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COUDERSPORT, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1873.
[From the ludepemlent.]
The Forbidden Walk.
U I can't let Arthur go," said his
mother, decidedly.
"Why not?" asked Nannie and
Mabel, both in a breath.
"He's too little. Besides, it looks
like rain," and the lady turned and
went into the house, leaving three
discontented little faces behind her.
"it's too bad," said Nannie, indig
nantly.
".So it is," echoed Mabel. "Ar
thur eau't go anywhere but a few
stejw off— never!"
Arthur's black eyes had been gath
ering tears all the while. Now they
overflowed.
"Your feet are big enough, ain't
they?" inquired Mabel.
"Yes."
"You could walk a mile, couldn't,
you? asked naughty Nannie.
"I des so."
'Well,' exclaimed Mabel, 'u-c must
go, at any rate, or those children will
cat up all the berries. I dou't b'lieve
it will rain; lint p'r'aps we'd better
wear our shawls."
Nannie ran into the house and got
them from the hall table. As she
passed out. she stooped and kissed
Arthur's tear-stained cheek; the ac
tion implying an amount of compas
sion for his forlorn condition which
caused the little fellow to cry aloud
in his alt!ietion.
'Come, Nannie,' called Mabel, im
patiently.
'Just hear liirn cry,' she exclaimed,
pityingly.
4 Well, we can't help it,' replied
philosophical Mabel. 4 Be ain't his
• I**l l-.t. Lim jf* J wn*; '
4 AI abel, do you s'pose we could
take him?'
4 And not let her know."
4 Yes,'
Mabel was evidently staggered.
She stood lost in thought for at least
half a minute.
'I guess we could,' she said, at
length, hesitatingly.
'Come on, then,' said Nannie, tak
ing the i'ttle fellow's hand.
4 Mus ilet my sawl.' said Arthur,
his face brightening.
'Oil! you don't want a shawl.'
'Yes, I docs.'
•Be quick, then.'
The little feet pattered into riie
house very softly, for alas! Arthur
was taking his first lesson in decep
tion; and he soon emerged from tin
side door, arrayed in a square of
faded calico, evidently a piece of an
old apron which had seen better
flays.
'Nannie, do you see what lie's got
011?' inquired poor Mabel, horror
stricken.
'Di<l i ever! Such a little fright!
But we'll make him pull it off when
we get started.'
That was easier said than done,
however, for Arthur insisted upon
wearing the obnoxious garment, hold
ing it together in front with his scrap
of a hand. Expostulations and en
treaties were of 110 avail. At length
Mattel, with a sly w ink at Nannie,
threw off her own shawl, declaring
that she was nearly melted. Nannie
followed her example; and the little
strategists soon had the satisfaction
of finding their ruse successful, for
Arthur's 'shawl' was also taken off
. and carefully folded.
The old mill was reached at last,
though it seemed as if the little boy's
feet would never get there. And, as
he was a young gentleman of strik
ingly independent disposition, scorn
ing to avail himself of the assistance
of their outstretched hands, there
was nothing for the girls to do but
look and wait.
'The berries are nut so awful thick
up here, alter all,' said Nannie, in a
disappointed tone.
'l've found sonic pretty good ones,
though,'replied Mabel. 'Oh! Arthur,
don't eat that green one, it will make
you sick.' And she fed him from
her own little store.
They were sitting under a large
maple tree, and did not notice the
lowering sky, until Arthur, peeping
out to look at a bright-eyed robin, to
whose merry chirping they had been
listening, drew back quickly.
'Water dwopped onto my nose,'
6aid he, with a merry little laugh.
'Oh! I guess not,' replied Nannie.
'Yes, 'twas!' very positively.
Midget turned her chubby face
skyward, and down came two tiny
drops ui>on her forehead.
'Nannie,' said she, decisively, 'we
must go right straight home.'
'Do it shower an' rain?' inquired
Arthur, anxiously.
'Only a little bit. It won't hurt
us.' And the two started.
Here their trouble commenced;
for, as the little girls wrapped their
shawls about them, to keep off the
fast-falling drops, Arthur donned his
calico again. What a 'sawl' that was
—so hard to fold and so much hard
er to put 011 properly, getting the
ends nice and even as Nannie's were.
It seemed as if the very - elements
conspired against it, for it flapped
helplessly right and left in the rain
(it was coming faster now), and the
fierce wind almost tore it from tiie
little shoulders.
'Nannie!' cried the little fellow,
imploringly. 'l'm dettin' wet. I—'
'Take off that old shawl,' said Nan
nie. 'You'll be dryer without it
now.'
'No.'
'Let me pin it, then. I can make
it stay 011 licautifully. So.'
But Arthur didn't want it pinned.
Just then it seemed as if the heav
ens were opened, indeed, and the
rain descended furiously upon the
unprotected little figures. Arthur
began to cry, and his companions
felt very much like following his ex
ample. That would never do, how
ever; for what would liecoine of their
little charge if they were to lose
heart. Mabel, becoming suddenly
solicitous about the state of her hat,
throw her shawl over it and walked
along, looking like a funny little
"Nlottier Dnw.l..' iif /.ntirie. then,
Nannie's hat must be covered, too.
So they went on for a moment with
out speaking, until, hearing a cry of
distress some distance behind them,
they turned, and behold! Arthur was
vainly tr, ing to cover his old straw
hat with the dripping calico.
'Did you ever see such a little
goose?' cried Nannie, "i wish we
i didn't bring him.'
A conclusion to which Mabel had
j arrived some time before,
j 'Come 011!' she called, at the top
of her little voice.
•I tan't. My hat"ll det wet.'
'Twon't hurt your old hat any,'
j screamed Nannie.
'Yes 'twill. It showers an' rains.'
: 'Just as if we didn't know that!'
| said Mabel, laughing, in spite of her
i fears. Tome, Nannie,' said she, at
length, seeing Arthur was still work
ing hard with his refractory garment.
! AYe must go and get him.'
'Arthur,' said she, as they ap
p.-oaehed, 'you must be a good boy
; and take hold of my hand. Dinner'll
be all ready before wc get home;
! and—'
'But it showers an' rains,' pleaded
Arthur, his lip quivering. 'My hat'll
—det—all—'
'Your hat's sjtoilt now,' cried Nan
nie, impatiently. : m awful look
ing tiling, any way. 1 !1 doit good
get washed. !L .c, cake hold of
.Ny hand.'
But Arthur's black eyes looked
defiance at her from under their long
lashes. She had insulted liis clothes,
and lie would have none of her. Go
ing over to Mabel's side of the road,
lie placed his small hand in hers,
saying, coaxingly; 'You'll fits me up,
won't you, Ma bee?'
And Mabel tried, but all her efforts
to fasten the wet calico satisfactorily
over the little hat were unavailing;
so, though it was raining still, off
came her own small shawl again.
'lt didn't do her a speck of good,
really.' she said to Nannie; 'it was
so wet.'
Aud in half a minute came Ar
thur's little piping voice:
'I dt-s my sawl tan turn off. I des
so. Don't do a spet o' dood, do it?'
So, linnd in hand with his faithful
'Mal>ee,' he.trotted along as fast as
his two small feet would carry him.
It was slow traveling, however, and
the little girls had plenty of time to
think upon their homeward way. As
they drew near the house, Arthur's
face brightened, while theirs grew
sad and troubled; and theirs were
the weary footsteps that lagged be
hind at last, while he ran gaily into
the yard, shouting gleefully:
'Mamma, Mamma, I dot homo.'
It was a very grave face that met
his, however.
'Does my little Arthur know that
lie has been very naughty?' said
she, as she led him into the sitting
room and took the dripping little
figure U[>on her lap.
'l'm all wet as anyfing,' was his
evasive reply.
'Mother told you not to go,' she
continued, seriously; 'and now she
must punish you.'
Arthur understood that. His face
became very sober, and the salt tears
mingled plentifully with the rain
drops, which still stood upon his rosy
•hecks.
Meanwhile the little girls looked
quietly 011; but the lady took no no
tice of them.
'W hat are you going to do witk
him?' whispered Mabel, at length.
Tut him to bed,' was the reply.
At which Arthur's distress became
audible.
'I wish you wouldn't,' begged Nan
nie, earnestly; 'because, you see, we
made him go.'
'lie disobeyed me,' said the lady.
'But we told him to,' said Mabel,
the tears standing in her gray eyes.
'You ought to seud us to bed.'
'You're not my little girls. I can't
send you to bed.'
'My mother isn't here,' said Nan
nie, apologetically.
'Mine isn't, either;' echoed Mabel;
'and Aunt Eliza never does anything
to lis unless we break something.'
'Very well. You can have a good
time this afternoon, then,' replied the
lady; 'but Arthur must stay in bed
until teatime.'
A good time, indeed! were
two little faces more uttcrij' crest
fallen and disconsolate in expression.
'You'll givo him some dinner,
won't you?' sobbed Mabel.
'Oh! yes. And you had better go
t now and get off your wet clothing
before the bell rings.'
They crept slowly up the stairs.
'Oh! I wish mother was here,"
cried Nannie, vainly trying to untie
the knot in her boot-lacing. 'Arthur
wouldn't have gone one step if it
hadn't been for me; and now—ho—'
Here the little voice gave way utterly;
and, notwithstanding her hurry, she
indulged in a good hearty crv.
T s'pose,'said Mabel, thoughtfully,
'his mother thinks he might go oil"
with some other girlc acme time; and
that's the reason she put him to bed.'
A wise thought, as Mabel's gener
ally were; but, somehow, it brought
no consolation. After dinner, the
rain continuing, the little girls .. cnt
to their room again and, finding
books and games equally dull and
uninteresting, threw themselves upon
the bed, apparently sick at heart and
weary of the world; but after awhile
(tboughliow it happened wr.s i.erer
satisfactorily explained) were fortun
ate enough to forget their sorrows
and remorse in a long, soun£ sleep.
When they awoke, Arthur's mother
stood at the bedside, with her little
boy in her arms. He looked smiling
and happy (perhaps kind-hearteu
Morpheus had done something for
him also); but his first question
showed that he had not quite forgot
ten the morning's adventure:
'You dot all dwied up?'
'Oh I you cunning little thing,'
cried Nannie. 'lf you're ever naughty
again, it won't be my fault; at least,
I don't think it will.'
mine,' rejoined Mabel, deci
dcdly.
The lady seated herself upon the
bed, and Arthur crawled over to Ma
bel's side and laid his little head up
on the pillow beside her.
'l'm dood now,' said he, compla
cently.
'Arthur thinks he shall always be
a good boy iu future,' said his mother.
'But I'm afraid he may forget some
times; 60 I want you to try and help
him while you stay here. VY ill you?
Both the children gave an uncon
ditional promise.
'I know I can trust you.' (She
was really touched at the traces ot
tears upou the little round cheeks.)
'Let us all try to be good now. We
know who loves us and takes care of
us always; don't we?'
'Yes,' whispered Mabel, 'we know.'
'Perhaps He loves us better when
we are away from father and mother.'
'I dea He do,' replied Arthur,
promptly.
'lf we try to be good,, we shall
lady. 'lt will make us so much hap
pier, too.'
Just then the supper-bell rang, and
the mother, taking her boy in her
arms, prepared to leave the room;
but, as she turned to go, two pairs of
rosy lips were raised, each supplicat
ing a caress.
'She's almost as good as my moth
er,' exclaimed Nannie, when the door
had closed upon her. 'lsn't she al
most as good as your mother, Ma
bel?'
'l—don't—know,' hesitated Ma
bel; 'but she's good. We won't nev
er take Arthur away again when she
doesn't say so; will we?'
'No, siree!' replied Nannie, em
phatically.
Her assertion was more decisive
than elegant, as was frequently the
case with impulsive little Nannie;
but that both children were thor
oughly in earnest und meant just
what they said was abundantly
proved by subsequent events.
♦>♦
From Japan.
Miss Kate Hequembourg of Dun
kirk, formerly of Warren, went to
Japan last fall as a teacher. She
writes interesting letters to her pa
rents, some of which are published
in the Dunkirk Journal. We clip
the following from one to her mother
describing her arrival and reception
in that strange land, that her friends
here may see how she is situated.
Their ship having come to anchor
off Yokohama, October 26th, after a
passage of some twenty-five days
from San Francisco, she says:
At half-past ten the boat came for
me. I was favored above all the
other passengers in going in such
style and comfort. The house boat,
which is the property of the P. M.
S. S. Co., bearing about the same
resemblance to the sand-pans that a
rough looking cart would to an ele
gant carriage. ..Mr. Blanchard being
in the employ of the company Le
had *':e use of the boat.
Several Captuina came on
board in their gig", with fine looking
crews. The crew of the P. M. S. S.
boat was entirely Japanese, but
dressed in uniform European dress.
With Mr. Blanchard was Dr. Elliott
to Whom, you ivii! remember. I had
p. letter of introduction from Morris
tovn. Dr. E. informed me that he
w&3 sent by Miss Kidder to escort
me to his bouse where I was to re
main as a gUvist. • In less than ten
minutes we were at the English Ilar
tliabaa or landing, where our car
id., 03 stood waiting for us. Such
carriages. 1 could hardly control
my laughter sufficiently to get into
mine. There on the wharf stood two
large baby carriages on Wo wheels,
Gix-o Lor the Doctor and one for my
crli, and Wa were to get into thee...
Jin ri!ci shews they called them—
trt.li.dated, man Lorte-pof/er car
riage. After some in incurring I
managed to get into mine, and ae it
was raining hal'd K. Blanchard en
veloped me in my pretty rug, the
top, made of oiled paper, was drawn
wgut over anu uea aown so tiiat if I
had been put in a paper box and the
cover put on I could not have bcn
more completely shut in from every
thing external, even to the rain.
One Coolie stepped into the shafts
and another pushed behind and then
started off upon a run. At the head
of the wharf stood a long low build
ing swarming with Japanese officials,
sqmc in national dress and some in
foreign, and good looking policemen,
though not quite equal in stature to
those on Broadway. This was a
branch of the Custom House. They
just glanced at my trunks, did not
ask to open them, and handed them
over to some Coolies who tied a rope
around each trunk, put a long pole
through the edge and the pole upon
! tlieir shoulders, two Coolies to each
! trunk, and then started off upon a
j dog trot with their heavy burdens,
j As I preferred seeing a little of the 1
| city if I did gat wet, the top was put
1 down and with an umbrella I man
-1 sged very nicely. We passed rapid-
I lv through fine, broad paved streets
in the foreign quarter, passed long
rows of business houses, by the Eng
lish and American Consulates, then
into some queer narrow streets
swarming with Japanese men, wo
men and children on foot, clumping
along in wooden sandals and long
dresses, so that it was impossible for
me to distinguish the me® from the
9. F. Hamilton,
$1.75 A YEAR
women, though nothing is easier now,
for the manner of dressing the hair
is very different in the sexes—their
dress is the same. They all carried
large paper umbrellas and were gen
erally very neatly dressed, and all
with bright pleasant faces. They
did not stare at us half as much as
the foreigners we met did, and were
invariably polite and respectful in
their manners. The houses and
stores were very small—like play
houses. but as neat as wax. \\ e
crossed the wide canal on a beauti
ful bridge and began to ascend the
long hill to the top of the blufl where
most of the foreigners reside. M e
passed such beautiful homes, large
| houses of a peculiar kind of architec
ture and surrounded by well-kept
grounds. The hedges here, frequent
ly of camelias, are in first bloom,
some scarlet, some pink and a very
few white, as it is still early lor that
variety. Such magnificent chrysan
themums, they are simply magnifi
cent, and of all the colors of the rain
bow. It is the hedge of the Mikado
or Royal Flower, and I do not won
der that it is so. For nearly or quite
a mile the street wound round the
top of the bluff, from every point of
which we had a view for miles, the
mountains, bay and villages, and
was an exquisitely beautiful street.
We suddenly turned a corner. The
Doctor pointed out to me a very
lovely, home-like place, as belonging
to Mrs. Bruvin, the next a handsome
gothic residence as Dr. Brown's, and
the next a beautiful cottage in the
Indian Bungaloo style of architec
ture, with large grounds, as his own
and my future home. Mrs. Elliot
met us at the door and gave mo a
kind welcome. Soon after dinner
Miss Kidder came to see me. 1
liked her immediately. She is a
young lady of great cultivation and
very agreeable manners. She looks
like Jessie Kennedy and is quite us
pretty.
Dr. Brown's house being full Dr.
Elliott has very kindly consented to
make me one of las family, lie is a
Christian of meaus and position in
society. His wife is lovely and cul
tivated. Both are young, the Doe
tor being only a little over thirty.
They have five servants, two wo
men and three men, boys they are
called. The cook is a man over
thirty. The table is waited upon by
a "boy;" the door attended by a
"boy." The nurse is a woman, and
also the chambermaid. The sewing
is done by a tailor who comes daily,
and the washing and ironing is taken
out of the bouse <tnd done by men;
" boys," I should say. The bread is
also brought to the house daily. The
I cooking is done in a
ing back of the house, where are also
I the 3er,'ants' quarters, where they
'eat, drink and sleep, for in Japan
servants always board themselves.
We have no apples, but as oranges
are so very abundant, I do not miss
them. A kind of haru pear, not fit
to eat raw, makes a very good sub
stitute for apples in cooking. Per
simmons as large as very large ap
ples and as yellow as gold are very
insipid, something like bananas. I
belfcye the taste for them is usually
cultivated by foreigners. They cer
tianly are very beautiful. AVe havo
oranges at every meal, and as many
as you can eat at any time. They
keep mc well better than any medi
cine; I ouly wish I could send you
a box of them. Sweet potatoes of
excellent quality are very abundant,
and you know I am very fond of
them. The beef is good. You can
see I am in no danger of starving.
My room is pleasant, with an eastern
exposure, and so situated that I can
have the sun all day. It is hand
somely furnished; has a grate where
I have a fire built every morning to
take a bath and dress. My servant
brings me a -warm bath in a tub every
morning. Truly my lines have fall
en in pleasant places. I have not
written you half I wanted to by this
mail. There are so many things to
say. I have received and returned
a great many calls; have been invi
ted to dinner several times, and have
attended one evening musical party.
"THE right path is that of a virtu
ous and noble education.''
CHEERFULNESS and faith in the
right ,are better thau great riches.