The commonwealth., 1917-02-13

ter was in :;er aecOnl : ia VI course
his salary topped With his unexpec5-
ed death-;.e was ii leas than week
and wtes. lis. fune. 81 expenses had
been paid. oar little ho. i in your ia
ther S bank las altslos viped out
felt very helpless, ers much alone;
I didn It know what l. do =
The vorng widow he34: oyer her ba
bv and stroked her 7 al The NOM
ory of her double ,il: .. s---the 10 o:
her husband and he anxiety for he
child an! herself-H ,.es i'll strong i,
,,cr Presently she mi ed her head and
ontirued:
"The day after W;l';am s burial
gentlemen called, nr some Guest1or
md asked me to sion a form he La
filed on. I did thinking it wa
.erort for the vital aatietics burea,
Of the healtR Office THO same dav i
'ooFiro over Wi1liam s popers I found
a sealed envelope, addressed in r.
handwriting to ne. : contained tic
will your father rall to yon. I could
not imagine what me n. l knew
William was a Inan o. L Ong religi,.ls
sentiment, but t,e had naver intimate
| to me that he thou:cH t possible to'
| the dead to communi, at with the IN
| ing in any way and fearlre the effce5 :
his peculiar will miSa5 have on cJhcr-
| I kept it to myself.'' The door bell
| Job Il
Mrs. Wister She put the little girl
on John s knee and went out. Wien
-he came back after minute o3 so
md sat down, she held a long envel-
ope in her hand; there was on her face
a look so uplifted AMI spiritual THAI
she came back after q minute or 50
beautiful. The tears came to her eyes
but did not run over as she turned them
on him and said: ''Joan, my message
Montana, and intermediate points.
has come! It is in tbs letter. I am
going to show it to you directly, but be
fore I do I want to finish my story
William was buried on the twes1 t.
eighth day Of the month. On the first
of the next one [ got an envelope just
like this. At once William s prom
isesprang into my mind. My hands
shook so [ could hardly open the enveI-
ope. When I did get it open I found .
check for fifty dollars and letter. Tie
letter ran like this:
MESSAGE FROM TIE GRAVE
Dear Madam!-Your late husband S
foresight two years ago in taking out
with this company for your benefit a
monthly income policy Of insurance, has
provided for you for twenty years and,
if you should live longer, for your
whole lifetime, an income of fifty dol
lars month. We enclose you now our
check for the first monthly payment.
On the first day Of each month you
will receive like amount. Sympath
zing with you, as we do, upon the loss
Of your excellent husband, we still feel
that you are to be congratulated that
his love has provided for you this in
come, which by tnc terms Of hi policy
! F..
even if you should die sooner, IN which
case the bslacce for that t.z1a vi 50
to your little zsiri, or + you should live
longer than twenty years VIII continue
to come 70 you OF the first day OF every
month OF year life. G;.i5 IS the mes
scgo Of your husband 5 doT otion, pro
l21i1ec' Gu II lis VIII, whicl. he showed
TO Us.
Mrs. Wia5er called her littttlc daughter
to her side, took the child finger III
her own and slipping i under the eli
veiope Zap slit the paper open and drew
out a check for fifty dollars, saying,
Sweetest, this is daddy s message to
you and me Of a devotion that has out
lived death and that viii follow us al
the days OF our lives. This day there
must be JOY III Heaven where daddy
is because he knows that he has
Guarded the brood in lis own nest
And lzep5his faith with those he
loved.'
ooh, john, JOAN, the tears OF
gratitude were overftowing now and
ripping down tne young widow :
cheeks like TWO strings OF pearls
; worked hard, he saved, lie denied him
, self, lie wore oil clothes. cheap clothes
: he walked when lie might have ridden
to rest himself and eli the tine through
Il.