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CHAPTERL 1.
'Well, Edith I we are nearly
home, and I have my dinghter at
last, free from school.'
'Yes, father; butalthough I am
so glad to be with you, yet my
beart reverts very lovingly to the
happy hours spent over my Looks,
an1d with my dear instructors and
pupils. Such busy, peaceful days!
I almost dread for them to end.'
'But, Edith, you can be just as
eful and happy in ministering
L, your old father and little bro.
Aher. Herbert is four years old
"ow, and during the three years
.hat your mother has been in
Paradise, lie has only known old
Winni&s care. True, no one could
iave nursed him more tenderly;
)ut I wish you to superintend his
,raining now, and Maumer will
-eliove you from any care about
lonsekeeping.'
The train neared the station,
ind Edith's heart bounded lightly
it sight df her father's thorough
>red horses in the pboton, in
Nhich was held up her little bro
her ; his pearly comploxion and
.olden curls showing fair against
iaumer's ebony visage. She was
attired as always in a straight
ilack skirt and long white apron, a
xvhite handkerchief crossed around
lelr neck, while a plaided one of
-ed and yellow was twisted deftly
rognd her head.
They were soon whirled home.
?hrough the windows, lamplight
md the ruddy glow of pine-knots
a the open fireplace, streamed as
mwelcome. How natural it seem
~d to Editb to gaze upon the famn
ly portraits, the massive furni
,ure-but old Maumer interrupt
~d. 'Come, to supper, chile, you
must be most starved.' Edith
imiled as the formidable array
KIaumer had spread for her. 'Mau
rncr, I see you think I have my
school girl weakness for fried
-hicken yet.' 'Yes, honey, old
M4aumer sat aside dat fancy cook
wid her Frenchifled ways to
night;' glancing with satisfaction
itth light rolls, golden butter,
lucent prves, crisp doughnuts
and fragrant tea.
Edith was not long to be left
without a sense of her new-ly ac
guiired dignity. Next morning
her stately Aunt Catherine drove
up) in style. Everything about
her was immaculate, and she
scanned her niece with that criti
eizing gaze which always seemed
to freeze Edith. 'I have come to
make arrangements for your do
but, which will take place with
my daughter Marian's, on the first
of next month. I see that you
are ignorant of the finer points of
dress, so I will take that respon.
sibilit y off your hands ; but I hope
that you are capable of polish,
anid will lose that beaming aiir of
enjoyment, as if everything were
so tre'sh and new to you.' Edit b
thught n"t nling so' well.t( clculatetd
,o check 'uch enthusiasm1 as her
aunt's presece. Tihe latter went
on :'I am relieved that you have
not a bad figure.' (Scant tribute
to the beauty of Edith's litbe,
graceful form!) 'You are to wear
white gauze puffed over white
silk, festooned with ily-of-the-val
Iey sprays; and your miothier's
pearls. You and Matrian will .be
dressed precisely alike.'
lijdith's mind cotnjnred up a via
inn of her cousin, annt, all&.
angular; eyes, complexion and
hair having the same tinge of dead
yellow ; and inwardly hoped that
Marion had improved, being her
se'f devoid of that petty seiish
ness which delights in outshining
others. But on the appointed
night no greater ioil to her own
freshness could have been found
than poor, unrvivacio-us Marian
presented. Edith's draperies clung
lovingly around her supple form,
and seemed endowed with a por
tion of her own natural grace;
her eyes were liquid and shining
like stars; h r rounded tapering
;irms were almost as white as the
pearls upon them ; and from the
soft lace about her neck, her head
arose in dainty pose like a flower
upon its stalk. IIer cheeks glowed
with health ; gleaning teeth and
abundant lustrous hair indicated
fulluess of vitality ; and others did
not find obnoxions the beaming
look which met A,urlt. Catherini's
disallproval. H1er list of daices
was quickly lilled with names.
As she glided over the floor, en
joying the exhil:iration of rnov
ment to the fine music, she was
only checked by the wish that
Marian mnight have half the part.
ners who petitioied her.
01bAPTEIZ 11.
Edith's first ball was only a
prelhdo t many ontertainmnents
of a- similar nat ure. The daugh
ter of Dr. Morton was sought
overywhere. The happy giri never
dreamed that her father's long
established wealth had anything
to do with this homage ; nor did
her eager suitors suspect them
se!ves sufficiently to closely ana
lyze their own motives, but were
content to bask in her sweet pres
ence. Balls, lawn-parties, moon
light-sails on the river, horseback
rid--s, invitations to concert and
theatre, beautiful bouquets, the
last song or periodical-flolowe d
each other in rapid succession.
Edith's nature was permeated by
the sunshiuc of it all, her heart
full of kindness for such warm
friends.
But her dream had a rude
awakening. Her father left. her
quite well, with his usual good
morning kiss and playful badin
age, for his daily round among
his patients. A terrible wind-storm
suddenly came up. He sought
refuge in an old building. The
rafters were blown upon bim. An
hour afterward lie wvas extricated
by passers by and carried home
dead.
'Friends pressed officious round'
Edith, but her faithful heart clung
to her father in a passion of gr-ief.
However,youth and reason(which
would thus have been God's
grace) would have re-asserted
their power ; had not this misfo
tune seemed a signal to bring on
a flock of other's, whose dark
wings flapped about the girl's
head like ravens, shutting out the
sun light.
W hen Dr. Morton's affairs were
investigated, it was diseover-ed
that, weighed down by grief at
the loss of his wife, and absorbed
in his profession, he bad trans
furred business matters into the
care of' his brother, whom he1
trusted implicitly, who resided in
a city at some distance. Sad to
relate, this brother proved a
scoundrel. Let us charitably sup
pose that .he was not always so,
but that like Judas, the money
proved the touchstone, which re
vealed the weakness of his nature,
and that he succumbed to the
temptation of having the wealth
in his power. He recklessly
sqnandered most of this, and then
went away, nobody knew where
he could not be traced.
CAAPTER III.
Edith felt bewildered at first,
and could searcely take in the
fact that her fairy monney had
turned to withered leaves -t hat
Cinderella's godmiot her was gone,
ais weil as equipage, line dresses,
jewelry, and all her parapher
nalia. She had nothing which
she could call her own but the
old homestead ; and even that
her uncle, under a power of at
torney, had mortgaged.
Now was the time when thme
sympathy of friends would have
been a solace. But aLais! Edith
h-al to learn hir's itte lesson
that no response comes when we
need it IWost. Averted looks. cold
consmonpiaces, Just enough show
of kindness to -vince the lack of
soul in it-were her daily portion.
She knew she was the subject of
curious comment, of wondering
where she would go and what she
would do-without a finger lifted
to help in adjusting her burden.
What a sad contrast to a few
weeks ago, was Edith in her plain
black robes, with dark rings un.
der her eyes caused by anxiety
and want of sleep. Wearily she
pillowed her aching head on the
sofa. Old Maumer came respect
fully forward and gently said:
'Honey, look to Jesus-lie will
help you.' 'Oh, Maumer!'-and
the poor girl's voice was choked
with sobs as she felt. her uir-castles
tumble about her,and tried vainiv
to peer into the dreaded future.
A littlo hand was salipped softly
into hers, and herbert's childish
voice asked with wondering sym
patliv, sister, what makes you
crv?'
'B: cause. H rbert,' whe exclaim
C(, 'I da not know how I will get
our daily bread.'
-Vhy, sister l I know that
every day I say to the Lord, Give
us this day our daily bread, and
He sends it.'
Edith caught up and kissed the
little innocent, his words sinking
into her heart. With a look of
resolve, she said, 'yes, I will (to all
I can, and God will help me.'
lier first determination was to
relinquish the homestead, -ud af
ter extinguishing the mortgage
debt, from the residue of the sale
to purchase an inexpensive cot
tage, suited to their change in cir
eurr.stances.
She had to make herself deaf to
old Maumer's exclamations of her
ror or entreaty, which made her
task yet harder. That evening
she went sorrowfully over the
old place, whose every featare
was imprinted on her mind and
heart, like the face of a friend.
Around her clustered many
sacred memories of her parernLs,
mingled with childish reminiscen
ces. How often when a tiny child
she used to sit under that large
oak watching the chattering blue
jays which the negroes super.
stitiously thought went every
Friday to report in lower regions
all the falsehoods they had heard
mortals tell.
She bade a mute farewell to all
around her ; the tall magnolia tr-ee
with its glossy, dark green leaves
and large creamy flowers, burden
ing the air with sweetness; the
old fashioned arbor on which
bloomed in their- turn the fragrant,
golden cups of the yellow jessa
mine, the white honeysuckle, the
purple maidens-bower, the orange
trumpet-vine, and the feathery
leaves of the Indian-creeper with
its velvety crimson star-iover-s.
She wandered siowly down the
long flagged walk, with its two
rows of tall white virgin-lilies,
looking like angel sentinels in the
moonlight. She strengthened her
heart not ,to pine after the dear
old home, to put 'I must' before -1
wish.'
With head bowed upon the
gate, she did not hear approaching
footsteps, until a soft, 'good even
ing, Miss Edith,' roused her-. A
flush passed over her pale featuries.
It was Hugh Wilson, a true gen
tleman, of noble life, and the only
man who had ever kindled a
warmer feelinig than friendship in
Edith's heart. 'Miss Edith, I have
not dared to show the sympathy
which overpowers me-you have
been so cruelly cold in your man
ner,' Her finely c-hisseled lips
wore a bitter expression as she
said, 'why do you not pass by on
the other side ? lhke the rest ?'
'A hi, I know,' he said, with con
cenitrated scorn in his voice, 'hiow
th~at craven Cleve-land piersecuted
you with attentions in hopes to
better h is own miserable fortunes
-and has now showed his true
colors. 1 would like to administer
justice to him! But you will not
surely visit the faults of such
wretches upon the heads of those
who love you ? I want you to be
my queen-to rule over my life
and home, Edith ! say that you
will come to me soon !'
echo in her own heart. but she
steeled herself and resisted the
hand which would have drawn
her towards him. With beight.
ened color, she rapidly exclaimed.
'you ask me from pity ! 'No! asq
God is my hearer. no !' he replied.
-My greatest earthly happiness
would be to call you wife. The
world is empty to me without
you.
But Edith's pride still asserted
itself; and she would not yield,
though he pleaded fervently. As he
walked away, -the passionate vi
brations of his voice stil upon the
air-the penetrating odor of the
lilies smote upon ber senses;
and ever, to the end of her life,
did their perfune instantly and
vividly recall that hour and its
sensations.
CHAPTER J V.
Ensconced in their simple little
cottage in a neighboring town,
Edith realized more keenly the
change in her life, but her braVe
spirit bore her resolute!v through
discouragemcnts. She tried to
close the book of her past, and
concentrate her forces on'a pres
ent of effnrt. Her artistic gifts
camle tO her aid, and she toiled
Crly ano late, in every interval
of re0powO from llisoneil c eale, to
rtpruo,cv in draw%ings or Oc can.
vas the poetical iiages with
which her hrain teemed. For
several years she led this busy
life of constant striving towinody
her finest conceptions, renouncing
luxuries and cultivating sim
plicity. And fortune rewarded
her industry and perseverance,
without which her genius would
have been little worth.. She now
felt no anxiety about being able
to gratify the simple wants of
Herbert and herself. She was
contented and seemingly cheer
ful. As to happiness, she would
not question her heart; though
in its depths she well knew there
was one image concealed which
she would faithfally guard among
all life's chaoges.
Meanwhile, Hugh Wilson had
been a restless traveller through
the world. He had left his home
on the morning subsequent to, the
interview recorded here, and had
heard nothing more of Edith.
But although he enjoyed the
pleasures which sprang up in hi
path in a sort of outward fashion,
there was an under current of
heartache all the time. At last,
he could no longer endure the re
curring combat of' bopes, fears
and imaginings. He started home
ward. On a certain afternoon in
the samte town where, unknown
to him:, Edith resided, Hugh paul
ed at a book-seller's window, ar
rested by a painting there. T1he
arched gateway represernted seem
ed .trangely familiar to him, over
which twined the clear eut leaves
of' the ivy in rich luxuriance.
Within tho inolosure were almost
perfectly rep)resen)ted clusters of
tall white lilies. Underneath was
written:
"Fair lilies of eternal peaee,
Whose odors haunt my dreams."
Hugh abruptly turned and in
quired if the book-seller knew the
artist. 'Yes, bet- works are in
great demand. I often see her
pass, closely veiled, with her little
brother, but she will not know
many people, although much
sought after.' It seemed ages to
Hugh (though really only a short
while) before he stood in Edith's
presence-the same Edith, except
that site had been moulded by ex
perience and discipline into a no.
bIer, sweeter creature than in her
early prosperity. His heart throb
bed so tumultuouslv that he could
scarcely control himself to speak
calmly. 'Miss Edith, p)ardon me
fotr my abruptness, but waiting is
torture to me. Have you tasted
enoug&h of independer.ce? You
arte now, as always, the one wo
man in the world to me ! IHas
any other come betweenus Y' En
couraged by something he saw in
her shy, yet radiant face, his
strong arms gently encircled her
trembling form, and her pressed
upon her downcast eyelids their
first kiss of love.
A man never attains true great.
ness by' being perfectly satisfied
with the result of each day's worki
-.- it is dne.
MiscdIanans. I
er
NICODEMUS DODGE. ir
-- bu
BY .M.ARK 'rW.IN. ey
When I was :t boy in a printing'
* Sul
office in Missouri, a loose-jointed. .u
in
lon--1legged. two-headed, jeans
tad, countrified cub of about 16 a
louuged in one day, and without .
removing his hands from the
depths of his trousers pockets, Qr
bo
taking off his fiaded ruin o?-&
siouc hat, whose broken -bi
hung limp and 'ragged about i
eas like a bug eaten eabbage!f.
stared indiffreutlV aroundihen
leaned his hip against thle ditoA v
table, crossed his mighty brogans,
aimed at a distant flv from a ere
sp
vive in bis upper tet b, laid hirr
low, tn-d said, with composare:
'Whar's the bUsS.'
I am t he boss,' said the editor.
fullowing, this curious bit of arebi
tecture wonlderingly along up to
its elock face withl his eye. t
tir,
'Don't want anyhody to learn
the bhusiness-'tain't likely ?'
-Weil, I don't know. Would
you like to learn it?'
Pap's so ; pa, lie can't run wre
no mo'. so I want to git a show
somers if I can, 'taint no diffunce
what. I am strong and bearty,
and I don't turn ij,y b k on no
kind of work, hard nur soft.'
-Do you think you would lke
to learn the printing business !
'Well, I don't re'ly k'yer a darn
what I do learn, so's I get a
wI
chance fur to make my way. I'd de
just as soon learn print a's any- b<
thing.'
'Can you read?'
sk
'Yes-middlin'.'
'Write ?' cc
'Well, I've seed people could lay er
over me thar.' Fi
-Cipher?'
'Not good enough to keep store,
I don't reckoL ; but as far as
twelve-times-twelve I aic-t no T1
slouch. 'Tother side of that is what
gits me.'
'Where is your home?'
'I'm f'm old Shelby.' er
'What's your father's religious t
denomination ?'
'Him ? Oh, he's a blacksmith.'
'.No, no-1 don't mean his.trade.
What's his religious denomina
tion ?' a
'Oh, didn't understand you befo'. t
He's a freemason.'
'What no-you don't get my s
meaning yet. What 1. mean is,
does he belong to any church'?'.
in
'Now you're talking! Couldn't
make out whbat you was tryini' to
co
git through yo' head no nay.
Belong to a church ? Why, boss, to
he's been the pizenist kind of a I
Free-will Biaptis' for forty year.
There ain't any pizener' ones'n'
what lhe is. If they said any Ir
diffrunt, they wouldn't say it
whar I wuz-r,ot much they
wouldn't.' s
'What is your religion ?' t
'W ell . boss, yo uve ki d 'g o H
me, thar-.'
'Whbat is your name ?' t
en
'Nicodemus D)odge.'
'I think maybe you'll do, Nico
demus. We'll give you a trial,
anyway.'
'All right.'b
'When would you like to be
gin ?'t
'No..
S9o, within ten m'nutes after we
had first glimpsed this nondescrip, SC
- tr
he wvas one of us, and with his o
coat off and hard at it. .
Beyond the end of mu- estab ti
lishmen6t which was furthest fr-om o
tu
the street was a deserted garden,
pathless, and thickly growun with
the bloomy andl villainous 'jimp
son' weed and its common friend, it
the stately sunflower. In the
midist of this mnouirnful spot was a
decayed and aLged little 'frame'
house with but one room, one
window, arnd no eeiling; it had
bcen a smoke-house za generationi
before, Nic'odemus was given thst
lonely and ghastly den as a bed- w
chamber. .
The village smarti es recognized at
a treasure in Nicodemus right
away-a butt to play jokes on.'
It was easy to see that he was se
inconceir ably green and confiding. to
George Jones had the honor of sjp
na pervrar inl thbe firaL joke on him; C e
gave him n cigar with a fire
acker in it and winked to the
)wd to come; the thing exploded
esently and swept away .the
Ik of Nicodemus' -yebrows andi"
clashes. 1ie simply said :
'1 consider these kinWofseeg
rs dangersome,' andAeemed to
%pCet nothing. next even.
he wayhtid VeTge and poured
>ucket of ice water over him.
One day whi'n .Nieodemus wa
swimming,'om McElroy 'tied
i clothei, -Nicodeinus made a
nfire of Tom's by way of retal
:ion.
A, third joke was played upon
Codemus a day or two later-hi
ilked up the middle aisle of the
lage church Sunday night, with
staring hand-bill pinned be
een his shoulders. The joker
Lnt the remainder of the night,
er church, in the 'cellar of a
-rted house, and Nicodemus
L on the cellar door,.till toward
eakfast time to make sure. that
e prisoner remombered that
any noise wa*'-made, rough
amerit would be the conse
Cice. The cellar had two feet
stuant water in it, and was
ttomed with six inebes of mud
Before a very long time h d
ipsUd, the village smarties began
fecl an uncomfbriable co,.
iousness of not having made i
Iy sining success out.of tbr
1n:rts on the simpleton from
d .Melby.' Experimenters grew
4ree and chary. Now" tho -
ung doetur came to the resWie
icre was a delight and applana -
ien he proposed to scare Nico.
inus to death, and explained.
w he was going to do it. He
,d a noble new skeleton-the..
eletou of the late and only locil
lebrity, Jimmy Finn, the village
unkard-a grisly piece of prop
ty which he bbrght of Jimmy
nn himself, at uction, for $50
der great' competition, when
Mnly lay very sick in the tan
rd a fortnight before his death.
ic fifty dollars had gone grompt
for whisky, and-bad c nsidera
r hurried up the change of own
ship in the skeletons. The doe.
r would put Jimmy Finn's
eleton in Nicodemus' bed.
This was 'done-about 10.30 in
e evening. About Nicodemusls
ual bedtiie,. midnight, the vil
ge jokers- came creeping steal
ily through the 'jimpson' wees
d sunflowers towards the lonely'
ime den. They -reached the
ndow and peeped in. There sa6
e long-legged pauper on his bed,
a very short shirt, and nothing
re. He was dangling his legs
utentedly back and forth, and
2eezing the music of 'Camp-~
a n Races' out of a paper over
d .omb which ho was-pressing -'
ainst his month ; by him lay a
w jewsharp, a new top, a solid
dia-rubber ball, a handful of
inted mar bles, five pounds of
ore' candy, and a well-gnawed
Lo of ginger-bread as big and as
ick as a volume of sheet music,
3 had sold the skeleton toa
iveling quack for $3, and was
joying the result.
Ed. Cox, .who killed Robt. A[
n in A tlanta, has to feed, har
es and take care of 60 mules in
e convict camp. This is per.
ps the lightest job in the canips,'
I1 it is by no means a soft one.
1. Cox was a convict lessee him
If, whein lhe fell into his present
ouble, and had the management
a number of them. His transi
rm from boss to convict, wdas one
the most fitful freaks of for.
ne we have ever known.
So much are we the slaves of
e world that wo -sometimes hes
Lte to do an action whichi is
om pted by the heart, fearful
at it may be mistaken by others
r folly.
Irresolution is~ a fatal habit ; it
not vicious in itself, but it leads
vice, ereepingv uoo its victima
th a fatality the penalty of
sieb many a fine heart has pai&
the scaffold.
Soerates said that there are to
iences which every man ought
learn-first, the science of
eech, and second the more -difi
I. one of silence -