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NIEMORIE-.
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Mcniorks on which . ,
Are they those that.well defined,.
By their crystal :dearness quell.
Saddest longings of the mind YI
Or which, softly indistinct;
Full of shadows as in dreaMs,
By-their mystic beauty link i• .
• Reality to that which seems ? .••
I'iices on our way through life,
Haunting every step we! take,.
Some. that help_tis through the;strife,
Some we love,for.their Om sake ' •
Are 'they these which are. stain ped '
. Energy ot thotight.and will ;
Action that is never cramped • ; •
Working,always, restless - still ?
Rather thoie o'er which are thrown ~
Gleams ot. mellow, tender lifiht — .
Winged grace.of heart and soul, \
Charmed sense ot oaiiscions . right.
Artists that we choose" apart . ' •
• From the few who, high Are set, '
Just because their lesser art;
Quivers o'er a:ldead:regret
Are they those-who, fireq of hand,
Try the :veil of lite' to 'false, : •
Though they know the spirit-land
Never may reward -'their gaze
Ranr.r those who by 4,.touch, • .
Or a subtle, silver deam., j.
SUow the sunlit thoughts that rush
Out of some fantastic dream.
• Chords from out some ivell-worn strait,
Struck at random whet . ' alone,
Often shadow Rink n pain I
Drilling into deeper tone.'
Voices. musical and sweet, •
Sunlit' *ith'em"4stion rife,
Like the touch of angel-feet,
Thrill across our inner life.
.TWO SIDESTO A pURF.AU
BY HARRIET PRESCOTi I
SPOrFORD.
ONE SIDE. • i
- IITIIEN I turned round 'and she was
,‘, - coming in the door, I.'in sore 'I
,thought I was dreaming. If it had been
the Queen a-coming in • I-shauldret have
:,• been more surprised ; and the three
'cliildren . with_ their three .:faeei! like little,
'pigs ! "Ilere, yab,"whiapered - I ' toi,.&•ii=
Junin Franklin,.
.!,*yon •j*sr, .'gro 'long an d .
stick your, face in 'Fain - el:Water, in qui l ak
metre? And give Johnny 's. fate . a serutr
bing, too.'",Ailia4eCtliC• - cal:nit - Or :my'
apron 'between -.my lips • in. a hurry' and •
scrubbed. $ u e's mout.tr• and e th en . 1 mane::
believel hadt:'t seen- her before nod dust
ed the other chair for her ; and she sat
'.down, and we looked' at one another.—
L9rd ! she was that: fine I yiler, .flounOei
ivere silk, and' they were sOolloped ' like.
rose's, and lace showing 'under .the edges
of them, and she had such boots, setting
like gloves—just tqlvti - gh - to make your
eyes water.. But the. flowers in her hat 7--.
'You should have ;Seen • t4em.l 'deCiare,.'
you should hive smelled' themi. Well,.
.she seemed to fill.up . the : little room, and
if ever I Was glad of anything, , I was glad
that I had'. scrubbed : the' floor that very
day, so that it was clean enough, to ent
off of-giad, too that I had taken 'Jinn's
old hat out 'of - the bi•okin :window
and
and put. in • the bottom of a Lox with\
a "good respectable looking tack. 'Jitn
might have mended that wirdaiv, for he
was a perfect Jack ; at-all-trades ; brit he'd
rather play that fiddle.: than to 'eat, and
he was a-playing it out in the.tie-upthat
Moment ; with all the mind. there:was
• blowing. ' However . .Leouldn't complain,
fur he'd just mended the . chair, so that
it Titas almost As good ad rieiv and had
put merip as tidy 'a shelf its- you l plettee,;
over.o stave, frir: , : the hrush' , and 'cot?nit.i,
and h - iir-oil bottle.. if I'd 'been' a little
•.slicked- up myself,, with my new print .
and pink apron, or if ;.:4 only had my
'bhang on,..l.:';WotildrOi'la minded. Jut.
islien Benjamin Franklin • !Came back
.with jii . .4t,
_,the top dirt riosof off, 'and the
rest all s mears, 'I did: feel - so vexed *th at II
gave him ai goad a . -eljaktng as a - nut. tree
getsitt harvest... *- '
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"Bless my heart,, - what are you - , doing
that for ?" -. • • - ~ - ,• i - I.
"Because bes. 80 : aggravritlng," say s I.
"There you go 'long ;"„and 'I I 'g i ave„h,i tp- 'a.
y
shove. • 2 -. .. :.• _:.l , -1:., ,: .i.
"Why,. •
don't yon.rernembefjiOW it Wed
to feel to be shaken
r yourself ?" 'she says.
• •"I don't kiiiiil'ini f
67 says I.
.il
"As if you
,Were flying to atoms.: And
your body was
,as - powerleaa'as if it. had`'
been in the bands of a giantilititlfaut,
heart' as full of ihiste." -- ,-„,---'—f:':. '''' '
"WO;
,look itAie'reAr Yoli, . iiitsSion.- •'
ai . Y. ?"• '
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"A missionary sheitaid,la,iigh• - g.
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"No, I'm Mr. .itlulgrave.' wik, - ,iiiil - D
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came to See how'. the:, trew‘ 11.! use was - . get',
ting on
,;.bur the house is so full of,. plai.
ter dogt ineide,..-and' the . whirl iiv,i'nd ~_is
blOwittg the things off-the ~ roat.ontside,',.:',,
and I thought LwPuld venture . in - L - hete
till the cloud paised." •,- ''' • ' ' •
• "Oh;' said.l. . . . , • ,
"I knocked
.hut yon,didn't hear.me." • ' .
"Fin real glad;toliee .. yon," - SnyiSt-',.It 7 S,
- a-dreadful lorresom& place, and baidly :
atlliody ever .'copies. ' . Only, .rm,. sorty - ,
that. everything is : so at. sixes. and, se veris,-,,
You see, where there's a family. of chit-':';
deer, and the wind blowing' so-says. 41
with a • lucky..thought.it'B._ alsittys.po:l to i l
have the wood and
the..eaer, to :lay
weather
gabecatsel,**fi:feepon . o4
)r the to,ements—things
, will -get
ig like
.rideout." -• • • ' .• ' • - H' I' .'
`Children do -'ini4 - ..-confnsioni". - said
le, "but confusion is pleasanter . .l 4 oth
eta than pia:thong:lMO without theini'
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"Well. that!s so, for . I remember wben
Johnpy had the , measleti, last summer, I
thought if; he got wall I'd let him
tie the'doer to pieceiif . ever wanted
to again. Here, Benny,' says I, - for I
,begith to feel bad to think I'd treated him
I
so, "take . them .to litte s i ster,"and 1
'gave them.itimething to keep them quiet.
'suppoie, yOu wouldn't care for any
water ?" says I to her, then:, "Not if
put some molasses in it.? I didn't think
but the wihd would have wade .her drY.
Yes, children do.. make trouble. One of
Jim's songs says :
• Marriage'does bring trouble,
A single rite Is blest ;
They should never double
Who would , be at rest
But then, I wnuldn't be with Out them
forr all the tine clothesi used to have
when I was single and ,worked in the
shop. I worked dow.rtut Burrage's-;--sup
pose you never buy any shoes there.?"
"What makes , you suppose so F.' says
she ' smiling..
"Well, because your bouts don't,.
look
like our, work; they look like—iike Cin
derelles ulippers. Yes,
I worked at Bur
off
rage's and on a good many years—on
Most of the time. I. had. six dollars. a
week. Folks tved to wonder how I got
go Many clothes with it, after paying nzy
board. But
.1 'alwa'Ys had that - six dol-:
lars laid out lonebefore 'pay day—in my
tr4ind you know—so that I spent it to
the best adliantag,e. • There's a good bit of
'pleasure in
. that.'
4 fA. great dear' says she. ,
'
• "That's what I say to Jim
he saysiiis is ,all spent before
too—but with' a . difference, you,k
suppose you've got a real goor
husband ?"
"Oh, indeed,"_ says she, liughing
some more.
must,. tb have such a nice - holige
'as thatis going . . -But there I, . I
shouldn't know what to do with "it, and
don't envy you a bit.'''..
-ph, you . needn't," says she, 'Switching
hey'ili.OtildCf..; 'expect to haVe trouble
enough with 10 . _
.saYs L `1 don't mean . :that
isn't 2tcady..l.. He's as sfeady-:.as a
.:014iCkat,: t fiddle , of his. \ But
piroOines'ildp•ivigh::-hel6ved',llittega)at
:trade as well, or else that that '*as his .
trade...• But i suppose if fiddling was . his .
trade .he'd` want to \ .,he - Wood -carving_ all
thestime.",-
"Why don't' you speak to him, seri
ously- ?" said she.. .
\• "Well, 'yoii can i t," :sans I. "He's sO .
sweet and : good 'natured and t
that:when I've g ot my mind all made up
to give him a sound talking . to he makes
me like him so; and 'sets' . me to laughing
and,piayi siich.a twirling twittering tune
that le.an't: do it to save in.i7
You see. I.got to: s talking rather.free
to her, because she listened so, and seemL.
ed interested,'and keptAooking:it me in
a wondering way, and• - _at last\ :she. tool(
Sue, up on tier lap and . gave her her ring
to 'Asp with. Such :rings . 11.1y.graeions!
one of them flashed with stones all 'round
just like the Milky Way. I should have
though t - cwOuld . . have shone :through
her: love
n ; :
she, should tel! him
that his children will be growing up'
presently„. and--" • • .
"Oh; I do' shat," Sapi J. "And he sacs
.101 dc•for ;the
.bad example the're
to take'Ararniog by ;and. - at . any rate,-it's
no use worrsiiig befOre'.the dine comes,
ante .when p i ey - do grow. up, they can. take
care orthrMselvel'jnit the:, same as ire
do." - •
, "And are-Tow - contented to leave it
so`?" saws the... ''.'' ' ''.•-•• ' -
'' i"Virell,l'in,.contented - er:ough. c.rblit, is,
. in geneiiit .130 'l' ii n cViiiih - sometime Jim .
Would
,go down .to : Work' regular , every.
day;•Witli' his ; {iii pail In Mir band; like'
other men, and - come back at night, and:
have: a g ood,.( . r;round„.ktim of money in
band at i 1 J
nee,' instead of just Work:ng
lone- enolitli to geti‘soirie flour :arid fish . •
and pork nd, potatoes. and engar, and
4, t,
then. 4) sitli, A &nett ;ail. Iliti rig' 'his :1 ri gir - -
"'wain till - 11- that Ovet . ; . ,out,; its
says I.—
% such a
band-to-m Aith
.way! of living," says
..
`nd of c' arse we ;can?t . 0 thing 4 to.
ketheroudh as a reeking-chair, and,,,a
sofa; - 464 snood sied . icnkinO:glaisti; and
an eight,- : (14y . , c100k. ..
,Not.: tha . t, I care'
ioneh,only
~when a, ladylike yen, .happens
in,' I'd like:to 'give - her a Brat thai's Softer , :
And there'ipa„bnrea . u. - !•.:,',Now you wouldn't
beliei4 : if, ,litit - Vire' , never owned a bu
rean.,., , .
,
- . 0 1n deea,v - - si#Ei she.
"Yes ; I don't \think it's good manners
,to be alwayu.apOlogriiiii about the looks
of a Place ; and: ;so T. don't sOr'auything
about all the bakes.' an a ... butolleS I have
to.keep my.thingsin, ,that doigive - a lit
erary look ;... :hilt I'm always meaning to
have a bureau - to put' them it::, 'if I can
compass it ever. You see it's bard get
ting so much money in a pile - ; and if I
i do happen to,wkv then there's scrnething
I must havo, like Jim's boots, or a little
1 bed—because you can't; sleep with
,more
than twcotiliem in One bed.. And so,
'somehow; I never got the !wean. 'But
then, I don't give up. Oh, I supprs you
think my notions are very 'extravigak,"
sari I,for €4 , was looking at me perfectly
amazed ; really, just as if I was a little
: . : ,.,.4ONTA9S , E,- -.-.V44..,MARQH.-',3;.:*,;1•1.76.
mower, and she'd never seen the
'And perhaps they area: Bea - people must
.have something
.to ambitain them, and
It, seems to . - me as thaugh, if I ever could
geta-htireau shotiid most feel as if I'd
got a 'house r ; -• •
"We11,.1. deClare !''says : she, - drawing a
long - breath. • • . •
•,' "I did come preciOns .near it last fair!
says I—for I wanted.' her to see thatit,
Wasn't altogether: an iinfinssibijity, that
itwasn't wabting my time in vapors—
"when. Jim was at4Ork ,
.here laying
mit - the garden. Eter . Waspaid - by the day,
yOu know,; • Mr. Mulgrave paid him ; and.
he was paid here,and I liad.theliandling
of, •the• money : and' I.said - to myself `tow
or . never • for that '._bureau - But, dear
•itie I had to turn that .money over su
many , times to get the things I couldn't
do without any way at . all, that' before .
got round to. the bureau it was , tvery c ent
gone ' , • •
"Yes.", she says "it's apt to •be, so. • I
know,if I, don't get. the expensive thingS
When have the money in .my purse, the
money Eli tted-a Way and - •I'ye - , nothing
to show. for it." , i• •
"That's
,juSt the .way it is with . me,"
says I. somehow ßut the "shoes and
' , fianni4,•aad all that. On; here's your
iiiiSbard. That's a poworful horse. of his.,
But I should be : afraid,"'he'iL„titeak ; my
neck if I was' beh4idh"
im.,.•
.
"Not. when tray. husband's.deiving,".she
•
said.
And she bids -me good-day, ; and
kisses Sue, and. springs into the wagon,
and is ot like t. birA,. with strentnets all
.
Well, so far so. good.. Thinks I to
."she'll 'be a ciery pleasant. neighbor.
If she's ever so tine, she don't put on
•
-airs. And it, doe's .you good once in a
While to have soniebody - to. listen
. When
yoll:w.aut to run Uu about yourself. • 'And
may be-she'll have' odd .phores . that.. can
m
turn y‘hand.to.-tplain, - sewing.: or Clean
starching, or an extra - help-•rwhe'n .4041- -
,pany miles in. ;I l shouldn't wonder *if
we were quite a ' natural advantage."-:
And. so . I told Jim; and he - Said he
shotildn't wonder,"too.•
• '"Weil, that,
.evening .just at .suneet—
riow, I'm. telling you thej.eal
,truth,l and.-
;_tf . te,,,l t hero,, it.. is , •to
speak iise fi ttlriltu : Was4 playing _ "Poe
lvn Castle," a•-d.I was a. putting Stie to
sleep, when.' happened to ~look• Ontof
.the win4oW, and there was a job wagon:
Oil - ling straight up
,the ,hill, with Some!.
thing in it that- had a• great canvas over:
it. "IL's a queer. time o': day,'' sayA Ito
myself, "to be. bringing 'furniture into
Mrs. llltilgrave.'s house, and it is not half
done, either. But it's none of my Ibuii
ness.
..11layb6 it's a frigerator -tO Set
in the cellar." And I went :On , patting
Sue, when- all at Once Jim's fiddlestOpped
short as if it had; broke, and ,I heard •a
gruff voice saying, " there'll Jon have
it ? 'here, you, sir, 'lend a . hand.' And
I dropped' Sue the bed •and ran:to the
door, and they were a bringing .it lin—•
there,look.at it,l as Pretty a: bureau
you'll find in a week's walk.
to be sure,'
but_ .it's v , asoned, and -.every
drawer shuts smnoth "Ind easy ; and it's
painted and grained like black walnut,
and there's • four deep drawers ; : and • a
shaihiw drawer at the bottom, and. two
little drawers at the, .top; and in the up
per drawers of the de,ep ones, there's a
place . for ail! .narted • oil -Arid. a place'
for all that, and a place for all 'the - other :
and to crown the., whole a great, swinging
glass that you ean • 'see
,•yoursell rn.,;from.
head to, belt. Jost look !,.0 tell you
its agreat .thing!, .',"W lo
ith Mrs.' 'Mid- .
grave- , b complini6te," says , the
,M4n lf and
went off ;and shrit the door.,
never waited for anything. Sue .Was
screaming on .the - bed ; - I'let. her Scream.'
I never minded: 13 , n ny"s rattiling
. nor . :
Jim's laughing...' I -get doliti' eietY• band
box.. and basket and . bundle had: onthe
. shelves, got out eivery "-bag there ii
dee the "bed and lbehind the - &tie 4.and
.in ten minutes - that 'bureau:4as • - so full
you. couldn't shut! the drawers. 'Then
took them nil out: and fixed theni over!
again... "It's onee, - says I and
then just . sit (1601 - an& cried:
ThOTHER Sr pm
"Well, Lawrence, :o glad itiu've
ceine. I thought you rev r would. And
I've bad such aJesson real - ,
"Lesson ! Who. has be. n-riAdiug! rrty
wi'e a lesson, I should like to,know ?"
"Who - do yort„, think.? 1 ,Notiod,y but
that little, abstuid,, woman. there- -that
Mrs. Jini. , But I neier had sti 'll la les
-son. Drive sit)* please and , le nie tell
you all about horse doe throw ,
the gravel in your : face so. fi'ire expect.
ing every moment . to 'see the 1 ep k4s fly
- cut of„the wheels. There, no , hat's
sensible., .This horse is a perle t griffin
—has legs and wings, too."
"Well—steittly,,'•Frolic, steady---now let
us have four lesson, Fanny, I should
'like to hear it.'
"Now, Lawrence! However, you
knew I cameup ',to look atffbe Louie, for
•
I've 'been having .my misgivings libent
that room. And: when I went in it did
look so big and . bare! I was 'dismayed.
I paced it off thii way and• paced it off
that way, and thought about what to put
in the cormrs ; and bow that window
with a sea view Would be as . a picture
and owll
the whole mantlepiece,' ;with
its wh to , marble carvings and gildings
and mirror, ,was a :Verfect illumination.;.
and ti w I niust confront it , in that great
sqdre alcove -with a muss of shadow:;
and w haven't a.thing4o go there-;{ tknd
how- agnificently il II ebony and-gold
Cabimit like that Sirti. Watrous and. I saw
at the exhibition—the 'one I Went into
testae es over, you ktsow. that goes from
floor o-ceiling —Would fill the , plice.—,
Aud tihe more I thdught of it the more
indistusible such . a great ebony and gold
cabin t seemed to be,
—. ; And -I • kuvr,. it*
Waserfectly impossible"
44"
,ow did you know it, may 1 in
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quire
"01
lure.
all
woul
, they cost—oh hundred 4 of dol•
Aud of course the house itself take
i can spare. But '1 felt that -it
_,. be utterly out of my power -to
makeithe,roorn , look anything likei what
I wanted•without it. And I kept : seeing
how• C olored
it would be with ithOse
gold* Colored satin curtains Hof yourtAtint
SoplAT's falling back ofronil the - wititlacis
on ea h
s side of it. And , I sat down and
stare at the spot - and' felt as if. I.ciidn't
wantithe house .at all if I couldn't: have
that cabinet. 'And I thought yodmight
your cigars go without your cigars arid - your 'Claret
and' your Horses it 'couple of years, iiiid we
cou.liteasily have it.: - , • ,-';
"Xind of you, and cheerful for liter
- "0 1 h, I didn't .think - anything 'about
that part of it. ' Just ,fancy. I.- thOught
.you Were the most iiealsh *man iii" the
world, and I was the most tinhapPy' wo
man and all men .- Were - selfish aud all
women were slaves, and:--and that ebony
and old cabinet-was Obscuring my whole
outl ok in life , I telt 80 l angry with,you,
te
and ith fa, and everything, that hot
seal ing hot- tears Would' have shaken
/„,
dow if you Shad I happened .to come in.
jiist :hen. I'm so glad. you didn't, , Law-
Yence, dear ; I couldn't.. have spokentO
save My life, find shotild have run direct
ly init of the roOrn, for fear, it I did ?peak
I Should say something horrid." -'' -
"§hould you, indeed? , And . ilti' you
imagine I shouldn't have followed'?" , •
"Oh, 1 should have teen running?' .
\ ' "And. ' whose legs' , are the- longest
pussie . . ,
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"Wei, that's '.nothing fo-`db - .with', it.
Just then tt: whirlwind - catie`tip;andithe
window places being' open; -all tie dust
of the , building, all . •the'.,shavings aud
splinters, and lime and sand 0)64 seem.'
ed tt make a sudden lurch into the. room,
and I couldn't see - across it. And I made
for the door as fast as my feet - Could .
fly.l
I `s,
littlest thing you nould do." ' ,
1
suppose so; for wheu I was on,
do,s; the boards of the AcafTolding,were
pitching through the' air at such; a rate
that could neither stay there 'nor go
back: and I saw that littte shanty just
arotnd the corner and ran - in:" -- ,
-hat was sensible."
. `‘`hanks.. And ,there she, was, pots
and pails about the dour, and a hen lust
it.
bldling in before me; and a parcel of
dirt faces, barefooted children :tuinti
ling round, .And Such a- place 1:It fair
ly a dd me,low spirited to loolcat it. I
was in
,mortal . fear of. getting a greese
spo on my ,dress, But I was in ;before I
kne it, and theie was . no help 'nit, and
t
the ind was blowing 8U I had to,Stay."
" ud the iady of that, house read you
a le s on?" --- --- • - - -
" 'uch a-lesson.; .You'd , have !thought
to begin ' with, that it was' a :palace.
She did the Jionors-like-a-little duches..
It id n't occur, to , her .„ apparently that
tbi gs were 134604.2 Arid that mado it
so inch easier than if she -had . apolo
gized and you, were forced to tell polite
fibs and make believe itowas all right, you
knOli: Sherwai,a, trifle . vexed, becausethe face of,clife of the ,children!,‘Vash't
cleft and , afterwards she repentingly
&lise him the molasses, jug to. keeP,liim:
quiet ;'and another of : . the children was
such 7 a little darling., Well, ,presently
her tongue ‘asloose,"- ; z -1 ~ , , '
-6 , hp, , . - ,
um ph ; 'Don't, you want , :to 'hear
iIOW. e w o‘e
about it,?" Oh, ik 1 'the h I story
. „
of 'my tongue, but I: .like‘to.lis
t6.ll toit.' ' ; ~/ . :
...•' ,'',#
. ,
"So I do , y
4 1ear ;.,and so- I , day ,And
r
d'Wel:rj- r -. , i €.::" • - I :,:li,- ! , .
l,,as , f w as aalioffr.. presently I her
tongue wasloose, , andl,;(had the ' , benefit
.of her experience:, ,And,l. knowlShe , had
.a gerd-tor-naught ,ot, a `'husband whom
,she loves a great deal 'letter than I love
you : oh, yes she, dbesYfor Ele'.,si;e:ipe bey-.
er t 6 have thOught hard cinicernlng him,
undl'i was thinking so ipany or ,yok t you
krt4w.'; And there she. 1,`, - atid ':bus )neri.
with ' her cooking stove and table, IIZI
twol chairs, a . bed
.and crib, with . ;a , con ,
n
te ed spirit and patient soul, and her'
hig lest ambition and her widest day.,
i
dre nyjnst to have—" ' ~.
"An eouny and wild cabinet ?” ,
1111 h, no, uo I . Do drive faster,- How"
thisii horse does crawl I - I Want to get it ~
up to'her.to.night. A bureau. To daink l
of-i , only a burean.,,You needn ' t; lough
at ne. I've ari'emfal'Oold,in my : bead. 7 •
Au I mean She shall 'have ;it if it ta) :
'every cent you, gave me for ruffle* j. I S
et. 'l'll wear the old. one. I think ' ac " .
get.'what she'll call a real beauty, t, l L Bea u
for twelve dollore or thileabouts. . 4 "l b '
sii ..._
t."' "
t 4
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+
t ':*6:L: l '.i .. :' . 4'..:',:i:'_. - •:16
fo Veneer's, please' dear. Ido feel .
such a hurry, when it takes stieb a little
bit to make a woman - happy."
‘bAn-tbony .aud -gold- : cabinet.for in
stanc,..."
"Oli nonsense'! HOW , you' . 'la love to
tease,, LawreNee Inevee 'ma' to hear
of such:a , thing Rpm -'I wouldn't' have
it now." •
"Stop, stop, good wife !• You'll say too
touch. You silly little' woinan, didn't
yon know - that fhat ebony
.sadd - gold cab=
inet,which you ands Mrs. Watrous saw
Was made - for the. place - between your
winiow ?"
•
A LITERAL SCHOLAR.
. Among the schulars. when Lamb, laid
Coleridge attended school,- was a poor
clergyman's son by the name of Simo*
Jennings. On' account of hia,disma.l and
gloomy nature, 'his playmates had.niek
named him
_Pontius \ Pilate. One mormi
ing he went up to ibis master. Doctor
Boye'r, and said, in hii . usual whimpering
Manner : - •
%Please, doctor, tl)
.bogs call me Pori-
tins Pilate.":
If there, was one fling 'which Doctor
Boyer hated more . than .a faise quantity
of Greek and taim, it. was the practice
of. nieknaming. - Wishing down among
his . scholars 'from hiti: pedestal of State;
'with his cane in .hand, he Cried, 'with his
usual voice of thunder:
"Listen, boys I. the next :time I hear
any of you say 'Pontius Pilate,' . cane
you as longaii - this cane *will last I You
are to' say. 'Simon Jenningsf and not .
`Pontius Pilate.' Reinember that if you ,
value your hides l"'
Next.
Next day when the Aame-.class was re
citing the cateehiam,a boy of remarkable
dull and literal turn ' of mind' had to re
peat the creeit.:' He' had got, as far as
fered under,' andAvas , aboilt p.opping out .
the next.word, ashen ; the doctors prohi-t.
unluckily flaOied upOir his obttise:
After a Moment's 'hesitatiOn; hik;
• blurted out . : '
"Suffered under S)Ulon.rJenitiinks, wits
• • •
. . . „ „ ~_ •
The rest .of the sentence.. .was never
,
utteted;.‘for, Doctor
,130yer,.. : 1144 ;already,,
leriped . up o n :the,
cane was descended' unfortu
nate y,hould'Ori. - - Wheii • the' irated doctor
had discharged his carie alio& hinthe said:,
dot.2you :mewl; you ,. booby,
by such blOphetily, ?a, - •• . • •
"lenlY did, as yob, told' me," ,
the sitnpleithiided YOuth:'
—"Did as I told - you!" roared the doctor
;now : wound up. , to' something above the
boilin t roint. ",What. do. you , meau ss ,?" --
As he said. th4,„lle iustinctively.krasp
ea his cane More . filrioaily.
"Yes; doctOr.`;. ybn 'said We Were ailiij*
to call:Pontius Plate Simon Jennings.-;—'
Didn't : he-Sam," appealed the untortn
nge culprit to; Coleridge, who' .Was. next
to hith. , . •
.stim eiti4 naught; but the thietor who
saw what a dunce be ° bad to 'deal with.
said : _
• "Boy, you .aye a fool ; 1 . Wheioare your
brains ?" •
. „ .
Poor Pontor Boyer for a second time
wits floored';' for' the` scholar said with an
earnestness Which ':proved its truth, but
to the intense horrOr:Of the learned pd.;
ten late, "in „my • .
The doetor.always respected.that bay's.
stnpiditr eVer after, as tliongb 'afraid that
astray blow 'might be niiiileaSant. •
Ltltle;EvieePretent.
Vernon,,A Con pectiont, , correspondsut
sifitei to the
ittte Evie•is .our . three-Y.Cat?Old
ling. 10n.e day:Lnear Christtnasi'ehe ssift,'
"Mamma ; an !it,thi Sister."
• `Writejo ,Santo -Glans .to bring you
one when he fills, ypiir 'stocking," said .
mamma.
--With' pen. and 'in 'she geribbled . .a Take
of . hieroglyphics to the " tiineAinuoretir
gentleman. .
:Sure enough a Afev *iillef a Hai*
boy , stranger_ appearek, who greatiy,:dio. )
turgid
it
cries.
him to"' _
would like l i itn.' l - 1 ' 4 / " "
laid she standing-lira' Wm:i l ia
foot and Ulf n tte other, , 10.0icitri v i e r!.
vi4'; * "well / 7 4 a - !cligr at '
Ake:Eifel' s 6, 1. 1 4 a:tient' him t.
) ..44 `1, 4 _,_ sant/
Clans and' ' °iii/ P easter hut nog .
we've dot him, I
, gess' , ke.
They Fixed
other ' - talcor while jpuriming, the
Away 117, w as recogpized by another nit--
being I
doing:' business. near tbe:Bowerv, he
so, "avg . 'ay riga* home ors business,
and Ler little lirehminaryoiniversatiots
the ` ll `' t 'remarked
. -
. t „. , J; hear that you had 'l4 tne4o as
Zees;,
kes; dat is drew," replie4o,:ne other. ,
"And your brother Vver":On ahotagi
;Item ; heltssigitedtoo, ; l ir
''boa iseelt wait thud . 'Oh die;' 41411
the :flowery mons:: 4 61ittat ',owing* 'igoot
deal, wad Jacob bb has, oinug tit"l;4#
deal. x makes my INA `o'ver - to"Jitaots
and J'acob makes 'ones . his stook 6 we,
and Ido his peillness. - sod he tto my
veesneaa p and detn vegOa mil atm
.: ~ '~
MEIMiI
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