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THE MISER'S WILL.
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WHAT !" muttered Noah Bren
nan, gazing into Walter Ad-
am s lace, " do you mean that you will
provide lor ma ana help nic ?
" Yes," returned the youth, hopeful
ly, i couia never be happy with Agnes,
much as I loved her, if I thought her
dear old father had no home. Come.
ill. .i . . . '
we win nvo together, and be as liappy as
the days are long."
" But your salary V
" Is sunicient for us. I have five hun
dred dollars a year. Wo can live on that,
and lay up something too."
" Well, well take her love her be
good to her make her happy don't
never"
When the old man saw the joyous
tears streaming from his child's eyes ho
turned away mid walked quickly from
tho house, but ho was not to quick but
that ho heard the blessing that followed
him. And when he walked alone be
neath the starry heavens, ho wiped his
eyes us though something troubled him.
Gay as a lark, was gentle, beautiful
Agnes, when sho became the wife of Wul
tcr Adams. The rose bloomed again
upon her check, and the smiles were
upon her happy face, like sunshine, all
the day long.
" Do you pray God to help you to love
mo now ?" the old man asked, after he
had lived with Walter some two months.
" Why, what do you mean?" Agnes
asked, iu surprise.
" You used to pray so, for I heard
you," returned Noah.
A moment the young wife gazed into
her parent's face, and then she answered,
while she threw her arms about his
neck :
" Oh, I pray that you may be spared
to us for long years iu peace and happi
ness. But love you? Oh, I could not
help it, if I should try. And Walter
loves you, father he loves you very
much, for he has told me so many times."
.there was something moro than usual
in the old man's eyes, now.
One evening, as the happy trio sat at
tea, Walter looked more thougthful thau
was his wont.
" What is it love V Agnes asked.
" Oh, nothing," tho husband said, with
a smile, " I was only thinking."
" J5ut of what f"
" Only castle-building, Ihat's-all."
" In the air," the young man replied
with a laugh.
"But tell what it is."
" Well, I'd as lief tell you as not. Mr.
Osgood is to rctiro from our firm in a
few days, lie is well advauced in years
and has made a fortuue in the busiucss
and will now live for comfort and health
alone. lie has not been very well of late
years.
"And is that all?"
"No. I am to be advanced to tho post
of head book-keeper, with a salary of
twelve hundred dollars."
" And is that all V
" Yes."
" Uut what castle in the air is there
about that ?"
' " Oh, that isn't tho castle."
" Then what is the castle ?" ' urired tho
old man.
" Why, simply this." said Walter.
laughing, but yet almost ashamed to tell
it. "lhisnoouMr. Osgood patted me
on tho shoulder, and, said ho, in his play-
iut way, w alter, i ll sell you all my
interest here forlifty thousand dollars."
"lla, ha, ha!" laughed Noah Brenan.
"and you thought he was really in earn
est?"
"No, no," quickly returned tho young
man, 1 did not think that, though I
knew that tho two other partners would
very willingly have me for un associate."
" Uut it seems to me that Osgood esti
mates his share in the concern at a high
price."
" U, no: it is a very low one. There
is a clear capital of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in tho busiucss at this
moment. And think of all the standing
and good will, which goes for nothing."
" Ha, ha, ha," laughed the old man
again.
Then Walter laughed, and then Agnes
laughed, and they finished their supper.
Oa the next evening Walter Adams
came in and sat down on the sofa without
speaking. He was palo and agitated,
and his eyes had a vacant, wandering
stare.
" Walter 1" cried Agues, in terror,
" what has happened ?"
" He's sick," muttered Noah Brennan,
without looking around.
' "No; no; not sick," returned tho
youDg man, starting up, " but I am the
viotira of a miserable trifling."
"Eh, how?" asked old Noah, now
turning in his chair.
" I tell you," said Walter, with a spas
modic effort. "I had somo long entries
to post this evening, so remained in
tho counting room after tho rest had
gone. 1 was still at work when Mr. Os
good camo in and placed some papers on
my desk, saying, as he did so, " Here,
Walter, these nro yours." And then he
went out. When I had finished my
work, I opened tho papers. The first
was a sort of inventory of what Osgood
had owned in the business, aud footed up,
in round numbers, forty -nine . thousand,
eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
The next paper a deed conveying tho
wholo vast property to me, arid mo a
partner in the concern upon an equal
footing with the other two."
" Well," said tho old man, thumping
his foot upon the floor, and keeping time
with his hands, " I don't see any thing
very bad in that."
" But I do," replied Walter. " It is
cruel to trifle with me thus."
There was something in Noah's eye
again, but he managed to get it out, and
he spoke thus :
" Walter Adams, when young men
used to hover about my child, I believed
they were after my money, and I thought
tho same of you. I know of nothing but
this love of money, that could underlie
human action. My heart had become
hardened by it, and my soul darkened.
But it was ibr my child to pour tho warmth
and light into my bosom. It was for her
to keep before me the imago of the gen
tle wife whom I had loved' and lust, but.
alas ! who occupied a place in that love
second to my gold. It was for my child
to open gradually, but surely t'.ic fount of
feeling which had been for a life-time
closed up. I heard her pray for me
pray that she might love me that she
might have help from God to love me,
and that was after I had refused to let
her be your wife. I saw her grow pale
and sorrowful, and I knew I had done it
and she loved me still Still she prayed
to God to help her help her what?
Help her love her father 1 I was killing
her, and she tried to smile upon me.
Oue evening I heard you both conversing
in the old hut. My child chose misery
and duty to her father, rather than break
that duty in a union with a man sho
loved. And you uttered a prayer. You
prayed that I might be penuiless. Stop 1
hear mo through 1 You would then
show your disinterestedness. I walked
away aud pondered. Could it be that I
had louud a man who would love an old
wreck like myself, with no money ? If
it were so, thou that would break tho
layer of crust from my soul. I deter
mined to to test you. I had gained a
glimmering ot light my heart had be
gun to grow warm and I prayed fre
quently that I might not be disap
pointed.
" I went to the bank and drew out fifty
thousand dollars in bills. That night my
miserable old hut was set ou tire or a
caught fire. I shall always think 'twas
my candle did it. But tho old shell
burnt down, and room was made for a
better building. I came out with the
wrong trunk, And tho other was burnt up.
But the money wasn't in it. No, no. I
had that stuffed into my bosom, aud deep
pockets and all buttoned up, aud tho
next day I carried it back to the bank,
and had it put with a few thousand mora
which I had not disturbed. And so my
experiment commenced,"and I found the
full suushino at last. Aye, Walter, I
found you tho noble true man I had
prayed lor. ou took me into vour homo.
and love dme when you thought mo penni
less, and took my child to your bosom for
just what God had made her, And now,
My boy, 1 vo paul Mr. Osgood fifty thou
sand dollars cash for his share in the
business, and it is all yours. Aud let
me tell you ono thing, my boy, if your
partners can raise fifty thousand dollars
more to invest, just tell 'cm you can put
in five and twenty thousand moro at
twelve hour's notice. Tell 'era old Noah
ain't quite ashore yet. Tell 'em ho has
found a heart, my boy ! Come here.
Agnes, come here. Walter, God bless
you as you have blessed me.
Nobody pretended that they had motes
in their eyes now, for the occasion of tho
weeping was too plain.
B" When Daniel Webster was a
young man, about commencing tho study
of law, he was advised not to enter tho
legal profession, for it was already
crowded. His reply was, " There is room
at the top."
fair I never wonder to see men wicked,
but I often wonder to see them not
ashamed. .
J- Young women, you don't know
how much influence you have over young
men. If you would labor earnestly, wo
should not havo so many dissipated young
men in our land. Do not let them fill
the drunkard's grave. I suppose you
will say, " I don't believe wo havo any
thing to do with" young men's getting
druuk." Think a moment.' Did you
ever do anything to prevent? Did you
ever go with a young man which had
been drinking a little ? " I believe so."
Well, did you think as much of him as
you did before he drank ? " No." You
did not let him know it, did you ? " No."
You should have said to him, " If you
drink, I will not go with you any more."
You might havo saved him from a
drunkard's grave. Will you say to the
young man who is attentive to you, that
you do not mean to go with any young
man who drinks ono drop of liquor? Ho
may shun you a few, days, but ho will
think of it, and will make up his mind
that you are right; for what woman
wants a drunken husband.
An Injunction.
From Surprise Valley comes the story
of an old follsw who got very jealous be
causo his young wife went to a ball with
a good looking fellow, and strayed out un
til broad daylight. Tho old chap went
to a justice of the peace and told his sto
ry, winding up with " I want yer to help
mo, for that thing has been going on
about long enough." "Well," said the
justice, "you can write down to Yreka
and sea if some of tho lawyers can't get
you a divorce." " Divorce !" roared the
angry man, " who the deuce wants a di
vorce ?" The justice began to get wrathy.
"If you don't want a divorce, what in
tho deuce brought you here?" "Why I
waut an injunction to stop further pro
ceedings." The Darkey's Theology.
This is how uncle Caeser, a colored
preacher, disposed of the. mode of bap
tism question: "Now, brcdren," said
he, " I hear great fuss about dese words
iu and into. And folks waut U3 to be
lieve that they all mean under, and dat
when the Scripture speak of an in
dividual going down into the water,
the Bible mean to say that ho went under
de water. Now bredern, yonder is brud
der Solomou. Now 'sposo some day I go
over to see brudder Solomon, and brud
der Solomon very politely say Uncle
Cacscr, como into de house ; do anybody
'6pose dis here nigger would go under de
house ?" '
A good joke was perpetrated tho
other day by a gentleman of Manchester,
who was a passenger on the train from
Boston. Thero was somo conversation
amoug somo Manchester men on tho train
in relation to various churches that wero
passed on tho route. On ncaring tho
station at Lowell the jail in that city
came in sight, when some one who did
not know its exact character exclaimed:
' What church is that?' ' I guess that's
a close communion church,' said his
neighbor in the next seat, 'at any rate
it isn't a frco will church.
JCgyMay I sing, ma ?" asked a young
lady of four who had been taknn to
church by her mother, and whoso bump
of music was doubtless excited by the
pcrlormance to which sho ttas listening.
Ma, whose eye was upon the jmnierx in
the next new. of course said. " Yph " n
1 ' 1 j
all indulgent mothers do ; and tho little
hopclul, with a strong voice, commenced
" Up in a balloon." " Hush ! hush !"
said ma, don't sing that !" Pausing a
moment, the young vocalist struck up
"Not for Joe," and was immediately hus
tled out of tho sanctuary. .
Soldi
A common juryman recently appealed
to Mr. Justico Hannon, at the Glamor
ganshire Assizes, for permission to bo ex
cused from attending as a juror on the
following day. " Upon what ground ?"
asked his lordship. " Oh, my Lord, I am
extremely desirons to attend a funeral to
morrow." Tho requisite permission was
given. Upon leaving the court the jus
tice was informod by the under-sheriff
that the juror was an undertaker.
J&aJf Jesse had been doing something
which her mamma had told her sho must
not do. She had been eating currants,
and, of course, got her mouth all stained;
that's the way uhe was found out. Her
mamma said : You know you wero
forbidden to eat currants." " But, moth
er, Satan tempted mo." " Why didn't
you say, Got theo behind me, Satan ?" '
" I did say, Get theo behind me. Satan,'
and he went and got behind me, and he
pushed me right into the currant bushes."
SUNDAY READING.
Wesley's Preaching.
' TT was, 1 believe, in October, 1790,
X and not long before his death,
that I heard John Wesley in tho great
round meeting-house at Colchester. He
stoop in a wide pulpit, and on each side
stood a minister, and tho two held him
up, having their hands under his arm
pits. His feeble voice was barely audi
ble. But his reverend countenance, es
pecially his long white locks, formed a
picture never to bo forgotten. There
was a vast crowd of lovers and admirers.
It was, for tho most part, pantomime but
tho pantomime went to tho heart. Of
tho kind, I ucver saw anything compa
rable to it in after life.' This incident
was never forgotten by Robinson. Ho
often related it at his own table, with
the addition that so greatly was Wesley
reverenced that the people stood in a
double line to see him as ho passed
through tho streets on his way to tho
chapel. In a letter written at tho time
to ono of his brothers, he gave the fol
lowing particulars of the same occur
rence : ' At another time, and not know
ing tho mau, I should almost havo ridi
culed his figure. Far from it now. I
look upon him with a respect bordering
on enthusiasm. After tho people had
sung a verse of a hymn he arose and said :
' It gives mo a great pleasure to find that
you havo not lost your singing. Neither
men nor women you have not forgot a
single note. And I hope by tho assis
tance of tho same God who enables you
to sing well, you may do all other thing3
well.' A universal 'Amen'1 followed.
At tho end of every head or division of
his discourse, he finished by a kind of
prayer, a momentary wish, as it were, not
consisting of more than three or four
words, which were always followed by a
universal buzz. His discourse was short,
tho text I could not hear. After the
last prayer he rose up and addressed the
people upon liberality of sentiment, and
spoke much against refusing to join with
any congregation on account of difference
of opinion. Ho said, ' If they do but
fear God, work righteousness and keep
his commandments wo havo nothing to
object to. ' Diary of Ihnry Crabb Bob-inxon.
Beautiful Thoughts.
Beyond all credulity is the credulous
ness of the atheist, who believes that
chance could make a world when it
cannot build a baru.
Bo not proud of riches, but afraid of
them, lest they be a silver bar to cross
the way to heaven. You must answer for
riches, but riches cannot answer for you.
There is hidden thunder in tho stores
of heaven ready to burst with burning
wrath, and blast tho man who owes his
greatness to the ruin of his neighbor.
Ouo of the hours iu each day wasted
on trifles or indolence, saved and daily de
voted to improvement is enough to make
an ignorant man wise in ten years.
The shadows of the niiud are like those
of tho body. In the morning of lifo, they
lie behind us ; at noon wo trample them
under our feet, and in the evening stretch
long and deepening before us.
An Alteration of the Lord's I'rayer.
A few years ago nothing would have
seemed more improbable than tho delib
erate alteration, by an authorative body
of Christian clergymen aud orthodox
Biblical scholars, of the phraseology and
meaning of the Lord's Prayer, yet such
has been tho ease The New Testament
revisionists, now in session in London,
havo voted that the literal translation of
the phrase " deliver us from evil" should
be " deliver us from the evil one ;" and
they have decided to expunge the dox
ology at the end of the prayer, as absent
from all the earlier manuscripts. Thus
shorn and altered, the great prayer of the
ages will sound unfamiliar indeed.
God Works Silently.
Drop a piece of wool on tho floor. Do
you hear it? No. It is noiseless, now
about the snow ? Does it make a great
shout to tell us it is coming ? Certainly
cot. He giv'eth snow like wool. It is
voiceless! And this is altogether char
acteristic of Divine operations. The great
forces of the Universe are mute. TheSun
never speaks. The Atmosphere is mute.
Gravitation has no tongue.
r A very religious old lady being
asked her opinion of tho organ of a
church, the first time she had ever heard
one, replied : " It is a veiy pretty box of
whistles, but oh 1 it's an awful way to
spend the Sabbath."