Leave thy sowing, leave thy spinning!
Leave the world and all its sinning.
Come and pray!
Greet the joyous, radiant morning,
Lift your hearts up to the dawning
Euster day.
Altar lilies chastely glisten,
See! they raise their heads and listen,
Murmur nz, Peace!
Listen to the songs of gladness,
‘That through sorrow and through sadness
Never ovdsa,
Hear that glorious anthem ringing,
Que clear trebin volee is singing
Wandrously:
“I koow that my Redeemer liveth,
The love that unto earth He giveth
Cannot die!’
Oa» long sun. ray brightly beaming,
Jbhrough the chancel window streaming
On his lace,
Saemrs to saint the singer lowly,
Seems to bless all in the holy
Dim-iit place,
Teaco that puts nn end to sorrow,
That ali heavenly hopes doth borrow,
Ou Easter day;
The se are guerdons, Christian,
giv
ing
Ble tne | 1 1 :
Mle-sive, love, and joy in living;
Come and pray!
Percival Steet,
AN EASTER THIEF.
BY JUDITH SPENCER,
H, Dolly,
I'm in
pickle!”
Dolly Merton
looked up and
laughed a
at ber friend's
distressed face.
Dolly,
euch
That's just the amount you need, and
then"
“Oh, but, Doliy, I couldn't! Why,
what are you thinking of? Explain to
a milliner? Ask Mme. La Rue to give
me back the money?
the world!
break my hoart to part with it.”
“Then go to your father, Madge
dear, and tell him.”
Oh, but, Dolly, that's impossible,
too! Yon see,” flushing a little, ‘‘he
had to help me out last month, You
know I broke Nellie Graham's gold
repaired, 1 had no idea
couldn't pay the bill, so 1 had to go
to pups, and he lectured me so. He
is so particular. He said I was care-
lees aud extravagant, and if 1 conld
not learn to manage better he wonld
have to stop my ullowance altogether,
and just give me fifty cents a week for
and I conldn’t bear that,
too humiliating.”
“I wish your mother was at home,”
Dolly said, thoughtlully.
“So do I,” sighed Madge.
she 1sn't, and I must have the money.
Look here, Dolly,
could get it if I could screw up my
courage to tell that Katherine up and
upon quires of pink, glazed paper
which showed them off to the best ad-
vantage,
She smothered a sigh as she care.
fully wrapped them iu paper, for they
had been a labor of love, and she had
counted so much upon her mother's
{ snd sisters’ pleasure in the surprise
she had prepared for them. For-
| tunately, uo ove was in the secret but
ber friend nod herself; and if by
encrificing them she could get poor,
careless Madge out of this serious dif-
fleulty, ought she not be willing, even
glad, to do sof And especially as
during the evening she would have
time to embroider initials on a haend-
kerchief apiece for her mother and
sisters, and she could make other
centrepieces al some future time,
Together the girls went out and
down to one of the large fancy-goods
| ehops where they were both unknown.
Dolly turned rosy red, as she stated
her errand, and flushed still more
deeply when the head woman calmly
| but decidedly freused to buy.
The same thing occurred again,
The afternoon was waning; the girls
| were in despair, Dolly had a music
lesson at half-paet four, and at last
| lenve Madge with the undisposed of
EASTER
filled my ho
All that the loveliest a
n avery nook some clu
Perfume
hyacinths
his of
‘arnati
"ausies Tor ti
And sweat hiue
« were all for
$
ha mie
“Xa
2
in a pickle. What is it this time?"
despar:ugly in the big armchair.
“This is the worst yet”
sighed. :
Dolly
oue ghe |
Inid down her
and looked at her inquiringly. i
**You know I'm the Treasurer of onr
“Me ry Worke rs’ Circle,’ p
gan
“Yen"
**And the money from our dues and |
fines, and the sale of dolis and aprous |
amounted altogether to fourteen dol- |
lars and seveuty-five We've |
been trying to getit up to tifteen dol- |
lars, and we were going to give it for |
an Easter ofiering at church to morrow |
afternoon.”
“Yes:
“Well, it's gone!”
5s 3
Madge Le-
cents,
t
od
well?”
hh one?
“Yes; gone, and worse vet-—stolen!
Not a soul knows yet but von and J,
sud the thief, of course. Put isn't it
awial, and what shall I do"
“Stolen, Madge? But don't un-
derstand who could have stolen it. |
Where did you keep it?”
“Well, I was counting it over only |
day before yesterday, and 1 laid it
down on my mantel—it was in the
Tiffany note-paper Lox 1've always |
kept it in—and then, well, to tell the
truth, 1 forgot and left it out there,
and to-day when I remembered and
went to look for it it was gone.”
‘““But that doesn’t prove it was
stolen, Madge.”
“Doesn’t it? When nobody has
been near my room but Katherine, the
new waitress—I never liked her—and
she has a sick sister, she pretends, who
needs all kinds of expensive medicines
“DOLLY LAID DOWN HER EMBROIDERY.”
and things. © Of course she stole it, and
I don’t kn hat to do. Mother is
still away, andl I really don’t dare ac-
cuse Katherine to her face, There's
no knowing what she might do, but
it’s awful to have such a thief around.
And then, Dolly, to-morrow’s Easter,
Pm responsible for that money, and
how am I going to replace it?”
“*Your allowance?” suggested Doily,
“But 1 haven't fifty cents left. Yon
know how money always slips through
my fingers. I really meant to do better
this month, but Thureday I bought the
loveliest new hat for Easter. hen 1
saw Jennie Warren's I was dying with
envy, bat mine 1s much ier, and
it ought to be—it cost fifteen dolinrs
Idon’t know what mamma will say,
ut ive 4 bs Sage Woulda
hiee beaut, Lali
take it back again if you eaplained?
maviang
Oman
mid t
$4 5
IAN
vf
Poor homesiaX soul
Bat ym, grief! somel
I gave [r ll my rich
A small jar i
nn tl
ore wa
my own,
WIY 3
Ig With 18
threaten to have ber arrested if she
to-morrow morning?”
“Oh, no, to, Madge; don’t think of
it! It isn't a question of courage,
dear, but there might be some mis-
take.”
“No there isn't,” Madge said, posi-
tively ; “and how else am I to get the
money?"
“Madge, would yon mind
ing mamma?"
“Oh, Dolly, 1 should die of shame
if anyone were to know of it but you.
Even the girls must never know what
a careless treasurer I am!”
Dolly looked very thoughtful and
anxious, Tnis seemed to her the worst
scrape her happy-go-lucky friend had
ever got into. Madge wes a warm-
hearted girl, but careless and extrava-
gant, as her father had said, and Dolly
my tell
speedy remedy, even worse trouble
might follow. While Mrs, Townsend
was away with her sick mother, con-
scientious Dolly felt that in a way she
must be guardian over thoughtless
Madge and extrieste her from ail her
troubles,
At last her brow cleared.
“Madge, dear.”
“Yes, Dolly?”
“I think I can help you out.”
“Oh, yon darling! 1 knew you
could!”
“I have five dollars you can take, I
was saving it for-—but no matter; and
then there's my embroidery. If we
could only sell those three centre-
pieces I've just finished!”
Madge knew that her friend had
been working on them for the past
two months, in secret, for Easter gifts
for her mofher and her two married
sisters, and her heart gave a quick
throb of compunetion and regret as
she realized the extent of Dolly’s gen-
erosity.
“Oh, but, Dolly, would you?"
“Yes, dear, on condition that yon
tell your mother all about it, and ask
her advice just the minute she gels
home.” |
Madge promised, and Dolly brought
from their hiding place the three
beautiful centrepieces, which had
been carefully pressed. and tacked
TREASURE.
wurs for Easter Da,
bloom
and dafWodils,
him, my Loy
, my be 5!
ok smi ing de
tie added joy,
int
wo
ds son.
"Ww IAT AWAY
k forth wouid ‘am
no fowers ¥¢ spare,
r hath comp Bor Tt
nll npeiling P
here
: wor
sweet Easter ho
won Big heart
wer!
Mar vy IL. B.
i
Branch
embroideries and hasten Lack to be in
time for her lesson.
Meanwhile, Madge had been expe
riencing a variety of emotions. At
first indigoation against the new wait
ress—the thiel—who bad made this
disagreeable business necessary, had
been uppermost in her mind. Bat
gradually, as she noted Dolly's eager
interest aud snxiety to help her and
her distress at their lack of
she began to feel a sort of
envy ot her unselfish, loyal
Ia queer sori ol
SUOCO8K,
sdmiring
friend, and
indignation against
herself nod her owa carelessness in
leaving money for which was
responsible lying around where the
first dishonest person conld take it un-
| pereeived.
If she was so to blame, surely she
{ ought to be wiiling to endure a hittie
‘ hamiliation. Bo, with sudden deter-
i mination, she started for the fancy-
goods shop, which her mother always
patronized, and where she was well
known.
The head woman, Mrs Lee, hersell
cameo forward, smiling and bowing when
Madge entered.
“Good afternoon, Miss Townsend,
what can I show you to-day?”
she
stammered. ‘‘I've come to.show you
something, It isn’t my work—it's a
friend's—bnt she has let me take it,
because—becanse—mamma is sway,
and we want to raise some money be-
fore a certain day, and—and-—we
couldn't think of any other way.”
*‘I see, yes, the embroidery is very
prettily done. You want to leave it
here for me to sell for you on commis:
sion ?” \
Madge's face flushed still more
desply.
“We-—that is [-—~aeed thd money at
once,” she faltered.
“How much do you want?” inquired
Mrs, Lee, her eyebrows lifted in sur-
prise.
“On, what must’she be thinking of
me?’ thought Madge. *‘Nine do
and seventy-five cents,
murmured, faintly. And Mrs. Lee,
knowing that the work would readily
that it might be
liay to refuse to oblige the da:
of one of her besl customers. smi
{
| counted out the money and banded it
| to Madge.
With » grateful “‘thank you" Madge
hurried away, stopping just for a mo-
ment to tell Dolly of her success and
then speeding onward to her home,
f+
\= 4
CWE-THAT I8 1-~XEED THE MONEY AT
ONCE? SHE PALTERED.”
Her heart was lighter than it had
| been all day, and yet she felt a
| strange, unexplainable, underlying
burden of regret and sheme.
fo her joytul surprise an upward
glance as she approached the honse,
revealed her mother's face at the win-
dow.
“Oh,
{ eried,
mother’s
you and
| me again
you X
{of me, 1 know,
{ less, so cowardly, but you ought to
know about Katherine at once. It is
{ really dreadful. And Dolly Merton is
the dearest, noblest, most generous
| girl I know.” And then she poured
| into her mother's ears the whole story
| of the stolen money, and bow she had
| been afraid to snecuse the thief to her
face, ashamed to to her father
again and tell of her carelessness and
| extravagance, and how unbapoy rhe
Lad been until Dolly Merton had so
sweetly come forward to her relief.
Mrs. Townsend looked very grave
| ns she listened to this recital. When
Madge had finished she said:
““The first thing to do is to buy back
| Dolly's embroideries and return them
| to her at once with the money she gave
| you, Here is my purse, go back di
reotly to Mra, Lee and pay her what
| ever she way ask. The other side of
| the matier we consider later on,
{| Harry now, dear, or the shop will be
closed before yon can get there.”
Mrs. Lee smiled as Madge reap
peared breathless before her,
i “Mamma has just retarused,’” the
| young girl said, joyfully, ‘‘and she
{ knows all about it and has sent me to
buy the centrepieces $0
| kindly bought from me just pow.”
80 Mrs. Lee brought them out and
| wrapped them up, and refused to take
mamma, mamma dear!” she
she threw bLerself in her
arms, ‘bow 1 have wanted
aonged for you! Don’t leave
And I've
on will be sorry and ashamed
ns
go
+1
will
i
i
i
i
back Yon
its contents all untonched! And then,
| she saw herself hastily placing it there,
ont of might, when she was ealled
downstairs suddenly, several days be.
fore. And feather-brain that she was,
she had afterward forgotten all about
it.
Her mother had gone out and it
| seemed an age natil she returned and
| Madge conld make a full and complete
| confession,
“Ob, marama, what have J done?”
she cried penitently, *‘I have ac-
cused au innocent person.
amends can 1 ever make to poor Kath-
erine! 1 have been so wicked, so
selfiali, so thoughtless, so blind and
silly and extravagant. I can see it all
now. 1 have been learning so many
lessons these past few days, snd now,
this, too!"
Mrs. Townsend laid her band fen-
{derly upop her daughter's bowed
| head.
| “They are all comprised in this, my
dear: ‘Charity,’ which is the same as
love, ‘suffereth Jong and is kind ; en-
vieth not, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil.’ ”
“Ah ves, mamma, I understand,and
that is Dolly's way; it must be”
| Madge said, thoughtfully. *‘‘And be-
| fore next Easter comes around,” she
| continued, looking up steadfastly into
| her mother's eyes, **1 will try to make
{it my way, t00."—Frank Leslie's
Pleasant Hours,
tiood Friday Superstitions,
attached to Good Friday. From ear-
liest Creole days the giris in the French
quuarter have made it a point to rise
at break of day and chip the ends of
their hair; the adage runs that
gotion secures a beautiful snd gloss.
growth. Bat it must be borne in mind
that the clipping must be done before
daylight.
Here are some other superstitions:
If yon have been unsuccessful in rais-
ing a plant, put a cutting ia the
ground on Good Friday morning ; the
plant will thrive into grace and bean-
ty. It is very unlucky to sew or cut
out 8 garment on Good Friday. The
whom the garment is de-
signed will never live to wear it. I
you have a great obtain a
particular wish which is your dream
by night and day, visit reven churches,
praying for your wish, and it will be
granted. Another way of obtaining
your desire is to be church ex
actly girikes 3, and ask
your favor, It will be granted within
the week,
aly
3
person for
desire to
v
in the
in LO
CIO0K
aa the
A Fish Boue Diet,
| knowing well that by so doing she was
14
ia
| paving the way for generous profits
| the future.
That evening
| just as Dolly
and was
r., right after dinne
had shat herself in
room ntly st wo
| one of the bandkerchiels, which were
to take the place of her
centre pieces
came a tap ab the
the centre-pis
i from Madge telling
anexg tarn enal
emoro
with athankinl heart, ard the
that she would never forget ber friend's
‘sweet Kindness,
So Madge, as Treasurer of the “Merry
i Workers,” banded in fourteen dollars
and seventy-five cents after the service
| that Easter afternoon.
| And felt very thankfal that
{ everything had turned out so well—
for her sick grandmother was improv-
ing--her mother was at bome agsin-——
and Dolly's willing sacrifice had been
unnecessary after all,
Bat still
strangely enough, she
in the pew hat which only yesterday
she had thought so fine, It had seemed
impossible to part with it then, though
she had been ready enough to aceept
Dolly's far greater sacrifice! She half
i envied Dolly to-day, wearing her old
felt ; her money had not been all spent
upon herself! And Madge penitently
resolved to please her father by learn
ing to spend her allowance more wise:
ly and less selfishly in the future, and
to ket p a ceriain proportion of 1t for
an “emergency fund” as Dolly had so
often langbingly advised.
But about another thing
still dissatisfied and
| Thongh her mother had come to her
i resene and supplied the missing money,
| the fact remained unaltered that the
| “Merry Workers’ ” money had been
i stolen, and the thief was still at large.
| Mamma had said, as Dolly had done:
“There may be some mistake. 1am
not sure that Katherine took the
| money."
fhey were both very blind, for
| Madge felt positive that it was so,
“What else could have become of
it?” she had asked herself, conclu.
giveiy, again and again.
But on Easter Monday morning, as
she was rammaging through her un-
GHEY
oo
pre{ty vanished
ther
were
3
$5 vy w .
Gh S00 Morrow,
door,and there
’ again; and a nole
Low her
al »
ad
money
r
sete re i her to 8¢
¥ £28 . + 4D
baok the es and the
aKksurance
she
not happy, and
took no pleasure
she was
she was
i
i
3
12 3
glad when Lent is ov
An Aesthetic Jack Horner Pie,
A pew idea will lend interest to a
} at is to be daring
East holidays by a New York
l ] Tt table a8 A
trepiece a pest of excelsior, com-
pletely with smilax, maiden-
hair ferns violets, Within the
nest there are to be little Easter gilts,
or, more properly speaking, Easter
favors, for the To each
these favors a ribbon of pale violet
green is to be attached, and then lai
across or along the table to the place
of the guest for whom it is intended,
| the end being male into a graceful
bow,
These ribbons are to be considered
lancheon th given
the
will have
COvere i
aud
guosia,
or
the guests leave the table, when
the top of the nest, and a light “‘rein-
ing-in’’ movement of each ribbon wil!
| bring the gift secured to the other end
safely to its destination. It is simply
an sesthetie, idealized
ME.
A Gentle Eacter Reminder,
did not join in his “‘ha-ha.”
He read it over, but she was silent
aud npappreciastive as before.
Then he grew a little indignant and
| exclaimed
“Great Scott, Maria! Haven't you
any seuss of hamor at ali?”
“‘Realiy,” she replied, ‘‘ronu can’t
| doesn’t understand.
| long since I've seen an Easter bonnet
| that I honestly don’t feel like assnm-
| ington Star.
One Place Where She Was Not,
| shivering from a cistern, “‘that didn’t
{ Kansas City Journal.
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sitnply because he cannot sirslaghten himsel!
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compapying the allment, Nature he ped the
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Nature will help a man to of
hump right off if he uses Bt, Jacobs Of, be
cause the charncter of trou
that it needs just such & remedy 10
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the present time men have had lame backs,
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(il has the bed curs for it been known,
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Nervous Speakers
It was at 8 prayer meeting in acoun
try town. The lay lesder, seeing an
evident stranger present, came to him
as the mee to
asked his name and residence, and se-
eured his consent to say a few words.
At proper he asked, “Will
A, of New York, favor
When
ing was aboul open,
the time
us
the
again
New
remarks?
strauger sat down, the leader
spoke: “Will not Mr. A , of
York. ssk God's blessing on his feeble
remarks?” A story of the same sort
is told of a nervous man, whose duty
with a few
lecture. He foundered along through
various complimentary sentences, and
finally flickered out feebly thus: ““And
lecture to which we have so ably lis
tened
—————— -
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