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JANUARY, 1899.
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The Night Before.
A beautiful night, so starry and still.—
Save the low murmurs of river and rii.,
And the faint rustling of evergreen leaves,
No wind is whistling round gable and eaves.
The moon in her glory looks placid and cold.
Though we tell the story that never grows old;
Lights shine but dimly in cottage and hall,
As mother fills softly the stocking so small,
For Woman’s Work.
When Necessity Drives.
“OR two years Nellie had begged for
a bicyc.e, but in vain, as her father
h..d mother did not exactly approve of
“wheeling” for their daughter. At last,
however, just as she was beginning to de
spair, her old bachelor uncle paid the farm
a visit, and upon his return to his city
home he sent the young girl a fine, new
bicycle as a birthday present.
To say she was delighted but faintly ex
presses her joy, and the letter of thanks
she sent back was tilled with exclamation
points and affectionate terms, while about
halt the words were heavily underscored.
Uncle Henry s wiled as he read it, but felt
repaid for the outlay by her evident pleas
ure, and he often thought of her riding on
the shining wheel over the country roads.
However, Nellie was not riding about the
country, or over any kind ot roads, tor she
could not learn how to keep her balance.
Every evening she coaxed her brother to
hold her on, while she frantically endeav
ored to keep her feet on the pedals, but
the moment he let go—down sne went in
the dust, hurting her body as well as her
feelings.
“It’s no go, Nell,” Jim would say, as he
p eked her up and brushed off the dust.
• Better let me sell the machine and buy a
nice side saddle, then you can learn to ride
Brown Alice.”
But Nellie always declined the offer, al
though she knew that Jim was offering »
good deal when he was willing to let her
ride his pat horse; she preferred to strug
gle on, hoping to learn before the summer
was over.
Still, when the Fourth of July arrived,
poor Nellie seemed as far as over from tDe
consummation of her hopes, for she posi
tively could not remain in the saddle un
less someone held her on. Kind-hearted
as he was, Jim sometimes objected to such
arduous labor on warm evenings, especial
ly when another charming girl ot whom
he was very fond, was always ready to
take buggy rides behind Brown Alice.
Nellie leit unhappy, almost in despair,
but she Lad been teased so much about her
inability to ride, that she kept her troub
le to herself—together with another troub
le, the details ot which no one knew, save
Nellie herself. Sid Wiltger, the brother
of the charming girl who so often was
J im’s companion on buggy drives, was
equally attracted by Nellie s bright eyes;
or rather, he had been, but since she pos
sessed a “wheel” his buggy seldom drove
up to the horseblock, and the Sunday pri
or. to the Fourth he had driven past with
Gerty Myers, whom she regarded as her
rival.
Taking all these things into considera
tion, she did not feel like going into the
adjoining town for the Fourth of July
celebration, but decided to remain at home
with her mother, who was not feeling well,
having overworked herself putting up
currants several days before. In vain did
the entire family beg Nellie to go; ste in
sisted upon remaining at home, and stood
on the horseblock with a very cheerful
face, watching her father drive away with
an aunt and two daughters in the family
carriage. Jim had taken the buggy and
Brown Alice, and the three hired men
were allowed the remaining horses, as this
was a holiday.
‘ I hope we won’t need nothin’, as all
the horses is gone,” Airs. Thomas remark
ed as Nellie returned to the house, “but
one can’t never tell,” words which proved
only too true belore evening had fairly
set in. Airs. Thomas had grown worse
instead of better during the d ty, and when
the sun went down she was in a burning
fever. Nellie was at her wits’ end, for she
knew none of the others would return
much before morning, and her mother
might die in the interval. Sle knew the
attack was dangerous, for Mrs. Thomas
had suffered from one before a.id tne phy
sician had arrived just in time to save her
life.
How could she get him there then? His
b< ine lay ai* mile* along the lonely road,
♦nd In spita ot her country railing NeiHe
WOMAN’S WORK.
O Mother! when treading the gayly lit street.
Remember the poor you Happen to meet,
Share ol the blessings so lavishly given
And the angel of love will record it iu heaven!
With apples and nuts and candy and cake,
For her little darling, who will soon awake —
E’en the flush of dawn breaks over the tea—
To feel lor the treasure with chuckles of glee.
Alas! there are homes where penury reigns,
i be morrow will bring but sorrow and pains;
Children will weep o'er dry crusts of bread
While others are gvn’rously. daintily fed.
was not a good walker. Still, her mother
must be relieved or else would soon die.
Suddenly she thought of her wheel. It
was an idea born of despair, for she felt
certain that she could not move it a single
step; but, no matter what the cost, the
doctor’s house must be reached. Going
into the house she took a last look at her
mother, who was tossing restlessly back
and forth in a high delirium. Then she
carried the wheel out into the road and
started to mount, when she remembered
her long skirt. With an exclamation ot
impatience she ran upstairs and slipped
on the first thing her hands caught up in
the dark, which afterwards proved to be a
red flannel underskirt which her mother
had been mending for winter use; then she
hurried down again and tried to mount.
(Ji course she fell on her face and bruised
herself badly, but Nellie was not daunted;
her mother must have help.
‘•I’ll ride this wheel if it kills me,” she
muttered through her set teeth, and as a
re.ult ot her determination she at last
managed to get on and set the machine in
motion. With an energy born of despair,
with the tears raining down her cheeks—
tears of nervousness and pain—Nellie
kept her feet working the pedals like mad,
and whenever she lell off, climbed on
again and started off afresh.
Never before had the road seemed so
long. All the farm houses along the
route were deserted, for everyone was “in
town,” and the hedges seemed to be hid
ing unknowable horrors; s.ill she pressed
on slid on. Once, as she fell she struck
something cold and slimy, and realized
with horror that she had run over a snake.
Again her wheel caught in a crack while
going over a iittle bridge, and she nearly
lell into the creek. Long before she
reached the physician’s house, her skirt
was torn into shreds, she having caught
her feet in its folds so many times. As
she neared the house a horrible idea struck
her, almost causing her heart to stand
still. Suppose the ductor, too, had gone
to the celebration!
‘ 1 don’t thi k 1 could stand that,” Nel
lie thought. Fortunately, as she sped up
the driveway she saw a light in the win
dow, and a moment later the doctor, him
self, opened the door in response to her
wild cry of appeal, us she fell breathless
on the porch.
“Aly mother, my mother,” was all she
could gasp, but Dr. Johnson had not prac
ticed among these people as long as he had
without being thoroughly acquainted with
all their ailments, aud he' understood im
mediately tnat Mrs. Thomas was suffering
from another severe attack, it took him
but a lew moments to hitch his mare to
the spring wagon, so as to accommodate
the wheel, and Nellie made the return
journey by his side, with less inconven
ience and better time than in going out.
Upon their arrival they found Airs.
Thomas in a very critical state, but, re
lieved by the physician, she grew rapidly
better and was soon out ot danger.
Os course Nellie was the heroine of the
hour, and among the first to call to offer
his congratulations was Sid Wiltger. Be
fore he ielt she had agreed to change her
name to his, as soon as the new year
should come. One trouble being thus re
moved, perhaps the other one—not being
able to ride her wheel—would not have
worried her very much. But, to her sur
prise, Nellie discovered that she had mas
tered it during that long, weary rid 3 , and
she has never had any further difficulty
with it, riding about at will, when Sid is
too busy to drive, or cannot spare one of
the horses. In speaking of the way she
learned to ride, Nellie said one day to her
husband:
“I tell you Sid, there is nothing like 1
must and I will, to make anyone do a
lumg. There was something in the read
er at school about •Necessity D iving’ and
I guess necessity drove me pretty hard
that uigbk?’
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