The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

in nv lap and cried jest like a baby, and
that wuZ every word he said. | smoothed
the hair back from ~hisforward andsald.
Poor fellow. you're all wore out, n
this is the best thirg you can do, CRY
away"
But Il WIZ awful inteTaStin for me
from that time to see how VIII went in
to this passion, heart and soul and mind,
lest as he always did into everything.
To see how he who WIZ rich and high
learnt and had everything for hapri-
ness and comfort didn't put a pins
weight on any of these advantages, buI
Jest looked up to this poor girl as the
one prize worth winning. e. L loved
10 see now her affections that had been
laid waste by her awful trials begun TO
put out little pale shoots, some like Il
~hOneysuckle vine in the sprlngtlme.
Cold winters storms and frost made the
vine bare and naked. But a new spring
comes. and under the fresh sweet sun
shine faint little green leaves begin to
apDear. promisin' summer richness anu
assurance OF blossomin' and fragrance
/ did by Helen jest as l said would
/ treated her IS a daughter, Il sht
acted dretful pretty and affectiorate Il
US. and when she got well enough she
would help a1d sew Tor me. got some
pretty Bingham dresses for her and ms
and she made EN-; l got her two white
dresses the first thing. and she used to
wear 'em afternoons and looked like a
stately young queen in the simple white
dresses with a bunch of pink roses in
her belt.
It wuzn't long after this before Will
spoke to me about his love for her, and
asked if l spozed he had any hope, and
SEE. IF you viii be patient, Will, there
is hope"
Patient! haven't l been patient?"
SEE be.
Yes" SEE l, "and keep right OF
bein' So"
How lonS?'
SEE I, "a year
"a year." SEE he, ard jumped right
I'D and walked round the room. He WIZ
dumbfoundcred at the idee that be
couldn't say anything to her about his
feelings for a year, but still that WIZ
nv advice to him from day to day. BE
patient"
And | could see how, if she wuz lei
alone and not startled or skairt, hel
heart wuz beginrin' to rest upon the
tenderness and faithfulness of his love
How his true, manly devotion spoke 81
deeds instead of words, his constant
care for her shielding her from every
thing annoying and harmful. his con
slant wc.tchfulness Of her health anc
welfare WIZ %beginnin' to be compares
in her mind with the utter ~selfshnesS
and emptiness and degradation OF tn
sentiments that had been offered her.
And vet it takes a woman a long time
to gather up the ashes of an old lido
Jared down and broken. She sees tn
utter worthlessness of the mass sn'
thought wuz pure gold, realizes TO tn
full her own folly. And then n bend'
down over it again weepin'. But TEL
that lots of things wuz in Wills favor
Helen got we'll in such a new world, on
that seemed as fur eff from Der CID If
of pain and hardship and care as ii /
wuz another planet. And then viii WI
so good. so handsome. SO manly,
spozed in my own mind it would com
out all right, and it did.
They wuz married in u parlor b,
Elder Minkley. Will looked full il he
face ell the. time durin' the ceremony;
never see anything like it. He locke
at her with perfect alteration. and he
face. too, though her eyes were down
cast, told as sweet a story to him, an
to me, too, who loved her. They settle
down in a pleasant city and Will |
p~rosperin' the best that ever wuz in hi
profession. He don't need to ever Sc
another pill if he don't want to, but b
wants to be useful in his day and gen
Grafton. And in his happy, blesse
home life he gifts the rest and inspira
ton he needs to help him on in his lif
work.
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