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Arky, after Noah’s ark, and a brother
named Samuel; but they were all dead
but him. 'Jimmie Russell said he in
tended spending his vacation teaching
and training this poor ignorant little
boy, who had already made himself
quite useful and indispensable in the
Household. They went fishing on the
day promised, and Job David very
cheerfully carried our lunch and fish
ing rods. After they returned from
fishing the evening was spent very
pleasantly and profitably in the li
brary.
Some of the boys and girls had vis
ited the World’s Fair, and it was quite
pleasant to hear them discuss wnat
interested them most.
Amy thought a table that was ex
hibited by the New Mexicans very in
teresting and beautiful. It was the
product of Sante Fe, New Mexico,
and was made of the precious stones
and metals found there. In the cen
ter of the table was the Mexican coat
of arms in gold; around it were many
precious stones —garnets, rubies, and
turquoise, set in silver. On silver
plates many historical pictures were
engraved; one of them is the design
of an old palace which is the home of
the governor; and the room where
Gen. Lew Wallace wrote “Ben Hur, a
Tale of the Christ,” is very distinct.
Will thought the Indians under Col.
Cody, and the Wild West boys with
their bronchos, particularly interest
ing; and he seemed never to grow
weary in talking of them.
Alice then brought in her floral al
bum, in which she had placed a beau
tiful collection of pressed flowers.
Her album looked as though she had
studied effect in coloring, the varied
hues of the flowers making a lovely
and harmonious combination. The
young people were much delighted
with the floral display, and persuaded
her to read the verses and lines de
scriptive of each flower.
Uncle Emory went with us the next
day to see a large building which had
been used in the war between the
States as a hospital. Here he had
lain wounded for many long, weary
months, and was tenderly nursed back
to life again. He told us of a lad,
reared where the Cumberland rolls,
who was brought here in a critical
condition. No murmur was ever heard
to escape his lips. As his fever waxed
high, he would wander in fancy with
the reapers with their scythes among
the nodding grain, and then in cedar
glades he would wander, and in green,
shady woodlands he would carve on
the trees the name of a loved one;
but before the vital spark burned out
his soul trusted in the Lamb of God
who taketh away all sin. In God's
own time, when I cross over the river,
may I join with him in the angel
choir; like him, be a welcome guest
in the heavenly mansion.
Aunt Sarah overtook us in our ram
ble, and said she would like us to visit
with her an old church where we
were first taught God’s love. There
was something about the old church,
with its moss-covered roof and ivy
towers, that awed us into silence, and
we felt while within its sacred pre
cincts as though “this is none other
than the house of God,” and at Uncle
Emory’s suggestion we sang with one
accord the sweet old hymn:
I love thy Church, O God!
Her walls before thee stand,
Dear as the apple of thine eye,
And graven on thy hand.
Aunt Mary, being of a practical
mind, and “on hospitable thoughts in
tent,” said we must endeavor to learn
as much about housekeeping and cook
ing in the vacation as possible, and as
there were such a number of young
people thrown together, she thought
housekeeping on the co-operative plan
would make it more pleasant for all
concerned. We enjoyed housekeep
ing under her direction. She taught
us sewing and embroidery. The beau
tiful centerpieces w : ere such a delight
to us, and then the setting of the table
on the lawn, with these same center
pieces and the dainty china, but no
daintier than the wafers, beaten bis
cuits, and creams that the Russell chil
dren were taught to make during vaca
tion, thinking with Aunt Mary and Un
cle Emory that “rest is a change of oc
cupation.”
MAMMA’S VACATION.
By A. L. Bean.
Mamma said she was going to have
a vacation, and the children laughed
and clapped their hands with delight,
for the idea of mamma’s vacation was
such a unique one. It was certainly a
new departure. We children had our
vacation, and took it as a matter of
course; but the idea of mamma’s leav
ing us all with auntie, and going off
without even baby Bessie, was strange
in the extreme.
Mamma had often gone from home
on a visit, though never alone; but
this time grandma had sent for mam
ma to come to see her. She was an
old lady and quite feeble, and had
gone a little beyond her eighty-second
mile post. She wrote to mamma:
“Come, dear Annie, alone; don’t
bring any of the children, for the
least noise disturbs me, and I must
have perfect quiet.”
Mamma left in the afternoon. Her
parting injunction to us was: “Be
good children, and obey Aunt Sarah.”
Auntie felt very like the “old woman
who lived in the shoe,” but unlike her
in one respect—she knew what to do;
and she called us together and said:
“Now, children, while your mother is
off, and in the absence of your teach
er who has been called home by sick
ness, we will endeavor to accomplish
a great deal. It will never do to be
idle, for idleness brings discontent.
Let us talk together, and map out our
plans for work. Joe, as you are the
eldest, we will hear from you first.”
Joe had a large number of dogs,
very fine ones, of whom he was very
fond. His love for them equaled that
of Sir Walter Scott, who it is said dis
appointed a dinner party of celebrat
ed men because his dog had died, and
* he was mourning an old friend.
“Auntie, I guess you remember,”
said Joe, “that I belong to the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals. My dogs, some of them, have
been so brave that I think they should
receive some merit, and if it coincides
with your views I should like to make
arrangement today about getting
collars of honor for the dogs that de
serve them. There is Merlin, you
know, my fine Newfoundland, who
pulled Frank Collins out of the lake
when he was about to drown; and
Rex, who caught the bridle aad held
it firmly when the horse was running
away with the dog-cart in which mam
ma and sister were seated; why, even
my little flee Gyp, who barked so vig
orously and awakened the neighbors
when their house caught fire in the
night time. These, I think, should be
long to an order of merit, for they
have displayed bravery and courage.”
Auntie commended Joe, and told
him that it had been said by some
one that “the manners and morals of
dogs are to a great extent the result
of their contact with man, and they
develop along exactly the same lines
in civilization.”
Annie’s turn came next, and with
a doleful face she told Aunt Sarah
that she had a composition to write
before her teacher returned; also she
was required to look up the events in
the New Testament represented by
the symbolic number seven. Annie
said she always felt like the weeping
The Golden Age for May 28, 1908.
prophet Jeremiah whenever she had
a composition to write, “Oh, that my
head were waters and mine eyes a
fountain of tears!” Aunt Sarah prom
ised to make her subject plain and
easy for her, and she assisted her with
the Scriptural events, finding about a
score or more in the Old and New
Testament.
Jennie said she would like to go in
the kitchen and learn to make cakes,
pies and candy.
Janie wanted to dress Bessie’s dolls.
She would dress them as grandmoth
ers and Quaker, German, and French
ladies. One was dressed as a cook,
and some as nurses, with the wee ba
bies and their bottles. Bessie was de
lighted, and stopped making mud pies
and cakes to admire and kiss each
doll.
Aunt Sarah took much pleasure in
superintending the children, and their
work was made so plain and simple
by her that even Annie, whose duties
rose mountain high, and who looked
upon her composition as a most disa
greeable task, said: “Isn’t it wonder
ful? I have finished so soon, and it
wasn’t a bit hard.”
In the far distance Joe could be
heard faintly whistling “Bells o’ Shan
don,” and happily working with his
dogs’ honor collars; and the con
sciousness of duty well done brought
happiness to the litue hearts in mam
ma’s absence. —The Visitor.
KIPLING AT A LUNCHEON.
At a tea the other day, says “The
New York Sun,” a woman heard the
following remarks made about her fa
vorite author. She turned to listen,
amazed by the eccentricities of con
duct narrated.
“Yes, you know,” the hostess was
saying. “Kipling came in and be
haved so strangely! At luncheon he
suddenly sprang up and wouldn’t let
the waitress come near the table.
Every time that she tried to come
near he would jump at her.
“He made a dive for the cake, which
was on the lower shelf of the side
board, and took it into the parlor to
eat it. He got the crumbs all over
the sofa and the beautiful rug.
“When he had finished his cake he
simply sat and glared at us.”
The visitor finally could not control
herself, and asked: “Excuse me, but
are you speaking of Mr. Rudyard
Kipling?”
“Mr. Rudyard Kipling?” echoed the
hostess. “Oh, no; Kipling is our
dog!”
No one ever made a square meal of
apples or doughnuts, because they’re
the wrong shape.
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