Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 January 1879 — Page 2

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SttHMltUt aattkUwHl tlMUHin; Antl Irowi ttm UlrtU umw mtkHliM cHtt nulla o by otw. With JrlllK iIhmiw and tHil ilenrefwed, Jr th tiiouKht o( ih xiHU'fl RHwwirftl Aud thu old, inlu'rlKtt honor. . ItoholU lwr now I" the tlirotl ai? Front fHtt t N MmKm trm; " Win know tnm what h line fUe tnranff, Hymlt4w unknown Rr " II could liK, perchanea Iter tale Mluht move tw," uhlrrHHwl the nlnhtiHgale. "jltu? Sm a only rattta aatl erakl" WkMltid Dm buthiaett, with irtlvw beak, VVlthiH th wires of lit pr Imh. And Mil Uirdo there, er lwul er low, Vrw Iw avoir and wrn ; But llt the stork jmotnl to aail (re, As utterly frir. TImhi ml(Wly, Ih tura of aye, Sh saw a iH)t ivKwliiK by. Awl th thought tn hi brain was aa arrow of Taat itercd Iter with paioa aad pride sad ire, Aiwl Jtave nr a voiee to answer. SJms raised her head ami shook hr wtags Aad Iwiwl the plain rewd. Bt swrvk-e," jaid sin?, "never sing. Trae hHorla not lowd. My k lad red earul not, Rr tot; Vet we are loved and welcomed mot, And oar ancient race is dearest and ttrst. Ami the hand that lmrtw i hthl accureed lu everj home ol Wahlwiiikell Jteaeath a sky forever fair, Aad with a summer eod, The land I come from amlles aU there My brother was a xl I My nvii ijkb a temple staade Ami scee the shine of desert laada ; Ami the palm aad the tawartek cools my rHten Vhe' blazing beam of the noonday Ami I drink Irom the holy river! " There 1 am sacred, evea as here ; Yet dare I uot be lost. . "WUea meatld are bright, hearts fall of cheer, At htithetrtMite I'enteeofit. Then from uiiue obelisk I, depart, (aided by Komethlnir in my heart, Aud wep i a line over Libyan fcaads To tliu lloM)inlttK olives ot (keeiaa tanit, And reft on the Cretan Ida! " I'araa&fUd sees uie s I sail; I erofi the Adrian brine; The dlrtaHt summit fade and fall, liHltnntlan, Apeanine; The AlpIUe shows beneath me leam, I eee the yellow Datmlm tream ! lht 1 hr.sufu on until my fnt wia! fall Where I brinfr a ble!lnK to each and all. And biibea to the wives of Wahlwinkeli" She drooped her heml and spake no more; The birds on cither hand Sn louder, luxtfer than before They could not understand. ThtM wtwocd the tork wKh Knap of beak' KeMer b silent than m ?jH'kl Ml-xhe-t oelnic can nver be twtisht; They have their voleee, I my thought; Ami they were never in Jijo ptl" Axkkkjan LkgatioN", Berlin, Germany, November r., 1878. Tkt I4rirntient. " Betsjr Ann ! Btsy Ann! who's tfee tolliu' for?" screamed Miss Ceristhia Barbr oat of hr kitchen-wiB-dow tc tba Widow Brake at work iu her ear den. Wkv, 'S4re. Totter's wife died real sadden last night," answered th moderate widow, rising from the earth and settling her slat sun-bonnet which an intrnsive hollyhock had pushed aside. "Mr. Tuckur ho told me so jtft now wke he went by to toll the bell. I ?nys, 'Who's dead!' says It for I see he liad the meelin'diouse key in his hand, and he says, 'Sqnire Potter's wife. She died right oft, jest like a flash, says he; so I ask't him what she died of aiid he sakl he didn't know, but he presumed likely it was heart disease, and I guess it's considcr'blo likely Hwas, iar she's looked real miser1 ble oaita a swill." " Well, I gwss 'twas heart disease, sre enough. I dano but I should ha' bad it myself if L'd been married to Ben Totter." " Why, how you do talk, Cerintliy t" grasped the widow, opening her mild green eyes to their fullest extent. " I talk to sum puppus, Itetsey Ann, gener'Uy, or I mean to. L believe in win' your privileges while they're spared to ye, and 1 do mean to say what's fac's as long as I live." 4 WeB, you be a master hand to speak your mind, that's so. I wish't 1 had yoargrit, butlhaint; some pork will bile ye know,and iome won't;" and the widow returned tc her onions. Miss Ceriatkia drew her head in with an audible sniff, and said no more. Mean while all was dismay and confusion at the square house on the hill ; two little delicate girls were crying bitterly in the kitchen, where a stout Irish woman was alternately scolding and coaxing the poor children, who wanted their mother and could not find her. In the library Smiire Potter, a man some 30 years old, who had attained his title by being the only lawyer in the village.sat in his armchair with his head buried in his hands. Up stairs in her chamber, still as a statue and no lees fair, lay the sleeping shape that had once been sweet little Helen Hyde, and then Ben Potter's wife, aad the mother of the two crying children. i Very quietly she slept now; the linos of Drewiafcire oare and pain were all gone: an expression of pure rest relaxed the plastic feature, and the dark hair lay soft above a brow like a IRtle child's fir smoothnetM and miritv of tint: look intr at her von could not nitv her. she was so fully at ease ; the tired body was free from iuperseotrting soul, and cared iiaumur now lor mortal tmnrs or ae mands of duty; it would return to the dust as it was and be racked no more: who would not congratulate itt As for those left to mourn, the little children were least to be pitied i what did they l:now about death awl dying? They wbuld miss and moufn their centle Mother for a while, but in virtue f their childhood they wotilu soon ba eewforttU : it lakes years to know how to

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mlrs had an aOded stiug to oontend, aad oM tf whk'h he was but half roneoioue: M had loved Nelly a well as he could low anything but himself, but he hal not been ood to her, atfU hirtsonaoieaoa had wakened iuH enouchvie hint to him that sowething wiw wrong. He trioi tojioad his Bible and to pfay, for he-was profo-or of religion a4 went to church ooito as regularly as the minHter, and to prayer-meetinga whenever, there was a revival; but somehow his Mftyera did ho run oo rro" whoelt ; j are pure, whatsoever things are lovely ;" . "Gentle and easy to be entreated;" "Love is the fulfilling of the law;" 44 itifV-at... I. Inner amf ta ImiwI ' T.nrn your wives even as Christ; also loved the oharch?" These were not words that

Nelly's white face kept rising before m utttor indiguauon that kkMitUes. an donatio: aay what

him, her sad dark eye looked u at htm mm waa wi to;refyi ie requosHi-own liouwe?. What was a man's

as they did whet; she was nying, with stantly and finally, and perhaps would lor if not to be free to do and say what

mute terror and reproach; the Bible ihavt made iouoe obervaUoM loore pun-j he liked therein? His "memory recalled text had an ominous wav of appearing gent than pleasant, but the children i Nelly's conduct when such doings and to his half-bUadVd eyes here and there ' came stealing into the room, atulf climb- sayings occurred iu ber lifetiuia; how on the page, aad jut tho.e he did not ing into her arms, hung about her neck she, shrunk aud quivered, the tears fillwant "to see. What had hi? grief to do j aud coy oral her with caresses, Poor ' ing her eyes and her lips trembling till a.itl siinla wnrLiii tt U'WinArar tlilnira IWiIa &riiU! thitir Aunt Ann Wuj2 ull 1 ha vui auracruii attnii u fnaa 'I .ml I

touched or helped his sorrow ; beshov-lhad

ea bis dook asuie auu iuu nis iace m ins hands wRh a groan ; if he had spoken out the thought of his heart it would have boon : " What am I going to do without her? Who will see that my dinners are just right xnd my shirts properly ironed? Who will take oarc of me when I am sick?" (The squire was a martyr to dysnepeia, hie friends said.) " I never shall have any comfort of my life i now; the children must be attended to, and Bridget looked after, and I shall have to do the marketing. Oh dear! poor little Nelly! I shall miss her every day; what shall I do?" j No doubt some softer ideas mingled now and then with these lamentations, but in the whole Mr. Potter's grief was selfish, for he was a selfish man, and a trfce is known by its fruit. He sat a long time alone in the library, thinking how dreadfully he felt and wondering what would become of him, quite forget-1 ful of the lonely children left to IJrioget's tender mercies, who had the dinner to provide for and to cook, and no time to spare for compassion and consoling. But after a while he roused himself for tho miuister came in. and having offered such spiritual consolation - - as ho knew how, being a very young man and lately settled in ltiverton, he asked if he could do any friendly ollicc for Mr. Potter, telegraph to any relatives, or arrange for the funeral. The Squiie had quite forgotten that Anne Hyde, Nelly's older sister, must be sent for, to Rocicford, where she is teaching; and his brother Paul in New York must know too; his other brother was in the army and stationed now at some fort in the tar West, and Nelly's brother was a missionary in Syria; there were no nearer relatives; Parson Hyde and his wife were long dead, and his own father and mother bad died before ne Knew evos. tnat indexed her nature, anu a . . -

them. Anae and Paul would be the on- once marry, who was tbero to care for been further from Mr. rotter's thought , ship was forgotten, for

ly available helpers. 'thise frail and helpless creatures? Al- than to senu Aune away irom lus house-1 abuaoaatly front penKentlips, and

When Ben Potter married Nell v Hvde. 1 ready the house was in disorder and an-' hold alter all she had given up to u returning freshly to the Master for

she was a bricht. snarklinsr. tender- arch vi the meals ill-cooked aud Ul-serv-, charge of it stmply because he was vex- don he found peace aad strensrth

hearted little woman, with rreatlovinsr led. tho rooms neither swept nor dusted, ed with her. Anne's tears fell freely: she was

sweet, expressive face. She was one of girls in comfort and cleanliness; it al- when he welcomed her with a pleasant , not expected so mhmjIi sudor aud honthose generous, unselfish, affectionate 1 most seemed to her that Nellie implored smile, for he could be very pleasant estv in this man, or such a real desire

creatures who grow into the Christian her from the grave to befriend her chtl- when he fert like it, and said: "Anae, to do right. In fact site had, not really life, under good influences, as the tiny dren, and at last she resolved to give up you shouldn't have been vexed with me believed him to he a Christian, though fjreen bud grows into a fragrant and her place at Hockforti and accept Mr. last night; when I am cross you mast she thought he had intended what he ovelyrose; her father and mother had . Potter's invitation, ad the end of the lay it to the right cause; it is dyspepsia f had professed. been old-fashioned saints, after the pat-' week saw her installed the new posi- thatis cro?t not me." j When they both rose from their knees

tern depicted in the catechhm, whose chief end was to glorify God ; and in a wholesome, cheerful atmosphere of Jiving piety, their children had developed into practical, earnest Christians, according to their several typos of char acter. Anne and .eiiy were as radically different as sisters are apt to be. Anne was clear-beaded, intelligent, grandly generous, but severely logical; ami mere is no logic so jhuimvb iw , woman's for she demands it in practice as well as theory. Anne was just, but Nelly had only one side toward the sterner traits she turn ed them all inward; she could deny her self, control her sensitiveness, her temper, her grief or her joy, but she asked nothing from those around her in return ; she married Mr. Potter with a heart full of love and dnty to him, and she served him with her whole soul; but she asked no answering devotion to reward her, though her soul was hun gry for love and caresses. After a year or two she slowly discovered that her husband was a selfish egotist, and her heart began to break ; for her discovery was not framed in such a way as to excuse her own grief ; she only blamed herself that her life had not been satis fying to him ; it was her fault that he was moody, silent, dyspeptic in short, every thing was her fault! Young, timid, delicate, with two little children, she spent herself in silent and lavish endeavor to make her home just what should please Iter husband, and herself his devoted slave; and with the unconcioHS tyranny of a selfish man, who tortures most those who can not escape from and dare not resent his oppression, he made her home and her life miserable in the thousand minute ways which are ready to the domestic despot's hand. No wonder she died, two feeble babies preceded her to the graveyard, a third was clasped to her breast in death, and when Annie bent oyer the elaborate coffin and beheld those wan and waxen faces with the stamp of heavenly peace set fair upon either brow the bitter, words of tho cynic Preacher fell from her lips; " Wherefore I p raited the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive." After the funeral was over Mr. rotter proposed to Anne that She should rive up hor teaching and. eoftie and Mvo at Wm house te"ore for him and tho chU-

had vuite4l Xelna often eiiouifh uj am

what her hustmnd watt, and U) plW her sinter with all her tender heart, btff sh felt that in Helen's place jhe wouli hersolf haVe dbne 'AifTe&nfv. There were ifood trsits1 dorutani in Hen Poiter, hot a wife, h1 esjeoiaUy suen a wife M

Jfelhe, oouM noveroall them out. J art auttk tempttr (lamed up so swiftly sho now, however, ehe had Jio oxcuaos lor , We not trust hci-M;lf to speak; she did htm in her time; it seemed to her that not know how her Hashing eye spoke ho had as much killed her sister and for her. At first the man was angry; ruined her life as if he were .the worst . what buMineit-had fee to reprove kuu mm on wart hi and hor spirtr ftsliHKtwttln'ftff i mere shappUnnose'? Could not a

they had left of motherhood, they clung to her with a grasp of despair, a it .smed to her ex utedfeelinga; she could, 'nnt mswr Ir. I'nttar then. w . - - - - - - "Thiuk of it, Anne! ' he said, leaving her to Nell and Ktty, to whom as j-et ho not shown aay fatherly devotion, join and nothing but Nellie's fa'ling health, and a dream sho was afraid to acknowledge to herself of this very exigency had kept her so long in America. iNbw, as she sat there with the two tiny creatures for though they were really five and seven vears old, they were verv small and slight for their age clinging to hor and kiseing her with fondling hands and cool, soft lips, a flood of motherly longing and love burst' upon her with sudden power; was there any thing so much her duty as to care for these bahies, motherless and worse than father - less? Were not they nearer and more manifestly her care then the Syrian heathen? If there was any self-denial cr mat navt r ns n ma r v & m . . . . in the matter it would be in staying here: for her brother had alwavs been her pride and idol, and his wife was her dearest friend from school-days. Sho had looked forward to sharing their pleasant home and hopeful work with warm enthusiasm all these years that a sense of dutv to Holon had detained her at home; was that duty really ovor now? Was it not all the more uremit A. m. - A . that she hated the idee of living under

uut wuu proveu. now sua uuau uibiiu.

Anne's plan of Ji e liad been to

ner brothers misstnt in byna,

Mr. Potter's roof while he lived there, ever might minister to them here. Then breaketh the rock in pieces?" Surely too? i she went to her room calmed and it was so that night, for the very liugor She prayed over it and thought over strengthened. of God seemed to Tiave set thoso lines it, and every hour brought closer aud ' But she made the mistake most com- ( before hiaa, and pointed his roused concloser the pressure of this newer end. f mon to women in judging of men; she science to their force and meaning. "Do the duty that lies nearest thee; the , had not considered lien Potter's sense Hitherto he had thought it enough for rest will follow," had been favorite . of justice. It would not have been like I his profession and standing to hnve liv-sohool-day motto; and a higher mm- ! him or like most of his sex to resent a ed an outwardly upright and moral life ; thority came to strengthen it. "He slight vexation by a real injury ; there that he owed any duty to God in takingthat provideth not for bis household are exceptions, no doubt; men oau he his name upon him had not been his hath denied thefaith.' If sbeleftthese as unjust, as dishonest, and as cruel as thought. ow he saw as with new eyes children Mr. Potter would marry again ' the law allows, even to those for whom what disgrace and dishonor his daily soon, probably ; and who could tell in- j they have professed deep affection ; but conduct hud been to the Lord whose tito what hands they might fall? Her is most often tho case that they mean to tie he wore, and the conviction appalled cheeks reddened with indignation as the . be and are magnanimous except to t him ; he closed the book aad knelt be-

idea came to her and if he did not at . i . . i onlv her interference asu Kept tne nitie tion nnne . was a born wanager. Her nrantirtal talent was heightened hv her intellectual force, and it look but a short time for the domestic machinery to get intn n,nn;nf nr.ir. .U.V. ....... B. " - Mr. I Otter had less-ie OO With nousebold aflairs than ever, and went on even more smoothly than, in his wife's feeble and gentle reign. He was glad to be spared trouble: his sulfcb soul dwdred ease and peace at home above all things, but he desired it for hiauelf. At first, while Aune was comparatively a guest .n,i Ma r5nf fraih for Hftlfln. he Mi.

knowledged some restraints of civility, "aren't you coming it rather strong, (more than Ben's magnanimity and gratiand showed that he would be a gentle- Anne?" tude ; if her spirit had keen a little pbarman if he chose; but as the novelty! "Aai I?" said she gravely. "Ben, 'isaio befoio it was freedfrom such stain wore off he lapsed into hn old ways anil you have two children to hriagup; do now; and a Mr. Potter went on day became as moody, as snappish, as in- you wish them to excuse their faults of I after day and month alter month, growconsiderate as ever, Anne was dis-. spirit by their bodily pains-aad aches?" ing more and raore into the likeness of posed to ignore his unpleatant ways and , He began to walk up and down the , the ixml who name he wore ; stumtry to excuse them ; but iu thinking se-, library uneasily. bling and lapsing now . and then, to be riouslv one day about poor Nellie's "Do you think that courtesy, kind- sure, but wkh manful strength and

thwarted and miserable life, it came to her mind that perhaps she owed some A.,' n 1 TV.tt.if so urull ai in Mm' children: was it possible that he was

. mm - a family? Above all was it the part of the Christian, such as he professed, to be, to Iiva ftimli a selfish, uaiovulv. unchristian life? There was but one answer to this and Anne was not a woman to shrink rink ant, lave from obvious duty however unpleasant thouizh sho would rather have encountered a school full of heathon rhtlilrin than to trv to livanSeltze Hen Potter in his own houso. ut sho must use taet, discretion, per - haps sharpness in dealing here, and attacking a man's faults puts his selfrespect on the defense; she must take other grounds ; however, she fell back, after devising a thousand ways in which to approach him, on the Bible admonition. " Take no thought bow or what ve aliall aioal- ffir it ahall Ivu crivun von in that same hour what ye shall steak," J and if ever that promise applied 16 daily life was it not now? Mr. jle, i, a That very evening the hOurcame. Mr Totter had not found the day agreeable an truncate case had worried him debtor had failed to Pav an overdue note, and he had overeaten at dinner, ' Here were reasons enough fordyspopsia, 1 nd though He. tnauaged to preserve an j Mma oi stieni lusgusi at tue toa-wuie,

unaware of his owa UHagreeauie oe- sweet, tnat tneir tatner s neartsudueniy havior? Was it not really his duty as a ' gaTe a leap of unusualpleasure; whethf ather to set a better example to his er it was tho timely interruption or thei?

Anno left alone with him

thaa ho gave way to inward irritation, tina-ppon at her efforts to mend the Are into a blaxe and brightnetu, and at laet hiiMt mit tiavagely : 4 LeUhai tiro ftleiwt, wilyou?" til . ' r Anne looked at himstMlilr, eaUwrosl up her work and left the )KXtalmr Swa hie liked in hi house , woiit on out of more exasporaiion. 1 Then oame baok the dead face of that vanished Nelly, the look of relief and dhiim llixt.ntnivuutliul him frnm luirnnf. , - - " - . wm v- . fin; a sense of justice bade him acknowl - j edge that Anue pursued the better '.!... " 1.. . r i I - i t. i course; that tlelon had sutlerud at his hands and suffered needlessly; she never 1 tk " . . 1 l f.-..l.. ' I 1 ioib nun iu MiiK m somuuo; sua mways drosscd herself to soothe hie moods; it W83 she who apologized as if she bad made him cross; she who cowered and cringed and even provoked him by hor timidity and terror as cowards always irritate a tyrant. He. did not .like this train of thought: ncithor did he like to be left alono this stormy night with his wn reflections; for the wind howled and the rain beat and semething re - called to him an old story of house that was founded upon sand, and he could not banish it. Anne, meanwhile, went up stairs to ; the io nursery and sat down by her sleep - I ing darlings her thoughts, too, were I ' , 1 .i !l .1. . 1 nr

not comfortable ; what if the course she 'when he saw that this chapter comhad taken should separate her from , menced with a homily on the duty of

these children who wero dt ts heart's wives, he began it with crisp satisfacbloodto her? Hot tears dimmed her tiou as who should say: ""This tho righteyes as she faced the possibility; but sort of doctrine!" Unfortunately the she knew she had done the thing slut T duties of husbands aro Equally set ferth. thought right and best; she must trust in t lie following verses, and the pithy

tne consequences to uoti, wnawver mey ( were; and bending her head above the tranquil sleepers she prayed lone and fervently for strength to do her duty whatever" it was, and for their good and I peace in this world and the next who- . m ' ) their w.ves and nothing could have i tr. . ? i jl t one was surpnseti tue next morniar And he was more surprised at her an- ' swer, for Helen would nave met such a dubious apology with a flood of tender trance that be was not to oinwe ; that sne was suiy ana cowardly, and mac sne was suiy aim cowaruiy, ami ought to Iv6 known better titan ought to have known better than to I , "UJ "frc no n iing, m short, have begged his pardon for his ow ill-temper, and protested ;it was all herownfauh. Hut Anne looked coolly into his eyes and said: "Are you so weak a man that dyspepsia can overthrow your good breeding and your rei1'"?1 , . , , f " Wh-ew!r ejaculated Air. PVirter; Do you think that courtesy, kindand patience are physioal states of ietian virtues?" be children bounded-into the room ness Ch7ietMtn Tko Khililron liminil oil- Into, tka rnnm Just at this juncture, so roey, happy and . J a. a ' aspect that was so wcicoute nut profit us to inquire; is is certain Anne's ouestions cot no answer day, but perhaps for that very reaiMt they echoed more and more through his soul; his eonscieace was touched wkh a spark of stinging fire; he looked back on the eight years of his marriage with Hdlen and said bitteibr. out of the strife wiihin him, "Ac never said any tiing , like Uiis to me! " THh 8.rmmnt wu snoninn hut fiattering ; that night found him again by the library fixe with Anne opposite; his face was grave and almost sad as he opened tho conversation : " Anne, you asked me very pointed' Ml. bard tn anwnr tVium ; iiM-Iifint Mtv iiuifviMaia jk i v n urn best answer U thitt in all the years Helen and I were married she never once found fault wkh ma." fault wRh ma." Aniut's face biased and the bitter truth spraug resUllcsMy to hef lips: " She wat afraid to." Mr. Potter was confounded- Facts t are hard, things to strike with ; ho did not speak, and Anue went on: f " 1 ou lwwt.at'anit that this was SO; j imi lei us leave Helen out of the ques-

Ikm ; (led reqaitoth that which Is paot but it is not fr wan to dujlgBal sjoko very honeetly to you, Ben ; Eltnow vou desire aud mean to be a ChrjoilMn man. but Ldo not think you givoi-ehyion Mr -jkaiu. It cerMiiiiiy kfiiw that if the BrWo is akue Christian jfe means a life like Ohrist'a or it meaostiothin and neither ytm nor I believo; that ko went about in any spirit of dlooouotesy, selfishness or inconskieratenetifc; his lifo preached in unison with his lips ; and I beliovo that' unless eura does. we tako upon us the wune of Gotl in vain, and profane the hollnoosof our rofoion as truly and thoroaghly as if we ulswphemed and cursed with our lips." " Strong language, AuW." " Strong foots, Bon.1' She said nothing more ; a caller from the village came in, and Anne was glad, or she; knew that a, few words aro fur

i LrctfrVa Wtll U1BIIV . IMU nUQU lb TViUIVlLUtS 1 for prayers and Mr. rotter brought the l Bible from its place, ho found it open at the last chapter of Phillipiana and his uk. f.JI af nnu ..n r.no rt A. t-a-,. r.n ;.r . t , i . . .V i otw . v; 1 1 cv Vfl.V'. uuu v if in visit LUAia tj that had haunted him after! 1 death : "Finally, my brethren. Jiown's what soever things are true," etc. He was a little indignant; he thought Anno had set a trap for him, and turned rapidly I over till he came to the third ahapter of Peter's first general Kptetle. Hie usual reading was uot much in the latter part of the Testament; those practical exhortations that wero addressed to the first disciples pleased him as little a the like preaching pleases somo congregations iii these days; he preferred the glowing poetry of tho minor prophets, 1 or the historic records of Israel, as far ? more comfortable for daily perusal than the homely thrusts of keen insight ami sharp advice which were aimed at thoae early Christians who bocamtf Christians 1 indeed, and endured hardness and martyrdora with faith aud patience attence.. So now. ' i . . I i exhortations to pity, courtesy, peace and gracious conversation which follow, were like nails set in their places and forced in with rapid blows. , "Is not my word like as fire?" saith the Lord, aad " like a hammer that 1 mm- . 4 k side it, but the rontino of his usual wor ms heart spoke in paralso. also . i convieteu or nam luusfmenc; sne nau ihav lunlrnul aMufli ittlur with liim ('VPS. , .HWJ ..-W.-W.- ...... V t help mo too; I shall 1m but iviiic, lit;, imiiMWMj , jmii"v a ituraoicr in the new path; have patience with my tits, dear, even us the Lord will." ta: fault t "OhBen!" sobood Anne, "I was . - It. nnru in my jtMiismenuw i."".-." 'give you credit forj-ourstreagth oryour Honesty." " Don't be unjust to yourself, Anne; ! cretMt for good trsAs was not what I Inecded; my eye wasted opening, and I believe the Lord seat you to do it, and 1 after hltn I have you to thank." NothiBir could have humbletl Anne sure, out wan mawui strcngim 'courage, pnrsuing the way of life, Anne jjearuetl both to admire and rospec him; the children grew t love and honor ' thA (hlllrim ITftW s their father, and the ehurch recognized a purer spiwt and a deeper goounuso and therefore loveliaess in this.protninent memler.

e, it might ' " IWd ever you see a cretur so changcertain that , ed a Squire Potter hi, since hi fut inswor that t wife diedC" chirped Widow Drake tomrv raAH Miss Barber as thev went hosne from

Miss Barber as they went hoe j prayer-meeting iWe years, aftou our first interview with hkn. " Weli, he is considerable dillenuit. that's a fact.' MSss CcrinthiaanHwerod. " I used to mistrust them tiaeS tliat ne wa'n't aothin but aprofessor,bntsien as though he'd got to the practisin' part 4 eti't now." I " T'was a good thing Anue Uyds nu f ried htm I gitess. Cerinihy; shes ; splendid woman; I expect tho loss trs a Joss of his fust was blessed to hm." "I guess more likely tho gtunin' t ...... - scnee tmu stwu sot ner mwhi oh a it missionary, 'lonp; with her brother, but I doutt' but whut she's hftd uiisu uwork to do nearer hum J niiY way ne ! work to tto nearer hum J nny way i J most an excellent man now ntuj 1 children is patterns; lively and ho ; and good, too. I tell you IJatsy lllOW V.thy Ann goin' ; and mMw this wai Auno 11 jut mission arter all." . f Miibbo Hwm," meekly sighed tne chorus,