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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1878)
7 THE WEST SHORE. November, 1878. A COL'NTItV THANKHGIVINU SERMON. At fnodaan. tUm itiiiml Ivc dour, Tm !... btr'ast Ubw It o'er; Ttoaaftb it .,,. itr imiurn mori lit ("Ida. mm u-l Uvded btl V-u ti ! )iw i.tufM-ort .til htrt .ruufhl, Aim uf l, tumiir't b"Unt; i.uflit, W. ffuw htt kiIIm and ff'fn her IMn Mueb fw4t, j-Mt,i, t r n.mi ytsrt V-t ran n.. uiu 1 UU.uU 1,. , to 1) ThuikqilttiiK Wttl bsrt Jim .otn, t httt X'm rrMxJ; AI..I 'd U-t ' l.f. , l h. I.I Yn tbluk fH.bl.. Intt loll .III fli. A Uitt ullan, but, nui Utt Mul II mli inwaii , m UM. Tvur alfgmrd Lhjui I rtut. " (ifW iki un Ibt tlbv l) U M Mutt 4n ..., t.tj. Ul rlgt Iran ll-t.tn role tbruad; "wbu Mpt '.-I. duU, Uw ,.ti Wksl M "mlUi I lit d htrt jrena kn.. To buld li, emtt b II (pi Tbliib , ... Utt hand b h-trni ttrurb odd Will rM lax . ..i Ui . Int. 1, U f-ld ) BiMudf bait t.. nrku do Ibrt my ' H.i. .j.i I abm tunUwU.n, Wail . till Mk thill ,,i , ,, IM amd r-ji wim m).n. Ul thai .ttatb al bit K,vd T.. Up Ml mm) iutkmniih. 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Sttu ltbXB; iLi!rjT' : TkmTr.i- ,w"" ' -i . mint, pcDDvroyal, catnip, nd hoarhound mm near 1v. with rnica for wounds and bruiiea, 111 Willi for the linen cheat, coriander 1 caraway lor the good noune-wiie s cookius, aniM' anil taflriin for niiaumy babies, rosemary for rfume, thyme and sajje for home-made "ujuinirtn." tamv fur liattcr nuddiliL'S. with tin li mild aromatics as fennel and dill for the .... ItUBUfll Ui uitiuUi uAurLiou neuueu by niminatini; old deacons, as they listened to tha worda of the good minister, which drifted down iiion his hearers as soothingly as loppy- Hint At Margery sorted her herbs, that bright October day, basting some of them through coarse wire sieves, riililnnir them line, and picketing them away in neatly lnlielcd paper i'i." muni 1, inert, nui tu ury, were tieu in bunches and hung from the brown rafters ol the attic, a stranger would have noticed a certain 1 ' 1 1 ,L. I I 1 I I I 1 I.,.' ui ,,., ueiweeii nie gin ami ner sur roiindiiigs. Ht-r iireseuce seemed to diffuse just such a It, t nlittitl iit.fnni 1 ll..tl. o .1-;.! 1 AB. 1 i" 1 ioi,,i 11" mi I' m '"IK urn of herb and her pale cheek reminded you that, though faded now, there had liven bloom there onoe. You felt that not very long ago she hail seen June, with sunlight and song, warmth and iwrfume and life ; and, though it hod all gone from her as completely as from the withered I...... ,., ,1... I. "I ' L. 1 ... o uvttt iitiicr nags, ner mission, like thoie. u t,, .1.. ...... I t.. uUH cp . , 1 . . 1 . fcu ease lo uie souer- mg, and even a mild tpice, a cheerful flavor and ",, umi was moiioioiinus anil nistaHte- ful alxiut her. MarL'erv waji nt .-nil...! ..1.1 , I J t... ,l. cnonl children. There was not a gray thread ,,. ! l i. 1.1. . 1 , P.. J .. . ... . .... .nun oi mourn nair. 001 (lid not UMI in autiouatcd style, or ket-p a cat, or drink tea. or belnnir an 1 1. ..,,..1.... .,.:.. ... m . "U1""K o,o.iuvy, ,,r show any of the usual characteristics of ol.l mania The cimv littl., ,...1... l i i i J .i,. I'TiM-'l (,11V MB t ie tpice.g.r,len from a bay window, VMOfe Margery hail built (or her geraniums; ami U.e Howrs ami the ODW piano -for Mar (fry was mulc teacher gave the room a very piMMt air. Her mu.ic kept up with the limes, like her tlrcues. Htb wt,'re alw MdM an, pretty. She went to all the parties and mutuale. (.,,,1 , 1 ot j M NM MH get up all the fa, and festival. an 1 .tyat i.,ter'.,tho little town M 1, b 1 hV W" ' "Undstill 2 ) ,'" "Mi -ho was not an old ma.,1 at .11, but only . llM you p. WIKZ T" Sh?- 10,1 ? " W "y M ears since ,h, ha.1 an offer. She hail hail h.rIov..U,ry. of curse; but that w Wu Margery hrwlf. wouhl ,ve U.n J MWM U, have he.nl th.t she JZ! toil MRU And yeteverylMHly.,,,! Marc Z m detune.! to OSMNi that sur pnae. W If you ha.1 uke.1 the K,ple ,t liaxter'a for -:.snr w"uW h.veu.tUhlt tZ JuCrllum,'W0Ul,, that it was Vtml v7 ,i i . Md ,om hav.ltW. h,',,h,l,n: 1,Ut "''-.1,1 Jack wu . :.n . ,',ln'w.n. "P Hut not uB,Ur.Ud h m i,l ..V 7 M ( l.fon.u. Margery kn,w bWd t ! and ,h. ,M 3C K"'w,tht h? KinE. ir". e he hl lather hvl ,b. 75 .LM"K7 ."-I waited, her ye, is " iw wM - t Jilidi,,. ,.,.i.i i. . 1ming a nnn f tn.l too a.. 1 . " ,,n 1 hanktknvint, fi... I '" ln a tH Z! ki ,,,r i,,,.,.,v, i . . - nir 'UU.,. AB.,,. T' . to th MM her. a,l k. - ' iT ' .no WW "'t day .j,, I m tJ West th " mm -ni There had been no explanation since. It w still the lame oruel myitery that it had been fifteen years ago. She did not even know at the time that he was in town, for ihe was in great perplexity and trouble. Km I Frothingham, the ion of the wealthiest man at Baxter's, had been one of the first to enlist when the war of the Bjeat rebellion k.oo. oia, auu it was now uie second year of the struggle. On the eve of a battle, not knowing u'liet.her be wnnlrl nnrvivA tho t.mLl. , 1 ; "o.iuio wont m the next day, Fred wrote Marsery a letter toil: l . i ... . i... i j i 5 '. iwi I' lun; in i iii.il ue luveu hit, ana asking her if he lived to come home, to be his wife. ' Mnrierv rt'ltlieil t.i'lliiur him at , o . l , "O -- oiuuiji Ha gne could how impossible it was. This letter Fred never received, for ho was wounded in the battle, his father came for him, and he wis urougni imck to waiter's the day before the arrival of Margery's cousin. The journey threw him into a fever, and when he was laid upon his own bed, with his mother bending overturn, he did not know bor bnf. mvuI ,i..i;-i S - , - - . w.. uvtiiiuusiy about Margery, calling her by all the sweet nimai tlinf Kit. , 1 ,., , .... 1 1 1J Mrs. Frothingham imagined from this that Marifcrv and her ann wnrn naantul Tk u y - vuq--wvii alio sibility that Fred could love and not be loved in return never entered the head of the doting little woman; and so she wrote to Maruerv ...ii i j j I.. .i B . " uo, my uear uaugnier, and begging hor to COIIlC to Frml. fnr hnr nnsuio, -I..... could cure him. Marycrv had no mother nt friend to consult, and to her tha only thing to Iw done seemed to be to confide in Mrs. Froth ingham; and, taking a little basket of poppy, leaves, to make a pillow for the sufferer, she hurried to the Krot.hi110l1.1n m.t..ii. tu- H3 "OO'OOMIVH. .UOtUl who admitted her told her that Mrs. Frothing. nam was nreo out irom watching all night with hor son. and had lain rinurn fn t to i,.. . nut. rest; but bad left word before doing so that, if 'Kciy cmiie, ane was to De snown directly to Mr. Fred's room. Ma.ra.rv ilr,.i,..i, . bUL announcement; but just at that moment the i..ge uocmr cauea to ner trom the head of the stairs, renuettino boo to kJo k:-. - ' 1, ; -o "w w hoio uiiu .uiiinutier somo medicine to his patient, as he was quits i.irKery uu as the doctor directed, and r red rcceivwl hi ... 1.1.. r i hand. A few moments later Mrs, Frothinghsm 1 1 1 .1 , UOCM)r went awy nd be stum bled through her explanation, she hardly knew how, and left the fond mother tearful and in dignant at her obduracy. It was not until Weeks after that tha I,...,,,,.! tk.t T-.L. l.j i.. - .V-..W. oiimn w ttu invu in town on the very day when the had been 10 1 nt ifn to 1 1 , . .. . her even called npoa This was all that Margery knew. She had waited faithfully for some explanation; bad written to him several times; but her letten osme back to her through the Dead Utter olhce, showing that Jack had never received them and that his present residence was not known at h,, former doubu.,1 Jk through Uall 8he and she felt sure that he was too. There was some strange myitery between them. It mujM never bo cleared up in thia world; bat it woH be sure to be in heaven, and they would hn all eternity to understand one another m. Margery could not grow old and sour.for tbwi hope y' y d ,weetne" where there is Margery w ing her herbs in the sun-T rtryi ng. room, which the school children callia M. . Margery . herbarium, when she was called u rot .i ?" I B,n,, Hutchi- Bina drove 1 U wn " C?' part at th. shin &"tC' "PP " cheenlvrn,D-.,iM M"Py.H M maa, of th? I? ThnkWV'g. Nign about disped Uoht faft flcck, now- M'- "thingh- 1'a.W.t .h 'no!,.,Mh' ""X Ac1.mft " hUr ith "'V1 '0,d I""" Pasha A ra. t kZi "thtnU.the Co"; d the rU.- Al. lt .L ,a,ncl,on Pokefor MehemM .sss-ransrss. aving My mes-ttg. for her.