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March 22, 1911. THE ELON COL LEGE WEEKLY. 3 THE WEEKLY DIRECTORY. Burlington (N. C.) Business Houses. Buy Ury Goods from B. A. Sellars & Bons. See Burlington Hardware Co. for Plumb ing. Get your Photographs at Anglin’s Studio. B. A. Sellars & Sons for Clothing and Gents’ Furnishings. See Dr. Morrow when in need of Dental Work. Real Estate, Insurance and Loans, Ala mance Insurance & Real Estate Co. Baiber Shop, Brannock & Matkins. Dr. J. H. Brooks, Dental Surgeon. See Freeman Drug Co. for Drugs. Elon College, N C. For an Education go to Elon College. Gibscnville, N. C. Dr. G. E. Jordan, M. D. High Point, N. C. People’s House Furnishing Co Greensboro, N. C. Pierce Stamp Works for stamps. Hotel Huffine. Burtner Furniture Co., for furniture. relatives who visited the home could see that the mother’s health was failing fas ter and faster^ though she kept going. She was almost at deatli’s door. But Hans and Maria did not know it until one day the doctor come and when he went to leave little Maria went out to the gate anl wanted to know why he had been there. He then told her that her mother was sick and she must be his little nuise for her mother. Maria went to work waiting on and doing everything that was possible for a child to do for a sick person never dreaming that her mother would never be able to sit up again. One morning Maria went into her moth er’s loom and found her much worse. The kind woman had the servant to lift her little boy and girl upon the bed so she could talk to them. This was the first time that this dear woman had spoken to hen little children about dying. She told them that she would not be with them much longer and that they must be smart little children and obey their aunt whom they would have to live with when she was gone. She also told Maria to be good to her little brother and tiy to teach him the best she could and for both of them to meet her in heaven. She knew how cruel her sister-in-law was to her own children and of course she thought that she would not be good to those who were not her own. Even though she knew how her children would be treated she tiied to make it seem pleasant to them, for she knew that she was obliged to die and she was willing to leave her little boy and girl in the hands of Him who said, “Suf fer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not. for of such is the kingdom of hea\en.” That night she died, and the servant had a hard time trying to comfort the little orphans, but at last she got them to sleep, and early next morning she cairied them to live with their Aunt whom their mother had told them about. Their Aunt was a very lich woman but was selfish as could be and did not be lieve in giving children anything except just enough to keep them from starving and freezing to death. Things went on from bad to woree, until it seemed some times that the poor little children could stand the ha sh words of their Aunt no longer. It was now just a few days before Christmas and they bad not heard a kind word since their mother died in Septem ber. Thev would try to keep out of the way of thein Aunt, and would get off to themselves and talk about going to heaven to see their mother and wish so much that they could be with her where they knew they would not hear unkind words. It as on the 23id of December and their Aunt was very busy and every time they would go near her she would scold and send them away. Maria went to her room and was looking out the window at the beautiful sky just above the mountains, thinking about her mother when her lit tle brother came in the room. She told him what she was thinking about, then looked around to find their clothes. She had decided she could stay with her Aunt no longer. So she tied a red pocket hand kerchief around her little brother’s ears, to keep them from getting so cold. Then she tied up all the clothes they had in anotheri red pocket handkerchief and went, to the closet and got a lai’ge red apple for Hans. This done, they started off l and in hand on a jouiney to heaven to see their mother. They started up the mountain, for heaven did not look far away to them. They only thought that thev would get to the clouds jvxst above those beautiful mountains, ,then they would be right in the gates of heaven. And Maria was sure that God would let her in, for she had been taught that he loved little children. This was about noon on the 23iil of December when they started out on the journey -ttliich they had not dreamed would be the cause of so much stiuggle. They traveled on however, until it was about dark and Hans became very tired and wanted to eat his supper and go to sleep but they had no supper except the apple which she had, but she thought that she had better save it until the next morning, for she knew that they would be hungrier then; So she made a bed the best she could out of the clothes which she had in the red pocket handkerchief and let her little brother go to sleep. She could not sleep because she felt it was her duty to keep watch over her little brother. Next morning before suniise they started on again. But pooi* little Hans was so tired and worn out from the day before that they could not get along fast. At last be became so tiied that Maria could not get him to go so she rolled the apple along ahead and would tell him to go and get it. In this way she traveled a long distance. She then let him eat the apple for it was almost dark upon them again. But Maria was more encouraged than she had been before, because she was sure that she would soon see her dear mother, she thought too that this was the niglit for Santa Claus to come. They always look forward to his coming with so much pleasure. They went on and on until at last they saw a blight light some distance from them. Now they felt sure that they _ Mvre near the gates of Heaven. So Maria wiped Hans eyes as he had been crying for quite awhile, and they both cheered np. By this time they were near enough to the house to hear the music that was going on inside, for some people were there practicing for the chuich service the next day. The little children were so happy that they shouted for joy. The kind man who was owner of the house heard these little children and went out to ?ee who they were. After hearing their story he carried them into the house wheie he had his wife to give them hot supper and put them to bed. The good woman was so nice and kind to them, and promis ed to let them enjoy the nice Christmas things with her own children the next morning. After the children were asleep the good man and woman sat down and talked how they would endeavon to make those little children happy the rest of their lives. Af ter talking it over they knelt down and the man prayed that God would give him power and strength to raise Hans and Maria in the right way. Then they took the light and went in to look after the pretty little strangers one more time. But. when they neached their bed they found both of the little children dead. Their life had been worn away and at last they had joined their dear mother in that beau tiful home where no sorrow ever enters. Sudie G. MjCCauley. “THE SCARLET LETTER’’—A LITER ARY MASTERPIECE. “The Scarlet Letter” is the master piece of Hawthorne’s vigorous, creative genius, and also is one of the greatest of American romances. Its plot is weird, in tense and thrilling; and while the charac ters are not perfectly natuial; they are vivid and picturesque. ■None of our American writers have 'equalled Haw'thorne in point of beauty, purity and simplicity in the use of lan guage. His simplicity has an exquisite charm that does not suggest shallowness of thought; for Hawthorne’s books are a study of the emotions and passions, with a discriminating analysis of them. His wor.ds are so well chosen and carefully used that an exact shade of meaning is mirrored in each line. He does not use many rare words, but confines himself to everylay language; and with this simple speech he succeeds in giving delicacy, freshness and strength to his paragraphs. The flow of words seems uniform through out the book. There is no unevenness or hastiness. The language is ajways smooth and calm. Even in his vivid descriptions of passion there is deliberateness. Haw thorne never hur.ries a j>assage or has tens a climax. In contrast with other novels there is a marked absence of the conversational style in them. His characters do not talk much but in their thinking he probes into re mote recesses of the soul and lays bare the hidden motives. “The Scarlet Letter” is to be commend ed because the blackness anl hideousness of sin is briought to light. The sinner suffers the consequences of willful trans gression. The torments of a relentless retribution could not be more faithfully portrayed. Perhaps no other novel has been written that so truly and forcibly conveys this moral lesson. There may be improbabilities in “The Scarlet Letter.” In some particulars it may not be true to life yet its main thought, “the way of the tiansgressor is hard,” is faithfully demonstrated. The mental suffering of the conscious sinner is d^ineated. There is one feature of the book to be deplored. Why did the author cast a shad ow upon tlie noblest of callings by making Arthur Dimmesdale, the Reverend Arthur Uimmesdale, a godly pastor? There is so much 'n the careless, thoughtless world that causes scoffing at sacred things; that it is lamentable to have any tendency that may be augmented by one of the mas terpieces of literature—a book that will be read by young and old. This dangerous tendency is augmented by the fact that while Arthur Dimmesdale was a guilty man, realized his guilt, saw the open shame and degradation of little Pearl and Hester Prynne yet his work as a pastor was successful. Hestw Prynne is not attractive. She is cold, unrespon sive and not at all lovable. Perhaps her blighted life had much to do with that mantle of marble coldness, she is also re pulsive and does not excite pity. There is nothing in her, wild, selfish child,,to develop love and tenderness, for “in giv ing her existence a great law had been bro ken ; and the result was a being whose ele ments were perhaps beautiful and brilliant but all in disorder.” It is easy to picture what might have been, had the child been different, but thev(3 was no comfort for Hester, in this lurcomfortable hit of humanity, yet she is a link betw.en the two, and a subtle in fluence goes out from her strange life. Rog-e; ('hillingworth is a strong imj)er- sonation of revengeful spirit, bitter, never tiring, haunting his victims day and night. The chapter entitled, “Revelation, of the Scarlet Letter” is the climax of the story. It is one of the finest in literature. The denouement is tragic. Arthur Dim mesdale, at last gained the victory over himself and notwithstanding his position of confidence and trust makes a confes sion of his sins. “The Scarlet Letter” is very pleasing in its portrayal of New England life. It is highly flavored with Puritanism and the quaint customs and conversations of the people give a peculiar beauty to the entire story. It is a magirificent book and is justly entitled to a place among the classics. Per haps no novel has been written, that so powerfully reveals the heart in its inner consciousness. Ethel B. DuRant. HOTEL HUFFINE Near Passenger Station Greensboro, N. C. Rates $2 up. Cafe in connection. R. i\r. MORROW, Siii’seoii Dentist, MORROW BUILDING, Corner Front and Main Streets, BURLINGTON, N. C. Dr. J. H. Brooks. DENTAL .SURGEON Office Over Foster’s Shoe Store BURLINGTON, N. C. LINEN MARKING OUTT^’TTS: Name Stamp, Indelible lu,£ uod Pad, 40c. Postpaid on receipt of price. PIERCE STAMP WORKS, Greensboro, N. C. It’s good Work that Counts See if the SANITARY BARBER. SHOP Can Please You. BRANNOCK & MATKINS, Prop’s.
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