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?eavenl?-V-lo the, Greenville and Charlefton
*Mtl#FiI)^inc?i por?on of
?Htf t i
Country Children.
tttttl fresh violets.
Bit eetly illustrating
Inn-..'cut ch.il-Ihood ;
I tsMt* ItO r ,\ f.iW / *>-r.
, buy tin the nnlelope?
I'.rown as a berry?
Free us the mountain air,
Romping and mevry.
Blue e.ves nnd ba/cl eyes
I'eeji from the hedges,
Shudod by .-un bonnets
Krayed at t he i-dges.
I'p in tho appls trues,
Heedless of danger,
'"'JHnuh?od'ln ofbbryo
Stuies at the stranger.
Out in tho hilly patch.
Seeking the berries?
Under tho orchard trees,
Feasting oti cherries ;
Trampling,the blossoms,
(, . Down nroug tlrw^^sscs,
No voice to-hinder tllem,
Dear bids and lasses.
"iv. '?' 'irM??*?*!? .
No grim propriety?
No interdiction ;
Frei- us the biruLugs
?****<' ^Pivun city restriction.
Coining the purest bluud, ?
t -jkjfr Streiigth'nmtr each muscle,
Donning healths urmur
''Qulbsf life's coming bustle.
- ' Jv?>- . * ?
einnocent!
"' "sftyfesaaV
U iittlo*
... a cWidbood ;
God's blue spread over them,
IsTl^ %u'#.gariliiu beneath them;
-?r ie'i jjiaf irWeetcr heritage ->',/.\*>' 1
Could we bVqufufh them.
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PHIL Ll/iON'S LOVES.
A Story of Fancy and Reason.
?aa-.-.W Jf saL JWRp* iWaiau? ?, .
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BT YVIU.iam II BUSUNKLTi.
oo.a oKpaffaoi I .a
?Such talk* as ytmrs, Phil, is tin
vogjesL nonsense possible.' u;.d Kittie
Moultoti (his half sister) rapped upon
the table by wht.h they wcie sitting,
with hur ileli -ito lingers, as if.lu gi.'c
emphasis ti> the idea.
'I tell you 1 am in earnest. Kitten,
nml )utir eighteen years of wisdom can
not cl tyigc ',,^'utUr,ose?' U,1U< ^>'1'' Elton
'raj pel in his luru. but so loudly as to
Cause her* to give n sudden Mart and a
c-iii ht scveuni
'Ho v you do frighten n !' she ex
cLimcd, an 1 then continued wi?h i
Isugh, 'I trust you will never he gifted
With such power when you become a
spirit., fur the ideu of earthquakes wuuid
Wve'ry TiMi-ch magnified.*
as** s ?r' . a * ~ ? i
?'And ,1 trust to retain my corpora.i
f. rin these many Ifltljr years. Here ;iiu
1 f-ix and tvvi uty, well to Ju in tho world
.sound 'wind and limb ' as the tuititea
. ?'?? ?
say. and?
'Pound to make n foul of yourself by
marrying sou.c flirt ul u girl whose mil)
i e> on.iiieudai hm is a pretty face and u
little foot and hau 1.'
?'.1 hu.-e ; if imM certainly thy pi<>
requisites in my idea uf a wit*.'
'And puidp. - vdue.iliuu and courage
have nothing tu do with the matter, ny?
ri.ii v
'Oh ! I r- presume she will have hei
share?;iis must of you girls do.'
'lluw 1 du pity yuu, 1'hil do.r,' nud
:< aicuii c into her sweet brown eves a*
sin; laid' h-.-r baud tenderly upon hi
iWlhAsViirrt i/rjrio Wflu, <
'By Jove! Kitten, iryou wasn't my
hull" i-isier inarry you
'^ot without my consent, T prcsu no,'
she replied. Mulling at his impsduousucss.
though with the deepest of i.?scs upon
her s fr. ehe? k?, for she Icms bad her
gi ldcu dreams 'Dut as the ties of blood
hayucn to st'.ud in the. way ul'sucli a
boiisiiiiimulioii, yi.u will have t?'h.olj"
clfcuwhero fur a tuidu. And now, Phil,
he hum st nod it'll me whom you admit
the most of all vom lady f. icmls.'
?AVc'll,' with a sigh, 'I duu't kuoir^
Hut what say you, Kittotl, to Ucllart
I
nut what say you,
1 . M
4?Miiy huaveu keop the insu tht|t gftst
her for *a wi!o. Dtit tlicio is little four
ot her betmtuiUfj yours, il you ?tiok; to
lThrirTt?il;*; * "? ' 1 ??*?*tIA MKt\
OimVIV0*?- She has a pr.:lty lace, but* 8Uch
kimnls and li^eH!' > ? i
7j ??ud Jftmiua S-avago V
* 'Oh ; now you striko nearer ur^<be?rt
>ur hIio uoituinly bus all thu utlur
r><ittiiu^t-f^ typu^noats ( j
'ijf-tfou*$0tk t>\r> if you please, when
spc-akinp of my MX.
^flwJ^ritiro list W-tlt? ftlfft rtfll ach
ton were disods?tff In lhe aama manner
butasrithout the sli|jlitcsb'jir<*jioct if a
wife bei?4f -f^U.'tqd. It was as tho yld
?loikgt.b. ..- aiedi Ii |lQA * V, i?l
? ??The-first docs-notaui^may s ? ???V
I aauont itUhow^
And tho sect ud I cannot tell why."
And,, yet any hut a foolish, one idea
man, could have found tuauy who were
the poesessi rs of undoubted charms, and
would have made his home us happy us
the ordinary lot of mortals. Thou Kate
tiskad, with a malicious smilo lurking
about the corners of hr-r little rosebud
m 'Utb, of which she was very proud
the minx, as well she might be with its
coral lips aad regular pearly teeth :
?What Iirto you u? jajty to Madge
Skinner T
'Horror of fiorrort for a woman ! As
[ lite? there she goes now. Just look
at horl' ' * r
'ficuuty certainly was nut her dower,
but she is good, loving, brave and true,
and tile- Inno vrho wins her will have a
?rare and noble wife.'
'How in the name of heaven }*ou cau
get up bo Hiuch enthusiasm over her, is
more I Cut) undemUlid ?She is a
positive fright, and, as I live, abo is
eo mi tig in
Margaret Skinner most certainly was
not beautiful. On the contrary, she
was decidedly pl.iiu ? in the . eyes of
strangers' positively homely at the first
glunte, but one could tiot'be long iu her
H. fitly with.tilt (?olit.o- ths charm of her
j s^^WP*WWaTtmj^lier%w'*aJno?,*uiusicaT
vl-kc, licr^YYiyH jjiii'.lo. Sli? was mje ot
the kind 1$^niou*eu feViO ifrour ugini us,
and the' lack nT the fading beauty ul
earth was aOun eutirelo lost in tho more,
lasting powers* of mind.
* Knowing her I ail uro ho e?uie op*to
tiie stamiui J that m< u olten I'uim in tlii?
regard??-liav,iug l^euti enui/u;d -amj
iwatcd at ui'bool aud .disreijsnd^d-ju
8i>oiely, her dies? aud uiauooiu wen*
t itled down to perfect ?'keeping with ^her
person, and .?he I.ad Wisely coriipiered
all foolish regrets f>r what iV?l-nt have
men. but was not, und the girl of twenty
was developing into the highest type of
true womanhood, an understood by those
who hiok deeper than the surface.
Yes, she was plain, very pliin. There j
W?4 no single foiture >hat could have
been pointed out as fine, through her
1 STgO grey eyes?cat lik^ tho mips off
, gi.ls sp'lel'iill\ cal.e.l then! Were gilU.I
with rare ^Xpres-inii, Her mouth was
large?the lips lar from delicate iu their
moulding ? the m-se out ol proportion
ami broad at the his-?die cheeks some,
vykat heavy ?jhe brow too much dnvolo
ped aud over haiigin ?tin throat mas
sive?the head broad and doep, and
the hair, though ampl ?, in supply, ol a
reddish bl'Wii and coarse iu texture
Her hands au I feet, which nob idy could
deny wcie well proportioned, nut ?uro
a- senstfleao girls ?n I eq.i illy :juns du-s
men ?hflfcnr in lu?ug the C pupst-ss >rs of. :
or aduiianiglnlid tu crotlti jilli le r cum
1 * m* 1
plex'di) *wag bad?what Women oil
?'muddy."
No. Margret Skinner was not beau
tiful, but Kittie Moulton had only npnk
en (lie truth when she described her as
pbnd, 1 ving, brave and true.
Her call, d ended, the half brother
ajiA **i^fr p 4 fei^nsi)i| |^ c|.4^cter,'
\? hen a/?U.nbeam appealed to suddenly
entered the room. A stranger to the in
ip the town came witu a mutual friend j
and aas iutro^uccJ as Mia* Jo-Vie V.m j
derburg.
Nutet rouid thorn h ive been a gro*t
e r C' 01' I ast, 111 aII to I. f who 11: i < 1 jus!
detarted. She was cvdn more beautiful
I tal I j 1 I, ?i
than Madge Skniucr wns pi i n ? was'
nUirioiis to her lovcliuo.vs -vv.is a gill
such n> poeta luve t i wruive idaal drca.ns
about, but rarely so ? -Was at once a de
4rgwAAlid^Jwmu4er to the e.V %
.Just in tlm fruuhc-t bio un of the
mysterious iine that divide* girl und
mnbhood^-with e>et> and ban black
,a* nigtit. Xbe one curtaiue t by lmg
Lsj^Vv? ns ifj^o partially h. l ?their spark
ling, and tli" other long, suit and giussy.
Shu hid n dainty little mouth. Her
Icet were of the kind StY Job i Suckling
i' quaintly ' pictured as little mice that
peep ad out ; hnlids small, with ta
per lltigCrs auu roscloaf natls: skin like
ve 1 gi2jU??f jfhl?is nsfXiliiaT^ a thro it uf
?xqui.Hite proportiuns?a ?Tuno heud and
as proudly a.t and carried as that j of
h\<i "S:ar Ky6d ttgyptaiu," ibr '?no n u
world was inauly thrown aw.ty; a very
I'e.xihlo and curelull) tUOtUMd vuicrj
^rtia dajlen?cd-nod af arkjio^. ju^poji^rtta
lion, aud preKtong all the aidct ?if |fr| aud'
culatetd to <dnt/.ie tfmi enolietu ratoh a
teart ue 'Ibttt"* uf 1 *hll k'Mltdn^a^T
?, .IS'amvid l?rt
?<??,! if? .rt>tr .*? -i* JjhJ'
loved hin dearly) saw at the firatglance
?rt?avf;Inter' with re^rut, foa sho becamo
eortfiin tbat^Jowsie Vaudosbargh would
nover love any uiio truly but herself?
that she might "tolerate" a mau if he
had plenty of wealth?but vrus heart
t?iVi/a ivim-u* tl. .n4i'i!<i , -k
Many and varied wore the disouasious
sho had with Phil upon tho jbopio, but
nlwaya with the snruo raaalt. Ho wan
iuf.ituuted, completely so, though he
could nut- deny tu hiniRclf that the girl
he was madly in love with waa wanting
depth of iniud. But when did a in.so of
strong und ardent passions fail to bucom-1
the slave of a boautiful woman, if Bin
played her ends with finesse-?if she
was determined to win?goiug to even
extreme measures?a^tnovt sacriGoing
modesty to do so!
r*ueh was tho ease with Jessie V under
burgh,nnd unnc than she k new better how
to ensnare the he-Mot tuun wheu ahe
was detenuitied to do so, and in Phil
til to u she had found so oa|iy a ucnqueal
that she soeretly sneeredjtt him and bad
his position iu society oofe'beon high ?
had he not been wealfiy?she would
hnVe cast off as an old glove, anr made
merry at his sufferings, *Efow she w?6
proud.of Buoh a lover and- the more es
pocially as it was a grea^ triumph ovor
the girls of the Ttlljfce-r-ull but plain
Ms.-igc Skinner, who-rfcM s? reality
lovud him long and tenderly-?would
have giton.tbe -very lojpi*- di<?p ef ber
blood to have r?avcd him iVosu u siogh?
hour cd' suffering.
Hut none, not oran hia?^uiok sighted
Half *i*tcr. Kittle Mi .ultSt>, bad the
slightest sm-pieion otalin^ Madge had
crushed down the ieeHurt?svith au iron
will und an iron hand?v^Hd h*v# per
tslft.d bravely aw ttlo aiaks'b?.!' >r& ?-w*s;-d
Id confession could have beeu wruug
from ber lips. Of ever winning the love
of l'hil tiiton, she had n it even the uio?t
remote h -po, und failing in that she
would go down to tho grave unwed,
I?nt a few months had pnfcsed and
yet Elten, though knowing but iittle of
the true character ur antecedents of
Jessie Vandcrburg, hud v/on her promise
lb be<*nt: c Irs wife, and lavished pros
rm's hpori her, enomjh, it would have.
Inn :i thought, to have suti-fi-vl nny wti
iii?m*i> h'jfrV By* frays known only to .1
e.ti,f..:i, i.ov-.rver she Was eon-f:;ntl^* gain
ing more?wr.s almost cold, cen.iuly
pettish when he came to her with empty I
hands. And how was it tuend. If sol
as a lover, what would she be as a wif ?
lie avoided answering the question
even though 'n forced it.seli' upon hi to,
but dear little Kittie Moulton oneoj
sb?d Ies; s .- v.-r it, and in the siinp?cty
of her heart t? ?1 ? 1 hor trouble t > Midge
Skinner, and that brave girl took up
the bunten, bowed beneath the weigh'
of the cross fate h id pi iced upon her
-bmilders, and did all she could to eo 11
fort aud console.
"What must he, most,' ahe replied,
choking dowu her emotio ), let u< hope
In- v. ill be hapny."
'Happy / 0, dear Mnd^e, if he had
otily loved yOU.
1 'Me. Kiltie? Oh heaven, you know
not what yuu, are talking about.' And;
! then tdio cheeked her w'M utterances
j apd ha-tily cu'Jcavnrcd to nun the sub
httfffii ^Ul'h ? picture was far too much
for even her to bear
Hut the loving girl clung to her, In*
Uicting^ torture of the deepest kind,
though ^without knowing it, and whfsp
u; id ag iiu and ag.iin :
'If he wo lid UlMJf love you, deir.'
^l.-.d^c skinner used her want of
beauty as an a gunient against such a
much hoped-lor consummation, and as a
8 .Teen behind which to bide her true
feelings, and yet when they scj anted,
their hearts had become, far more closely
lutorwoveu than ever before, though the
gulf between her and l'hil Kit ui hud
uot in the slightest mrrowed.
And he remaiuod still as deeply in
love?Up, infatuated weru the bettor
term?with the beautiful Jessie, aft
heartless a pieco ol human statuary as
the sun ever shone upon, Geklu as ihe
wind, cold as ice save when it suited
hor purpose to be otherwise, and hen
glowing with mere than tropical w.n inth.
She hud t-euircly hooked the tish and
vvus in no huste tu lat.d it, and so when
he prei-sed her to unnie tho weddingda>
shu constantly put him off, and, drunk
with her outward loveliness., he bowed
to her doeisic* ajipearedeared {0 have
lost all of his manhood, to be but na u
puppet in her little hands, ?s wax that
idic moulded to any shape shopleased.
Would this never end ?his eyea never*
bo opened 1 *
Ho Was Binding upon tho .very brink
and another stop would be his ruin, lor
once wed?forced* (oh he would believe
he ww? bouud to do by honor) to live
With such a woman ufter the glamour
ol* beauty had departed, his was the very
nature to duller to the very depths of
bitterness
At last tha bridal day Was nppointel.
and the preparations complete. A briel
twenty lour hours, and the bliss be
anticipated would begin. The Tillage
was stirred to its v_ry centre?far more
so than by all the marrying and giving
in inarra'ce that had ever occurred be
fore, and /whi'.o the dashing bride was
dreaming of t he proud posium -die w is
to occupy, calculating how well she
would fill it and make the gold bilieY
husband subservient to her own selfish
ptirpr.. ( ?. he &it in his chamber with his
head rosting upon hir. clenched h.mdi,
that were laid npou the table, aud thud
during undor the wji^ht of*.sour.- un
known and terrible lean. Hut it was
not of the Future, uot of the days when
he would call the bouitiful ijesslej wife.'
Ah, no ; his every thought was concern
tratud - Upon himself ami his strange
feelings?-upon tho ghastly present.
His head was aching as tt hud never
done before, ihero were sharp pains in
his back, shoot tug through his I i titba.
his tongue was patched, his lips dry', Iii?
flesh on fire. W hat could be the matter
with .htm ? ' 11 ?' * ?"M
He openca 'he window for fresh air
ami looked out upon the still, starry
night. M'r.thfd his flushed face drank to
dbol the inwiiid flame, ami at lust tor
tured beyond endurance, Htaggciod uut
of . bi>> room to summon a servant, when
he met K it tic Marltou?who hid been
WJVSV , W
abroad?just goiug to her own apart
uieut.
'Why, Pl i..' she ex<:l im -d, up yet '
Ab ! the lover cannot sluepi Atme pa
tiou is loo bright for that.'
'KiWcii,' uml his "oiqo vv * fb -p toned
and ttern 1 djng, d do not ky vv what is
the matter with inc. S. nJ foi th
doctor?send for .Jc.-ss'o.'
She waitc I !o hear no m re?wa
i'.riud ,o sho iia 1 uev :r b-.jf.ro b.eu.
and (lisp sridilllg a lUUvSuugor !or the
ph^stuiait, threw on her bwonct and
a'.:awl igain, and rtfshcd tvil lly lor th
gill it hat was soiin to bo bis wit';.
'1 hilsiek '{ What is the untier wit',
him Vi Ssjueatt?lled the aOoiuy hearted
beauty, ii? sdie s'owly robed herself, ua
slowly and carefully as ifaho was aLaut
to saunter forth lor pleasure.
I tt> l^avi 'ts sad *,'?.' .1 - L :<ll
1 don't ki.ow, but for the love of
lieavcn bu tjiuck. lie is very siek and
ma) be dying.'
'Pshaw ! Your are over and need
i lesaly ab?rmed. Indigestion I presume
i 1 have warned bun oitou against late
suppers and-'
j Poor Kiltie Moult^rj stood aghast '.
She Would have ran ut break neck speed
it' summoned upon such ttn errand, and
yet Jessie tt^ as much unmoved i.s il
she had heard uothiug of tl-.o sliglu-si
moment.
Uut ut last the thing uf ice r.js ready
and she u! : ost drugged her along in her
haste to be again l>y the side of the hall,
brother she loved better than all the
world save only om, as yet unConfessed.
But she jansed lor a moment on hu
way lo leave word for Muino Skiuuer to
come to hor. -s
Ijie physician ,had alrcadj arrived,
and Phil Kilon was plaoed in bed. He
held up his ling r warningly as the two
girls c.tm? in, and tiividrlg to tha be
trothed asked in on iLpresuve voice*
'.Miss V atideiburg, are ycu bjavo und
atrui! g
T< rtainly,' she repli d. p tie as death
ami not in the least comprehending his
meaning. ?
'Kilon is very si -k.'
"(Irfeat hcsvcin!' and putting on n
love she was dar from toni ug, the tru
about to rush to tho bedside, whou he
lu l l her back and contiuu d
'And the d' ei-e is danger ms?i'. is
oontagecrus !
? Honor !' and she shrank biek.
" "As* l understand your position k Is
? your duty?that of auy girl to nurse
him so las as she can safely do so.
Have jim been recently vuceiuated V
'< III, Lord, i; is?'
'The Small Pox?'
With a tefriblo shriek sho find from
the ro on and Kiltie, who followed, found
ber lying upon a sofa and wailing out;
? /Uioat hvaveu ! the smallpox, aud 1
have been exposed ! What if I should
1 :s
tike it and b? marked 1 It rouid kill
mo, I kuow it would !'
To lose your beauty v was sternly
asked.
\** t * *?
cs, yes.
'And you tbiuk nothing of poor
Pliil V
'He is a man, and?>-0h! heaved,
What shall I du V
'Go h mo,' replied Madge Skiuner,
who had ontercd, and heard enough of
the conversation to understand it. 'Go
home. This is no plaeo for you?f<?r
any one who fears,' and seeing that she
was obeyed without hesitation, she turn
el to Kittic, took her iu her strong arme
as if she had been a child, and contin
ucd, 'lluidi my darling, l'hil will m t
die. I feel that ho will bo saved. It is
indeed a fiery, torrible ordeal tor him to
puss, yet nothing would hive saved him
I'rom a life of misery. Now the heart
lessncss oi Jessie Vandoiburgh will be
proved that even ho oauuoc doubt,
and he. will be saved, thank heaven
saved !'
"With such bra re and just words she
quieted the trembling Kitten, aud then
announced her intention of going to take,
care of* l'hil. as iu that little village no
professional nurse c mid have becu
found.
'But you might take it, and?*
'My beauty is proof agaiustlts ravages
she answered with a touch of bitteraeis
and Kittic saw her not again for many
days.
The physician too, reasoned with her,
but in vain. Even Phil roused him-elf
to do the same, but she was firm aud
not to be moved, aud hiving laid asidj
iier wrappings and bared her arm?a
*ell rounded and white one?and sub- '
mittel to the T.in-et of the physician to
bo innoeulated ugaiust the.most dreaded
I ol',?U.d?*ep*cs, :. rj K*ej
I 'Where is Joste V P?il asko 1, whon
the operation was ended, and she ha I
assumed the duties of nurse in the
Uinnageuiet/l of the room.
?CiAi'e hom<*,' and the subject was not
... ,!ti nrd a-ain bctwocu thoni, no mit
ICJ Low much each might have thought.
Phi! Klion, though at tho xery ge.t?
j of Je ii h, av-'i le 1 passing though aud
1 urn. itit ) the v \'\ ty ol aifoti ir II t w n
slightly marked, though n it sudioiontly
th h- nnieol. An 1 ull thrmgh the
! r * ?# 1 -tekucss. brave Mud go Skinner
?tu >d firmly at her pc<t?was indeed a
ntiuuUoimg angel by bis si lo. But as
i >u as able to help himself, she retired,
.u I i:\3 very suiio night he le irn i l thar
she was very ill. and his heart smotuhi n
uh'd such a feeling as he had never known
To Jessie VaudcrUargh began to grow
u-i in it, almost u.iku >wu to him
>m* .. t?j';>
'Jo \i>it her iu his then condition wns
impossible?he was not as yot *vell and
when all danger of o ui'.-igimi vrn passid
,lo**iR eftTho to see him aud endeavor to
make hnu forget her hearties* desertion
? to regain her old power over hint
Now he was as stone t., her. While he
m gl.t not have blamed her under ordin
ary circumstances, yet ho did for her
permitting another to t ike her place an 1 *
the unfeeling conduct she exhibited as
, Kittie told him) when the black shad
oivs of death were lowering over hi.u.
Ji wns their last interview. Wi:h nit
even the dulicuor uf ofTuriug; to return
? o ? x ? t
the many and v.liable prcsouts he had
giveu ii- r t^though such an idler wouid
hiivo bsu-n refused with scorn) Joesie
Yaiiderburgh hastily left the village to
seek another victim?to?(for the truth
might as well bo told here) to receive
at least poutieal justice aTew years later
by being horribly disfigured by the same
diso.mu that had but slightly left
Its marks upou her lover.
In due time Malige SkinncrTotfot?red
and disappeared from sight?gone, it
warf said to visit rolatives in a distant
part of the country. The fact was, sh ?
dared not meet Phil again for fear of
betraying her weakness. 8ho had leamei
to luve him a thousand fold letter than
over before, and she was1 toe noble to
have h-:ni seek to win her to the first
flush of ?rntftudo for a life preserved.
And now Phil Klton found hie heart
But many months passed before they
mot. and then |by aoiidrnt. She waa
rofinning privately to the village?had
dismounted from the stage at I little
distance, and was*walking ?lawIt along
heuenfeh the maples, when lie euuo "sud
denly upon her. ,,
'Mr. Klton V
'Doarost Madge V and he teak both of
her hands in'his and continued : 'Had
"it nrtllftln for your voice I de not think
XVdttld bhvc known you. !low Strau?
i^ij*.ia!jr: >-r,J ' s ???'??a I i.!???,>< iu
ly you have altered?b )w beautiful to*
bdVe growifV' An'ul* .itfmttt'l 1 j v?f.
IM r. Elton !' tti 8 at inK , vjtfrV(
'Gall rae Phil? pica ?, aeyou did whew.,
you more than nobly periled your own
life for nine.'
'I?I? ' ahe stammered and blushed, *
'I hut came back to the village i<t> be-**'
'My wife, darling ' I woli ?
The maples and the little birds-foejal^
words that we usay not, but the faces of
each became glorified, and when a few
months later the village church bell*
chimed a joyous peal, no one would"
have called the'bridc, Madge Skinner,
j lain, but a queenly woman.
Tha sickness through which shehad
passed had removed ovcry cloud fron?
her complexion, and her skiu was now?
fair and complexion as pure and blush
ing us .Tune roses. The hair, too, Which
had fallen off, ha i reappeared, of-Mfe
chestnut brown, and the goodness^ trajlt
and love that were stamped upon hor
fauo gare a glory that the features eoeld
not dissipate.
Of the loves of Phil Elton, none conld
question which was the true and 'heave*
born' one, and sweet Kiltie MotrltOa?
glanced at tho groomsman, (herself the
bridesmaid) aud prayed he might be as
noble as her half brother, when he
should claim her as his own, and that
she might make as ^good aud noble a
wife as Madge.
? i asps .???????? i I.??)
Man ami Wife. : .
! ? l ? (SIB "-PTi'm* r->i;-*W4rt ?0$
Thomas JetTarson wrote tho fuilowjqg
excellent advice. There U mu:h nature
and good sense in it :
' Harmony in the. hiimn state if) the
first to bo aimed at* Nothing eaw "B^TeP
| serve affections uninterrupted but a fir na
I resolution eaoh to considar the lovo of
others of more value thin any oldest
whatovcr on which a wish haJ boon
fixed. How light, iu. fact, is tho siari
fieo of any other wish w hen wdigfie'i
again?t th; affections of one with whom
?ve are to pass oar whole lifo! Aal
though opp isilion i.i a aiugic inrixai?
will hardly of itself pro luce alienations,
yot every one has their pouch into which,
all these I ttle opp ?sitloui arc put; while
that ii filling, the alienation is iusondb*
j ly o?'llo oni nti<* when tilled it is ae<a
plete. It would poxzlo. oither ^Jmwf
why, because no oue diffarencoof opi?
ion has been marked enough to produce
a strious effect by its-elf. Uut he finis
his affections wearied out by a CJQJttaWfc
stream of Tittle' checks r.nd obstacle*.
Other sources oi diaaonteat, rar y) Sanaa -
mon indeed, are the little orosa-purra^ejasj
of husband and wile ia oouitu ju j?on.Ter
sation, a disposition in oither togS^Sj*
and question whatovcr the other stye,**>
desire ahv tys to le:u m .trato an J .u?\te
him feel himself in the wrtn?, espeeull/
in Company. . xSothiog i*sj g>adiog.
Much Letter, therefore, if oir cjux^aw*
ijn view a tiding iu a light different froai
what wo d?, to leave him in quiet
possession of his vie.vs\ Whit ts the
use of rectifying- him if the thin g be
unimportant? Let Hi paw for th* pre
sent, and wail a softer m >uient and mire
oonoiliatory oecasiou of reviving the itth?
ject together, it it wonderful how
many persons are rendered unhappy by
inattention to these little rulea of pru
dence" !^5""' t*awwtd
iin -i;
A young lady writing from Europe
finds there some very odd but agreeable
tilings. For lust nice, she says:' 'As s>
general role, wd'.ers and sfciltfber
"maids" are motu In one hotel where
.id 9fupped for t^reo weeks tb^ttriy
domestic 1 ever saw was a man. He
did ev< rything ; swept and brushed and
cleaned my talon, made my bed, earod
' for my dressing room, served nsjr break
, ;faa4{ and always at night, about 8
.u'olock, he would, outer with cloaa
towels, open my bed as a mother does)
j for her children, lay out my night dreae
and bow himself out with a "goodnight,
: inndehi ?isille." Oue becomes ?ceuetottt
ed to odd things, aud n~T~ I mush sjwo
for a man tU? a woman.servant. . The
young lady should bo crodUod with
Iraukncsa and most unquestionable
stuccrity.
?? Vermont pa^ereaareiaoosting of eigM
eld farmers Ut * Franklin county, :*rfce ,
l^ve within t*a miles of each otbar. and
who have had twenty-tiro wives atuoasr
theui. ** n>*wF^?
' ' ' ' ilaelii " "* '
Is took three<t?iirreIs of whiskey and
ten bands of cider to satisfy ,tjbe> ;waat*
? of tho im mates of the alms hoo.se
j,Bridgeport, Connecticut, the past wie?
tor.
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