Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-03


| vet her tears would not come and her
voice failed her when she would have
/ cried out in her agony. Out through the
! window she saw only the snOw-covered
! ground, the big road" that stretched in
/ straight line almost to the little church
where they were going to take him.
! Then she remembered 50 many things.
| Ali the small pleasures they had shared
together. intensified now thousand fold:
/ all the troubles and trials, how insignifi-
cant and triHing they appeared And
| these days OF good or i'll. with him beside
Ter, we're never, never coming back.
| Thea, too, she remembered her last
words 10 him; angry, unreasonable words.
/ Would they haunt her and hurt her all
! the rest of her life She wondered.
/ What happiness, what comfort she had
despised; what sweetness OF soul she had
! ignored, nay, she had scofied at it.
Her very body was inert and heavy
with her grief as she sought to go once
more and look upon his face. Why was
it that she could not move! Was she
too stricken? What strange sounds were
.Aose she heard? How much noise they
were making-these men " 20 were COM
ing to take him away. Who called her?
Then, all, dear God, someone s.lid: Lois,
Lois, lazy Lois; sound asleep yet !" Then,
their. All, it was the stamping outside
that Weakened her. and there was Ebea
standing in the kitchen with the milk
pail in his hand. Come, Lois" he said,
1 and look out the windcrs and see what
wonders the night has wrought The
world is uncommon beautiful this morn
ing" She sprang from the bed and with
cry threw her arms around him. 20
Eben, Eben, It isn't true; it isn't true.
You are not dead! Not deadl"
"Why no, Lois; Of course Pm not dead.
Haven't felt so much alive in twenty
years. Look out and see. He hath said
to the snow be thou on the EARTH"
Il can't see anything in the world but
you, Eben."
That's n pity: there are lots prettier
things to look at However, its wutl.
something to have you feel that way.
Did you have a bal dream, Lois f''
''Yes, a bad dream" she said.
lie helped her get breakfast, refraining
meantime from speech. For a man, Eben
was tactful and intuitive. At last he
said:
you don't seem to be enjoying your
breakfast, Lois. 1t tastes extra good to
me-"
''Ol never enjoyed one so much in my
life"
"And you haven't taste :! morsel look
Mt your plate. Must be saving you're
appetite for Thanksgiving turkey. o,
| forgot, we're going to skip Thanksgiy-
ing this year"
"Eben l want to say that I'm the most
thankful woman in the world today, and
we're not going to skip Thanksgiving this
year"
That's good, Lois; that's good. But
things are about as they was last night,
az fur as you know, amt theyY"
Nothing will ever be the same to me
rs last night. In His goodness He has
opened my eyes. My heart is singing
psalms of JOY. I can cry with loud
voice Of his goodness and mercy"
Then she told him about the dream.
saying as she ended: "And l suffered
most Eben, because of the hard words
| spoke the night before"
Don't mention it, Lois. knew YOU
didn't mean EN-, and the good Lord who
is wiser and kinder than we are, knew
you didn't. lie remembers our fame,
lois"
Lois" he continued, "things are about
as they was last night, fur as you know.
The change is in your own way of look
ing at 'em; in your point of view, In your
attitude toward 'em. And the Book had
all the uplifting promises in it last night.
just as it has this morning. We can't
really DO any nearer to Him one time
than another. What we want is to be
more conscious of the nearness. The
10 Nxrith "a
| always all right ut the other end of the
line, Lois. And | was going to tell you
that rural delivery ~ a great thing now,
isn't itP The fellow was along this morn
| ing. You see, it was awful late when
got up; must have been much as 7
O'Clock, and he brought this letter. And
You'll see by reading it that there's moth
ing To fear. Horace is going to have the
money for that payment by the time is
is due. And, Lois. he's coming to hiin.
self--his real self, just rs he should
just as he knew he would when he asked
it, didn't her Curious that folks are
mostly little surprised when their
prayers are answered"
81 think, Eben, it's about time we DO.
gan to get ready for church. And Pm
going to bring some of our friends home
with us to dinner-anyone who doesn't
seem to have an invite anywhere else"
DO you think you can manage a din
ner for company; you haven't made any
preparations, | reckon"
"Eben Armstrong. was there ever a
time when there wasn't enough in this
house, inside or cut, for = dinner GOOD
enough for anybody"
Come to think Of it. guess not" said
Eben, and yet the palmer. worn"--
hesides, Eben," interrupted Lois. soft
ly over crust | could give thanks to.
day."-By Carlotta Perry in The Even
INK Wisconsin.