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the fVurWcntli to the twrntr^lxlB t T5 fir Ihu '
. tVchtjr-jcv?nth" *? V *#** ?W
to th? tfTly'seoonA '- * '
AdvortUir^nvaU ?o 1 *ut>}6ctUf< onUUust ?h?uM
lmvc <b? nu?tcr of hwcrtioftft faiirkrd itpoit
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"Wflit a Littj7?oi?w" .
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comH' ofVlrtfMU, wt tftMTtb4'fbUoirtiv/>>n.
"W-.OMW I ?:-:
Let'* w*il a IHtlJ long*", Tdmi., ^ *"
*t? :yhf?r? W**Mw*rdR?^-V''j^v'4Lt ].
* 1>fd wn^t-fwr old'Auut'U?Aiak,?,a^k*>'-'?
T??d t>W*k It l.civrl, WivVi-i ' r
Look tU Wrtf W ?orn?f' thrtjf1 -* 5 ,'r:
li?x jicnd l?f VTiitc (vufcTtftMT,. ^
The la?t leaf of Uui (o*d< oli tree? -i
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ijfeJWp :
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B?jr i^lUbo farad. ?? >ai
..J^foi.jirlwnitpr a^hnngfnj'yrttt V> V-w .
An<t whUpwtftK l^w ! .^ -
*" 8be> th<nW?ff*i>f our CUrtoJulM time#, ?^7_
tf". 0, Um0-?n<*WHg fcgof* ^ **> i~
Bctirto-yon-crijWhMng garden wall, ...?; ,
/ 0-r gaJJaatib^Sfl^- #"_.J ' Our
gwo<t, oH? ij|t?
Ajtftt anno?M e|onMgjc<!
both, ^ Vj
'z -/cin ?fco?!i" _
To lou^o tlio<c dear bid "grave* tJehied .' J,
, llis trciusuvoi", tmt&kp* wnail. '< [
. 7 Ann t liMAmh !) would. ?>re to nwito, ^ r''
>Vt no * ** hj?r tAusalL f I *
breast,
?or be liirft ebnr^wf u* Kb^ ' '
>V-.WhU& ?i{ Anm yonpab kiiflt in lc*r?? * '1
Ab ! Torn ! pn? eanuot go ! _/
** Jtler fcmnn ju&tirttt <v>n fic'oit, #lT ,
* The kindly Angcf Walter, - -j* r >, -t. '
' An4*"ad?tB?viAftdKoJ^7 'fntthfftl tool,
Tooir.fr^vMwter'.hnmo. .
And when we've marked her simjilt fprava,
I ' And ilio|>f>o<l n tear or so, u - v
WtfH ?n*i Uus tubes at the-pn?t> ? * ^ " J ,
" v^Abd w'citwdjjfii **Jhy g*' ,x> ' V y *>*'>!
^ l! L J.MJ* ?
ij'ter **' i" ' ii
r\x HUliSEKEEPBB; I
'""tcfiv'?
A T?AI>Y, who cMt friyo th? Wt of refe*J\..
.WiuuStVt. '^ WUUv
. ^fuAtton m HCW8*KI?ElPK?i? ?jei>*- .
tlcmAn's febitly. -RtfteWNMftVtVvd. AftifiW*
^ WM had
*n^ "of sf&nding iU I conclvdftd that
lft? flrfor vrftft th? wnol of ft bom? of
my own. Coui^ying.a iu^^^oit
for boleis and foarding h?UM?, I took ft
. bkrtttforfm bouTO in n respectable fmrt
I . of <h? towHv W?d jbfgnn' looking fcf a
I housekeeper, Tb? Advertisement which
I heads this hfitrntivevhad just ?e? my
I - ayo, ft#; I gltiilcod 'over* the '"VVVhIUs " in ,
I the nvenlnjr ptper- . Xk*^plei?ft?jd mo.
I . *i -** - mftdfng it for ityp t went if ill
tiino, knocked jft my [
attention to, *?itl car? for Any" oomfort
' WM fealty'touching.
She followed b<ff hiroc Into the rt? m
Idling t*r pretty daughter, C-Ul^t and I
U?tMi???d ?? tW tlweo, fcha mm a. I
3 bamUomi womaoW u*?,nM>dm^i.n*
, j- ir^rinl order, and ah* J?cb?d< b?fr boat
|?* cnna*<>n wH?.||
lkti4|fct#?f lb? k?-i? foaty ?Tr, aiul
the tx?rt*c4*? M-i"*1 t*kieg. ^ i
" ( ?ur-v?ry gfn<t ta>e?s Jrou, $iza,
?*?*,I
* "Thwo *re- aRfntMhlhg* yo?. tfouion I
<&r rrit^Ut 2 '
lWtnM,tnu j b) WpvV ji
have continued to?fcn <n hha^kerphig^
I , Xk*n<* Mo bri^ht^d imo mj. -
- u<ni T?ij iiung i watueil to ppoal
--N-ot kJixl, at 1)1!, troubling vol
ioom biy ^ .V .V" *
,4-For slmnie ! it* if yoo <wr?r b?<
*ea?6n'ta ibink could do fo;
yini'^ould I?o a'troulJe." .
,r A very juat rctnnrk, ConsiV.crirfp^lin
1ieK Voluntary soryjeo pn my bciial
'ijiltiounieU,^ "Vfsido frecjoviit visit*. i
of clippers, wiili a j?uik.'oy^V |fliss\
[ cat on ducu too, arul n hinokiup cap
j wiitjun gjfccri eve^pqodlo q^nchnnh
f l iWMuned uvpince befcne- liar' the
i paper in which-1 im<Mn?tjrlc*d? thciiti
llm* hwuls tldvnkielo. J
Iv u\hwa, Eliza. (hat is what I l?nv<
Ixjen thinking about. 'SontvhdW Ifahqy
I-sliojlltti like Mrs. M. L..Smjili ;
Mnrv,y| uiuh^Uiu )i?r .name is!. J uui
living to wiito to box 1004."
?' Hut arWi't pou fttrfnaf otl impulse,
Jms ...'MB. i " l '
. . * ;J ?
.. " ;P?rimp? so?1 aUvava do?b-k!
'Wifrifltow my venture* lta*Je been toler
"Vtjiy
-".' A*, but this is suds an important
tiling. Of course you know," ami she
laughed 'milter utiiJnstTv. " tlmt 'von
will be sure to marry llie lady*"
^-Warr^f- 1-'believe every woman h*?
ui herthfe element* of nnKvo. Here
was an apple I never should have teen
lint for my U*M?tiny
turn to laugh.
" >Vliy, tje. Eliwi. That,is .nn idea
of cuureu 1 never thought of. I don't
jinagbic it wonlil prove to l*? one with
me. 1 :un not H marrying matf. Heshe
is Without doubt a widow
with children, Htitlr? n
I stepped", tor 1 vcmoinberecl inyais.
atrfe bei.ertvvniejit anil incumbrance.
Iler face turned crimson.
" "-Allien ilo not think if Impossible
ib fljai'rv ef widow with children, and
:yon nmy - not when Mm. Smith has kept
hot to tor you six months; though, to
J^e'sirre, I don't think sonio wonien
CoahLevor tnako up their minds to inartry
ingnm.*'- ' * :? *
. I ,s^ippp?e " sftpie froitien " inferred
to hoii-cil", ami I am glad of this liiui
aa to "tier'sentiment", fur poor ltat>erL
rhad left bis family very comf. rtahlc,
and I did not WHl.t lo see. Ilia ehildrcn
istehjni to the unlemler meicies of a
socrmd |vipn. Afier a few mmc cautions.
from Mm. HUhon, ami a few
stroujf -cxpresoion* of adinirution for
Variput Oft'fiea of feminine ndominent
tfWi Utiie RUTra. which' dxtrnoiViPftam
'thy pocket of her good natlired uncle
rhe ciriJ oitttuy 'amu 11?11 of WnVVn'dney,
Ijtf^iskor^Jepwrted, una I I wrole my
letter.I" fi?>x-10bi. In it 1 staled my
wsidonco tia ^ulary 1 was willing to
pay,mid the number of my household.
L ga^e her itiy name and the mmirti of
few. of my ft inula who would be
ireatTy t<f) fclTofd Jtcr' whatever Information.
lequirod ?s U> joy means and
crharHcfcr. l-ndd'*) a postscript tu say (hut
f pwrt^wt^^y objected UxchOdren, and
?hoiiU} make it a i.ojnt with my hou?e
teieper to Icavfi Kern behind her. I(
fthe-ttked the tenns And stipulation*, I
roqtfesled her to call at my eonmingr<X>m
O?e eu#uiug.evening.
It wr uid-bft. idle to say that I attended^.t'eiy
cicely to bosint-ss tho next
&renooiu " Tho housekeeper-fever, the
Ijpme-Uxlipr.scs, had taken full posses
tt>n of me. I nitpt confess. beside*, to
no Anyiilt cnrioeity\ as to tho poraonal
appearance of M Ik Smith. I wanted
housekeeper. Not too
voOng?that wonldn't look wMI ? no
toothless, wrinkled crone to'sit opposite
me nt my b-wvrd, but n pleasant, ohecrftifitomah,
yottng enufljjh to mako my
bomo lively. 1' . ; C
Jt was -about .1 1 o'clock w hen my
voting man waited u[>on thff lady in.
"Hi*.ptetyovs favorable iriipre^fotis were
fn5y^ffTV 'tf -Wr r?nf>yiMmco. 1
ttr t ai n I y
of Iny state* id-Uw.
Sl^. wy ji maH w&ra*nv> light-fooled
wVth a.ininny, (ace,
aIticli might have teatifiqd to tliii ty.fivo
?umm?rs?, hut no winter*, Mirely ; or, if
SrMiichiwot. rtorii ?ml- chill ehte hud
rfiofth&in" Vv Ifh ?ik*!1 br ave patience
thai bet face" reflected .onfy the sunbanim.
Her brown lliiir wan put him
ply u^iji*HK?oUily away bum her tranquil
face. lUr ayo* wore, [Yank and
cheerful. Her mouth was n * omnll,
"btlt wlnyiln^.anfl smiling. Whon she
Rotyfca* k*v; pfo m?a<t tonf? endorsed
tne?exi>rcs*ii n < f lot c6un\enanee.
MHr. fii?hoj?. I believe } the gentle
irfan Hfrftfcrote this Idler I"
^iKKjrew the epistle fionj har pocket,
madam" <
I.ca^Q^ft^ to J^tJttAt I'trnuld ?c-c#pi
your propositi'<b*, if you till wi?b
it, nota that wo havd met^
*..law about lo.eay that. .J wfehed.il
ntore thon.^W, ntmw i hnd aeon h?r(
bnt fortuwatotv reoollectod In time, thai
coiopHjTxtrti h> my housoke^p'r Wore
tpe, and #erj
<f*W8*?B*lY abn^kuWai w?y ?n#*gemenl
' in f thiMknorUkt *hd hi*to<*s mrinnar
I T^i' iText Week tl*a eAttfed upon
duriea. 1,had. n?v?t known >whai H
*m to h# *> ooanfotfabi*. My l?ouw
?nu* i*od?i <4 eofnvttfefea ind Afepl?
?HSSJ>?
that I imtAte?r-r.'ioit
i enough Mr aW tny ixwM^aiqk*,. ?* pi**
[ to welcome uiy frianda tcr, and a ve> j
; *gretnt>i? coiiip.-uiiwu in my bouMjlteonor
when I chuee to t?lU to Iter, niwi nn
tuivU<u?ive minister to ury comforts
1 when I was silent,
True, Mrs. liUliop found, wkauevor
1 she honored me with * abdt. Uipl^osner
thing or other wjis not ordered .as she
had managed iUp poor, tiew Kobert's
t time. M LJousdfceepers, even tlwj bwl of
f them," sho was wont to say, " r.e<|iiiu- ft
i little looking after. iMiey .can't .bo cx
lake ho much interest jn ono's
, ad'iiiH hs one's own telations." 11 or
comments (J^l not give mo uun-h i.nea
5 sitjeis, however. -
i went home, fine day, a little earlier
than usual. I thought a quii*< cli'ttt
I with fny lmuselcoepei- over tho
rooiit fire would not ho unpleasant. *T
; hint W?un' aUoiuiy to t'hRd nlrrtgcihcr
Jn'oro Interest in hef than I was propnr
od to mhurttrlodWe tn myself. 1 pfiMnr,
t*l, 'as 1 hurtWi liontij* Che Vheerful
'VivuVt. the -taWe handsomely lhiA, nhd
i Mrs; Smith,-4n herriMt, quiet dress, sitting
with hrtok op woVlc waiting dinner
to l>e "brought trp. As l< reached
my cn*n doop, however, I frnind it tqven, |
I ntid in the hall Were three children'of
i vnSf irrg Hgw*. taking * most nffaciionnto
' ta row ell of my house keeper. - I had
i never cared enough for hi?v one before
i to expei ienea such -an emotion as jeal
.eusy, but I think no other would adequately
describe my feelings am I walked
into the parlor and *Jiut the door.
I'tOMUtly.i&a. iimitli luaju her appeal?uce.?
,
" I am sorry, sir," sha began.
' Not lit nl), inadaiu,1'
".Oh,.but I sin. J remember your
stipulations typout the children pet fee', ly.
I surely ytu not intend they should an
noy yon. I presumed you would have
no pi jedtioojt to ibcir comipg sojqeliptc*
I in your absence, and f hxu lo see them
as often as T can, but tuCV shall not la
, hero again at Any hour when you nr;
i likely to come home."
?he must have thought mo an tin
gr&eifiua oCTe, for I growled oV.t rnV-rcIv :
" No matter?no matter nt all."
I was in r.n ill humor. "Thd pfeasant
anticipation's <rMi*which I luii-rlecl
hdme lutd ifot been realist. Mtrr,e'Ovetv
T ' suspected 1 \v;V< Lccotpirig tbo
, much interested in my house-keeper to
like to lie reminded. that others hud I
stronger claims upon hor. That evening
I sal on one side of the bright tiro
? Mrs. Smith on the other. I abhor
.furnaces?it is-otic of my wbi.i.a. 1
tared, when I was a bov, to make pictnros
in she fire, nnd the habit and I
had grown old foffetTior.. Wc lord sat
silently for *ome iiine. Pwns watching |
tn two embers twh little boats sailing on
lovingly side by side. At Ictigtli I iv-k
" What was-Mr. ^fcriUr'e business,
L madnir. ?"
' * A merchant. He was jn a dry
good* firm, and atd.u to give us every
luxury until tie died." -<
,So that was it. lie had failed and
, died, and left her all those children to'
support. I looked into the ftru agMn.
The boats had drifted far apart mid'
'.wore sailing dow n a fiaine colored tiv"
Ila op ?^10,01^ tj'e other!"
. I'<tii half
!.f?ou^:'fid* **** fHnt*11'
44l'erhaps'I .(R>nfW have stood tlie
children it it weren't t*V ikl,?W m'm
had loved somebody cUc. She'd he
looking llrtok'*H tho while, comparing
me wit 11 No. 1."
44 ftfr-f"
My voice had attracted Mrt?. Smith's I
attention from her book, but she had
evidently not understood trHflt h said,1
and was looking tip inquiringly.?
Thank fortmnf for that. I laughed a
little nervously, J imagine.
" Nothingr*^ w*? UP* rpcaking to
you. 1 think 1 was talking in niv
sleep."
Sho looked down again, and T watch-'
ed her instead of (he fliq SLo want
pretty?-prettier than I had given her
' .credit for at first. 1 thought, too. she
r might he younger than thirty, a* I snr'
vcyed her now. There was a delicate
pcaoh blossom on her check, an innocent,
almost giili.vh expression to her.
face. Well, cheek and <'X^>rcssion were
nothing fa me. T got up and went disk
conso^jitely to bed. ,
Tho nc^t day my sister-in-law came
to see nie. Ah usual, she had plenty of
suggestions to make to Mis. Smith,
which that lady received in silence, but
will) a peculiar twinkle in her eyoa.
. At leogtu Mr*. Bishop followed me illto
jnv library. ,
, i * tyell.tJandio,* sljo romaikod, eeati"
it ?ug Ueriolf, 'ikijieo you do vylwom d?pos^dl
to fulfill my prediction and uiarI
housekeeper, I auppoee I may
, ep??tk;<rf her freely. I have thought
^ from {he drtt that aho waa a very artful
[ woman-, ^ hare no thrtibt that-when
ah? oaipe here *he meant to marry you.
; Bhc w,?ej^jjttenurei now, .but of courae
, !*&? hef tooiive. if any trial
. efiobldcoaid'yoa wen Id find out who
I yonf (Vlend* j
> Mr*, BUhop waa' right id iTiin, for the
trial, did com*. mJ?3ku*aei -*?0 mw I
t onlyfr^r ' ]
1 ill ear J J.
. M^y?kom irnma?i jyHwy.?fat wn*
s <l*y? Mr*, U'wbop sprnt in tm?loott<\
truth, ber .attentions- novo iyrn.cJlv.oirn?,
npd.l would fHr'rathcj l'UYj) VwWV4i,")'
, dopcrl to the tender mercies <?f my
lK-ufivhcfper, who rarely came into tm
I rogju \vl???n ?iy *i>t<y- in I an vris tlreiv.
The tbild morning my jdiyiei an jrrynoupccu
my disea-e mum1! |><>\. Even
in that moment o? toiror 1 ItV'ked at
Eliza r?i-hu;>. Her face j>ahd, and I
eou'd see dier hand shako. She .-poke
| in a tieifih'ling voice?
"T nidi I v >uM stay with you, S:\Ti
die; T wi-h T could. If it w'rt-o only
for myself I would { F>nt itiy cliildien.''
" 1 WoTrld not have ym >tav,'' I answered.'
** 1 tvtrtild' trot* fiaVo you slay
for worfds. 1 trrvf vfirt have not endiin
I ?ferM yr>nr?< lf. th>odl>c<\ sister BM!q,
1 She1 went out of dire rtxMn, and I
I.* 1- J . % ? - - ' ^
nrrnea to Mrs. Smith, who was ntnl
ing near:
* Now y<>? run?t gr?v aho ! 'We doctor
wiH Hnd some oriu to nurse tm\ MVd
yon, too, rnu.-t look Otic foi-voar children."
" I must look out for Ton/sir ^ my
duty is here notrr Livo-oi tlie, I shall
hImv witb you while you need mn.'' .
. -The little wot>)Mt'?-, voice wns fifin.
and her.eyes shone with a otoen rt solulojight.
1 had not drought ahe pos;
sesscd fu much resolute ? ill and courage.
,, " blomider," I said ;? " do you realize
all the riyk you jruu i Of loailu-oii>t>
du-oa>e, di.-li+Unemcnl, and pet Imps Icr
j tilde death jr
. ".I have considered all, sir, and shall
stay."'
Was I selfish to allow; if,? Perhaps
so, U>it even in the hours of deadly
peril, I, wl?o had never loved a woman
i before, longed to have he/ at my side,
to share thy danger?uay, ta tile if 1
died ; to live for ine, or failing that, for
no other.
! I need not give the details of the
I sichno.-it* that followed?tlio weeks of
terrible' suffering, when my soid and
body ctmld scarcely cling together. I
look hack upon it, strong man'aS I am,
with shivering dread.
It was owing, under Ood.to her, that
death who stood w*filing dav after day
at tny pillow1, at last pa?ed l>y me.
What a nurse the wn?, vigilant, sh?eplees,
untiring'. IVrhrtpa it was -owing
to her calm com age that she did not
j take the disease. She s??emed to ho ali
way it netir me, and vet she found lime
to make herself look as lienl and even
tasteful na usual. Kvui\ thing in- my
room, after I was aide to notice anything.
was iu scrupulous oider. JJviicaie,tlowers,
as fresh sweet aa herself,
hiouined op luv table ; a pleasant,
dteamy, halt' light tilled the upurliucut.
| Wl|4l a vhuiigc front hoarding liuu!
.Jay !
I w^s thinking of all this f
cmp and as I sat ujf.
fir.M. tiirte at the \viodow. Mai v
learned to call hoy?R(.t (lining
? was out of the room, tail
oMiar presence \u>rc .all a
Jheycntly she canto in am!
iny siqe.
' " Marv,** r*aid, ATnfoi't iti
"[ hate been thinkihg fonj.
Von f'ii saving my rffe. Ai
not know as 1 nin gvatcfulv.
tfot he rtf much ralnb ^unless y.
have it. VVifh Yoii for my wtu*, I
Would he happy ; hut if yon Van not love
me, you might as well tot me go hy tbe
board
? had spoken as I had felt, seriously
and sadly, hot a merry twinkle danced
in her eyes.
u-Soyou think, now, you could stand
not only tho children, kail my having
loved some oii? < !*? !''<
' "Then you heard thst foolish speech,
after all. it vasn't meant for your ear
? fosgice it, Vom at# too good forme,
,any way. I a-k nothing holler,, if you
viii iwu hiv, iiiiui iu injvo you ju?l no
you are. ?? feWi j., , *
14, " i'-hildren and all ?" . ? .<
" CUilJiviv.hUit H.I I; r(l try lo boa
fiitbcr to ihctp. Heaven kelp uv?"
|X " 1 shall be ?ali>lioJ, you will
bo a brother to the iu,. since they aro.uiy
mother's cluldrctv. not Hiiyo.''
" And Mr. fcinjih I* i\ .
" My father. Ho t'liUii iu business
lii?t year, though t am happy to xay Jio
i-) living a;ul wfcll. I wanted to Help
hint, but tTtci only thing I know how to
do watt to keep house. It seetped a
proper epongh occupation for an old
inaid like mo. You ae.e Tin not very
young, air. When 1 found you thought
mo a widow with children, I determined
to fnror the odd mistake. I thought
1 it would seem more dignified. 'I am
*n<H Mr*. Smith, though, but Mary
' Smith,rminstcr, at sendee in your family,
tf you Hire that way trf stating it better,"
^ a And ypu will change your title ami
i retain your situation !"
f ' Her answer i#we one's btntfnm but
my own. Sit-weeks afterwards my
Kiaterin-law was hirited to my trod
(ling. ft no l(K>rc.d tjlnmaed, but alia
forbore tifljr eemfffierii haV* a remainder
' tof bar prediction that Mr*. Smith would
1 ebnqoer my prejudice* again*! *Wo??
wilh InenmbrmtWHl. ' The langh wiut
gatn*th*f when 'T'tofd^h^r thiit Mr*.
Handle BMfbp wtM to jfff to thl hynic*.
tdal ahar for the flwi time.
J have t?eet? married yeaf#/ My
trrej tttMees agniiiet chHtlreft bh^e yfeMed
t<*-ftie1fhac*if?htot? bf a bold little "?*n|
die and a wtt**i#e IWfhr Wafy'.'bnT *it
tin* by mr onrq peaceful firwiide, f
biota lb* <\nj ??d tbe that
first ttado ma Vftomi to my hotw|
keener. *
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Jlfcrrlliuinira llralrimj.
A Tribute to Kate Mcliown.
' j Qnr readers may have seen an account
of a you 1^4 ijirl, baptized- in Al.
jjAUt", N. V., by Ucv. K. L. Maroon,
a\byn^lio was. in a ItvTfj1oa>s gpiulitioo.
Wolicre jnoenl a full account, of tbc
| occurrence obtained. by special cones 1
I dehce; - ai <CMivr
i i|'j iik HaI'tirm.?Oh tho firHJSabbnlli
J in Apiil, in Or..Magooc's church, theie
I we0a;.liil_rlllcen cauditljttO!* fur InnM.m
| Wtluro the ordinance wan administered,
i lite I'm* of- Unfed that there was a
i Vorthg ^M, \yhc htfd been connected
; with tlpj female class, past the
hep* of recovery with consumption. At
j her earnest entreaty. and with the con
sent of Iter only tutrvmng parent, which
! slip persisted'--In soliciting until she
! cuti!i| withhold it no longer, he had consented
t" baptize her The Vaster told
! her thai In- did imt jjitnV, in lu>r slate of
[ he.-.hh, sfteh an Act of doedfpnee was IP1
. u-r? < 1 of her, and that it was not a
I/saving ordinance. She had been fail
j in* for eleven month*, was much etna
I oiated, rhe might die in I ho water.?
Slip, with a fidelity tlmt partook of the
| sublimity of faith, mid the cheerfnlncas
| of obt'diencp, determined to follow the,
LluuUteps of',; her Syviour, and confess
[iJbii*t hefyre lite church and \yoild.?
j ." Will the church .receive iter to their
I fellowship ?" \yas thp question naked.?
| She was received, without a dissenting
I vui^o. "Obedience is trujy hotter titan
I sacrifice." She came in leaning on the
I tlr^fiif* mis* af nWv.l* o ia. - ?
.......111 *?? IKI lllicir* , 1 IIVK! wns
I such love niul trust in lior hertrt th'at it
I gave* strength to her feeble. footsto|>s.
j Site was literally dressed in her white
, crave clothe* which. had been prepared
I by loving lmuds as tV/? a bride, tor she
i might boc>>ta? jsuch by death. Ah she
j appeared I'roin that dense mass gatherl
ed within the chinch, in thq stillness,
sol.s us n.oiu one great heart broke
| fh.ih.
The pastor secured her in hi* arm*
I frMn the front of' the haptUtrV. l.ifcn
i n child eho lav tlroro. Ilo pre*?od his
: fonykoad on her chest, and when thev
roso from tlie watery grave, tiler' were
so radiant, I wits reminded of the trans,
ligyrntion.
, Krotn the widowed mother a cry I
j fame, vviniig hum the liied sniivt. n? i
! slio )tishcd to |lie.h?i>iUtry ami saw that
sill WAS "" ( I < MI hh-s.s 111 y child.*'
' As I marked J he groat drojis yf sweat
'standing like bonus irpoa the brow of
1 our pastor, I folt (hat the martyr
^irit died not out centuries are-) with
V thnnos which the persecutors of
AtiaihHy kindled". Here was '.he
*<nt of Dhtist, rehrty at aM times.
under nil circn distances, fenrlcMy j
Mivhurgfe his dntv, " though it led (
lite easier path wliicli shoos- 1
^ load.*' 1 will pay a |i?M tribute to i
heroism of his character.
^B'uid dies! it) his anus, how deeply
1H li<4, ImvA. J.AAn W:.i i
y ? , , " llll
flKrepiJijy of, the lit mi of Go <J who
??vs Jih mister fully, and wm aware
Ml ilio ititiititiula were as neatly to cry I
"away with hiii) " and io hml the first !
stone At 'defeat,* ti* they were to offer I
watmost cbntjntttilntihhs at his'sogcess.
Yet he rhked the ih.AnCbs, and giiVo
such happiness (o that yotinjr fiolitffrcf.
' vfclwlwaa planted in the likmess of
, Ghi?t'? death," and when the 'hymn
I nroso V it). its full volume'of sweetness '
a hove the rich strains of the solemn '
Loi^ii't,, in its unlhcm roll,'' " and, see
the place whero -leans lay " died away. |
L".,?Jic tc'.i that-he hy faith, 1,1.1 >een. it *
baptism, nnd w[?s happy,'' aod that
J tjie pioiniso of tlie ru.-tiilection \t:s
( Imrs. if _ ., .
She was rornotyd to the pastor's '
studv, and several houra after, sat down 1
I to tlie lyord's slipper, and partook for !
^ tho1lr*-t thne on earth, ?Sf tltfe em Atoms (
j of the broken 'bortv and shod btood of!
I fhcutyinjf hord. To Iter it was emphat- i
; 1 catty 1110 supper. I lien we snng a i
f hymn, as they in that upper mom, 1
| centuries ego, did,- mid wont out, and i
tJesus will eat of- tb? fruit of (lie vino {
witlr lier ia hi* father'? kingdom. i
i. They bore Iter lo lior hotna .** refresh- I
j ed," aiul sho whispered to the Pastor, i
, " I have fought.i good fight, I am ready
I to l>e offered up."
I Tub I'ukbiul.?When May morn- !
t ing dawned, which brings delight to ?n I i
( many young hearts, n? they go to cull I i
| the lovely (lowers, which fade in pluck I
ing, to twino about tlio biow- of the ? i
Queen of an hour, sho went forth from j i
! the friends who loved her, from tlio <
mother who bore her, alone, yet guard- t
ed by an innumerable company, crown- \
ed with n (Hftrtein unfading as the treo ,i
' of life, with the immortal blossoms in I
1 her hand given by the Saviour himself. I
t' On that day month, she hnd given i
1 herself to tho church militant, and her
j, " : ii^ i ??
nama wm curuiit-u muung us members, I
but flow, ?l?o wm In the church triumph- i
nut, ?nH hcf nnmo inscribed benenth .
her hord, th* li.mii!>>. A^ain a Vast i
rauUUj(J? Aro guthcrod within thot<m- >
plooftho Jiiost UV,h? There is weep
inff And lamentation, mingled with 1
nunmisAten <Vf pw?fa?. The hand that
aihrtlheth will wimtnin the stricken ones, i
An turalv a* Ibrltvm, whtmnnl l>t? abaft i
qnWermg ttrough thn Mredine l**rt*.r
r'ttf that nfonmWiflr motlier And tbo#n/be j
\ loved sintered sen* mtl beni th? wiUin.U I
j wliich bar has anadn. Perhaps wI >i'.
| her companions sanjj tho hymns whWh ;
I in II Illl1.BM.il HI I I 5??
Juvwl bc.st, lii-.r sainted spirit, was
fanning her mottierki cheek as alio
sank besul? iliat wunc baptistry and
Uttered miHi another crv of nngttisli
for liw who lay in her coffin with the
ehoitiest flowors blooming aronud her.
A month before her child whs safe in
life, inthiilrlv safer now in tlie life
immortal, Well might the angel any,
">lu? is not litre but is risen." And
while they -lay that.fair young head
beneath the- tod, from which violets
may spring, it is bnt tlio crumbling
ea-lcet which once contained a jewel.?
Jesus needed it fyr hi^ crown, Llo.unly
lent it to her mother.
Tub f!bk ATitftT SfrMTKAitv.?The lire
stde is a sefninarv of infinite importance.
tl i? -iimLienni :?
.- i ..,-A.in-.!} ii is universal,
ami liecatise ilie cdocntrbn it h'efctdvVs
being in whh the woofof 'childhood,
gyve* fovtri ritid twtbr to tho wliol*
texture of life. Tliew are few who can
receive lire honor* of a college, hnt nil
are graduate* of the hearth. The learning
<H' the university may fade from iho
recollection ; ita classic l*o?e ninv moot
iter in the India of memory. 1'nt the
simple lessons of home, enainlleil upon
the heart of childhood, defy the rust of
years, ami outlive the more mature
hut less vivid pictures of after days.
So deep, so lasting, indeed, are the imjwessions
of early life, that you often see
a man in the imbecility of age holding
fresh in his recollection tho oveats of
childhood, while all the wido space between
that and the present?^iour is a
blasted and forgotten waste. You have
pcrcljnnce seen an old and half obliterated
portrait, and in t|te attempt to havo
it cleaned and restored, yon may have
seen it fade, away, while iylm?hter and
more perfect picture, painted beneath,
is revealed to view. This portrait, first
drawn upon the canvas*, is no inapt il
lustration of youth; and though K may
ho concealed l>v some after design, still '
the original traits will shine through tho
outward picture, giving it tone while
fiosh, and surviving it in decay.
Sueh is the tire-ide?the great institution
furnished by ITovidtnce for the
education of man.
CoNTKNTMr.ic+.?Home people hffe a
happy knack for putting in a pleasant
way ovelylhing'"f?f)it fcf>necrns thcim j
selves. Mr. A^s sun gets a poor place I
as a hank clerk ; his fattier goes about I
saving that the lad lias found a fine '
opening in business. The voting man
is ordained, nnd gets a curacy on Sails- J
bitty I'lain ; his father rejoices that there I
never seeing n human (ace, ho has '
abundant leisure for study, and for improving
his mind. Or, the curacy is in
the most crowded part of Manchester or
IV.hnid tJreen ; the father now rejoice*
that his son has opportunities of acquiring
clerical experience, and of visiting
the homes of iho poor. Sucli a man's
house is in a well wooded country; the sit!
nation is delightfully sheltered, lie removes
to a baro district without a tree;
ah ! there die lies lieAufifn) pine air and
?Mon?ito-views, Il is well for human
beings when tht-v have the pleasant art
of thus (Hitting things, for many,, we all
know, have the art of pulling things in
just the offMg||e way.
ti* ??? 'Motur*!"?O,
word of undying
heauty '. thins 'fStWrs sound alone the i
walls ?if tiirVO'^tTl they crnmldo at the i
breath of I ho" Eternal. T? all the world
there is not a habitual Pj>r>t where l}io
fnttsic of that holiest word has not.
sounded. Ah, by the golden flow of
the lifer, hv t!ie crystal margin of tho
rock, under the leafy shade of the feres,
live, in tho lint hnilt of tho hnnihoo
cane, in the mini thntehed cottage, by
fhc peaks of the hissing liionntnins, j?
tho WW'tf spread valley, on the hluo
ocean, in tho changeless desert whore,
the aiigel came clown to give tho parch- f
od lips the sweet waters of the wilderness
; under the white tent of the Arab,
and in the ilnrk covered wigwam of the
Indian hunter ; wherever tho unisex- of
a human heart heat rpiiek and warm,
or floats feebly along the current of
failing life, thero is that swoit word
spoken, like a unirereal prayer?iMother."
The mcfchanta of New l3edford have
lately held h mooting trt dorise means
l?y which more vvhnlo oil shall he used'.
Lord, cam phono, cortl, and lastly, wiblorraneah
oil springs, make such a vigorous
comj?etition with the town, in the
jfroal interest to which it owes its chief
wealth, that there is danger of ita dedine
in commercial rank. There is eh.
t'ioualy nothing to bo done, but lo make '
% winding pond of one uf our mighty T
Inkos. Hy introducing tlio sperm of i
live whnh> into it, a source of supply ]
rn?y be Grouted to compete with the
Western bog. 1 ho quality of the oil j
might bo improved by feeding the whales
on hojga; hut there is tjo apparent way
nf qta! 1 iitrr rul 1
-- r>~-v? w? www mines ancj
ipriiigB. ; .
The 44 errtrts of t!xi>pro?$ " rfekonuv
lime* very annoying?fci ollicrlimc? no
irrcfutibly UughftUo, ikat 0m> is almost
lhat they occur, (err (lie enkeof the
hwftt lm'jfli fhffjr ocnw???^ * if tbm
tatto* kincr-fe ttjc MHK'ttncpiftent'fn *!
Geotgia paper, \hal * L. M. Wtifrline |
Kcon appointed l?e?c.*er of l^ihho moo- |
keys in Cherokee <OuTrty, Alabama."
We wwh Mr. tiv.lf a jjoqU lime of W *
V * V? V
j.'.L.'J ! !LL?UlljLli,! M
Tiik Auvaxxaoeh or I'ovkkxt a?j?
AuviiKan v.r? V.ou wear. out your oiu
clothes* You are . not troubled wah ,
many visitor*? You' joe "MOHerjatea*
from making calls. JJores <Jo "not b<>ru
von. Sponges cannot haunt jjDur la
ble. Itinerant bands do not plnv oprsite
your window. You avoid tl|?ttui^
unco of serving on juriew. No oiie
luiuks ot presenting Van with a t??titnoniah
No tradesman irritates you
by .'inking, " Is there any dther little ..
article to day, .sir?" Begging letter\viiters
leave yon. alone,. lmpo-tei*
know it useless to bleed _you. You
practice term>cranco. Vou swallow is)finitely
lo>s poison than others. You
are saved uiany a deception?many a
headache. Ami, lastly, if you have a
i rue friend in tho world you are aura, in
a very-abort ?p*t*fof time, to dUcovur
the -agreeable iact.'- t.u*.
ThouoUTS. on I'AruKv?The paper
having the largest circulation?The Taper
of Tobacco.
Taper for the roughs?Sand Paper.
Taper containing many line points
?The Taper of Needles. ,
Ruled papor?The French Tress.
The paper that is full of rows?Tire
Taper of Tins.
Spiritualist's paper?(W)rapping Taper.
Tapers illustrated with cuts?Editorial
Exchanges.
Drawing paper?The Rcmisl's Bill.
The favorito paper on railroads?Carpet
paper.
A taking paper-?Sheriffs Wnrrnr.t.
The paper that mast resembles tko
render?Tts you-?Tissue?Paper.
An Aixkoobv.? A humming bird *
met a butterfly, and being pleased with
the beauty of its wings, made an offer
" 1 cannot think of 1t," tfa* the replv,
i11 as you once spurned me, and called
ine a craw-ling dolt."*
' Impossible!" exclaimed the humming-bird.
"I always entertained the
highest respctl for such beatttifurcrealures'
as you."
" Perhaps yon. do now," said the
other, " but when yon insulted me I
was a entterpillar. So let me give you
a hit of advi *e. Never in?tiit tlie hum
Lie, as t hoy may Home day bccouic voui
superiors,''
Rvt.Ks for Goon Habits.? 1. Ilavc
I a plan laid beforehand for every day.
I 2. Acquire the habit of untiring industry.
3. Cultivate perseverence. 4.
Cultivate tiio hnhil of punctuality, [>.
Lie an earJy riser. (J. No in the habit
of learning something from every one
with whom you meet. 7. Porm fixed
principles upon which to think and.act.
8. He simple and neat in your personal
l hnbits. 0. Acquire the habit of doing
, everything well. 10. Make constant
j efforts to be master of yonr temper.
\ 11. Cuhivato soundness of judgment.
I 12. Oliservo a proper treatment of paI
rents, friends, and companions.? Todd.
anotheu.Vjspa#.?It i# our honorable
privilege (shya the Edgefield Adver
| tiser) to give the world another verse of
* mo l ncle flied," never before published,
but written and rung.by llio original
author. It is nn important addendum
to tho picture :
" T'nklc Nod's etc dog laid down by hi* grave
And lie hewIM tn the light oh do m< on ;
And W" wonder'd if Ned wouldn't come back
agin
To iiubt for de possum anl <lc coop."
Ivtfuf.rtinO Qukhtion.?At a dobating
dub, (be question wnsdisemaed,
whether there was more happiness in
tho possession pr pursuit of an ^object.
"Mr. l'resident,M said an orator, * suppose
I was coartin' I gal, and sbe Wn*
to run away, and I wan to rati after her;
wouldn't I be happier when I cotched
her than when I was running after her."
PRAYari draws all the Christian graces
into its f<5<ni?. It drnwa charity
with her lovely train, repentance with
her holy sorrows, faith with her elevated
eyes, hope with her hoty sorrows,
faith with her grasped anohor, benificenco
with her open bands, zeal looking
far aud humility looking at home.
[//ann?X More.
TTkau the best men ,* read the best
books, and keep the beet company.
Tnr. wheel said jt was lired% whereupon
every felloe epOke out at onoe and
crested a grout hub bub.
It ja a had sign (o see a man Villi
bia hat off Attni'Jmfchfr, eaplainning the
tbcory and principles of true demoefncy
to a lamp post, i
Tiir old problem is saleed. . \Vhcn
an iriesletible body, meets an imtumn
Me body what is the cflnsoqwonoe ??
Tfcey adjourn to meet again in Haitimore.
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V iMt .?{^4' ji L _ ? * .
r?YftTCiAKB in India raise blister*
with rod h?lt irons, and dress them will
payfimo pepper. If sneU tteatfWei t
ilr>e* nnl in??? T\/>r>r?1? ? a
tfon't know nhytfciiig that wonlrf.
Lqcw."*-t<nH luck i? vi?iinj?lv a n>*?
uilli hi* hand* W I??h biorciifM |??knund
n pipe in hi* momli, looking <x> '
KM t)?fr it will fr-ifti out. (aoojl U'1 '
U ftmiln with pltu-k V*> meet ilifl'n ulu *.
and hi* uleevcs lollod tij>, vol
mako it Cvitne right.