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MATRIMONIAL.
TMIF.E WEEKS AFTER. MAtlllUOE.
My dearest, arc you going out?
Indeed, 'Us very cold.
Let mo, sweet love around, your nee
This handkerchief enfold.
You know how anxious for your health,
My own dear George, am I.
One loving kiss before wo part
Good-by, gnod luck, good-by 1
TIIIIEB TEARS AFTER MAMIIAOE.
You're going out ! why don't you go-;
I cannot help the rain.
You wouldn't grieve me mightily
To ne'er come back again !
Umbrella? I don't know whero 'tis!
What'll yon want next, I wonder?
Don't pester me about your cold,
Good gracious, goto thunder!
THE MINISTER'S COURTSHIP.
fTMIIE following story was told mo by an
JL acquaintance who, as ho began it,
said, " 1 can vouch for tho truth of this
tiarativo, as I know tho young man who
is tho hero of the story, well :"
A long time ago, when 1 was a boy,
the son of a poor widow, tho lot on which
ho lived joined at tho back tho lot on
which lived a Mr. Morton, at that time a
thriving merchant, now the principal
capitalist in that part of tho country.
As there was a back gate between the
lots, my friend was tho constant pluy
mato from earliest childhood of Jennie
Morton. Ho built her play houses out
of old boards ; ho moulded clay bricks lor
her use, and carved tiny toys out of pine
blocks for her amusement. As ho grew
larger, and as Jennie's father grew rich
er, and cauia to live in greater stylo,
Ileury crew more Bhy. But by all tho
unspoken languago of tho eyes tho two
never failed to make their unchanging
regard known to each other.
" Henry went to college early. At va
cation tiiuo tho two met. But tho grow
ing difference iu their social position
could not but bo felt. Jennie's friends
wero a different race from his own. llcr
parente never thought of inviting hiui to
their entertainments. And it they bad
a rusty coat and a lack of money to
spend on kid gloves would have effectual
ly kept him away, lie was proud. 0.1ns
apparent neglect stung him. It is true
that Jennie Morton was all the more kind.
But his quick and foolish prido made him
fancy that ho detected pity in her kind
ness. And yet all this only made him
determined to place himself in a position
in which he could ask her hand as her
equal. But you do not understand, as I
do, how irresistible is this conviction ot
duty in regard to tho ministry. Under
that pressure my friend settled it that he
must preach. And now there was before
him a good ten years of poverty at least.
What should he do about it I
In this extremity he took advice of a
favorite theological professor. The pro
fessor advised him not to seek tho band
of a rich girl. She would not bo suited
to tho trials ot a ministers lite. But
finding that Henry was firm in his opin
ion that this sound general principle did
not in the least apply to this particular
case the professor proceeded to touch the
tendcrest chord in the young man's heart.
Ho said that it would be ungenerous, and
in some sense dishonorable, fur him to
take a woman delicately brought up, into
fioverty and tnul incident to a minister s
ilb. To give up the ministry, was in his
mind, to be a traitor to duty and to God.
To win her, if ho could,' was to treat un
generously her whoso happiness was dear
er to him a thousand times than his own,
For three years ho did not trust him
self to return to his home. But having
graduated and settled hiuiBclf for nine
mouths over a church, there was no rea
son why ho shouldn't go to see his moth
er again. And onco in the village, the
sight of the old school-house and the old
church revived a thousand memories that
ho had been endeavoring to banish. Tho
garden walks, and cspeciully tho apple-
trees, that are the most unchangeable of
landmarks, revived tho old passion with
undiminished power. He paced his room
at night. Ho looked out at tho new
house of his rich neighbor. He chafed
under the restraint of his rich neighbor.
to think again of Jennio Morton. It
was the old story of the monk who thinks
the world subdued, but who finds it all at
once about to assume the mastery of him.
I do not know how the struggle might
have ended, but it was all at once stopped
from without.
There reached him a rumor that Jeu
uio as already tho betrothed wife of I
Colonel l'cursou, who was her father's
partner iu business. And mdecd Colo
nel Pearson went iu und out at Mr. Mor
ton's gate every cveuing, and tho father
was known to lavor bis suit.
Jennie was not engaged to hiui, how
ever, lbree times she hud re 1 used hiui
The fourth time, in deference tohcrfath
er's wishes, the had consented to ' think
about it' for a week. In truth, Ileury
hud been homo ten days and had not call
ed upon her, and ull the hope she hud
cherished in thut direction, and all the
weary waiting, seemed iu vain. Whcu
the Colonel's week was nearly out she
heard that Henry was to leave in two
days. In a sort of desperation sho do
termioed to accept Colonel Pearson with.
out waiting for the time appointed for her
answer. But the gentleman spoiled it all
by his own over confidence.
J; or when ho called, alter Jennie had
determined on this course, ho found her
so full of kindness that he hardly knew
how to behave with moderation. And so
ho fell to flattering her, and flattering
himself at tho same timo that ho knew
all the ins and outs of a girl's heart.
Ho complimented her on tho many offers
she had received.
"And I toll you what." ho proceeded,
" there aro plcuty of others that would
lay their hearts at your lect, if they were
only your equals. Thcro's that young
parson, Gilbert, I thiuk they call him,
that is visiting his mother, in tho uu
paintcd and threadbaro looking little
house that stands behind this ouo. I'vo
actually seen that fellow, in his rusty,
musty coat, stop and look after you on
tho street, and every night, when I go
home, ho is sitting at tho window that
looks over this way. The poor fool is in
love with you. Only thiuk of it. And
I chuckle to myself when I see him, and
say, ' Don't you wish you could reach so
high !' I declare it's funny."
In that ono speech Colonel Pearson
dashed his chances to pieces. Ho could
not acoountfor the sudden return of win
ter in Jenuio Morton's manner. And all
his sunshino was powerless to dispel it, or
to bring back the least approach of Bpring.
1'oor Jennie I bho began to under
stand something of tho courago of Hen
ry Gilbert s heart, and something of the
manliness of his motives. All night
long she watched tho light burning in
the room in tho widow's house ; and all
night long she debated tho matter until
her head ached. She could reach but
ono conclusion. Henry was to leave the
day after to-morrow. If any communi
cation should ever be opened between
them, she must begin it. It was as if
she had seen him drifting away from her
lorevcr, and must throw him a rope.
But she could not find a way sho had
no rope to throw. Again the Colonel,
meaning to do anything clso but that,
opened tho way. At tho breakfast table
the next morning she received from hi in
a magnificent valentine. All at once she
saw her method. It was St. Valentine's
day. Tho ropo was in her hand. Excu
sing herself from breakfast she hastened
to her room.
To send a Valentino to tho faithful lov
er was the uppermost thought. But how ?
She daro not write her name, tor after all,
she might be mistaken in counting on his
love, or sho might offend his prejudices
or bis pride by so direct an approach
The went fumbling in a drawer for sta
tionary. She drew out a little pine boat
that Henry had whittled lor her many
years before. Ho had named it ' Hope,
but the combined wisdom of the little
boy and girl could not succeed in spell
ing the namo correctly. And hero was
thelittlo old boat that he had given, say
ing often alterward that it was the boat
thoy two were going to sail in some day.
She misspelt name had been the subject
of many a laugh between them. Now
but I mustn t be sentimental.
It did not take Jennie long to draw
an exact likeness of the little craft,
And that there might be no mistake about
it, she spelled the namo as it was on the
side ot tho boat ' Hoap.
There was not another word in tho val
entine. Sealing it up, she hurried out
with it, and dropped it in the post-office.
No merchant, sending all his fortune to
sea in one frail burk, ever watched tho
depurture and trembled for the result of
a venture as she did. cpain did not pray
half so fervently when tho invincible Ar
mada sailed. It was an unuttered prayer
an unutterablo prayer. For heart and
hope were the landing of the little pic.
ture-boat that sailed out that day, with no
other wind but her wishes in its sails.
She sat down at her window until sho
saw Henry Gilbort pass the next street
corner on his morning walk to the post-
office. Threo minutes after, ho went
home, evidently iu a great state- of ex
citement, with her valentine open iu his
hand. After a while he went back again
toward the post-office and returned. He
had takeu a reply ?
Jennie again sought tho office. There
were peoplo all around with those hide
ous things thut they call comic valentines
open in their hands. And they actually
seemed to think them lunny. She bad
reply. It did not tuko her long to find
her room and to open it. 1 here was an
other pieturo of a boat, but the name on
its side ' Despair.' And these words were
added : ' Your Lout u the plcaanlc4,
but wulmtandimj that there ton no va
cant place upon it, 1 nave been oblujeti to
take paisage on thin.' Slowly the nieun
ing forced itself upon her. Ileury hud
fours that she whom ho thought engaged
was coquetting with him. Jenuio drew
again the little boat with misspelt name.
And this time sho added five words :
' The matter' ' place i vacant.'
And quito luto in the afternoon the re
ply was left at tho door : ' I am appli
cant for the vacant place, if you will take
the place of mauler male.'
That eveniug Gough was to lecturo in
tho villugo, and my friend went, uot to
heur Gough, but to see Miss Jenuio Mor
ton at a distance. Somehow in tho stu
pefaction of revived hope he had not
thought of going to tho house to sco her
yet. lie hud postponed his departure,
und hud thrown uwny his scruples.
Knowing how much opposition he would
have to contend with, ho thought, if he
thought at all, thut he must proceed with
caution. But some timo after tho loc-
turo began ho discovered tho Monton
family without Jennie 1 Slowly it all
dawned upon him. Sho was at homo
waiting for him. Ho was near tho front
of tho church in which tho lecturo was
held, and every inch of aislo was full of
people lo get out was not easy. But,
as ho thought of Jennie waiting, it be
came a matter of life and death. If tho
house had been on fire he would not
have been more intent on making his ex
it, lie reached tho door ; ho passed tho
happiest evening of his life, but only to
awako to sorrow, for Jennie's father was
' dead set' against tho match.
Such devotion and constancy was,
however, suro of its reward, and if you
wait a few minutes I will showyou tho
heroino of my story. A few moments
lutcr a beautiful woman came in and took
a baby from the cradle, whero it had
been sleeping, and as sho fondled it with
a mother s tenderness, I asked her what
she called it.
" Hope," said the mother.
" Hope Valentine," added the father,
with a significant smile.
' And you spell hope with un 'a,' I be
lieve," I said.
" lou naughty Hu, said Mrs. Corne
lia. " You've been telling. You think
that love story is interesting to others be
cause you enjoy it so much !"
A Young Man's Troubles.
A YOUNG man in Baltimore, whoso
. lady-love had a " stern parent," who
interfered with tho course of true love
had heard of tho plan of talking through
a speaking tube, so that although his
" darling" was kept up stairs, he could
by that means converse softly with her,
though not allowed to enter the house.
He therefore got a tin pipe, of the de
sired length, made by a tinner, and in
each end of it placed, tor want ot a bet
ter mouth-piece, a funnel. Delicious con
versation went on, he sitting on the top
ot a water barrel, and she leaning from
tho window above. They would converse
for hours, and exchange all the nonsense
in the world, and then he would unship
his apparatus, put the funnels in his
pocket, wrap tho pieces up in a newspa
per and go home in a condition of ctherial
bliss.
The course of true love never did run
smooth, and ono evening the old gentle
man, smoking in tho back garden at an
unusual hour saw tho young gentleman
arrive, hx up bis apparatus,and commence
his soul communicating operations. Ho
wont into the kitchen and asked lor a
pitcher of boiling water : it was handed
to him, and off ho posted, up stairs. Just
as he got up ho commenced calling her.
So telling her lover to wait a moment, she
came to the door. Nelly, my dear, run
up to my room and get my spectacles ;
1 11 wait here until you come down.
She disappeared up stairs and ho stole
cautiously to tho window. The moment
he touched tho funnel tho amorous and
unsuspecting youth clapped his mouth to
it to resume where ho bad broken oil-
" my darling you can ; imagine how ."
Just then the old gentleman commenced
assiduously filling tho funnel with hot
water, and tho rest of the niiscrablo
youth's sentence was never heard. He
woro flour on his face for a fortnight af
ter, and declines to go into society just at
present.
Good Little Johnny.
rilUE Superintendent asked us to take
I ' charge ot a Sunday-school class.
" You'll find 'em rather a bad lot," said
ho. " They all went fishing last Sunday
but little Johnny Hand. Ho is really a
good boy, and I hope his example may
yet redeem tho others. I wish you
would tulk to 'cm a littlo." I told him I
would. They were rather a hard-looking
set. I don't think I ever witnessed
more elegant assortment ot black eyes
in my life. Little Johnny Hand, the
good boy, was in his place, and I smil
ed on him approvingly. As soon as les
sons wero over, I said :
" jioys, your superintendent tells me
you went fishing lust Sunday. All but
littlo Johnny here. You didn't go did
you, Johnny t"
"No sir."
" That was right. Though this boy is
the youngest among you," I' continued,
" you will now learn from his own
lips words of good counsel, which I hope
you will profit by. I lifted him on the
scut beside mo, und smoothed bis auburn
ringlets. "Now, Johnny, I want you to
tell your teacher, and these wicked boys,
why you didn't go fishing with them lust
Sunday. Speak up loud, now. It wa
because it was very wicked ; and you had
rather come to Sunday-school, wasn't it 1"
" No, sir, it was 'cog I couldn't find no
worms for bait."
t3f About flftoeu mouths or more ago,
little James Keosee, a child living at tho
depot near Wythevillo, Va. swallowed a
needle. This neodlo, which was full an
Inch and a quarter long, gradually worked
through the body of tho child, until It pro
truded from tho abdomen in tho region of
tho navel. A few days ago, a physician
extracted it, tho child not Booming to have
experienced any ill effects from tho transit
of the sharp pointed and unwelcome stool.
SUNDAY HEALING.
Vices of Uenliis,
COLElllDGE was snch a slave to liq
uor that ho had to be kept an un
willing prisoner by Christopher North on
an occasion when some literary perform
ances had to bo completed by a certain
timo ; and on that very day, without tak
ing leave of any member of tho family,
ho ran at full speed down the avenue to
Elleray, and was soon hidden, not in the
groves of tho valley, but in some obscure
den where drinking among low compan
ions, his magnificent mind was soon
brought to the level of the vile. When
his sproo was over, ho would return to
the society of decent men.
Do (juincy wus such a sluvo to tho use
of opium that his daily allowance was
of more importance than eating. An
ounco of laudanum a day prostrated ani
mal life during tho forenoon. It was
no unfrcquent sight to find him asleep on
the rug before the fire in his own room,
his head on a book, and his arm crossed
on his breast. When his torpor from
tho opium had passed away, he was ready
for company until about daylight. Iu
order to show him off, his friends had
to arrange their supper parties, so that,
sitting until threo or four in tho afternoon,
he might be brought to that point at
which, in charm and power of conversa
tion, he was so truly wonderful.
Burns was not less a drunkard than
Coleridgo. It was also tho weakness of
Charles Lamb. And who can remember
the last days of Poo, without an irre
pressible regret ? Ho was on his way to
marry a confiding woman, stopped in Bal
timore, and was found by a gentleman
who knew him, in a state of beastly in
toxication, unconscious us a log, and died
that night of delirium tremens !
Douglass Jcrrold was a devotee of gin ;
so was Byron. Steele, tho brilliant au
thor of the Christian Hero, was a beastly
drunkard. Men wroto of him that he
would dress himself, kiss his wife and
children, tell them a lie about his press
ing engagements, heel it over to a grog
gcry called the " store," and have a revel
with his bottle companions.
These examples show the importance
of forming right habits, and tho impossi
bilty of doing so if we rely sofely upon
our own Btrcngth.
Home Courtesies.
A retired governess says : " I am one
of those whose lot in life has been to go
out into an unfriendly world at an early
ago ; and of nearly twenty families in
which I made my homo in the course of
about thirty years, there wero only three
that could be designated as happy fami
lies. The source of trouble was not so
much the lack of lovo, as the lack of
care to manifest it."
The closing words of this sentence
give us the fruitful source of family
alienations, of heart-aches innumerable,
of sad faces, and gloomy home circles.
" Not so much the lack of love as the
lack of care to manifest it." What a
world of misery is suggested by this
brief remark ! Not more than three
happy fumilies in twenty! and the cause
so manifest and so easily remedied I
Ah, in the small, sweet oourtesies of life
what power resides ! In a look, a word, a
tone, how much of happiness or disqui
tude may be communicated ! Think of
it, reader, and take the lesson home with
you.
Small Months.
What I am about to record may surprise'
some people; but I have always noticed
that in women who have an extremely
small mouth, there Is seldom observed
that amiableness of disposition and char
acter, which la so frequently found In
those who have a handsome mouth of
moderate size. It would seem that too
small a mouth Indicates a weakness whict
degenerates into affectation. Tho last men
tioned quality seems to be so Inseparably
attached to small nous of the mouth, that
even those females who have an ordinary
mouth, when thoy are going to bo affected,
always begin by contracting that part.
" Was It your eldest daughter, madam,
that was bitten by a donkey i" No, sir,
it was my youngest. My eldest daughter
had a worse misfortune ; sho married a
monkey."
mom .
B A lady, in giving directions to. a
new servant, the other evening, said :
" Now, Biddy, as soon as you have break
fast roady to-morrow morning, you must
ring the bell."
"Shure an' I'll do it, mum," said
Biddy.
At an unusual hour tho next morning,
there came a fearful tug at the door-bell
a tug thut almost broke tho wire, and
sent both husband and wife into an up
right position in bed. The ringing con
tinued with frightful energy. The mas
tor of the house pulled on his pants, and
without waiting for slippers or dressing
gown, hurries, in surprise to the door.
There stood Biddy upon the door-step,
with a countenance radiant in the con
sciousness of a faithfully discharged du
ty, and, with a low courtesy, exclaimed :
"Breakfast is ready Blr I"