The Gavelyte, February 1909

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. 2 year, when his time was so occupied that be was not permitted to return at all. But hPr IPtttirR tolci him that her love was still sincere and he was look ing for,q:1rd to his graduation with happy anticipations; for then he would not be so busy but what he could pay her a visit. It was on ly a month before Commencement when Jack received a IPttPr from George's brother announcing the v. edding of the latter to Dorothy . .J J.ck wa~ 6 reatly shoe ked and not obtaining any reply to his letters he accepted it as the truth and bore up under the blow as much as pos::;ible. But it cast a shadow over his life and changed his plans for the fnt ure for instPad of settling down with his bride in some Eastern charge as he had intended, he accepted a call to the home mission field of ~'uuth Dakota whPre he P_ntered into the duties with ail the vigor he could mu ter in orde r to forget his sorrow. Three years had passed since he had arrived in South Dakota when this ::-;tory oµens. The log fire was brightly blazing in hi s co ttage, a bmlding furnished with l-ve ry thing needful and convenient. Yet, he was sad and · lonely and as he sat and listene<l to the wind blowing· out-side, it marl e him think of his old home, of his father and mother who had passed away only u few yearc before and then in memory, he came to his old collPge days on which hl:' meditate<l unt il the late watches of the night. Then he knelt down and uffered up a prayer to God for st rength anct comfort; and then retired. When he awoke in th~ morning he glanced out and on seeing how deep the snow wa:::, his hPart sank, for thi s was the day for the post man to pass anrl he had not received any word from the CJUtside world for months. He watched all day in vain but early the next morning he was aroused by a rap on the <lour and on peering out his heart leaped with joy, for there stood the postman with a large bundle of papers and, yes, letters too. Jack rushed to the door and received the mail with outstretched hands; and on returning to his room, he threw the papers in a corner, and lwgan reading tlw letters. One after arHiLher waR read, onP from his brother, orre from his uncle, and one f 111m a RP mi nary clasl4mate, and so on till tht-> last one and as he lookPd at the post mark hi. !wart gave a leap, "w horn can it be from'? It rnul4t liP nnf> c,f my o)rj profer-;t"-orR."