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CHAPTER IH. '
; - ' THK HOMI-COMING.
What means that trembling voice, that
trambled ne'er before!
What means the ghastly shade thai spreads
- her dark face o'ert- . .
What means that pallid brow, and what
' that startled cry?
What means those shaking limbs and that
J ; 5 wild f right'n'd eyel . . ;
Ino months had passed siiice the
events : recorded in our last chapter.
It was,, dow the middle of August
and one .of the' warmest days of the
season- The heat was' so Intense
that, the parching earth seemed al
most ready to blaze. ., Nat a breath
of air stirred the green leaves over
head -The flewem -languished, and
even the very birds were silent,
while the numerous horde of little
negroes at Sunnyside were quiet for
a wonder, lying about in the shade,
and looking idly up at the blue dome
above them. j. "
In her own apartment sat Mrs.
Waldron making vigorous use of a
large palm leaf fan, while she mut
tered in an undertone:
, "Married 1 married I Can it be pos
sible that Randall Marvin is married?
That accounts for his remaining
awav from home so long. Well, I
suppose wonders will nevec cease 1"
The words had scarcely left her
lips when Violet rushed into the
room and threw herself at her feet,
her little form quivering with, emo
tion, and her eya heavy with weap
ing. With considerable surprise, Mra.
Waldron lifted the bright head, say
ing: .
"Why, Violet, my sunbeam, what
ails you?"
"Oh, Mrs. Waldron, I ache so
here!"
"Where, child!" .
"Here,'' laying her small hand on
her heart.
"Why do you ache there, Violetf
"Because the blacks say my papa
has a new wife and will never love
me again. Oh, Mrs. Waldron, is it
really truet Will papa never call
me his little sunbeam now? ' sobbed
the child, lifting her" meek eyes with
an expression of such mute appealing
that the woman s heart was touched
to its uttermost depth. She d'd not
answer the question immediately.
but sat looking straight beyond, a
half sad, half-bitter expression com
ing out upon her dark lace.
Was memory leading her nack
through the past! Was she dream
ing of other scenes called up by the
present one! Yes. She saw -another
wee child standing at its mother s
knee arid she heard the faltering.
eager voice cry mg :
Will he love me a mv own papa
did mamma! my mamma!''
one saw all this and she said bit
terly :
"Ah, heaven! that fatal step! why
was it permitted, and why was I
stained aud blackened all over with
sinfV
'Do you think he will not love me.
Mrs. Waldron?"
The soft, pleading voice of the
child recalled her to the present, and
with a quick motion she drew the
little head to her bosom, saying':
You must not listen to what the
blacks say, Violet. Your papa will
be at home on Thursday, and he
must not hear anything of this."
'But are you sure he will love me
all the same?"
"I amjjuite sure. Violet, because
you resemble your mamma very
much, and he loved her passion
ately."
"But the blacks say be will forget
her now.'"
"The blacks know nothing about
it, child." .
"Do you think papa s new wife will
love me?"
. "I hope so."
"You will love me always, Mrs.
Waldron!"
The dimpled arms were around
her, neck, and the rosy mouth was
pressed to her cheek.
"Yes Violet, always Why should
I not since you are the only earthly
creature who professes a mite of af
fection for me! Yes, I will love you,
and I will be your friend," the worn
an said with a quiver of emotion in
her voice.
Down in the culinary department
another scene was being enacted.
' Standing in front of a table, busily
kneading dough, was Aunt Dinah,
the cook. Gathered, around were
several others listening to what the
iiegresg termed "a piece of her mind."
"I kin tell you dis much." she was
saying; "when de new mistress gits
here, she'll make some ob you nig
gers stan' roun' an no 'stake 'bout
datl"
"How do you know, Aunt Dinah !' '
said a bright mulatto woman. "She
may be- a born angel like four Miss
Violet." " - -
"How you does talk, Milly Mar
vin !" cried Aunt Dinah, wheeling
about and crossing her huge black
hands upon her heart. "As if any
woman on earth or in hebin could be
like .our poor dead and .gone : Miss
Violet. No. chile, dis un won't be
nothin' like our Miss Violet, ole Dinah
sees it in the stars and feels it in her
bones." ' - - "
"I ; never thought Master Marvin
would. marry agaic," said the cham
bermaid, - ..
' "Neither did I, honey, fur don't de
blessed Scripter, say be as gits mar
ried onct do 'well, but he what gits
married twice do. wusserl"
"Do de bible say dat, Aunt Dinah T
. "It sho do. honey. Now, I know
as well as I knows anything dat
she'll be exposin' on poor Miss Violet's
chile, and dis nigger cant stan dat,
case I lubs de little thing better'u
my own soul,"
yy hat's all dis row about Aunt
Dinahr v
. ;; The question wsj asked by a stout
negro man, who entered at that mo
ment, letting his hand fall heavily on
the cook 'a shoulder. , x.- ......
"It's 'bout de new roistress, dafs
what it am," retorted Aunt Dinah,
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wheeling about and at the same mo
ment administering a sharp box on,
his ear.
"Yes,-and -when de-Boss comes
horn hell git arter you wid a rod of
incorrectiou.
"better say hell ait arter you wid
a limber limb, you imp o' Satan I
What's dat you're doin't Blest ef he
aint stealin my bread! Uit out wid
you git out I say !"
Aunt Dinah made a mad plunge at
the offender as she spoke, but only a
mocking
4Yab! yah! yah !'' "greeted her, as
he bolted .from the room with bis
haSids full of bread. - .. .. '
. "Bangui's too good fur that whelp P
she muttered, returning to her work.
: The long summer days wore slowly
away, and Mrs. Waldron busied her
self making preparations fer there
ception of the master and future
mistress of Sunnyside. As the day
-tftefr "arrival". H re w near Violet
grew more and more impatient, talk
ing continually of her papa and ply
ing Mrs. Waldron with eager, child
ish questions. If a cloud fell for a
moment upon the little face, the
housekeeper did her best to dissipate
it, and bring happiness to the sensi
tive heart.
This was a new ro7e for Mrs.
Waldron to play. She had never
felt any particular interest in the
child, Aintil during the absence of her
father, when a strange new tender
ness haJ come into her heart. It
might have been the sweet unsullied
innocence ofthe little one that drew
the woman to hor, and fof a brief
season awoke in Iter the purest love
she had ever known.
The anxiously expected day arriv
ed at last, and .early in the afternoon
Joel drove to the station to meet his
master and mistress.
"Ef it was only de Boss I waa
gwine arter, I'd carry a lighter heart,
but it goes against de graiu ter fetch
a new mistress ter Sunnyside, an'
not knowin' what sort of a criter she
be nuther," grumbled Joel, as he
drove away.
All the evening Violet was in a
fever of excitement, and at last when
the shadows of night drew near, she
sought the housekeepers room, say
ing with a quiver in her voice:
"Do you think my papa will not
come today, Mrs. Waldron r
"I thitik he will come,' she said,
as she took the tired child in her ;
arms, and smoothed the tawny hair i
from the flushed brow. I
The excessive heat, together with
the excitement of the day had prov
ed too much for the little one, and
socn the bright head .sankom the
housekeeper's shoulder, the dark
eyes closed and Violet slept.
Disrobing the sleeping. child, she
laid her to rest. At the same mo
mtut the whir of carriage wheels
fell upon her ear. She Htepped to a
window and glanced out. The ve
hicle had paused and Mr. Marvin
was lifting the form of a.woinan'to
the ground. An instant later he
placed a child at her side.
Good heavens!" she "exclaimed,
"if there is not a shild with them! I
wonder if he has married a widow?"
She had no time to speculate, for
already they were entering the house.
Mrs. Wuldron hastened to meet
them. They had entered the parlor,
and as she approached the trro. Ran
dall Marvin's wife lifted her veil, and
the eyes of the two women met.
With a smothered cryMrs. Wal
dron started back, while a shadow
like unto the shadow of death crept
to the very lips of the new mistress
of Sunnyside, as With shakinglimbs
and distended eyes she cried out:
"M rcif ul God !"
"A moment later, she lay like an
image of i marble in berhusband's
arms.
CHAPTER IV.
WHAT DID IT MEAN t
Was there something in the past
Some dark and evil power,
That drew the two together
There in the midnight hour?
Was there some dreaded secret
Deep buried in the heart,
Whose still and constant barning-
Was like a fiery dart?
Surprised. and for the moment
somewhat bewildered, MrMarvin
laid the apparently lifeless form on a
sofa just as the child. Claudine.
sprang forward, and casting herself
on her mother's bosom cried wildlj:
"Mamma! Mamma! Oh, is my
beautiful mamma dead!"
"Stand aside, Claudine, and let me
get to your mamma, she has only'
fainted." Mr. Marvin said, endeavor
ing to draw her away but she snatch
ed her hand from him, saying with
childish anger: .
"I will not stand aside ! She is mv
own mamma, and J twill not leave
her."
"This is odd," said Mrs. Waldron,
who bad regained her usual compos
ure, "When she lifted hr vil I re
served a de&dlv rtAllnr nn ho Fan
and waa so startled I could not sup
press a cry oi terror."
"Waa this the cause of Your emo
tion!"
"It was. I never saw such a ghast
ly face in my life." !
" " Claudine was still sobbing- over her
motner ana talcing- her in his arms
bv sheer force. Mr. Marvin
among the cushions of a large chair.
sdying: -
.' Mrs. Waldron, this is my daugh-
-Then be turned his attention to his
faintinz wife. It seemed mu harnm
she evinced anv Kicrna of mtn mimr
Animation, but at last a convulsive
tremor agitated her frame, and her
eyes slowly unclosed. The moment
her gaze fell upon Mrs. Waldron an
other deathly hue crept over her
face.
"What is It Hesterr Mr. Marvin
said, bending bo low that bis face lay
aarainst her chid rltMk Tn n n j.
stant the luminous eyes were veiled
under ineir long lashes and she an
swered : . '
"It is that awful pain at my heart
again. I believe it win be life death
of me vet,
-I will call in Dr. Morrisson to
morrow, and ee if ho can not do
something for you."
"No! No! I beg;.you."will do noth
ing of the kind?
"Why not. Hester!!
"Because I have a nervous dread
of the whole medical fraternity."
"foolish child 1" be laughed, then
added more seriously: "I am begin
ning to be alarmed, Hester. This is
the second attack you have had just
since our marriage. -
"I know, but I will promise not to
frighten you again sqon if you will
not call in this horrid doctor.
be smiled gravely, and turning to
Claudine, who had approached her
mother, took her hand saying:
.. '.'Firefly, your mamma is better
now." , r - . . .. ,
rm not a firefly. sirV she retort
ed, giving' him a sidelong glance
irom ner sloe-black eyes.
"i-wonaer, tiester, if 1 will ever
succeed .in making friends-with the
child l-' Mr." Marvin said. Id an am us- -ed
tone. v.
She was about to reply, when the
patter of small feet was beard, and
the next moment a little thing with a
long white robe falling about it glid
ed into the room. It paused a mo
ment in the door-way, then with the
joyful shout:
"jfapal papar ringing from the
rosy lips it sprang into Mr. Marvin's
outstretched arms.
"Violet 1 Violet 1 my precious sun
beam!" was his answering cry, then
leading her to Mrs. Marvin, he said:
"Ihis is my daughter. Hester. mv
baby Violet will you love her for
my sake?"
Hor answer she bent forward letting
her lips just touch the fair sweet
brow, although the child had shaped
her little mouth for a kiss. Violet
turned away, a thrill of disappoint
ment chilling her sensitive heart.
Mr. Marvin observed this, and lead
ing ner to Claudine, joined their
hands saying:
"xou two are sisters now. and I
trust will love each other very dearly."
"Is she really my sister Dana?"
Violet said, rai-ing her soft eyes to
uer ratner s face.
"Yes, darling, really and truly
your sister, and I wish you to love
and welcome her to Sunnyside."
"Indeed I will, papa! she exclaim
ed, giving Claudine a kiss, which she
returned rather coldly, then glided
away to her mothers side, while
Violet established hereeif upon her
father's knee.
"Do you love me just the same.
papa?'' she queried, when she felt his
strong arms about her.
"Why of course I do, my innocent!
I could never love you lees, you sweet
image of "
He checked himself suddenly, and
a silence of some minutes ensued,
theu Mrs'. Waldron asked if they did
not wish to change their travelling
co8tume8 before tea.
"Thanks, Mrs. Waldron, I had
quite forgotten that," Mr. Marvin
saiv, putting Violet down and rising
to his feet. His back was turned for
the moment, and Mrs. Waldron bent
toward hi wife and whispered:
"Come to my room to-night at
twelve o'clock."
"I will," she answered back, then
taking Mr. Marvin's arm, she quilted
the room followed by Claudine.
At ten o clock the travelers retired.
and Mrs. Waldron repaired to her
own room, but not to sleep. Trim
ming her lamp, she drew her chair
near the window, and yielded her
self to thought, and were the thoughts
of all human beings such as Mrs.
Waldron's must have been.- judeinz !
from the changing expressions of her
face, we would certainly agree with
that person who has said, "Thought
is the devil."
The moon shone brightly, and the
night was one of exquisite beauty,
but Mrs. Waldron saw nothingof this
-"-there was a shadow on her face,
but a deeper, darker one on her soul.
One moment her dark eyes would
gleam and flash, then a shudder
would agitate her frame and she
would cower down as if seeking to
t i r r -
screen nerseti irom view.
Eleven I
At last the little clock on the man
tle chimed the hour of twelve. Five
minutes later, the door opened softlv
and the mistress of Sunnyside enter
ed. Noislessly as a cat she elided
into the room, and laid her hand on
the hourekeeper's shoulder.
With a quick, sharp cry, Mrs.
Waldrom sprang up, and for a mo
ment the two women stood face to
face looking fixedly into each other's
eyes. So motionless did they stand
that they might have passed for stat
ues. Mrs. Marvin broke the silence.
' "Well!" she breathed, rather than
spoke. - .
' For answer the housekeeper step
ped forward and throwing her arms
about her kissed her lip cheek and
brow..
"For heaven's sake do not smother
mel There! you are entirely too fool
ish," Mrs. Marvin said, disengaging
herself from the woman's clinging
arms.
"Too foolish. Claudine 1"
"Hush hush 1" a dark frown gath
ering on her face. . "You forget that
walls have ears sometimes, besides I
wish you to remember that I am the
mislresB of Sunnyside, and not Clau
di.ie "
She put her lips to the woman's ear
and completed the sentence, then
drawing her white night robe about
her, she buried herself among the
cushions of an easy chair, saying:
'But tell me how came you here.'
'It is too long a tale to repeat. Is
the came reply "applicable to your
self?' .
'Oh, no. I came here as th mistress
of this splendid property,' she said,
with a low, purring laugh, then with
a furtive glance around the room,
she leaned forward, sayiag:
'Do you remember where we lat
met!' . -
A shudering cry broke from Mrs
Waldron, as with shaking limbs and
dilating eyes, she put out her bands,
exclaiming:
'Do not speak of that! It has been
haunting me all night I I have' been
feeling the clutch of the skeleton
hands, hearing the awful, srroans.
and. seeing the white ghastly facet
A sarcastic smile wreathed the
thin lips of tbe listener.
I must say, Mrs. Waldron that you
nave lost much of your nerve since
we parted.
M have! I have! For six years
have been trying to lead a better life.
but now that you have come
. I will change your good inten
tions!' interupted tbe other.
. 'You have said it, for when did you
ever lead that I did not follow r
That is encouraging,' was the sar
castic reply.
Do not speak to me in that way,'
sne said in faltering tones.
'Really, Mrs. Waldron. you must
be growing childish 1 Come, be seated;
1 have something to say to you.
The housekeeper obeyed, and dratv
ing their chairs close' together, those
two sat for hours, and carried on a
wbisDered conversation.
What strange link bound the two
together, and what was their secret!
What awful deed was bidden in tbe
solemn past! Where had they met
before, and for what purpose?
Only God knew and those two
women.
to be ooirrrsuKD. ,
Talking Dolls.
And now Mr. Edison has invented a
genuine talking doll. He calls it a
Doll phone. He puts a little phono
graph with a clock-work accompani
ment, in the doll's back, and by press
ing a spring the doll will say:
"I love you, mamma; I love you
dearly, mamma; but I am tired'and
sleepy now. Pleas put me in my little
bed," or something else equally as ton
ishing. The reporter of tbe Chicago
Tribune visited Mr. Edison, and sa
those wonderful dolls. He says:
"Mr. Edison wound-up a brunette
doll, with jet black curls and spark
ling brown eyoa. This doll started off
at a brisk rate with the following:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How 1 wonder what yom are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Another doll-baby sang in a sweet,
childieh treble "Rock-a-by Baby on
tha Tree Top" all the way through
with good. expression and without a
false note. She sang it quite loudly,
too, so that any one could have heard
her accross a moderate-sized room.
Still another sang a pretty little Ger
man song. It is-so constructed that
phonograph cylinders are interchang
afele, and new sets of sentences may
frequently be introduced into the
toy's talking machine.
Why We Were Refused.
Arizona Kicker.
"The JackassitiC9 of Jackass Hill
are chuckling because it is reported
around town that the First National
Bank refused to discount our note for
$25. We did go to the bank and ask
to have a note of that size discounted,
and we failed to get the money, but
it was not because our note was not
considered good. It was because the
presideet of the bank, assisted by the
gentlemanly and able cashier, had lost
every dollar the bank possessed at a
faro table the night before, and they
were waiting for an old sucker in
Massachusetts to send on some more
tin. The First National advertises a
capital of $75,000. It never had above
12,000 in its vaults. It has always
been run in connection with Switzer's
dance, house, and its staff of .officers
have been tbe patrons of the gam
bling houses and the race track.
Jackass Hill had better draw in its
horns or we'll give half a dozen more
of the bon ton away to the Sheriff."
Tbe Ways of Lawyers.
The Boston Journal relates a good
story of a prominent legal firm in
that city, which does a great deal of
bueines for.a rich mercantile concern.
It lately received a bill which the
senior partner of the mercantile es
tablishment (who was accustomed to
liberal charges) thought was too high.
He, therefore, took tbe bill to tbe law
firm and asked the chief to look It
over and see if it was all right. The
account was subsequently returned
with $10 added for "advice" as to the
reasonableness of the bill.
ExOaordinary Bono Scratching.
Herbert Sperry. Tremont, III., had
Erysipelas in both legs.' Confined to
tbe house six weeks. He says:
"When I was able to get on my legs,
I had an itching sensation that near
ly run me crazy. I scratched them
raw to the bones. Tried everything
without relief. I 'was tormented in
this way for two years. I then found
Clarke's Extract of Flax (Papillon)
Skin Cure at the Drug Store, used it,
and it has cured me sound and welL"
Clarke's Flax Soap has no equal
for Bath and Toilet.' Skin Cure $1.00.
Soap 25 cents. For sale at E. A.
Covington & Co., Druggists.
"Darringer, my wife's got an awTul
temper. When she gets mad she act
ually tears her hair." "Pooh, that's
nothing. Bromley. When ray wife
gets mad she tears my hair."
Why Women Fade.
Women lose their beauty becauss colds un
dermine their Ufa. Dr. Acker's English Rem
edy fur Consumption is au absolute our Jor
solds. skad py k. A. Covtnstuti A Ou-
Do Not 8nffer Any Lonjrer.
Knowing that a cough can be checked In a
day, and tha first stages of consumption
broken in a week, ws hereby guarautae Dr.
Acker's ngliu Remedy for xitsiumption,
and will refund ths money to all who buy,
take as per directum, and do not find our
staUMiamit aorreot, - U. A. Covuiou & Co.
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What la your Heritage.
Youth's Companion. . .
Newspapers published in Kentucky
recently contained an account of
three brutal murders committed by
members of two families, between
which a bitter feud has raged for
three generations.
At the same time, a war was raging
in West Virginia between two other
families who, for several generations
had made it the ebject of their lives
to maltreat, and to kill each other,
"Why do you hate tbe C 8f" a
stranger Asked of one of the rival far
tion. "They have never injured you
personally."
"I inherit my hatred. of them, just
as I dotny gray eyes and hooked
nose," was the reply.
A vendetta, terrible as it is not the
worst legacy to which a man or wo
man may be the heir.
Of a family in one of the Middle
States, people of prominence and un
usual intellectual force, ft is stated
that not one male'member for three
generations who has ever tasted li
quor, has escaped the death of a
drunkard. The only chance of life
for the 'Blanks lies in total abstinence.
The middle-aged readers of the
Companion can (each, doubtless, out
of his or her experience recall the
history of families in which there
was a hereditary tendency to dis
honesty, to carelesMiess in money
affairs, or on the other hand to noble
self-sacrifice, or to stern integrity.
Possibly they may question the pro
priety of suggesting these given
problems of life to our younger readers.
But if a boy is the heir to an estate.
he should be taught something of the
value and management of land Or.
if he is to inherit a great business. he
must begin "early toIearn how to
conduct it. How much more neces
sary is it then, if some vtciousjances-
tor has bequeathed to him a mora'
taint which predisposes him to
drunkenness or theft, thatjhe should
be told of his danger at the time
when it is easiest for him to resist it.
Examine into your heritage, boys.
Not into the amount of stock or acres,
but into the dominant traits of your
family character. If your kinsfolk
are obstinate, teach yourself to yield;
if they are shallow, learn to think
and reason; if they are tricky and
false, cling tor the life of your soul
to the truth.
If they have been just, hon-
orable.ldevout men, thank God for
this noble inheritance, and strive not
to shame them nor your blood.
longevity Aided by Salt.
Chicago MaiL
In a recent work by Prof. Burgrave
of Ghent, the prominent theory main
tained is that salt is the greatest
reguluting agent of life, and on the
proper usa of which human longevity
lagely depends, it being at any rate
a great preventative of certain mala
diesif the blood is too rich salt will
render it less charged, or if it is poor
salt will reconstitute it and restore it
to the necessary elements. Among
the interesting facts cited by Prof.
Burgrave in elaborating his subject
is that about the end of the last cen
tury a terrible epidemic, bearing
some analogy to scurvy, broke out in
Saxony, making such rapid progress
among the poorer classes that the
government ordered an inquiry into
its nature and course. The result
was the establishment of a singular
fact, viz: that miners, although re
duced to the same misery as other
workmen, remained, with their fam
ilies, completely exempt from the
malady; the diet of the miners dif
fered from the others only- in one
point, viz: that being employed by
the State they were supplied with salt
gratuitously, the deduction being
that the absence of salt in tbe diet of
the other workmen was the cause of
tbe malady. Salt was then prescrib
ed as a curative measure, and the
epidemic,ldiaappeared as if by enchantment.
Accommodating Garaaeats.
Small Clerk "Fader, a shentle
man in de store vante to know if dot
all vooll, non-ehrinkable shirt vill
shrink."
Proprietor "Docs it fid him!"
"No, id is too big."
"Yah, id vill shrink."
Consumption Barely Cared.
To ths Editor Please inform your read
ers that I havs a positive rwnady for tha
a dots named disease.- By its timely uss
thousands of hopeless oases have bean perm
anently cured. I shall be glad to saud two
bottles of my remedy rase to any ox your
readers who hava consuinptiua if they will
send ma their express and pees office addrssa,
Respectfully, T. A. LOCUM, 1L C..
IU. Paari 8c. Mew York.
A Sad. Story.
Ths child coughed. Tha mother raa. Ka
remedy was near. Before morning the poor
Uttle sufferer was dead. Jtomi: Always
keep Dr. Acker's Kngliah Remedy at baud.
8old by K. A. Covington Co.
. Terrible. '
Two-thirds of alT deaths in ITaw York City
are from oousomptida or pneumonia. Tha
hum proportion holds for tuost other cities.
Delays ara dangerous. Dr. Acker's Kngush
Remedy for Coosiunpttou will always r
Wve, and may sava your life, fiokl by i
Aj Covingtoa &C6.
DKVILIIHJWIVES.
A Word to Kvery Man Whoaa Unhap
py Iot It Is to Spend a Life in the
Society of one of Theae Unlovely
BeipKS.
Writteyi for tha Messenger-Intanigencer.
I have been told of aQuaker who
used to say. "The girldjare so sweet,
I wonder where the devilish wives
come from." That friendly old gen
tleman has long since gone4to the
country where conjecture is exchang
ed for knowledge where doubt gives
place to absolute certainty; so, of
course, he now knows all he ever de
sired to know. But, very probably
there are still some on this "Mundane
Sphere" whose minds labor under
the name burden of inquiry. For the .
benefit of such, I submit my.viewa,
believing them to be "orthodox."
Every one that knows any thing at
all, is aware that, morally, we are
chameleons, as much so as the little
saurians that change their integu
ments to the color of whatever they
mav rest upon. Bv no v.ilitinn ..r
ours can we any more keep frombe
ing affected by our association than
can that little creature prevent the
cnangB in nis appearance. Both ex
perience and observation giv their
testimonv to this fart- nurl tha ..-.i
of Eternal Truth declares thut "Fvii
communications corrupt good man
ners, inis ract is lully recognized
by Godlv Daren ts and nthp hn
have the care of children; for-about
notmng are iney more particular
than in the selection of their
ciates. How often do we hear th
utter ruin of a miner man r;u,tt
solely to bad coniDuniono. NVtw f.
tbe application. No relationship on
earth is eo intimate: no ajwocia.fi r.,.
so constant and exHimivn na ihur ..t
husband and wife. The result! sh.
notwithstanding all her eff(
continue as she was. beramM liiro
her consort. Tha nnlipki i..
that "association hnnmi ant a
similation " cannnt'ihn oho
any thing she may do, any more than
uy uny oiner means; and she suffers
the legitimate -ffnM.
The poet has well expressedHhis.faci
... oa&mj ui Biujiu its most horrid
form:
Vice is a monster of such frightful roeii
As to be hatai, needs but to be seen
But seen too of t familiar with his face,
VV e first eudure.thsu pity, theu embrace!"
Familiaritv caiiaab in try
. -wvr .vraj llflU
teeliner of honor nn that u . , ..,
. . - t w iii
become very tolerant: thi i Li...
followed bv a snmthmo.
S pinf
for the unhappy possessor of some
"" h1-""" or uauic, and hefore we
are aware, we are euiltv of th futm
acts of sin. If a ..r ...
WblCh Once Was SO ah.hr.rv4 tr. ......
sense of virtue and morality, can b
at7ortt.ic.llv H .4 ..... J 1
: ouupwu oy us, as a result
of association, how much easier is ic
i oatsimnace to one whose disposi
tion, tho' not such as could be termed
vicious, is quite faulty. Some may
ask "why does she not change him
for the better.' Sh
decided change, when he loves her
cuuugu w im) uinuenced by her. But
wueu ins iove aoates as Is very of
ten the Case after mrinm ik . .i.
. . vuo
o Sisyphus was uo greater than is
wuijiiog linprovementMu
him. Besides her nature is not
angelic Being still in the flesh and
having all its proclivities to combat,
it is so much easier for her to fall in
to his ways than to contend against
them, that, at last, weary of the
conflict unless sustained by Divine
Grace she ceases to strive after high
attainments in woman's noble at
tributes, and sometimes reaches
sublime heights as a shrew. There
is "where the devilish wives come
from." I speak that I do know. I
have known girls that were really
lovely, to- be completely metamor
phoseJ by the rtMigh fault-finding
conduct of their husbands. After a
while, they not only cease to try to
please, but they study to tantalize
and annoy. One word more, and I
have dona. Now man, whenever
you feel disposed to entertain your
self with a survey of tbe unlovely
points in your wife's "character, just
think, "Perhaps" (I let you use that
word, tis not the one I'd use) "I bad
much to do in the development of
those points," and then resolve to do
belter. If you are so anxious to be
as a man. what you require of her
as a .woman, you will mwlve. and
try. She will be immediately affect
ed by tbe change ia yOU and if ens
has not been hopelessly altered she
will again be as "sweet" yes sweet
erthan when, as a lovely girl, you
first told the story of your love. Just
try the experiment. It can't possibly
do you any harm, while an effort at
self-improvement never faile to do
good. The happy effects will be felt
by your entire family. Essex.
One of tha Apt eat Rejoinders os R,
oord.
Xxchanga.
. At New Haven, some years ago, a
tutor of one of the colleges limped in
his gait. Stopping one day lately at
a railway station, be was accosted by
a well-known politician who rcog
nixed him, and asked if he was not
the chaplain of that college at such a
time, naming the year. Tbe doctor
replied that be was.
"I was there," said his Interroga
tor, "and I knew you by your limp.
"Well," said the doctor, "it seems
my limping made a deeper improssioa
on you than my preaching.
"Ah, doctor," the politician replied
with ready wit, i U the highest
compliment we can pay a parson to
say that te is known by his walk
rather than by his conversatioa."
Tha Mother's Friend.
. Not only shortens labor and lessens
pain..but greatly diminishes tbe dan
ger to lite of both motner and cuild
if used a few months before conflne-nrn"-
; Wwrlo The. Bmdfieldyli:
uUior Co., Atlanta, Gsi.
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