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There i 4 form ,on which th y i ,
Hst often gaxeiLW:(h load relight; (
By hftjr that formlieir'jov?Tipiilifs
' Aid dream .restore it iLriyjh, 4e nig-
There' I k VoIct''vrhoS( trie irnptM ' 5
8ntTi tlrrUlu U rpmre,4hrou(). mjr breast ;
I wooli aetteJW ttstMpli cW'ir ' r
TJuless OuU ice conlJ jcia the rcit
There ii ft foce'whof'e IJuRhei tell
Afi'ectioii1ale npn the check ;
But, palivd at or. fond farewell, i 1
ProcUiSie rooiOjoye -0u wordan peak.
ThewM fwh!cTohfitrTd,'i
ItTolt'd to nAke ni&nwsetly bleJt-, :
Animitie rfcine oely pressed itiuore.
There i boeom all my own
Hath "pillowed Oft thin aching '
A foathiMrlikh ina on tie jilODe,
An ere whose tear wilL nil le are b'ued.
TlireTetwo heart wiotse moTemectJ thrill
InHinkon se cloaly eweet !
U'lAt, pulsttu pulsa rsepooMTa niil!,
l'hey both luuet. Leave or ceufie tcul.eat.
Thore ere two sonic hoF8 equal flaw
In gentle fctreatuRK't caluily run,
, Thut vJien tbey yart-they y.nl !!:, co
They Cuuot part ihetm sou '.8 are 0119.
IJybon.
Jazz'e anj cobe tbat attended life.
Bee iuse each was so fntnse in-cer'iainf
(UnlU:es, so laciingTO oilier, 6nir ife1
tlo'n beeanne tbe .more intimate; : I be
lieve this fitting; of qualities to'.-bc . the
har'i.ouy that .-yakes love; pot it thee
hnposil': q amies ciasn, ueaveu 1a iuru
ed wto "ell.
" l'i;e firrt coMne8 beteer .John and
myself was occa.-i ued by bi frifeiidpl itf
for a joung njwi wUoui ,1, cou6;dert
coarse-and -unworthy. His nati.e w
11 irry French, and he was always after
J.ibn : a!as running in alter tea to
invite him out for t stfoll; or.etopiujjl
of a Saturday afternoon, with tii. f ist
harw-ejto take J hn to dr.ve : or luiter
" : . ' -a- :
ivef reqIi.up;.wo4n4ilviJi.J'i6:iri
self, Lusland, and diiiden up toGujJ.i
Uar heartretervJer ae4 uiipetuotw; it,7
h otff:utArftt.rVk H. Tt ve,:torliji-Te
oa Ttrve,y.no .Tceure but in -the obi
jects-of lve riTtherefore jiijr affections
.-houM oe eet pnt on th. hi!iri Jyivev
th;it they ay be has. Bed and, purified.
nd tautBt-panfe and beavenly (b l
go vera;." bae
t
-iirulrie"
rj6ii''eari oTwle. itded 1
tJod.iu-Shkeitfof1 .
'jAfter tei.TW" 'tha (
iiionv.for ft'uiounii '.-1" .fa wag m&
ejlaltel bf.'My mrves cie !fiha
W- ed tat"t lid J tt a In Ttosribtf.ffi
of tllftlitkiff ani eahe.. ! i'::i'd dreadtil
jiltya I netrjcvnpl. telyj littpf'y 1 trtfi iug in ray rs tiutuufe,lty l'I
An Easter 'Story.
1
(BY,WBM. F. BUTTS. J
Aont 0r08 alwyya makes great ac
count of Kaefef'S'indiy. For weeks b
fore thisdsy of dass, quiei, careful j n-p-srution
is tuede, and Diithing b allowed
to mar ite joy aiid serenity:
''Aunty," ! siid I, one. brk 3Iirch
moiuing'wliy MiH, ,u,at fm c,,'er:,te
"Kasteri io ( Bucb: o; pecuiiur way ? One
. would thicket wal a butkday, weJdinj;-
day.-uod aW'vf'.er do'P,"1 fg:;the.r.''
"yoit'wjiliar, sj it is," blio replied,
lookir.g dfiinily out at tlie dull Und
icape; "I was tr'nly bo n, and truly
niiiTrie, art(I, F btay pay, t truly diid,
one b'eMjoJ Katter day.'1 -;
'UferrJj ttarrie l.'hiid died M on tlie
eame 4ayit,",Ve1lj I should call that un
esperionco.-. -Supiiose you' toll ine a'l
about it," arid'I drewunt Gracotoan
imtnejis-'!' f:ist-c!ialr, iu fi int ui -i clieei
ul grate tirij, and seated mjaelf at Ler
fact..; I ' s.. . ', :
'Well. cU!ld," iha retilixT. ' hiinj m?
your ijiicle'i.iljii t from , my work-basket.
1 like- to boye Hinietliiuj in my baud
whi'e Laua ta:kin.."
- 'I dua't, : if tbo talk is worih any
thinir,' I t-uid, blinking itie sliiit, ba
ket and all.'
'i'ou belong to a generation that
doesn't like to work. with its bands, ''Vaid
auutyj F.nii tiig, ud.begiuuiti-to ittc!i
rajtidly.v ., '
" l'hut' beoiuso we work so laucn
with edr lieads. : Kut plea.-o boin your
story; somebody win iutt-rrunt us with
iu ten mil ute? "
"I a 1.11 Ruing to tell you of an ( Xperl
,: ence," said aunt Grace, '"that 1 rarely
ever peakof, iu lhe.- happy days; ai; J
n uty husyalid- tiU'I rstt4te4tyselfi!
wita giviog.4Qd tea.d:du)avaiufct (ul
we' o I jf .jea r( ? tjut b teaj, Al. b ft t- $4'
the ddviile Oivork. j, ,-, .. ' fj , : , 3,
'"Xlra-period, of, renewtd , .bappinej
tbat- begtin Witb. baby djd , tjt la long.4
n:uther';Bt
"A:id ridit here. Auui", I want to
impress '4ipn you this truth: If-you
wh-h to break nnother'n influence over
your. buband,-d.) it by t-tren'bening
our own. Make dun If rm re wiu
uiii", ni-re sweet, mort- attractive in yonr
drc s ; brighten your home in every po -sible
way. Did I try to gut lid of Har
ry Freucb fo? Aias! I didn't know
eunuch. In all that related- o iny heart..
L was a nilli'ul, w ij ward sen-itiye child:
"()!? S tuiday I was especially lof''
ing for J )I.d's S'iciety. I had been alone
fio d d .-al d jrini: Jhs week, and had
enjoyed my solitude, too ; hut was ready
iuy dailin8 presonce. We had bnd a
happy dinner together, and were walk
ing up and down 'the parlnrs, with our
arm aMund each other, laughing' and
Lholkkiug like two chillrcn, wheu Harry
drove up t the dour. ; ' '
. " Uli there's F-ench !' I exelaimed ;
"you won't go with tiim this time, will
you, John? ' I want you 90 n.ucb t.f
light.". ; ' .
"'Doii'tbeso seriotjs, et,' sa:d John ;
I UHi-tgo, for I !pr. .ini-ed Harry to iry
hi new l.or-e; but I Won't be gone
more than an hotir" i
"Igri'w 1'i.statitly 'ancry.' I fell yon
the truth, A'ir.ie, I ocnld t ave se n ihf
'ou9 burn dovrn with more c lmhe
than 1 conld bea: that little rebuff Iron.
Jhn. . My teart was set on him, md I
couldn't t'fiar the lens dtsappointmctit
rrefusl from him. AH the tropical
wurnitii turned Suddenly' to coldness,
and piviiig my hmb.tfid a vi dent pu.-li,
L 's-iA 1, 'You can stay s long as vou like ;
can do very eli without you.' 1
"I"liaJif OiiVer loret the grieved, .as,
toniiilicirlooJ(.thiteuie inin John's faoe;
hut it Voou gave way to a coldness ecjua!
to my own, for he was not t uiau to he i
unexjvoked insult. ITe he.iitate i a mo
incut, then turuVd suddenly, and T3 it
out. I hatched hifft through ''trie1 lues
curtain5, as be j ined ', Ins frii3iid, and
h'-ard with a maddened beurt tbeir'chcery
vo ces .aud gay laubter,. as they drove
off
'"Jct me say, in pashin, that T bad
nu exeuse lor this bei.aviour. . Harry
wa cot a bad nrsa ; be di3'not cuit' tiie,
that was all ; nis'rj I wanted John to tny-
suif whenever l .tB"Se to ViaVo him.' U.ut
tlii I dn no: see a( the time1 I did pot
reas'uti,! only-feU'f atid; istiong feeku.
itout prrii0iiu4iate .reisou, is a mas:
i ... .
I ,U nAi l..3n- .nV.lf taw u"gqrous (.uttitiy.
of unreiliog k to you, did I not think it I r ':0f co 'J.-Monrca waatears
-,.,!. -k f rnt.. In thr- i.wmri.s 1 vpt paVfiouatcl Is I ot a while the-i 1
vgu will to a wile, and .wi.l euter unon 1 Jessed myself and went tovU a frie'nd
ii.- M.r I vtou.hl.Ml ,i 1 ft'Jrfd ' the eve.i:n-,'witfi the d
n...,r (,.l!.n., ot.tv" 1 tuct pu. hose of .making Johi anit -as.
Yoti. aunty?' i exclaimed, .open- i U sllould 'wrn I sard,"to regard my
ing meyes, and concentrating my tt. I mq conssque .ee.
Kntiuh. Hut ihe was alrt-a ly iu the "we went On f. r days, tni to cta
rast, and did not notice my Mirniise. ! if m-thin was the matter, but foe ingat
Your uuelo John and J," .-he said, 1 our hearts that all the perfection ! our
were what pe.ttde called madly in love life wits si-oited. We, who would Jiavc
witb each other. 'Wi were d rect oliiio .suffered agonies at the thout-ht if even
sought for on every aidue ery qual
tties tbat HMde bnu o doer to itie,) to
be contented jto sttk at bouto;ajwuvs.-'7rj
liehail tOJ many jjutntu ofjCuntac.w.itL.,
he iuwqe ork i 11'1 aul h'e,
to live iu a. (Leain wiU uieand.iuy La:
by. i expected ao iuipjs juilly but
iinua fh& less. liad.I -ef my heart upon
it; nuue the le.s did I cjusider uiysel'
itjured t-ecaitao uy. ideal, w-s, r.cfuttd
"CT"l:r t.:. .-r.nl I If-., 1
"When a wt-iuin thinks herself iojur
ed, aLeiis.ure t ruike herself una' trac
tive; ,.t urooded, regretted, fretted, l .-t
my taste fur oci ty, and ict.ed niy
dress. 4k the . Liibtnfs., the fresh,
i.es-1, tlie sweetness Uiat woi John's love
Q the begiuuiug, v as hidden, and seem
ed lotit.v v hat, was the jconseq'jeno !
The poar fel ow was so .horovgh y" ud
COiofyrtuLle at home, that be staged a
way as much as rjos-sible. tl'a worke '
ti ri'.er than ever, , and provided us witi
very comfort i but the light i-i-lns mer
ry ees, .lua, Tiiiing laugh,, bis joywu.-;
de.-S, I as tusigry tliattbe.-did not Vroud
loua, as l.did. v.b.tiH unmmdjul utjtii"
diife rentes-'of n iture, I reiiuixed.my bus-
b ud to enjoy.m inyrwuy, to-sutler in iuy
way on pain ol losing liiv Inva,. , ,,.
U elJvtyiU-is ; wentpa -trom , bad ta
worse, till at last we l'ed a'tnust whot y
apart. , I jc .ve mvself wholly tu babi
plummg myself .upou .jinjjinotbirr y de-(
vouon. . Jiut 1. tutak ,i the d irUu,
could have cboseujorjiiiusejf, je wpft'd
hjve praterred a. less, beaJ t,o.l tace, ,WouW
uave oeg a ior smue-f ana .gaiety, in
jtekd of jiuy sterfii'unyi'rldidif hurdue s
i :.a . i; .ki l t.i
would, t. aye pleasaJjiiiu better thau la-
gloomjDther. ns-- , f , , J
At mis sia.'e (r.anairs, Daoy was,
taken ill. I was uotseriousljuaUmjetl,.
for the ..sickuess seemed io be, but a
childish attack, iuc dent t ) the season.
I l - T P . . ' II' ' 1 f
uowever, i. lair, .auxiotL-i, ,aua iong''a i,ori
. elp and sympathy. : WnenJohu oime
home my be nt turned toward h'ni with
i glad tioiitid, . ;
If I bad put mv' arms around bi-
neckj'aud. asked, 1 u .ijo t-iy'.' with nie
that' evening,, lion' d'ttjietly it .uli
wou'd-uayend&ij;! .isat my ul-aum'
had become, jcl.ronie,,, WLen my fius
baiid .ome. iuto; the room. I said Tiip
poe yoU:ary goL,g, out: to-nig rt as usu
al.' -i ." . rr , . 'j '
"f I dou't see anything to stay at Lome
for,' ha returted.jvj. .; ; . ; j;;
'lbink jou, 'ought to cire some
tlii nr. about your ,'cldid,- if .your wife i
uoibing to' jou,".X r.et'lied, the tears
coiuiug into my cye-s, and my vj.ee
trembinj:.
. "Al
and witb'thMn3 tJvygijtf,;
Li iAn Was iuoealit i
tndFa6i0 wasceonal to
fiMldng. thujt be did attJi tabbed -my
bea'tattii'th it IrV. Vki &rvx
k4 jbriegrfial &m!f
sites , and found a wot id of fro-h and
vivid interest in each utherV sjbc:ety:
We were absolutely urdiappytofether,
and could uot imagine tint any change
could ever come. It seemed perfectly
logical to conclude that uiariiae wuuid
only Jncreae -our joy, and-never did a
Kan and wo:i an take upon themselves
the vows of eternal fidelity mure willing
ly than John and L
a short ep i rati n, met aud p-iited with
cool politeiii'ss. Johu went out more
thin ever witb Harry French, aud
tried to believe hat I didn't care, Biit
all ihe first quari els soon come to an
end ; the heart is too tender to hold out
long. At the md of a wetk I gvo ui
and throwing myself iiitj J.din's arms,
b'ged lus pardon and promised to le
bun do jut as lie pleased, it he woul 1
wo eRf to f-etura 2ia' 1 1 1 a 8 4 world
ielt that 1 h-lotf'hi-b':airtdobWf
vrfn'yVith affect toil to Gurl and
:mW,-rrd 7. will ' never grow old
'.hi, . . mi. i
1 . .. J lr. f. iT.n.... !.: I .
-uiutirii .,-tllf IT . WWH tlil'jiy
yontbf tind live over ngaio. their
own jiiippy days in the, sports unci
jwsof the younger ones tirouncf
tliem.v ' "
GEMS;
A'
me flpibi'j Joriie tbiakf thl iitwdered
burhfldj? leu wt Uri? iajiSs!aFmr i-
''At. Iwt.. Annie' 1 dosDa'med. r. With1
some nafum; ' da;iair' ifc the potrifcat
winch KaltHftioB i found. ltjwaseawKli
rue. 'flaviog liotbiitg eurUiIy: tihpe
for,:. I thrAv -oiysslf mpon IJedV meat'y.
i. i an lauesorua uo- uoar u;suumissioti
io the triii of -our Father, iifoaud what
I thought was dying eaeefi - i ;
"to that soma hour,: liw my pasr
in its true saw? the jjn:ti&Y!iBn
tyrrdiuifl uf iuy selfish lovU-rlc-Ued
John to me. and with in v Urim around
hiitf,, madefulf eanfesajol I told Iimu I
that 1 eoold not-bltrj.e JiiWi Tor t iking
aay hut Ioe tr,Hii'ae ; that I was g ia?
to die -and leave bim tree, that od
h id enabled me ta,bope. tiat some bet
ter women 'would yet ina'-fl buutnippy.
This, and macbiinhirec. wi potrt teari.oi
sobs, but witb tlio calmne t-f m&; who
ibin'ks her ,l past; ail ahly ?!feeliogi
'?It WKs JiihiVv turo, tlia,, io;brtak
into such woeiDij , ag vmeaTrjirely'gwe
way io in a.lifefcimev.vLyjtiji upva dii
bi e.ait,: Lfelt sap.ifii.tiMaliupon.tba k.V
(OS's ot a tainonilasB griet. :.'.- (
'O ray ilarlaiia-l'.hes'U fct last); '
it possible tbac yon tkwrehl Lhaa 6Vjp
ped 4ov ng yjou2 il utvbt JtWfdifoa M
thatiliif. Sijlubatft ioog-dtforlt th 9U
u:iys, htit i man t kno boj tofii)4yuj
renl self ; it sesmfd;o toe, lb-1 1 y niilmi
gone aay; I Btade.uD in j miod that J
Gould oi make ryuiliappjtadlitu'!d
t bear, tlielehaoi-a as arellji alool(
, Biit, Q pooVwyrlLida tfda4itn, I am
ilad to liave i you - b iek ; aod tow yiw;
.h ill not die it love can save ytiu.
"Uo, no,; 1 coui I : D 't die . then :'
must live to proie to. John hojw Vorry
was fvr. the past and a 1,, lay there iu
IHa'ppy is the ngfd pilgrinu on
"lli,Br9y ; rusts ,, the stiowa. ol
fourCQr yjuters, atirrounrletl by
(lutituJ cliiidreti ahtrgriind chiirlrsri
wh6 Vie'Whh'each'otlW in 'th&k'-.
tij'h'ii -law 4avtf pr-acefu I a tl A h ap-
gvJtiid) Mhu deurn rrA-4ar too
great hat contiibutt;a to his com-
JTU'.V -L Vtf .ii.fta lili! r-n.ln vni
-Tl.lt il - ' - I
jjui, inia, we are Rorrv.ro sav, is
pot' alwny's ''the c'as tod 'oftt',1
,0iecTetpit 'of .'rn'dvfnfng ctMitwals
i, ieukriif oi oladrmas,;: ihtrtite
nge-d i&iw , ntjudj ii'ore. caf' and
that theyxati speud Jiis property
thpy ti'lease.
"Mother has' outlived ' her 'usii
ulhss"'giif(l '-arieV1 rederrtlv bi"
t'lwve Outlived Her usefiilfles.tf
Wholi her dijly li'e . was tht sw'iit
Sjt ,fuossilyle(,UluUfttion,.of p.. )Ue
wieu.serjt ana a, minrt .at .peace
wUli " ulFHVe vvorid. True, she
jrcorild!nd: longer '"labor for thein;
but tier sweet ;drspj96TH'on7''aild wt
counsel were above all price;
jts, much I frar -that- when they
carriea ner to tier lasprescing piac
their,, minds.' We're: , somevvtiat,- di
verted froui tlveir loas by ;tiiatjghla
ot thrti.rvin'fty.8liJiad lett, and
if lnvifed.toj givehj,up their. - feyj
tiious;mU$, on! co.ndition that sue
: flsthtif hepetb arr evi! hiafi, hurtetS
him hat Is gd: :'- - ' -''
Trie self-fletiTj! i haraS at thj b-
girtriir., isy in the ' middle, and aiost
wfeetiuthe end. 'f '('': . i
Truth (if wor!. tneeiner8, eo'irtesy
rue rcy an d 1 iheft f, at it affection.' ; i
t 1 ' a"id Iiimselt'fir from erfe-
ii'in vbadocs not Sad God io evtrytbipg.
' llfethaf iitt nde'bto do'ewd should
raffiifl.frim d 'ie ewl j bdt it U touct-
ed tytf if we folfiia ludo g- od. ..
. He,;Ui :jresaeia. uadarslnd
8f jKh tsif, U 1 boaght .to to fcoorant; Tiu
o lVXt we wja by ; rrjjcr.''Ve aust
'. . 1 - " .
wear.v.Uj-j.raiso.. 1, ,. . ,
,f he poTef rl God, and cot we dtvil,
is t fe red . ,
' II that is desperately inoiiae l to Lis
o-.vii, ttiit, is ever most near to the wrath
ol God. '
, It h an e'vidence of great hardnrss to
e hioie C 'tici.'roed about our 6ufleiiiigs
filrf trar'Sinsr.
ITe tlWt h.ath &'; ki atfc 'ail'.' things;
and h-th'at-!iarh lifrh ao, liatb'ttjthifif.
ft fJotistancy'ri'a yirtiivjlut obfaacy is
Mcfdi-fity rid riniiriifltr rtake''irtT;'the
briliaeM crowa' 0 great -pirformartoes.-'
,1-
-- t r ?
oob 01 aosoiuie atsgusi nasueu
1
'Aunty paM8d for a minuto. let her 1 ,uJy i'ovo uie. Hecaliediiiebisfoolii.il
hands fall idly in Ju-r lap, 11 d euited iut , iKlle wu'e, and assured uie that he did
the fira, :,Preseiitly she .-aid : 'Antic" i out v. ant to do as he pleased, but only
wauted to piease me. lIe-colded eie
tenderly tor my baufftiness, at d my
heart g owed agaiu wLh the olden j -y.
uut one lesaou was uot C'011-b ; nor
two, nor dozen.-. So opposite that we
pa-ionaie!y loved eachJotier, we were
too opposite to understand each other,
without an experience t.f suffering. I.
; constantly buic by John's apparent di-
-tajtifli-re behind
an urmor ot ice, he, rjpellel by my
ooIiUmm, weat.biu-ejwuldjiijd the
KQHwytifjr jte anilae ! We were
"! t 1 ' 1 'wlIlg away wiiu reeK
lesa hand, the tery.fuod th4 our Learts
it Is 'si eu upon. ,t , ,
w Alus state of affairs, ith more or
Uei variety, lasted for itireo yearsl Iu
th me.B me aiy baby was born.. No
words al mine cm tell, you how beauti
iue i,:nor Uow we hotb loved Lii'u.
Hi was his fa ber'g .child. A piople es
pirsed l';,and thousand 'times de ft i
loy tbe wonderfat Uav3 My
intense ! iofdroe Was bow divided : or
mUier, iid another ibject upoa which
F & iSpeid; Uelf Joha"w8 ket t more
at oome by his "newly-awakened teuder-
o. ss ior tno and hu pteasu'oia the child
un v( ii cwas 1 or a, suiie as tappy as
(that's my name), '-don't turret thi-:j
.The more chance there is for haj j i;.c;,
the' more chance for miery.x The most
" (exquT-lte flVwers ned the mo-t careful
inmij, j This rare blossom of love had
1 opened (of us bet were wevjite enough
to preserve its purity andT)eau y ?
"To begiu itb, we knew not bin-; of
our,awri real natures, and nothing of
each otner. Joun was ;ay, jovial, to .d I reara 01 my wisJj
tof societveus'ceptible : Lereumred Lea - 1 " urmor ot ice
ltyTind.ykSrti.lU, ajid. XrijUt -in hit
heart-world. I was imainaTive, dre
' my, reflective; inclined to sohtude n
times; williui: to make every aciitice
.3 HOdJTiJi ?erse,4t? tTU
my treasures witti the outward w,rld.
Befoae .we,wfe euaued, Jyim had a
ways had a troop of young m h about
him; Jia waa tew leader and ora, le
'their friend and Lroiher. He pplui
the' lmpecuiimjDo with moiwy, and
the dull ones with biaius; be let the la
, ty otfyittng'ap6a(tliii, and hevcr could
find courage to ant a fellow adrift. Uk
heart was so "tend r, that jt could uut
resist iin,ppfa o :itr kindness.
"You can etsfly1 see the attractiol
- tJrejhafforjeach othef. He repr.
VeuteT sunshine, music,' jollity, society,
into which-I could atcp at' will" from nit
own still, thoughtful stuore. I rePrUiVt'BVeilWtiioagD
"u " reireai, wuere m was a mother. Aud, Annie, W wo-
..D wu.u iau uu , ,-j7 ITOra me men, cpcoially the real ones among us,
tn'o ',1 oti u s tarfe. -
' 'YouMo jour bent to make yourself
nothing tne,"! be ?aiJ. and we.it. sad
deuly out. and down Use-, street. , ,
''I shall neycr forget the', f el'n j of
desolation thatjeame over rneasT G.-tea-ed
to the riugi' of his footsteps. -Tbe
iii'bt cairro ea, and batj grew; Worse. ,1
had oubo'ly to seud for. the dootor, .B,s
liiidget was out, . and I was eut rely
aloe. " The h urs'w'rc away hoirs ol
erief, of teir6r,'atd of longing t -() ag
ouiziri to di so i be. : Towards miJuih',
tho batiy g:ew so much .wrse Uat I as
drcadfu ly alarm 'd,t Symptoms of croup
were ilevftiojjing npiily. yi'.it cou!J
I do? There' seeniod but one wayto
leave him'alnne, 1 and go for a doctor
myslf Ala); st erzy, I threw a shawl
overmy head,, anil started- At tlie door
I met Johu. .. .
" WnereLare vou eoinn?' he a ked.
"'After ' the" doct-r. rThe f.aby U
sick, Irephsd;- :MGcr hackfi he said
sternly ; I will Wing hiai.?, 1. ., ,
' In t n miiiutes 'be doof or was. there.
He loniced at tba boy,' exunin d him
carefully, then turning to me said, rt by
vras I not' ene for aoorfer? --I willdoali
that can oei-te,-but I tell yon ffaukly
th it I liAvej .lutle hope yfvin your
chU ' ,
""Then John came up to mi with an
awful took m -tiisf eyes. Ws fie -sick
when I Was1 aft borne this afternoon. he
asked.- c-.jL , -r : ' r, 1
'Ve,' I.sa'ul mechaoically. iU n1
. n 'And you did not (eh me'f grasi
ing try nrra, fiere 'ly";" 'if die boy die.
you are his murderer.' '-:
"This Was tbrVmueh f r my over
wmuuht Condition, exhausted as I was
by long km yitt rl uteril aa iasan
shriek, as the wor 1 'murder' fell upon
my ear, and losisg a l contrA of mjh
sef, I went fuWviS'etit hysteric"", aod
was tafceo vat of tie rooWi'Betotj.I
roirai ed my Mwes. my I aby walea 1 ?;
1 . Here Vuqt Grace paused agaii, aud,
.1, looking into :ber, calm. frweetlace
woodere I that such au experience eould
hve been hers; wondered at that mar
velous spirit worl i witbiau, that ne
ed never to forgei thdt had found my
love m losini; myself.
'Do y u know what diy tlris is?
said John at last. ;: 'It to Ea-ter Sunday
a rea: Easter toiM. for love and peac;
have snseiv fiom tiia t 'mb.'.
- "Well, I recoviered very rapidly. iTlie
s'orm wan spent and, the sn i sUono
aain. It was not-the-' aiieisou'that
gladdeBed the first day- of our aiarriage 1
e ne-er could forget it shone .op'ti a
little grate pbat the lisjlit.' if tempered,
was b tl. r-'for- our human eyes 5 betJter
fof showing' -tin ptith of duty jtiian the
oariy .;azz'irt raaiancc.' '.I 1 i' '.1
i' IV htp I took m y place apaitif as nvs
tresjofmjr home, I was a different wo
rn. n; of, fJrhap-i, I should .sry, I had
iiharged from a child to a- woitt. do
the depths of snrroa, 1 had ffiud tbo
itey to joy. ' I mde k jdi basinesatj
study niy- bus-band's temperament, his
uea-ls, Ju sources of plea-mre ; i made
every innocent joy aecessible fc hitn as
tar lis p06t-lWo. I tried to win hun from
the fnits of hU nature by making my
self so attractive to him that hb would
foi-e,io. aoy tnlutgeuee rather than grieve
A great eal it sin comes in ''at ;ibe
eye.
Ui l
Vih
roe "
"Aud yrtu have suceeeded," -I ssid.
mindful of the devotbn wi h whmh im
uncle aiw-iya treated . his wife;. ! " Who
wo-ald have th ught.that yoa and Un
ele John ever passe i thrauuU tush a
fiery fnrrac? Thank you for lehiiiLr
me' the story, dear unty.: ' I iliava already-selected
a motto "from it "r'i'u lo?-e
olio's self is to fi d bappioess.V'' J
''If you fashiji' your character by
that sontiment," ieplied"aiKrty,-''"your
life will' bei "eronl witl ae Easier
lilliea of'trtaff.phiint loe." i.-' ' 4 '
chdiebHck to-enioy it, the answer,
hventally, it not audibly, would
have oeen ja tieiiattve.
It is batl to: think tliat so rrr'arfj'
!se iti 4 li con d tret ' of
ihiir thrMreny if :not in; their: cru'
el'vVords and harsh1 neglect; that
tlrey are tvot wnnterj ' Wlien w e
.ire : growing old we - shall need
friends-: but how many, pass from
earth with the bH.tur.ussurancii th?)
they vvere bnrdisop oAthose to
whom their care and support should
rhatrl rjfeofttirrie;itCf)t ot artjify
pleasures. ' - - 3 1
..Many parents have, given, their
property! to a son, ot daughter, p
iiectiog a pleasant liamo.in their
old, and instead have, found harsh
woi'ls andi neglect, and comforts
iirudgingly given 6r wholly with-;
held. In after years, when TREY
bc6rn old, will they not remem
ber this? , . '
Qn' td other hand, old people
should rerDetuber, that they were
young once1, ana berc willing the
younger: members 01 the household
shauldishnre pttdsuus and enjoy
ments ot' a pleasant and well di
reetvd. youth. One of the first les
sons Gl lite should be that "the
young shpu'd remember that they
will sometime, be old, and old peo
ple Quglit to, remember tliut they
were once younc.", ,
This is worthy to be printed in
letters ol gold and placed behind
the pulpit where a!1 may read it.
instead of falling asleep during the
sermon; and in the school-room
and at bome.it should always be
kept in mind and fjbeyed. ' .,
. - Nothing .is uiore disgusting than
the prevailiig disregard oflheaged,'
which seem to be the rule rather
than the exception.
Sanctitfeel afflictfnis'are srinlriaT "pro
niotWt'.-
1 'L.rv reposos st the bottom of pirre
a ml like a'dipof dew ia thechilice of
t flower .! , !
Iftidl werent mindful' of his prom
is-. than.". we!afd'if dtis preoepU, . we
were undone..
I
THE CARTHAGINIAN
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fqnare.l inBertjoiii..ii.ii,..,.! 100
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tlfiMal tfnnlni..M m.w n,.. Tn
Wit'arKiH1rnor.,,
! Al't.hrrtigti'a'wbmairs agy is' Wn
deuiably her own she never owns
it." " ! : : - '
, fjliange cars!' is what aboQt
black said ,;to a countrvmau the
other, day wjiea he, M4 (ini?hed
uiipt ilia iMuguuis.
);9Ariiong tlie items ir,plumbM'a
fjHr are: to searching gag kaage,
fifty cents; to having found , one
dollar. , i
I have never known but two
woman who were really perfi'cf,"
s'titf a lady to another." ' "Who
was (he other?" asked her com
panion; ' ' '
A farmer oq the fever and ague
marshes of New Jersey has named
hi .daughter .'Malaiiu.' She will
doubtless be great shakes of a
girl." ' - ' "
Fr-dessor "In one eventng I
counted twenty seven meteors, sit
ting on my piarz.i." , Clasa, ex-;,
presses gri-at astonishment at the
hociithle character of the heavenly
bodies. ' ' , '
There is nothing more bewild
ering I v etr.barrussirtg than after a
frtrrnnl f-n!l tOTipen a closet -:door
for xit nn l walk' into a row of
dresses before you know whefeyou
aa.
aru.
Fromfhe Uoaae Companion. ' ,
Old People rersus leuug.
! - . BY LIZZIE DEAN, i;
W hile we -liKe - to see young
people enjoying life andjnakin
the most ul it pase, we
"wfeh to peak passing wofel tor
life 'aged. f We sea irjuoy . whose
silvery tair ami feeble step.'iro
claim tbat their jurtjey o artli
isf nearly' fjfrtsheJf;artden i they
wf.i 1 1 x res d the shores of i ttrea 'f a r
lieyoud.'r.fS .H -s.fl yt e.,l,
Tfcey look 'peacefully back oo
. . Bd A!r."'
At the "preA-iit iiio;uent thousands ol.
perplo are taking the i::ost .scrupulous
care t1 esJude as much as p"sible: of
the enlifafing and 'eiA'lorattog atrn'is '
pherg of winter out-of-do Ts. Iu ether
words, to tell the truth plaialy, they are
doing: tUVir-best tieraother themselves
to dsith. Dr. Hall, a wri'er who said
and wrote ' a great inany excel ent
things, c aimed thai "it is gafi-r to sleep
to tad air ail night with a te:n;icrjt'jr.
nver fifty, thriti in pnre elr with a tern
'pcratnrc ufter ' fotty. Experience
teaches us that lies i- a . grave irrori
The srstem can readi'y supply a deS-
C ei ey of heat 'root its own resource ,
but t cionot,in. anyway make np for a
deficie! c'y of prlte air"' Am; U vntila
Um i-BC,eded at all hour.; but espe!
, A man bad just said to a friend
"Let s take. aitoKher .when Jus
wife turned ihe corner, but his
duty to Ins wile vVas hot forgottt'n.
'View of the-' political sirliation,"
he added.' '! ; ' ,
Jostr Bnxt'ns ox T3mTs.-The
quail iz a game bird, about one
size largff than the robbio, and so
sudden that they hum when they
fly. They have no song, but whis
tle for rnostc; the' tone iz solitary
'' (From the Earnest Worker. '. '
"' IlIaslrat'TC. ' ' "
I. " JorxtNO VftTU Tn tlNGODLTi i"
Sophmnius a wis a teacher, would; i(
n it suffer even Lii grown- aont
id daagt'teis toafsociai wii' tlioa ,v,
whose conduct was not pure and uprigh t v ;
Veur faihor," aula the peutlo.riulali , "
it cjiifpaoy with her trdfler4 16 visit
fhe' vblatar ttf,c1odaw'ceir fathcfi'
you mift tl'ink us very cfcilmh if yotfi n"
imagine that we- Vhould. be ezpoaedit.. : .
danger by it. " The father took iaWr,
lenee a dead caal fremtba hearth and , .
cached it to hU daughter. ;f?'It 'will tI
not buru yuui my child ; take it." KtH
lialid so. and behold bet beautiful'..
wb'te hand was soiled and blackened,-
a id, asitchanceJ, her whito dress alia.- '
We eannot be ifltl caTeful in batidliog '
cor." said Eulalis in texatioD, ' "res; 1
truly;" (-aid the father 'Y OU see, mjy
ohild, the ooa'e, venif thfy do tot born; u
blacken ; 60 it ia with the Q)mpaDoi-
iha vioioo,'." From thj German. . ,
IL1L0YS Wit AT Iliijntp II.ATiS;,.,
Oo. yonder. , into Onrand,, wita.:t,
1 )r. , . Jlauke, kud. . jptt willj ' fiod
story amongie . nten of . the lonely
oitn,. to tne eneci I'.iai u a sorcerer
t . , ,1' f '- : ? wit , i' " -g t
ill in site a stirrup out pf a strip" of
seihsiiRj tind wind it around Ms' limbs8'
three Yimes abotl' DfoMartj and tKHc'"
about lis neck, and reten lime aetnit''
h S forehead, and theft k'tibt it befuri httf
ti) e, Oiat s i rcereij whan the lampe ace
put out at uht, may rise int space ,
aud fly yyl.her'oeyer teadin, pM-w
mou d'tat&"., So, we put ourSeltca Intd. '
the stiirup ofj predominant love of what,
G d hat8, and predominant hate bf
whi.l God lo'vts ; and we coil the sir 'tidi"
a1 out our souls. Tliey ire 'thiice Worind -al.out
our heart, three times about the'
ndek, severf times amtrnd our forehead;
and t-notted bfefrre our eye3. lfth
poor savage yonder, Where tlla start
look down foir months dl tH year with
out iuteiruptioii, are right io their aubf
lime theory as to the eolcmiiitica of ,th
uuiver-e. we t(Jo, w!:en tho laaips ari
nut, Miall )i.-e n'o the Unseed Holy,
mdfly whi he soever our leadiog pa9
sion dic'-ates. ' 3ieenlaod ssrt "iblt
hunters ouee went otlt fetid found i to
volviog u o-ti.t lin. and that, attempting
to cross the c'uaed a between it and tho
ami lasd, tome of these men,wre
crushed as the mountain revolved; Hut
they finally coticel that the knarled,
wheeling mars had a red side and a
wh:teFide. They wai ed till the wl ite
side cone oj.pnsiL them ; aod thei, as
I'OTidii g the monntair, fjintld that S
t:ing lived on ':ts mtl.mit n:adi 'thtfiri'
s"lves loyal to him J 2crf mderd them--c've-
to hiin, iifTctf mutoly and irrtfver
-Ibly ; tir. 1 a'Krw-irrls found Ibemiwivei
tidotiao ?r.d co-He silely. liut ta'e
mojii'aiu had a r d s'de; anl it turned
and turaed ; and there ws ob safety W
it exept oo the white sid and in loy-'
ally to th '. king at the summit in the
cloud. Joseph Cook.
IU. llIPOUTANCE OF JcfiTICE.-
Jut ice vi the gr atest interest of mart
oh ear h. It is a ligament which hnlirf
c-iviiizid b?ing anl cii!ized nations to
gether. Wherever her temple stands
and so long as it ia doly honoured, there
the p8tv with iti trials ami sun
ny ipeinorieSr arijd gaze-?ioto- thekid att atiou shouiJ b. paid to ventila
future) crtb5ffhopet tnd trust in itioa during tleep. Tber U no dan
thir Heaertly Father's care lov-
itrglyi perhaps, wbrr-ithinyngS of
the cotiipanioos 1 'of ? their r early
youth;, ! whb wiit thm oti i the
other sherr; and their hearts thrill
with pleasure: at the-thoufht of
that? 4iappjr meeting. .- A serene
bid age is; beautiful ta. coatem
plate. We meet some who are
truly lovely whose" hearts are
a r-n . . I
nni sad. inev are snat on tne
wins, and a man may ne goon in i,-a louadatka for sociat seearity tod
generd happiiipss, an 1 the improvement
and progress pf the race. And whoever
labours 03 this edifice with nsefa'nei-a
and distiuttlorj, whoever clears its foun
dations, strcngtbtta iu pil tf, adorns
iti eutablature, or contribute to raise
i s august dome stilt higher in the ckiet,
connects bim'st If. in name and fame and
character, wi h that which is tod must
he . dcrablc as the frame of human "so
ciety. Dun id Webtter.' iit-.
gi-r In having a Ipfn p5rtn:ent well
vcotnSted," provided one le?ps warm,
being well pro! cted by an . abundance
of blanketa. Uealtk Reformer. I
' The learned pig makes his cal
culations by square root rule.
If thou fint ia the day of adversity,
! thy s'renjth i ;rull.
arrithmatic, fust-rate at parsing,
and even be able to preach accept
ably, but if he ain't studied quail
on the wing, he might as well
shoot at a streak of lightning in
the skr a&at a quait on the go.
liriled quail. projrty supported
with jelleys and a' Champagne
Charlie, iz just the most difficult
thiog, .iuitny humble opinion, tow
beat in the whole history ov vit-
tles and something to drink. I
am no gourmand, for I kan eat
bread and inilMfive days, uut ol
seven, and-smak my iips after I.get
thru, but if ,f anl aked to rat
briled qunil by a fneiid. with ja
diwhous accrtmpanymrnt, I blush
Kvery Christian most work well
as wornhip., The dutiee of every Jay
nre greater than the creed of aiy Dis
cipline. Men can not be religious, i.j a
JreI senhe, b mere MMBt to certain ,
M . f.aK. ' . ft...... ..... a... I
ni lust, innrvun hit ii&iii, iimi r , . , i ., .
... 3 . . formu'aue nor by tootir eooteadiag
then etmle sweet acuieenee--iu i . . . . . 1 f.
other words, I always quail before
such a request.
They are never alone that are accom
raoied with n 1 le thought-.
4.
Characters never chang ; opii.i ,iis
i a'.ter, character; are uly der -l,ped.
fot opinion, h never acood. 1 lie lit a
de more than their shars. Tille it ebeap
ud easy,; A wan r4oaad jo , riaaiog
.-iccen's heie w?idom the jiolo of out
dime against a inthr Is heard In behalf
of rb!i.i'n can.e. Untd profestor get
forwird i"to practice, and words ripen
infowrrk, the Cha ch of Cluist ill
H.r I ut u na:i l iite.