Show VANISHED BIR IDE 1 1 it 0 0 M i T was vlas the moment 0 0 of pleasure to abner the I 1 I 1 edding canopy t g baj had been raise 1 I 1 r tho the benediction ut Z ya I 1 the r ring I 1 n 9 1 1 0 I 17 p placed I 1 a c e of on tho the bride a finger the ca kisa givan div n to seal u the union she was as jil hia his own at PA last his highest ambition had been gratified gratin fill words ot of n bis his friends ciudad around him it was a joyous atmosphere indeed while his wife gazed abed at him with the love light in her eyes dearest he exclaimed suddenly as he withdrew Alth drew with her tier tor for a moment to a corner of the apartment alart ment which overlooked the garden with witt j its winding paths p from which strains ot of music aroe inviting nil all to tho the dame dane dearest I 1 must leave thee now 0 abner the brile bri ie hilt half sobbed in reply thou leae lease me at this moment ot of all moments in the ii world orld N VS hy by the echoes of the tile marriage blessings still resound in the air hither thou go dearest de areat surely she added with 1 look ot of reproach thy place Is na now at my side IN oculist oil thou forsyhe tor salte me on our wedding eddIng dalp nay my mosel be loel make no close inquiry nor seek to restrain me I 1 must go I 1 hive base sworn to go only trust in me and doubt not my faithfulness I 1 shall return within an hour and then explain all to thee blaic II ue no fear fur my sake and without fur ther fareA farewell ell than a quick embrace abner left her and hurried into the tile open air before her astonished ruesta guests ca could lid realize that the bridegroom was missing 11 II of all the auth bouth in jerud alem abner and caleb were the come comeslast comell llAst fist lads and their friendship had gro gron a into a proverb cloe companions at school from boyhood to early manhood no love could have been more tender no sympathy more profound than that w m aich made them kindre I 1 spirit they idere were fond of the same pleasures they shared the same dr earris their stulles band and occupations were abille their as orations pira tlona identical they lovel ionel to give tree free rein to their fancies with ith youth s rapt enthusiasm and build such dream palaces that the magic splendor of solomons creations paled in corn parison nhat hat a daring architect Is youth it knows not the impossible it bridges the chasm of time it roars rears a structure to the highest hea yen ven it summons to its aid principal ties ittes and powers and never edges defeat love and aud hope and faith are the patient genii who at its exult and bidding trans transform farria earth carth and sky among the he topics which abner and caleb ere fond of discussing as they grew to maturity the future life and immortality appealed to them most strongly etron gly the fact that it aas as but dimly foreshadowed in the law and tho the 1 prophets added to its f and are rare references to it in the debates of the schools only inci frici eased teased its hoi holl I 1 upon them one day in the heat beat of their arguments caleb more impassioned than usual had seized his corn pan ion s hand abner he exclaimed A thou know the secrets of eternal life N hy by caleb abner rejoined moved by bis his friend a earnestness I 1 what a strange question to ask how flow can we mortals understand aught of immortality ta lity does not our law siy say that the secret things belong to the lord ralth falth can pierce all barriers deir dear de ir friend caleb answered arni irni I 1 and love though burled buried from sight I 1 can make ita its own revelation what dost thou mean caleb by those mysterious words and anti thrilling I 1 tones abner inquired deeply stirred tor for he be felt that never before had their conversation ben been so earnest dost thou not bA believe leie abner in fit immortality surely caleb I 1 do as the central itral conviction of my nature I 1 I 1 it this ie Is thy ballet belief then way m ay iy not the immortal spirit seek converse with mortality and minister to the wants ants and desires of mortel 11 1 sh all on ferth caleb thou st not speak in this strain it Is almost blasphemy I 1 chink hink of the file fate of the sons of aaron who ho brought strange ire tire into the sane auary V nay abner I 1 am guilty of no bias phemy I 1 am convinced thit those iho who pass from life do not become a as petrified as the slabs that cover them they hover hoer around those who loved then and horn they loved on earth and mingle in their joa jos s and sorrows s I 1 I 1 it must be so caleb it if thou think est eo so said sail abner after a pause come abner caleb solemnly cx ex cl let u swear b bv the eternal that it either of us its dio dip the survivor shall seek to communicate with the de parted one and visit the sepulcher at the moment of lit his highest happiness on earth then it Is my fervent belief that the secret of heavenly hap happiness happl nesi will be unfolded and we sh attain tho the highest degree of intelligence the compact was as madean isiAl thing in those days among the pious jewwl youth and the ended in a few years caleb did die I 1 and abner divon di and deject od dis tits dallied for a while all society but spent the largest sharo of his leisure at the friend a grave re fleeting on his aeril emiil til traits and their loving intercourse time however works its aragi al changes and now he had MIr married rIed III I 1 hail halt almost forgotten thee beloved caleb said ab abner ner to him elt elf sis he be left the crowded streets of jeru ealem salem and gained the roadway to the cemetery surel this Is lit the happ happiest lest moment of my life wedded wardie I 1 hold most dear could o 0 more fitting time to think 1 our mutual oath 1 it did not tike take long fo to r as short and he calked v iva steps tells before abner found h in to the simple slab tint that coran cor mains of caleb I 1 1111 langing gilah it on it he ho itne g ne wiy to his tz a by a strong effort hie big rained gained the M th ahn p cuned thua thus with will the tile FD irai friend 11 caleb not win trembling but with till glad approach thee thin rem oath I 1 has hae e come to thy n full tide of my happiness thy experience in the thou recal ablest lest our conre joyous dais of you youth 11 ll dc de iro ire to pierce 11 ill antery nt ery to me now of dear ear friend I 1 L pu purified rifled state uplift the it 0 I 1 hides the mortal from the the e inspire me now 0 0 caleb knowledge I 1 beck beek and lett in vin abner ceased h fit response hut t no 0 0 o e iu n V stillness ai the shidow I 1 were mere deepening one by on il shore in the firm Ameritt A j T d to notice the ir I 1 rapt contemplation contempt atlon ti murmuring rent the air and a that akl ml fd the burial gro groa to give gle forth a sobbing a I 1 0 0 caleb ahner abner ell antra entra al W A hinda hand h inda anstad ans IN the ineffable of rod cod t a the tremulous el was vas borne on or the breeze 1 lightning lit up tit the distant a rumbling as of ot thun thunder deri I 1 do I 1 disturb thee 0 0 0 thy rest resti forgive me ine belo but answer me as thou dui do tell me the delight sIRMa ol 01 life abner abner r 1 at thi the ncr nor a s countenance e e shone joy at last he be I 1 hear thy oleo again abner such a compi to no earthly I 1 pure so radiant so companions that my vole scribe a thousandth porto port a have no regret L A sweeter bin unites us now dost thou Is again my features and cila ao 10 as of old why I 1 am il than in the past and my ill 4 1 ia ill ai 1 1 1 11 1 11 if s 4 I 1 4 I 1 a O 0 I 1 vi 1 i I 1 1 INA 01 1 I 1 4 11 I 1 4 t 11 11 1 1141 11 T ANSWER mb clearer within where here spirit spirit and all Is at perter porter have sovid the mystery gained the heights the voice oleo ceased for i then it ft 1 more I 0 re I 1 tell the thet thou know kno tho the penalty years on earth are but as I 1 eternity even as thou with il 11 here beloved friet frie vinish and life recede hasten ere V I 1 be too I 1 late te awaits thee and vi onders r tarr tarrying ing N out 1st thou if le ret of eternal life make bealhen and live ft ell th thy with tl their air alternate ill ai sh shile t le avi best bet preparation bality hut but hasten hutc speak no to more tor for thin sa sabe ke again a child a borne to abnee as bearr tl lash flash of lightning ind and tubbee thel I 1 thunder then the chador it was as sunrise on eirtle IF ir cheerful air s sweeping ewe eap ing I 1 NN hy by I 1 has have e be been n it als 1 I exclaimed rising with d daf tho the fraund ito niovi can part my ily limbs are arce as aass lot ti man to and my shaggy b grown over night A pr meet my bride he fuu d with 1 ll 11 he ile gained tl ift iby although its line lines es ia lie did lid not recognize th which some peasants ir t while on every side vhf debris and anti of ste ailt I 1 imig lity 1 ho he entre entree su strained hn sight forsbe for thi glor of the temi tc to no art thou vanished anI she 0 je jepa bedol belol beloved 1 I bride ahall h 1 I 1 I 1 see it 1 home tome friends I 1 countr b 11 all I 1 abner ha hil h il be t and when the dreim clou bride and friends bad had ile tl e temple hid had fallen vf 0 had become a ruin abe U s rome in seeking to pierce the abi the ti fi mire ure the present bv bill view nd lid left abner la 13 was the penalty ty of seeing 1 louis globe democrat |