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1 > VOU'MK 11. Sister Tu;i!n;iit< r's Heart. < untilHU'd l'i in Pn.-U I siii'. Sunday morning Wrought an onor emus crowd (,? \|i.nut /.ion, as tlio villupo edilice was called. I'his was natural, as on that day the IVesidinp Kldor was to deliver a sermon, and a visit from the lYesidinp Klder of the ?Iistiit-l always drew a crowd, lint tlio fact noised about throughout the land, that Sister Todhnnter had been summoned and was to be tried, also operated powerfully a*4 an assembling factor, and many people who had lou?_r neplected their church duties nut in an appearance. farmers for miles around came brinpinp their wives and da iphters in their wagons. Vuiine men in Impedes w ith their sweet hearts were numerous, and the prove about the church was full of vehicles and "tied out stock" when service time arrived. About ten o'clo k a sudden movement around the doorway indicated that proaehinp was about to bepin, and tlcj eonpropation tiled slowly within, the men to the left, the women to the ripht. farsi n Iviley, sittiiip in tlie pulpit with the ^oitlv form of Klder llainlin beside him, watehed with an abidinp interest the faces of the coiners. \\ hen th.' last was in ami snttln l% It'* lioavou a (Icon ii_("!? of relief, Sister 'I'?><] 11unt?'I* was not present; she was ?r??i111; to remain at home and let the trial ep> I?v default. He did not know Sister Todhunter! Klder llamlin at last arose, his red countenance elowine like a beaeoi above the seti of faces, and in a voice like a trumpet's opened the nicotine with prayer. He asked Divine blessing upon Mount /ion, Sweetwater, ami th(? remainder of the world, invoking a helpless hand for "the b-r -r-r-a v-e youn?* soldier of the cm s" who had "come amonif these people to battle for the ri^ht," and upon "the youno" woman, just bud <1 i11" into matooritv," who hail "eonie to share his trials and minister with him." His prayer concluded with an ^ appeal in la half of tho errin/r "ister whoso wronir doinj,rw wore about ^ O to consi<'"~ \ NV "May sin) ho led to soo tho error of hor way." ho said, "an1 turn her foot into the strait an* narrow path." And ho thanked the Lord for tho assurance e-ivon in those lines which declare that "Wliilt- ilic lamp IioIiIh out to burn Tito viW HiniuT mn\ return.'' Klder 11 a 1111 i 11 ceased, and amid tho shufiiine (?f feet that followed tho | deep Amen' which rolled from tho prompt "Amen corner" back into , the dilatory recess beyond the hist ) post, the congregation resumed their seats. Then I'arson l?ilov si forward, and in the clear debatingsociety tones Ids wife loved so well, read the oncnin<f h\ inn: '* t-l ioin Ori'i'iiland'H ii y mountains, Kr?nn India'* < ??rjil *trnn<l." Klder lluckncr stood up in advance of the eon<rre?ration and raised the % ... I til no in a stron >' baritone that at once 'v ^ sprainr out boldly and challenged k' I r*? ? o the whole assembly, lie was instantly pursued and overtaken by Mrs. ('ulpepper1# soprano, and Mrs. liuckner's sweet contralto soon found an entering place. After her came the deep l)utnl)le-beo bass of Colonel | t I .edbotter, who ad justed his ^old-l vimined glasses as ho came in. This was a the customary opening. No i * one in Sweet water won Id have dream- i oil of invadino the melody with any j sort of a voice until Klder liuckner. I Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Iluekncr, and (\>lonel I .edbetter had obtained a fair start. Any one so imprudent would have drawn the attention of the whole conifreiration iiDon himself. .. n o * *' ' ' Jiut the quartette wcdl under way, everybody was :it liberty to rush in; and so on this occasion, soon, borne aloft by the. united voices of the en^ tiro congregation, the grand old melSod^ sailed out and swept far away down the pine aisles into the peaceful Sabbath heart of the woodlands. The last tone died away as usual * ' it. was the deep hum of Colonel l.edbotfoTs bass, which refused to bo *\ quieted for a while. Then the congregation sank into their seats, and Kldor Ifamlin stood up ami delivered a powerful sermon upon the wife and her true position, r Then came the. long-lookhd-for mo- j | ""^v had doscondod from cjjl* 44 312 1D12TJ'32 * ? I I I I II I ? X* * tho pulpit to btato tin.' I)usiiu?ss of ili<* hour, which every one awaited with feverish impatience, when a form tilieil the doorway, and Sister Todhunter, in holiday attire of red silk, black lace, and a oreat (lower laden ed (lare-front honnet, stood before him. As by instinct everybody knew she was there, and ever\ head save one was turned toward her. She paused lone- enough to survey the crowd contemptuously, then with a oreat waddle she inarched up the aisle, took a chair out from under lit tie .Major lirown almost before he coule vacate it, placed its back aoainst the pulpit, and sat down. "Now," she said, looking at I'arisen I f i ley while she adjusted the folds of her dress, ujro on with yer lies; I in readv." 1'arson Hiley ....i i .1 i r iiii in u |?ni?- ami iiii'ii i?*ii. in tlio thoughtless yuuiiir people siiiv*UiM'i'il anil there was a oeneral stir of ex pectation. Colonel I .edbetter, witli<?\il unbending a [(article of his enormous and ever-l)l(?(?ininir dienitv. looked at Major I {.-own and winked with both eves. Ihown put his hand over his month and couched violently. Bnt the parson soon rallied, and turnino- to the oonorcoation said lirmlv: ' Brothers and sisters, for sneli von are in the holy union of the church, and I trust soon to sa\ in affection horn of joint and sell --aci ilu'in?_f la hors, I have a painful duty to perforin this inornino, and that I fain won Id avoid, hut '*( )h, shucks, say what yer oot ter say and don't palaver so niueh." This, of course, came from Sister Todhunter. Ii j>: eved a -cond for the new sen : >n o sn! .ide, and without lookiii" at her he cont uued: "Its a duty, and <>f such there can he no avoidant-* without ouill." "Very pretty. B'en all the week i er learniti' hit?" "1 am called ut>on to nresent to 1 i you this morning :i11 erring sister," In* continued, linking his hands to. ?'-ot her ami bowing them before him 1 ?> <""> palms <lownwan 1 while ho rocked back upon his hools ami brought Ins toes to tho ground again, "who, not satisfied with violating at home the proprieties of the domestic circle and the commands and precepts of the Scriptures, has come into the house of the Lord defiant and rebellious, with sneers upon her lips a id contempt for his minister and his people I in her heart. The evidence of this j hitler is before you; of the former, her husband, a gentlemen whom you hi all know, will speak." < 'olonel Todluinter was sitting on the front seat at the elbow of Parson L'ilev, his chin upon his shirt front, and deep dejection written in every line of his face. There was also a I pallor there. lie was probablv 11 it i only person in tne ehnrcli who had not seen or heard his wife enter. The parson was forced to rouse hiin j with a touch. t4( Jot up, Colonel," lie said, "and state your ease.'1 ''Hey?11 The parson motioned to a spot in front and then to the sea of expectant faces turned toward him. Ilr understood, and sidled along with his white face to the crowd, his Idue eyes searching every bench, until he reached the place indicated; then he folded his poor white hands together and drew a lone breath of relief: Sister Todluinter was not in sight. lie opened his mouth to speak, when an event occurred that threw the crowd I _ ' present into the most intense excitement. In moving to the front Colr"> onel Todhunter caino within four or live feet of his wife, to whom his back was half turned, lie had just satisfied himself that he was secure, and had said "I,1 when Sifter Tod hunter loaned forward, extended her crooked-handled umbrella it.; full | length, deftlv hooked it in tlm <) ' V collar of Iter husband's coat, and with one jerk lauded him backward and head-first into her lap. So sudden was the act, so utterly unexpected, that everybody for an instant paused and grazed in open mouthed astonishment. Then those in the rear tumbled over each other f<?r better positions, and big Klder Hamlin rushed to the colonel's assistance. The antrry woman mot the rescuer r> J with such energy that his alarmed neighbors were compelled to lead him outside and pour water on his head. In the mean time Major Brown, Is-j : TO "srcrcriE WOEE CONWAY, : Colonel I ,< allietter, ilhler BueUnor, Mr. (, 'u I pepper, and others worn stnioolin-r to release Colonel Todhunter, whoso convulsive jilav of leos and awful e.\predion of face indieuloil 111 il tl*> i-loli i 111. t iou. *1 III-1? III - 'I I S . ... n11i11*?I 1roui*tli ofsi\ men was sullicient at last to effect this, and the colonel, all breathless arost*. "Are you liiirt much, ( 'olonel?" I shouted o.tml Mrs. liuckncr, who had crowded to the (rout. W ill) one hand on hi.- head and the other stru^i 1 in?for hi-- handkerchief, whicli was in the wrottw aoat-t ail j >oeket, and with tears rolling down his cheeks, he replied soft y: ' 1 had onlv a little hair left, orav I hair, madam; I fear she has pulled that out too." The huhbub was indescribable, ! and everybody XVi's crowding to the front. Parson Kilev waved them! hack. ' Sit down," lie shouted. "Wo j can't do anytime' so loiijr as you stand up!" All dropped hack into their seats, except ahout a do/en of the most trustworthy and dionilied churchmen aroun I the refractory sister, who with a strong jo'ip on the edye of her chair was holdine- her position, while she talked to the men nearest her. "Von think yerself mighty smart, Ion l vci'?' slm said, entrhiii??' I'arson IJiley's eye. '-An' yer wife inv! ain't she stuck u|>. with her laee curtain^ an* tea-parties! 'Poo proud tor invito tno, hut not too proud tor invito old J.'ino (ir.imhy, whoso hoy stole a mule." 'IVioro was a shriek in the jiudionoo, and Mr. (irainhy, ! standing near, h*Jrri?*?I t. hU wife. 4,.\n' there's Tom <*?;!; pp? r. I je er prettv nice >110 to !i s 11i11 liisse." up fur or ehuieh-clejiuer. I saw him pass tnv housi so drunk las' week he didn't know if he was jniin' homo or coiuin' haek." Aaoain the thought less o'ijrcrlcxl Pom ( u I pepper's habits were certainly unfortunate. "Ail' there's lirother Spikes, lie's or eood han' tor weed out or church, ain't 1.-? An' his cotton in the orass so ha-l t!iat yer can't see hit front the /rest audience. ' 'Phis is simply outrageous''' said Hrotlier Spikes to NIr. John I'Moerly hotlv; "that woman ou?dil to hei I ducked. )11lTht she, indeed!" said Sister Podluiuter, eatchino- the remark. I "Then you hotter ^it .lolni Kdoerly | . .... I. I . II! 1 I I h i iii 11> v11,i. ins <>t;i inn was inicnI 1 ' n f(l for tattlin', on I reckon ho II know i how tor oo ahout hit/' This terrible i di?r drew all eyes upon Kdin;rlv, and ho tinned as red as a turkey-comb. "Madam,' said t'olonel Led In tter. advancing to a prominent position ii> all tho dignity ami confidence of his hijdi standing in Sweetwater, "I trust you will let your old friend advise you." "When did you come tor he my ! old friend?" she replied with terrible sarcasm. "Was hit when yor! charged me twelvo per cent, for loan | of or hundred dollars, or was hit when you made me pay for or hundred bushels of corn beeause mv mule et live?" Taking his hat and cane, the colonel walked outside and sat down on a stump. "(iontlemen," said Parson lliley suddenly, seeing his force rapidly j fallino away, "the only tiling to do \ is to carry her out and smul her home. I If you will all take hold wo can carry her out quickly." Tho men were ready for any escape from the merciless lashinir the woman was oivino O o I them. With a rush they seized her, chair and all, she fiohtino desperate- 1 ly, and bore her outside. After a brief rest, during which the assultino party repaired damages, they lifted her nifnin and mad for tlie wajron. The rail fence furnished her a hold when they tri m1 to lift her over, and it became necessary to take it .1,,..... 'I'lw i i- I .. /nil. i nun (iiiiHii'T in'i'rc siriij^l^K' ensued at 11 io waffdii. I* indin" 1 tor O self overmatched, Sister Todhunter; l^uvo vent to :i si rill scream that brought ('olonel Todhunter to her side in ropootanco and ahmn. lie attempted to sooth her. hilt she was no sooner lifted into tlio wa^on than she kicked the dnsli hoard off and seized him hy the ear. It took the elTorts of the crowd a train to releaso r> him. Klder Hamlin, who had recovered his wind and rallied, here, climbed into the wngim with the others to help hold her, while the rest hitched up her mules. Then, led by Hilly, + ' , 1 v; tctjk 3. C., THURSDAY, AI her ten-year old son, wlio Intel watch* od the proceedings in sullen silence, the strange load moved off, a delegation accompanying ii to keep things straight. As they crossed the creek. Sister Todhuntor by a sudden movenient managed to throw Klder llain1 i11 overboard. lie stood up in tin* water and swore a great round oath that horrified everybody. lint Sister i'odhunter 'tughed hysterieally. Wilt 1 ii i ii out, put 11 i i: i out or MouiT /ion' too! Mon t vor lioar liitn or oussin' back there?" IChler 11 a i ii I i 11 had retired to the hank, and was donouiuino- the whole rare of obstreperous women, l?ut not swearmo. Ilk- one oath was confessed it. open inoetino afterward, and willinolv forgiven. This, however, was Sister Todluinter's last effort. She was seized with a collapse on reaching home, and heooed to bo placed on the jrrass. There si I tints, she declared that death wis near, and lieeoed them to 1 ea\ v1 her. Iler husband came np and ministered to her, and she was heard to a-k liilly to lead her to the well, as she wanted to jump in and end her misery; and !lill\ told her he wisheil she would. Then 'he commilte returned. It, transpired ;ift rward that Sister Todhnntcr rallied enough to oo into the lions , and in a sudden return of her passion, slammed the door on tin* neck o, ('olonel Todlninter, w ho in oautiously looked in, and held him a prisoner until a mutual understand injr was effected. As mav lie well understood, the terms were not liberal for ('olonel Todhuuter. tv. (,)f course Slater Todlninter was summarily expelled from the church.1 The affair furnished Sweetwater with a sensation f<?i cveral weeks, but by j ami by it crew to be an old topic, and Sister Todlninter could venture . into town upon her shopping without j attracting; univvrsnl attention and comment. She was a cash customer,! a fact that helped wonderfully to oain her defenders, and, besides, many people regarded herns victorious in the church lioht, and enjoyed! the way she laid about her. lint i there was no friendship between the' female side of Sweetwater and Sister Todlninter. She had talked too! plainly. I leader, did you ever seen baby fade avvnv without nonari I II > 1 ?:i111i11?_?" the oldest physicians and wrin^'ino tlm very life from its mother, hour by hour, day by day? watch its poor little face or >w old and pinched, and its oreat eyes crow a 1 n J <"> brighter until they seemed to burn { like caiidlo-llamcs in the empty! sockets? So faded the little, I mbo that nestled in the depths of its soft nest when the parson's \\if(! showed! the assembled matrons of Sweetwater her laces and curtains in the shadowed room back of the parlor. I)ay 1 by day the mother sat in her low rocker, her tender eyos upon the wasti11rr form, a fever in her own brain, and a weight upon her heart that had driven out every tear-drop and left her powerless to weep. I>y day ' and by ni<_dit she sat there, bathinif the bahe in the dry oriel" of despair. The little, frame lay bared before her leo-s of a thimble's thiekness, with tho skin crumpled upon them, arms j that were the arms of a doll, and | hands that scarce cheeked the lioht that fell upon them when the mother lifted them a<jain and aj/ain in her o r*. mute despair. The doctor had yielded up liopo; ! save one or two, tho neighbors, worn out, had withdrawn; and to-day, the j day of which I write, the mother sat waiting for the rustle of the anm*l's ; n n wi??. As there she sat, suddenly the! doorway was darkened, and Sister Todlinntor from the mountain of her awful presence looked down noon the scone. "Why hain't you sent fur me?" she said bluffly. Parson Uiley's wife looked up ami then bacK again. She did not comprehend that she was addressed. Sister Todhunter looked at the baby. Then she ran her hands under il gently and raised it, pillow and all. "Twas but a feather's weight. The mother yielded meekly, and fastened her eyes anxiously uf>on th ' great rescuer who had arrived. * ' Is there any hope?" she humbly. ]\p" asked 4 I lope?" Sister Tod! her a look of scorn /outer so! I've soon many e| should /fr sicker kitten 'i / i-r "src"cric ecu (i I ST IS, ISS7. tins <^it well, (io.^it mi* snitio niul- s loin. ii "M it I loin V" ? uYi?s, mullein. Don't yi*r know I mullein when you si'oliitV' I'ar in t : >; I * :f . ,.i ' i i ? i i _ii a n Win* bll<K)K CUT lit ,l<l S'lUIN . "I have never seen any," she said. \ "\\ oil, tft? an' tell the cook ter I hrinjr ine some. Lord, what sorter s women will the ne\' set he! Never ?. seen mullein!" Hut the mother was I " one, ami the lady who had 1 heen Keeping her company turded up her noso and silontlv followed her. t The cook had heard of mnllein, fort r unatelv, which ?*rows wild in all s (ieoroia, and soon appeared with some. i "So," said Sister Todhunter eon- i tentedL when she saw it. "Now oo r make some strong tea outer hit. \ Make hit with milk." The cook I hurried away. Kveryhody seemed I to oain life when Sister Todhunter I took command. j 1 The tea soon arrived, and the new ' nurse administered a couple of tea spoonfuls. "lie can't retain anything a moment," said the mother, "it is no use to torture him an\ more." ' win yor hushr >i-tor io<iiiuntor almost shouted the (pmstion. i ' Don't yer roek'n I've soon or sick ' 1 ?:tl>v '< "o nowV" ? I'arson liiloy' wife "hushed" ami ' became a nmlo obsei ver. T!u> < hild ^ retained tlio food, nnd present ly'Sis* < lor Todhuntor oave it moo. Tim!1 second lime its eyes woro lixod upon tho cup, and its litth* lips wore freely raised to meet it. It drank half a ' cupful, th ii turned its face on Sister ' Todhunlcr's broad knee and slept. ' Seenc this, a ore it hone <jrew in its 1 , ^ . f inotlior a heart and poored llko till I ' imprisoned spirit through her anxious ' eyes. Metaphorically she be?pm to lean upon the vast lioure by her side, which seemed m? confident and resourceful. "law dawn," said 'rodhunter 1 bluntly, looking up into the face lixed so hungrily upon hers. The I youn?r woman's eves ?rrow wistful h and beseeching. "I can't .loop, ' she lid, ''and my 1 baby dyino1. Sister Todhuntor o'avo her a peeuiiar lo< <k. ? "( )f all the fools!" she bernm, then * changed her mind. "I.ay down rijdit .1 .III '?1 I lien1 (III l I *?' lll'll itll WUI (Ml II1C. I In' baby ain't erdyinY' Ami moved by some stiaii'?o power, tlio mother J <ll If'VCM I. The baby slept. Hue, two three, ! four hours passed. Then it waked. The warm mullein and milk was ready, and it drank aoain. A (rain it ' slept. And the mother lyine- there * silently drifted away into dreamland too, for the lirst time in many days, f ami slept the sleep of exhaustion. ) Thus I'arson I'iley found them in ) the almost soundless twilight, when 1 hurryine' hack from the deathbed of; a distant friend who had smit for him. | ho tiptoes into the room. If ho had 1 been confronted with lieel/ebun ' himself, he could not have boon more! astonished. lie grazed upon the ' sleeping wife and burly nurse in whose broad lap slumbered the little one he loyed better than life, but whom, as lie rode homeward throuodi * the lonely pine-lauds, he had yielded ' up to its Maker. Mis face flushed. M The woman raised one hand, swept a elanee over the two sleepers and 1 then motioned to the door. 1'arson 1 1 filey bent his head and noiselessly v passed out. I le stood anione tlio j 1 jasmines at his e-ate, with 11ipale ' face turned up to the blue sky which seemed o near him there, iiiakine- no < sound; and it seemed to him its lie | waited that a mystery was unfurled v about hint, and lm grew and broaden j ed tin J or its touch. Iy Still the suns glided by, but the! child lived lived and grew strong. * ()ne day ("olonel Todhunter dr(?ve 1 the mules uj> to the front door and ' halted them. Sister Todhunter plae- ' ed the infant in its mother's hip and < said: 1 "Keen him on mullein and milk a ! while lon?fer. lie's all ritdit now. Shet up!" she. added, seeing the mother's eyes till with tonjs and her' bosom heave; "an' if yer need me, sen' down." "Vou saved my cliild," sobbed ' I'arson Ifilby's wife, "and I'll pray for you always." c "Me saved him! That's er pretty '' thing fur er preacher's wife tor . as ! ( The Lord did it, ehile,-- the lord and ' his mullein tea. She nearly crush- 1 ed th" life i it of I'arson Itiley in ' her hurry to <rot out. < ' i \ i i Mat I '\wa<;;mi, no uogiu soizmg ono of . nor hand*. n t "sl"!t "I,';" r1'0, '"I'li'-'l. fimtoliinff 1 "t away. 1J0 lUol?.,| ?t beaoocl! "wy- , -Won't yon |,,t mo thank von?" ' 1 l?t >'<> aav ' l?"K ''I'""', other matl.T." mo bundled ' v l iiotvw l 2 b-^tmie, an tho Lord fur '< 1 dv'If will find thing* thon, < ,/wixt Billy ami Mr. Todhunter ' jJh'e changes fur thor gojji' wrong is ' tho bos' in tho worlb But, Barson, 1 you ran study (Hi supp'u. When yor go tor turn ernothor woman out of or church, don't yor go tor tlio i > neighbors fur hot character, nor tor1 lier husband1, if ho hnpp-m. tor bo a ? i trillcn"' kind or man; but cotuo trai^ht tlio lu'iulijuarters. Trouble ml worry sometimes sorter crusts ?v< r or woman's heart, so that ev'v* uuly can't see hit, I'arson, but hit's i - no M o i . IltMn HII III'' SlIIIIU* OlIU UJMMI li Mo.'k ami clambered into tin* vjiiron, where in deafness sut her icm lord. "(.iood-bye, 1'arson, ho said, as tliov drovo olT. "I'm lad tlior baby's mendin'. Keep ii111 on mullein ton." Tlio parson i Ftod his hat. *( Jod ldoss v<>n, madam," ho said ourfullv. Mo watched shorn as they oiled down tho lane. Tho wheel .trunk a stump. Mid unyliodv oversee seen or nan?" ho hoard hor shout, 'diim-j no tin in linos!" ho saw tho colonel; ook violently ss tho reins worn vronoliod out of his hands, and then 10 saw his patient little hairless I ioad with its hroad oars settle down letoon his shoulders aoain. I Ye,senty a turn in tho road hid them from ioht. (< o.\i i.i i t;i?.) A !lol\ Kiss. lie was tall and angular and exromoly irravo. lie wore a suit of dark hroadoloth and snowy linen, as j looaiim his dignity as a oleroyinan. j !" sat erect in one corner of the fa, with liotli feet placed sipiaroly >ti tin' lloor and his lingers interloolcm! before him. She was rather below the medium i/c. I 11?r hair was combed smoothv back and coiled in a simple knot ndiitnl. 11 or dross was devoid ol iil)|e or plaiting, t?nt sertipuloiisl\ lent in its simplieity. She sat at the art her end of the sofa, with her eyes nodosity fastened upon her folded minis. Silence reigned. The clock licked in slow measure, i is if duly impressed with the soloni-i lit y of t lie occasion. The cat by the liearth washed her ace industrious!\ blinked her twoi Icepy eye at the two on the sofa i nd 11icii curled hoiself up for a ipiiet j nip. lie turned himself partly toward ier, and his eyes rested upon her ,villi satisfaction. Mis lips parted. "Mary." She raised her eyes to his face. tk I >o you remember, it is seven I rears to-nioht since our betrothal?" Mary's eyes fell to her hands strain is she inurinured: "Vos, I remember." A Ioiio pause, in which Mary hanoed the folding of her hands. \o-ain he spoke gravely: "i have boon thinkine-. Mary you eel as thou<fh vou know moV As if rs %> on could trust mo? These seven cars have been years of peace and deasure; have they not Mary?" "( >11, yes," siohod Mary. "Mary, it has coiuo to me that this s ipiito a holittino' time to seal our >ot r< it lial." Mary in doubt raised her eyes to lis. "lias the thought come to you Wary ?" Met still Mary looked at him in vomler. lie shifted his position a ittlo and then tried to make his hoiiohts more plain to her. - Mary, you remember in the lliblo hey used si^n^ of aiT. ction wo use lot. I)ues it not seem bolittino that n vo should follow the example cdveu | is and oroet each other with a holy dsn?" "Speak, Mary what is your thoui^hs in the subject?" Thus appealed to, Mary urisvorod: ll V * I ! - ? 1 ' ? vuii i i m n k Dt'si always, .InlOpll." Iln rose to his full height from (Ik?1 tofa, ami took a slot) toward her. j Mary rose also, and stood withdown ast eyes and clasped hands before! ii111. Tim ?-at was still slooping. Iloi Irow a stop nearer and took her hand in-lit lj> in his. The color licean to j nount to her fact?. ' Shall it l?o to-inorrow niifhtJ r> ? dary ? uAs you like, .Joseph." "At 7 o'clock?" ' At seven," said Mary, ami ho loft tor. The next night Mary, fooling ratlisr moro uneasy than usual, sat at her cnitting and watched the hands of the j lock, .lust as the hands pointed ixaetly V the knocker at tin? front I loor rose ami foil. She laid aside tor knitting and wont with outward alinncss to lot him in as usual, lie cit his outside c(j:it mi 11ui hull, ami hoy came inio the room toj/othor. lo s^lanccd the clock. It. is 7. Vou remember of wliatj .vo wero speaking lust evening, dary? Shall wo ask .a blessing that i t may prove all wo may anticipate, hut wo may not ho disappointed?" They knelt while ho put the poti LlOlf. And now, us they rose from their vices, ho approached her ami the Lr\ino' ordeal was passed through wall. \ It must have proven most satisfuo- j lojr', for when it hud boon repeated Bdyeral times, .losoplt exclaimed: V I'liat is jjfood. What wo have raised these seven years! Let us! ' lthrn thanks." /f droit / '/'<< /V<.svJ .? I I \ i h! MWIUKR i. >1 icro>ro|)i? :il NVomlcrs. "Suppose wo look Jit si fly a t < mglie. "All right," said I. "Flies liavo been inve.uigating mo for :i long time, and nothing wouM J?'vo ino more pleasure tlian to see a fly's tontnie transfixed am! to investigate r> t o it oalmly under a microscope." Aeoordinglv, Mr. Hopkins placed the subject in position, sind, turning the tid?lo, I brought iiiv eye to boar 111?<>ii the olijoct. The fly's tongue is certninl\ a coiuplicatod piece of mechanism. No description would do it justice; and it must bo seen to bo appreciated. The next subject was a section of horse-fly, showing the complete kit of tools with which he pursues his investigations into the flesh of horses. There was a fine saw, with teeth plainly visible, :i piercer for irritating the wound, which caused the blood to flow, and all arranged for use. Then we looked at the saw-fly, which frequents rose and goose-borry bushes, and laws places in the twigs and doposits its coos. The stinging nparatu . of the ordinary honey boo next claimed our attention. Having' had some experience with a bee's business department, I congratulated myself that the mystery of its operation was about to bo unvailed. The sight confirmed mo in my purpose previously formed, of giving bee-luvos a wider berth in the future. A bee's stinger looks formidable under the microscope. Teeth project from the side like a sword fish, and attached to il is (lie poison-sio which contains the article which, when inserted into a man's hand by an enterprising I?ot*, makes him wish 'hat he had never been born. "Vou will see," said Mr. Hopkins, "that !>v increasing the power of the tni roscope the formation of parts of the various objects examined is clearly shown, and the more closely they are examined the m< re complete they appear. There are no botched jobs in nature." " I )o your investigations," I asked "lead to the conclusion that all those complete and beautiful things were evolved from an incomplete oermV" Mr. I lopktns replied very emphatically: "No, sir; they do not. I take no stock in the modern conclusion on that point." The hornet was next investigated. It has bei n said that he differs from the flea in this resnect, that when you put your linger on him you know he is there. Much as we dislike to meet the hornet and be interviewed by him, especially when seated on the orass eatinir loaf cake at a picnic, he appears remarkably well under a microscope. Mr. 1 lopkins called my attention to this interesting fact. On the ed?fe of the hornet's winirs are a c> O # series of Iiodks, which, at certain times, are used to hook the winos together, but no one lias vol succeeded in hookinjr or nnkookino tho wine's of tlio captured insect. The hooks won! plainly seen through the instrument. A bee's foot and a frineed pad< lie of the water beetle closed our investigations amone the insect trihe. A section of the leaf of the eutcherplaut was next shown. It was covered with little stars perfectly formed. These stars are composed of silex, and if the leaf is burned the stars are not consumed. I )iatoms are a subject for special study. I hoy are vegetable plants comprising innumberablo varieties, which can only ho seen and classified I... 11 ;,l ..f iim i VII' uiu ? '* VIIV Iin^iunv.:wui7? 1 /1 il I * ouis have been seen upon which 125000 tran verso linos liavo boon shown hy tho aid of the most powerful microscopes. Polarized light is another (lopartmont of microscopical study. Tho polarizer is attached to tho microscope, and hy its means tho most beautiful forms and colors are soon. There are an infinite number of available subjects in this realm, t'heniioal crystials, mineral subjects, nieklo prisms and objects from vegetable life all show a vast variety of colors and forms. -f'.'iiaoijo Mail. \ cry Old People. When John IJownoy diod rocontly in Kast Toledo, Ohio, ho was 103 r * years or ago. Mrs. Noah IJaby, of I'lainliehl, N. .1., still supports herself by work, although she is believed to bo 115 years of ago. Probably the oldest man in tho State of Tennessee is I lenry Cloggy, of Meigs country, who is 105 years of ago, and still in the best of health. t >no of the most interestinc ladies of ('umbridge, Mass., is Mrs. Charles Bradford, who is W 1 years old. She is a groat lover of music and perforins beautiful on the piano. John J. Whipple, of llockland, Mo., is 1(H) years old, and attributes his good health and great longevity to always eating and drinking according to inclination. Aunt Knchel Rutherford, of Sunt- ^ mit, Mo., is ninenty-one years of age, ^ and lias tift v-sovoti grandchildren and 120 groat-oraudchiUlron. >he is an inveterate smoker, ami a wreathe of smoke always encircles her head. 1