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" But you will not bo long?" "I don't know: that depends but for you need not sit up burning candle nothing, as you did last night." " Very well, John. Say good-ni lit to father, Ally, dear." Tho child put up her mouth for a kiss. " Good-night dearie," she whispered, as he stooped to receive her caress ; " conic as quick os you can." Ho was gono. Mrs. Ross washed up tho cups and dishes, and put them, with Ally's help into tho cupboard. Then she sat down to mend her husbands waistcoat. They were dull that night, and with reason ; yet tho child laid her head on her mother's knee, with a sense of rest and calm that seldom camo to her in her father's presence. !?oon sho began to sing tho littlo hymns which tho children of her school had learned. Then kneeling to pray besido her mother's chair sho be gan to say, " Bless dear father to-night, and bring him home safe, and help me to bo a good child to him and mother " As these words rose to Heaven tho door was opened by John lloss himself. Unperceivcd, ho now waited in tho shadow to hear tho rest. It was not much, if measured by tho number of its words simply a similar prayer lor oth er relatives, and that all-comprehensivo ono which Christ taught his disciples; but thcro was a beauty in tho scene, a touch ing pathos iu tho voice, and nbovo all a reality in the petition which compelled John Ross to bow his head and worship. Nor even when tho last Amen was utter ed, could he persuade himself to come forward and disturb them ; ior Ally bo- gan to talk about him, saying, " I do hope ho will como betoro I go to sleep. Don t you mother?" " lcs, darling; though I cannot ex pect it," said her mother. The child waited a littlo while, and then said, " Is it far?" Mrs. lloss had been sitting with her eyes fixed on tho tiro, thinking perhaps, of her blithe girlhood and earlier married life. Sho started now, asking, "Is what far?" " The Welcome Home," whero father goes every evening; don't you know?" Did sho know ? Ah, too well, too well 1 It required Bomo effort to answer calmly, " Half a mile." " And why does ho never take us there?" " It is not a place for littlo girls, dear child." " Do pcoplo work there, then ?" "Work Oh, no.". " What do they do, mother ?" " They talk, Ally, and and smoke." " And I suppose," said Ally, gravely, " I supposo they kneel down, too?" 1 " What made you think so?" " Because, when I stay awake till father comes homo, I notice that he docs not kneel down hero ; and so I think ho must have said his prayers at " Tho Welcome Homo." There was no answer ; und in a few minutes Ally's littlo feet went pattering into on inner room, whero after being snugly tucked up by her mother, she lay awake, listening for tho step which was too often so long in coming. Meanwhile tho father sitting alone be side tho hearth, mused over the little ser mon which his child had, all unconscious ly been preaching. Ho would never forget that sermon whilo he lived ; for it had awakened hopes and fears that had been sleeping within his breast for a long season. Ah, how many yours had gono by, since ho, John Ross, knelt down! and how long had ho found his chief pleusure in a " homo" in which prayer was never mado, and in which he hud wasted, night after night, tho time and money which belonged of right to wife and child ! Dear little Ally 1" could any society bo moro refreshing then thine, when, tho day's work is over tho father rests besido his owndeur hcurth? Could any fuco gleam more brightly, could any smile bo more sweet, thun that which tliou dost turn upon the beloved ono 111 whom thou trsted ? Impossible. And the mother was she not worthy of his devotion ? could sho not listen while ho read and explained to her how great events were trunspiring on tho solemn stugo of time ?" " I have been strangely blind," ho be gun to say within himself thut night; " but now I thiuk I see. Tho dear child's words hove opened my eyes. Thank God for that !" Truly, John Ross hud email reason to to trust himself! In whom, then, could ho trust ? or where sock power to act rightly towurds self, wife and child? Must he not, if ho would be firm uud strong, look upward ? In other words must he not from thut hour begin to " kneel down ?" Nearly a year has gme by, and still John Ross speuds his evenings ut homo. Tho paleness has left his wife's face, and littlo Ally is uiuking wonderful progress in arithmetic. If you could look in upon them to-night, you would sea them all bnsy in making a child's scrap-book; and you wculd hear a sound of ringing laughter, nnd a manly voico making funny speeches, and tho mother's preten ded chiding as the mirth delays tho pro gress of tho " work," and you would know at ouco that they wcro happy. Happy they are ; for tho pcaco of God which passes all understanding dwells with them in their homo, and being uni ted to each other and to God, they fear no evil. Tho Three Mellon Seeds. IN August, 1809, three young gcutlo mcn were dining at Crocki'ord's, iu London. It was getting lato. They had sat long over their wine, and wcro bois terous in their mirth as they discussed tho merits of a water-melon just set bo foro them. In tho midst of their talk a stranger an elderly man, wearing a gray surtout closely buttoned up to tho throat, and a shabby hut entered tho room, nnd seating himself at tho end of an unoccupied table, ordered a mutton chop and a glass of ale. Thero was nothing sufficiently peculiar about him to attract observation. He might havo been taken for a country magistrate or a coun ty attorney. Tho expression of his couutcnanco was serious, his manners wcro quiet, and his bearing that of gen tlo breeding. As ho was eating his chop and sipping his ule, apparently unconscious of tho rather boisterous merriment of his neigh bors, a melon-seed struck his right ear. Raising his eyes, and seeing that tho seed had been purposely though sport ively snapped, and that no apology was made for tho petty impertinence, ho pick ed up the seed, and wrapping it in paper put iuto his pocket. Resuming his re past, a second seed shortly struck him on tho right elbow. This was followed by a shout of laughter. With scarcely a chango of the grave expression of his face, the stranger stooped, picked up tho seed, and carefully deposited it with tho first. A third followed, with some deri sive word, as it sped from the half-drunk youug blood, which, striking tho Btranger on tho breast of his coat, was also picked up and put with tho first two, when ris ing, walking calmly toward tho offender, and unbuttoning his coat, ho laid his card on the table. He had on an undress mil itary suit. His card showed his rauk. Of courso, there was no room for retreat. A lieutenant colonel in the British army requires no certificate of gontlo blood No words passed, tho young gentleman offered his owu card in exchange, the of ficer returned to his meal, and tho young men, somewhat sobered, shortly with drew. Tho next morning a noto arrived at the agressor's residence, conveying a chal lenge in form, and one of the melon seeds. Tho truth then flashed upon tho chal lenged party, that his unwarrantable frolic was likely to bo a somewhat serious affair. Tho codo, however, admitted on ly duel or disgrace. ' Accepting tho chal lenge, naming pistols as weapons, und gaining by toss the first shot, the young man fired and missed his opponent. The officer leveled his pistol in return, and sent the ball through tho flap of tho of fender's ear the pluco the first melon seed, snapped tho previous evening, had actually hit. A mouth passed. Nothing moro had been heard from the Colonel. He had satisfaction for an insult which however unprovoked, was thoughtless, and which it was hoped ho hud forgiven. Not so. Another note, presented by tho samo friend, conveying in courteous phruse a second challenge, with another of those accursed melon-seeds, arrived with tho Colonel's apology on tho score of ill-health for not sending it beforo. They mot again. This time tho fire was simultane ous. Tho aggressor's shot failed. Tho Colonel, on the contrary, shattered with his bull tho right elbow of bis antago nist. This was terriblo. Tho romance of exquisite skill was turned into a drama of slaughter. 1 no third melon seed was to come, and it was that which aimed at tho breast of tho unoffending Btranger. hud struck, amid cheers of derisive laughter, directly abovo his heart. What instructor ever taught good behavior like this ? The note urrived at last. It contained tho melon-seed, but no chal lenge. " And what, sir," asked tho young mau of tho messenger, ' am I to under stand by this?" " You will understand sir, that luy friend forgives you. Ho is dead !" QyJAs a young woman was walking along ono evening, a man looked at her uud followed her. Tho young woman said, " Why do you follow nie ?" Ho uuswered, " Bocuuso 1 have fallen in love with you." Tho womun said, " Why aro you in lovo with me ? My sister is much handsomer; sho is coming after me; go and make lovo to her. The man turned buck and saw a woman with on ugly face. Being greatly displeased, ho turnod to the first woman aud suid; " Why did you tell mo a fulschood ?" The woman answoretl, " Neither did you speak tho truth; for if you were reully in love with mo, why did you leave mo to look up uiy sister ?" An Indignant Landlord. A SHORT time ago one our citizens, . who loves his jokes as well as folks generally do, had occasion to visit ono of tho small towns in tho interior, and knowing that he would havo considerable walking over muddy roads, ho took with him a pair of long rubber boots. Ho arrived at his destination about nine o'clock in tho evening, nnd found upon inquiry that tho only tavern in tho placo was half a milo from tho station. No conveyanco was to bo had, nnd tho road was muddy in tho extreme. Con gratulating himself on having his long boots, ho set off, and found tho mud in some places so deep that his boots wcro barely long enough. Ho reached tho hotel at last, looking rather soiled about the feet. After supper ho inquired tho charge for tho lodging. " Wo usually charge," said tho land lord, who also had some fun in his com position, "two shillings; but if a man goes to bed with such boots as them on (pointing to his customer's feet) wo charge him four shillings." " A very good idea, I should think," returned tho traveler. After an hour's conversation, tho land lord showed him to his room, and they parted for tho night, mutually pleased with each other. Tho next morning our friend aroso late, and inquiring for tho landlord, learn ed that ho hud gone from homo to attend some business. After breakfast ho hand ed eight shillings to the landlords wife, saying : " Thcro is four shillings for my supper and breakfast, and four shillings for my lodging." " Two shillings is all wo chargo for lodging,'' said tho landlady. " Yes," returned tho stranger, " under ordinary circumstances ; but in this case four is not too much." Tho stranger departed, and the landla dy was deep in conjecture os to what could bo the circumstance which required a man to pay a double' price for his lodg ing. When her husband returned lie asked : " Has tho man who slept in the front room como down yet 1" " Yes," answered the wife, " and ho has gono away. Ho paid four shillings for his lodging, and said, under the cir cumstance, it was right." Tho landlord rushed up stairs. His wife followed to learn tho meaning of such strange proceedings, and found her husband with tho bed clothes turned down, and her best bed looking more fit to plant potatoes in, than it did for any human being to sleep in. " You saw the man when ho camo hero last night ?" " Yes." " You saw his boots, didn't you?" " Yes." " Well," said the landlord, " tho scamp slept in 'em." A few days after, the traveler, on his return homo, put up at the same tavern. Neither himself nor the landlord said anything about tho boots, which were in about tho samo condition as on the previous occasion, but tho lundludy look ed daggers at him and eyed the boots with much anxiety. About ten o'clock he said ho would retire. " And, by the way, landlord," ho said, with a tnorry twinkling in his eye, " what do you usually charge for lodging ?" " Wo chargo," auswered tho lundlord, with a tremendous emphasis, " two shil lings and wo don't allow folks to sleep in bed with their boots on." " I'm glad to hear it. Show me to my room,' and tho travclor went to bed. A Singular Umbrella. A MAN was killed up in Forrest county, last wock, by jabbing him self iu the eye with an umbrella ! He was intoxicated, and had a queer idea that his umbrella was a telescope; so, while he was endeavoring to examine tho solar system through it, ho fell over and the umbrella killed him. Thcro is only ono physician in Forrest county and his lcarnitig is not extensive. When the coroner held the inquest the doctor suid that 1 the fcrruginiaus termination of tho umbrella was projected by the dexter hand of tho corpse in the optic ncrvo iu the cavity of the cclcbellum, whence gluuciug transversely to tho epiglottis, it pierc ed tho pericardium and caused a cata plasm of tho lyrux ; and this producing asphixya as a natural result, clotted blood poured into tho tympanum, the left lobe of the bruin became irritated and sup purated in particles, uud a suppression of tho vital force ensued !" When tho jury heard this they boiled with indignation, and tho foreman said that if it was true, it was one of tho greatest outrages ever perpetrated ngaiust a citizen of a free country. IIo said no muii had a right to soli uu umbrella with one of those things on it, especially to a man who was uftiictcd with such horrible diseases. The relatives of tho deceased havo sued tho doctor for libel. They suy thoy know that the doad man ucver had a single one of these things with hard names anywhore iu uuioug his internal economy, uud they want the report con tradicted, because people will thiuk thoy are hereditary and will ret use to iuto the family. marry Sparking Expenses. A law suit recently took placo before Justice McCartney, tho caso in point being Chas. Ackloy against Michael O'Heara. Tho action was brought for uso of room, lights, fuel, meals, &c, whilo defendant was " sparking" his Lm cinda at plaintiff's houso, Tho prosecu tion showed that defendant was at his houso from three to five nights in a week and usually stayed until four o'clock in the morning, and sometimes till after breakfast; that ho burnod his light and wood and used his room, and naturally concluded, wo tako it, that ns he had the fun to bo derived from " sparking" at such lato hours ho ought to pay for the privilege. Tho caso was exceedingly amusing, and of course attracted a large crowd of tho " sparking" fraternity, who wcro interested pecuniarly in the result of tho action brought,as it might set a pro prcccdent whereby they might be called on to " fork over" a librral allowance for light and fuel, if for nothing elso; and they felt materially relieved, no doubt, when the justice rendered his verdict of " no causo for action." No tlce tho Stump. A former Kentucky Congressman went out riding with his sweetheart, and, iu his own words : " We wore ncaring a small skirt of woods, the horses at their best speed. I had determined in my owu mind that when we reached a particular spot I would ' pop tho question, and so I did; but, would you believe me, sho said no. Just as tho word escaped her lips, I purposoly ran the sleigh over a stump. Out we went, she to cool' her person iu tho snow, and I to counteract the damage she had given my affections. Her first words, after getting back in the sleigh, were ; ' Excuso mo, sir, I wished to tell you to notice the stump.' We often re fer to tho sleigh ride, but to this day she bcliovcs it was an accident. Signs. It is a good sign to sco a man do an act of charity a bad sign to hear him boast of it. It's a good sign to see a man wipe the porspiration from his brow bad to sco him wipe his lips as he comes out of a tavern. It's a good sign to see a man advertise in the papers bad to see the sheriff ad vertise for him. It's a good sign to see a woman dressed with taste and neatness bad to see her husband sued for finery. S&" They have strange chambermaids at Shepherd's Hotel, in "Cairo. The ono who waited on our room, and attended to all the duties of tho calling, oven to making of beds, was a French gentleman, dressed as if for a dinner-party, (white vest and dress coat,') and having tho air of a refined and educated gentleman. It was really embarrassing to ucccpt his ser vices in such a capacity. One of the ladios, on arriving at the hotel, rang for tho chambermaid. Supposing him to be tho proprietor or his chief clerk, she again expressed her wish to have him call tho chambermaid. He very politely re plied, in tho best Euglish he could com mand, " Madame, I am she." flsar" A confirmed old bachelor used the following argumont against matrimony : " Muslin is agreat prompter of laziness. If young men wish to accomplish any thing of moment, either with head or hand, they must keep clear of the institu tion. A pair of sweet lips a small waist, a swelling chest, a pressure of two delicate hands, will do as much to unhingo a man as three fevers, the measles, a large Bized hooping-cough, a pair of lockjaws several hydronhobius, and the doctor's bill." That follow needs reconstruction badly. Bie. A young lady in Wisconsin was standing on the veruuduh, with her lovers arm uround her, enjoying a thunder storm, iu porfect sufcty, the young mau left her for a moment and she was struck by lightning. Tho young man is cen sured for leuving her unprotected. Since that occurrouce, when a storm comes up, it is amusing to sco tho girls rush to the favorite lightning rods. JS&f An exchange furnishes tho fol lowing preventive against hydrophobia iu dogs, which may be of uso to some of our readers : " Hold tho dog's head under wutcr for three quurters of on hour, and he will never dio of hydrophobia, even if bitten by a mad dog." BB A western soldier, who hud been through all the campaigns and shared in many of the fiercest battles of the war. writes from his homo thut " he never re alized tho horrors of war till he got homu to Indiuno, and found his gul murried to a Btuy-ut-home dry goods clerk." . I iry A miner asks voi v innooeutlv if it is any harm to sit in tho lupso of ages. It depends on the kind of ages selected. Those from Bevcnteen to twenty-five are extra hazardous. ' tt. The young lady who burst into j tears has been put together again, aud i i now wearing hoops to proveut a recur rence of tho accident.
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