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AROUND THE HEARTH. Por Turn Piki Kwot. THE GIFT. The cool gray light crept on apace, And in the east suck he; venly grace ! As shines upon a dying face Grew wide o'er sea and land, The sleeping city moaned and stirred; A thousand sounds of Ufe were heard, And from a hundred clock-towers whirred Sweet chimes on every hand. But to one deep embowered room, Through bar of silken folded gloom And silence deeper than the tomb, 1 No sound of life made way. There, motionless from head to feet, Lapt in soft dreams and visions sweet, Fair Madeline woke not to greet Her dawning wedding day. " Full well she slept, for She had prayed; s No sin was on frer conscience laid, And in the world no purer maid 1 Could anywhere be found. ! Slie slept, nor ever woke again u . To narrow joys or sordid pain, To sense of earthly loss or gain ; That hems the spirit round. I Vox she had seen a presence bright, ; A face of tenderness and might, . . ; And through the darkness of the night These cheering words were borne :j " : ' ' !V '." ' .:-i - I 1 ". "To thee I've come from distant skies,: On swifter wir.g than sunlight flies, i And brought a gift that mortals prize To grace1 thy wedding morn, "This potent charm that I now bestow, 'Gainst all the ills a wife must know, Sorrow and care and child-birth' w oe, Take thou with thankful heart.. I "I touch thy lips; 1- They shall mot press .... ' Cold lips w ith any last caress. 5 "I touch thy breast; ; It shall not feel The stab of scorn like piercing steel, i "I touch thy feet; i They shall have rest, ' Nor weary in a hopeless quest. 'I touch thee thrice" the presence said; 'I speak the charni; thy life is sped: ; I am the Angel of the Dead, ; But bear no hateful dart." ! li. A . GoodrUhje, in WeeUy Magazhic. 'THE WHIP OF THE SKY CONTINUED. , i It is related of a family wliose so journ in one spot was measured by months rather than years, that the hens had become so accustomed to moving that whenever they saw a furniture van stop in front of the house they immediately threw ! them selves on their backsland put their fqet up to be tied. This may not be strictly true. ' ,- . ) ;l . But the season is moving too. Leaf follows upon bud, and blade upon seed come in quick succession. Almost as soon as the last furrow is planted the first opes must be hoed. The whip of the'sky cracks loudly and the sweat ing farmer hurries on his work. The hoe i handle gets hot in the sun and burns the farm.boy's fingers. He casts longing glances at. the cool covert of a neighboring trout stream and wonders if fish wouldn't bite well today," but the farmer without pausing replies grimly, "Never fear!. sonny. You keep at work and thev won't bite! you." Close upon the heels of hoerbg comes haying. How the grass grows! in a night as it were. One day we look forth over fields but faiutly streaked with dawning green ess and the next, lo! the tall grass is beckoning to the mower. Now the contest grows fierce. Now doth it behoove the farmer to be warv Let him not trust to a smiling sky. Fickle jade! Her smiles are too often followed by tears. Advantage must be taken of eyery minute of fair weather for the hay crop is too valu able and too easily spoiled to be left to the chauces of rain and sun. ' ; It has been good hay weather for three or four days past, the best of the crop as been cut and is cured just right. It is now Saturday afternoon and the tired but exultant farmer sees j the huge fragrant loads going barn ward and thinks of the satisfied rest of the morrow. But it is not all under yet, several great windrows are wait ing to be gathered up and even now there is a black frown on the face of the west, and ominous whip cracking from the overcharged clouds. How the field hands hurry and scurry! The brawny wielder of the pitchfork tosses aloft great masses of hay like a giant at play with little hills. The boy who treads is j almost buried alive and gasps and splutters as he leaps wildly from one end of the load to the other j in frantic endeavor to keep pace with ! i l. .. . . . 1 , .,.1. t ii 1 . V. iK.io r win 1vi'n t Sweat pours dOwn like rain and even the big slow oxen j come as near to hurrying as oxen can. I Perhaps the last load rumbles into the j barn just as the flood comes dov., if j so, it is a jolly though" tired crew of j men thatstand safe undercover of the j big barn and listen to the clatter of the ; rain upon'the roof, if not, the rain ! i seems to soak into their very souls ; and make; them soggy, spiritless and , depressed.! fri.Q nm wlir rr alinnfl illC lUctU I1U J,t lS tWltclU,: of New England weather has reason to congratulate himself, tor not often is it granted to any thing. mortal to win , such victory. J - j to be continued. l'or The I ine KNvT. KNOTS Address all communications to "Knots," Pine ivNOi oihee, ouiuein 1-ines, N. C. i HIDDEN FABRICS 1. I saw a chair which Napo'e ;n sat in. ; 'j '. ! ; '"''( '2. During the revel veterans and ; boys, niatrons and maidens gaily dan- ced. i- ' ' ! 3. On a certain steamship line" no J accident lias ever happened. 5 j 4. UOmer, I notice, js often quoted. ' 5. In some towns crime is rife. j G. We sent a box eonta.n.ng sweet-. meats, a cheese, clothing, books and toysJ-: ';. 7. I paid him ten cents in cash; merely to satisfy! him. 8. JSlie is very musical. I could hear her sing for hours. - DECAPITATIONS. 1. Situation. Behead me and I am a ' delicate fabric; again and I am a unit. !; 2. Dvei'-exertion. Behead me and I am moisture. ! '.I. A sharp cry. Behead me and I am a scum; again I am a certain am ount of paper. : ; 4. To terrify. Behead and I am trouble; again and I am a verb. j 5. To supplicate. 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