racy's Lesson. Mrs. T Dinner was approaching, but din- mer drag zed Bridget had a way of fagetiing ! wal fire until it was #0 LCR juire a lengthy pet- for far gone as time Mrs. Tracy bad to hurry sb» and do her best to has. img up tu onder fo be in cooking, to the ki Lar things for ward, “Never mind," she sa’d to herself, as she retaraed to the nursery, “Har wey will probal ly be late, too. He I'm glad for once.” Harvey usually is. But to her even then coming up the walk with a dismay, was quick step. “Divner ready, I hope, Amy? he said, to-day.” “No, indeed, suid, with u cloud spreading over her face the only “Business is pressing it is not,’ she “fs really seenis as though tdaues jou ever come punctually are the days when there is trouble in the kitchen.” It did seem =0. Harvey was go habitually late in fied feeling vin went to the kitch- Tracy feit justi very cross as she ng: er, and after fifteen minutes of exer the tau, which bore poor results in i ~erved dinner, seated himsel saad worried, at the table. in which would have prevented her en ovment of a much better “Did you g “Seats ? if I've had ¢ see 1 went ay sorry, Amy down.” “You n¢ a iittle wl good seat was the plat was bet \ ered of ate ' to make ari or my Cl na Vaan paj rmiing the ing, but still | : : tae Lickels “Is arrangements | will do 1 gad I can't g The manner was than the words, appealingly at | 4 real regrel for iad brought ! He had ciation of the fac ment. were very pressit She seldom got of a fine musioal entertainment was no light thing to her. There was no response to his apol gies. Bhe was recalling the time, omly a few weeks since, when he bad promised to go out with her, then had become absorbed in business, send her & hme y Not LC Sov he could not dine ] ‘at home, and she ad seen no more of | ifs tall balf-past ten at night, Itis nat to be wondered at that the cloud on Mrs. Tracy's face deepened. It reflected itself on the faces of the | children, one of whom, after a few . whimpers of disoootent over the un- satisfactory meal, was dismissed with sharp words from his mother. “Well, well,” exclaimed Harvey, a | few minutes later, impatiently push- ing away his plate, “if a man is to be treated like a criminal because he Las fargotten some concert tickets, he'd better look for a pleasanter place than home.” Ha» strode aw leaving her, with same reason, perhaps, to consider her ay, welf a very ill used woman, She was always busy about the house or brying to bring up arrears of sewing. Intervals for reading or go- | ing oul were rare, and always becom ing rarer. Bhe was willingly giving | her best energies to the work of mak- ug the most of small means, taking her full share in the struggle which } her husband was carrying on to get a | footbold in business, for the was to her valuable than She alvae—that they looked musething more mere keeping of a house, many atime so with her round of duties in the care of their bodies that she lost sight of their higher needs, not realizing that a smile or a cheery word from her could go fur toward making amends fir 8 much more serious household failure than a poor cooked meal. we aried at meal time that Mrs, , dial oi U ‘of what might | | she had | wild But she was | forgetting that husband and children |visted, ns she paved. should not be let to live by bread | things there now | look of conbin«l anxiety aud imps. dence, aud she wus forgetting the ls vectness of loving forbearance toward Hittle fuults and shorteoming«, [ * Tag. thy, tag.” , fietfully, (41m tied of ie oall, she anid Harvey has no more thought of me than if [ were a How would he like if comfort than n pnek horse, | I thought no mare of Lis he does of mine, I wouder.” The fredful the | expression, fast fretful feel stayed by The chil dren looked iuquiringly st her mood and coming to nt home by long indulgence | her as tif hours wore on, whet occasion brought them in her way but wisely made such occasions as few as possible, ed Mrs, knowlcdged {to he As the tea hour approach I'raey would not have ac- elf was taking on an added cloud at that her brow the prospect of her husband's return, had left her © in anger alter sioning against her so uonpardonably, need not expect to be ple asantly re- ceived, i, however, he should come home early, she might relax a little But the hou him, tn it him, apd Mrs. Tracy If he he she woul withot grew angrier, was siaviong g away punish her he liked Bat grew Mig us another hour 3 | she Wil as uneasy. pun trving want of really and | toward | and passed | | lose his head and fall her, he took ber arm and they slowly worked their way toward the large building to which the fire was now confined. It wae a strange and magnificent Winter had sight, laid his pitiless finger on every attempt to interrupt the progress of the ruin, seeming to | rejoice in promoting the advance of the fire fleod, All the noble engin Lery of the fire department was in full play, but many a bursted hose had been thrown aside, and other difficul. ties from clogging ice, which shone and sparkled in the gaslight like the famed Russian palace, and against which many a stream of water fell in Banks of ice from leak ing hose, lay across the streets, while rattling hail. | around the burning building lay a | piled up mass of ice, minled with | books, carpets, and furniture, which | had been thrown out, to the depth of [ten or twelve feet, The fire was by this time, however, well under control, and painful inter | est was now centered upon the peril | ous condition of a man who could be | seen through the window of one of the | upper stories, "That is the old watchman of the Mrs. Tracy's | escort; “he iv not in any immediate but it will to reach him, and it is feared he may { building,” exclaimed ’ be difficult danger Some other 5 | men are on a balcony around the ¢ v nw Her Phe ty 1@ uCiciment SLIruUcCK her heart, as through mind ran one after another his worry about neeqged hit resentment Her st pe fear as she the pers he bad spoken of Over Aa ment | first instinet of his faith be to peril his life for the safety ! what others had confided to his The neared the fire, until she could crowd grew thicker as movie | . i only with difficulty as she still press ed on. They had not lived 1 length of time faces about her were all stra: place for any til at length a voice said “You here, Mrs, no palee for you.' Sha grasped the 5 “Mr us Brand-—do ’ Is have you seen Mr Ber it the His face was more he wished her to see as bh tried he cr d. lead her away from t “Well, a large fire is always more or less serious, you know, in the Phoenix.” “I want to hear about it,” sl ine “How are “The flrte went up the el vator | | drenched, and with ice clinging to his | | shaft, so there has been difficulty in | getting the occupants, Bat I do as | are known to be lost, The last I saw of Mr. Tracy he and the other law- yers were working like beavers trying to get out their belongings.” “When was that?” she gasped, “Perhaps an hour ago.” “I'm going to get nearer,” she mid, and, os her friend could not dissuade hut tg pace restless It began : dress and hair : {sure you. Mra, Tracy, that no lives Mer face was rapidly teking on a ner, not far below him—they are I tively in vo danger as yet, but I heard some one say they were refusing to b help¢ lown the until wore wail And H Avy nig elf to be persuaded Arrived at home, she was thankful for the cares demanded of her by the sleepy children. But in due time the clamor of the little voices was hush. ed and then nothing remained for her ly to and fro feeling as though another moment now f suspense would drive her wild, now shrivkiog in dread from the thought fr of what the end of that suspense + | might be, She had, in her pettishuness at his forgetfulness, He left her in anger. refused him look or smile: she had been harboring bitter thoughts against him while he was exposed to danger, perhaps death. How far she had gone aside from the ideal she bad formed of her duties as a true wife! how far failed in making for him the sunshiny hom. they had long ago And if she should never more have opportunity to show him how dearer to her than what ’ pictured ] now, I] else on earth was his happiness of their children? it urs had passed before she heard And then Was it his to tell er misery scemed that 1 footstep at the door prang up in lerror, of another, come Poor wife, did you But “Amy--at last. think I would never come! | don't come near me yet, dear |” But she clung to him for a moment | | : i {and then stood back in amazement al his appearance. Smoke begrimed, she would not lave | known him except for his voice. As she hastily brought him dry clothing | and hot coffee, he gave her an outlive | of his experience for the past few hours, “It was a tight place we were caged in,” he said, in concluding—""freczing on one side and almost burning on the But we got the poor old man other. { onl at the Devocnar office | that ents away life's energies so rapidly | safe ut Inst. safe.” “And would you really weigh any kind of property against And all my papers are your life, Harvy, even though it might belong to other people? Is that all you care for us here at home?” “Well A my J' he her half anger, “if it were said, wmiling ag deliber ately placed before me to choose I might perhaps, hesitate; but allof a sudden you find that a sacred trust is in danger, what remains but to use your best endeavor even though there may be risk in it, with faith in the | kindly and aud powerful arm which | has brought me out of it?” His voice had taken on a reverent | tone, and she could not say he was not right. 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