sioping, SNOW covered hill
wound the pFecessiDn Of sleighs and
horsemen, without soundsox voice or
Jingle Of bell till ono By one. they,
passed out Of onp sight nd dipped
down into the canyon Hut W. knew
every step Of the winding trail and fol-
lowed them m fan4y through that fairy
scene Of mystic wdnderland. We knew
how the great eims ana the p0plars
and the birches ehnging to the snowy.
sides interlaced thetr bare bouShs into
network Of bewiderins compssxity.
and how the cedsrs and bAlsams and
spruces stood IN tho bottom thsir dark
boughs weighsed down With heavy
white mantles az ROW, aud how every
stump and fallen log and rotting stick
was made a thing 6f beauty BY tho
snow that had fallsn 80 gently on them
in that quiet spot And We could sec
the rocks Of the caaycn atdnS lleam out
black from under qvsrhanSine snow
banks. and We could hear the song O.
the Swan in it's many tones, now undss
an icy sheet, coo;ne comfortably. ard
then bursting out into sunlA laughter
and leaping into foaming pool TO-
glide away smoothly muy1nnfing its De-.
light to the white banks that curved to
kiss the dark water as f ,hed And
where the flowers had been, the. viosats
and the wind flowers and the clematas
and the columbiue and all the 1etns
and Towering shrubs, there lay the
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