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One of Life's Stories.
BY VIOLET.
"'Tis trae it is a pity !
And pity 'ti?, 'tis true."
Not litany minutes walk from the
churches, where upon any pleasant Sun
tiny may be seen the fashion and elite
who there congregate, to bemoan their
weekly short-comings and couless them?
selves ''miserable sinners," there bas
terminated within a few months one of
those solemn tragedies which we some?
times call iife; and which might possi?
bly Sod its counterpart even ia our own
goodly city. 1 much touch .lightly the
tragic events, and give but a passing
glance, for it will not do to introduce to
eyes and ears polite, the darkest shades
of the great limner, sin.
Christian fathers and high toned
brothers mast preserve thei . wives,
daughters aud sisters from even a sus
picion of the frailty and crime which
has engulfed so many of thc sisterhood.
Let them devoutly thank God that these
same cherished ones have not, from
poverty and the rude contacts win h it
brings, been placed at thc mercy of men
who have like passions with themselves;
who might not be any more noble or
generous than they have been to others.
Am I moralizing too loug? Will you
skip this part, ea^cr for the story ?
It was a bright, glad summer morn?
ing; the air clear and sweet, and every
one, in meeting a friend or acquaintance,
said instinctively : "Isn't this a fine
day ?" Men and women saunter along
leisurely, as though to prolong the en?
joyment of the hour ; but there comes
one who in her haste rather rudely
jostles against the fairer and better
dressed women on thc -trcct.
Her story of sin and shame is written
indelibly upon her face, and you would
naturally shrink I rom so much ;.s her
taudry finery bru?hina: against your gar?
ments. She hurries cn regardless of the
many who turn to stare at her, never
once looking at the blue sky which
bends so cloudless over all. Suddenly
she stops, glances up at a house, opens
the gate, ascends the step* and rings the
bell; all with such a defiant number,
one wonders what her errand can be.
She asks for Mrs. Maynard and says her
business is urgent.
There comos in answer one who is
somewhat accustomed to strange calls at
unreasonable IK ors, and from her noble
countenance one could pronounce upon
her at once, as a large hearted, christian
woma i. She is greeted with, "I carno
to you, be<-aasc I wa> told you would
DO? be afraid to go with me and pray
with a dying girl."
"She moaned ail night for some one,
and titi-; is the fifth place I've been to.
and all have had some excuse and wftit
me to another. 1 Blight go (ora minis
ter, but sunn how I thought a woman
would understand better. 1 guess one
of them wo".!.i have gone, but when she
came to know who ? am, she looked
frightened au?] .?aid, ?it wouldn't do for
her to go, her husband would ' bc dis?
pleased.' I'm called Clara Guin and
my hotuc is on-street, No.
It is notorious, but you may never have
heard of it. 'Tis a bad^ place euouirh ;
but you can go there and sec nob ?ly
but the poor girl ; she's got to die to?
day or to-morrow at the furthest;
though she thiuks she will live a week
or more."
There was co hesitancy about Mrs
Maynard; she simply said ; ''I will go
with you immediately/'
The sin-covered woman passed on, and
with rapid steps she put quite a distance
between herself and the one whom in
her heart she thought almost a saint.
At a croping or turu she paused that
the might be i:i sight, and some fifteen
minutes walk t ?ok them to their 'lisfina
tion. Site entered with her latch-key.
passed in and upstairs without any
pause ; opened a door and beckoued to
her companion to enter.
Ona ?ow couch with but little to
make lier comfortable there was a young
girl, wasted by sickness, her large black
eyes preternaturally bright, and a fixed
look ol'grief and sorrow upon her death
stricken ?ace that you felt at once no
earthly comfort could remove.
"I have brought some one who will
pray with you," said thc woman who
had called heis<>If Clara. "J.>o you feel
any easier now?" ?kW
As Mrs Maynard advanced tj^pie
bedside, she placed her hand upon thc
brow so broad and white, and thought,
surely some ti ure it must have been
baptized with a mother's love and kisses.
She said : "Poor child, I have come to
help you if you will let me." Sucha
wi>tlul, agonized look as met the
motherly gaze. Thc girl said, "I am
called Kate Kay, 'tis not my real name,
no one here knows that, for'twas buried
long a^o. Will you hold my hands, do
you mind. I have been dreadful wicked
and I am afraid to die. I had a mother
once aud slic used fo tell me of God;
but she died years ago, and no one has
tried to make tue good since. The one
I loved best and trusted most, has made
me what I am. It it a long story, but
may I tell you ? I think it would lighten
my heart some/'"
Encouraged by the sympathetic looks
and tearful eyes she commenced, but
often had to pause to have her poor
parched lip-; and throat moistened by
some drink which had been prepared
for her. .
She continued, "I lived off ia the
country, I shall oot tell where, for I do
not wish any of them ever to know what
has become of me. Our folks were poor,
and I conld not dress as well as most of
the girls did ; besides I was not wanted
at home after father married again.
When I came to the city I had no
friends, and did not know where to go.
I liked to sew, and was a neat hood with
my needle, so I went to a clothing store
and asked for work. The owner said he
'would employ me and he would take
me to a boarding place.' He seemed so
k?D(l and gentlemanly that I felt to
him, aDtl Mrs.-, I didn't know
there was any heed of my being ca
who I spoke to. ile took me to a f
and made his OWD term? with the
man there ; they etood and talked s
a?d I could not hear what they sai
At last he told me the arraoga
were all made. I could have my \
sent up to me, aod I could do it ii
room. If I was lonesome, 1 conic
with the other girls who boarded tl
and that he would come in and shot
about my work and see how 1 got al
I was eo pleased, everything see
made easy for me, and my hop?s we:
bright. I met at the table several ri
dressed girls, who were pleasant to
0, how I looged to be able to dress
them, and how poorly looked my shs
country dress, and I thought as soo
1 had earned some money, I would
cha-e jewelry and ribbons, and ix
myself look as fine as they did.
"In the evening Mr.-came
brought me a bundle of work and off?
to advance a part of my pay, as he s
posed I would wish to make some a<
tious to my wardrobe. He drew f
me my story. All my past was gi
to him without reserve. Theo he sp
hopefully for the future j said he ki
I should get along nicely, and promi
j to be my friend always. He as
Madam-to go shopping with
Wc went, and I soon spent all my r
ney without getting half I wanted. ?
said : "Oh, 1*11 let you have some, ;
can soon make enough to pay ; ;
ought to fix up and not look so count
fled, Mr.-will be ashamed of you
"She suggested what I seeded, ca?
the selections and paid for them."
"I had no idea of money or its val
and I thought I could soon pay her.'
"I didn't get on much with my wi
for I was anxious to make up my o
new things. When Mr.-came,
said I needn't mind for they vere I
hurried and I could take my own tit
I enjoyed arraying myself in my n
'garments, for I had never had anythi
i before except what was made over fri
! sume one's cast off clothes. Madam 6'
j I was the handsomest girl she li
! boarding with her, and told me I wot
make a sensation among the girls a
their company, if I would come do
stairs evenings. I expressed my surpr
at the conduct of some, but was tole
I was green and didn't understand ci
?manners. Mr.-took me out to ri
jam] made me beautiful presents. C
you see how I soon came to worsh
I ti i in ? It seemed to me I only liv
: when he was with me. He wts old
' than I, and so wise and good I thougl
j Dear lady, do you wonder I fell, when
was .?o ignorant, and oh, I loved ai
' trusted him so n:uch. I don'tj-ememb
las I oven thought about the wickedoei
j until I said something to a girl one di
I that provoked her and she called me
? dreadful name. I denied the uharg
1 and then she asked the others what th<
i thought And one of them, who envii
? me my beauty, went over with all tl
j time I had been stopping there ; strip
ping off the coloring and sentiment wit
which 1 had endowed the few bril
weeks into which had been crowded a
the love and happiness I had know
since my mother's death, and leavin
'ju?t I he hard bare facts, as they lookc
ut things. I told her I would te
j Mr.-and he would take me some
where else. She advised me to, an
said, sharply, 'iou'll soon cut your cy
teeth, I reckon/ Oh how much
suffered until he came, but 'twas noth
ing to the agony I endured afterward
j He told me if I was going to be s
; foolish he should not cominear rn
? again, and he was angry with me fe
?crying and moaning so. I thought
j would go home and die, for it seeme
I to me my heart would break soon.
"I told Madam I was gotog away
j but she called me names and said
owed her a great deal of money; and
could not go away until it was paid.1
"Doyou think girls like me com
?down to this, without a struggle ? I tel
j you (and she tried to raise herself up
j there isnootherway when theyooce hevi
sinned I tried to get work hut couldn't
I could not leave Madam's for she kep
some one watching me all the time, bat
she threatened to give me up to th?
law. I was sick with all the worry ark
begun to look poor and pale. The girh
taunted roe with my troubles ; he ncvei
came, neither would he see me if I weal
down to his store; and that was th?
bitterest of all, for I begun see he had
never loved me. Wheo I had to be?
lieve that I got desperate and reckless,
and I didn't care what I did. I have
been so awful wicked. I don't think
you can guess even how bad I've been ;
! but lhere has been no comfort in it. I
did it because there was no other way.
Ever so many times I've thought I
would poison myself, and I would if I
had known he would bare beard of it
and mourned for me. For I loved bim
through it all ; and I love bim now.
You wonder, I know, bot I do. aod I
have bis picture here upon my heart, I
want it buried there. I have coi feen
him for a long time. Did I tell you,
Madam drove me away from her house
after a while, and I had to coma here;
'tis an awful place, but Clara bas been
good to me and let toa stay, though she
knew she would never get any pay. I
heard one time that he is going to be
married to a beautiful lady. If she ia
good sba would be sorry for me, bot eh?
will never know. I wonder if abe loves
I bim as well aa I do, aod will be love brr
well enough to keep her pare ?"
Mrs. Maynard tried to take ber
thoughts away from the crue! put,
which bad wrecked ber life ; and tobi
ber in loving tones of Him who died
for sinners; of his wondrous compassion
for the sinful woman who came tc Him
wheo He was on earth.
The eyes of the dying girl seemed to
watch her anxiously, but she was pros?
trated by the continued efforts abe made
to finish her poor story. Glan caa* ra,
[ and they administered a cordial, but
' could OD ly s wallow a little? Her ru
wandered aod she talked of bet chi
hood and mother. Then she slept f
few moments, but roused suddenly,
placing her hand in ber bosom, d
out a tiny lojket suspended by a t?
around her neck. "I must hare
more look,just one/' She tried too]
it, but her numbed fingers refus?e
serre ber. ?Jrs. Maynard opened it
her, abd from necessity saw the f
enclosed. Whoever it .was, it seen
to have soire strange spell for her
J she sank upon her knees, burying
face in the bed.
Clara held up the lecket; !io pt
lips tried to kiss it, then she motioi
tor it to be replaced, and in a wbis]
said:
"Pray ; quick !"
Ciar? waited but no sound can
I then she touched Mis. Maynard's sho
der, and asked :
"Will you pray 7 I think she's \
mg.
Never will a more touching pra;
ascend from this earth of ours ti
went up in that miserable room fr
that stricken heart, whieh had to hi
back her own misery, while she co
mended to the Infinite Father, the dyi
chwd, to whom life had seemed bu
curse.
And while she yet prayed the curt?
of the room that held her soul was Hi
cd, and it fluttered out into spaoe.
Far-well troubled spirit. It is not 1
us io judge thee, lie who is witho
sin way condemn thee, rapt I.
We eau go no further with her, ai
our story deals now wit!i the living.
Mrs. Maynard closed tb? eyes whi
once had been so beautiful ; with h
own handkerchief wiped the death di
from the brow which death had seem
to make pure; folded the hands ov
that cherished picture, then hesitated
moment, and with a look, such as \
sometimes see ia a rare picture of soc
? saintly face, she bent and pressed a loi
kiss upon the dead girl's cheek.
Clara bad been tearless through
ali, but when she saw that last crowi
ing act she burst into tears. .
"Good God, if it was possible, I wou
be a better woman from this day."
Others came io, and the words at
prayers which were uttered may yie
their fruits in the great harvest time i
eternity.
The christian woman went home Hi
! one bowed by years ; several times st
j would have fallen if she had not stoppe
and rested against somethiog, until si
could steady herself to pass on agaii
In comforting others she bad gained
stab to her own heart. As she entere
her door,she was met by her beautift
daughter, who exclaimed :
"Why mother, I saw you coming, an
was frightened, you walked so strange
The mdtlierW?s helped to her roon
and loving hands removed ber bonnet
then, as though her pent up agoD
would kill ber unless she gave it ve?i
she cl-sped ber daughter to her heart
and swaying to and fro, she cried ou
in heart-broken accents : "Oh, my child
my darling, it will kill you ; but yoi
must koow. To think that 'tis you
mother who must wound so cruelly.
God help us both."
And then iu hurried words the sa<
story was told. Alice shivered io ever;
limb and wt-pt ; but evidently could no
comprehend why they should be st
much affected by it. At last the mothe
exclaimed : "Ob, Alice, can't you gue?
.who it was 7 Must I tell yon evei
that." The girl asked wonderingly
"Was it any one we koow mother ? ]
hope not, 'twas so wicked." Mrs. May
nard dropped down upon the floor, au:
pulled Alice with her.
"If it kills you my ehild, 'tis better st
than to see you the wife of au adultere)
and murderer. I saw in that locket thc
face of Robert Ainsworth."
At first she doubted, loyal still to thc
man she loved; but somehow, Mrs. May
nard could not question, A terrible
conviction had settled down .upon hei
heart.
There was no food taken there thai
day, and as night came, the two women
looked as though they bad watched fot
days beside the dying and the dead.
The serrent annoaafbd, "Mr. Robert
to see Miss Alice.
Mrs. Myoard Mid, "Yon nave no
father or brother, ata ft is Bot fitting
for you to move in this matter. I shall
go down to him, and may God give me
wisdom and strength."
"If be can prove himself innocent,
mother, yon will believe blot. Oh, he
seems so strong and good."
The mother went out, and slowly des?
cended to the parlor. The mao she
bad gone to meet looked up, expecting
to greet bis fair betrothed. He started
at the face that looked upon bim.
"Mri. Maynard, are you ill, or is
Alice ?" She refused his proffered hand,
suok quickly into a chair, and said, as
though she did not dare trust herself te
wait,
"Mr. Ainsworth, I have a strange
question to ask you. Be sealed aoe)
give me your attention. If Alice had
done somethiag dreadful in the pasted
was consequently leas pure thao you
thought ber, would you desire to marry
ber?*
She paused and looked fall ai him.
He had. arisen, aod for a moment was
unable to speak.
"If yo? did not look to terribly to
earnest I should think you was just
asking this to test me. What do yon
mean ? I cannot possie!/ antedate tay
UiotgbtofimssntywitiAHoe^
?I am io ?ara**. I wo* jonr
antiwar."
?*?*&, Kt*** it - nnrtt?if?fine
kind ^nested with AW? Jm%l
ought to have known it before. leonid
not bene to hara fietabr^
upon the woman wno is to t ?J ?all
and the mother of my chiid-tc. Mrs.
Maynard,lam pen?*? n^oe?t?ly
. *' '..*
last id ions about stich things; bat ? could
never be happy if there was any such
dark spot which m j thoughts could turn
back upon. But oh, I have loved Alice
so much; she seemed almost aa angel.
I could have staked my life on her
purity, at d yet you, her mother, come
to me with such dreadful words. I wish
you could tell me all-it is my right to
know."
The strong mad waa weeping as only
men can weep. B is agony was fearful,
bat there were no signs of relenting in
the face that looked at himi
At last she spoke. "Alice is pare,
and by God's help I will keep her so.
Toa demand an explanation as your
right. l"ou shall have it." And then,
for the second time that day, she re?
counted, the ending of those uncomplet?
ed years; of the life that had gone out
in the shadow of her prayer.
It is but justice to say that the man
looked as though be suffered while he
was listening. Was it for his sin, or
because sin bad brought its own retri?
bution? God koowetb.
The story ended, she asked, "What
have yon to say noir.
He acknowledged it, for he could not
well do otherwise, but be asked, 'Sorely,
Mrs. Maynard, you will not separate
Alice and me, for this indiscretion that
has happened to end so disastrously.
You do not know how common such
things are; why, I could point out to
you many an incident, involving some
of the best men in our society. I shall
be true to Alice in every sense of the
word. I do not need to tell you that, I
am sure. Let this unfortunate occur?
rence remain between us two, . and the
devotion of a son shall win your confi?
dence again, and in our happiness you
will Soon forget the sceos and talk of to?
day. . I wisb, indeed I do, that 'twas in
my power to make some reparation to
that poor girl. I tell you, I will send
money to the house and hare her
handsomely buried."
She heard him through. Then said,
'.By what right do you demand purity
in Alice that so far exceeds your own.
"It J> different altogether. Is it pos?
sible, Mrs.'^Maynard, that a woman ot
your age doesn't understand something
of*the ways of the world ?"
"I have had a lesson in them to day
that I am not likely to forget. You say,
'the mother of your children must be
pure.' Do yon think you will be held
guiltless? Is there no daogT of the
sins of the father being visited upon
the children ?
"I will say nothing of the young m life
that has gone out in darkness. God
knows her sou!, sin-stained and crushed,!
will be required at your hands at that
time when the wrongs of this world
shall be in some measure righted* But
Alice's purity can never be mated with
your crime. !. hold you, Robert
Ainsworth, just as surely a murderer as
though you had in a moment of passion
shotrmy Alice through the braio. She
believes, in her trusting heart, that you
can prove yourself innocent. I go to
tell ber you are guilty, and by your own
words do I condem you."
"Have you oo hope for me in the
future ? You forget that you are wreck
tog Alice's life as well as mine. Can
yod not forgive me? It would be carry?
ing oo, the mandates of Him you pro
fess to serve. My life shall redeem the
past."
"I hope it may, if it is possible. I
forgive you, though I thought when I
wiped that forehead, and closed those
eyes which had once looked so eagerly
for your coming, that it would be im?
possible. Had she lived, wooli you
have deemed her a fitting companion
for Alice ? I know of no hw that
makes her more guilty than yob. Alice
will mooni over ber shattered idol, but
strength is born of suffering; she will
learn wisdom of its silent lessons, she
will yet be thankful that she was saved
from a destiny worse than death."
Days after Dame Rumor credited
Robert Ainsworth with a crowning act
to his wellknown liberality inasmuch as
he bad "paid all the expenses of the
poor girl's burial."
"Just like bim," said some one to
Mrs. Maynard. "He is so benevolent.
The woman who gets him for a husband,
will bave a prise." .
It is possible tbat he may think dif?
ferently if his conscience is notjtoo
leninent toward? him.
God will judge between them. She
fell, from ber lova for bim ; be, through
his selfish last. How many times in life
bas that proved dross which ie coasted
gold.
The stars have goa? eat, one by one.
-The night is dark.
And the storr ia told.-Rhode Island
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April 5
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Jan_jfj
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March 22
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WOFFORD COLLEGE.
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FACULTY:
lt EV. A. M. SHirP,*D. !>.. President ?od b
Professor Mental ?nd M.-r.i? Sci ber.
DAVID DUNCAN. A. M.. Protestor lucien* [?
Languages and Literature.
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English Literature.
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JAS. H. CAI; LISLE, A. M., Tro fess : Mathe- ]
matics. I
REY. A. II. LESTER. A. M., Professer I!Ul ry j
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1 S7<>. tho second Session lK*g:i:.- on thc t:r>t M?n. |
day in January. 187!.
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Sept 1J> . ly
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WELL'S CELEBRATED ESSAY on thc rotent
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seminal Wea! ness. Involuntary Seminal Losses';" j
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ct ?ful practice, HIMt tl.e alarming con ? o*. act j
of self ?bnse mo' beTaiieslly t?m-l wi:Wt tad
d?ngeron8 use ?-f lr.terr.:il medicine or tl.? ?
cati? ti of thc ktilfo; porntii.j nut a mode of cJfc
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ly, and r+rticnt/y.
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