Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-01-22

breast, formed by her very life'S
blood. Day after day that infant
grew and waged stronger. The
days heightened into weeks. The
mouths reached out into years
and the years galloped down the
highway of time in quick success
sion. Ere you could tella winter :
tale that infant by leaps and
bounds was ushered into its young
girl-hood. There She was a sIen-
der. awkward, timid, baShful.
young girl, Indifferent to the op
pOsite sex
But what was that transform4
ton taking place within h>r?
Hopes aud aspirations hitherto IN
known, longingS and strange de
sires that could not he 5 t SIZED
have entered her heart and mid
And what did it all mean: TWAS
the dawning of her womanhOod.
While I am YET telling You the
story, 10, her Womanho1d blossom
ed out into It's beauty and mag
niicencc. There she WoS que II
Of beauty, prime IS among the
princesses. GraCes and charm S
were her familiar friends. The
Wine Of life flushed her cheeks.
with the glow IF health. The red
rubies set upon her lips, ana wh~n
she spoke her voice was soft and
gentle like the melodies Of music.
When she walked her footsteps
sounded like tae tripping of the
fairy.
And, Oh! what magnificent
dreams and splendid visions pass
ed thru her heart and mind. Some
day, she said a manly man will
WOO me, and Ill become his loving
wife. Some day I'll reign su
premely, the queen of a happy
home. And long after my bones
have mingled with the soIl my sons
and daughters in their ripe old age
in sweet rAcollections of NE will
strew my grave with flowers.
But alas. alas. slal [ tell you
the grim tragedy that overlook
and overwhelmed heel? The cruel
god of lust laid his vie hands upon
her. and she iell from her high es-
tate of purify. She sold her chas-
tity for filthy lucre Night after
night the demons Of lust called
upon hei at her place of prOstitu.
ton. Night after night she salts
fed their Iustful desires. Under
the hot breath OF these friends the
snow-white flower of chastity that
bloomed and b,ossomed in her bos-
om wi;hered and died. The wine
of life that ran red in her cheeks
was no more. The red rubies set
upon her lips paled and dropped
II the earth The filme of hope
that hal been kindled on the altar
of her heart was qneuChed. The
blaze OF am bition thlt had been
burning within her breast was eX-
tinguished.
1t would take whole volumes to
describe the mental anguish and
suffering that the members of her
family bore. l never could tell
you the pain and sorrow that they
endured. Th-re was great void
lett in the home that no human
power could fill. There was a
great void left in that m.taer's
heart tn It never could be filled.
1t was springtime when human
hope nouns high The sun in
the hey eus is shining warm and
bright. Tne air WIS SOFT and
balmy, She bicds were singing
cheerily in the trees that stood in
the front yard of her former home
The bees were busy sucking the
honey from the fDwers that were
growing beside The front porch.
The flies were laZily buzzing about
The mother sat quietly and calm
~ with broHen heart. Her little
three yeer-old boy who was play
ing on the walk that Id from the
gate toihe front step quit his
plying ran TO his IN other, clamb
eryd up in her lap. "estled | is
arms around her mack, and So d:
Oh. mamma, VIII N will sis.er come
back home? Sine give No answer,
but sought relief in her closet
There she IIneit down anduttereC
prayer to the great God of the
universe. Oh. thou God of purity
have mercy upon my fallen daugh