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VOL II. CHARLOTTE- Nj C.,-SATURDAY, AUGUS1 30, 1873. NO. 22.
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T?m'mmmm , , ; , , 4i ,
It is ike Prod-nce of J'oelry to hallow the
xjihere in chich it moves, and breathe around
it an odor more exquisite than the rose or
the lily. i --'"'
WEEP
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NOT FOR
PAST. 1 !
THE
BY SUK J. DICKSON.
Weep not for the past the t cold dreary
past; . T '
Weep not s.ul child, though' sorrow's
Chill Mast, : :
Hath shrouded in gloom, thy life's early
' path-; .. - ' " ' ". '.-';"'
And over thee blown, -in' darkness find
...
wrath. - , -iy
Weep not for the pa:t the . star of thy
. youth, :j - "
Is glitterins in love.' hope, joy and truth ;
Thoujrh sorrow's impre.s hath sat on
. thy brov. . . .
.. future of liirht'? a waiting thee now
Weep notcist .from thee, the .grief,
Widow. Hawkins' ITrials.
BV . .VIOLET.
Solomon ie;hiriid, ftliat' E1
was 1 n iikiug a loo I of him.self,-
iroiiiir the imuihIs of the whulef
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tun i. i 11 v 1 1 1 1 1 10 uiv'iuv 1 ,
4vli-it slio het Kli wouhln't j ask
tluit, ar Shaniblv wnrnaii to add
Ikr fortv voars to liis'ii bufoil) lie
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wus'tlmmnh with it;' 1 I
vomaii with. such a tefliper would
nlako an uncomfortable wife.
The widow groaned, hut
Ehraim told her "not to be dis
couraged; for he did not gi ve 'tip
UI went fromtliere over to
so.
Bv Tiine o'clock Ephriam ar-
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rived, but .nothing' could be ifath
eretl from Ids' face, and 'hcjTe-r
fused to answer a single rnuK'ftion
until he had his supper. They
waited with what patience jheV
could ; Mrs. Hawkins said, ! 'he
alwavs ; was dreadful trying,jjiirfi j
Sol-olilViTthVml i t E ph 4
Mr. Wh color's and I thpugbt ll
woulil n't waste time in ci'inpli
hients, so" when Sarah J uhc came
t the door, I asked her at once
ifshe'flil be kind -enough to an
syer a few question and I told
Ijer a good deal depended oii her
answers, so I hoped she would
II the truti:. ' At that she; got
mad and called to her mother
,;ere is Eph Hawkins come tq
take the census, and fiefs afraid
Vll tell lies; yon had better;
conie and answer him," and wwit
sh' uld sh e do but ; 1 ea ve . , S iste r
AVheeler came, and T said I think
I ill call when JnitherXVlielq r
Live tortue mture-.ne orient comm.- , U)mH Wuiz; 4om Jiiian-
W inv's swpct bAlm. on their swift ! i'otltc-
hyiii-win- : - j ! At last he seated himself by
To find thy F.id heart, lone one, will tjlc broUd opeti fire-place, (and,
theybrin. placing his feet upon the feu
j- ? i commenced, 4I went over to
. V. r 1 Snntrt! a and lound Ala
havehown I " 1 . ,1 , . ,
.4.m- -1 : .4T,- ! hnrniiicr. so 1 tooK! ; nola
morn. I' : helped her. 1 She said sbmotiing
Oh Sister ! woep not for the years that aout n,y running away .trotiji her ;
have led.
Korour bs.st 1 ve I Friend v oli! they 'j
der,
the
rthv
auo
! frou-'rallv, but T didn't s take any
cr fipsiii nonce
o.thfvare living in Heaven's own ' about
ii-ht; ; ; j
And tread incr those Ktreeta which ever
are bright . ' i
of it.
work
Wc talked lover
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xone filing
fanirkeql
ami
..t,fl finutlior. She Iauirheci- at
i most evcrvihing,, but gavef. me
! some kind of an nnsvcr, uthtil I
j asked lief, Martliy says I, what's
vour ojiiioii about raising a jarge
tamilv ? don't you think, it it's
Weep not for the past, my ;Siser, and
- Friend, ' -. 1
For alas ! full soon will thy slight f form
bend, j " j r j the Lord's will, it , is bettei' to
Full soon will the brow, grow payid, rivc a o;ood many ehildrefi to
ano pne; ; iMrothir.- than to 1 Siave when I askel her mother as to
And soon will thv htcp row fceblo and r; i - . .
fp . . ! " i . 1 just two or three like yur
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Live for t!e futrre, its music, and mirth, Iv and mine ?
Wftitrelv.it the short Iived-ehildr?n of ! 01, r, ;ilTrt'l po that WC ai'most
13 at nome; ami tnen jl leu. .
Agai n the. widow groaned and
accused her son of being more;
"trying than ever before. Solo
mon kept quiet for fear - of being
excluded from the confidence of
the family. 44Muher,"sail Eph
raim, "don't find fault with : me,
tor. I never, worked so hard to
please you in my life as 1 have
to-dav and I have gon'e accord
ing to the light I had." v
I know, s my son, liut you'll
never marry now. O dear, ram
so tired." .
4 Yes I shall ; I jid not lose'
from
couraire a bit, btit went
there te Eden lEowe's.' ' x
Doil't 3'ou tell mo Betsy IFowe
is coming here to live on '
T,'8ho wasn't at home, and
ami-
earth
Soon we'll be down 'mid the dust of
the tomb, . ;
lie hidden away, and lost in the rloom.
i upset the churn; nd then
snapped out, 4Eph Haw
what dn von mean talking
she
Kins,
like
God, ,
So vhn theKe bodies fnd rest 'neath
the M;d,
Our soul may 'rise on the swift Avians
of love, . . j ;
To meet the lost ones in Heaven above.
Let us live be happy trust in our ; iat to m0 ? don't yon cver;maro
to speak to me again as -long as
vou live." I tried to explain, but
she wouldn't listen to a won
I had to leave, and 1 ieit
'twas ordered just as 'twas, for a
so
glad
Betsy's views, slie owned that
'Betsy hadn't aiy ; so that was
settled of course, and I left word
with her about some town; busi
ness for Eden, and come away.'
'At John Read's I found quite
a company. Yon know by the
time I utit there 'twas in the at
ternrton. - Weil, I felt ao tliank
f(d; tor there was Ann Simpson,
Abbey Cole and 'Nancy Fisher,
besides the Road girls. Some
how I didn't feel quite as ;clear
in my mind as to the questions; '
when tliey were all latighiiig 1
round rne.' : . ; ,
'Oh,V interupted Solomon, Uf ; t:
IM onlv been -there.'
I was bound to be serious with
them, sp I asked them at once if
tl ey didn't think a vo man ought
to be willing to (lo the milkini; if
her husband was a iarmeiand was
called on town business.
'Of course,' said two or three
of them. 'Do you want to hire a
hand, Eph ? Take me, oh, take
me ;' and they all ' huddled np
around me until I was almost
crazy-: I don't know how 1
should ever have got away from
them, but T was tipping back in
my chair and somehow it went
over and I went my full- length
upomtho dioor; Thcv all " 'com
hU'iiced screauihg,',aha-1 sni'S.lr
pose they thought I was h u rt, ion'
they called to their father, and
he came , running in. Says ho.
'Brother Hawkins, what is th
matter, wha have you hecn do-
ihs: to frighten these jirls so?"
Says I, 'They can't be moiv ;
friglitened than I am,- and if you
will get. the chair mended, I will ,
settle' the bill. I wanted to talk ?
with you about the school in our"
district but I guess I will see
you down to the corner some
daV;' and I was corning away, .
but mv hat had been mislaid
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somehow, ami after a long search.
Brother Bead lent rue his best
one, and tho'-it was retty I arge ;
I managed,, by wrapping my
handkerchief around my head. .
Becky Read was in the yard, and ;
she said, lif she found my hat,
she'd bring it over, and if I
weren't at home she'd stay and
do the milking.' I was going to
lnive a little more talk with her,
but I heard the other girls
snickering and it unset me com-
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pletely. . ;
'Oh, Ephriarn, the whole town
will be laughing about you, D
know.' '. ;U I
'Oh, no mother, there's lio oe- ';
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