TO C OACAtlA
9 ? 4ggBfe
3
AaiOow tley did enjoy itTS"
And so It was made possible.
for f vt4 .Jr".
ft. . J. --
I Oat etry y , V
it was dose.
Ever since that
all the
mmm " .. .
how joy was ra4Utcd from their f- ba4 nurd Uiwsp
tores and tbe smiles wosld cot cose i caUrit y 14ir of sslrJ
off, The snowdrops loss ejr a&Uhd.
And It was fa Stephen lUnir Tb fcem of a woaaa so kte4
mansion that they stayed; aad It was tiea bees sltll4 many and
MY WOItK.
Let me but do ray work from day to
day.
In field or forest, at tbe desk or
loom.
In roaring market place or tran
quil room;
Let me but find It in my heart to say,
When vagrant wishes beckon me
astray
"This is my work; my blessing,
; not my doom.
Of all who lire, I am tbe one by
whom
This work can best be done in the
right way."
Then shall I find It not too great nor
small.
To suit my spirit and to prove my
powers;
Then shall I cheerful greet the
laboring hours.
And cheerful turn, when the long
shadows fall,
At eventide to play and love and rest.
Because I know for me my work Is
best.
Henry Van Dyke.
THE PINK STRING.
"Peter," said his mother, "I want
you to do a little errand for me."
"Yes, mother, tell me quick, for
it's most school time.".
Stebpen Hartley who Insisted la fit- mjtfi lca Tr. bat the mandate
ting them oat la new garments! of aC ha Ured thro a ah ail
"Not a word!" be bad said, with at!a change,
shake of bis white iiead; -not a Wb1 lt tai broBht bot,t
word! Don't I know that ctea ml-uliU command? What Uy back of
errand. Mrs. Ilale's my slonartes od blesa thra! hv-1 Us coat It bad been to the ooa-
mother. and you're Mrs. Garde; and! new clothes? I" be hesitated t7 to ,oIi,r pacing P
mv mm hr toid me to come nere ( "i t naa rather m nH- i wu wiuusu mwruu
and ask you. Terr politely, if you fence about you. I was aittinr but IoT ia hxn of a woman
would let her have some of your
flowers to take to tbe sick woman.
She tied this pink string around my
Tb drsa ewaaista ci m ssna o;
beads sras4 bis waist, arcuEij
bis 8k. sad a aroead taca of
tb saa did the rest cf tbs dryiag.
j This baby's ease was Ntaaba
I Ngaagabaka, Exchange
did forget, all but tbe pollteaes.
Mrs. Garde laughed as she put a
wonderful bunch of Bowers on
Peter's arm, saying as she did so:
If you hadn't taken off your hat
ence about you. I was sitting here but Iot Ia bn r woman
slone one evening, doting Jast s lit-'101" tor lowlf cd tt tuUfaI?
tl h nddniT i t, k.v fIn br soul tbe loved that simple
4 m w W W WU. s
sne tied mis pinic siring arouna j you seined to be sitting In your little Mwv
finger so I wouldn't forget. But Ijarles that went out from us three to in ot t stampedout
. . . . i a .w --it. I. . . . .. and lost. Rf lnv rfnmnM n.
I "C?ald yoa wail ca ce btfor tbe
others? asked tbe woman la tbe
drag stars. "I sa la i great berry.
Tbe drag clerk compiled aad SJSed
her prescripUoa Immediately. Taaak
yoa so much, the said. ! ia afraid
that Fldo will awake before I re
turn aad miss c.H
house at Cedaredge. aad then I saw ' i . 50 15Te promple1 br re"
a oatxir in roar h.n. lnd down there all alone, through
" ' - - j i rrw i m. M m
lit thf. queer ana u was graated.
What lasts like love?
Ia a little while pride loses IU
power over tbe souL Ambition stirs
reaumt aooui mis convention, if
ing aDout tbose two home mlssioD
me I erl&d 'it 1 fi k..
so politely, I shouldn't have thought; jumped up ouick aa a wink .m!.! power OTer lhe uL AmbiUoa stirs
of asking you to oblige me." years ago Somehow I couldn't I T. , ! ,UUe WhUe nd Uxea
"Will you olease to excuse me1 out nf nw Va V "l.d,l.t fct 11 11 out of tbe Ufe. The sweet-
for not taking it off to say good-by?me waj of that'o JLrl .nlVJ."6 1 J?8? W ha?e of winn!a
In Jv.i 'v. i Biory ma iucce. won io melt
v!,lo I ,1 gSea ha" ' M.to stir the heart; but lore
dream drm- r, ?ld.Dlea "all hold, fan IU hold fotever.
mrt- 4rnnJ,, .ePttitlagto What do you Ioe? Surelr there
hall! An(LT .... ,v ou Kra
If. h.M Tit 1 "ow """"S" 1 that thine
- , .... vu i uuaergone. But
I wouldn't ask you to give it up -you
wouldn't if I should; but please
Please let me do for yoa as I would
for my own children, had Godrfren
me any." . ..
And so Donald Street and 1 his
wire, home taissionaries.
one of the loveliest experiences of
You see, my bands are full.
"Oh, ray dear boy, you did re
member, didn't you?" said mother,
as be laid the flowers before her.
"We will try the string again."
"Mother," said Peter, gravely, "it
waen't the string at all. It was the
politeness." Sydney Dayre, In Chris
tian Register.
GOING BACK.
Out where the alkali patches were
thickest and the wind blew every
day. where sage-brush and buffalo
grass flourished, they lived. The V. J. Aove,Iest experiences of
Church at home had sent them out "TT, , great great conven-
t Z, rger visions, its en-
! there as home missionaries, and they
i hnA nvpr pttia hark. Tt was thrift
s most scnooi time.". 7,. x, " : mgs. And when It rinsori u
"You will be sure and not forget?" ea now lf Bometlmes the long- tured th hLiward fh. ,
"Oh. mother. Jack Ray', been tell- to see old scenes and old faces of ev', ZV' l ee.
i .u v i grew too BirunK wuiim mem. mey t.. . . uova m
iub me iudi "ucuever uv uas e- - - ' , wina-SWept Plains harV f
j j resolutely Dushed it back. To themL,,..,, , . v ltXias, deck or the
rauu tu uu uib uuiuer lies a suiug
round his finger. That keeps him religion was no light thing, and they
in mind every time ho looks at it,had not hesitated,
that he has something to do. Did ' And 80 tney had braved tne bitinS
you ever hear of any one doing winds and the Iong wInters, and the
nat . stifling summers, borne the inconven-
"Yps mnnv a tim Sn vmi wn!H iences of a small salary
like a string?"
never
nrnmntlv naid. and sravp no Rl?n. Rut
;e a sirine: r-" r "
"Yes. here's the string bag, and one da as they read the PaPers from
re's a nice Diece of Dink strine " home' sne saw in one of tDem an
here's a nice piece of pink string
"Now, then" As she tied it on
his finger, mother told him what she
wanted him to do.
"And, Peter," she added, "be sure
to speak very politely when you ask
it"
"Yes, I'll remember."
"I know you always mean to be
polite, dear, but you sometimes for
get, as all little boys do.
! announcement of a great meeting
that was to be held there. She read
it, and her eyes grew dreamy. She
saw it all the dear church, the old
and cherished friends home! And
what a meeting it would be! O, she
wanted to go go!
"Donald," she cried, "couldn't you
attend it, dear? Think what it would
mean to get into touch again! Think
i, as an nine uuys uu. vjroou-uy. "
She kissed him, and he hurried of tne fine addresses, and the music.
away, soon joining some other boys
on the way to school.
"What's that on your finger?" ask
ed one of them.
"Oh, that's because I have an er
rand to do so as to make me think
of it."
"We haven't
and besides,
and the new ideas."
He shook his head
any money, .Edith;
there's you."
"Me? O, I couldn't go. I know we
couldn't spare money for two. Be
sides, I'm not presentable. I haven't
had a hat for three years, and my
the errand, anyhow? In his interest skirts are out of date but if we sav"
in watching the string tied on, he ed and scrimPed and managed, could
had only half listened to what hisjyou not g0?"
mother had been saying, and now He kissed her fondly. "I could
the most he could remember of it not g0 and leave you here alone- No
was that he was to be verv. verv no-!1011'1 say another word; I would not
think of such a thing."
was that he was to be very, very po
lite.
"I can do that, anyway to every
body. And, perhaps, if I do it all j Stephen Hartley, tall and white
the time, I shall get to thinking of ! haired, halted the minister that
the errand Oh, please excuse me, ! morning. "I heard you give out the
I didn't mean to." j announcement of the convention," he
In his hard thinking he had run ; said. "It strikes me, it's to be an un
agalnst a big girl as he was turning usually fine meeting."
Into the school yard. j "We hope so," was the quick reply.
"Peter," said she, "you're such a j There was a pause. Stephen Hart
polite little fellow that it's easy to ; ly broke it. "By the way, I wanted
excuse you." J to speak to you about Donald Street
n "A good thing to say of a boy,", and his wife. They went out as
said one of the teachers, who was . home missionaries about three years
passing In. "Keep it up, Peter, j ago, wasn't, it?" -Good
manners are a gTeat help toi The minister nodded. "Yes, they
a boy in going through life." j are over in the Cedaredge district, a
"If they'll only help me to re-: little pocket completely shut off from
member that errand," said Peter to . the rest of the world. But they are
himself. (doing a great work, for there are
He did remember the politeness, people there."
He stood up to give a girl his seat ' There was another pause. Stephen
on a crowded recitation bench. He Hartly broke it again. "I suppose
said his best "please" and "thank they are having it hard enough?" he
you" when he went to the teacher's said laconically,
desk to ask about an example, all. The minister laid Ma
the while thinking: 'other man's shoulder. "Hard! My
"If I'm very polite, p'rhaps I shall dear brother, is the life of a home
think of the errand." 'missionary ever anything else? No;'
At the close of school the teacher it leaves its mark, its stamp of bur- i
said: "Who will carry a book with dens borne and sarrled, its wearl-1
its marked lesson around to Johnny ness and deprivations. But after
Park's house? He is sick and could ward, oh, I love to think of the home
not come to school today." missionary's crown."'
"I will," said Peter, rising in his There was another silence. Then 1
seat as he spoke. Stephen, Hartly spoke. "I would like
"Thank you, Peter. I might have to have them attend this convention '
known you are just that kind of a as my guests," he said slowly. "I re-,
h0' . . - call her now as she went out, scarce-
He had to go several-blocks out of ly more than a girl herself. I believe
his way to do it. No remembrance neither of them has ever been back "
of his errand came into his head as "No. the salary is small, and the
he left the book at the door, with a distance considerable."
polite inquiry about Johnny, and he! "I see. but if I give my check for '
walked on slowly, doing his best their expenses to and from this con
thinking." vent;ion, will you get It to them?" I
He passed a yard In which were The minister grasped his hand.?
many beautiful flowers. A lady was "As if T wouldn't" h i ;
Inside whom .Peter had sometimes voice.
seen talking with his mother, so he Whn the letter cam, and th oHD
raised his hat .to her, with a very slip of paper fluttered to the floor
polite little bow. She smiled at him, the home missionary and his wife
and then said: stared. They forgot the plain little
'.I wonder; if 1 couldn't get you room, and the wind-swept plains, and
to do something for me?" the cactus, and the alkali patches
i "Of course, ma'am," said Peter, Going back back once mole Into
again taking off his hat' "I shall be the old; life, with its nrwiwo !
very glad . to do it.7 v charm, its, old tried friends! Going
; "I am cutting some flowers to send back to be near really fine music !
to a sick woman," went oh the lady again, and culture, and then some-1
"Mrs. Hale told me about her" how she was crying on his shoulder j
"Oh. that was it!" Peter flung "My hat is three years old, and I1'
up his hat", and capered about for haven't a pair of gloves to. my name,
Joy.. . V. but O, Donald, who. cares! Just think -
"That was what?" asked the lady, of It. goine back, coin baic niri
nching Influences, its spiritual hw
ings. And when it rinsod .
uitun. or tne
alkali dust and the buffalo grass and
HflrHvf tj a frlend' StePh
Hartly! Home missionaries they
might be. but poor home mlssion-
hllenele.r! Sme one had em
bered! Pittsburg Christian Advo-cato.
GUARDING THE SNOWDROPS.
One of the old-time emperors of
Germany was walking in a garden
with his friend, the Car of Sa
At a certain point in1 the pathway of
the emperor was attracted by the an-
ZtTfnl Kf a S0ldier Pacig back
and forth between the rows of plants
whv J erS-e COuId see reason
why this soldier should be stationed
vnlrVnd ,ln, a wonderlng tone of
voice he asked the Czar why it was
I am sure I do not know" was the
answer. "He has been there as long
as I can remember. I never stopped
to ask why. But we will try to find
out about it now that you have called
my attention to it."
And they turned the pages of the
nation's history back two hundred
years before they solved that prob
lem. Then it was discovered that
once when the first lady of the land
was walking in the garden, she came
upon some snowdrops fighting their
way up through the grass. Lest they
should be trampled down and de
stroyed, she asked that a soldier be
stationed there to protect them, and
so pure, so high, so sacred that you
ask the King of kings to keep it for
you forever? Ho will do it. He
longs that you shall put your treas
ures in His keeping. - And it will be
safe there through all the sunny days
that come Into your life.
Have you given Him your most
precious treasure? The Epworth
Herald.
An amusing story is told of an old
Scotch woman who was walking to
church with her family one bright
Sunday morning. They were passed
by the Auld Kirk minister, riding at
a tremendous rate, and the old lady
said to her children: "Slccan a way
to be ridin,' an' this the Sawbath day.
Aweel, aweel, a gude man is merciful
to his beast"
Shortly afterward her own minis
ter rode past at just as furious a
pace, and the worthy old wife cried,
"Ah, there he goes! The Lord bless
him, puir man! His heart's in his
wark, an' he's eager to be at it"
AN AFRICAN BABY'S BATH.
One morning I heard the baby cry
ing as if his little heart would break,
and I went to see what could be the
matter with him, and found his
mother washing him In front of her
house. And do you think she had
a nice little batb-tub and scented
soap and warm water? Oh, no! But
she held the little baby upon his little
feet and was pouring cold water on
him by the handfuls. The poor baby
was screaming at the top' of his
lungs and fightinng against the cold
water as hard as he could; but the
mother paid no attention to that,
and went on with the washing. Did
she have nice, warm flannel clothes
to dry him with and others with
which to wrap him? No; but when
the washing was over, she lifted the
baby up andwi.th her mouth blew
vigorously into his eyes and ears to
drive out the water, and that is all
the drying he got
Then she proceeded to dress him.
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