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VOL. VIII.
S E P AJAJ I 0 N.
Our lives to-day run far apart,
That usod to he as one,
All happy thouuhts have gone to rest
Like birds when day is don !
I hour your voice, I eo youi smile,
Yet niom'ry is a cheat;
For it brings'ine back the echoes
And shadows that are fleet.
You said up in the "(trowlery,"
Tho place yon can't forget,
That lit'o had much of hnpplnsss,
'l hat would be your own yot;
I wonder if tho tiino haw come,
Or passed, prtiehaneo it may,
When l appings has fur theo turned
Thn dark night into day,
I IrtiHt thn yours have brought to you
All thai von dimmed ot thorn
Thai lite h:is huen one happy dream,
Your sonc, oun glad refrain;
Our lives to-day run far apart,
That used to boas one,
God (rant wo may meet again my loye,
Yonder, when day i.s done.
LOVE REWADED.
In ante-bellum day?, the South had
a world-wide reputation for hospitality,
and it was extended with open hands to
nil. Nowhere in that land of sunshine
was it more fully extended than at the
miiHtiifi.-etit resideuce of Judge Nickols.
'J'lia judiie was a splendid trpe of the
true old southern gentleman; and being
blessed with immense wealth, he 6pe.it
it lavishly. 11a had married early in
life, and one daughter had been the re
sult of llio union. Mabel Nkhn!s was
indce 1 worthy of tho adoration with
nhith her father regarded tier. Slightly
abtivo tho niediiitn height, her figure
was rounded to perfection, and her clear
cut features tlia acne of brunette
beauty.
1 he residence of the j'lde stood n
the bid post road, between V and
M . Perched on a liioh eminence,
it overlooked the beautiful Chalta-
hoochce r'uer. N wealth had teen
spared to uialta the hnuse and grounds
ftrnuulul, a::d it w.is a fit setting for the
pricelrS'S j"wel it contained.
As the day of miracles arc passed,
it is i.ot wonderful that M ihel Nichols,
rich and beautiful, sh uild count her
lovers by the score. 11 it amongst tliiui
all A J i i an Ardeu seemed thi o: e pre
ferred. And a fit mate he was ia the
wealili of his nolile youn; m .nhood.
The son of Col. lleedy Ardeu, a rich
platitiT, in point of wealth aud family he
was Mabel's tq ial.
Oj a b.iht siimnior cveninfj, in the
year lHfj'J, the residence of Julc
Niclnds was fiilrd with guests. Kairpst
in all thut throng of beauty Mabel
Nichols tilior.e a bright, patlicular star;
and A.li'ua ArJiin realizjd as he had
never d ine before, tint his life w.mld
bo a bl.u k without the love of this peer
less creature. He had stronij. hopes of
winning this lair girl lor Lis bride; tliev
had known etch olher for years ; Mabel's
manner was more grac'uus toward him,
be thought, than toward the other joong
men wh followed iu her train; atsd he
deU'rtuir.rd to tisk bis fate this very
evening. It was soma time before he
obtained the desired opportunity of
speaking to Mabel alone, but it came at
last; and With the soft moonlight tinging
everything i;h a siUcry radianCP, the
fiagratico of countless 11 c.vers perfumiiw
the night wind, the echo of a delicijiis
wall! pulsiting through the air, be aked
her to b his wife a-ked the momen
tous question I lie answer to which has
made this dull, pretaic world a very
l'.den for some, and for others a place
of torment thut no words can describe.
Softly and ssrcliy the answer eame that
gave the heaveri-'.aden gilt of a pure
woman s heart mtii a man s keeping.
They were tupremely happy, tUesa
two young and lush spirits. "U itninij
events" cast do shadow o'er their Iovl's
young dream, aud the world to them
meant each other.
Let cynics say as they will, love puri
fies the grosser elements of our nature,
and we become more like the imane of
Him who died for mankind.
Adrian sought an interview wit!) tbe
judge tba next morning, and the en
gagement was ratmeu by parental con
sent and blessing.
As the days went by, the faint tnur.
mars of war became louder aud louder.
Little heed did the fond lovers nivc to
these angry ruutteiings at fust, bat ns
they became more cuhnorous A Irian
became interested in the great q ieslion
that was agitating the whule civilized
WOlld, a 'id ho detei ini.od to tnke on
arms for the South. Those wire cu
ring limes, when grim vis.igcd war
s Hiie.leu its nrce alarms over a eou...ti v
but recently so peaceful, nod the youth
and chivalry nf ihe Smth tagtrl)
respended to the cry ' l arms I"
Mabel Nichols saw all these prepara
lions with a shrinking heart. She ki.i iv
Adrian would have t t..'-J ii) urais
and that their contcrr plated rn irriagu
would probably be deferred.
"I wiil not u-k yon to b mine,"
Adrian said, "until this inevitable con
flict i ended. My h:'e Lei nigs to my
Country, nnd I will not bind you by a
wile's vows and perhaps soun leuva you
a wido.v."
not speak thus. AJi'un dear,"
Mabi.1 inuriiiiired, tears rising U her
eyes. ' I love ynu, and sep.iralion or
even death could n- t change my love. 1
have promi-ed to be your wile, and will
keep my promise at any lima you say.
This may st em unmaideuly, but at, a
limo like this all reserve should be
thrown uside, and the heart uluini be
heard."
Hut Jo le Nichols decided that tie
marring- ha I b Her be postponed until
tho impending coi fl:ct bff deciued.
There at lait tame a day when Adrian
Arden blood before bin betrothed in a
captain's u:,ifjii. Ttureugbly s.l-
WELD ON,
dicr-like and handsome be looked, aud
Mabel's heart throbbed' exultiogly as
she looked upon her hero. Parentheti
cally : It is a well established fact that
aa ugly man, very common looking in
deed in citizen's clothes, becomes trans
formed into a hero by the "trappings of
war' in a woman's eyes; and when be
is fortunate enough to be really doe
looking, ho is exalted into a demi-god.
It wis a splendid nmrninc, and as the
sun rose in its radiant beauty, its bean s
seemed to contaiu rays of sidness. The
young, the old, fathers, mothers, broth
ers, sisters, wives, all wero filled with
indescribable enn (inns. It was the
morning that thn fleorgia was to leave
for the "front." This regiment was
composed of the flower and chivalry of
southern manhood. A peer nmoiio
peers stood Adrian Arden. The adieu
between him nnd Mabel was over. A
passionate embrace, a liugering, sorrowful
kiss, and they parted, but with the de
termination in each heart to be true
"until death bid them part."
The band struck up an inspiring
march ; flags waved gayly in the morn
ing sunlight; bayonets brightly glis
tened ; and amidst tho shouts f the by
standers the column n:ocd some to
be soon claimed by that grim kinr
whoso acquaintance we u II inut make
sooner or l iter, and some to carve their
names in Rime's eternal scroll, al liou'i
their causa is 1 st and their banner trails
(lie dust.
Tliete h.itl been fought a sangu aty
battle. Mabel, with n trembling heart,
ca;;erly scanned tlio list of killed auri
wounded, but Adrian's name appeared
not. 1' ns went, by, and still no r.eivs
of Adrian. The conviction gradually
settled down that Die ymriij man had
been killed. Mabel rebelled strongly
against this stroke of cniel fate ; but at
last lie who doth ail things wisely w-d
"tempers the wind to the shorn lamb"
sent peace to her troubi-'d heart.
"(Irim-visaged war hud smoothed his
wrinkled front," and the clisil of arms
hud ce.is. d in ll.e laud. Tho war hid
wrought manv c'ifiges, d ide Nieh.ls
was dead. Tlu most of his wealth bad
vanished with tins downfall of tho 0 r.
ftideracy but enough had been fav.-d
to s ipi nit Mabel in tnfoiut.ly nnd even
elegantly, Li all these years her heatt
had never wandered from her fi.st love.
His image was n shrined in her heart f
heaits, nnd hers was one of these na
tures that can love but once ; for, let
scolders say as they will, suck natures
do rxKt, and ihrire blessed is lie who
can claim a I.eatt like this for his
own.
Never a word had she heard of Adrian.
Her great l ive did nut make her tr.m
b'ul and avoid society. If shu had been
handsome at seventeen, she was simply
Jaz.'i:i at fwe-n l-tve i'v, and many
were the offers sl.e received. Jy no act
of hers did she endeavcr to arouse the
sacred flame in the breast masculine,
but when the proposal did ccme sl.e
gently but firmly refused.
The eucsls of the celebrated White
Sulphur S.niogs wero in a stife ol greit
exoUoiuofit. The ui;jht for the ha I of
the seas n was rapidly anpr-'achi'-g, and
nothing else was talked of.
It Came at last, and tlt hands l.nclj
decorated and spacious ball-room was
filled with the elite asd beauty of the
South. Without any (ffrt of her own,
Mabel was the recognized bellu of the
tveni g ; and the stringer standing at
one of the windows tluoignt be haii
never m ked upon a fairer sight. He
was a tall, handsome, soldiery lnoki .g
man, and laid only ni rived by thtf last
Irani. As he gazed upon Mabel his
eyes brighto ied with iin.i'tera'.vli' l-'.vn.
As tlie evening ad .anccd, Mabel lu
came t it c J of the glare and heat nf the
bull rmire, and, watching her chance,
she slipped unnoticed, as she thought,
a.v:iy, and sought a cool and secluded
coiner uf tho ine-covere 1 piuzii.
The tin. ni sh me brightly Inni llu
heavens, aud, as on that night s many
yeais before, thn air, was fragrant with
the .scent of fliwcrs. I'V am the ball
room came the Subdued music of a
w.l t, and tears rose t Mible's eyes as
she thought i f her dead I ivo and the
"long ago." The liir iiigh the midst nf
sadness cu'iiu the thought that he had
died as a hero sh utd with his face to
the foe.
Her heart thiilleJ with these memo
ries, anl
"cTibe1, my darling, are you ready to
fulfil your pion.ise ?'
Was she di cam'u ? Had the memo
liis nf nil er and -happier days nia.lo her
imagine that it was Adrian's voice that
now spoke? l'.ir a moment her heart
seemed to stand still. Then by n
mighty efi'nt she raised her eyes asd
g zed full at the I'or-M teat stood before
I er, with ihe inui. light enhancing the
noble beauty of his face ten fold.
"Adihwl" she ga-ped, then was
folded in a pair ol strong arms, while
pussi mate kisses rained upon her brow,
chei-ks ai d lips.
1' r awhile nought disturbed tho silence
of t te beautiful sight but sobs of Mabel ;
and tMu angels from un high must have
looked down with luva and compassion
on these two loviag hearts that were
again united after many yeuts.
When the fust shoeU of su-prise was
over, Mabel raised bur eyes reverently
to the blue don e above, and thanked
Hi ni who rules the univetsa for his kiud
;.ess in thus biiogi g peace to her
troubled heart.
"My Juijing I My dail'tngl" she mur
tiiuitd, wi,h the liht of htr great a-id
loyal love ia her eyes. "iViaiik Udd,
1ST. C, THURSDAY,
you are restored to me once again 1"
"Let us hepe never to be parted in
this life. My darling, I truly thank
God for preserving to ms tho love of
your pure woman's heart."
" "Adrian dear, that evening so long
ogo when I promised to be your wife I
meant it for time and eternity. It, was
no prnmise lightly given."
"Then I am blest among men," he
tenderly responded.
Then came the explanation ef Adrian's
mysterious silence. After the battle
of he bad written letter after letter
to Mabel. T o none of them came a re
ply. In those despcrato days around
Richmond there was no chance for send
ing or receiving letters, lie wore the
gray until the end. Tho most of his
fortune hud been swept away, and no
trace of Mabel could lie find. With
Mabel lost to him, bo devoted himself
to business, and had been unusually suc
cessful, so that at the present time be
was a rich man.
Then Mabel told of his supposed
death, of her not receiving one of his
letters, and the heavens seemed to take
in a softer glow as if iu unison with the
now happy lovers.
Adrian insisted upon a speedy mar
riage, and soon the minister spoke the
solemn winds that made them man and
wife. His business was located in one
of the largest cities of liuorgij, and here
the young people settled down lo u
happy life.
WHAT IsTrAVERyT
IJravcry, or born insensibility to fear,
is uolik ! courage, which sees and feels
danger, but overcomes any senco nf
apprehension by pride, resolution, and
force of will. I'.'avery is naturally
much, rarer than courage, and, being
rather physical than moral, is not so
high n quility. There ate those who
contend thai bravery, ia its full, ideal
significance, does, not exi.it J that it is
alway ii flaeeced by some external cir
cunistaiicc or dependent nu something
besides itself. This slory illustrates the
opinion; At a dianer party in I'arif,
forty odd years ago, were present a
number ol the veterans of the Napole
onic wars and younger officers of the
army. The conversation having turned
upon bravery, tho venerable ilea. Kxcel
mans, who had so distinguished himself
at Austerlitz and ia tho (disastrous
Russiin campaign, and had Commanded
a c.valry corps at Waterloo, startled the
younger cllioers by declaring that all
loco are cowards in the dark, and told
this anecdote tosus'aiii his position. A
youthful lieutenant in tho Emperor's
service, burning for distinction, and
having n upp irt unity to gain it at ihe
lime, chose to cons' rue the remasks of
an iild. r and supciior t'tlki-r ii t an
affront, und challenged him. The
filler, waiving all difference of rank,
accepted ; tke Strange terms being that
they should meet with piitnls nt right in a
daik room, the seconds ret'uing with the
caudles alter plating the weapons iu
their adversaries' bands, giving the
word from outside, and entering after
each report. The piincipals were put
in opposite corners, the younger having
won. the fi'st fl e. As scon us his p:st;il
had Leo heard, tho seconds ru-dicd in
and found the elder offieer upright, with
a bnllet-hole so near bis head that his
escape seemed well n'gh nrraculous
U was now his turn. The candles were
again removed, and the next discharge
brought the seconds once niorj into the
room. The young nfll-'cr lay prostrate.
They thought he bed been mortally
bur", and hurrying to his side, found, to
their iima.eroeii', that he had not been
touched. Ha was overwheoned with,
contusion, und the seconds bem nV us
ing him for uis poltroonery in lying
down to avoid his antagonist's ball,
which would certainly have killed him
had be stood tip. Thev were inter
rupted by tho uld officer with the
word -: "Nut so fast, my ftiends. Don't
cet sure the young man. Where do ynu
think I was at the first fire? O.i my
hands o nd knees in the comer; but 1
was up quicker titan be. 1 1 is gi!ity,
not his courage, is 1 1 be called in ques
tion. I!y my faith, gentlemen, we are
all cowatdi in the duik." It was
e.i'lerw aids whispered through tho com
pany lli.it tho acccd de was strictly troe.
mi J tint the narrator of it was no other
lhaa Hxcelinans hiinstlf, who had shown
prodigi s ol vulor at Kyi in, l'r'edland
nnd 1 irt'diuo. Nc.v Ymk Ti r e'.
FinE, WATER AND IIDIJQR,
fire, Water nnd II innr onco ni ule a
league. Now, as Fire never stays i i
one place, uirU Water is tihvays on the
move, they persuaded Honor to travel
with them. Ilcfore starting they agreed
that it was necessary to fix .upon, some
sigi by which they might be able to fi d
each other, supposing they got separated,
aid Tire,
"If you clianco to lose me, remem
ber, wherever you see smoke, thero I
shall be. That is my sign."
"As for ine," said Water, "should I
disappear, do nut look for roe where the
ground is parched and diy. Search for
ine where you behold lull willows and
tililers, green reeds and fresh gruss.
There I shall always be."
"As for me," cried Honor, "mind
that you keep nm always in sight, nnd
never taken your eyes olT me.
It aow. if you onco leso me, you
never, as long as tho world stands,
me again."
For
will
find
What I; 5 hut which, though black ittel',
enlightens I lie woild,' luk
MARCH 27, 1870.
A USEFUL JOKE.
A Young man of tighteen or twenty, a
student it) a university, took a walk one
day with a professor who va3 commonly
called the student's friend such was his
kindness to the young men whom it was
his office to instruct.
While they were now walking ta-gr-ther,
and the professor was seeking
t' lead the conversation to crave sub
jects, they saw a pair of olJ shoes lying
in the path, which tucy supposed to be
long tn a poor man who bad nearly
finished his day's woik.
The yuiing student turned to the pro.
fessor, saying, "Let us play tho man a
trick. We will hido his shoes and con
ceal ourselves behind these bushes, and
watch to fee bis perplexity when he can
not find then)."
"My dear friend," answered the pro
fessor, "we must never amuse ourselves
at the expense ef the poor. I!.it you
are rich, and may give yourself a much
greater pleasure by means of this poor
man. I'ut a crown piece, if you have
them, in each shoe, and then we will
bide ourselves."
The student, luckily having two crown
pieces did so, and then placed himself,
with the professor, behind tho bushes
hard by, through which they could
easily watch the laborer, and whatever
wonder or j iy he might express.
The poor man soon finished his work
aud came across the field to tho path
where he left his coat and shoes
While he put on his coal he slipped one
foot into one nf his shoes. Reeling
something hard, he stooped down and
found tho crown. Astonishment and
wonder weru upon bis countenance,
lie gazed upon the crown, turned it
round, and looked again and again ;
then he looked round on nil sides, but
could see no one. Now ho put the
money iu his pocket and proceeded to
put on tho other; but wh.it was Lis as
tonishment when he found the other
crown ! His feelings overcome him.
He fell upon his knees, looked up to
heaven, and uttered u loud and fervent
thanksgiving, in which ho spoke nf I. is
wife sick und helpless, nnd his childie.i
who by some unknown baud would be
saved from perishing.
The young man stood there deeply
affected and with tears iu his eyes.
Now," said the professor, are you
in-t better pleased than if you had
played your intended trick?"
"Dh ! dear sir," answered ihe youth,
"you have taught me a lesson that 1
will never forget. I feel now the truth
of the words which I never before un
derstoi d, it is nioie blessed lo give than
to receive."
THE ROSE OF SHARON.
The so-called Hose of Sharon is one
of the most exquisite flowers iu shape
and hue' Its blossoms afe bell-shaped,
and of many mingled hue s nml and
dyes. 1) it its history is legendary nnd
romantic in the highest degree. Li ihe
Ivast, ihrnghout Syria, Judcn and
Arabia, it is regarded with the pro
foundest reverence. The leaves that
encircle the round blossoms dry und
cliso together when the season of
blossoms arc over, and the stalk, wither
ing cimplctcly nwrty from the stem, the
fl iwer is blown away at last from the
stem on which it grcv, having dried iu
the shape of a bull, which is carried by
the breeze to great distance, lo this
way it is borne over the wastes and
sandy deserts, until at last, touching
some moist place, it dings to the soil,
where it immediately takes fresh root
aud springs to life and beauty again.
A CURiCUS HABIT.
It is a curious liubit of human nature
to look ut a man through the trasparent
medium of a dollar bill. If a rich man
is rude, it is regudc 1 as a q taint aid
laughable eccentricity; but if a poor
man does or says the .-a mo lliirg he is a
boor, and wo are disgusted beyond
measure. We ate ready to fiad any e x
cuse for an act that bis money behind
it, and equally ready to fi ad fault with
any act that is back' d by poverty. This
gild-colored p.iginent which envious
eves secrete is not ihe cenliaii' v of a
class, but tho characteristic of all. From
the sexton who shoves a bundle ol
hiiui'i'i rajs into a b.itk peiV, and shnns
s'l.k.tu.d velvet to the best sea', to the
clergyman who smort'.es tin r nigh
edges of life for weul'h, all men d -if
their bats to a poclu.t-'ooiiU. This is a
pleas mt ri fl 'c! ion for U' few, but la
the rest it rum's a little hard.
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THE EMBLEMSOF LCYE.
Hoses are admittedly the emblems of
love. And oil tr.d.timi savs that a
roo gathered upon mid-su.nmcr eve
and kt pt in a clean sheet of paper until
("iiris .mas day, will bo lit sh enough lor
a maiden to wear io her bosom when
ho who is to be her husband will come
and take it tint. 1 1 Tbtiringia the roe
holds a similar position ns a love-charm ;
h maid tvlio has several lovers will name
a rose-leaf after each; and then scull, r
them upon the water; that which si-ks
tho last representing Uer future
h isbi.n 1. In s 'ine patts of (!erniany it
h customary to throw rose-leaves on n
coal fire, as a means of insuring good
luck. In (lerminv, as well as in Fiance
ami Italy, it is believed that if a drop of
one's blood be buried under a rose tree
it will insure rosy cheeks.
Why is the root ot thu tongue like a n
ie:U'd uiuu? Ikcauso it U down iu tl.c
mouth.
NO. 4.
A CLEVERTHIEF.
Two young nvn, aecerd tig to a Paris
paper, were recently seateoj in froot ot a
cufo on the iioulevardo, when one of them,
niimsil Lucein W., inlormed his Iritnd
that he had just coaao iuto powssioe ol
5 000 Iriincs, adding that the 5,000 Iraucs,
in bsnk note, were safely locked up in a
drawer In his room, and lie should not
then trouble himself with buincss. He
bad a turn of filiy (runes in his pocket,
with winch he proposed (list lie and his
f'aend sliou'd (jo to Asnieres und tnjoj
llittn.-ielves witfi bonling', dining, a b.ll,
etc., aa 1 nut return uatil two o'clock ia the
nioruing.
Atatiiblo cloc lo them was a well
dressed mini, who, nltheugh appsrently at),
so: be) in the pnusal of kin journal, did not
lose a word ol the cnr.yfrsutian. Ho was
an accomplished tuicl. named H , alias
"The Apic,'' who bad but recently
returned from a tour iu the provinces,
which he had found it necessary to muke
in order lo withdraw himself froim the
reservation nt the police. Tho bait of
5.000 frunrs was ton umptin,' for him lo
resist, and he imiuedia'cly resolved to ab
tain pn3-i'8--lon of it.
Ilivinp; noticed that Luciou W. had
p'accd Ins bat on a stool a s shoit di dance
fromo him, the Aspic adroitly substituted
his own for it, and after paying lor whil
be hd taken, walked out. He knew that
the 5,000 Italics were deposited in a drawee
in the ynun' mini's room, and tho address
of thut room I. c lu p.'d to tint! by meurgnl
the name, at the bottom ol tho hat. Hceiim
I lie hnllcr'e address hevvent to Ins shop and
told him thut he Jiad on leaving a reilau
ran', taken a hat which did nut belon; to
him, and which he was anxiout to re'urn
to the owner, il the hutter happened to
know the address of the customer.
Tho inforoititioo wus na.lily obtained,
aud in a very short tioas after the thief bad
paid his visit to the apartment of Lueiin
V and s lined possession ol thu tnouey.
About an hour viler the young man cmno
to the battel's ahm, and was' informed ol
what hud oceuired, but, not thinking ol
any danger for Ins motley, ho merely
bought a hat, and with his Irieud proceeie l
to Aft'ierej.
Oh Ms return home at night he discover
ed his !?. Inloi'oiHti.in was immediately
I'ldgcd with the police, and, from thu de
scription nf tho man given by the hatter,
ho was, on tho following dav, arrested
while en a party of pleasure, which be had
also di vised with some friends, to the
liver side. In his pocket were found the
,tn)0 iruecs, minus -100 fraucs, which bt
ml expended.
PROUD I BABPaiJJCESS;
The young Prince of Naples is a frank,
manly bov of ten years of nge, tho only
child nl King Uinberto and his fir.st cousin
wife Qurs n Murghcrita. lie is not a hand
some child. He has rinall light eyes, the
heavy features of tho present Savoy botiso,
ami Ins bristly light hair rises up above his
foicheiid, but bis luco is intelligent nnd
bright, snd it has a simple, childlike, naive
expres-ion; ins sharp little eyes have the
keen, inquiring look ol his father's with
out thi Mui tied expression neticeable in
those of Ivieg Uuiherto. Like all members
ol the house ol ;'. -voy, except, to bo sine,
lii.s er.indlathcr Vilteiia Kiuauuele, ha is
very loud of Collt't ccreiujMcs oad Court
display. When he wrls liutweetf thieo aud
lour yens ol ago ho was sent onn summer
to Kngl ind ti consult Ihe specialist about
a weakness ho had then in the feet and
ankles. As be went through Palis his at
tendants notice I thut ho was discontented
anil even irritable. His governess asked
h'nu what ailed him. "Why does not the
guard here fnliite mt?" he replied, with
rtetce childish prission. Not bad that for
a royal youngster of four years old! It re
calls a story once told ine, by a friend
who wus a Piiiisiuu Court Lady of Honor,
ol one of thu sons of the Imperial Crown
Prince. When he wits a litlla tot under
four years of ngu, they bad great trouble
to make him wear his gloves when hi went
out rtrivirj. At ln-t they told him Ihe
suatds had orders to match svvuy bclnre
he came down to the carriage, so as tn
avoid giving him tbe roval talutii, which
lin y eoiil I nut do il he did not wear sieves.
Ibis ended the trouble instantly. Every
day win n the hm r ol driving came, the
boy ran to his nuue and begged her to help
him pull on the glove?. Then bo would
rush to llio pul ice window, tlnust out bis
two Intle gloved bund, shakicir t horn a
gerly, mui crying in his baby voice, ' Don't
go wyl bee! I lmvo the glove ou! '
Phil. Tthgi'iph, Home Letter.
rTi n.
The lint w'iler-hov much it means I
9 veil truths ol uinn himself is water
Srvrn-tenths nl the h il mail ruce rained
do n'mt voter luv! It is much moreprob
I'll, in it l te ar wilt n v.v nut ol n liung
hole tli m that tiny part of his rrmuins will
ever st op on.'. Our life is iudeud a Vnpnr,
breath, a littlu niuistnre condense I upno.
lilt pine, We eiiry eiirere. j;. jj phial.
I leave the lles.li, and how q nekly wo Fu;
out! Man l gun us a fish, uiul lie awinu
i i a sea ot vitui flaids as long ns his lite
I i'i, His t'trst foul i milk; b is bis last
nod ua lirtreii 11.' can lusie and nssirn
ilute nnd ah- irb nothing but liq lidF. The
sun. I tin: throughout all urguiitc nature
i lie water no nr that makes every wlicl
ni"ve. Without Ibis great solvent., there
n n i lile. I admire Ills line of Wult
Whitman :
'The Mlnnnbcrii sr nnd llnuid trees."
The lue and Its Iruit are like a sponge
wliii-h tile r 1 1 m have tilled. Ihrough them
and thiough all living bodies there goes on
tlie e mi'ii'iei! ol vital growth, tiny vesse's
Il ,'cM und siieecssii n of fleets, huleu with
umteiiil hound f 'r (lit taut shotes, to build
no. und repair, and resloiu tho watte ol the
phisicxd Inline,
Thei thi.1 ruin nifansVeluxu'inn: tho ten
-hm in Nature nnd nil her eioiluris Is Its
seiinl. Thi.- tr.s s dr.-p th.'ii leaves, or let
..illnir ripened Iruit. Tiie tno iUi lf will
I ill m a Hid, d iinu il iy waeti but yestcr
day It withstand a gale of wind. A midst
sii'iih wind pi in triii ci i ven the m'n 1 ami
makes It gr so le-ts tcmich'iH. It ought to
t .he li'iin to kid a man on a luliiy d .y than
a ch ar one. 'I lie direct Bupp ut ol the
sun id withdrawn; life if un er a cloud;
masculine tend gives place to something
like a leiuiiiiue. In this sense, ruin is Ihe
grief, the weeping ol nature, the re lief of
buiaieiie 1 or agmiiZ.d heart. Hut t'ftr
Irom r.utari:'s eyelids arc ulwsys n mi, ill il
aud prcpuie the way lor lighter, purer
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