A
Time.
Wht, looking backward from his manhood'
prime,
ices not the specter of his misspent time?
Whittier.
Knows noi the weight of sleep or wearinees,
-And night'b deep darkness has no chain to
bind
Hii rushing pinion.
George D. Prsniiee.
Time is indued a precious boon,
But witn tiie hoon a task is #iven
The heart must learn iu duty will,
To-inorrow earth undOod in Heaven.
M USK Cook.
Not wholly can the he irt unlearn
The lesson of its better hours,
iforyct hi* Tun. 'e. dali 'oototcpi worn
To common du-t the path of flowers.
WMUiar.
Touch as gently, rune!
Let us glide a down thy stream
Contlyas we to trie times i^lido
Through a (juiet dream.
-Jirj/uni.
Hi, r,igh not, Une, to mark the tide
Of Timt'i) liii-paruig wind!
It wao not manhood's outward grace.
No charm oi .a.rltle-s foim or face,
That Won my heait arid hand.
William I'iU Palmer.
Time! Tiim in thy trnmphal flight
Mow j.11 lift.*-, i)liantum' 11 away!
The oinile oi hope and young di light
Ifamc'rt meteoi biMin, and fancy'* ray
They bade and en the hiav nly tide,
Rolling iw slioiu wvib alar,
Are borne- the ieck ol hum .11 pride,
The broken wi ik of loitui e\ wur.
JULUCS G. Brooks.
"Where the wuild' cues Young, "ateighty''
Win re
The woiui in whiih a jnan was born'-"'
Alas!
Where us the wo of eight ycais past? TWAJ
then
I Iooi for 1-'tin gone a jdobe of glass5
Ciuck 1 1, t-hivi ic-0, vanished, suucely gazea
on n-
A si'em r'ge dissolves the glittering
HMl-fi
8cttUiHu" chiefs, orator^, qui ens, patriots,
And da'id
wi.igs
all are gone in the wind's
P.fanI- mi in JlW'IMlwp|WTWfWWfWWPf*'^wtwyiTMi^i i/ lOTfojipuiji
Byron
THE NEW YCAR'S WISH.
Upon ao i .tin New Year's day Edward
TeMy i-ito tin pallor, just before
breHkt'ast *s ready lie advanced, and,
with the or, ttes-
too affec
tion j.nd joui* brmiici's."
"Oh, ho was a iortnigjit, I nature you,
at tl noik and I em' loyed much time
in learning Mum. What an unlucky
thing, Unit 1 dl.ould now forget, wheal
aunt wanted to remembtr it! .No longer
ago than ),n-t niuht, bidievcmo, I deuvei
ed the v\h"'t n( e'cl without the least
hes tdtior1,
'n tlie o'h^r rorm,speiking
to the iHw K. ii \t coaUi but toil you."
"i wii-, Ih ntiOinc tho library,"
said his tadier. nuJ to eotnlon. you,
nn,.a^
say S,I'.H it.'1
"Did you?' cu-LiiiKcd E Iward, with
auinn ion I ,%m glas t'lat! and do
you not think tther, to it 1 sp it very
well?
'S'rjnsd-v.dy, I mint acknowledge,"
said Mr Vise/ -vitli i -niiif
'r.Vi HL iv, fn!iiti,Wrb it not \ifj fnef"
''Your broilKT lias quiie cramined it
lull 01 e!K ICJCC," said his fa'hi r. ''And
yet I fahouiu '-/tV' liked a singU' word or
two u.uc)i better from YOUISCII."
"But. cei wiuly, lather, to ray that I
wian pets in i, tuppv new }ear, and
nothing cisio, id tar t-miaiou to give
pleaiUL."
'Y but why nothing el.-e? Coald you
not, reviouiW, h'tvet'0'i.di wiihin your
self, what I Wit-1 ed mo-t c.'* ab to enjov
during the course of ,is new at
"Ob, th.i
ouW Lot be a'lti^ult. Yo
wi3h, nod .ubt, to tm^e jo-ir nealth, to
flee your txmily, ynw lii.uds and fortune
fi'tuiish, and to enjoy much pleasure."
"Wed, do you not w.sli me all thife?1'
'Yes, widi rdl my hct.it."
"Why, t! ei could you not have made
me up yourseif a compliraect, without
rtquiiing the assistance of another?"
"Rea lj,"r.plied Edward, "I did not
think mys-elf &o L'ained buc it is always
BO when you iniitruct rne I rind out
things which I did not ihink were in me
I can now make compliments to every one
that I know. I need say nothing buc
what I have ment oned just this mo-
ment.''
"It rniglit Hpply very well to many
people," said hn lalher, "but should cei
tainlv be difen-ni t-vith respect tooUiera
"Yes, 1 understand you pretty well,
father but I do not kno.v wlnt the dif
ference bhoul'l be so please explain it to
rne."
'Well," baid Mr. Vesey, "there are a
multitude of tvhat are called yood thing-",
that one may wi- any person to ecj
such as those 3011 mentioned just now
there are others that icfer to different in
diviauals acuoraina: to their situation?,
age, and duties. For extmple one may
wish to a per-on who is happy already,
the long conti'U'ft'ion of hia happiness
to tin unhappy nn,n, the end of h'.= afllic
tion to a man in office, that God's provi
dence may blesd hia labtrs fur the public
welfare, give hi wi ntcessary penetration,
with the ^'ifc of poneverance to oatina^i
in them, and establish the enjoatnut of
felicity among hit. countrymen, by way
of recompense on his endeavors.
"To an old man, one may wish a length
of life ex nipt irom every inconvenitney
to chiidrto, 011 the other hand, the pre
servation ot their parents, progrt-63 in
their studies, with a love ot the arts to
parents, the completion of their hopes, in
bringing up their children cvciy tpicies
of pr.ifcperny to such as aie our bene
factor, and the long coutinu Uion of their
kindness. It is our duty even to call to
mind our em mie1-,
and to pray that Cr )d
may show tin the injustice of th ir con
duct, and iu-pire Uiein with a wish of
meriting our liienclship."
"On, tather," exclaimed Edward, "now
shall have a budget of compliments for you alwaysfahownthese parents the obe
avery one. I shall ktfow what sort
wishes they will expect, and have no
occasion for my brothers lounded peri
ods, as he calls them but why, as we
should always have these wishes in our
heart, pray tell me why the fiist day of
the year, in preference to any other,
should be tched upon to publish them?"
ecause," replied -lis iither "our life
is, aa it were, a ladder, every step of
which is represented by a year. It is
natural that our friends should ilock to
gether, andrejoici with us, when our foot
has got safety on the step next to that
which we lately troi, and to expicss
their wish thut we should climb the rest
with equal safety. Do you understand
me?"
"On! yes, sir, perfectly."
"It is, nowevtr, in my pewer lo make
this clc.rer btill," said his father, by us
ing what wc call another figure. Do you
remembir, then, our going to the top of
that fine chuich in London, called St.
Paul's"
"O11! yes, indeed 1 do," .said Edward,
"Oh, what a charming prospect from the
golden gallery! Why, you remember,
we could see all London, and agreat deal
of the country from if!"
"Greenwich Hospital particularly
struck you: eye," saiu his father, -and
a3 joa coum no then have any notion or
the di-,tancM jou roposed that we should
the following week go there on foot to
dinner."
"Well, father, and did I not walk the
whole long journey like a man?"
"Yes, i no reason to hud fault with
vour p- rformance: but lemember, I look
cate, at eveiv mile stone, on the road, to
make you sit and rest a little."'
"rfo you did anJ it was, in my opinion,
no bad idea at the lir^r, to put up tho^e
hVurtd stones be-ide tne load. One
knows, fit uny time, wii distance he iias
walked, how mucii is &tn! to come, and
so regulate ni- pace wri'dnglY."
"In this." jo.nark a Mi. Vesey, '_ ou
h-ive yours- cxiila.ncd the advantages
which arise om ir diviuin life into
those cqu!J portions that we cd years:
tor every jear is cometuing like a miie
stone in the road ot iiie
I un.Jersti.rid you,''said Edward, "and
the seusonr, are o'-ihips so many (juauer
miies, winch tell us tnat we shad verv
uoon
gravity, saluting Ins
father. gari, in a solemn tone of Voice,
as follows:
"As form* rly the ReniJiLS were accus
tomed, every N' Ycdi'a day, to wish
their hi. nds all happiness, so I, thrice
honored fatin r, come, HO I, thrice
honored lather, come, come,
oomc,
The lithe oiator here Hloppcd short.
It-was in vmu he trotted, rubb-d his fore
head, tind hex, an to I'utuble in hi-, pocket.
The 1. maiudir of this (xcehent mirangue
was not toithcoming. The poor little
boy was vtxid, and quite in agitation.
Mr Vtooy taw and pitied Ins embarrass
ment, and, luDiajdig him, inquired ii
the oration wa-. his own comp m'ion.
"On no indec d, fdher/' said E Iward.
"I am not hal learned 'nough lor such a
task. It w.is my brotm Hint drew it up.
You should itavc ard the whole. He
told moth .t it was in ptnuL: and the
period", he sdiI, iv rounded oft" into
the iiaii, uii. I wiil nut mit over once,
and you 'h di hear it then or would you
ratlu hea numma'-* haw that por
fcc/ly, i am Mir It is extracted from
the Grecian History.
"No, no, TC ,v.ord, it 5s not necessarv
and jour soother and mvseif, withrur it,
are as much huh !L 'o
anive at the next sh ne."
"T am glad," said Mr, Vesey, "thatthis
lilt journey is fetid hesh in your re
membrance If you take it in a proper
point of view, it will exhibit a true pic
ture of life. lieriitmb.-r, il you can, the
diifi rent circumstances that took place
while you were posting on to Gr enwich
tell them in the order in which they hap
pened, as well as you ate able, and we
will make the app ^cation."'
"I bliQuld fcareely remember the whole
business bcltei, had it happened yetter
day. At Hist, as I was full of spiri-s, and
desired to let you sje it, I set out upon a
trot, and made a number trips 1 do
not well know Low many. You advised
me to go slowly. f
oit ot t^rass, we sat down on it, and you
read a ftory-booK that .'ou bad btuught
out in you pocket. Tnen we walked
agdbj, and as we went a'ong, you told
nie many other rhiags bodi uselui and
diverting tikewise. Iu this manner,
though thj we.ithei was not altogether
fihe, although we ul sometimes niu
aid once ,1 had-storm to encounter, we
anived at Cir-enwicu, I rcm.fru.bor, very
lresh and hearry."
"Very faithfully related,'' paid Mr
Ve ey, "but for fjome tew ciicamstaacto,
which, however, 1 a,ui glaci you have not
introduced is for ex tmpk, \our atttu
tion to a poor blind linn, whom you
caught by the arm, if jou remember, to
prevent him fiom la'tiug ui.on a help of
stones that lay uetoie nn, and on which
he might have bioken hia liiuo- the as
sistance that jou ulloided a poor washer
woman's boy, bv picking up a handkei
chief which tiad tal'eu out of lm cart:
but perticulrl the alms tnat }'ou gave
10 several peop.eon the ro-i I."
"Do you think, then, fa'her," said E
ward, "that I forgot 'hem? I kno-7
1
that
wc shon not loa^ of any "ool t'-a: we
iiavc had
thethe
opportunity ot doing.
let me hav
Britt appiicj/Uo llu. you jn^
mentioned."
"The look, laiU, whiC'l ."vwU Cubt iO,nd
you ttom the gold gallery, ail over
London, and a greu dijdl,
as you men
tioned, ol the count!y. expieosivc Oi
the hist leSkc'aons oi a child upon the
multitude about him. The long walk
W'lioh you ch.rse to Gr euv.ieh, is the
jnuueyvhich vv piojo-e to ouis-Iv.s
thioti^h b!e. The ta_erness with which
yon wiati to huny ou at s-ettiu^ out, with
out consulting our ability for running,
and which cost you such lepeattd tup-,
is the natural impetuosity or youth,
wilier AOO'A' exeitu \is \o the worst ex
ectsea ii a faithful and ei.pi rieneed fiiend
were 110L to modela'e it. I'he instraetion
that you have derived, as we weie walk
ing ou, from reading and inveiling with
me, and tVe actiunrf of good will and
charity that you performed, took olf from
the latigue of such a journey and you
finished it thereby with satisfaction to
vouiselt though there had fallen much
rain, and even hail.
'Taese circumstances, too, convey ia
stiuction for iu lite th,ire are no other
meaus than the perlormanee of our duty
to Keep off dL=qm.'t, and to cherish peace
within
notwithstanding those vieissi-
tudes of fortune which would otherwise
pei Imps go near too'.erwhelm us."
"Yes, yes, father, all this suits wonder
fuiiy wc'l, and shall have much hap
piness. I see beforehand, in the year th.it
is now begun."
"It rests with yon alone," said Mr. Ve
sey, "to make the ye quire happy but
(uce moie let us leturn to our excursion.
Do you lecolicci-,
,/i 3L
k'you
meati rejoiced. Are you then equally re
joiced at present, whde your reason,
which no# dawns within you, pauses and
casts back a look upon the wdv" that you
have already made in lite? You enteied
it quite w^ak ai tl naked, without any
meais of making, iu the least degree,
piovision tor your wants. It was "your
mother wlio gave you jour lii&t fjoJ,"and
it is I that have tne foiethou^it to pro
vide ior you. How do we uesire you to
repay us? We want nothing moie than
that you should \OL.rstlf endeavor to be
happy, by beoouii'.g isc aud honest by
learning your sever duties and by stn
ously intending to diseha'gj "them.
Have you th. iultHled the-e lew condi
tions, no less auvantageous to yourself
than easy? Have you "that of all been
gtatetul lor God's goodness, who has giv
en 3oar paients possessing the means to
biing you up in ease and honor? Hive
L*V */$ /r' Ax,
INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE
dience and respect that you owe them?
Have you paid attention to the precepts
of your teachers? Have y%u never given
occasion for your brothers or our sisters
to complain of envy or injustice in
you? Have you always treated
those who wait upon you with a
proper sort of condescension, and at no
time claimed from their inferior situation
what it was their duty to rrfuse
you? In
a wora, do you possefs that love of jus
lice, that equality of conduct and that
moderation, which we, by our instruction,
are, at all time3,
doing what we can to
set before you?"
"I hope, father," replied Edward,as his
eyes weie bent upon the ground, '-that
you will forget the pas*, and look only to
the future. All that I ought to have
doDe, I promie, hy Gcd'a bleeding, to do
hereafter."
"I accept your promi'-e," said his fath
er, embracing him "and fully ken'-,
you
may be persuaded, it wni ensure
your happiness, not only throughout the
year you have just commenced, but
throughout' your life."
The Death ot the Old Year.
Full knee deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winus are wearily s-^hing
Toll \e the ehureh-bell sad ana slow,
And tread softly and r.p* .ik. low,
Fur the old year lies a djiaec.
Old jear )ou 111u&t hot die
You come to us so reudily.
You lived with us steadily,
Oldjear yju must not die.
lie lif th '-till lie doth not move:
He hath no other lite .ibove
Idle will not 6ee the dawn of day.
He jravo nie a fi lend, and a ii ue true-love,
And die New-jea^ will take 'em away.
Okl ear must not 0
So long as you have heen with us,
Sueh 3 JI \ou t"e se^n with us,
Old jc^r, JOJ bhall not go.
He frothed his hurnpf r-i to the brim
A ilner year wo shall not j-ee.
But though nis e\C5 are wa\mg dim,
And though lu- iocs -peak i.l of hirn,
He w.i& fin nd to nie
Old ^eiii, jou -hall nut die.
We did -o laugii and ery with vou,
I've half a mind ti,die with ^ou,
Old yeai.it you must d'e:
He wao fullof jol.e and jest,
But all hi- me^ij [Ui[ bare o'er.
To see him die aeio-s the waste
llisson and le-'r
dotth
Buf
the journey woul be
rather long. Upon the way, I ask
lide post-haste,
e'l d.e- be -re
Evernight'sst
for
iniormation about everything of which I
did not know tl meaning, and you gave
it to me. When we1
happened to go by a
one for 1 in own.
rJ he a i at. cold uij friend,
And New Yeai Millie and hoJd.myfiie-nd,
Cornea up to take Ins own.
How haid he breathe-lover the snow
I heard just now the erowuig coek.
The shd,dov= flicker to and tro:
The eikketclurps: the light burns low
'Tio neart twi-lvi o'etotit.
Shake h.ind-i jou
die.r
()ldjear,
we'lbefore dearly rue fo \ou
What is it we can lo for yeiu?
Speak out before YOU die.
FTU face is growing slnup and thin
Al.iek' our 'lieid isgone.
Olofac UJJ bi-. t.2f*~a tic up ui- chin:
Step from the ionise and let han In
That Unditii there alone,
And waite hat the door
'ih rc'a anew fo ton tlie flooi my liend,
Aud anew Lice at the door, my tueud,
A new idee at the door
Alfred Ti nn,j&on.
4TiIE
KAPPY NEW YEAR."
Dublin Saturday \I,n,i/ino
CHAPTLRI.
OIn a mean and poorly {aini-heu cabin
on tho western coast 1'. Irel lived
io3e
to whoni otu story reters. ix oor fl-her
man, with his wile, a giouiug up daugh
ter, and .wo jouu er Uo con0UtuleJ
tie household. The time i, Cnnstmas
eve, ana though the season. A- not colli or
frosty', the stiong gales b'ow.ng on that
iron-bound coast prevent the hale, heau,
u.ud tenerdly suece=sful hcherm in liOi.i
plying his usual cdliug.
The eldest son is "away in Auifr
kay," and as the i.her and mother draw
'heir settles closer to the expiring embers
of a ciear turt lire v. hich has been bura
ipr the heaithston", their conveisation
natural!, rv.vcits to nim v.hile the "col-
leen,"' whoe lover has gone to that "iand
pr mise," sdi lodtlji listening to tiieir
remarks, and occasionally, but raieiy in
trudes her own opinion on the eictera.
Being Ooiistma--, eve, the birder almost',
empty, and ihegale Mowing so hard that
theie is no possibility ot putting out to
bea, they .i laanitif how to muke the
morrow [n^ as cheerfully and nappiiy as
they isiii)'\j cin.
kj'itiie, Biddic Fiannigau has killed .1
pi t^ it mi- 'n't wou'd not t-rt tote
to i"iio u5 bit till the tisuiug comes
round again."'
"Indee it'sfrue
for you, ggy darlin'
many's the tiitu she's hoiped us, and a
good v/onan-he aiwavs was but tin n,
alautia, to" thinkiu it would beamaoe
thing to borrjv our Chtistmas Uinuei,
so we go to fie eh ipel. Aye, aud we've
given Fattier Mu cahy his din's us usuat,
and if wc- m-k our dinner of praties
and miik, no idy need b^ a bit the
wiser
A.il this e.iae Elv\e Kccj an, t\e daugh
ter of the Ms 1 man, had not said a word,
but .-he now burst 101 to,
"I glory iu your spirit, father, not to
let any one Know hiw we have be
f. i-aKen by th^iH as ougtir to have cared
ior u1-,
and that ihem as went away and
promised to be thrue hearted, has giyen
us up entirely."
Poor girl! her feelings was too much
foi her, so, thtowing her a( ron over her
head, she had wnat is denominated "a
good cry."
AWirasth^uee length sh started uepiand said.n aud ther Ho eve the
Chiistmas caudle to the iore
She sent her younger .irotber to the
next neighbor ('he Biday Flaunigan,
owner ot the pia to bt ner to lend tier,
if possible, a caudte lor the evening.
"Och, tben, ma cubliU, but yoa'ro the
lueky boy the man at Udie.ro nad only
the
Two
when, i_i gcay ioutd
that"we might see a little ot the Faik. we
ctane upon BlacKhcrttli? ttieheaveus were
then su-ene, and we could see behind us
all the way that we had been walking."
"Yes, indeed," answered Eiward,
"and I was proud of having' walked so
jar!"
'By proud," said Mr. Vesey,
lemaining and he said to me.
'Perhaps some of the neighbors may want
on-, and \ou had better takj it with you"
auu soirnueigtibor I know is iQoru wel
come to it nor yourselves."
The boy, whose name was Patrick,
after the national puron (familiarly
called Pdudheen), having received the
candle, was subjected to a severe crois
questieming on the part of the buxom
widow as to the reason of its having been
torgottea. For a lime he tned to evade
her, but atlengdi was 1'ereed to cn BS
that the tiuii Ocing ba'l thej could not
manage to get one, nor get the usual
pteca of meat on this occasion. The
good lietle widow listened very attentive
ly to his details, and theu taking down
a Uiije ]ar of hooey, and a loaf ol bread
of i,er own baking, she gave the boy a
huge slice and bade him eat that and
On am upon it and see if his dream
would come title The poor fello*\netn
ing loath, eat, his bread and honey, and
started 101 his home, but like a wise child,
as he was.said uotlrug of the lair Biddv's
questionings, nor ol his own replies
die "eto, but on going to oed lound his
sleep much disturbed bv the vi-,xon of a.
baau itul leg of poik. with grjtns
iu abumiaare. So vivid was this
dream that when on returning irom the
chapel the next uay, he siw what
appeared to him tne identical leg
cf pork, with the greens, he was more
Jk^-k^i^^il 1 A ^i&^'&ik 4&M&* ^^^^^$tiit?u
pleased than surprised, and looked upon
it as quite a fulfilling of his dream and
nothiDg else.
Not so the rest of the household they
wondered who could have sent it. and the
fisherman vowed that if he only knew,
the first good fish he ever caught should
go to repay the donor.
Everybody was pleased, with the ex
ception of the grown-up daughter, Ellie,
who still felt almost affronted at a din
ner being given to them by any one, and
much inclined to blame the young mec,
who, on leaving, had vowed never to for
get the "ould home." Nevertheless, they
had a pleasant Christmas dinner, anci
often did they ponder on the words ot
the f?ood priest, when lie said, '-IsTever
saw I the righteous forsaken, or his seed
begging their bread."
CHAPTER II.
The Christmas evening passed off
cheerfully and happily, ana many a guess
was hazarded as to the benefactor who
had so generously provided for their com
fort, it Master "Patidheen" had his own
ideas on the subject, he took good care
not to divulge them, well knowing how
annoyed his parents and sisters would be
that la should have made their poverty
know to any one, even to the kind-heart
ed Biddy.
Iu a tew days, the wild weather abat
ing, old Keegan wa3 enabled once mor.
to go out fishing, and was most succe
ful, catching a tew fine cod, which
carried to the neighboring village cf R1-
heeu to dispose ot, and having reserved
one for the use ol his own family (a piece
of extravagance not often indulged in),
he tesolved to pay a visit to lus neighbor,
the Tvniow. On enteimg he found a leg
of .joik set out for her dinner, which so
mu' resembled his own that he di-eov
eied at onee who had given them then
Curistmas dinner, when, grasping the
fair widow's hand, he thanked her mo,r
sincerely. She tried to deny it, anu
then, finding that it was us'de_s,"she bmv
forth with,
"And then who has a better right t' an
the one jou help many a tin e? But
sure I h^ve good ne^vs tor \ou. I was in
R-heen tnis morning atote you were, ?nd
j,ot this letther lor you.''
Tne old man examined it, and soon
diseoveied that it must have been en
closed in another, wh- the fair widow
biusbinglv confessed that it cime in om-
0111'John' to her. Sic gave it to her
olu fiiend to lead, who alter a vasr deal
of trouble-, and 'spelling out," learned
that it was an offer of mamage from tht
said John, setting forth how long he had
but that beb poor
would not ask hei to be hi^ wile. "Now."
he writes I have good wages, and can
make you comfortable, if you love me
well enough to con.e out with the father
ana mother, and the young cr-iythurs
E len. of enmse, wili come for the sake-jt
Millijiun, who can now aiioi d. to kei pa
wile too."
At first the old man could hardlv tin
derstdiid it all, and lemdued quite mute,
until Biddy, throwing her arms round
his neck said, "won't jou have me to:
daughter after all/
Thw old man, solemnly laying his hand
on the head ot the ymuitf woman, which
lay on his breast, 3 del, "May the Blessed
Virgiu aud all the sames protect you, my
puity tlsrbn'. 'T is 1 that'll be proud to
eail you daughtei: and now, aianua, jtiat
step ovT with me to see tho ould woman
...nd niuke her happy
Ad this time tlieoid man held his son'-.
letter between hi fingers, he now foldea
care'ally a red covton
hauukercl/iel.
which he pldced inside ins hat, and tlieii
coveiing his tine bu hv gray head of ur
A'nh the latter, suited lor his own cot,
..ccomp*hied by the betrothed of his
son.
Amv HI home, the latter was intro
duced as "Biddy, our future daughter,"
an annou icment icqmnng explanation
and the due perusal ol the different mis
sive i There were ample enclosures lbi
making merry or, New Year's daj (but
which ougnt to have i'rtived in time lor
tiie Christmas dinnei), and also lor tak
ing the tfimiiy across tin Atlantic. Even
the proud and pa fioaate E be was
vince 1 tnat her ywung lover hid not lor
gotten her, and ^UICKIV made up her
11-ini to xewaid tiuii 10' las ia'thfuiness
We will leave tm making their pie
paralion ior departure t' that laud a^
v.'uich me/. Iiish emigrauts took through
i go'd'jp
'Me^'urr i rae tu yonngei
irtion of the iamily made tiieir piepai
'ions h\i ^e patture, but the -ould peo
pie"' could no. oepersu-ided to letve thoti
own aear e\.biu on the id.h wT.
stern cliff,
a_i.unsc Vkhic'i the mighty 'vater oi tne
oro Atlantic washed in mterminaolo
wavis, wit'i adep boom surpassing that
ot the mt st po.veiiul aitillery.
We are peilectly sure that nevr again
will the oid fisherman or his taiMtul
partner want the me ms of homely com
toi smd cciUitiiV r.ever attain will i^~i
be without their Cannulas dmner.
.rifc.
RISKING HIS LIFE.
A Story of New Year's Eve.
"It is cold enough to freezw the heart
out ot a mist and make tb white bear
dance tor iy," p.rumbled Tom Orton, as
he looked out of the window on the snow
cumbered streets. "How I wish I could
be at home to night and take care of you
anu the babies, Jenny. And I would
only lor"
He thought of how much peiverty was
pinching them, and would not Bidden
the heaits of those he loved by mention
ing it.
"Only for -wnat, Tom?"' asked his wife
from the bed, where, ill herself, she was
taking care of th ir two sick child run.
Only that they'll be wanting rue/ he
replied "You know its New Year's eve,
and we've gotten up an extra entertain
ment
-Yes, Tom 5 and a sorry day for us. n*
that I am SICK, aud the childien wanting
mpdicme and"*ht would have said
"iood'' but could not Uear to add a feath
es' weight to his load"so much de
pends upon you.''
"I know,*' he replied, hastily brushing
the moisture from his ejea and striving
to conceal his anxiety "but I am well auJ
stroug- Jenny, and the winter is neurly
over, and you'll be well auain.
"But it anything should harpen to
youf' she ouestioned with a hea-y sigh
"D.iLi'c tQiuk ttiere 1= much danger," he
said, repressing a sob as ne thought of
how de pt,rate would be their situation
of tht rent due, the scanty store oi
provisions, the little of tuel remaining jthe
more than a month or li^id winter yei
before them, the needs ot a laniily that
a poor man learns by the most bitter of
experiences.
"But there is, dear Tom. No one is
ever safe living the Jifi juti do. There
are so many chances ior accident."
Dou't lear, 11 take care ot myself
won't run any extra risk and as I have
nothing to do in the latter part, will be
home early."
Hi stepped to the bedside drew the
covers mor.e clo ely about his wile and
children, kused them, put more coal in
the stove, attended to everything possi
ble for their comfort, ana prepared to
face the cold and go to hia nightly em
ployment. Yet an uncommon spell
seem to chain him. He lingered, fidget
ed, glanced uneasily at the clock.
"Isn't it time you were oft, Tom?"
questioned his wife. "You know it is
quite late."
"Yes, Jenny, but somehow I don't feel
like lea ring you alone.'
Oh, I am used to staying alone So
she was, poor thing! "And you said you
would be home early."
"Yes, yes."
An active, sober man was he, and a
skillful performer. He had been trained
to the protession from childhoodknew
no other, and under ordinary circum
stances cculd easily "Keep his head above
water/' But the tenting season had
closed exceptionally early, the -winter
was lwrd, money was "tight," and every
place of amu-ement suffered in conse
qunce. To these thiuga were added sick
ness, and brave hearted as he was he
could not suppre-s a shiver of anxiety as
the future stared him in the face.
He passed abng the narrow streets,
through more pretentious onespassed
the houses or milhonaries, and entered
Broadv. ay. That, iit least, was brilliant
aud gay, as if there was nothing ol pov
erty arid human buhering in the world
as if none in tne creat city were familiar
with hunger, and cold, and sickness
as if there never was to be pny awaken
iu' from a eoldea dieam of lukuty and
pleasure.
"At thoughtless wealth and iashior.,"
hi murmured, bi-lerly.aj he saw fur clad
iorm, and pampered speeds, aud richly
mounted Larne'-s, and giieled sleighs,
and costly r3l,e^
dash aloi'g, "How much
je will have to answer lor in the Jay of
final leekoumg, for neglecting your poot,
toiling, suffering broth-r.-, and sister.
(Suddenly a coniuscu cry -a wild tu
multthe drawing away of teams on
either side, or dashing into cto-^s streets
startled him, and he knew somciLi.g un
equal was taking place. Then came tne
shout ot "rue-awav! ruii-a^vay1''
and he
leit life or propetty, or bolli weie being
wnirled on to dtotiuetton.
"Are you ma(H Do you wv.nt to be
killed?" hurriedly a-ked many, a? they
ran to places of safety and he lemained
standing upon the curb stone.
He give no heed to the warning. He
had braved death far too often to shrink
trom it in any event, and nies certainly
when at such a distance. His eyes were
fixed up th" street upon a to im of noble
bivs that were teating along, mad with
flight, and swaying the sleigh from side
to side--were i mining at their utmost
-peed, each striving to outdo the other,
straining every nervewere tunning
awav ducrlcS3. Had that be all he
would nof
have tx ub'ed himseif, deep as
was his affectiort for blooded blends, for
lie was Lot al the moment paiticularly in
sympathy wan wealth. It was quite an
othe matter that chained him.
A: the ii-- ou'ery he had sprang to
and t'imbed a lamp-potf, and m) ooiai li
ed a clearer vievvone that tnrilled his
iieatt to the very core, caused his breath
LO bd mor- deeply drawn, aud ills pulse
to momentari'y cease to beat.
In the sleigh was a joung and beauti
ful woman, pale with terror, and clasp
ing two lovely children to her breast
Orton thought ol his Jenny and their
ii*tie ones, and resolved to save. The
linnuUe wa-. no lie but how vri-i to be
accompbaho l? Far Vjyoud any human
ontroi were the frantic horses. To at
tempt to seizi tlie reins as they dashed
isr, and to stop them, would be mad
nesswould be to be dragged down and
tiamplel to death. He saw thissaw
that the course of the horses would
bnug them diiectly upon him, and
though the crowd furiously warned him
back, and warned him ot his danger, h*1
stnred not. only bracjd muscles and
nerves, and set hio teeth with determina
tion.
"M/ God!" exclaimed a man, who,
bolder than the r^st, sprang forward,
gtappled an4 would have utawn him
aua-,. "You will be killed! instantly
k-iied!"
'IOUI Oiton shook hira off ,}ust as the
hordes reached 'ittri, watched' his oppor
tunity, se Z'd upon the harness as tix-y
vvt IF sweeping past, sprang li ,htiy upon
tlv backer the ne.uv.st, gtaspWl the rein.-,
and t.iming to a fag itea woman and
!-cic\sn inn chiie'rt.}, thou"ed
"Keep quiei. I vuil save you/'
And save tnttn dil." Be"ore a
block had het-u tia/ersed die horses re
made to realize that he was thir master,
..nl a shaip i urti cuttirg deeply n.ro
their mouths brought tluin to a stand
stO'.
Toe cro^d cheered lustily. Th*- p-v
itcj us-is'e the womm and the children
out, and cairied them into a nai^hboi mar
store, an as soon as ine iormer had in a
measuie recovered her tenses, she a-ked
lor her ptesei\er, tnat she might thank
and rewaid him. But be was"not to be
found. All that could be learned was
that as soon as the steeds had been taken
ehaige el by others he disappeared.
"Who cou.d he have been?"'questioned
the lady, with slid ghastly face and bloud
less lips.
"Can't say," answered the policeman,
constituting himself spokesman "but he
was a brave tellow, anjhow. I would
have taken the nsk he did lor thousands
'Ab.ave fellow, indeed," was the re
sponse, "and I would give very much to
know his name and where he is to be
found."
sio would the policeman, that some
thing of the glorv miyht attach to him
self. Bat the lady departed homeward
without ootaining the desired inlorma
tion, and the sr-nsitiveness of Tom Ort
caused him to lose the one oppertuury
of his lite to have risen above iron hand
ed poverty
Meanwhile he was hurrying to busi
ness. More time had been occupied in
the rtscue than he thought possiule, and
though applause was dear to him vas to
an), yet he could not stay to listen, and
as lor risking life for money, he had not
not -i.c dreamed ot such a thing
Oat of bieatb, he dashed into the dress
ing room, aud was received with reproot
for betnt late.
"Cou du't help it," he replied, "I sw
pnir of titry horses running away with a
sleigh f.nd a woman and two Children
thought of my Jenny and the children,
and had to stop and save ihem."
He tola the story very biiefly ard mod
estly while yetting ieadjdidn't seem to
fancy h%
had done anvthing wonderful,
and soon was dashing around the erena
upon the spnited steed, "witching the
world with wonekrous horsemanship/'
Tne aud.ence applauded to the echo,
and carne a*ay by the excitement, he
rashly determined to execute hid ino^t
Ottrm^ actsthose given only upon the
are^test occasion&, forgetting that the
horse he rode had not been trained to
themwas oun aud wild.
The result was soon painfully apparent.
Though some were accomplished in safe
ty, yet wLea he attempted leaping over a
banner the fluttering frightened th3 horse,
he bolted suddenly, aud Tom Orton was
hurled heavily on the ground.
He endeavored to rise and make light
of pain, but a strange sickness came over
him, the lights flickered and grew aim,
he gasped for air, and he knew nothing
more until somewhat revived in the dress
ing-room he heard familiar voices.
"Oh God! what will become of Jenny
and the babies," he gasped faintly, "i
am done for, andand "his tears and
sobs choked him.
"Don't fear for them, Tom," said a
dozen hearty voices, and as many grasp
ed his hands as could obtain hold", "We il
see that you are taken care of."
"Thanks, thanks/' murmured the in
jured man. "But tell me the worst/'
"A bioken L-g is all that appears se
lious/' answered a gray-headed mana
strange physician who had been sum
moned. "Though I cannot account for
the maiks upon your side, mv man
'Probably he hurt irmseit when he
stopped tne runaway horses/' was sug
gested, and the story'toid.
"Humph! Avery dangerous business
next to loolhardy, not one in tea thous
and would have escaped alive/' rep ied
the pnjsician, with pursed dps and
Hashing ejes "Well, all that can e-e Uone
now more
Very tenderl was the nobie-hearttd
fellow taken to his humble abode, and
the sjene, when he was laid upon the
oed, side by side \it his sick wile and
ehudien, cause/ every eye to overflow
with teais.
"Tom, dear Tom," said Jenny, as well
aa she could ior her pititul soboings,
-wnat will become oi us -ol tlie children I
We shall al' starve and die together/'
"]Sot wmle we have hands,' replied
his associates, and every heart was
touehed and every arm neuvedto do the
utmost t. waid re.let.
They ail iooKed around anxiously for
tiie phvsieianhad supposed he had ac
cjm auied them. But he was not to be
seen, aud then giumbling became loud
and dctp.
"I ean bear anything," said Tom,
-oat leu \ou, Jenny, and the c/tldren,'
aud he eutiiely bioke down.
"And I (ouei eurse that elector for an
unteehng wieteti/" blu ted out one of tne
most passionate. "But it is ever thus.
W give our lives treely to mease the
publie,aud when anything happens they
caie nothing tor Ua."
Tom Uaon gioaned heavily. The
a.voke his Utile gul. bhe raised up
oed, strained hei eyes, clapped her tinny
hands, and suouted in true childish glee
and wonder:
"Mamma! Papa! Seean angel!"'
All e\es were turned in llu direction
she pointed, and in the doorway stood a
bea.uf.iat woman, l^auiniij upon the arm
ol the pnysiean
les, au angei had come to them. Tom
Oileu had iisKed his lite ro save that of
tne daughter ol Doeior Armitagc and his
giaudehudien, and the meiest chance
had given th.*m the knowledge v,ho it
was.
But never was an equestrian feat bet
ter rewuided, aud nevei a more ehaiitabie
angei appeared upon earth, since eiea
tion'suLvn. The beautiful woman so
mnaciilotuij snatched Irom dcetruetion,
aiued oy her lather, munificently pro
vided tor the immediate wants ol tho
stne.-cen family of her biave pr eiver,
ana piuyided gcneieusly and amply loi
tueir future eouulort. liius ihrou^u
peril and disaster there ime to the sie-k
and suriering Iamily of Tom Oi ton, in
deed an IJ. u-eit
"4ifV
'rrWfftin'Wffatel
w..^.. *fc
to get homer TaenTwiU make~a 11^
luu.ute examin -.uon." h?S h?
,'ervte,.d,.rly w* t., nr.M-Wrt..r 1 I
1, a HAITY I\LAV YLVU.
THE UA EI) ABO\ E Til IIE \RT.
I believe I have given nil the order*,
Alma, just as you wished. The little
library is already airaned wi the last
little bicket and sta'ue in p'ac tf.-
di ing-room and kitchen with china, sil-
r, linen and supurb oid-fi^'i toned si le
bodru. jdst as you directed have very
tl'ing in place. And your roomhow
wish on could go and see itis beauti
ful Tnere can be no grat er harmony
than the blemung b'ue-aad-gold furnish
in s( f'thaf lot
"You are vt ry goo 1, Arthur."
Think-, A'ma but hot half so go
as you in ioviug me so tenderly and lov
idlv. Pet I \%as bothered about one
1 fimg, swei-t."
"vV iijL was r.
"Your wuting de=k. It is such a g-m.
eion't believe jou can ev-r write any
th but poetry at it. I could no'- te,et'a
a 111 the library for it to suit me
This ig'it was too'harp, aud that byid
too du I meied it needed a sofr,
nrdlow lig'it, so I set it in your room, and
will leave you to arrange a place for it.
hVermy, If that everything else wid
please vou.'*
"The pictures'"'
"They are all hung. I can hanily tell
you now wh-re'e-eh one is. The Bea
trice Ceiici I hung over the libiary door
whi enters to your room."
"Why, whit made you give ir such a
poor place as that?"'
"F just one little reason of my own.
Her great, sad, suffering, patient eyes a.-e
dim mates of your o.vn. So I have hung
it there as a sign to me that the door
bin'^a it opens to a place wherein the
go idess of my life presides also that
when the door is shut, your fa^e snail
look down upon me. and follow me with
momnful and guard ful tenderness."
"Though your iove and fancy, Arthur,
make my eyes to-day as luminou3 a3
PsjcleV, perhaps tomoirow ihise that
love me mist may irgct or wi-h to for
get t'-.ht I ever xis'ed for who can
f,e-
tt-rmine now, whether Psyche, the veiy
i lol ot all poete, was a reality, or a
dream.
"But to morrow you will become all
the reality my lifrf shall ever know or
wish, tor to morrow, when the priest has
had his service and the witem'-ses have
written their ones, and your dainty fin
ger has an"if ring unon it, I shall se
you d-w in the pretty gold- and olue
room where -atrice keeps guard. Then
you shall dismiss or regain the historical
sentinel a3 you please, for you shall fiil
all my to-morrows with vour own sweet
aelf."
He trod both her slender white hands
in pam'ng and said:
"Remember, -we are to be promp'ly at
the church at lour. Good-bv, sweet/till
tien."
Her eyes filled with tear?, and she
clung to him tenderly as if she would
not have him go but she onlv said
"Well, Arthur, let Beatrice" stay where
she is &nd wh never you look at her think
of me, if you will."
Tnis last so low that he did not hear
But he went out bus? and happy with
thoughts of his redding day.
A s'o id still until the door e'o=ed
behind him, tnen she clas-pad her hands
and cried:
"Who am I? What am J? that I should
deceive sueh a man."
When Arthur went on the morrow
where them rry guests were assembled
for the weddin g. tb.e -white robed bride
*4t{i-^'l^ife2l^ii*-^Ji!svv''i--i /Jkur-Jih i-
was gone but in her room was found a
note for Arthur Leroy, which read:
"Arthur, forgive me. I have not meant
to deceive you. How it has ail come
about I hardly know any better than
yourself. But true it is that when you
read this I shall be the wife of another.
Farewell, and may your noble h-arc find"
forge+fulness ot
,,lMK
Five years after, Arthur L.rov was
standing watcbing the silent, daik-eyed,
picturesque group which sat on the gray
teps of the Trinita di Monte in Rome.
Whi
he stod and looked, a t-i'd, 'raoe
ful woman dressed in mourning came
down the street and stocd beaide him.
She glanced hurriedly at the satm tp-i i
which his own eyes were scrutinizing.
Arthur was pursuing his artistic stud
ies at Rome, and was searching for a
model. The woman beside him Was on a
similar mission. She, however, ?eemed
to find none among the group to suit h^r,
and she started to go. As she turned,
their glances met. Arthur and Alma
were face to lace. Her eyes were sadder
than ever, and her gaib was weed3 of
mourning.
"Arthur!" she exclaimed, in surprise,
holrling out her white, slender hand.
The blood receded from Lis i8ce and
m*??'
luu1
1
Th
sh teaded, and said in a cold,
cruel voice:
"Mis. Russel, I am triad to meet you
hc-re.^ In seareh ot a model, o?"'
"Yes," she said in a voice which had
a perceptible quiver, "but I have found
none to suit my parpoe. I am gointr
now to the Pi.nzzi di Spa^na. Won't you
join me, and tell me how you are and
how you have been?"
He walked beside her as she rtarfed
off, saying
"Thanks. As to iw I a.n nowwell
how I have beenI have forgotten."
She lelt the litle tbniat but it was easy
for her womau's wit to parry it by saying
with her old nnioete of mm ner:
"Well, you see the ir
1 toe long curtain-, at the-windows
aro urawn down, the blinds are closed,
ud a deep diadow rc-stf upon all within.
So the doors and window-, and curtains
are closed about the memory my heart.
i The shaoow rested there alo a long time.
But to-monow it will be lilted. The
B- atrice I brought with me. I put it
1 above my door here in Ji as an em
blem of the fH.ird which }ou had taught
me to set upon my heart. At 1 ist I have
found ore pair oi e\.s more luminous
I among the shadows than are those of
Beatiice or Pycne On to morro.v the
pic'tire above my do ir and the uard
tbov my heart will taken oown and
the light of the new eyes will eno in."
She was in doubt as to hi-, meaning.
Was he puipo^-eiy objure? Was he ta'k
iotc of" the old love' St.i it for
grai ted,
"Gwd bless you, Arll.nr," Ju- .-aid "I
do not deserve as much as on eote V*
"For the old love "s^akc, for t.i i -/rand
and beautiful Alma'
S':e i-ted aa he called her imp He
had not done so before. She laid her
hand uoon hia arm, and said in a low,
tendi vo.ee, as her r^e^filled wan tears:
"Arthur!'* "Wait a moment, p!e.i-' he re-umed
"for the sakeol Alma whica wx. h.-i iit
t!e room, which my love made her,
shall never be opened while I Ijv*. She
cast the thaoow upon it I shall m-vcr uft
It. To 211 )irow I shad \,e married to Misa
Bruco. b' is an artist TOO/'
Tne hard up on hi, rtrm
mmmmm
?i
i
a
V^ff S
6
tltn nee of your
l.xate had it-, influence ou me. I have
turned artist muelf."
"You did not have to turn artiat, you
were always one by ra'ur.\"
She saw elearely enough that the steel
was still iu this man's soul. She had
placed it there, and she resolved to pluck
it out at once.
"But you never told me I was an artist."
"I never knew till"
"Nor did I know it myself," said she,
interrupting him, "till Mr Rus-eil'd d^ath
tw years ago. when I was left almost
without me'ns or resouces ol any kind."
She paused but the announcement: of
The death of the man who had robbed
Arthur Leroy of his bride drew no com
ment from IKS get lips. She had h,ng
taught tuna to eudure surprises 5.1-
lenee.
"Tlu-n I fume here to study to learn,
if I can, the dream-toil of an artist's life."
"In which callmir you have my best
widies for your success, and my services
always at ym command," he said, with
unieigmd sincerity.
"Vour good wishes. Arthur, are grate
ful to me and fluid be only tH lad to
avail m\elfol your valuable"* 'gostiona,
ilif I may only know that I am foreiv
n
Yon are forgiven But I do not for
get. Everything which I put into vour
room is ther yet untouched. Fromthat
day to this hour the doors have been
loctoj
tierabied, and
the queenly woman at In, si le _re dead
ly pale, and stayed slight]? forward as
they waiktd. He drew tne inj more
securely thiough his arm and a'lded:
"Will you pause at the Spasm', or -mall
I tee \ou to vour hotel?"
-We will go on, ir you please. Thanks
for your kindness/'
ihfn, after apunp she said: "You
have been Irjnk and just, Arthur. The
tenderest are the crudest. I don't know
how it is, but we have both pro\ed it.
May God forgive us both, and bless you
a!way*/
I i years have rolled the dusty wheels
over that sad day when Arthur and Alma
met and paited at me
He is with his wife in Scotland. She
has become famous and rch and is back
at her o.d home. Otten when the days
are fair, a tall, quenl 7,0mm is driven
slowly through a certain street, and Irom
her open phaeton looks up curiously,
levTcxitly. tenderly to th v.inclow-, ot a
house which have not been operuu lor ten
years. The b.inds aie covered with dust.
Tin curtains, and all th- ,,retty biue-and
gold furnishings are crumbling under
the immovable shadow witkm But the
old love is onlv a memory now, covered
with years. The rainbow tinted aspira
tions which were set wiitim it once have
given pisce to the solid rotors of a calm,
smooth life without Potter's American
MonVdy.
The mother had ta ked so much about
the whooping-cough, ,tnd worried so over
it, that the child wa? afraid to leave her
side. One night, alter the liuie fellow
had been put tj bed and to sleep, a j-ick
\ss was driven past the house, and when
ju-t opposite feet up his he haw, he-haw
he-haw. With a shriek the hrt.e fellow
was out of bed, screaming at the top of
voice, -The whooping cough is coming,
mamma the whooping-cough
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He didn't catch it that time.Cincinnati
Commercial.
For evening wear at home, slippers
are the shle. Handsome ones are made
of plain silk or sat n, or ot brocade, and
artificial blossoms or deftly made bows
of satin ribbon Stockings the shade of
the slipper should be worn. Tne effect
is cU&immsr.