The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30

! Cow 10 near II hetter and to locate II.
There was a sleety. drilling rain fall
Ing. driven by an icy wind. Wrapping
herself MP, Ada listened. and again
there rang out the triumphant melody
with many mems voices supported hy
the cornet. He is risen; he is risen. she
could hear aud knew Il for the Easter
anthem. The voices were so far away
they seemed to come from the very
clouds. A sense Of awe fell upon her
when the faint light OF a stormy day.
break touched the turretcd roof OF the
steeple to the chapel where she had so
often looked when the chimes rang out,
AT first she saw but confused mass
Of moving objects, but with her field.
glass she discovered that the curious
sights up there were men with UNI.
brellas raised. The eornetist was Har
vey Beach. She saw his red hair by
the first CLEANS OF light.
The singers faced TO the four points
Of the world, singing their joyful It'd
ings from the top Of the square tower
1t was beautiful-amost sublime.
Ada felt her heart swell with the
sense Of the grandeur and mystery Of
II and kept her eyes fixed upon the
dim outline of the tower following the
beacon OF the bare head of Harvey as
he moved about with the others, facing
the east, north, south and west, Clear
and sweet and penetrating was the
cornet solo which preceded tl1e last tri.
umphant chorus. 1t stirred 10 llleI
depths of the young listeners heart,
With bated breath Ada stood there
when a ray OF sunlight broke through
a cloud and touched the top Of tie
tower Then the song ceased, aud in
minute every one of the singers had
disappeared,
Ada felt like one in a dream all day.
She was lifted above everything
earthly and TO a higher spiritual plane.
That afternoon Harvey was taken
suddenly III with acute pleurisy, the
result of his exposure on the tower to
the rain and sleet.
Ada had been out for & walk, had
seen the unconscious man carried away
in an ambulance and had made a men
tai note Of the hospital to which it be.
longed. How glad Ada felt ms she re-
membered her active membership in
the Flower mission, Every summer
she had carried flowers 10 the different
hospitals. This was April, but there
were florists. With a great armful OF
fragrant blossoms Ada went TO the
hospital and found no difficulty in see
ing the patient
The doctor told her he was extreme.
" i'll. but" he added, with his fine
constitution and splendid vitality he
ought TO pull through"
So every morning Ada went with the
flowers aud saw the sick man. He did
not know her, but there came day
when he knew things again, and yet
he thought lie was dreaming when he
saw the wistful brown eyes looking
into his with pity and sympathy.
The Flower mission kept up its az.
tivity until the patient could be taken
back TO the college, where in the warm
spring sunshine he was soon himself
again and studying with all his
strength to make up for lost time.
During those days when his life hung
in the balance the boy aud girl learn.
ed 10 read their own hearts and that
OF each other, but no word of love had
passed between them. But Ada look.
ed out at the students as they went
back and forth, seeing now but the
blithe upturned face under the CLEAN.
ing red hair, which set all her dimplcs
TO work and made her happy all day.
He in turn took the vision Of sweet
face back to his lessons with him.
Ada's family took to worshiping in
the college chapel every Sunday. but
they hud no idea of the real state Of
things.
Then commencement day came, With
its imposing ceremonies and the pres.
cnce Of the high digutnres of the
church in splendid vqstments and many
guests whose sons or other relatives
were 10 receive their diplomas TO enter
the service of the Master
Ada in her prettiest gown was there
early with her aunt and uncle. Harvey
wandered restlessly about, milking no
sign Of acquaintance with Ada, but
when the precious piece of parchment
was in his hnnds he hesitated no Ion.