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TUESDVS.MjNEltl U.. 1877
3>®i Wi&'tf.
fl 'WMO itqSSi to lFrcnm or Mother.
CnUte, n<yt\-y k\cc)J r,n.\ oIn.se my oyutttU,
1 am wrtir.v of tlie tlay;
Take liie oh thy w’urh to (IrciuiilonO,
Show urn thu luvvd olios wu^ed .away,
/HUow ti»n «»n«t I l«vw-' In ehiltllmoil,
I 'a \t t even thnU a brailwr — \
'Ommk*. •waut nnd L'Iiho my eyoUtls,
( would love to tlreaiu of mother.
Tbvn with magic xvor*ls tran sport .us,
. i:>uck to Unit old h* me ol ours,
IVlrntt* In v**utli I har .cd to jjvir.M htK*,
In our child hot si's lihppV hours.
Itvl her fciud curesm*
J J>
•’('oiite, sweet sleep,
Thun in difQtuS Wifi mother be.
^nrhiK.mo tinugUt hul drtams of badness,
Uiinikh e.ery tlnmgnt uud cure}
Tluee her by t o old wist window
, In lu*r high bmk'rooking elmir;
•Thiiii for i gas let ns slniiiWr,
ItM.ining Iro-uus that hath tin o6 ],
•’For V-ns l«»Ve like hers that toils mo
Mother was mb deaVost friend.
They Met -t'firy I'nriteit.
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Wt!01<!i NUMBKU 35
with Mrs. Wiiithrop, and I would
go, -if only to let 'my husband see
Shift ’ho could uot ooutrol meiin ev
erything, even tile .Belcotin'ft of ni'y
owu associates. Sc I drew on mv
wra|i|iing, went but find bough tan.
Opera elcaik of the richest materiel
I ccnld find, and when the carri
age called for me at six 6'olock I
was ready. .
•'Oil. what a superb mantilla !”
were the first, words that Mrs.
VVintlmip-spoke to me when I took
my se tt in the carriage. “Yiiinie
Brown has cue eXaetly lilco it'; slie
-‘tolls tab that it tost her fif'y dol
lars.'’
Why were till those rooms light
ed? I quoritd its I noticed, while
jot. soffit distance utfqy,- lights
gleaming from the wind,bw ofsov-
‘/rni apartments of my home. As
'Vo neared the house wu could sou
that the lights wore moving, hying
earthed thy iwsosH running hither
nnd thither through the house,
seemingly in the utmost haste and
confusion. A great, wild, jude-
scrilmole tear tuggod at my heart,
and, scarcely waiting lot tlm vehic
le to stop its nio'timr, I sprang -tb
t rs fmil j^Uartlmiw, I'ticsqttJrt'u..,...... ..fftfc* ,
S>»lb of luimlmble piyt&rty, tuu day*.......
. Astray Uotiorh, 30 <1»»’* ... ....... mi,
, ... . i AlldiillH fur atlvfrltMiijj m this pupil «>*.*
anoo and lull, ain hoau etrikiuu: tim j tlim lih tin t'lrht itpiioarA.iov ul the uuv-.Yiir.-
curbstone violently, am! causing “ l * !,, " llnw **•“ ,bl>
his death almost instantly.’'
Then he had died without a word
for me. Tho thought was keen
with anguish.
Like ono ifi a dream I followed
tho remains ijf ihy husband to the
ceme'tei.y, arid returned again to
the pVisou walls of tny desolateil
hotn'o. Weeks elapsed before l
beciuno aware that wo lmd lived
fa'r beyond our means, mid with
this fact came the knowledge that
the sidewalk ’find i tubed into the the fault was mine ahum.
hall.
I met fu't'ir or fiVa ilersons com-
I If'ldied hv answering theiiues-ling out. 1 did not notice them,
lion insinuated,— \ bin passed I'll'enthl'-ssly up t’lestair
‘‘I gave that sum lor mine.'’ mVay, On ^the landing 1 met theilight? It seems to mock niensit
Tweuty years have pissed, dear
reader, since that, night, twenty
years of remorse, grief and lotter-
ness. Wliat oare I for the
To be fiaiik, 1 felt just the 1
‘# rVl tfflaK nsnlfc.v »->t,
'I he l ivers litfk-*din pi* n-mid cli.it
•*Of llmi ami lliiH.-iSjil this mnl that,
, Hiil of tlm'V wwlilliiX * 1 mainly — •
Tldr wciltliiiR. whTbh wa- Hniiii tJt bu,
/Anil S«»'i *1111! Ctiik .lid ipiile ayrfij^r
,'Jlf .sjinl “.vch, ,V»w.” In all ihat«lie
■riin'i^M. ht her jiulK'ncup lien’t wiVulil lie
/•On nil,'' KuhtOuK, upciili it out;
il vc nut tin* IViintcBt xbuihi nl‘ unrtVit
That hi ill in all IhfjfTH we'll n«'rwj
A mi o .A, as ^Vvo I.w-kuii -
Two unit 14 wlth'i«tVfi ! hTnfpo tlioii^bt,
1 hiMrta *lmt lieat u
A lnviip* Ktmla. a toiulei’ wjuve/.- 1 ,
, Opv&hh-dtQWs Uji^n-fu;
TliOn unrtf.v Hphkfit wnnla
hujiHuliil wtinlwilcli.
•dj at'trmrM'wIll hvn wjllt hs,
Ami ‘ rule haifMiHt," »iy dar’inp Ous,
For le.it, .run k a •a,«elie‘a mho* u>r,”
••Not nmeh !” er tul (Juh,' in tntiijuv hi«h,
;AiulJ<he«p.'il Mm hat, anil erieil ‘.•(itioil-ilju
Tint Htiiji-H it Hwixt >dw and 1!
At eor.h-,1 Im my vow on 4»l«»t :
Ne iiiiithcf in-'ans with tliveiiteniiifi ^*o,
AinVpua'.tf all jHie ti lo erucily,
Slm.l over rule tlii« rnonlvr!"
ELEC'T I-OTST S .
Mj- I'liulslilitCJi't
ny ,m. li. w. P.
“.Inst lilly dollars, Neville, oii-
fiUty I You’ll never miss it,'’ I
tileailipH said to my husband.
“Mary, you know I would not
willingly rufu-OyOilanything, but
5 cannot spare fifty dollars just
how.’*
Oil, pshaw t You don't wish to
gruti'y, mo—that's all }’'
I tipokf) hastily, half angrily.
“That is unjust, Mary/’ ho ro-
jdied,'in.fi low tone. “You do not
know llow much I uood it, or you
Svould not insist.’’
“Then would youhuve mo^oto
the opera looking like a fright, or
stay at.hoino'afid mnlto a herfnit
of myself?”
I turned frOUi him anl Walked
to tho window. In a moment ho
followed me, find plaoing' a fifty
dollar bill OU thb wiildohr sill be
fore mo, saldkibdly i
“There is the monoy,Hfary, hut
j would ratlior have you remain at
homo to-night. Mr. and Mrs.
Winthrop are not fit ttompafiions
for you, dear. 1 ’
I made him ho f<-jl!y, bor turn-
fed lo say gahddijhs-, fitid lb fi -mo-
hioht 1 heard tbs Stfset doBr.®to';
find I was aluno. I
slightest twinge of ennscienco us I
made the acknowledgement. A
drive of twenty minutes brought
us t# the ‘opera house, the ennver-
iiatinn meatjwliile being Hindu up
ofbiis of flattery on Mis. Win-
tln-op's part., and, on tny ohm,
words vaguely expressing t,hc sense
iil'gralilicatinn l experienced bv
lior nienningluss phrases. The mu
sic,was certainly as grand as 1 had
ever heard, blit strange, to say, I
\Vas nut an nrtteuf.iv.e listener. ,My
onsfly cloak and dress I know x w'ere
duly appreciated‘and admired, Imi
liir all this I felt ill at case. lavas
beginning, in spite of myself, to
think seriously of my conduct. 1
could listen to conscience now-, al
ter l had riiaehed thce.limnx ofmy
doSircsj end noenmplished nforhid-
den.ptirpeso. In tlinnght l livial
again liiu five brief yefirs of toy
Vbauied lil’6. Had Neville 'ever
given mu an unkind Word ? Never
Had lie ever rofbsed mo any re
quest, 'vhotlior trifling or impor-
.t.int.?—Was ho not now the sumu
lover-'.iko, tenilor husliand that Im
was live years ago when he brought
■mo, a liride,- to a neat liltlaeottago
fiir t.lie outskirts of the town, say
ing. as lui led mo through the
romns, ri’Tis plain and humble,
Mary, lmt with yuttr pVesonce tu
brigliteu it, ’twill bo a little para
dise to mo.”
I was content Willi it then—con
tent to roign the queen of my hus
band's hem t and of our littlo do
minion, homo. But iu a year or
two the serpent crept into ourEdon
and I become its dupe.
I loved society, and was too easi
ly drawn into Shat whirlpool that
ruins thousands—a life of fashion
able gayety. Tho cotiaeqtiouoe was
that wlionj came to compare my
own humble cottage with the hand
some dwelling of some of my
irioi ds, it lost fill its olden beauty
and cheerfulness. I grew disoon-
hnusomaid, bur face blanched with j falls athwart mv pfige. Wave I
terrijjl . I not darkened i: ■ life with an irtr -
“What is it, Mu'thn?" I wins- pe'netrablo 'tiliadnw? Twenty
pored hoarsely. “ Where la ISe- years I Afnl to-uight I see hoiore
ffiBe:' 1 ! me, ns plainly as their, that sad,
“Oh, Mrs. VVhately ! Is it your’ sweet, mournful fi«!e, tiiniingfmifi
she anxiously replied. I mo as he said, “d would rntlier
I almost
Where is Neville?*
screamed.
“In there,” the frightened mul
ture answered pointing to tin, li-
hrnry dour.
I hurried tu the door, lmt'before
Rmld open jt, a lmml/Wrls laid
jjiuyvily on my anil, and a stran
ger's Viiielsstiid, excitedly,—
“Mrs Wlmtely, ymi must nut
go iu Ihere-r’
.“I must find will !“ I said,
hoarsely ; and juijciug rayielf fine
from his grasp, 1 iliuw hack tho
lock, and stood within tho ftpfirt-
uijmt-.
I.ying tliore bofiiro me, his pallid
face upturned to mjno'i i'. fi my Ne
ville, my husbaiul, deu'l—dead I
,1 had ouiue tj seek his f
have you remain at home to-night,
Mary and a lew hours lator,
that same dear face ghastly with
the pallor of death.
Reader, if you tiro a wife, limy
the story of my punishment save
you from a similar fate, (/lose
your heart. t_d,the demons of finger
and discontent. Brito the smile
of your husband as yoni' greatest
reward, and pal t not fOr a day nor
an hour in anger. I would spare
you the remorse that embitters my
life, and enwraps my heart in the
biureuness of ‘desolation.
A Tiior.eaglily Pr.-ictlroj Jr.fir
too late. Would lu fjnl flint f
eorlfhi say now that niieoasciOusi-
ness follnwed this terrible ,ihqn{, ;
toeri would I have liven spared, for
a time, at least,• tho hellish ior-
mont thilt, follmvirl. A sail in
perditinn emihl scarcely have suf
fered more,
J Uiielf. by his side-, called him
hj Hie old endoariug names, press
ed kiss after kiss .oil his lips and
olicok arid forehead, jful; my mild-
est qppeal 'bl-niiglit. tin response-to
thosu colorl'ess !}|is, now forever
aijd forever sealed. My burning
kisses fell on a .brow ns Bold ns
mfirblo. 1 placed my hand nliov'u
his heart.—’Twas liushed." 1
smoothod the olustoriog locks from
his brow, and thus exposed n deep
gash, extending far back into the
head, and from which had been
oozing a purple streum. The fam
ily pliysioian, now caiuo forward,
and replaced tho masses of hair
over the wound I lmd uncovered.
A yn’ilng Vnan of cighfoen or
ivciiess i twenty, a student in a univoisity,
touted, abd'^fii'y fancied tnysoir; ftnd > taking me by‘the orm, bade
really uiffippy. So I coaxed Ne-| mu folloW ‘‘M'. < rorn the r00m - 1
Villo to loavo our little vine-cover-1 °h°yed as passively us a child,
ed cottage and reut a handsome j “Can you bear to lientgj.be full
house in thfe heart of the city, Ho | particulars now, Mrs. Whatoly ?'’
consented with extreme roluctance
After vainly Sfideavuring to show
tap the liedeimity of remaining
where we Werti for a time, at least,
until lie was hotter established in
business.
Now tho music had become an
annoyancei and I longed to return
to my heme,, throw rnysblf into Iris
arms, and-ask his forgiveness fin
al! my petulanco find waywardness.
I could bObr it ho longer; ard,
wllisporin* 10 lift-, \tfittthrop, I
ho usked, when seated in another
apartment,
, “What can I not boar?” I re
plied. “Hfive I not already borne
that knowledge.whifeli will becloud
my wliole future, tile vfery worst,
that God could possibly send ? Yes
let mo hear it now/'
, .He told it briefly s
“About an hour ago, as Mr;
Wliately was returning home, a
pair of mettlesome horfics broke
away,froui.thbir driver; .and oaifie
dashing flolfu the sttoit with
frightful.speed, itbst as lie tui-ued
, t piefldtili iudUptlflitiubj SHd begged
„ . did tint sitj that shB iVoillll likbuBt! too. Her
down to think, for fear I should 1 husband ordered tbe efit-riuge, mi-! tho eoruor they came lull upon
Waver my resilutinn. > I hnd inadejsisted me ill, aud wo wore soon ,1dm ; uuu of tho animals stn.o't
lip mv mind to go to. the ot.era drivln-5 lilptdly 1lfflfflr|»fdi
took a walk ono day with a prole.—
snr who wus cninmonly called tho
student’s fi-ieml, such was his
kindness to the young mon wiiom
it. wits his office to instruct.
While they were now walking
together, urtii .he pmfflsnr was
trying to lead the conversation to
grave subjects, they saw a pair of
old shoes lying in the path, Which
tlioy Supposed belonged to it pniir
man who had nearly finisod his
days work.
The young studerti turned to the
professor, Baying, “Uot ns piny
tho man a trick. Wo Will Hide his
e quit the tmto'ey int6 his peeked
ami proceeded tu put on the o.'K
shoe ; hut what was his tu’oo'ab )
ment when he tound tho othm- -
clown! His feelings ove come \
him. He fell fiptfn his knev, In ik
ed up tu heaven and fi’uio.i a 'o. .1 ,
and tdrVent tliunkagivi/lg} ifi *
Whieh lie spoke ol his trill s'e ’
and hwlpless, a'liil his ol/’d ett', ,
who, by so'me ituknowo he o'
would be saved from pevltth 1 'g: *
The youug man etood , ; et
ilueply affected, arid with c:i s ifi ,
bis eyes.
"Now/* sfiid tho professo", “s:.
you uot butter pleased than ! yod ‘
had played yo«r intended ! iok ?” ,
“Oh, dearest Mr,” atiBwuicd hfi
youth, “ynii havo taught mo a lo-
son hOw that 1 will never fo go. i
L feel the truth of the words tinw i
wliioh I never boforo unde s'nnd
—“It is more blessed to give thiifi ,
tu receive,"
Ulittil Advice t.i (tll-J*
The following taken from o wefi.
torn journal, uuutains a great dud
lit'gaud sense, and .will bo fund li« ~
Sn'nfllabll thuliglit to those who
teal .th'eitotslves addressed : ,
“OiVIsi lei lne UiilJ a little wlille.”
Not t’u yen wild girls, who do So,
earii iiinuli w-l.iit .mu do; nor to you;
very proper.girls, who liovor laugh
uuliir thebvrong side uf yoijt’ lnoutld
iiur at the. wi'ung. time, nor nuvor do .
imyihlug you shoiddn't. Hat tin
uumniuii nverage girls wnOiii ive inue!
at.the i-alUvuy.sti.tioa and lii thoueiul- ,
emy, -in the llu-mlieuse, -Old in tho Vi.-
glaa, and who liitvn ‘l , eilow'a , and en
joy ‘going’ with thellt.
“When 1 see you at eliui-cli end nf
lectures with these salmi Mellow's* sit-'
ting eUjso toga her, liikud-iu-liuiul, 1 -
waul lo whisper in youil Bar—dou'n'
Jiuu’l do anything that you will loo.
back upon trun. mo n,nailer age i.
thirty and wish you hadn't. Jton'i
do qjiything, no mutter Jiow long yo.
inivu iieeu engaged to a man, lli.u,
when you are iimniud, you will r, •
grot. Vout' husband will respect) no
id the mow if you have always hue,,
info to yoin'tolt dm'ino Ids cmu-tsldp.
Tlmu enough for the kisses, mill !m •'
lug clasps will uu’iini.' uiier miurisge.
all i he enjoyed all the inuru lor trn.
purity of thought auil c.o.d. And i.
lliu iiiigiiguuiont should happen to go.
broken, It will save niuiiy nnnoyili..
Ihouglus, if not words, to know tie,,
it is impossiblo lor soimi man, whom'.
siloes and eoncoal ourselves bohind , you ea o nothing lor thou, lo boast,
these bushes, and Watch to see bis fiffiliarltioa ti-om you. These youn.,
perplexity wiled he cannot find I men who aro wiliieg to dra„- .u.u
/ tliuso little, carossiug, faiuiliuv tut
. ’ . .■ . J that tu llicmsoivcs . couudu hutlimg
My deaf frtgnd, answered the j | m j ml . Uj tjjfmt possess iuipui-o mini.. -
professor, *“.ve must never amuse
otirsfelVes at the expense of the,
poof . But you are rioh, and may
giva yourself a much greater pietist,
ure by menus of this poor man.
Put a crown apiece; if you lmve
thorn in each shoe, and then .we'll
hide ourselves.”
The etudmit; luckily having two
crown-pieces, did so, and theti pla
ced himself with the professor, be-
hihd the buahes hard by, thiough
whioh they could easily watoh the
laborer, and see whatever wonder
or joy he.taigbt express.
The poor man soon finished .his
Work, and. came aerdss the field.to
the path where he had lfeft his coat
and shoes. While he put on his
aud will sootier or later, with soitt..
vupture more, you may dopeml. Yu.
Bm-o oH words ami uuiit*us~*niuy ,1-'
haute Ills passions and pi-esofiliy ttit.:.
one fulls-saud you can Out snj it iv...
partly your fault. .No tlotibt it
very pleasant to be supported in y ot
evening wall: or rldo m the arms ..
your dour Augustus, or to lo ..i yui.
bead upon bis couveuiuul sliuunle.
bolding his ltau l> mid to give tout a
parting kiss | but us sure as you lit.
to bo ton yenvs older you w'll be to
ry tbai you did it. Thun lonslucroi.i-
tniug more, lu strength of y our v.. •
tue, did yutl over think some weak..
sister may sou or know of tbo act, unit
think if you do so it cannot bo im
proper '(, Tito consequence is flitip
somebody takes udviiutugo of ini'
weakness,'Aud slio is lust. O girt,-;
wo must blame Our own solves i'o.
so.mo of this evil 1 Do bo tbouglitii,.
I and avoid any action Jvliielt soil rr-
ooat, he slipped one foot into one
pi'his.e toes. Feeling southing
har(i, he stooped dowu and tound j —
tho crown. Astonish mo nt nnd] ‘*Mii r y/* mu ruiuruU, Utjiung A ItVpii (
wonder were upon.tiU cd'untemtnce; imdedidod.wlmt to say; ‘'Siiiry, if yt
He gazed upon the crown, turned I“ ‘ '
it around, nnd looked again nnd love me, “prei
him with htshoi.il ; heinst Iris
Ilium Ul UIUUUU, C*W“ O , V ' L V ' , »
stn.o'c ngnin ; then ho luokod around
is'ed- all sides j but could see tm otic. Now nty tiaud."--,;v; f.
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