The Caledonian Volume 12 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...twenty years had parted them Before His throne they would stand together--Mother and Son, Sister and Brother, bearing the stamp of the Master., Perhaps something in the tones of her husband's voice stung Nellie Ross with a vague pang of remembrance, a pang as of an old wound suddenly struck in the dark by an unseen hand. Voices from the past came out in the dim fire light and the faces of her father and mother. They seemed to whirl round and round in a dizzy haze, they seemed to gaze upon her with a voiceless rebuke, saying: "Absence cannot uproot our love; you once slept so innocently on our breasts, you are only waiting to make more money--but fly forever from that desire. We love you so fondly--for love of money may outrage every sense, every delicate taste, every noble feeling. We were once your best beloved--come across the sea, come and see the changes time has wrought what a sudden resurrection of the memories of vouth " Nellie Ross's heart throbbed. Her pulses beat rapid time, her brain whirled with the tide of emotions that rushed through her, until the soft wind from the windows fanned her brow and the voice of her husband seemed to bring her back. The voices died away in the clear light of an Australian moon and in their stead came the face of Ailean--her daughter, a sweet, fair face, and she knew that there was no shadow of want in the twenty years of absence. Her parents knew no want. The man who stood by the altar with her had cherished and protected them all. althoueh he stretched out his hand and said to the woman who loved him--"Come" and she had come to this land, beautiful as a summer's dream, where his love was her world, a world sufficient to them both. He dreaded no inconstancy 'n her and she feared no satiety for...