Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-13

leading but now. deserted BY her for
NOR friends and lovers. homeless and
triendless and reduced % the couti-
ton % a slave. she no longer was
free 10 ind relief In deeper sxcssses
81 had al last reached the depths.
and now while she waited there vas
nothing Tor her 20 DO but think. think
think u seemed az though r. would
almost drive her % madness once
she had aesn a happy wife with chill
drsn about her In a mad hour she
had Welded ~ the temptation which
had cume and step BY step she had
been led into the paths % s.n. and
row she v1sdrinking 20 the bitter dre<s
ths cup which sin had filed for her
\ shudde- shook her form n the
contrast between what had once been
hers - possess I'M enjoy and What
vas row her iot. and the first real
pang % repentance which she had
knoNr came 20 her a. she sat there
and waited Tor she knew not what.
Hosea and she half whispered the
name as though she feared 20 speak it
Hosea has iunE since forgotten nc.
and vel he might { did love him.
! know IL now But in nv insane folly.
nv vanity. my love % pleasure 7 cast
aside an that vas worth having in
lie And nov now Who IS there
70 remember me- Who is there 10 care
what becomes % Conner and with a
choking sob she ended her scIiloquy.
Time was when lover and gay
friends had fIlsd her lap 70 The fuiI
with a pleasures. but when beauty
had Begin 20 fade and the spell ~ her
charm had broken. the lovers had lsfc
her one b. one. and now there vas
none left 70 care what became ~ her
Nor ven Hosea she had cried with
unu-terahle anguish.
on. what penalty does sin exact,
When the Sin has cDms to rs full
fruit.ze with what crushing weight
does IL o~vsrpover the heart. driving
often 10 Madness and self-fsstrlctiou
And so e was 70 Conner thar there
cane the pruuptirxs 70 end her mis-
cry IN self inflicted death
Il IS bur a step from meditation II,
action One standing on the brink
ueeyis bur To lean in the direction
rash impulse draws and crash'-ou-
goes The life upon the jagged rocks
below \ voice ar The fateful uousn-
might stav the leap so with Conner
Unconscious % all about her. save the
desperate resolve thar she would ert
her miserable existence. there came a
WFHtrea F-rs~r Hr#-rnnka-x - - -
where and il saved the hand that
was AZ thar instant ready To plunge
the slender blade into her heart 4
voice thar carried her back again
through ths years and brought her in
memory 20 the happy home which
once she could call her Own \ voice
thar came % her out Of the rhruux
that made her start and look up
while from her lips there burst the
one word
Hosea
But none bat strange faces we're
all 2SSur She saw her owners form
AZ a distance. bur - seemed not 70
- concerned ahour her At thar mo-
lent Bur thar voice had cone TO
her. and IL stayed her murdarous hand
h knew not WHY And she waited
almost eagerly. and scanned the faces
all about. bur not once again did she
hear that voice. and search as she
might through the thruu-s that s1rvsd
In the market place. she saw not the
face that she knew uow she loved And
when her master cane a little tine
later. and gave her into the hands o,
4 stranger. indicating with a nod Of
he head that she had been sold. her
head sank in detection upon he-
breast and lisrIessiy she arose and fol
lowed
What strange DAYS hose were that
followed h never forgot the voice
she had heard in the market place
but that voice did not belong 70 the
n into whose hands she lad
come. % that she Il sure But she
vas conscious hat there vas some
thing strangs about her rev earfi-
ton The intignities usually shown
towards a slave were wanting in he-
case. In ssclusi0u and quiet she was
sheltered. and having little else 20 DO
she thought. thought. thought How
the first pang Of repentance felt on
that day "a The slave market devsL
Opsd and grew into The food OF heart
sorrow over the ruined and wasted
life L only she could see Hosea and
tell him Of her repentance and ask his
forgiveness she felt thai peace would
De- in her heart
Gverburtered wirh This thought one
evening As she rested in rhs humble
dwelling where her rev master had
placed her she burst MO 4 hood q
weeping exeIaimiHE over and over
again Oh Hosea Hosea thai
might tel you how good thou art and
how wicked have been on. Hosea
and nv children, Il I bur had thee
low I should Know hov 70 prize nv
treasures
Thou shalt ave thy desire spoke
a voice ar her side Wirh a startled
cry she lookst up into the face OF
Hosea and when the frs paruxysu
Of weeping had passed. she whfs
psrs,i
Thy love Hosea hath triumBhed