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"- ‘ . t , . i .1 ' • - , ~ ~, \ . HOME CQ 3 II-11(i‘ When brothers !este the 'Old b6rtlisti)OO And go;each,?a., nePera te We think, ag we go on 'Edon e • • • Along our.pathway,-day'biday, ' Of olden scenes and faces dear, Of voices that we mss so much, And memory brings thoalrent:tinar, Until We' almost 'teel,the touch of loving hands, and htfar, once more, The dear Old voices. ringing out, !' As in the hippy Utile ot•yorn, Ere life had caught a shade of 'doubt. , If you`shoulo.',Place against'. Your. ear • The shell you plundered from'Ae sea, Down in 14-hidden heart you'd bear • , loye,,end tender inelody, A murinurzof the rekiess tide, Yegning; bOrn And, though longings be denied, The kee'ps singing of the sea,.' . ' And soinetimeswiten old memories kikrong, Like ghosts, the chambereof our soUls, We feel the yearning, deep and exong, A longing we cannoti control, To lay our cares and busin, To seek :t•he old familiar ways, And cross, home's threshold, and sit down With comrades of our earlier days. For, though our , paths are sm:dered wide, We feel that we are brothel's yet, And by and by we turn aside From hurrying care , and worldly fret, And each one wanders baCit-to ineet His, brother by the,hearth of• home ; .1 think the meeting hi More sweet BeCause se far and wide we r t atti. - . WO crostithe leugthened)ridge f years, Meet out stretched .ha *4114 knees true ; , . The silent eloquence of teara, Speaks welcome that no words can do. But t,h, the meetings hold regret ! The Sad, sad story, oftemold, Of bands that ours have Ohen met, Close folded under churchyard mould, Of eyes that mini into our. own, Closed in the dreamless'sleep of A sweeter rest was never known Than theirs, beneath the gmve's. white sad. A tender thought for thent to•night;'. " A tripate tear , from memory Beneath their covering of white Sweet may , their dreatnless slumber be. mopNTAl.N:imAsppopi l NG.: . , BY ELEANOR KIRKE. OR, SEVERAL -Nears , .alittle log Cab . - - .12 in the Adirtinilitaks had but two tenants. .Joe Fenton, the pioneer,a - man of, some means—for certain reasons • a goad deal out of the elbows ,with the , world '..generally—bad , coe ripA - this clearing in the valley. and j deterrnqied - -to build,him . a house and 'enjoy hiniseltaf . ter hiS own .fashion. Porlone season he had 'field undisturbed possession. th . , ttex.t year,' early. in June, a traveler . beg. ged a nigiit's, lodging. This chance ,ac quaintance .ended, in — the -gentleman . spending season 'after. season -in the dame place. • Indeed, he came to .the : . hut, at the first indication-of- spring- weathei,and: left it late, always vizaiti i iig to bei,,dtiven ntT by the snow. He *are hiS nitine as, Rex Haughton ' and •WaS a bandsonie' ' stal. wart man of thirty five or "thereahou4, of rare intelligence and .. Oult ure. -: Joe Feliton'S early - educotiOn had been neg . - k-Cied, bat he. .had • traveled extensively, aad. had picked•up by observation: a 'Won' litlrful variety of infVfmation, .and al . though a'profound. hater. of the . world a4 , d its follies;-was _nevertheless -a geiiial f:anipanion'and.a:.true friend. Tao wo-i men situated-as - these . two 'men. were, would bare hinged .'to exchange -- cOnfi- ., (lea c..;-. N ot . so with these.' . kitch': . ktiew t!:at the . .Other had -- experienced - :some . blas . ing sorrow, but; never directlylor in-.. directly had' ihere been the Slight , ...S a 1.,. Inston to the causes rendering this yearly +1:le the only._endurabl:' way Of mating jug. existence. lii :temperamO'nt,..4sfici... eitis in, and personal: aupearaneilbeie - two.. men were entirely: Unlike.. ' - ReX was, t4li;, datk, 'it ith cleft cuti„.aristocrapic features, awl a grace ,of ::manner - which ...di:irked hint well ' b 6 :11i..- - In . . oeech, and' geO!..orre 10. was quieti'and almost '; laiy; ili i ,s:‘* . ords were tipped over ~ each otber y u.nd:.- 7 .:04.e . in v.ariably.Wil/ 'ohoi3e u.. , Itis eon verOti!Or.... sia.wed profotioU.thonght, - and; •a.'..Clear • „. - .. , , ' I ecOutiMV:' iatlghi MO political - - , ~''' il. had read.nina4:4l.l(i.;,tliougiii'More,',-,- .Le was .shorti light, of a ..neriroio;:iiiati,' , gain' temperaMent, And; never:_' quite_ 4., rw6f . Thkse naeti had, but .one.:, point . ....ot , : r..t.in . i , htlief„...-.111 both, firmneas :11.4446..;:: N(.l-iiA to 'dogLred.ohstiiiitci..-:.:TherY:--bad lairktql out their.path 8 ,In ~ fit,..- j ii4 ihiiSe pathii they would' stiek. to: . They led -- to . si)eutl isulatioir -and •Ainite - ,ifility froth-.WO:. br tbe•Dast few . , seaeoms the' trail lead. ing past their but iad ,_be i gp a good' deal sriveled. aud - not.a few ladies had passeo and. looked These : were 11 , -ilively and; rudely ignored- by . ' our l ioiwk , epers.. lady„ liitle:bePina,-. 'Tr party. hact once l stepind - in front of iiwir hut, and ugly/Ike& lio v far.it. was to tl; `' Mail) frail, . .3ex did fri ,, u his -booii, 43 he amtweredf alrn9!t, "A mile and - a half south." 'Ner, did .c:RusF.R,: he cast ,a single 'glance at her - retiring figure:: `Jde, who was rubbiog up his fishing tackle inside, appeared - ,at the door after she was' out of sight, with au expression of disgust on honest fea tureaixpilossitile.tO.describe. • . •it *Older She' had invited lie4o# "I-was thinking Of that myself," drawl, ed Rex; ata then' the' , subject was drop ped. .Joe apparently had but• one desire in life ; that vas to tiie himself ,out so thoroughly in the day' that he could sleep soundly at , riight., For this reason he . alWays , cooked . the deer • as well as hunted An indeseribable wretchedness ~• invariably came ‘upon ;him as soon .fts . .he , Was,at rest.: Rei,'On the . contrary, drew all•his happiness from solitude 'and `per fect - rest. Jl4:fished, roder-and tramped; bectimse he knew that - his health . would suffer Without the exercise; but to\, be quite; alone . with nature was : his chief desire. He had, some hopes that this, the kindest of mothers, would ultimately turn mita, whole Man; forle- thoroughly realiit.d his SPirittial sickness, and would httfre given all he.l possessed ,te ,be well again. -Rex illaughton's history was a painful one. • Ten years be:ore; ourstory. opens he had married 41Oung and beautiful girl. The match bad been made by the par ents of the bride and gr6onA when they were,childreti' Alarge property WAS in volVed, the partioulars of which are too tedious to describe.' Rex was • in, love— the young lady farfrom it. A few months were sutfient to deielope a great deai • unhappiness pn bOtlysides. Mrs. Haugh ' ton did not relish the idea of giving. up gay society. ,husband—whose ideas of the sane ity of married hfe were , fouided on' the most orthodox founda tion—soon Became disgusted with the girlish freedont,of Ibis wife. One night !at :a large and- tashiouable - 1 Fifth aveuue!party, Mrs. Houghton had persisted in waltzing with men whose so , ciety her husband, had. forbidden her— men whoSecharaeter he knew to be thor (highly vile. After the first waltz he reasoned' with her coolly. she laughed in his face.---• After the ne4t, hey threatened.. After the theta he ordered his carriage and' rOve home, leaving her disgrace herself as much as - she idesfeed. three. -o.'cloolc in the. morning he had the satisfaction of seeing the most tin principleff scoundrel in upper tetidom lift' hie Wife froin the carriage and escort her to the, h ll door. • Then Rex took! his turn of, making a fool of: niself. •: • . Losing all control of his; temper; he opened the door to his astonished wife, and dealt her more astonished companion iblOw in the face which sent him stag gering down the Step ; then he took the delicate wailit,of his , wife in his madden ed grasp and led her to her chamber.— There he Orti.eff - out the Concentrated ftiry of weeks. , She, beside herself- with girlish indignation, burst away from him and• then returned like .a little fury to strike hi'm astinging blow in the face.— This blow settled , the matter effectually. :44x looked his wife for. a moment in &fitly ' This strange and unwomanly retalia tion awakened every p3rt of his nature. The stare had more of wonder Imo or wrath- in it. The blow 'had evidently possessed all the virtues of 'sudden' shower bath for slowly, and with real dtinity, he turned .and left theroom Aind in, two minutes ;'more, Mrs ' Houghton heard the' shark Click of his' boot. heels irn the' winter paiement. :For a -single . moment the 'tiny wife steod attl.„'Wrund" her bacids ; then she threw - up. tie sash r ' and leaned, out into the night. "Rex," she screamed, but the ''bound :of the :footstep's died and she-Was alone with her miserable thoughts. `Early the next fOrenoon she rnde down to her husband's place of business. He had: not. been seen. , The next- day there eattw lego arrangement of property to the now thoroughly sobered and peril.; tent w ife, and the next day she read her linsband'same airion a-Abe list of 'Enrop-C can departures. • ,The'.family - tried th. ir best: to keel) the mater: a secret. 111arietie Went for-a short time int6.so „ oiety.a.slieli4ofore.:. - Folks wondered why ones() fol.diof waltzing should BO sudden lyf'reno.uriCe it,: but never-again" did'a_ man's arni encircle 'tier. whist,. and never again =dad --IStrauss's' sweetest measures awaken the, "slightest correspondence of feeling. Hid -she love him ?' . Not that, she \ was 4W4re- . She knew that a name less\ sweetness had 'zone out of her life brit she attributed'_ the change' in her - thonglite and pleaahres tti the wretched: consciousness of her own wrong doing. One year after, :Mrs., Ilaughtbp. -father .and moth4r, were registered at :.the:._ :prrande . Hgtel, Wax read their- names' and .-next day for Rome; they followed h' ; - • he,-.stariedtor Switizerlaud, without being, seen by• one of, the. patty.: ,Out of ,pa tiehee with even casual contact, s it -`'few month ir after be sailed 2,ftir America, And mpto his dm. had successfully buy ! ied hitnieff• in the- Wilds ,of his :own na ,, land.' ISeveral years hatipassed since AIONTRQS.T'% -. .P*';...j,Vbl( thenothd.for 411 he knew to' the'contrary, the girl' lie Marriedt mign be dead. or married to aiwther .had not heard her be.wilderedi agonizing ery . from the *imlow 411' these;.. years Ago. Tie blow: vas - 41 I**reiriem'hered.' Pveuts leading to it- l ad'realtY sitok ;into insik. , nificence besi e this' unwomanly asSbult, li 'and to :his,dis race-let - . - it . be'said, that he hadnever f9r. one , moment „ceased.- to th - ink it a niodt iinprovokea and :unfor givable:attack Such is a blOw in the Ince'cf F. man} ...,: , I. ;. : - -?'.!,- Wlien'he thought of tiie Mile girl be. married,`as ,tlink he, must, in stiite, ot 'all his etfortsto the, .contrary, i.t.. was with vario and eimilicting einutions:s S'onie. times the sound - of .her; Voice; 88 - BWeet as the souGd oi: a- lute,. . would: float=:: about him, and with utter disregard. to the lapse-of he.would -imagine her hand in his:agaiii inn& then, swift ak.the-tiliis , itself, wou,l4.tlie retiknibratioe.:of it drive aiviy all sentiment, and there -, would- be „ , nothing left th his imaginatiori nut the picture of the lury •he so uncerinioniously left years befl i re. No words can tell how thoroughly h despised himself for his inability to forget the woinan , lie:called wite. ' He might ,as' well have tried ,to forget his own existence, and he knew it well. - ' 1 '. Joe's log cabin had two rooms on the ground floor and two above. ..:They: cook ed and ate it'll. the kitchen, and idePt, in the adjoining, room, Every housekeep ing detail was !s,ttendedilo punctually and neatly by thti intlefatigable , JOe,- - -and no one would have suspected by a _critical examination `i•of the premises that' a:Wo man's .hand !had never - been. employed there. About, the only thing that' made Rex-laugh , hi 4 artily was to sec toe go down on his Iknees - scrubbing the' - pine , 'boards. ThiS a was - source of' most tip . , , roaroits am ttijni eent; laid Was 'always at tendtd to on [Wednesdays and Saturdays: On every suclh occasion Rex was sure to tell his companion that 'he was - gettitig ready, fur company. , - • • ‘ . There'll be a great load Of wetrien emptied out here:. before night," laughed Rex, as_Jue benl over his task one gloti. ions August tcr ? iornin. .'.',Weil, vou,ll - have 'eni to entertain;P responded be, as he 'came. over= from his knees into a sitting position,, and wrung out . his cbt.hi t "Yon 'tau talk to 'elf on the porch,W &I: gebasupper.-- iiit'avee, we've got venison for quite it large party, there's some [Old roast chicken, pickles and dodgerst left from breakfast, and a good lot of green corn will give us a sup per tit for a king." "Which, I - propose we have company or HO'company.' "Agreed." 'said Joe, and at it he went, happy in thel th6ught that work wouldn't' .. give out till lied time. This kind of jok-, ing was exceptional, and it was only by the merest chance that tbe' word women was ever mentioned. It was an under stood thing that no lady should el'er cross their-ihres-hold ; no sewing woman, nothilig wearing petticoats or bloomers. It was also Understood that they were to entertain tfise' of their own sex as rarely as-possible'; land when such visitors were 1 unavoidable Rei was not 'to be known • :by his own name. On these Occasitinp; be was, always Hi,- nim LaWtool r R•-x bad quite. a library, but there was not a book with his name on- the iiv leaf. !Not , unirequently it seemed tolis W . that such careful masque rading. waslittle . foolish iik this lonely, ,i . out-:of-the-1 ay.log hut ;I but nobody, he told himself, - should carry an account of his hiding Place )back to his friends and enemies in New York. •• ; The night after this careful house cleaning ) , Jde- was tired. He was asleep by nine o'cick. Rex read until teo, and, then' lie, too, sought his bed. - A single, moment` he Ilingerd by the open windows after putting out his light._ The ••moon almost, at the hilloyas sailing tip - frCm the east in all her glory ;• it, few stars- were venturesome enoiliih -to twinkle but the tinusual brilianby of the godess of night, and the deep cloudless' :blue of the heicii ens, cast into,. the ;shad' , all lesßer lighti. ` "I Chu stand everything in nature but a moonlight night,and that I can't bear," growled' the discontentek man.' I_ am, afraid he isms) a bad .word -orl two -,6ie,t), , with all tlqs limuty , spread : lout befo l ie him.; and V, they_ were - not very- bad, . ^ I fur one, cats excuse' hitn. . - .., -, Is theie 4n, ola - - maid, Or any kind of a lonely woman,-,, provided: she has,a, heart, and some appreciation of t'lle beautiful, who doein, want - the •riglit, , -nian's•atni: about her aist on such nights as_these ? This is probably.-just; as true of men as of: women i .perhapA, tn , Soine ..cases -.a little more isc.„ ,At any' rate, either :itet was not weary enough to'sleep, 'or the night had' nvertoine him. it was itWelve o'clock before, be lost himself in „slum ber, and, eiew.then, 'his' drearnS ...would. not allovi him to be comfortablei!-: • An, hour after,lhe was- bran, gilt squarely ''to' his feet by a treinendbus 'pounding on the door. Ora - was entirely outside of common eNtenta ; no such thing,had'ever 'happened before. - aim, ever„ on the alert, was at 'tho "60 before him. ",Who's - there "'detlianded Joe,in`tieaf- Itice toile& I - ' .', •* - F' ~.•:., :. -`" _..,',' , -,'. ,•-‘• '' A, I_9 1576. i "Two , traitAwith a lady and a lit tle hoy. The lady has I.ad a baa 11,asid i 8 111C1C01.11-Clo4Bht:re, pel'hapS dead.' , , "What. the devil slitOi we .do:?''.whis pered Joe ladened anguish. ; I . "I see but one thing to di; and that is to letYtheni In.l - guess woman won't hurt ns,"lhecontinued,with si,feeble attempt at a joke. - ;, Joe opened the doors; ; and Rex, after partially:dressing hirni,elf,' lay:back upon the bed. - They brought:the' and piaced her on :Rex's rude lonuge, and then bugled, themselves z trying to restore her to consciousiess. e • :•; . Their, story „was simple enough,, and not at ail uncommon to travelers among the - mohntains: -.A Party' of fen had started with, their ginde,'for ;St. bliircy, and, br i carelessness, became separated; but-believed i they coula easily meet again on the sane, trail; Instead of this, they had taken eXactifoppoSite direCtions,and the lady - had- capped' the clithat bv: a missteplind ia long swoon. , .qheir,;effortEl were unavailing. t ~ • .:„ Joe who had once been . p.ulled through a hard fever; by his c4thplinion, at last said : • • I „ - • • "I guess Hiram will .understand this," and in another,moment, Rex was unceri moniously led ; to the-slde-of-the sutfrrer. lie gave her' one quick ; ,glance,. laid his hand ori her forehead.; tut:vied-her pillse, toreopen her dress,,and:With• an air quite, professional„ proceeded , .tO . an examina tion of ,her feet. Here.' Was; the‘trouble;• the right ankle - was tremenditously swo len -- whether fractured or badly. spiamed Rex could not tell., .\• , The little instep ,and foot leaked ,like that of 'a child as he• removed: the heavy boot and pulled' off the close fitting stocking. A Id* moan of pain, and then with.a start, the lady ~partially raised herself and loOked, about • her.--,. n Just en Rex' was very busy with linen raids and Mountains (otion. The little boy, .heretolore perfectlV still, - bounded to his mother's aide, arid.-hid his head in her bosom. ..;.- "Oh, then; - there is a plivsieiati : here," she said, to smile. "I ain't° glad !' and then . relapsed into . unconsciousness. With all the annoyance, Reg couldn't help smiling, as he, manipulatrd the lit- , tle foot. "I wonder if She swill kick when 'sheerfti - eissense her sese&i ? DoubtlessA few hours sufficed to prove it, a, sprain, and Rex found himself arranging his own bed for 'the -pofortunate lady.— "Soeh ari•aWkward set.l - ,', he growled, as she cried : out with pain as her compan ions attempted to lift her. Then he took her np tenderly 'in • his great stalwart arms, and bY.his candle light. he saw that her eyes were: soft and gray, and some how, .womati-hater. that-, he was„ , he felt glad that he!couldl:e of service, • "Oh 'thank you, doCtor !"..she said, With true womanly sweetness. "I am so grateful to you." And then; after mo nient—"Wofild yon mind giving the Ma=- jo t lip; night dress ? Tl,e will attend to himself. , YOu, will find it in my•strap.—, Excuse Me;.but one 'fee:s so, much better acquainted With a physician' than with other people(' , • • It was hokiarm,. ROx•,thooght,- to ha= mor the lady's delusion. ',She would un doubtedly fifl easier if .she believed ,there was a dectorl within - reach, apitthen the title would be' of use - to him in' hiS mai . • querading. -• "Excuse me," he replied, pleasantly; "but who, is ithe,Majot ? That moMent,_ the little boy . cameln• with his night dress;' he had, found' it, himself.- • • "This is:Hajar," she •ansWered; jor,,won't you shake hands with the tie& tor, and thtiuk hitn for helping your mamma ?"_ Rex, took the. raarily little hand in his, and wondered What was the matter with himself ;- his eyei tiled, with `tears; and he made no attempt to reply Ito the thanks of his . young.bompanion.- , . ' •"I alwaysi was -fon t sl..of,children," he muttered, ,as he threw ,himself an-the lounge 'hitt 'pritien't had imit oceupied, and tried to` ealeh,ii short hap, befare Jae commenced rattling - the 8 1 50Ve., ''ptepara- - Wry . to , , breakfast-, The gentlemen had been accommodated in „the loft, and Rex found that they were both entire,strang era thela4s , ,:having - tieen left , in her,' society by the accident of, traveh Toe's much desires` hap would not come,,and the poor actually ourSed - ' himself for having ai'llearttteridor'enough 'to' be touclita by( • "I told,yon,"„said•jae.rAs tiq i made the coffee, "that'll 09,Mpit,iv c 'me ,y9ol,have 'em to entertain, bp t 4'll' be buttered I thought- yated 'turd `doctor;, - Dr. Lawton ! Pretty good I