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IIAWIIKI-DHCIIIIRCU iAStIK
(For (lie Gleaner.)
Tlio following lines wore written
last iiiytit, after dreaming that I had
vlMflfti my mother's grave at Haw
field*. She died whou I was six
yeiiM old.
I dreamed last while the pale moon
... .jjbonc, .
With the light of her borrowed ray,
Of whoa* soul from this earth hath
H°ne • , "■ ■ - -C\ g'•
To the ra«]ms ot celestial day.
i
£&h measured tmad'by the stately church,
WUeie ho lights of the Gospel ahluu,
I walked where demons doth fear to lurk,
A s I passed to the hallowed ahrluc.
I to the sacred place,
Where the last debt of nature is paid;
And there alone the old mouud could trace.
O'or the place where my mother was laid.
MK9!.''.;>«?* »-•-
for awhile to
wMthr stanW*fi' lilgh;
Awl thought of one, ttreff Tiiider niy feet,
Bet whose spirit was above the sky.
I stood there once, when my ftfc was young,
; A*4 J saw thereto tfold damp sod
To cover the forn*rom whose bosom was
wrung &
j *The
n as -he trl6dfo tcljfcyi^
f * ffj ■
* A place for tny mother they said;
I saw*dear friends stand weeping around,
*\nd I knew that my mother was deal.
:> . 1 *
They lowered her gently in the tomb, that
day, %
For her, last resting place on earth,
And. atomy retiring we wandered away.
To the place of the old home hearth.
If there's tene jflicc that Is de ar to me,
Tlmt is dearer to we than anflllier,
'Tls that beneath the tall cedar tree,
'lis the gravn of my own dear mother.
: Trinity College. J. E. T.
. Feb. 21 1878.
TUG LA I'ti BOMB.
Katk I'ktton.
[From Peterson's Magazine.]
The Rector of St. Alsnpli giving a
diune r-party,(uid when the Hector
(lid this, he was certain of doing
something that he knew how do well
Few men were mure an fait in ail
that pertains u> that great art ot
civilization, tho art of dining, than
iter. Channey Granby, butchelor,
epicure, and for the last twenty years
incumbent of tbe good old parish of
SI. Alsuph, England.
Let us lock in upon the fail* scene
tor a moment. The diuing>room is
large, wjtli a lofty, grained ceiling,
hall* paneled high with oak and
chestnut, and oriel window lor king
cut on abcauUful,oldfashioiicd garden
filled withe bloom ofroses, geraniums
and all those bright flowers 'not too
wise and good,' and botanical, 'for
human nature's daily iooU.' Beyond,
I stretched a peaccfull vista, a sweet
English landscape, with its velvety
fields, its fragrant hawthorn nidges
its pillages ®r thatched Cottages, and,
in the distance, the faint, blue outline
of the Cumberland Hills, shutting out
the busy, bustling world.
The large oval table, iu the centre
of the room, shines with old chiua
and 8il«»er„ for the Rector is well born
audits Mirer has a crest; and at
tabfe sat twelve people, six ladies
and as mauy gentlemen, alternating,
the gentlemen in their uniform black
and white neckties, bat all in that
Jul! dress essential at an English
dinner, their beautiful white necks
and pretty round arms, in relief
GRAHAM, N. C-,
i
niece, Bcrlha D'Arcy, callcil the Rose
of St. Alsapli. How well she bqcomos
her name a:id position! 'AH JSnglWh
beauties resemble 011 c another, ii is
said. and perhaps there is something
of sameness in their rounded outlines
I their softest, bright complexions,their
• wide-open infantilis gnaa, at least
to us Americans, accustomed to a
more vivacious and expressive stylo
i But Ucrtha D'Arcy's loveliness was
not marred even by this lack. She
had all the rich fullness of outline
and brilliant color of her own cvliutry
und, by one ot Nature's caprices, had
away back into the past, and taken
' her dark eyes and French vivacity
froiu. some fair Norman ancestors
long since mouldered into dust.
These two styles, combined, made
her beauty something splendid,
shiningiout among the tranquil faces
around her, like aw exquisite bit ol
al'o reheve, rUing from the level
perlecuou. Df a. , mownec—gtranjclj'"
enough, thortglr as lonely In nature
as in person, Bertha had reached the
- mat lire age oft wouty five,yet liadnev
> er loved. Some called her col.'*, and
, indifferent; but those who had woed
her long and earnestly ; others prjud
earnest and ambitious; but the
shrewd'Rector, hei* uocle. who was
in no ha«tc to part with her, was
nearer Che truth Vvhod life" sSid that
'soma women's hearts were like
the'sweetcst wcic late
blossoiners.' Gertaiyly, Bertha secin^
a fti|Jer blootfl from dew ami sunshine .
I A ikl «ie 1 Lector sat an Aiiicrft*a 11
«c English culf'u
graduate
jj|J vv i'; fpYV.*l f D i* 'i# x .«»«iliiiii' 111 4■ " I
**J American cfpoor p'nrfifiige, trfffioSt
fcjrfy advantnges, whoTnd conquered
e fortune bv tho sheer iorco ol
liaiive pluck and energy, lie had
I little sohooi lore, Irs * bruin toemed
with plans An- all sorts of wofWjrfull
things. to be done. No mountain
I looked to him too high to be tunneled
no liver too wide to bo spanned:
1 provided his fellow-beings
to go through the one or ovtfr the
other. Of fine physique, tall as a
Ketuekian, straight as Maine pine,
broad-chested, deep-voiced, with
handsome brown eyes, and a bright
suiile, \\ alter Giant had won many
friends among the English. Bcrlha
only seemed to look upon him with
an untavoring eye. He was so
different from ail she had been reared
to consider as model men, that she
seemed to regard his huge pro pot ions
his wonderful! ignorance ot some
things and knowledge of others,
i something (is an astronomer, who had
■ mode ail his calculations to suit a
certain condition of heavenly bodies
might look upon an unknown coming
up irom the starry horizon and upset
ting nil his theories by some straugc
manifestations,'
Just at this stage of the dinner the
conversation chanced to turn upon
literary topics,and an L. L. D.,a man
of many titles, and much erudition,
turning suddeuly to Mr. Grant, said,
'Ob. we shall never get the 'Philis
tines' to admire that book!'
Mr. Uront looked blankly unres*
ponsive. lie hud never heard of
Matfliew Arnold, or of the class of
Englishmen that chooses to
nick name 'Philistines?' How should
he, indeed, when he had highertnings
to think ot? 'What docs tho man
mean?' he said to himself. 'WJtft
have the'Philistines'to do with u
nineteenth century book? They were
dead ages ago.
Pretty Bertha was listening. As
usual, when the American made any
mistakes, her auger flamed up against
him, and almost before she thought,
an evil impulse spoke through lier
6ilvery voice.
♦Mr. Grant isn't acquainted with
tho 'Philistines, it seems,' she
, • Ob, yes, I am!' he replied, smiU
ingly, unconscious of the hidden scar.
Til wager this rare-ripe,' be
added, laying a downy, red-cheeked :
peach upon a cluster of transparent
leaves, which formed the centie ot a i
: china plate, 'l'll wager this, that I I
cau tell'you all about tho 'Philis- '
tines.' l
TUESDAY MARCH 5 1878
by her evil spirit; -hut I shall havoti
make au exception this time." And
she put down her peach, wailing for
him to spoak.
Tho Hector looked on with an air
of deep approbation. He was a thor
ough gentleman, and that a ;uest of
Ins should be laughed at, at his ow#
table, and by liii own ueice, was in
tolerable. lie had noticed that Ben
iha disliked the American. But this
was going too far.
'I sew how It is, Miss D'Arcy,' said
Mr. Grant. 'Von think I'm not given
to scriptural .rending; but I learned
all about this 'Philistines' when I was
a boy, and read tho slory of David
and GOliath. You've lost your peach
yon ?qe.'
All the table saw the mistake, for
St.Ale.aph was a cathedral t«wn,much
given to literature, and tv certain
Shibboleth of the literary world wa6
like their native tongue to them. But
irtroiWi ffiiTfTejl. They were t00... well
bred fbr that.* There was. however,
that indefinable something iu tho air
that told tiije vuunif man, more plains
ly than words, that he had, somehow,
made a mistake.
The blood flew to Walter Grant's
face, while Bertlm, blueing Scarcely
less with vexation and* .tbanie, sud>
J deiily roses gl'v!iig tlio 6.lgiml for the
ladies Hx retire. They swept outihf
the room in their shinrneriiig ftilfcsjf
iik|4noviiig iniiisbowf, and dispors.r
ufg :irou»d the drawing-room, ren
j clined, 4n graceful on ottomans
pud fenLcliiTs, telling eiie another, in
J soft tones, tho ot news
i! » r * f ■ jJ
ill at
ought to know, as undo and papa
do? And yet iiow much he knows
about some other thing*", and how
well he talks J How all those M. P.'s,
listened to hitn the other day, when
lie was speaking about the groiit tun>
n.el in Arnica! How patieKtne has
beou with me, tool It's a "pity I don't
like him belter. How hateful 1 have
been? I must, I will apologize. FII
go down on my knees—figuratively,
of course. Untie is ashamed of in»,
and lam ashamed of myaelf. I'll
make the amer.de this lime.'
Calmed a little by this resolulion—
for wlio could resist an apology from
the Rose of St. Alsapb Fetid deter
mined to await there the coming in of
thegentlemon, !Bertha began to look
around among the flowers, and m a
moment uttered an exclamation ol
delight. A late rose, sefet her that
saisou from Guernsey, one that she
had belonging to «eo in flower,
had suddenly bloomed. Alter gar*
nering up all the dews and sunshine
and summer, it had burst out with
one perfect bloasom, lovely iu color
as a tinted sea shell, fi-agaiit as a blos
som of Paradise.
• 'Late and sweet,' said Bertha, half
blushing. 'That's what uncle says I
shall be. Pll wear it to-night,' she
added, with a sudden impulse, "and
enjoy its full beauty.' '
She plucked the fljwer, and hiding
the stem in a told of her dress, stoed
looking down at the rose, laying ca>
rcssiugly against her Ueautilul bust,
when she heard a step, and, turning,
saw Mr. Grant approaching.
She looked at him doprecatingly.
'Pin so sorry,' she said at once. a l
don't know what made me do it.' r
'lt's not the first time 1 have had'
to forgive you,' said Mr. Grant, pas
sionately, yet aadly. 'Yoif despise
me, because I have lived a different,
life from you; because JUmvo a differ
ent ideal. I see the good in vourSj
but you will see nothing in mine.
Yours is perfect, rounded, aijd chiss i
eled, like a Greek statue; but to me '
it is just as cold and lifeless. You L
dispisc me and my countrymen! You I
think us crude and rough; but,' his '
face glowed, his oyes kindled,' Ainer- J
ica is the laud of promise, and I would |
not change ray birthright for tho
fairest dutedom in all England. But '
uroy tlo I say this?' suddenly check- .
ing himself. 'I am making another ;
Wundcr,' and lie smiled biUcrfy. [c
You do not care for>e, or my
!rj-. You havo show" me that, mora j J
I had better leato unsaid. excused
have li.!W.d near you. like a fool,
You difpi-o me, and 1 love you.'
His voice trembled, and he Mopped
At these word*, Bertha felt as Jfa
great ol light slionc around her,
illiuniuadnsr tho past. That, then,
was whaj it meant! This was why
sho was so angry when he seemod >.o
inferior to others. This explained
her tormenting pleasure in his socie
•ij »%»' UelJght when ho shone in con
versation; her vexation when he was
dull,'liier pride in his bravery; her,
anger.ftt his ignorance. How simple j
tho solution of the problem! lie lovs
Tho inward glow had ottly mndf her
cheeks mors. pale. IffeK eyes
downcast. Only I lie Rose moved.
Tjuat fluttered over hor beating heart
illf# a iiightened dovo.
Mr. Ghuit spoke again.
'You will smile, perhaps,' ho suid,
gravely, I tell you that ! havo
I hoped to win you,
only because I loved you so much.
They say love bezels iwve. To-uight
you-have laught ina that that is but
A mad mail's dream, nnd 1 iiarc conic
to say.BsW'
Hie wwUisui(>lc-U|i: liko a Ulow
struck ai lA would nevs
longing gnzc of love and veituciation;
It almost broke hei fcrnart. She held the
floWjggjyUtle this time
she spMRh
'lt is a late Rose.' she said with a
tremulous voice, 'but —it has blos
somed.'
Her voi'e thrilled him with a sud
den shock. He looked at her eagerly
while a quick flash shot his
eyes'like lightning through a cloud.
Didshb meau it? Still hei'did not put
out bis band. ild bent a little near
er, and looked into her eyes, which
drooped beneath his gaze.
'Hasit blossomed lor mc? be asks
od.
'For you, 1 she answered,softly jand
lie took the Rose of st. Alsaph to his
bosom.
TUB WOUHV SMALL BOY,
% [From tbe New York Times.]
For u long time it has been the
l>oa«t iff the First Congregational Soj
cicty ot Birchville, Ohio, that they
possessed a minister, who in, point
ot hinga and legs, was fully equal,
and iu so'tno respects superior, to Mr.
Talmage. There is no doubt that
Hi's boast is to a certain extent justi
fiable. While Rev. Mt. Suubright is
admittedly inferior to Mr. TaJmnge
in the management ot his lelt leg, and
never attempts the eloquent feat of
throwing both legs simultaneously
over the front ot the pulpit, fee can
peuud the desk or stamp his right
toot with a violence which the Brook
lyn athlete has never yet approached.
His voice is- simply' nnequnlcd in
power, and on calm Sunday's has
more than once reached the next vil
lage, distant nearly three miles from
tho meeiiug house, and created a
temporary alarm of fire. Ot course,
these great qualities have made him
exceedingly popular with the thought
ful members of hft congregation, but
they havo not secured for him tho
respect ftitd AdmmUioh of Um small
b»y». His invariable habit of rump
ling a small boy's hair tho wrong
way while pointing out to him th« 4
general sinUilnesfc ot his ways is un-|
questionably adapted to awaken t.ie
baser passions of fallenjnvenitte bu- |
man nature. To this objectionaM^|
habit ho also adds the praclHi of In
sisting upon an iimiial amount oft
catechism, and a total
circus, and the result is that he . &
hated bv the small boys« ot Jus «en
biuernes- f*
I lie Sfiii »'o\ ijaAii- ftion i
rumpled liis linir with real entlaisi
asm, and, remarking 11l no luvcd jo
SCO a boy with a mind above marbles
audd reuses, promptly lew: him IWo
deiiredbook. K ifdine « ccfcs that
ingenious small boy ite*«led his
wnolo lime fc> study and to experi
ments with rurp-titci s' tool# mid |
heavy weights in the w«»(M , ..-hotl, ami
hit father and Mr. Sunbright con
gratulated one another upon ik* :
extraordinary goodlier ami intclligl
gence wf Ihe studious yofttb,
Ir was on (ho S ilu'rday
preceding the fiipfiuudny in Jann&ty
lltnfctho ingenious small boy, tugcthef
with ncveral of Ids juvenih cmnpau
ions, gidftcd secret access to the Usju*
m'rgntiouiii Meeting house. 'J In. pul
pit* vus hi oil! f:*shioi»ccl lift ait*
placed upon a high plail'oron Urn. ■(_
(icrncath this plattV rm was a ilerk
spnjtc to which access wa» gained b%
a movable panel aid in which ih'rf
pulpit floor until a !>icl%o Of IsL
pcun| should be (> i.e.u
this pressure, the trnptio r would ra*?|
laiu Is position, and would be invisi
ble 10 an;, but the elo#e-t m tiujiia",
lian as soon "it'
uausc I
Elder arose and remarked that their
beloved Pa*tor evidently intended
his hearcis to spenfl* little tiajo ill
meditaiioD wberedpon every one
meditated witft great assfdui'y tor
live minutes longer. At the cxpira**
lion oft his time it was feared that
Mr. Sunbright might hafb fallen
down in a ill, and three gentlemen
simulfaniouslv went into the pulpit
and amid general consternation re
ported that he had totally vanished,
The excitement that gusued was tre
meirdi u->, and the meeting broke up
ill disorder. No one ventured to ex
plain except an elderly single lady ,wiio
sugessled a sudden raid on the part
envious angels. This theory rapidly
gained adherers, in the { abscu-.e of
any opposite theory, and might navo
been generally accepted had . uot a
faint knocking beneath the. pu'pit
been beard. An exaniinattonltap in
stituted, and Mr.
covered, much abraded as to hi® sur
face, aad iuw&idly filled with right
eous indignation. . .Fortunately,
he had no serious Injury, aud he was
couvcyed into the adjoining lecture
room and was subjected to a varietv
of soothing processes by Iho focal
medical man. There.probably never
was a worse boythan the ingenious
contriver of tho trap, To a certain
extent he has expiated his oftenco
bnt Mr. Sunbright is firmly convinced
that there is no punishment that will
do justice to the culprit, iu which
opinion all rcspectablo peisons will
agrees. At present the email bov
st udies as well as recites on hi 8 feet
but that circumstance, with all that it
implies gives but transient comfort
to ihe injured minister. 'Jin: j • j .it
floor, as wallas Mr.
since been throughly repaired, but. ihn
incident dcserye*tjo be notedpanlv aa
a warning to ilr. Ttltea
as a mcleiicholy
ville posseses I
existing smuii ooyft£
- r ,
Four-; to hi* mother holdinc
' '•■' M : —i, v > mama, »a\! Z:tl
jquiiu ling 'ittlo babyseeu.a t,-> sink: