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A heart full of thankfulneaa,
A thimbleful of care:
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An early morning prayer.
A smile to greet the morning with.
A kind word ut gie key
To opa the door ai.d greet the day,
Whuta'er It bring to thee.
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By ELLIS MARST0N. :
J -Copyright, lt. S:
SWISH went the well-directed rr.in
agaizxat the crt'cond-Hoor windowa of
Mi-vrouw Ten Brnggsnkate'a house in
Haarlem, and Base, looking up. re
ceived an Impromptu shower latli on
her pretty face. Pretty would Suae be
accounted anywhere, and just then bIio
looked partiettlarly so, as she laughed
back at Hetji, who was looking; down
at her from an open window.
Swish this time the shower was di
rectedafraintit the first tloor windows.
"You are well sot. to work. Base," said
:i voice behind her. "See how you
have drenched my hat."
"You should not kxj so mar the win
dows," Suze replied, without turn i
her head.
"Why, I hnd a note to deliver to
Mlna, the cook, so I had no choice.
Y'our mistress return to-morrow and
briii(f Mynheer Cornelius with her for
one night only; and Mcvrotiw desires
Mlna to prepare his favorite chicken
mayonnaise, without which the llcer
hardly tliinkaiife worth living."
Suze t urned round and ( onfrontcd the
speaker, a ood-looklii)r young fellow,
in a blue serge Jacket, wide knicker
bockers of the same material, and a
larpe pray fell hat.
"Oh. it's you, Jan," she said, inno
cently. "Da?. .Ian."
"Dap, 9ize. So you did not know me
at first?"
Suze's eokr heightened ever so little,
but she did not reply, and sent the wa
ter against the ground floor windows
with n will.
"I broiujht yon something,1 said ,lnn.
taking a tea-rosehud from the lit 1 1 o
basket he held; he added to It a spray of
maidenhair fern, and then with a pin
which ho extracted out of his jacket,
pinned the flower to the front of 3uz "'s
dress.
"Now you look like a flow rr yourself."
lie add, with an unwonted poetic out
burst. Throe days, afterward the postman
left a letter for Suze. It was addressed
in a large round hand, and, after mi
nutely inspecting It, she put it away in
a little locked box, where she kept n
bspr of dried rosclenvcs, her beat ear
rings and pocket handkerchiefs, her
Hible and prnyer book, and tho other
little odds and ends which made up the
sum total of her treasurrs.
Suze and Betji occupied together a
long low room at the top of the house,
where two little wooden bedsteads
hungwith tho whitest of dimity await'd
them after the day's work was over.
At nine o'clock both the maidens were
In bed and Betjl'a regular breathing
speedily announced thtit sho was in the
land of dreams. Then Sute cautionary
Ml a candle, and. stealing out of bed,
opened her rosewood box, nnd took
therefrom a letter, which she had nnt
yet opened. It was not long, bitt Sue
took a long time in rending it.
"rtespefte.l rind Hear Suze" It ler;an.
"The tulips nro now in full hlonm. nnd the
roses sro coming nn npaee. The orchids
also are beginning to make a show, nnd
I think we shall have tho finest flowers of
all this year. V exhll.lt at The Hague
next month, and tho Heor says that If he
Is awarded first medal ho will r:ils my
nnffsa. Ho hn also given mo a hniiee
near Myn Brouph. which, ns you know. Is
his country estate. It Is small but commo
dious, the door and window frames are
deep red, rind Iho front of tho htrtise Is
stained yellow. The windows will look
well with lace curtains, such as my moth
er hs laid by. There is a small garden In
front whrw flowers may bo cultivated and
a Iiiij-er one nt the hack, which will grow
onions an.l cabbages. How much dost thou
think It will take to furnish tho house?
And dost thou think wall paper of blue
or red will look best? These questions
I should like answered I hope the hon
orable lady, thy mistress. Is well. Thy
friend and well Wisher,
"JAN VREEDR."
Puzo took a week to think over Jan's
letter, and during that time alio was
rather distrait, so that hpr mistress
bad I call her to account. She brought
in the teawuter several times very
much off the boil, and used tho same
duster three days running, a crime ut
terly forbidden in Mevrouw Ten Brug
(jenkate's household.
Then one day when Minn,, the conk,
was busy elsewhere, nnd Iletji had been
allowed out to ten with a friend. Suz"
sat down in the kitchen and wrote her
letter.
'Ilespfcted Friend Jan: 'ihe honored
Mevrouw, my mistress, la In good hiMlth
I am glad to hear that the tulips are bloom
ing and that the roses are forward. It Is
also good news that the orchids will main
no flue a show. Thy mother will rejoice
that Ihe honored Ileer approves of ther,
nnd Intends to .-how his approval as thou
hast said. It Is my opinion, after think
ing long on the subject, that red paper
looks best with some rooms, and blue with
others. The lace curtains wl.i go well
with the windows, and thy mother I know
will b a clever and thrifty housewife
1 look to thee to assure her of my dutiful
respects. As to the expenses of furnish
ing I know little, but can consult my moth
er ns thou canst thine.
"It rejoices my htart to know thnt tulips
and rosea may bo cultivated In the front
garden, and that onions und cabbages vi ill
grow well at the back. Thy friend and
well wisher,
"SUZE KLOrt3."
When Suze had finished her epistle,
she naked leave of her mistress to go
and post it.
"Yea, child, and take these of mine
nt the same time." said Mevrouw, put
ting half a dozen into the girl's hands.
She went to the poej, and just as she
was dropping the letters in, an ac
nuaintanee from one of the neighboring
houses came there on the same errand.
i in the Interesting conversation that
:d poor Suae did not notice that
r letter to Jan fell on the ground,
..id that a mischievous Utile breeze,
out for a holiday, seized it end whirled
it away round the corner of a street,
finally dropping It In a water butt
which stood in a backyard.
Week followed week and there came
no sign from Jan, nor did she ever see
him coming to the house with mes
sages and letters. At first she thought
it was because Jan was busy preparing
for the orchid show, but when thntwm
long past and still she neither saw not
heard anything of him, Sure's heart be
gan to ache at this apparent desertion
on the part of an old and tried friend.
"You are looking pale nnd 111. Suze.
said Mevrouw Ten Itruggenknte to hei
one day. "You had better pack upyout
things nnd go home for n week."
In vain Suze protested that she wa.'
perfectly well. Her mistress was reso
lute, nnd in the end the girl had to give
way nnd go.
"Well, child," said her mother,
short, stout woman, with generou
waist and hips; "so thou hnst been
getting ill up yonder. Ah I in towns it
is no wonder that folk arc never well
My poor head aches always with the
noise whenever I go to Rotterdam, it
only for a few days, Itut out here
where it Is quiet nlwnys nnd the nir if
pure, thou wilt soon be well again."
Suze looked mournfully out on the
landscape, and thought it had novel
looked so dreury. For away, us far av
the eye could reach, spread grazing
meadowtl on the canal a barge wat
slowly wending its way, nnd the red
caps of the men on board made the
only bit of bright coloring In the land
scape. A herd of black and white cows
of which old Plct Klops, Sure's father
hnd charge, grazed in the foreground:
pollard willows grew everywhere, and
against the horizon the sails of wind-
I mills whirled unceasingly. The girl
i shrank nnd shivered a little.
"Heaven send thou hnst not the
ngne." exclaimed VrOUW Klops, bust
ling to the Cupboard and bringing out
nn Infallible remedy for the malady.
"Ah these cities! Thc4nrc Indeed nur
series of nil evils, liotli of mind and
body."
Old Piet Klops wies away in Amster
dam whither he had gone to bny some
cows. Mynheer Cornelius, his master,
had large herds already, but he was
one of those men denounced In Scrip
ture, who are ever ready to Increase
their stock of possessions. Tiet had
various errands in the city nnd did not
return until fuze had been ni horn?
three days.
"Great news in Amsterdam" he said,
regarding his daughter narrowly a,s he
sat over his bread and cheese. "Jan
Vreede is, they say, betrothed to Vrouw
Stcene. tho rich widow of the grocer.
1 I had not thought that Jan was on the
lookout for money, but so it is.. Th?
Ileer took first prize for orchids at The
I TTfigue. nnd Jan has now a higher sal-
nry, but If he marries Vrouw Steene.
he will likely give up his gardening and
take to the shop."
"Where art thou going, Suze?" for
. she was vanishing through the open
- door.
I "I forgot to feed the hen," the girl
answered In a fnlnt voice.
At this precise time Jan Vreede wn?
entering tho shop of Vrouw Bteene.
with n long list of articles which the
cook hnd desired him to order on his
way to the station. .Tnn looked graver
than when Suze had laat feen him, and
his brown eyes had n puzzled expres
sion, as if be were trying to solve some
problem which was too hard for him.
i Vrouw Steene, a buxom widow, witn
lively black eyes and a comely visage,
was serving in her shop when he en
tered, nnd hor fare lit up with a smile
as she saw him, for Jan wns always a
welcome caller, not only for his own
sake, but also because Mynheer Cor
nelius was a good customer and never
grumbled fit her prices.
"Dag. Jan," she mild, and Jan, taking
' off his hat, responded: "Iag, Vrouw
Steene, and how goes the world with
you?"
"Well enough." nnawered the widow
with a nigh, "but tho business Is too
much forme. It needs a stronger hand
and he.vl than mine to keep It going m.
It should, Mynheer Vreede."
"Ah! ja" said Jan. absently. "See.
Anna has given me this list to bring
you, and will bo glad if you will send
the tilings as soon ns possible. I am
on mv way to Ilnnrlem. Anv messages
' or commissions, Vrouw Steene? Yon
have relative there, I believe."
"Thanks," said tho Vrouw, looking at
him critically. "I will trouble you with
n small basket to lenvp with my aunt
1 Jnnssen; I am always glad to send her
a few things. Are you going to call at
' Mevrouw Ten Itruggenkate's house?"
"Ja. the Ileer has sent her some cut
! tings and I am to stay and see them
. properly et."
"Ah! then you will have a long ta-k
With Suze. A nice maiden is Sure."
"Ja." said Jan. indifferently, "but I
I hare not seen Suze for long."
! "No." with an nir of wonderment.
"whv. I thought thnt report did
say-"
"Report lies." snid Jan, angrily.
"Rtif. now," continued the widow, "it
snys that the policeman Kcppel loiters
' much nlwmt the house, nnd that it is
surmised Suze Is not Indifferent to
hi in."
The un Worried color flushed JanW
face, but he made no answer, aud with
n bow to Vrouw Steene left the shop.
Jan hurried m to the station, more
nertnrbed in spirits than ever he hud
iieen in his life before. Suze false to
him she whom he had ever believed to
'o the incarnation of truth nnd stead
fastness. When he reached the dwelling of
WetfTOuvr Ton ITniggenkate. Jan was in
ns bad a temper as it was possible for
very good natured Dutchman to be
"Ipposlte the house he caught sight of
' i policeman Kcppel strolling ftlong
nd occasionally looking up at the
louse, and Jan felt vastly Inclined to
give bim a trtste of his strong fists
(tit remembering the dignity ef hie
i. it-ter. as also that the policeman wa
larger and more powerful men than
himself, be prudently restrained hie
c. r nth and went up the steps.
lietj! opened the door to him with a
smile and a blush. "Good morning.
Jan. it is long since you have been
here." -
"Y'es. I have been very busy. Row is
your honorable mistreat?"
"My honorable mistress is well, but
you do not inquire after old friends
Jan."
"Ah, yourself. I can sec that you arc
well and rosy. How is Minn, the cook ?"
"Mina, the cook, is also well." an
Bwered Hetji, demurely, "but some one
else is not. Some one else has gone
uway sick."
"Indeed," said Jan, "and who is
thut?"
"Can you not guess, Jan! You used
not to be so thickheaded. Why, Suze.
of course. She has gone home ill."
Jan nearly dropped the !sket in his
consternation.
"Indeed. I hnd heard nothing of it. I
swear to yon, Hetji."
"No? Oh. 1 daresay not. You have
been too much occupied with the rich
Widow Steene to remember old
friends."
"The Widow Steene. "echoed Jan. con
tempt uonsly : then, with energy. "Het ji.
dear Hetji. tell me what it all means."
"Why, you see. Jan. you never came
here, and Suze got paler and thinner
and paler and thinner till we all
thought she would go Into a decline,
and so Mevrouw sent her off home,
thinking the chnnge would benefit
her."
"Why." said the bewildered Jnn. "I
thought I heard that Suze had taken
lip with the policeman Keppel."
The policeman Keppel," cried Ret ji.
shrilly. "No. Mynheer Jan. the police
man Keppel is courting me."
The sun wns setting over Holland,
nnd canal and mere and broad mead
ows were all tinged with his dying
glory. Old Piet Klops snt in his arbor,
puffing at n long clay pipe, nnd occa
sionally taking n pull at a jug of ale
which stood on the lcneh beside him.
while at t he open door of the house his
wife sat nt her knitting. Suite wasout
nt the back hanging red nnd hlue pet
Heoata to dry on n line, when the gar
den gate opened with a hasty click, and
n strong decided step came up the little
walk, "(lood day. Vrouw Klops; where
is Suze?"
"Good day, Jnn, it is long since thotl
hast been to see ns. for an old friend
and neighbor. Suze is out nt the back:
I will go nnd call her."
"Nny, I will go myself." said th.'
young man; nnd not waiting for the
good dame, he strode out of the door,
and round to the back of the house. A
pale girl wns standing pegging gar
ments on to the line. Could this lie his
blooming Suze?
With two strides Jnn reached, her.
nnd catching her waist from behind be
fore she wns nvnre of him. imprinted
n hearty kiss on both her cheeks. With
n little scream Ruse drew nwny from
the bold intruder, but turning caught
sight of Jan's happy laughing face, and
threw her nrms round his neck.
"Whnt nrc you two doincr so long out
there?" Inquired Vrouw Klops, ns she
emerged from the back door shortly
afterward.
"Mother." said Jan, leading up the
blushing Suze, "we have only been
putting a tangled skein straight."
V AV nold-lle Clunker.
A gentleman who was traveling re
cently near Chester. Pa., eame across
n farmer hom he took lo be i Qunkcr,
and determined to please him by talk
ing to him in the Quaker t.alect. As
he told the story afterward, this is
how he succeeded: "'How do thee do,
sir? Is that is are thee meditating?'
If he was delighted, he controlled his
emotion admirably. All h( did was tr
gape and inquire: 'Hey?' 'The fields,
the birds, the Mowers,' I pleasantly pur
sued, 'are enough to bring thou drenms
I mean dreams to thou.' He was
looking at me now, and criticejly. 1
felt that my syntax hnd been very Id
iotic instead of idiomatic, so. wiping
the sweat from my brow und hat, I
eyed him calmly and observed: 'Those
cows, are they thy's er thee'g that
Is, thou'l duTB It, I mean thine'?' It
was very unfortunate. Re crawled
down from the fence, nibbled at a plug
of tobacco, and as he ambled away mut
tered indignantly: 'Go to Uedlam!
I'm a farmer, but, thank heaven, I'm
not a loonotic' " N. 0. Picnvune.
An t'nexpeelrd Honor.
Respecting an amusing Irian story of
a dance ut the Dublin Mansion house, a
correspondent gives the real version,
i told him by a gentleman who overheard
the conversation, llnll-rooin nt Dublin,
and Capt. Lord lianfurly leaning
ngainBt the wall near Lady Mayoress.
Lady Mayoress gets up and accosts
Lord lianfurly as follows: "Now, Mr.
Liftlntnt, why aren't ye dancing at
; me bull?" Lord lianfurly: "I am not
Mr. Lieutenant." Lady Mayoress:
"Then it's Mister Captin ye are. Then
; It's me darter Biddy there ye shall
' danno With; me durter'a hot for a
dauncc with a hollicer." Lord Ran
Xurly: "I am not Mr. Captain." Lady
Mayoress: "Then who the dlvil are
1 ye?" Lord lianfurly: "I am Cap!
I Lord Ranfurly." Lady Mayoress:
' "Capt. Lord lianfurly? Hegorra, I'll
daunce wi' ye meeself; cum on." And
i the lady mayoress seized her unwilling
I guest, and dragged him round the
room, which wns easy for her to do. as
she weighed some 14 stone. London
Telegraph.
Year's Faahlona In Precious Stoae.
Green stones are said to hend the list
of fnshionabic jewels this season. F,m-
Taids have the lead, but the revival of
interest in green stoneshas prominent
ly brought forward the peridot, which
Ja really the Indian chrysolite, and is a
clear, deep leaf green in color, showing
nlmost yellow beside the enierald.whieh
Is bluish in tone.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
I.eaaoa la lalrm.llo.nl Series far
January SS. IMHtk-Chrlat nod
Mcodenaua John Bll-llj.
Arranged from Peloubet's Select Note
GOLPEN TEXT. For God mi loved the
world that He gave Hla only begotten Son,
that whosoever belleveth In Him should no'
perish, but have everlastlr.g life -John 3:15
THE SECTION Include the whole chap
ter.
TIME. April. A. D. 27. about the tlm ot
Ihe Paeaover, which was April ''-in A few
week after the Can a wedding
PLACE Jerusalem, the upper chambu
of the house where J. us was theguest.
EXPOSITION
L The Inquirer. Vs. 1,2. I, "There
wns a man of the I'barbocs:" The best
aud most religious sect of the Jews,
holding the most correct opinions
(Matt. 23:3) nnd looking for the Mrs
sinh, and, therefore, the best of them
like Nicodemus nud Paul, were the best
soil for planting the GosjipI truths
"A ruler of the Jews:" A member ot
the Snnhedrim.
2. "Came to Jesus by night:" He
went by night because common pru
dence would lend Him so to do. It was
not wise to commit Himself till He
knew more nbotit the DOW teacher.
Others might have interfered with His
investigations. "Thou nrt a Teacher
come from God:" And therefore with
a messnge from Gotl which would be
eyes to the blind and u light to the
palh.
II. The Teacher Presents the funda
mental Truth of the Kingdom oftiod.
Vs. 3-S S. "Jesus answered" the in
quirer's needs, the questions of ' his
soul. "Kxeept a man (anyone) l)e born
again." or anew, as in R. V.. margin,
from above. Whosoever is horn again
Is liorn anew and born from above.
"He cannot see the kingdom of God:"
The declaration is explicit that n new
spiritual life is necessary, not only to
enter inlo. but even to form aiv correct
conception of the kingdom of God.
4. "Nicodemus snith unto Him:"etc.
Why was Nicodemus astonished at t lie
teaching of Jesus? Such oriental lan
guage was familiar to him; but (1) he
"hnd been educated so fully in the be
lief thnt the birth into Israel was n birth
Into the Kingdom of God" (President
Dwight) that it was strange to hear this
doctrine npplied to every person. Jew
ns well ns Gentile, to himself a teacher,
ns well as to others; or (2) he may have
seen the real difficulty of such a radical
change in the full-grown man us Jesus
called for
7. "Murvel not :" because of the rea
son given in V. B. Natural life is as full
of mysteries as spiritual life. "Y'eniust
be:" The emphasis is on ye. ctch
the Jews, even the best and most
learned of the Jews. "Must be:" There
is no escape from this law.
6. "The. wind bloweth:" The term
for wind in Hebrew and Aramaic, us
well as in tircck, was also the term for
spirit, the immaterial in man being
represented in a metaphor by the in
visible but life-giving breath. "So is
everyone that is born of the Spirit:"
The Spirit's methods we cannot know,
but the facts of the new life are us plain
and certain ns that the strong wind
bends the forest trees.
III. The Authority Behind the Teach
er. Vs. u-13. 0. "Bow can these things
be?" The mysteries in religion are like
the mysteries in nature. In both cases
the facts are easily comprehended, and
plain enough even fora child to use. In
both cases the methods of operation
ure a mystery.
10. "Art thou a master (radher, the
teacher, as in R. V.) of Israel?" the
teacher of the Israelites, known nnd
distinguished by thy learning? 0. W.
Clark. "And knowest not these
things'.'" Which ure so important that
every teacher should know them, which
nre taught in the Scriptures you study
(Esek. 11:19; lS:3i; 36:26), and are tak
ing place on the earth before y our eyes.
18. "If 1 have told you earthly
things:" Things whose proper place
ami manifestation are on the earlh,
such as the new birth of which He had
spoken in Vs. 3-S. "How shall ye be
lieve, if I tell you of Heavenly
tilings?" If you cannot trust my word
in matters you can verify, how can you
trust my testimony as to things you
cannot verify by your own experience?
IV. The -Means by Which the New
Life Can He Obtained. Vs, 14, 13. 14
"As Moses lifted up the serpent In the
wilderness:" Jesus now uses an illus
tration which makes clear some of the
Beavenly things lie came to reveal.
"Even so must the Son of man be lifted
up:" On the cross. The reference here
is to the crucifixion, but beyond thnt.
to the glorification of Christ. The cross
still holds up Jesus before the world,
the best known nnd most exalted person
In all history. It was not a reul serpent,
but a brazen symbol that was lifted up.
It could bite no one. So Christ was
"made sin for us." lie had not sinned,
but by His death Bin was slain.
15. "That whosover believeth ii
Him:" Accepts Him as Teacher. Guide
and as Lord. Relieving is the act of re
cciving the new life from God. "Shoulf
not perish:" From the effects of sin,
which naturally end in destruction of
the soul. "Rut have eternal life."
VL The Source and the Motive the
Infinite Love of God. V. 16. "God so
loved:" Note that It wns not Christ
that made God love us, but Christ was
sent because God first loved us. The
sinful world in its sin. "Gave" freely
the greatest gift possible for Him to
give. And the "only begotten Son"
gave nimself freely that He might save
men. It. was no forced sacrifice.
Mprar I'olats.
Revart of the tyrant of custom;
time gives every crab n hard shell.
The greatest kings were men so un
selfish that they could refuse a crown.
It is not fight to sacrifice yonr prin
ciples to save another's feelings.
Repentance isthe shortest road out
of sin, but the last which most people
take.
The reason some folks "lose theii
mind" must be that, they hove given
others "a piece of their mind" so often,
they have none left for themselves.
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