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~T JOEF tf:' WB2Y3ILR:
• Maud •Maller,:on a ,atinanutestday,' •
Raked the amok' ""Fegt: l o l 4 •
•
Beneatb.hey. torn hatglowid this welds' 1
Of Simple beauty and rustkhealds. • -
Singing the Irscloght; and her merry gleo
I na mbe)fttotrii Sehetsd r frona eve tress. •
Bak lust Eari,•ofrtotin; ' •
Whiti;t9tb , lq 6ai4k9o Wang dbwn:
*Thettifoot Sag died, 46l * Titfim viit l244
' 4o4l.llo . ooooll,l * llll 4 •42ver; ' braat ' .
.A-wists,isititr•' - dayedio ownl
uplitskiri betkittimmffite tad bow*,
Sean* rode ahlelyatititithe bne,
Sdoottdoehilinniseirchniinntanane. • •
Hs dltlr hltbiditila thishatio •
Of the tipsittontwitAgrest the staid, • •
And Sak,e;diatottio - galiter that flair, •
Through list nseadisrnetesnakin toad; ' • '
stooPettyliSie this eool ng lft•dobied l
• And filled for'MO beratiet tin eup i; -
And blushed is abe gate lt;tooting dams
On hek feet no bars' and her tattered Own:.
"Thanks!" said the3udge, ht.iticeter ciraug,h •
fkam a tidier hated was tiever 'quaffed." \
• He spoke 434110. griss trees,
oft* singing birtis itathe-ltruiming bees; I
He talked of the haylng,sitil'werideied 14i s e
The cloud in the west Would bring fbul weather
And Mad forgot her bbi-torn goirn, * •
And her graceful ancleS hare and brown; .
Anti listened, whsle a pleased Surprise .
Looked front her kag-lished haieleyes.
• . ,
At last:, like one Stem for delay
Seeks* rain tree:ln:W*le away.
Maud I ffinllerlookekand sighed:. ."1411 mei
That 1 the Judge's bride rufghtlte!
"lle would areas me up
And praise and toast me at sine. •
"My father Should wear a bioideloth •eoats
My brother should istMsi painted boat, .
. ;
' " dress my mothers° ruad and gay,
And the-baby sbould,have a new toy each day
"And rd feed the latizwry and-feed the per
And ail should bless use. who left:our dont.
The Judge looked batk as he clitnbedthe
• And stasc Matid ldulierlstanding still.
imanuct.- , e fair; a face mare sweet,
..I:6'er"futfl it been my; lot to meet.
"And her modest ens',/,' er 'and graceful air '
Show her wise and iOsti as she IS •
, " Would she were mine, and i to-day, • -
Like her, a harvester Of hay: •
"Ns diribtfal balan'Oe let rigkita'sma wion.
!CIF weary lawyers wiol . endless tongues.'
"Balm. of catile sisd song ()Thirds,
~end 'health and itulet Sec! losing: wards:"
Bit he thought of his sister, proud . and add, •
And his mother, vain of her rank aid golf
elosia' u.hiviireariAllredirdirw.roda‘
And Maud was leftin i the fieklaione.
gut t h e lawyers sinned that 'afternoon, ,
'When he hummed in court an old love tune;
And the young' girl nnised'beside the well,
'Till the rain on the nnraked clover fell.' •
He Wedded airiih of rieht er,
Who nvedfor Gillian as he for power. • . =
.Yet oft, in his nitride! hearth's hright glow;
He watchedipietarre'come - and
Mul l ier's hazel epee
Looked out in - their bitiocent virPrise-,
911, *hest are wine in Ida glais was red, . _
lie kriged for the Wayside well instead ;
And doied his OAS entire garnished rooms,
To drouttof meadows Clover' blooms,
• And the proud man sighed, with is secret pain
"Ah, that I WAS free . again!
"Free as when I ride that-day,
-
'.Where the barefoot maiden raked the hay."
•She wedded man unlearned - and poor,
And many children played round her door.
: But care and sorrow, and thud-birth - pain
• .Leit their traces On heart and brain.
And oft, when the summer vim shone hOt
.do the 'new-mown-bay in the moricrir lot, _
And she heard the little aping:brook fall
Over the roadsideohrough the wall, .
In the_shade of the apple-tree again
She saw a rider draw his rein, •
And; giving down with a timid grace,:
She
Ghe felt his pleased eyet read her fete.
floinetimes her nariow*kitthen walls
Stretched aWay.into 'Middy halls;:•
The Weary wheel to si - spinnet turned,
• Me' va:my _mine aiistrld burned,
And fbrkiarlwho sit by the chimney-lug,
Dozh3g and gn:o36lin g 'pipe Ind - mug,
..•
niablyloitri at her . side she sir*,
And joy was.antrand loviaras
Then Ile took 14,r titirdsti of rife again,
king Inal, ' l it might 4ve been, ,
Alas for Midden, alas for Judge,
For rich replier and hcinieliddlistidge!
God pitythem-ixotli ! - ,and pity os
vainly thriArCams of youth ass
For did sad words, of tOnt4CS
411 **dest* . theie "It aught have beers
well! Souses AD
.seme sweet &permit
'Deeply 'buried firin human eyes;
the'hareafter, may
801 l the timid tom itetigv , c . ,
si(efei) 10116$
TEE BORROWZD .TOOLS,
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ate C. annum
84Is agiel thmlifoli and Nathaniel H;
;sere
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also near.neighbois. 'Their land was s
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- prn&etive. In the natural eapaeity
soil, there was. Tait a;Via's4Mb of
( gee in the two firma, but yet they
niii'AisOmilar 'aspect after ; eyiuul
0400 iiumbcr of pun: Toni
hailaiiiii-koked neater : ts'
yard was s.leatt . ,his windows Ner re w h o !
hatirinat WigM ardria, ins torchl
thrifty; kid the' 6i;05 Virefulfy d
pruned.
,111r.:11646as had no
family to/support than had his neighb
yet his house and Ottt??lnftugs; and
.aveet,,pf his isrin irere=ver,rdilre
for ll* 40e7te: saes iwepots •
Aboisidi have beett :thstitiketrihiss4;'
;IMO wee Iciekintit4sitleitte",,ps
should have hjsmia...oilidtpladis; •
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,ed thing 4 , alott,gStnOotlilY,;hud ',l e '
every
thing-in sich;tAx'eellettt, nrder. :--. ,
ti, Titentpieti;'S.;ild null:heti one a n y in
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'the: sprinvasl4 came tip to the OOr -the
former,have: you - got an inch auger 1'
'Certainly,' returned Thompson, ' uldn't
get 'along on a Emit withont one?' 7 . " ....
'=l 'wish yen would rend:it tome a little,
while. I " have:delayed 'SOwitt# my grnin.fur
two _.daYs. beesinie •my 'harrow was broken,
and I. had: o tools witk,iwbieh tnOend it.', ..
‘, I will lend it' a you.; with pl easure,' said .
Thom n. 'A nd thely,,,ts a , sudden.thought
seemed to strik e him, be added :,, . - ,
; ‘They„tell V4,l4fr-ttolmes, that you lost
'cm: ii , ' . oryoiti„OwsiesterdiY.'
- ` Yes,'' returned .1104nes . widi .an uneasy
look,_ ''one 'o _ e co ws , ..! i
- f.th besti 'W:*
- * 4 .lltiw ;did it happen IL. . - .
':She broke her- kg.' 1, . i•, ' ,
A Bicsichor leg! Ho*. pray'?'
4 IWhy, you see the floor in - my tie-up had
'gut rather worri,out andif . shaky; and the night
. betpre la i st she got oriel of her le g through
it, and snapped the bene off like a pipe-st,em,
„wad so Iliad to? Miter;' , • -
,' _
I Alt, Mr. Holmei;theSe thing:3: we iiirmers
might to,guard against.l -.A verYllit tle labor
at_thtrproper. time *old- Lain' sated 'all.
that'. !•;! . •
, 9 know it; said Holthcs, dcrincaat
look; and I, should baie flied the floor long I
°ago if l had 'had the tools.r.! But• It is no use I
trying about it . Row. !-N.Vhat's thitio ; can't be.
1 1 ell'e0= .
That was always a :source of griat ccinsola
tic.o to Mr , irro/InCa. 3 When it thing was
Acme, he: tried : " to feel, satisfied With ;the; re
Ilection that . it could it be undone;. though
he s i efdottiLiod, up the Operience,for future
use. kr.' rittompson tattled towards the shed
door, aid:lett the way hp into it ; a&ti, light
chamber; and Holmea, followed., Here was
a stout beacli;'ell!fixed for hand use, and up
on l it. was a. full
„set dJf44, anea, saws, gaagcs,
mittlets;hungfiera; etc., atihilc in aismall rack
sigginst - the
~ ,Artititin • ivere ariihgtii, • and
overhead inini,sorne,-,half dozen
d ifferent. siz
ed "anger.,‘:' -- short ' titer° was; everything
here that a man could possihly,iiSe in! build
in repairing abolitt'lhe houstV'
Mr. 'Thompson took -flown : au ,! inch auger,
and handed it to leis gielFhbor and as he did
so renrarked ' •
• hat;en't seen yoUr,; 'sea Thomas about
'foi' two Or .ilifeb'dnYs:
*Mrell, exactly `!slek, but he's got a very
badfoot; '` . lle has steppe d on it. Ile trod on
in' old riisty, nail in! tt?e barn floor, and it.,
went !into his 'Mot - siither!i6y?
'Whehr; that'S` uttered 'Thompson,
with SyMpathetle•':-lindder. 'I never, al
letv-My boys to be arothal' much harefotited.
i Nave Kinndthat - theiiijicks and braises
.4e leather, aside f - itur
the comfort -nd lockS'
• 'J.>, Thomas •tvati , t 'ltarefooted, but ,you;shoe: • 11 . meant - to - 11#k carried ,It'doWn. to
'the village and had if IV - tended, but I forgot
it.'
'All, friend Hoignes4 a, save. such di -,
citifies as that. I iilWaya- keep a littielcath,
er by sae, :iud 'thee . ' When there is a little
tapping Or patching to be done rcan fit it up
in a few i minates: - Ail! these 'thing; can be
done, during rainy diyi, when I might other
hide belyi - ng idle.t
'Well; :returned :Holtnes„ I, suppose I
could' cobble a shoe Well ' enough if 1- only ;
bad the. tools; bait li . tekes quite a collection
of iinplements to fit, up a cobbler's - beach.
klowever, 'what's &Age can't . . he helped. I
gueSs.Thoinasivilibi nut in a d:iv or two:—
But -1 '''Must hnrryafftnow, and fix my har
row? - • "i ' -
•It took: Mr.-Hellatui nearly all day to fix
his Lhirraw; icititat bef bad. to.postpone the
ItarrOwing of his land next morning,
and-When he,at length; got his grain. into the
ground,''fi w
e' as, just ,days behind his
hetghbor Thompson.. his - .son•ira3 confined
to the' house over -a, I iir.eek, and during that
time he had to hire an,,extra hand, which cost
him abOnt, four dolinia, besides the doctor's
bill-he had to flay.
'When it came haying time, be bad to buy
he* rakes, linfauset,he old ones, had gone to
rick andinin.'' rerbatis they started with
the - liiss' i of,ii.few l ,itieth, or the breaking of a
'
bow or perhaps evetithe 'head might have
got, the broken; and th instead of saving
good handl e, - ike.!. and making the proper
tools,.he. wits obliged to 'buy new rakes en
tire.'So in all the - departinents of
-his basi
ness;fie iiraa constantly . : 'meeting with obsta
cles that retarded its progress, aII Car the
want ofzi fen- simple tools. .
One rainy; day in the Tall, alter,theharvest
'inAilias Thompson was -in
, - ins tool's:hi : Other niaTrineitime„ apple boxes,
When bisineighlair POltries entered. -
tiSiPPsoP r 7 '!" said the latter, after he
'had witelret the rn
MoTeents of-hiiineightior's
- fore-plane few_ Mlognerits, how much did
thht sled ' -Of.' yours eigat,?„. ,mUst have one
tha t winter. 1 . _
4 "o;lhat c - l eitst_ttin'' :nothing.: I made it my-. 1
self during'sogneOf these rainy days we. had I
just before'fiarresiing, gut the timber out t
when I hatilai my wood last Winttli; so- the
Well;ioghbor-Thomtison; said HAinest
alter some tinie.tpentlrihard•studi: don't
see`how it its that,, gefilong!4 sour
AMA. prdauce:any 'More than
37 mine; does,
and-I'm `surte 'ou,donft work-so - ;hara a s . I an.
Your wife ' t don'tinake any better: butter•or
cheese
..thakt: Mine -4 - 0 f . ; your
,sheepdon't
bear, bettei - wont:ysitn" Pew don't make
better honk- _You :rage rric,io=ll94 Wan :I
do, la be 'sure:'
'But! hive . no lioord _trees ' oink
`
No I?fit...titettryr i freli *l4 . 4 a#'
better
giiitlity,and firid;s MO:fe
t teilal*;* o 4 lll 4-./ fraftea, i n : th e e
best. specie *4,, ye , * same as.
IPurs twelFe t ;V . vgai. 0 0; o : l 4:Yitk - Agiard LP_
otheinisilers', rtiiitik if you will look about.,
the.twopl4ces,,yen Ittod In many respects;
:mine • is. mo st' proiltictive.., coiff!a, l l'lVtg.',
moremilk i lthan yOura . dp,thrl?ugl?,_43e*miriPteN;
b e'caus'elbPY‘ have' by,t, 44C,
wanner barn. eals _ lni . )re P 4 ,_ ll:ll Min 56 2
do, Zeeltt.. -- -621 an,a , P I S sß" , w'n
4711 i and tinftet4 l 4 ' then
to thin may beesi_xuahe more himeY, OP,
i ors do , ?biliibi.4lre• - ilooCtter sardq.
may 0 0 .9 1 .* llifititijoin 'U414 4 4 0 : IV
I gue €4 4 4 'f:Plk a q taidrle. do/4 hisi#, B 4l:4
attr,rai
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tPeti*polititebgt,' mettesta i tioh*
with a a#fellm!lo9k; 'and I waticivii lion
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4 CertarnlytAm—out or twot hundred dol.
lags ever)" , year= - - . 1 ;
Yi r .hP; so utueh-as that!' uttered Holmes, I
with allpok of: surprise. 4 Why, - can't' lay
up a mitt: • .
'Let . ! me give you bit of ti secret,' ',said
Thompson, in a: kind, neighborly, tone, as he
laid hid upon" the bench: , 'Lastrfum ,
trier you.baUght fimr O net rake* and a pitch , ,
fink. Now, how" mach did.t.hey tost
`LCO fee;".thet: rakevearne to vor=o.,•fiva
cants a piece s . and tho. fork carnet tck a dollar,'
eWollitu Air; my fork litudleint broke aeu
cidentally last , winter; and Ito some of
the rakes;•-• but timmedistely took each parts
as were` good arid brought them up , here anti
then - at my first leitiare opportunity, 464
.them.up. "-There ,werc ittro dollars saved:—
Now , yOu have nothing to - do toAttY
• No, It ruinui too hard." - '
And yet yOu see that lam at work. 'Now,
how ' -sclalmr
arc yon going to get your it
'Marston is going to make;them fur - me.
and I am going to give him a barrel of g(spti
There are two'dolhirt ;pone. Nov if You
hire Sled made likernifici it 'Will'eeiSt yqu
twelve dollars. That Will be sixtetn dollars
that rhirre laid up while'yoe lawe',betit able
to do nothing.: ; Nirw let us 'see bow that
sixteen dollarS will multiply itself.
.. You ;sold
your: wbol last spring as- soon ns you; had
sheart4our sheep ?':.`` -
. . -
had to, for Irneedect the - mtiney, ,
Ho*: . . .
.
a pound.' • ,
ypu had sixteen dullUrs by. you in ready
eash,. ' you wouldn't have Veen obliged to
_have sold •
'No,l returned Holmes, - Wha i se oyes .
beg,inniiT to-open, 4 4 ' I, could have , scpie
along, with that sum. - • • '
`NW, continued - Thomson, '1
_Fold
wool yesterday, and they sent to my
and tout: it. i. got forty-two eents a. . 1
fOr it. had, one hundred and seventy
pounds: and by recluining it over after
sold it, `.,1 found had made just twenty
lar--tbilti.s I had obtained just
more oil •the pound than 1 should if I
been ',obliged to sell when you did.- So
see ho! these.. little things Multiply t
" '
!And this all comes of you having toot
work with'.said Holmes,; in a subdued '-t'
‘lsfostly,' returned Thompson. . I
`W4II, if 1- had the tools, I might kave
a good 'many small sums in the course_ of tie
, year ; but 1, never had any money to sare
for the fu. • Why, the„kools you have here
and in the house ovenind.ahore yOur farm
ing utepsils must he worth fifty dollars ?' i
;
`Jus,,, about that sum:',' '
1
"Then I fear I shall.luive •to se, , l'APe along
meth bcif.r6weil tools ; : - ,1 can never . spare
;(. - ' • iLit 4 ' -
1, _ '`Voti don't understlit the secret, Mr.
_i:_...-...-- —l.--
have fpne with 4: a fifty dol l ar note and bought
[ tools, but I collected them gradually. • I have
bought every tool on inn,reniises Wiill; my
grisg ttioney.' '
I - ' ait'OG NIONZY ! I rcit,crated Holmes, in
'blank 'surprise.
(I'6,' returned Thompson, with a slight
smile,' with my . grog money. Now l'in not
going to gi.e , you a temperance lecture, for
1 you are as ci:eil able to judge for yourself .as
' 1 am •,- but I - am going to give you a little
I' 1 1•' 'feconomy ; eont , nt ••nd 1 3 in -
print. pc, o
r, l. v. 1 . ►141 .......
The first year I was on tins farm I- used
~ocens
iounilv to take's little spirits, and, whenever
' I.wourd - gp to the vi11a . ,..„,0e, whieb was usnally
twice:ia week, I wouldf drink two or three
firnes;' , I know not that 1 expvieneeci any bad
effects from 'it, but I ant confident that it did
me, tip: gOod, and thit it was a habit that
might: grow to a big, evil. As near as I could
calculitte, the spirits I had used cost me on
ap strem,ge i weuty-fiveleents a week.' 1
'Yes, every cent of it.' , , • 1 -
' \Nell, I tignmenced on the first of ..l j an'ry
tt; lay up any grog money, and with that dis
positien came a peculiar desire to commence
saving in other. Ways, ?.and I soon found the
means of stopping up many more gaps .in
my financial affairs. I, saw bow much might
be =Lind ifl could only. do some work which
I thin W .1.4 obliged to pay for, and to this end
1 commenced buying Such tools as .l thought
would come most handy. At the end of the
first Yearl found myself the owner of thirty
dollars worth of, tools, and it • all came from
the money '1 might have drank up. i 1 felt
stronger andheartier than I did the year be
fore,', and I 1 felt much happier,•for I cknew
that was !laving the foundationlof future
7 . ,
good. : -
I T-ime passed on; tu r d my txienty-five cents
a week kept coming in.', lt w = as now . a saw,
then it hammer, then anotter, then anew auger,
then it bit-stock tied
. bip, until in eleven ;years
I hate =nut only collected Tan excellent variety
of tiols, but 1 have drawn directly frepiu my
`grog-fund nearly a hundred dollars-besides;
bat the value of My, toOls cannot be'estinulte.
in Money; as 't have 'already. shoWn
They . , are not
_only source of great profit,'
but they - are also a 'sciurca of an incalculable
degree of ComfOrt. p small gap in a :man's
business affitirs may seem a 'trifling thing at
first; bat it is like "a •*le in a bank that con
fines'. the 'high waters of thelike. The al
micist insignificant st*iim will
_be Sore to
gra* frightfully larger, and, unless soon Stop
ped 'p the .pure, waters of • die lake will ,ere
long, lose
,'themselves In
_the neighboring
streams:: I believe, my - friend; "gir-ing
grogi. I have not sacrificed one Angle comgirt.
Now 41Ou't you think :you would , feel as
;without it t' CoMparc the producti 4:4"Jour
grog money, with the products of mine. -
f Mr.. .Itolities'iriade no reply,', butiPolied
deep:clown into * shavings with his as
*Ugh ho.expeeted tei fina-an idea thcra.
'Thompson, ha said lerigth,,l I wish yen
had,!explained this 'years agxo
4 1-
,w 'as ;afraid; it might offend you; for to
'tan& upon witiniiii'ppytitii 'affairs is at best
'ol4lieate"utter.''' ' ' • '
‘ I know lt =but Mahon ,Holmes is not ti
maim f be'Ciretded . iiiilt his frieod tot. kits).
and - • •
'Well,' said. Thompson with a look of ex-
Eilition - 'lt .15 not •
:trPOIAV* ,• , NO late now i
itnenne, add irevei yOu hatie tui`oivona.,
nit 'to Mkt:L*ll4 if the leerkit, . e nd fir,.
olisir*ll, be.or szik nse 441 :. you. I will.
lend It to you Siitiodwuro: • ,
.*, Whist th ankfid aien4 with tR:
'034- e yes, ;abieltliaftcrwsFas -hS :mina
7 .lo..hia.nwnlossa..; 1.10 - * 4 1 0 : 13 0 *eta to :
thiAlalike• tklitiatiiel4.aft RC hop!. his.
liitle'broveri jug, hattonght home anger
ma he foil radii priod when be ba ud Ern
slat St "'Mk withal, of hie olk, WU.
Kowa
2j ,• ' . ,','s, -;- s i ..-
. , . Winthr, i t
..
-. awayopsi viten spring",
9 Itni*'t...tind himself*. pwafer of, six
dollars' ,4 - 010(' -f i lit;olsi ail ff.ciFa money that -
WOUI a.' iiiivil, • { 1 worse that": wasted he be
imt;l;coioxto o; i4 . But this thing Operrited.
in ninny Nnyi kir good. liqwthat be'lini
the :'' ability - to fii up, his buidiugs without or.:
roviing..tools,lC- gsri . toot take tv &wee of
fr* in tteina Iyildd,neyer : kkli before.: He
Is pn
bulk; tlAr. ar.d simds for his , inir utensils;
ii* pisiwihdOvis,.figed , up beshivesiandi
*414.- *ctit t liar, :tiettsa_ . 1 11,* barn; land:
dutisgtbe mini Avs,.befottelll himself with , , 4
plenty to ,tin., .2pris likildissi. never ear !
world" a1i..64 ttow,, nor - 04)iis WWII t
thron . gh.,tbe,. Vain floors, in4-As is a py„:
Ihric t ing,' ; •isinieiCt4 farmer. gis cow s ,Kivu
,give
us' Xnueb milli; hip bees Make much hog,'
hi,;',Oecslicht as minty and as good aPpleg,i
his ichumbers hotifis much gain , and he. gets!
ag ~ii...4i nioncy, for : his wool as does his
nerhOil .Ihornpson,and
al tthis becati.e he:
stn pod' . IfilS - C3rog.ntid bp* his own p0014,-
tin len; nftdepcnding upon ifs neighbors for
whitt he 'ought to do.for hiinselE.. , -`1 i I
rXei
X,t.i . liktoJ . ',ottiii:loo . ,
•,,
CHILD
SPMTS.
•
;, • A ritt
,•
• Inr
MRS MART
,rtiwtta it:6ld evening, and', there wail 'hitt
little fire-in Mt* Roffman's Vic.;_
.scilittr,
Frame sat close by it; and though his thotigh iir
were far! aWay, yet a slight fueling of diOorit;
fort,l.fronv; the- thinness,• mingled with ho
fauck*.i---, -I , --, •- . . " I I .
itis inother's:wheel kept on- = as it alWaya,
did l in the ivinter's long evenings 7 -witlyal4 .
hutnining sound had till TOW beediveo,o,
-cheerful ! and pleasant to little: Frantz 1 ,„! hint
someliONT he forgot to notice', it this night.'
Poer.Fitintzt—he .scarcely seemed likiiilit
self, for tibia bead was bent down; andhili, eyes
seemed lttir iv looking straight' thrOtigh the
floor, s'O'fi-ed and intent did bligaze•seein.ri
Oftetil and often did the Mother's eve tut - ii
to her' , little boy t for never had the joy-teak:.
MO eye of: :Frantz been so low* n bent•to • the
earth; `.. but still the Mother saidno Word, till
'clast ititliipp sigh _ came from' the parted:l li p
of Feitkitz4 • thett his mother';• *laid her'bai 4
softly: upon his,;, yet oven alit:gentle ito4b
started;.Frautz, ao 'lost was to - in •tboOgat ;
and when )le quickl y lifted ins face, and salty
the qta•Aiening look of his Mother; hi s ; p t
up thoughts bitrst ant at once. -• • -*:1- •- 1
. ':fih,! mother t in-u week it.will.be qui tr
I
nf'ag day; -can I mot have te - Christrnas4rc i'
The :ii,torOer's time looked_ sad, but foii 'on ,t,
'a Mer,nept ; . she knew that the earnest Wish
little Frantz was . not likely to be 'reaii t;
but.isbe knew too: that it was t for•har buy'
Vnttiffittitiliiiret, ' * ' ' Iti* ''•
logly kat:d :gentlY than usual, as she said-: 1:
4;.A.44 want rrtakeS inYllittle Frantz st I is,
liciet kat that now?. 'lle Juts - never had •a ,
aii , ...ittia.s, tree before?' , ' ''
• . I 'l '
-911,h4t is it,' exclaimed Frantz- ' ' 1 neiV.:
er had,linet Ever since I-was a bab y; blath
ers:l leite,4heard, of the good Christ-child who
brings; to others. : `NV ki-di4eS '
he hot :bring illem to me.? Am I • vtorbv than
ail 'Jae:licit mother 1' • -• •- 1
'"INO- , -•iio, Frantz,' ' spoke, the moth er lia,
t
tily--for in her; heart arose a picture of .the
gentl'eu4 the self denying fortitude Of her
,ii Welai,Y in the Midst of trouble ; his pi/pence,
in ;sieltnoi,s, his industry 1 in health, hp abs
him Orel rto help her in 1,411 that his lift
hands tould do; h No—'ss! my Fantz— •
• ` • ai l. , - - 1
. „ i
t Wtill;;lnother, but is there any reas on[ '''.--••
rot' di,i.ntitktiOw how 1, have dreamed o a
-beatififhl
,I.reelthat,l should have this Clart.
-nuts 1 it Irtis full of golden - trait and lighted,
toPeri,' add-under it werellaid gifti forl you,
- dear ,mpther ; * new bible, with large print;
and a ptitie of Money, so that you mienot
have; to ~Work ' , so hard,, dear motheiii a
i
warm clothes that wohld never lei yon tit .
eold.l --7, ./Vrd Ohl arl i '" l i m " .: a'....15 "the' t rod[
toi3ity'l dad - the windows shining with their
luadi Of beautiful toys, find giftS of, ally sorts,
and kW the boys and girls runrring,itnd-iltbut
.,
ing, 'find - , ,telling how they -would not care for
- auythjegjelse !when the; Christmas day was
once - come, and they would have their loaded
treekben, Mother, all, all the dreamsThave
• hrul,lsinde Lea n first reinetriber, etimelb4ck ;
all yoU !laic Sld nie' of-the goOdChritiehilil
and hi*, !dove ; for children ; and 1,. Itaifl l fe lt,
mothek, : ins ill! was left out, and - not fdred
•
a r non4 the reisi. * * - ' •-I ; 1.
.' 13* Fraatz,' said the Mother, ' it!7 I • 1. ia.
sad4-lad thotht. ' Do not letit somel mu
,yOurheiirt egaiii: Oh I:the Clarist-clO is
alWayS g!;od-raltogeher loVing,. even heft
' hiiii itilte a's 'shOwn in sucliways-, t ime: l 4o d'P
milt 'clea rly see it at Once. Come eliisek.- tp
ruNirraptz.' i; . ' - * - '•-* 11 I
. Ormuz, saw
, ! in his molher's face a - toll of
such jee .tenderness, that his soul gre w folk'
He;took; his own seat, 'and ' ; sat close . ide
h4r.aliii:leanej his head "against he; kne e aoo
the hibtbei. said, gently-;.- - - f;. 1 . ;
-. l•Prirtiii§,f.;ehila has given yciu -hetititiful,
gifts,iiii Frantz - ; 'ho his given yoti...nfil and
a ',wario,'earnt• T t heart ;• he has given; you
. a„
mother,'!Who Rotes you - so dearly 4, a hotpot°
Shelter you ; ihe gives us the light of day,ana
all ihiglorioUs things it reveals,' an ftaistil; 1
let ..- beauty Of the night:- ',and tie . ' gives us
inciter '-‘ than all: it tope of hi;aven, and aik OWP,
'edge Orth path to it. Ara not thesb.greit
. i
Illftst rrantz l'' _. ' ?--- - . 1 I •
.
'; lemitz lifted his face ; 'ho did_ not:i speak .
beflils, - ,eyes Were full of tears, and It* mot h:
er knew that;his heart said= . ,! I'
•-' , - , ... , , . 1.
f Solshe wen t on. - '
... _. •-- 4 1
-I - ti l :t• , .f‘ '
,! - efse am t a i: . gifts We most need to make,
usb l o.'F'i ctters maybe good forlu4 . ,but
(tie• Christ-n4il4 knows lietter - 4441 Ire do
Wliti! t ' We 1)30: '• If it -were-good) foS',.; s he
woo *ilia, ti*ati. we . wished for,; 44; t 6,
we niiot, yko,t Make a good use Of, hi* gifts,ilir
Wi,i - niiiiht:' . lo9w. proud of.:them,. 04 :4: ikr
iirt4iied t s gi b gifts as to.furiet - , ,the givir4-
Mit'intr, FM4, 1"4. Us oily ask, for'imiliat, la
tie - 4'4*(4 . 'iii - t0 haik; Oahe will 04, if;:lii
kiiii 0 giV'e; (4 1. 4, 614 4 1" iarusoi.ivULlT) ll 444
,1 *, a: Frantz
iittia :Frantz had -heat hitt.oi on
•trii*l, tallow it was soli .sadaels,, only
nltii!, ~.
• 16 * wss la bis . --44 8 ;' and hi 'aithed,: .
, t ' P i . Y w eal l ' Wt *POW Iltat , lir bitstf+-wbatito
ror r . . ", ~ L - . 7 H. •
irl4 , - siktgivii,thivat'thitii. is wl 4b.
imandtsiitiet; if it is soi t sui ids lb* .
fl 1 0 16 lb! gife anett sesbefti Print"
i?~1
• to
vne.
B 3
. - f +l l -. .1., , - • '..
I)A 1 7 .`:;-4 7 ..t11 iIjAR , ~. 11'.4855 - .'
itt
e :, 41 , i
,k• ! ' •'• - .i' * '• ': ,1"1 1 ..!
. ' 1
,-I - - , . .
And the ,I
mother .'arose; and took from
closet a - smelllSnin of money. •, .. ,I, • - - .1 4-
' This; elteeentineedi I' I .a ll 1 hate ' - iralik.
of this is speu l t -for teys, or plays, I diallaqi
have any tojmy sheas - for - you nor. for .m.t.i
and by thiiil -lcnow the Christ-child deems- it.
best for.metto, be conteht with what is moot
necessary, end tp gire up the pleasure of buy
,ing you beeidiful golden fruit and colored t 4
pers.' .• 'I l I,
,1.1 •
'Could .
!I not ,dd without sh V ofts mkeid -
I
Frantz. '' !would gOto manterrands Bar tlie
old cobble ; that bewould mend tnY old once,,,,
and ola iif Ithitt would make it right- 1 1 1
' . ' And I--should filo without shoesl ) asktid
the mother ' : - ' - ,
1 1
' 'Frantz 'looked down at the Worn out shoes
she bed on and again his heart Wai full. 1 1 .,
' ' Oh! nr4; Mother ; you • must hive shoe.
But oh! hoWiliappy,`the boys must be whose
niiithers hare 'shoes f and can give them Chrisi
- mai trees; lion!' ; - , , , 1•
. ,
Long di :,Frantz lie awake that:bight, arid
ponder or i• - till thit his mother had said,-arid
at lasti tl tight spring intp his mind. It Wits
not wrong . 4 ci; ask tit l e:Christ-child Or what vto
1
wish, if.w :will only patiently bear the with
holding: ' •11
04 would' ask for the tree.- But
how I IV - mother kld told , hint • that the,
;4
Christ-chil i Was ready to answer and always
near.. Frthtz Nvould write his Iteart's Wish in
-ajetter, and ilirect it 4 To th e- Christ-child,'
' I And ear IYin the fair morning, Frantz wroe
the
h letter, and whene ntet his' Mpther, his
face was once tnoreithe gay bright face of o 4 •,•
for in his pheket was the paper which seemed
to him a. wjsrrant or coining joy, and in Ills
1,
heart was fl. feeling i very like certainty that
'his wish would be granted ; .yet he did - riot
speak a it.,' ;It Was his first, his glad, darling
secret, ,and4should be a great surprise to His
mother, , oihe only.looked joyful4rid kiss +d
her, arid . slfn 1e.',14 her hand on his head, And
'said how glad shewiv4 to sec her boy so pa
' tient and aiterful One l e more. ' : l.
Frantz I:lid - hwy . litle nets of kindness and
industry that day, for, his heart was a forin
tein of hope and lore; and he wished to lailp
ercry One. But lively as he was,ihe did not
A'irget; to drop his precious,letter in the .pitit
Office. II I - 1 ~. ' , •
When the postnfaster came to look oi l
the lettersk of course lie was much surprisi
at this oneliof Frantz's, with so strange a i
rection ; .bnt in a moment he .....aw , that it w
in a child's hand, and he opened the. letter.
It ran thus ' ' ; -
.. •"• Goon qIMIST (JIMA), - *' . . • '
I ani a poor little boy,: but 1 - have a ged
mother s. who has taught me many thing a
, figet.you
.„-' and slie'has,.,said that you. ro'
I kind and goOd, Rna hole.' little children a icl
f
delight to }give. them lifts., so that they'are
..ii,it bait-for ; eiles... Ni3n . r . nly ''ltiother is kihd
too, And.44ipttki like• to g,ive nte:illl 14.9int,hut
she:ris pool and when.' asked her for a Christ-
Ma's trees • She.eutildriet,give me, one, becatise
ifir rPoi - . - t. -tin--44-nv ii.rOinill' s lrna Cuva;•
e e l 1' . ..-
t
giVeirne - t I hope-I -am not a bad boy
1 ant.suretitY mother aci"es not' think• l ait ;
I and if it isl not hi...st for me to have the tree, 'I
. i
Will try t 4 be patient, and hear t as, a Ott&
boy sh - ouid ;" but I , don't see what hurt .a
I forge Bible Or ivaint clothes could de `te
i ty
I poor triothei; so, if 1 may not have the t ..e,
~. . ..
,_, .
Ob I. _please ,g,ve ner,thost, and i shall , be Ise
' happy •' t ' ,' ' FhtNTZ lIOITVItia I V •
' Pleas c d[With the
~Si, niple, childish innoeettee
of the Tetter" the - postmaster put it in his prick
et.' Whet hewent liothe, he fitund a rielila
. .
dy there, ii, -be had" conic `to take ten ivith ibis_
wife • and tO,..the: table, when tilt wereasiem:
bled; drew forth the letter of little.Friintz
and'read, it aloud,"„ tellingl,low the poor little
fellow would . wonder I itt . never ' getting his .
tree; or 14ver hearing of his letter again.. 1
' But he. may hear - 10f it-agttin i ' sold Ithe
'
rich , to tstene , carefully to every
word.- 'There is,so, na i ttelEgoodness'of heart
in the - pockhoy's,,love foe his mother that
well deserves to be rewarded. He mayliear
of it aga i n .';4 . - I tr
- •
So the lady reinembered the nettle - of the
tiny-, indeed she it. ,, keilthe man' to give,' her
the. letteri,:whith the did, and'by its aid - she
found out where ''s-auxtz. lived: From some
of the neighbors , she heard' • gm poor t ey .
were, , and Ihow little Frantz, helped his m th•
,
er allrdayi cheerfully, and was the best oy
iii the 'ns.fe,:hltorheod, and that Mrs.' Hufliban
had notlio! even the money to. buy shbes,
for that her landlerd had raised her renattd,
-she. had -te:trive the little sum laid aside , ,
, to
him, andlthe ladi thought-to herrelf that it
'would ncit be likely 'o spoil so - geed a' boy
by' a• lx4titiful tree; so she had one - broght
to her hOuse.. large and full of leaves it
was, andk: , al2o)Ought all kinds of beautiful
and u,sefttV, thin to hang on :it; end beau
tiftil - void*, lored tapers, to belplaced,aniong
the branelt3c, arid on the' table, under; the
tfoe; *were' laid tiro' pairs of shoes, onel i pair
for the Mether i tind one pair for Frantz, and
a pir oftidelehlankets, and a purse of mon
ey, (fur 0%, lady knew that poor Mrs. Hoff:
man must' have Many, wants of , which ('she
could,nut iktiowi and she wanted her to Imp
ply, te* by . means . of the pursei)andest.
'r ally, there, w as ,a, large Bible.:,: -",-,
If 'Fi•alitei dream had
,stiddenly;turn -in
to realq .
'it eOuld not linve„been. mon! bean
tifut '; 1. ' . , 1::
___ So d ay! ,ifteo day -went on, and
~tW
Franiz,ltantr.44 the fate,:of his letter,he
erdonbW that I tat, would go . well :: .1
•
pleasantito ten the suit-stiny:facelvith.
he_ greeted oiery Morning as ~on
Chrl.tinee:'•• And when at hist:Chris mas
'Morning 'came bright , and clear, there, es a
lespingAblinding heart in his bosom,' d a
light in 7 :his blue9yea , that made -hia.ini ther
in) 110 :4 0 d it4), 1 41.1 1 ,§be aeareely,knnw here
their ne#'„tiepl was' t 6 come from, the;heel
kepi an 111. gliat.F.rarkit sat ~-wi ehis
eyes fixed on. tbO, blue sky; as; though liti al
most tbtinglit bis,ex - peeted „treewould i dmp
down. foot it, ~i,; ' .: - ~, .' '. „ . ,
SuddiillY , a i 14* knock wakheard tb
4
door, a4d, f l wipe asked 7— ~ . ,-_, -s. , „• .
'fi little FrAnts,Hoffrneolierer -.,,
Frantz laltnott.flew to the'door. -
,
'And 4. ' 40 Jllll4 maiden, iliti risked: tit
toldiiiM i,ta contowith bur, arid_:.ehia - nit,
nitistmiOtiii.tool. le.: ei : - e x., ,f k '
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Allicif"Very so:Nitr, Was ihe little pirty-r dy,
and ihei,b,ltlerinaiden-led . them-atnfig' : : ' 'ily;
talk.../iinditenio" 4 9Uie, mtirsla4 o .[lbefilek'-
ed oiiiiii.noolthey entered: in.`---t`,",i . e-
- ---414lighlitrOltrrimtzlitosig
kw hit *t
Ituitaikvihiej)itt . lelfiud - to' bimt ' t
'the 'en - stood! lA*4' Ink a*, and its, Ilia
girl Tsui , it - open ; a blaze of light ' ' "ed
out. 'tx 4itught his inothozos .- , end
tipdrew , fon*ra, atelaftly . .. I--
MI
!. - FRAZI.tR4c SMITE PUBLISHERS,--,;V:OViVLI"
'lt is 'my tree—my, tree! I knew so well
It would e:: ready:
And 're enough, there stixd .the shining
tree, all bright with lighted tiepers, and: laden
with sparkling fruit, and on high was,rm
im
age of the beautiful Christ-child, holding out.
his hand and smiling so lovingly, and, below
wag, svrit!eri: .* - •
iEgAsvz---Bacaisz HE LOViS
MITLIER.t • -
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THE LARD OF. THE: BABAOHE'..
BT BAYARD TA11.04:
- The New York Evening Foot, gives the
public the following tast e of Bayaii Taylor's
new book '' • ", -
; . Z APPROACg TO JERUSALEM:
but "when I climbed the inst. ridge, - and
looked ahead with : a
.sort of painful sirspeßse,
Jerusalem .did - notappear.. , :We w - Are too
thonsana feet above the Mediterranean, whOse
blue we' l eUeld, only, see fur: to .the west--; -
;through 7potches lit the chain Of hills; r,-TO the
north „the mountains were-,, gra:Yesolate„
and awful: - ' Not a shrub or tree'relieved their.
frightfid barrenness. An upland tract, cover:
ed with White 'velpriie riAt; lay before 'us.
We "met pea - stmts . will: . assess looked, to
my eyes, as if. they had justleft Jerucalem.
' Still fdrward we urged our horses,' and reach
ed a ruined garden, surrounded_: with cactus,
over cc' itch I saw domes aud' walls in,the di'
tanee. Li i ,l., drew a - i long breath, mad Joked at
France's. , Ho was jogging • along Without.
turning hi.: head ; he , could not litye been. so
indifferent if that was reilf y ' s ,
the city. Pre'
-entiy.- .0 reached ,another 'slight rise in the'
rocky plain. Hi began to 'urge his'ptiniin''m
~,
horse, e;nd at the sameinstant We both. lashedi,
the sPiiit into ours, dashed oriNat, a break- '
peck gallop, round the corner `ofim old wall'
on the top of the bill,- and la! the Holy Citvil
Our G t reek jerked both piSt4ls 'nip . '" his ho - I-1
seers; raid-fired them into the air, as we rein- 1
ed up,Oit the steep. ' • ;, ~. -
FrOM the description 'of,trasellers i I:.,had:
I
expected to see lin Jerusalem an ordinari
1 moderd,-Turkish }town; but that "befl..re me
with its Walls, fortresses andclomes," - Was it netj
still the': city of David'? . I sap , the . Jerusalemi ,
of the New .Testament as I had imagined it..=-1-1
Long-lines of walls, crowned
,with a notched, I
paranet, aud strengthened., 4, towers,; and an :I
few:Zion - tea 'and s'pires'abOvei them celuitais of !
cypresses here' abd therei- this Was . all''that i,
was visible ofthe City. : On; eit hir side 'the.'
hillOoPed down to- the, two leep..talleys over 1
which it hangs i _ On the east, the Mount Of
bliv,i .. erowned:with . i.t. chkpel and mosque,
,
rose high and steep,
"but in front the eye pass.:''
-ed direetly over the city, to' re.kt, fir' :away- 1
upon
. iie • mountains of Aioab, •heyerid the.
inent cOlors werethe purpre of
. theos dis`tant i
rnountiiinS, and the hoary gray- of the nearer
bills. -The walls were, of the dull.yellow, of
weather-stoined marble ; ail& the. only tieei...-°
.. the dark cypress and mocinlit olive. - Nov,,
indeed,lfor one brief moment, I' knew that 1..W7V,3
..W7V , 3 in Palestine ;.'that: I saw ..igount Olivet
and ,MoU k Zion - r arid,4 knOvy not it was, - ,':
J nix sight grew 'Weak, and all 'ObjeCts trenibled
and wavered in a 'watery film. Slice:We :tr.::
rived, I have looked down jupon the eity,from
i the lidunt of Olives, - anal: lup to it 'from the
i , yalley 'of ,Jehosapbat :. hot I :cannot restore
i. the illtision of "the first yiCW. , _
... , ,
' .'' - iiniOsit
A DATfI Its TUE . • • . •
I ,proposed a bath, for _the ,sake: of.,experi
ment, but Fraceis endeavOred to di*suade us.
He had tried it, and nothing could be more
disagreeable; we risked getting a fever, and
beside this there werefow bogie- dangerous
travel !yet- before . us., But by-,.this time. ive,l
were ‘ lialf undressed, l and soon Were 'loath: i g
en 'the, clear hitainy‘oul'i Waves." The, beach '
Was fietravel, ilild I.helved . gradually doWn.:
I keptimy turban on mi . head and was care
ful to hyoid tonthingthe,watei with ray ;race.
The sea as mOderately warm, and gratefully .
soft te .. -tbe skin. Itwas impossible-to sink;
and coca; whao• kwirii;mirig;.the body. rose half,
.out of'water. 1 shOuld till:it - it riii'ariftVe to drvO
a short diStance, but larefer that same one else•
woulatry the experiment. With _ a :1o: ‘of
woodTur_ a pilkr.v 4; onmight sleep a.scon one
lof the patent niatta. 4.5. The ; taste of ,the
water is. salt and pu gent, and s:tin6 the
tongue like Ealtretre. -We were obliged ":to
dress ,in alibaste; without even Wiping off the
detestable . liquid:;.yet t expetioneed.;itery . iitl
tle ofthat discoinfort that most travelers baye
remaillied;, Where; the skin had, beenpre-
Yichiily brhispac.there'Was a slight :smarting
sensation: and my thiy felt . elammy and gln
tinou.t, but l the bath vas rather refeeabiq9
than ntherWi 66 . . :- .1 : .1:r .1 :, . .. ~ .
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.toz - JEWS IV , musimg: '">
J ' • ..
Th# native Jew ish families in Jerusalem, as
welt as those in other parts of Palestine, pre
sent a marked diffcrenne.,to:theJe,ws of Eu:,
rope find America. 1, \
They possess the same ihisicaVeharaeter
istk*-the.daric, Oblesig eye, ''' the prominent
nose, strongly rnarked , Ceek , and jaw- . -
butin the: - latter fluke_ traits_ have, become
harsh !sad coarse.... Centuries devoted,t4 the
loweit 'and most deNsingforrns, Of inane.. ;
with ghe'euderanc4 of persecution aid,. ebn
ii
turntly—have greatly' changed and vnlgariz
ed the appearance of t C rue, But the Jews
of , thil. lioly . City stil l
retain a noble beauty,-
'Whic(t proved to my mind-, their _, descent
from!the ancient princely hOuSes of Israel.—
The . torehid is loftier, . the, eye larger - and
morn frank in its eipt.ssien, the nose. more
delicate in its.prominenekand thiiface, a purer
ovat: : . I have remarked the, ame distinction
in the countenances o 4 thi3eivlth families
of 'urope whose 'reeinhers have devoted
theMselvos to art oilitfirititre: •Mendclaiohnii
was - .;11 face that Might have'belonged Ao the
Wi en 9EDAvia, _Li- -...,.. ' , .„ 7,... „. ~-. .t. ..,
011 tir-PYen-irignlY la* l o in the ..
city; as
I setoutto walk thiough - the shatOrs,lencoalt7
torty! a native Sow,richose 6nio lila haunt inc .
thelest ofiny life...' -f t• Wlli s ea u - nteriug - '!il iifig
sloir)y, asking 4 in :ihi s Jerusalem V w heh, lilt- ,
in.g.,o 3 Y.eYes they ilietalutse of Christ! - ,it
wawthe very . Ace Raphael. had 'painted ;lbo
trad)tional features, of the saviour, ,ss 'rbe9.ll
- iccepted'hi ali atristendetni 2 The
wasim.blown bidei'tgiit:ty hidden ! by Ilia*
csp4fell clustering about the'eara.v.theArne6
' wool! the Inost perbct ;oval, and Almost =fetni,
'ulug,in.t.he,p‘trity, a l Its' outlijukt „thei• ecrene,,
chihjlikei mouth wa s stiaded. - Withia slight
Matigild** aid 4 slikt. btkilni bCard clothed
the 01114 ;tut the gotta ebalrjeiii* - 12olonto-,
,
Ligh
was
her
: 1 ;
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[i;itc ll: cii) , again .1 'lkiie`-(i.441-tr;lkil,4LfTrrUiblet,
they • beam an hea cd With' - !eiprisaiori =qt ~..1. ; vine
--•
.lov e ~,,-,ddivine sermu", suchaillieti#before '..
.sate: idlniman farii:. nnut.,The hadju. erg.
ednv U
frodark a;chw,DV.and,thegol
_ a n ki ow ,-
of the sunset' reflected fromOthite w Iltbovi -
Tell'iilliin hici - face-: Pei ; h4l s s - 4,11'4
ntie' .. jA,tiltss- - _ -
fignration - whichinedelie hi:anti — ', artk '
ly ; but during the 'inorneni-that-T y:r hith,
r
"he was to me the revelatiortotitiii; 'mai-.
There are still miraclealuthe,land,t Aludith. ,
s the &Pik gathered in th9!.deep- ilritets; I . .
coniil'itie nothing hut' iliC, jiieffahte , weetness
p rom
and.benignity : , of' that - countenance a nd _. my,
friend iwas,nota little astonished, it ' a ba ck'.
t4,..when I told, kith : with the :Caro i of
belief ron:my return, '1 have seen- rist.' ..
,1 .. A tarn n; sits owls.
,sossi „' _ , '•
-We untwisted our .turbansoltick off our
baggy' treirieri,.inul 'Speedily :releaSed our. -.
-selve4 thin?' the' barbarous restraints'efjdmss, .: .
ol e
diPpO into the tepid Sea; and' 11 teirlazily ..
1 , out -until we could fiaeLtheezquisii I "Ciildneas
1 - . of. thel , livrgsprings,.which.sendu their jets
" from the bottom.:. I waslying pit my. Jack ,
inoVirg'iny finsjust sufrielently te ep_afloat,
and gazing dreamil3 , ,throughliale cisedeyes
lon the forlorn palms ofTiberiaS;ifiniiihrill- .
.voice. hailed , me -With: 0- Irovradji,; get - out •
of our way!' There, at the old - iitonet4ate- ''
`evaY below o ur teitifstOoditio,GalilatinOam., '
sets; with heavy earthen jari twottOiejOeads
'GO away yoUrsebrm,' 0 'maideuir 'I an.._` ..;
Swerecl,.f. if-you want us to dOrne -- Oht-Pf the•-
water.'„: !But weimust fill onr.pitehere, one
of th4mreplied.. - ',Theo fill them atone; and . ,
be nth - afraid ; or leaCe thein aniliw i e j will fi ll -
them;fiir you.' - Thereupon: they pal the pitch
ers dosin, but remained watching ue very :,P,,
cornPlaeentlY white ire .saiik that. vessels to -
`the bettOnyof the lake; and lei th em fill
`the colder and purer tide et ..the - spriit . t,ts.' hi'
,bringing them back - through '. the wator.id the-,
gate, the one I propelled before me happened -
to strike against.a'stone, and its fair owner,
on receiving it, ' immediately - pointed . to , a
- ertiel. in the side, which ." she declared I..had
•made, and went ofthimenting.' :After we- had ....
-resumed our garments,. and. were enjoying the
w:pe, of indolence and the:cofiee 2 l of content.
meat, she returnpd - and made such an Outcry,
' that I was fain :to purchaSe peace .
Of ail OW pitcher... , f passed the - first hoersor .-
4,Ele :night in looking out•of a . ty tentdobr Ili 1" 4 5.
Ny, on the stars sparkling : ur the' bosom of .':
Galilee, like - the sheen of AssYclati speara,-and ,
the' glare of great fires kindled. On the oppo-- i
site. Chore. - * . _ '''.'- .. . -. ~. ''.'.
. JEii6II ' MARRIAGE IikSTIV.4I.i AT AL.EI'
' 'Af One of the ..rowish honks WhiCh wevis
lied, 'the-"wedding'"festivities' of briebe 'the
daughters 'were being Celebrate - 1;1:C' Wo'itlere '
wele ol 9,Pd.'?viol great toidhdiejr;io2flintilliedi , :
ately ushered into the.ro , pm of state,4,4m : 9,lt.
gent `apartMent overieuking..th,.;,w4klea l he.
low the city-wall}' 'Half the room, as oceift- ,
pdre&t i gr araisedlniatforFl,. with , le - diviiii cf '-
- the-geralemen ranged on 'the Beer billw.—
They all rose at ourentratite,,and - .* tia
Conductd. to seats ainong -the.,latikEqiTfipea •
and . perfumed dirks -were .nery4 - ...ta*,414:' -
b rid al take, -Mad e: of t*eniY:iiii di tref_entrrtate' - ' 4;
Was presented ori - az_goidedialver: Our3air
neighbors. Soma : rot-Mu:ha -':iiieriillY'lAtizet .
[ . .yrith jewela i wp - p-sttikibgly,bearitiful:.:.ll:443l.
PntlY„Xlie- bride -ajit),e,hred akti?OcKwilikA*6
ail' resemand remaindd standing as she ; *pc
- ed, supported 'on each side.by i tbe
,tWq' Oa-
bein'iyo, - of bridesniaids.' , 'Shol - Wai.:4bout
i ,,,.
L sixteen, slight arid graceful in,ap ' the
not
. decidedly lipsutiful, and:: was attired:with
the utmost ,elegance. , lier dre , ,ife,s..,_e-, ; , pale"
hilie sil:; heavy with gold enab idery; and"
o% er herlong dark hair, her nee , bosom ea
.*rists,lPlayidla thorktind rain "ow '`gleams
&aim
111.
from the jexcelsl whieh.voveriid them.`- , The
...Jewish! trmli9lails ? seated tat the, ttom. of Aber -
hall, struck -up a loud, : rejoicing . _ Mtny ..on .
their 'ilolins,:gililarslnd dulcimON, and the .
women servants, grouped rd . thel door p .._'.-otter-
act
:tdathat#lld, shrill cry, Which' ' ' ernraidi i
ti ll
such festiVals at the'Easwi 1, ,:.: , f ~ .,i ~-.- T
'The bride was careful to perve'. t1i040.,
corum i e:xpepted of her, by s.,Aing,no'ofd,
nor lOsing the Sad,. resigned -exp o,ston-00tv
• countenance. . ' She ascended tthia:drvlitio
.• bowed•l!o each of u 4 with a . Jol re v erential
inclination, and seatedberself oh the'Crialikais.-
The music and dances listed e timo, - _ , scr
companied•by tbe , zug4oreet,- • cry of the:•
weMen,-,Which was repeated wit _ double Omer
When . awe rose : to,; tak. Name.. The, - whele
•r .
malmlay waled on us to the.st t doel l itnd
one ke the ' servaats ,stathitted ' n tliC.coirt
[ shout e d some long, sitig,song p raeS'aftet'its
a
isas ,we ! passed 00t. i I - , could -• l ot' Wish' the.
:cords but was t 41, that it Ins; 'invocatiint4(
,proVpit . Y 9POP:usr ip return f r Jim: honor
which Our : visit had _conferred,,,,, ..,_:,
1
`lrt:the evening : T 4' ent - to vi n, -a' Christian!
tziairko frecession, whiek: a tit *441404
conveyed the bride to the hou_ -of the;bridia.
groeut. - :"The house; it appea 4d,', -waii. too
smalllo, receive
. ill the friends f tho.famitY,
- and 1, joinpl a largo nuniber of hem, 7146 Ft:
pal red to the' terrace. tttislieenin)atti
~ • ,
, to greet the 'procession
,as it `passed`.-The
firstipctsonS l whe ap•Piared WerU7.e ecinitwo3? :
otbutnions ; safter them four-itUthisaricc.tar-
IYiNtA‘er =Mat ..thek thr-zirmao ..rriendol
'bearing 410 1 9, 1 '0 -lantenr *4. e4ittuncd losctk .
F''';Pus4Vll-0140 pr
'arnoni-WhOM I Sa*si
fheogin the torehlight
herself„..eoered: from /
of dotlk of - 491 k dud
pia idens;;_ .- for itift the
slim§ dm at thee hSlifil
and must be kirtid i:
that, Ale `wa*.fmr*,
distance Of a mile;..;
stun ii' lenitititt,'Wlit
Streets':=4l liner . of torsi
noisy, jubilect,undei'
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- ot, 1114' ciOr,*
estriblisbasefiti" tt Oat
round4l %iiutl l ,Plilat
; very ,finoliiiotry,;43l
!um o,f34Wieetlooo44t
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