The Pee Dee herald. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1856-1859, August 12, 1856, Image 1
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ORIGINAL TALE.
For the Pae Dee Harnhl.
FLIRTING WITH LOVE.
?Never trifle with the lady you love,'
aid uncle Herbert to my brother Edward,
as he was boasting of the conquer in he had
tnid* And the jealousies he liad excited
amnO* the of our Tillage.
Why, unole Herbert/ replied Edwrtd,
*?liee nothing wrong in proving a woman'*
lore.'
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< The love of * true woman never need*
proof, tt.j boy, s.nJ thai is the Tory thing
against which I wish to station yon. I
knew, many yam ago, a young man who
thought that ho vould prove the love of
* the lady to who* he waa to he married,
?sd ?i?^ thar. ti?>? baa Iia roorclt*^
the rash aet.'
? Tell ? abowt it uncle Herbert,' we all
said, while my brother stood baok as if he
' thought that asking for tho story would be
- aosae eonousoioa to unele Herbert's view*.
Well, my dean, if Edward would like
' to boor it, I will tell the story to you, as 1
with it to,be principally tor his benefit.'
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I- *. mvwu uav yviy iuucu to our it, Mia
Kdwaed.
Unele Herbert ?u my lather'* only
brother; bo was very wealthy, bet preferred
living ia our family to the solitude of
hie plantation lie had, no f*r aa 1 then
knew, never been married, and W'-? very
ftiaguL.* ia many of bis ways; 1 wa* his
favorite among my father's children, and
.when io hi* moody Hutu on no one bnt my.
self could approach bin* without reoeiviog
* oroa* wont He ofte^ told n* atories of
. of hi* younger days, and on such occasions
I ah,nya ooenpied the honored place upon
[ bis Jmee; be bed, however, never before
.epoken to we of love, and but little of the
1 And T Mnlfl im fafun mv krnllio
Edward's eager Jeok that he expected more
. than oeual. All of having seated our'
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aelvea, arouml him, uncle Herbert then
"began his story s.
' Long years age, when J was young aqd
all things seemed bright sad beautiful, I
knew a young lady, her aasse was Keaaie
OavroH. She lived many arileo from my
father's hop** but for saaoy ysars she had
ateid there for the purpose of going to
Sehool It ?m beautiful litg*'%iUags.~'
', There w?ft*jeu*g ?M ia ear village who
had, ever si ace ah# bad been tfcpNV been
intimately .associated With bar. 1 shall
wkl H& Leroy Morgan. VheirdispoaHioaa
ware similar. Chanes, somehow, always
threw them together ia our walks, and each
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?MUd w?H |NMMd VIM Um ootapanjr of
Jtkofltbfr, When (k?j firat hmm to.
FP-J? ikkim* j*ot
vM, m4 Lvrof two ymr* bor-oaaaor. fh*j
niwjvMiw <wl^f|iiaarfi im ail
Fldagffc If k?r JAmbU
M^kl* if
M9 fcorrm di4^4'could
tlum bor grief.
* f?an pawed on ; Fannie vm alrwet a
jMDg ladj, ? vweol aixteca' bad coiue and
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gone, nod like the bud as it bluasometh so
her beautiful and ever smiling face, lighted I
up by the purity of religion, shone to abed
joy and happiness on all around. Every
one who knew her loved her, and though i
admired by all the gentlemen, few dared
to approach her with words of love, to ;
; worship at so holy a shrine was more than 1
their false heart* could do. 8he could not i
j bea* to see any one unhappy, and sorrow 1
always found a sympathising throb iu hor 1
! loving heart. 1
1 Leroy Morgan was just on the vtTrge
of manhood, and promised to be everything i
his fond mother eould wish; ho had been ' <
well educated and was preparing himself !1
for the busv- life of n mtirnhimt. 11.-*
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| good looking in form and feature. To these
attraction? nature had alao given him a 11
J fine intellect, a fcrtilo imagination, and art' i
hud polished the whole by good attention
' and cultivation. But with all those good
gifts ho had possessed a love of tho world <
and its attractions, a kind of heartlsiancss
which is not at all commendable. So far
as he was capable he loved Fannie Carroll, i
but there are some persons who were not;
! made to iovc deeply, devotedly, they are
< favorites with the ladies and liko their
j company ; they bestow their attentions ,
much too generally to be of meaning, ami
if in any case they make a speciality the
. heart has but little to do iu the choice.?
I Such was I/eroy Motgsn.
'On one bright sunny, foit of May,
1 Iicroy and Fannie, with many other young
ladies and gentlemen of our village, rc- j
paired to the mountain adjacent to have a '
pie nic. As is customary at auoh placos
the ladies and gontlemon, after the repast,
i betook themselves to wandering over the
mountain. No place is more fitting for
two TOIimr lilVInc r,.?m ik.n
j nature trica to make over/ roek and tree
blond together in wild regularity to form a ,
' scene of snblirae beauty and crrandeur.? <
' Sucb was the mountain which rained ita 1 1
ivy ooverod si dee near my native village.
, Ou that mountain Leru) una Fannie lO&ui:
ed together; an they walked on they came ( <
: to a large and mamivo rock, ono of thoao j I
| strange freaks ot nature which the geolo- [ <
, gist so often Gnda to puulc him. At ita foot <
they seated themselves. A while they sat '
in ailenec, at length Leroy said : I'
* We have often walked to thia beautiful <
i spot together. Fannie, but it seema toiook ; <
more lovely to-day then ever.' ' j
' Yea, ft ie strange, bat it does seem sot. 1
the birds sing more sweetly, everything is i
calm, this ruck seems to tower its head <
higher in the air, and we are alone.* ' J
* We are alone truly, but you leave this I
summer and than I will be alone; will you ]
i think of me ?' i
?Yes, often, at all times.'
4 Then you love tnc F I
Fannie blushed, buried ber face in her \
hands and faintly murmured 4 yea.' t
A few minutes paaaad in silence, and
when Fannie raised her head Leroy print- i
ed one long aweet Mm of love upon her
| Kpa, Ere long they were joined by othcra ; i
1 of the party who came to view that large,
shaggy rock, and drink ftntn the crystal fount
which flowed from its foot. The day wore
pleasantly away, and just aa the aun began
to throw ita reddening huee over the green
leavea and bright ootarod Sowers of the Ivy, I
the party returned homo.
Bright dreams of future happiness flited
through Leroy's mind aa He sought hie
bod that oight. That whioh he moat wiahod
m U?-F?.l. k> d Urn. II. M
never before dared to aek her love, but
now ii wae hie; be waa Happy, aye, for
that hpur M happj aa mortal oao be.?
Faunae too waa happy?ahe thought-she
waa dear to the one ahe loved above all
other*?the one with whom the joya and
aorcowa of her younger day* had been
shared. Love quiokeood every good impulse,
and her street amile and merry voice
aa ahe told of her day'a ramble shed cheer*
fnlueto upon all who were gathered around
our fireside. ^ ^ .
"Shu month passed quiekiy away, abd
Fan aie gredwaled, with hener, of eoene,
for how could one of her intellect and la.
dtwtry do otherwise. Many were the tugrete
expreeeed at be; departure, vfor finrtag
bar four years Btajaha bad made many
fideade he our vllbp. Her pertiUg with
Y IauIwa A a^eai! ema I n ?.kJ
9 r^ rV " ffrwl l)pj ilcl Hirnuxitl^wu*, HM(1 ot?
side the promts* lb write often ahe 1
him to ocsae. to see Vex soon at If r 'j&.*
Maay aieiti few qaleWy by. end dut||d
lK?t tlU'./l IHU/1/) fr>>?n??<U
j between Leroy Morgan end Fannie Carroll. j
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Sweet seemed those paper messongers t
the hearts of eaeh ; and nono but one win
lores truly can imagine the thrill of jo
which glowed in the br< uat of Fannie whel
the much expected letter oamo from Leroy
ho was coining to see her. Thousands c
pleasant thoughts crowded in het mind
how much uhe would enjoy herself, hoi
she and Leroy would wander over thoe
lofty mountains whiohhuug over her love!
home, and beside which the mountain c
his village was a mere hill. She calculate'
how long ho would stay, she wondered i
bo loved her still, surely he doee, whispn
ed bor over trusting heart, his letters ar
full of professions of unfailing devotion
It was true, she had heard the rumor tba
he was a flirt, but aho could not believe it
at any rate, thought she, he may appoa
so to other ladies because ho does not lov
them as he does me.
lieroy was on his way, and as the stag
ooach travel* slowly be was long in reach
ing the town in which Fannie lived. 1
tho stage coach he met with a former school
mate who also resided in that town. Thci
acquaintance nt school having been sorov
what intimato, they were soon on as frienc
ly terms as ever. On arriving in the towr
the young innn invited I>eroy to go to hi
house, which invitation, however, he di
clined, preferring the hotel. TIih school
uinto then said : ' If you will not go to m
house, the yowng men have a ball in tow
t j-night, L will get you a tioket and sen
it to you.'
This presented to him an opportunity h
had not yet thoughtof and he iramediatol
resolved to try Fannie's love for hiui. 1
she is at jlio ball, thought he. 1 will pre
tend for a while to have forgotten her, an
if she is not 1 will pay such marked atter
lions to other ladies that she will certain)
hoar of it. To speak the truth, Lero
Morgan loved Fannie Carroll, but to such
degree had his propensities for flirt in
taken hold upon him that it was impossibl
for him to resist the desire to coquet.?
This propensity led him, when, by th
casual remark of some gentleman at th
hotel, he learned that Fannie would no; b
it the bail, to ask the oompany of Mis
Stanly, a ait tor of his schoolmate, and wh
had also gone to school in his native place
She accepted, and every oae remaikod th
ievoted attention whieh the stranger pai<
iu u?r. TSiojf usiieeu, iuejr waliiesu, '?e
promenaded together, and ere the eveninj
was over it was firmly believed that the;
were engaged; the fact that the strange
tame from the same place in which Mis
9. had for some time been at school gavi
the more credence to the belief. Whit
Leroy and Mine Stanly were whirling roan*
in the giddy onehantment of a waits
Finnic entered the room. She had not a
Brat intended to go to the ball, bnt wen
thinking she would look on for a fet
mi nates. She had hardly entered the rooc
when she saw and recognised Lcroy. 8001
after their eyes met, bat hi* was not a loo'
of recognition, and bis cold, heartless gas
ont an icy shaft to her heart instead 0
the warm thrill of love. Tho waits wa
over and still he came not wear her ; in
few inmates she left the room; late in th
evening Lerov inquired for her, remarkin
that he thought he had aeon her, but k
we* told she left soon after eke came.
Late In the evening of the Jay after hi
arrival, Leroy Morgan, called upon Fannie
she had hoard all day long of, ae well a
having seen, the devoted attention th
handeome stranger had paid to Mka Stanl
and her loving heart had been woondo
not lees bv his n?ffl?ot than k? V> i
? o -/
upon another. Leroy mot her with a atnil
tod wuaid bt?? kiaaod her but the mi
reproaehfal look which spoke frtm k?
eyes mode him kel tbot he vu guilty <
biTfug g^ij vroog?d the pure, holy lot
of one of the nob!c*t and best of wont!
They eat in silenoe for many tninataa, ft
Fittinie'ft h?art was toe foil for epaeek aa
Lcroy felt too hoary a load oa hi* conao
once to apeak himself; at length, thinkts
that a fit apology weild pat all right, h
aids *7 ?r V
? Miss Carroll?Fannie, yea laataaem
my aegleet? for en arriving la team ? en
met by a brother of Miss Stanly who inrl
ed me to Jtis hoeae, and also obtained ft
me a ticart to the bell; I, ef eowrse, ha
aeoeaaerily to tarite Mtoa fitoalj to aoeoa
w?? ?"Tk 'w
' UnfC intmupcod Omit, MM
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W?*? !^u<7 Stioly unU b? happy.'
He ettewp'oH to ***'y b*1* *b?
left the room.
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o Ijeroj Morgan returned to his lioto
o sobered man, a!) thought of flirtation 1
y Jeft him ; he had deeply wronged the <j
r> woman he had ever loved ; she waa offo
) | ed with him, and could he say that she 1
if no cause for offence ? Ho returned to
I, room that night with a mind in no envin
pr state. ?lcep he could not get, and n!
e walking the floor of his room for no h
y ho sought the o|>on air. While walk
if I along in his melancholy abstracted mo
d not knowing or caring whither he wc
f ho passed near i cabin, through the 1
- shut door of which he heard a voice?
c voluntarity he stopped, when these wo
i. encio to his cars :
it 1 Missy's sweetheart from the ot
: country came to see her tu-ihiv .n>il
. . . ?r
looked juighty mournful when he left
c reckon something tho matter, for Mi
' hasn't beer, out of her room since ho le
o ' 4 Surely,' said Leroy to himself, as
i- walked oti, 'if she grieves in that way
n must lovo hie, and I may yet obtain ;
I- | givcoess. Al? 1 I hrro it: I will write
ir a note.' A
>- And he lamed with new life, and ii
I- few minutes was again at the hotel,
i, ' immediately seated himself to write F
is | oiu a note ; that task at length coinplct
* , his troubled spirit, triuiful of hope, sou,
I- and found repose. Little dreamed ho
y : his true fate, but his face lightened vi
n | a smile as sleep's deceitful visions told
d future happiness with tho creature wh
he loved bast of all on earth When
c nwoke In the morning so impatient i
y he that ho oould hnrdly wait until
If breakfast hour was over, and as soon i
i- ) proper time arrived the letter was dinpat
d cd by a trusty messenger. You eon
i- imagine his feelings while waiting for
y answer. I will leave hira, then pacing
y ' and fro in tho upper piazza of his bo
a which fronted towards one of (he m
g 1 bonutiful landscape* which the Bluo 11m
e furnishes.
When Fannio roceivod the nolo i
o dismissed the messenger und retired to I
o own private apartment, there she opci
o ; that letter concerning which ao rat
8 I hopes and fears were concentrated in Le
0 Morgan's breast. She read as follows:
A-t-, Jane 6th, 18?
0 Dear Fannie: I hopothat the expli
* ulioti I will give of egj conduct in relst
f j to Mi? Stanly will be satisfactory. I p
* . much attention to her bceaose I fool is
f , wished to try your love. I have beei
r flirt ; but never towards yon. Hoai
9 knows I am uot one now. The bitter
8 moise which I feel as I write this letted
" I hope, snilicient evidence that I dee
1 regret the rash step which X havo tak
In youth's bright days in my far off ho
1 I loved fchoo and me thinks thou didst
1 me that you loved me in return, Thi
* then, of the pleasant days we have sp
0 together, think of the solemn vow we m;
D | beside the ' Lovor'a Leap' near my c
^ | native village; think of the still f least
6 | er, sweeter days we may yet spend top
^ I cr, think of dhoee thing*, dear Fani
* and say that I am forgiven. It is w
* you to tnukqr mo happy or miserable
* life; I pray tbcc. dear, let it be that
R 1 will bo mine and that I will be happy.
* I am, dear one, forever yours truly,
L. M
4 Yoa may imagine Fannie'* feelings,
' I cannot describe thafo. For a while I
* almost triumphed, hut tho stern natur
' a consciously wronged woman ruled ut
' aad she took bar aeat to reply to Lor
note. Many sheets of paper nore spo
8 and bathed in team ere she finished a t
4 ^ which, was to carry joy or sorrow to
' , anuyns expectant heart. Rre she f
r sad asals that letter and wfcUe she
' | with her foee buried in hdr hands weej
9 we will are what its eowtewts ars t
'r1 A ?Jon?7,i?~
Sift; Your kjnd aad affectionate a
. apologising for ywureenduet as* zwislhM
. Miss Stanly, tot recoived tlffo mora!
e I do set wish to add a single pang It
freed/ aching heart, but T moal oou
that your ootybiet as j%*t spoken of
^ perfidious alike to Miss Stanly m wuJ
u wytttf. Yoq4sU me to < think ef the
9f ww auNte betide the ?Leapt"
t<l irould sslr have you jtinrutt thought of
> ?.' U.Jt. - yy V 'V
I Im*? \or*d jou if ?ew4tt <
4fSirr ..ift. ,'u fflMLk-W,. X. ' JU,
jvwrfWroW^ I niTi jW WOW | y?l w
U yofc since what hlu happened,! oi*?
I could not feel aafe with one who ?i
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1 ft j iu a fit of jealousy, or to gratify his fancy,
bad tempt mo M * means of trying my love.?
nly I had always thought that yon were the
nd- , best of men, but this cno fault destroys
bad much, yea, all the good. With such senilis
. timcnta as you ontcrtnin wo could never be
ible J hnppy together. I grieve and am sorry
fter , that it must bo so. The bright, beauteous
our dream of my youth has vanished and my
itig life to come, though it may be short, will
od, , be sorrowful, yet with the calm reflection
:nt, that 1 have done right. I hope that by
lalf this sad experience we have both learned
-in- a lesson which may he of profit to us in
rds alter life.
I hope that heaven may prfispcr you, and
her a long life of usefulness be your destiny,
she Your once devoted,
; I i.. / Fannie. ,
| When Lerov received this l?tter it
j late in the evening ; instead of proceeding
to ilia rootn, he walked to the grove think
8'1C ing there to find some cool spot wherein to
l?r" i read the noto which he was sure vrui to
^or j give him so much pleasure. Ho rend it
' and the joy that was to como was turned
n a ! into the deepest, the bitterest grief. It
, was far advanced towards the next morning
an- when Leroy Morgan again sought his hotel.
He determined on the next day to seek an
E'1* interview with Fannie, but on arising he
?f was so severely attacked with the rheuiua'ith
| tiain, caused froui having atayed out in the
1 of damp foggy air, that ho waa for sometime
om aflcrwurds confined to his bed. One day the
t>e physician who uUcndcdhim atayed longer
than usual and lAjroy ventured to aak him
the where Fannie Carroll was. < She is severely
18 a attacked with a disease of the heart brought
on by book over excitement, but which
not jjaH for somo tiuac threatened hor. She is
an not expected to livo.'
i 10 'Oh I heaven pardon mc/ cxclaimod
Leroy, leaping from the bod ; 4 uiay I go
'<* aee her f
lire ( lip rtftlm VA??nr? man T mnaf firw# oaa
?/ j - ?r " t ur=l
the lady and thou 1 will give you an aunhe
3Wer. (j}0 back to your bed and wait my
k?r returu.'
,e<* The phyioian departed leaving Leroy
in a far worse etato of mind than he had
foj a few minutes beforo been in body.
Do a low, easy bed lay Fannie Carroll;
father, mother, sister, brother, aunt, uncle
an- and cousins all wero gathered round the
: J.L i 1 .Lam ?1 1?1 .11 I I
11/II | oiy*?uvu vi VMU aw saw ass aia%ij MW?4 a?u ?v i v\s
aid for her gentle beauty and amiubility.
hly Soon the physician entered the room and
a a almost at the same moment Fannie opened
ren her eyes and aaid: 4 Leroy, where is
re- Leroy V
is 11 sec she asks for Leroy Morgan,' said
ply Dr. P.
en. * Yes,' replied Fsnnie's ancle, 4 she has
>rae asked for him several times and we thought
tell of sending for him bat concluded that
nk, we had beet soc you first.'
ent < T wtthgo to him myself,' replied Dr.
ade P., and be vmmediately loft the room-.
>wn Twilight wa^ jnst throwing her soft,
mt- melancholy shades into the room aa Dr. P.
*h- entered, supporting Laroy on his arm.
They advanced to the hod-side and Deroy
ith spoke to Fannie, she opened her eyes and
^<>r : new life seemed to come throneh her
y?u whole frame. In a moment they wore claspo.l
in each other* arm*. Fannie gave him
full forgiveness for every wrong he had
done her, and naked of him pardon for her
l*ut harshnew, which was freely and affectionove
ately given. For a few minute* ailecca
e of reigned in that room then at a muliou
last from Fannie, her lather, mother and Dr.
?y'? F. oame cleae to her, after a few minute*
iied oonvesoation during which an earnest hut
tote sorrowful 'Yea' might bava been heard to
ooa come fVom Leroy. Mr. Carroll then left the
:lda room and soon returned with Rev. Mr. P.,
art* who had but a short time before gone oat.
nof Around the bed then gathered a far rela.
Uvea and friends to witness a ceremoay
. usually so gay hut now ae mewrnfttl. Bj
g^f the light of a single taper that raVerond
i to ge^tlewien united Fannie end Levey in
nff. the bol/it^JbWwmtriawwy, the Meeslag
, #? prooonnoed, and Fannie sank on Letey'a
tom bcnoai insensible. All through the bight
VM Ae lay aitwreately feinting end reviving
] m until near the dawn of the next day he
m who bod been hot ao hrtely e hnsbaod ckwf
ed fbrover tbone soft bine eyee.
' it? On Ae next afternoon one could have
ju*t [seen ft faoersl procession ao/ing towards
j*a ?sssr?, mm&m wa h?ftlito) in the
'llUlt UXx-.J.f K .V.-HP* ???*
r?M ? tbong of ntottinefs who grlhrr ftfftftai
irry *K* gtm hi )?*Vf Mofgs*? be who bat
not. throe weeks before would bsvw thought it
Igfct minisiily, to weep, is now the most sirieken
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III.
No. 10.
Deep, unfading sorrow is settled on hik
brow, and years of travel in his native and
foreign lands have only served to deepen
the furrow which this greut affection tadf
sunken there.
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Wherein Lerpy Morgan now? I asked
as nay uncle finished.
He is your uncle,' he replied, and his
head dropped upon his hand which rested
on his knee. For many minutes not a word
was uttered but at length Uncle Herbert
rose and banding me the letters which he
had read to us said: Here Harry, these
?wc jouit, i win never tiave arty more use
for them;' then bidding qh good night he
went to his room
In the morning I did not go to his room
at the accustomed hour as 1 knew ho had
at up much later Mian usual the night before
and trout J need more rent. But when
the sun had fur advanced in the sky I proceeded
cautiously to his room. On opening
the door I a?w him tying on the bed but
| with bis clotheson ; I touched bis hand, it
| was icy cold ; full of fear I ran to tell fath'
or who came quickly and said luy uncle
was dead. ,/7
The story made a lasting impression on
my brother Edward, who from a flighty
foppish boy became a sober, steady young
' man.
TriE PliAYfNG CHILDREN".
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Mrs. Whittlesey relates a story, which
will bo useful and interesting to our young
readers. Rhesays:
*?ln one of our Western towns, a clerI
gyraan was one morning told by his wife,
that a little boy, the son of a neighbor, was
very sick, near to death, and asked if he
' would not go in and sec him.
?t hardly know what to do," said he.
j ?"I fear my wisit would not be well
1 received."
"But," rejoined the wife, ''when you
w ore sick, a she it tiruc since, the mother
of tho little boy sent in kindly every day
to know-how yon were, and I think tbey
will expect yon to come and see their
son.
This wan a sufficient inducement; he
was soon on the way to the dwelling of
sorrow.?The mother was hanging in apgnish
over her precious and beautiful child,
who was tossing from aide to side, in the
| delirium of brain fever. The minister,
' sfle? watching him a few moment#; ta?.
cd to the lady and said?
<(This poor little child should be kept
perfectly quiet, madam; he should not be
cxeited in any manner.
' Sir," said she, "will yon offers prayer?"
At first he hesitated, fearing the effect
upon the child, bat on second thought, knelt
at the bedside, and uttered few petitions
in His name who mid, "Suffer little ehil.
dren to come unto me." The moment he
commenced speaking, the little sufferer;
who until now seemed unconscious of bie
presence, cea.ted his moans, lay stil! upon
the bed. and, fixing his dark ejee upon
bim, listened intently to every word. The
minister rose from bis kncee, said a few
words to the mother, and went borne,
leaving the child in a perfectly tranquil
state. Tbo next moruing, the first intelli>
gence which greeted him was, that little
Frank bad died daring the night.
He bad becotno extremely interested,
and the apparent effect of tho voice of
prayer upon the dying toy bad supeisad
him. He went again tj visit the family,
attended the funeral, and at length learned
the following facts:
Sho bad two children. Frank was tbs
1 eldest, sod the aeoood *M a daughter of
five jears. A few months before, little
Alloc had gone to spend* the night jrith
some companions in tho neighborhood,
whose parents were Christians, and were
training their children to Mkr# thair
steps. AM they were a boot retiring to
rest, these IHtfe one* tafd to their VWftdr,
who did not knotr (hi'LonTt Prayer.
y * 9 I 1 ' -^A A ' > il * * M. ' ' i
"Copee, Alice, kneel down with ua,
and saj "Onr Father," before jou go to,
yi?' ??'/.. >,r.--9 oiTi i
AUoe, being a bright little girl, soon
committed to moraory the pr^ioua form
P< pr?j?r which kit go? ftva to W)
lift ainoo our Savior tat oltcTW it. '.^ho
hnt aomin^ full of t^MMiou t^j
lighted with !w. o,??Ti|ita.irt; r
tuf^i ho,??,?,o4Ai?"vrrM tafe
K hjC aroyw, ...
. began to tell bin all about hat yjfcit.atd'
, | bee bim to l?nm "Onr FAka*/' a J| any
i j itwitb h<r.