THE PROFESSOR.
I rang tor Jane to bring my tea up
stairs, and hunted (or the sal volatile
to compose my nerves. The new pro
fessor had arrived to deliver his first
lecture to the pupils of Heliotrope Fe
male academy. As the “accomplished
principal”—10 the newspaper express'
ed it—of this great institution, I con.
sider it my duty to have a professor
of science added to my corps of teach,
era. It sounded well in speaking to
say: “Professor F.ast, of Wisteria
Academy." I must say it was the
aim of my life to have everything ap*
pear much better than it really was.
At a teachers’ meeting wehad discuss
ed the matter. “I shall stipulate
for an unmarried man,” I informed
the ladies, “middle-aged, learned and
companionable for intellectual wom
en like ourselves.” The teachers all
agreed with mo, but Col. Noel, my
Wealthy patron, demurred at the pro
posed advance. He cams in , just as
our meeting adjourned. IJemg n wid
ower, nndas Kva lmd taken her histo
ry lesson in the study to learn, I beg
ged him to sit down and tell us how he
managed his dear motherless chil
dren.
“I don’t manage them, blessed If I
do. I’ve turned them over to you la
dies to manage. Keep that rascal
Jack Norris away Iroin my Eva.
That's all I ask. iiless my heart, what
can I do with a parcel of girls on my
hands?”
"My dear Colonel,” I said, in asym*
pathetic tone, for ho certainly glanced
Jt me while speaking, “in my position
it care of tender, innocent girls has
become a lovely study. I dote upon
if 'Pli« nnlv f i-riulilii to me is that mv
care of them is too abort,”
“So it is, and a confounded abame,
too,” and the Colonel looked at mo
again, straight in the eyes.
“In my position vigilance, wisdom
and foresight are required,” I said
again in my most impressive manner.
“I may safely claim for myself these
requisites to a perfect manager of
young girls.”
The colonel laughed good-naturedly
as lie added: “I wager she's safe—
Eva is; she will have a fortune of her
own, and that scoundrel Norris knows
it.”
“In my position,” I remarked, for
the third time, “the ultimate good of
my charges is the aim of my lile. un
der my roof dearest Eva is secure,
Mr. Jack Noris will never try to out
wit me. He may be a Isold rascal, but
I Mr. Jack Norris won’t venture totrillo
with me.”
Col. Noel was emphatic in his assent
to this assertion. • lie’s a dare devil,
Noris is, a wild, harum-scarum, worth*
less scamp, but blessed if 1 beleivehn'd
have the hardihood to defy you,”
t laughed my chief patron, in that com
plimentary way of his which showed
me in a quiet way his preference for
niyseif. I had numberless answers to
my advertisement for a professor, but
I tossed them all aside and en
gaged l’rof. East. The moment my
eyes rested upon him I felt intuitively
that the very person 1 desired had
presented himself. Ho handsome, so
very handsome, m spite of immense
green goggles; so gentle, and refined,
and so good, so innocently good, I
engaged him at once on the easiest
terms. Indeed, Prof. East declared
himself so appreciative of the great
advantage of enjoying our society
that he almost forgot the question of
salary. He was quite indifferent to
money. I found him willing to come
for a mere pittance which went far to
bias me in his favor, as it always
does seem hard to pay out so much
money to teachers. The flutter of
nerves mentioned above was occasion
ed by the arrival of the professor.
He was actually in the house. All
the teachers were struck by bis ingen
uous manner and straight-forward,
beautiful candor
“He says he never met a more
charming set of ladies,”observed Miss
la-unard, the English teacher.
“He says tiie girls are not to his
taste, he despises such young things;
lie says m ye yes me lovely.”
“Mu foil Your eyes, indeed!” ejacu
lat ed Mam’selle Adele, the French
teacher. “He vows my retrousse nose
isypiquaiite, charmantv, ah, monsieur
is one grand gentleman.”
“I don’t believe ill flattery,” inter
jected Miss Wt-nhain. Nobody insults
me by compliments. The professor
thought I was one of theglris. Indeed.
1 never saw a man so amated as when
I told him I was a teacher.” MissNVeii
ham looked every day of forty-live
years.
"lie is very near-sighted," I remind*
eel iter.
“Not at ail," insisted Mias Wen
ham. “lie only wearsgtaeses to shade
his eyes, ami tie always says just
wnal lie thinks.”
Putting on my glasses I drew out a
note. It was irom the professor. I
was determined to read it merely as
a dives to their vanity ami conceit,
"l*et me see,“ I began, quit • as ti tile
idsa had that moment occurred to
me, “lie says in this note *1 am
coming early to have a better oppor
tunity of knowing a lady whom I have
long admired for her intents and
erudition 1 " Without the smallest
noli-• ol a decidedly envious laugh, I
tedded the nuts and went to my toom
_ _ __i .... . k ____ . _ i
Mtovens iwtlad titer taking my teal
and Waving my glasses ua tire lain*
they sdways nsss me look ten years
older - i went down loses Prof. l ast
To mv amassment there sat Man**# He
Adele iu her test black silk, with crim
son trinoa ngs, talking m her eivtl
•hie foreign way! There, on the other
•kle, Was Miss Iwonard Ur her beat
pig'd, (tutting in her bland
amiability. Miss Wenham in her
Sunday cashmere ogled him in
front. To do the professor
justice, lie seemed restless and in evi
dent expectation of some One else.
As he turned at once to me, I felt cer
tain that I was the person for whom
my handsome young professor waited.
We discussed extinct pachyderms of
the miocene period. 1 mado some
strong points, to which ho yielded
without argument. Miss Wenham
whispered quite audibly that the pro
fessor had not a chance to put In a
word.
When we were passing into the lec
ture-room I observed that he looked
at Edith Hands, who contrived to lie
in the way, and that she laughed
rattier pertly. Before I could speak
to her the professor said in n low
tone: “What a great figure you have,
my dear lady, queenly, positively
queenly.”
I heard that silly Eva titter so
rudely that common decoruin induced
me to semi tier to a hack seat. Hhe
is considered beautiful by some peo
ple, I*ut to my thinking tier face is
weak; besides, site has a round, chubby
figure. I had it from the professor
himself that lie admired a queenly fig
ure. 'I he lecture was rattier obscure,
of course. I saw that the professor
was very deep, but I am sure the girls
appreciated their privilege, Eva Noel
turned very red and almost choked
with laughter. If it bad been any
body else fait Prof. East I might have
imagined that lie became a trifle mix
ed and confusing on the niocene
strata, but then lie was certainly a
handsome man. By the merest acci
dent I happened to lie ill the hall when
the professor was putting mi Ills over
coat, and found the teachers around
him in an rul miring circle. I must say
tiiat my acumen and knowledge of hu
man nature never evinced itself so dis
tinctly as when f engaged Prof. East.
He turned at once to me and spoke in
the most complimentary manner of
mvobservationsof the tertiary epoch.
“Nothing ever interested me so much.
We must talk It over thoroughly, ft Is
most absorbing,” tie declared. “Be
sides, we don i oiten nave the advan
tage of such an intellect as yours to
elucidate abstruse matters.'' Which
proved how very much inteiestcd lie
was in the subject.
Eva Noel came in from the library
for a hook just as the professor closed
the door behind him. I noticed that
she wore a buttonhole bouquet with
a jacqueminot rose and smilax, which
I am positive the professor wore de
livering his lecture. The artful minx
must have tucked it up somewhere.
"How did you come by those flow
ers. Miss Kva?" I demanded severely.
Tiie girl turned very red. "Home
body gave them to me," she said, in
insolent defiance.
"You wicked girl,” broke in Miss
Wenhum; "do you remember Ananias
and Happhira? Those are the profes
sor's flowers. Vain creature, to sup
pose that lie would give them to a
chit like you! It is shameful."
Kva reddened more and more, but I
could see that she was tittering and
laughing to herself while I sent her to
bed. "I will speak to Kva to-morrow.
Hhe can't trifle with me. Ido believe
1 can see through a millstone. No one
can blind me," 1 said in a tone of deep
meaning.
"Some one ought to give the pro*
fcMsor a hint of Eva's duplicity,” sug
gested Miss Leonard.
"Perhaps it would fie just as well
to give him a hint of her shocking be
havior towards that dissolute wretch,
Jack Norris," supplemented Miss
Wenham.
■*i shall certainly do so," I returned
in emphatic approval. “Prof. East
must be warned—he is such a Rood
man—such an innocent, unsuspecting
disposition—we must take care of
him. I do flatter myself I am a judge
of men—yes, he must be told about
Eva Noel."
The teachers agreed with me perfect
ly; indeed, 1 could not recollect whin
we were all no unanimous upon any
subject. I thought-over all I had to
say to the professor, until I had st
ringed quite a happy and afTtctmg
way of putting it. Plainly it was my
duty to secure the professor against
the arts and wiles of this, weak, pretty
face—agirl without tho faintest claim
to a queenly figure.
Prof. East arrived much earlier than
was expect*d. However, the moment
1 heard of it 1 saw my opportunity to
give him a precautionary hint about
Eva's indecorus, artful ways. Tho
parlor door was partly open, and the
professor's voice audible from within.
I had the curiosity to stop and listen.
My position demands watchfulness.
• iJou't be alarmed," he was saying,
"my luck never wavers. That old
dragon is uit match (or me."
"Hut I’m dying witli fright all the
time. How can you do it."
The voice was no other than Eva's.
Hhe broke oil into a laugh, but turned
first red then pa's when 1 walked in,
holding myself very erect and assum
ing my most commanding aqiect. It
evidently impressed the professor, for
lie put on ids immense green glasses
and at once began to talk to me ol (lie
fossils of tiie ti i i isiy epocn. I made j
iny points about extinct pachyderms
w hile i find a chance. They were tell- ;
mg and isiwt rful, and, I must say, de
livered in an eloquent and sclent 111 J i
style I had Awnkti until two in j
til# mo- n'Hit r#mlinu 1*1*011 th«
I l*i ol, h.**t Uirnrtl lit# on on# ,
• <t«% llio Ollier, ttltvl look**! iiuaI* ;
tintlvt,
“I mu lo®t lit Jt*l mint t ion; it mi your !
tLur* th# tor in ut Juno ioikmU' In* I
*ttiflim * in* tliiiil«til)f t|«vhtrt«J, witli |
• ’ ft«? < 1%*)i^lttfuii mention*mmlor win I* |
| i!i»t oYt i*4 trout th# tit v Ar«t n* n
I bM4ltftll trull Ol III# ilt#|*4MUttO|l.
••Ill Mi t ttmt#f in#, y oil *|#nr, imu^h i
IJf iftiwu”* I eliinUiiftl, w« | shook M«y I
IhnmI nt bint
**I'tnlteiy |iu rt tort*! 'i nut m»
uitio|i)it»itb JiiftlMltm, ninny# Wlltmi
HUM* truth #ii|» OUt fttttl
Alia to#i I know you nr# lotion*.**
* Ihmi t A|#)ii#ur, I know 11*# truth
ml) #li|» t *nt*l v#ry km>|ly, h#
<)»4 look **» woo Ur lolly fenntl'
Hmtf, out with tiii<M hi%l#ou*
# in»*« * on, • ijutlr tut l*fii#tit|
Ij Mi ti 0i h#i nml | tony #ny nr * hi t on
tStMiinl tl»nt #r iit Hiiorltiuo
14*4*0, I t##l it toy omulol July to
wnnt—y*#* rwnlly trnrn-you ngntimt
a pert, forward, insolent girl, aa shal
low and vain as a peacock."
The professor came a step nearer.
"I think I know who you mean." he
whisi>ered. I fairly lost my temper— |
not with the professor—not at all, he
was so good looking, but with that
abandoned girl trying to attract his
attention. It was scandalous.
"She is an unprincipled, designing
creature,” I went on.
"And so desperately homely," he
added.
"I know you must think so,” was
my triumphant reply; "hut would
you believe it, some people call Eva
Noel pretty?"
"Where nave 1 heard that name?"
he questioned thoughtfully. "Oh, I
have it,the little girl just now I scarce
ly noticed; very ordinary, is she not?"
"Fearfully so, I assured him. "Hhe
lias been badly compromised by a
shocking affair with a dissolute scoun
drel, .lock Norri*. I watch her very
closely. 'Die mis Table knave can’t
trifle with me. I beg you to remember
that t his Is a mark of my confidence,
purely confidential. / mean to out
wit that rascal Norris, and, of course,
can’t ullow you to lie taken in. Come
to me if Eva speaks, or even looks at
you, my dear professor. I will pro
tec! yo" ”
The teachers interrupted me by
coining in at that moment, hut the
professor pressed my hand gratefully
and thanked me in tint sweetest
way as he went out to
tiie ledureroom. It quite startled
and kept me awake long after my
hour for retiring, and then, late as it
was, I caught a glimpse through the
window of I'rof. East moving through
the shrubbery in the moonlight,gazing
up at tiie windows,perhaps at mine.
Tire professor is so unsophisticated,
I believe I mentioned above how
perturbed and broken my rest wan on
that eventful night. Heveral night*
have passed since, but a* far a* I can
see there i* no prospect ol anything
tmt wakeful night* for a long time. I
I slept rather late in the morning, aft
er the night that unprincipled heart
ies*, wicked man delivered ill* la*t—
shall 1 call it lecture?
Mi** I,eon aid met mem the study,a
subdued excitement visible about her.
Eva Noel must have gone home with
out leave; tiie servant* iuive seen
nothing of her; the girl* profess
ed equal ignorance. Hhc had
not been seen since retiring the
night in-fore. It wa* mysterious, fu
my position mystery was not to bo
borne. I sent a messenger t,o Eva's
home. The messenger returned with
tiie appalling new* that Eva had not
been at home. Tint mystery deep
ened. I had tin- cellar* and garrets
searched, the cistern dragged, the
clothes presses examined, and even
the great soap kettle raised to see it
she could l/e underneath. To no pur
pose. Mis* Eeonard rushed suddenly
into tiie study, mid handed meariote.
It explained /ill:
“Dear Madam- I have relieved you of
the care ot Eva Nod. We were married
this morning. I don’t charge you a cent
tor my two lecture*. I’ll even llnfsh the
courae II you will post me on extinct
pachyderm*. Jack East Nonius.”
Prof. East and Jack Norris wa* one
and tiie same. Tiie perfidious wretch!
Where is tiie sal volatile?—Family
Fiction.
—- ■ • — —»
The Future of Our Families.
What is our duty a* regards provi
sion for the future for those who are
or may be dependent upon us? There
are two facts that point tiie path ol
duty too plainly to he misunderstood.
The first is, that public opinion is dia
ly strengthening in the conviction
that, in view pf uncertain busine*s
ventures, unexpected reverses and un
fulfilled business plan*, all ending in
early death or, at least, be!ore life’*
expectancy, that it is much the duty
of the head of tiie family to protect
the life which produce* the bread,
clothing and home* of tiie family,
by sharing with a large num
ber of person* tiie risks on a
certain amount of valuation on *uch
a life, n* it is to protect the house
which Mheltor* the lumily by sharing
the ri*k of its loss by lire with a. large
number of owner* of other houses.
This kind ol public opinion show* no
mercy to the householder who fail* to
insure In* house, and tiie lime hasten*
whim the same public sentiment will
say of the deceased protector, what
ever other good things lie may have
done, lie failed in hi* duty to accept
the propo*itioiiH of tho*e who ottered
to share with him tiie risk* of a par
tion, st least, of tiie valuation of hi*
life.
The second and stronger motive re
sult* from tiie inward consi-iousne**
which approve* thi* public sentiment,
ami which will In* clear it we remember
that only one-tilth ot the deceased are
solvent, that is, only one-fifth leave
itnything lor friend* after the liabiltie* j
ol their estate* are paid. Tw.'-tifth*!
have enough to pay their indebted
n< •», and the oth- i t wo lUtli* do lull ,
leave anything. Every individual m ,
rummencmg life Iioih-m to lie of the 1
im»-tilth, tmt lour-liltti* fail ot llo*
end. It would »*«iu (rum thin, that
(allure is tiie rule of life, and linanctal
success is the exception. It is wed ;
Known ill huMnea* r entice* that it I (
small frai ioii only secure their auu. I (
A few sue, ecd and I he courage ol the
struggling nuicses m kept up, wa they : i
point to their »u, > -*.
Now frteiol, saying nothing of tin j
uncertainty of the tile which wuuIJstt , ,
able you to secure what you desire lor i
the family, your i*hanc**e are too |
•mall m the stern cotti|iet it too ol the j I
age, lor you to rely oo business sue- j I
ve*s alone lor this result. Join our j1
Older and secure a certainty, and j,
limn you will enter upon the race of i i
business and all the *trajah* at Ids | j
with the more totthdeme and stronger <
hopes. It will |lv* peace to your pi I i i
low and strength to the day's battle 11
Tl*e expense la so small and the mi ji
vantage so great you cannot altord to j I
111'jit* t thte KppoftutuI) H, no Other j I
still further that now te the only sue* j.
time, sickness or death may W aj* j ■
prom hmg. ibenbow.
Skceex' Hound Girl.
“Now be quick about it, and don’t
stand there lookin’ at me that way.
Fhem eyes o’ yourn is enough to give
one the creeps, they air that ugly. I
wish they’d a sent one a girl with blue
syce. 1 never could abide black ones,
there’* something so evil in ’em.
[Crash.) Well, jest look there! if that
ain’t the second dish you've broke
this week. I'll curt you for that, 1
will. You'll po without your dinner
now, too. We'll see if you can't learn
to be more careful. Bech a thing m
you air i* enough to wear one's life
out.”
The “thing” referred to turned to
her work. There was a sudden scowl
upon the face—a little dark, colorless
foci, lit up with great., black, wide-open
syes, that were just now shining with
a vindictive expression that was any
thing but pleasant. “How I do hate
her, she was saying to herself, as she
clinched tier small lists. “Khe is al
ways callin' me ugly. As if I could help
It. Then she fell to wondering if by any
mean* the color of her eves might be
changed. Hhe had never heard of such
a tiling, hut if they only could, what
a great boon it would b# to her. Her
mother had thought her ey * beauti
ful, but sin was so dtrterent from any
body else. If she could have them
changed to blue, just exactly the color
of tiiu sky, how pretty they would be,
Ko engrossed was she with the idea
that she forgot, fora time all about,
her mistress and her surroundings,
lint that, i tsplng voice again broke
l lie silence. “Jto dabble away there
in the water, an'be all the forenoon
waslim’ them dishes. '1’carsas if you
tries to see bowaggrivalin’you kin be.
You never stop to think I reckon, that
you ought, to do somethin’ to pay for
Lite home, an’ clothes, and vit unis you
git; but that’s the way with sech crea
tor* as you they’re always ongratc
ful. I don’t know what ever put it
into my head to want a bourr girl
anyway. If you don’t do better I’ll
iml. I in ii von over to the noor lioiiHc.
1 will."
The “erect er” looked at her mistress.
If she only dared t o speak wiiut a re
lief it would be. What ugly, liat.eful
words she would spit forth. A home?
And what a home! A bare room in
the garret, with a hard, scant bed, Hhe
did not mind that, if they would only
xpeak to her kindly sometimes, orgive
her now and then a word of encour
agement or commendation. Clothes?
Look at. them east olT garments of
her mistress, hastily cut down, ill tit
ling, faded, and worn. Hhe did not
■are for t he holes in them, or for the
lit of them. If they had been put on
her by loving bands no queen in robes
nf velvet would have been happier.
Food? The very coarsest. Hhe was
never allowe I any tid-bits. With what
hungry eyes she sometimes watched
Mrs. Hkeggs caress her boy, Hammy,
and feed him sweetmeats hungering
not so much for the sweetmeats as for
tliecares as. Would anybody ever love
her again? she wondered. Not since
the day her mother, with an effort,,
turned her white face toward her, and
laying her thin hand upon her head
tenderly, had whispered, for her voice
was nearly gone: “Janie, he a good
girl, and we will meet again by and
by,” had there been a loving word
spoken to her. That was only two
years ago, but it, seemed an age to the
little waif. Hhe had looked in tearful
perplexity while they screwed down
the lid of the rough eoflin in which her
mother luy, but no one paid any at
tention to her. Hhe remembered one
neighbor woman had said to another:
“What an uncanny little thing it is;
she’s all eyes." After they had carried
her mother away slut was sent to a
rhildren’s almshouse, and in a little
time a home was provided for her “out
west" in the Hkeggs family. Hhe was
known as Hkeggs’ bound girl. The
neighbors sometimes remarked that it
was very kind of Mrs. Hkeggs to lake
Lhat girl to raise; they wouldn’t want
such a responsibility.
“Well, what air you standin' there
about? Why don't you scour your
knives now? Yon always have to
wait to be told. And do take them
syes off me. If I had such ugly eyes
I’d never look at ennybody.” Ho the
Jay wore away. The days since she
anie to the Hkeggs family were always
tedious, but Ibis one seemed unusual
ly long, perhaps because she luid to uo
without her dinner. Hhe had snatch
.1 .. ....;.I <..1
(Veiling die felt faint witli hunger, and
opprexMod with an unuccountublu
lieu vine**.
She wu drawing a pad of water at
the well when Sammy came in from
the field with hi* father. Ho was a
treat, overgrown, Ireekled-fared hoy
uf \‘J. Ilia lather went oil to the ham,
but S immy, (teeing that Jaue had ju*t
liiout gol her bucket to the top dip
Iietl up behind her, grabbing her arm*
to »u<ld«uly that in fright Mho let go
Im windla**, and away rolled tho
navy bucket to the lioitom again.
Sammy, who thought it lot legitimate
right to toaeo the "bmiu’ girl” when
•v#r ho ehoi,« to, buret into loud
aiighter, hut Jane luoI borne much
luring the day, anil thie wu* the la*t
itraw. Snatching up a etick Ui.it lay
'ORVenient, with a voice full of pa*
non die declared *tie'd “kill 101*1”'
Piter* wa* uo ilotilil inunter in her
icart, Inn the dciuhrno*-of tho ntick,
tml Sammy * overgrown buik, were
mnirmnniitahUt dltlWiiitie* >11 the way.
Something iiiiuntiel in her manner
•on* metd Sammy »bu wa* terribly m
•unit *t, He rati into the hoinm cry
Mg,' Ma,Jarre•ay*4te'll kill me." Mr*,
'kty.a *t'iit rummy tor toe father,
uiiairrieginn •< u,*d the family,
d hat tiitmltl tie thine with
1 • teat lire that dtowed noth
lam i ron* proclivitfe* "It 1 tmru
out t»*%d m her,” moaned Mr*,
'ktaa “and however air we gout' to
ifwtll Ur |l «*• itwhlnl that ehv
itid l e whipped, but Jane wa* like
111 wiiuiiai at hay, dumh, hot full of
>gbt so Mr sk*vg* wa* obliged to
live ItW a good I teat tug lefun he
ould kutalue lief, she wa* then
bagged up *tairw and thru*! into her
nth room She *at ilowtt on Iiu* one
ukvty wtio.lt 1,, It itr |,\ the window
' or a lime dm wa* im.*e4ott» of uni*
me f ding. and tlrat wa* anger, but
dt«r A a lute iitlm t)it*gbtr took
»tw own of her, *h* went bo k Iri
«T , art mg (ftiiti I f mnltier, and
wondered what she meant by saying
they would meet again. She Wl heard
something about heaven. Her mother
had said she was going to her home
in the sky. Mrs. Hkeggs hod told her
that only good people went to heaven,
and if she didn't mend her ways she
would never get then; God could never
love such an ill-natured, ugly creature
as she. Htill her ideas of heaven were
very vague. Hhe looked up at thnhroad
expanse of blue, where the stars were
just la-ginning to twinkle, for twilight
wasiust disappearing into the deeper
shades of night . Hhe thought the sky
very beautiful, hut how did people get
there? The ache in her heart seemed
the biggest part of her now. It filled
her breast, and choked her breath.
Homeone opened her door and put a
plate of bread and a mug of water on
the floor. Hhe was not hungry now.
so she sat still, watching the stars and
listening t o the frogs croaking in the
meadow swale, and the crickets chirp
ing under the window. Huddenly a
voice seemed to speak to her: ‘‘Why
don't you leave them?" Hhe sprang to
her feet electrified. Why hod she not.
thought of that, before? Yes, she
would go. Eagerly slm ate of the
bread and daatik the water. Then she
sat down to wait for the family to re
tire. How t he stars sparkled and
laughed in her face; the very frogs
seemed croaking: "Come! Come!"
Hhe clasped her hands together in ec
stacy, Hln- would go out into the
beautiful, unknown world. Wlmt
might she not find? I’ernap* -aye,
perhaps she would find heaven, Hhe
listened only an owl hooting mourn
ili11y )11 Miw
At 10 o'clock the house wa* all !
quint. Jane got out of her window
upon the roof of I he low porch, then
crept quietly to the corner furthered,
front the farmer’* deeping room and
oaxily dipped down the po*t. to the
ground. Him hurried to the open high
way. Awc-Mt ricken, die looked around.
Hhe had never heel) out at night alone
Oetore, hut. dm would not go hack, not
t he wo ret of hobgoblin* could equal
the horror* die wa* leaving behind.
Ho die walked on. After a time the
moon came up and looked Minilmgly
down upon the wanderer. "What
a kind face it. La*,"'die thought; "may
lie that’* dad,” and die wa* no longer
afraid. Tlie dark diadow* of the tree*,
with bright patcim* of moonlight be
tween, charmed her. Th« *cen« re
minded tier, eome way, of tlie fairy
tale* her mother u*ed to tell her. On,
and on die went, lint, how tired dm
wa* growing, and what axtrange, con
fused feeling in herhead. Hlmwnsiiow
in tlie out skirl* of a village. Creeping
under a vine-clod porch die laid down.
"John, *«e, dm i* coming to. Why,
the poor little pale tiling! What beau
tiful eye* die ha*, John."
"Oil," thought Jane, "till* must be
heaven." Him looked up; a effect face
wa* bending over her.
"What do you mmposeever brought
tier to our porch, John? How pitiful
i and *orrowful dir look*, i wonder if
die lay there nil night? Here, Maggie,
get. the tub ready, we will give her a
bath and put her right to bed— her
puifle *eem* fevcriidt—make her *orne
gruel."
Ye*,it mu*t he Imaven, for had they
not Mpokeu kindly to her, and called
iiei eye* beautiful. Him felt, dm could
Im good here. "It mimt not be ho
tiaril to be good when people are kind
to you,” die argued.
Jane lay in that *oft bed sleeping
the mod of tlm t ime, but when awake
only about half conscious until the
afternoon of the next (lay, when a
voipe from the adjoining room reached
her ear*,Mtartlingher into the full pos
session of Imr faculties. "It’* my
boun’ girl, *ure. We’ve been lookin’
everywhere lor her. Hite’* an awful
piece, too. Why, the very day dm
left the little wretch tried to kill my
boy Hammy.”
Jane got right out of bed. Where
were her clothe*? Hhe could not find
them. No matter, die muet go in her
night-clot he*—anything to get away
from that, woman. Him tried to raise
tlie window, but xlm Imd no Htrength.
Everything *eemed growing dark.
When a few minute* later the good
lady of the house came in to look
after her charge die found her on the
floor in a dead faint. They restored
her to consciousness, but she soon be
came delirious. "Don’t let them fake
, me hack," she raved. I can’t ho good
there. I want to *tay here where they
love me." i a few day* the fever had
| done it* work. The “little wretch”
lay quiet and peaceable enough, with
her hand* crossed on her bosom, and
eyelid* closed over the black eye* for
ever. Hhe wa* well out of the reach
nf I Im U!#i. nta fn lui I<<1<111<I <#ir*l
was
Shattering Our Idols.
A Hoeton aea captain,who lias linen
uiiout (or more than forty year*,
says lie never yet lieartl a sailor use
•uch expression* a* “shiver my tim
ber*'' or “bles* my topiightM." If this
be indeed true, it demolishes a most
cherished acceptation in our boyitli
reading* and dream* of the sea. i'n
•ay those cruel words, oh, sen rover,
or a million grown-up boy* will hav«
wrested iroui them the most delight
fill of their mentorle* o' romance
Think, too, ol the dangerous prece
dent thus establish'd. Other ruthless
i ones may despoil u* ol the benevolent
bandit, In* gorgeous trappings and
palatial cavern in tire bowel* of the
earth, it may even transpire that
such expression* a* “odd tiah,"
“round*, “forsooth" and “now, by
tuy halidom," were never employed i
at ail, and that in lire old da,,* men
• rut around saying “You can bet
your sweet III#," “cheese the racket,"
“•hat areyou giving a*," ami “rats,"
|U*v a* th>y do now. I maw us.prith
»«, tires* sweet and halhiwsd lusaiu
riea and take •untatrilui slee — Texas
hill Inga.
“I tell you." •xclamted t'ogg, dog
main-aliy, “that wwman te not **ptal
toman 1 “ l na| atru*l“r*mark*d Mix
>*., who hitlorte bad taken no parr
la the discussion, “tine, I'.vnkfl, and
It is also true that $1 I* not s>|uai
to 1Ucentv," llustwn Transcript
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III. APRIL 19—THE LOST
IS POUND.
OaM»u Taxi; “I.lkewla* I Huy I nto Von.
There la .Iny In tha I’raaane* nf the
Angela Of (lull Unr One Mlnner That
Kepenteth," Luka if, 10.
UK I.RHBON for today
ineludea veraea II to
14 In the fifteenth chap
ter ol Luke. Th* par
able la on (he return
of th* wanderer th*
crown and th# pearl of
parable*, It la a world
of wladom, and hope,
and lova eondenaed In
to * few worda. aa a
whole landacape la
painted on the retina
of the eye. It la a via
Inn ut Ihe heart of Ood.
"Tim three parable#"
of Ihla chapter rhould h* atu4led together,
«* ear li one la completed by the other*. The
mlattndi raiandlog# wlil'-h might aria* from
the preacntatlnn of one view are corrected by
Ihe othern. Ttinf* I* no on* view of man'#
aln and loea, nor of (lod'a love to alnful man.
which can poaalbly precept th* truth on all
aide* and In all light*.
place |n the Life of Fhrlat Th# l#>t oart
of the third year of hie public mlnlatry. Dur
ing the I'erean mlnlatry.
Time fie. . rule r, A, If. 29, or early January,
A, I), to.
Place Somewhere In Perea.
The full I "if of today'* leaaotl la aa follow#;
11. And he aald, A certain man had two
aonat
12. And Hip younger of them aald to hi*
father, Father give me the portion of good*
that fallcth to mo. And he divid'd unto them
hi# llVlng.
12. And not many dava after the voung'r
*' n gathered all together, and took hla foor
nev Into a far country, end there waeted hi#
*» balance with riotuua living,
w a..a 1.. a,.a ..ll iti'.rc ee'.aa
* mighty famine In that land; and he began
In be In want,
13. And lie went and Joined himself to a Htl
r* it <4 that eo nntry; and he went hlrn Into hi*
Held* to frt'A swine.
Id, And he would fain have filled his bell*
with the husks that the swine did eat rind
re man gave unto hlrn.
17, And whin he earne to himself. be «nid.
How many hired vervsnt* of rnv father** have
'"■rad enough and to spare, and I perish with
feungfft
IP. I will arise and go to my father and
will say unto hlrn Father. I hav* sinned
ageing! heaven, and before thee,
1ft And «m no more worthy to be called
fh" sen* metie me nn ore of thy hired servants,
?o AM be arose and came to his father.
flu* when be was yet a great way off 1*la
fstbf* raw Mrn, and bad compassion, and ran,
nrd feft ,.f, bis reck and kissed hlrn.
21, And the aoti said unto hlrn. Father T
b" « sinned seal rat heaven and fn thv sight,
and am no more worthy to be called tby son.
22, Hut the father raid to bis servants,
Bring forth the beat robe, and put M on
bftn' and nut a ring on bis band, and shoe*
on Mi fget:
22. And bring hither the fatted calf, and
kin It end let its et»t. and be merrv:
"t For this my son was deed and Is alive
egffn; be was lost, and Is found. And they
be^an to be m«rry.
w to" ov.t lunation* to certain par ages In
fcodry'a lesson are as follows.
11. if err* we have n pletur# of what <lod
meant the world to be. "A eertaln man b»d
two sons The householder I* our heavenly
I'u'h" full of love for Ills children. This
beautiful world ‘s the homo fitted up with
every comfort for them. The two son* reo
rient different characters and Haase* among
them,
1? "Father, give me the portion of good*
that fa I let b to me," The older son, accord
ing to Jewish law Inherited « double portion
(Uuut, xxl, 17). Ttie younger would thus nat
urally Inherit at hi* father’* death one-third
of hi* property. But he desired hi* father to
anticipate the future end glv<* him hi* share
now In rw »'v or Jewel*, "which In* n common
form of Investing wealth to this day In the
Fast,"-Trial ram. HI* father was rich, so
that he could do It without suffering from
poverty. "And he divided unto them lit* liv
ing," Kis property viewed aa tha mean* of
living,
12, "Not many days after." his thought*
soon took form In action. "Took hi* Journey
Info a for country." Perhaps Home, or Cor
Intli, where were gathered every luxury and
vice.
"Wasted hi* substance with riotou* living."
"Thu down grades of life are generally steep
and short, and so one sentence |m enough to
describe this descensus Avernl. down which
the youth plunges so Insanely."—Burton.
14. "And when ha had spent all." which
| did not take long, "there arose a mighty
i in uini iuiki. it ".
vi)Ul, "n* It pine* for the father’* prt*«n<e
and for Iho futlier’a amlle, longing for tlic
loci Kden."
1', "Arid ho wont and joined himself."
"f.lterully, allied lilmaelf to." faatonod lilrn
aolf tin .1. "lo a citizen of that country.” rap*
reaentlng either men hopeleaaly corrupt and
wor ldly, or. perhapa, llie power* of evil.—Cam
hrldc fllhle. "He Kent him Into the field*
to feed Nwlno," Hie baaeat, moat degrad :ng
work a .low could do.
18. "lie would tain." lie ardently deilred.
ro hunarv waa he. "The huaka that the awlno
did eg*..Phene huaka a-e the pod* and
eced* of the locuat or earob tree (Ccratonla
•lllqua) a common evergreen tree bearing
an abundant crop of fruit. "No tnan gave *
unto him." The frtemla he had made by aln
had departed him In lit* need.
17. "And when he came lo hlmaelf." a*
one awakening out of an evil dream. “Ilow
many hired aervanta.” tboac leaat connected
with the family; even the** "have bread
•Rough, and to apare.”
1». "I will nriae and go." I will put wy
revolve* Into action Immediately. "I have
alnned aaalnal heaven." Agalnet tho author
ity and the principle# of heaven, again*! good
1 tee* and Providence. and Hod. He ehowv-1
hta underatandlng of the true nature of aln
l v putting ihl* Brat. "And before thee." H*
had wronged hi* father, tll-lrealed hi* over
flowing gmdnaaa.
I» “I am no more worthy.** He make# M
oeeuaee. He humbly coefeeev* hi* *lu». and
•aka md right*, hut meu le*.
fln, "And he atiar and came lo hi* lather.
Toward out to He did not come lo ht» father;
hi* father vine »ut t. hint.
SI. “And the tun tnld.*' Ha law# •“ r >•'
f.». hta tine hut the father cut hill abort
b*-aua* he taw that hta *»n waa penitent
Si ' but the father eald." When the far
teat wanderer rant* bwvh to hta aurly h >m*
be found eta thing* he Nad • father a
hw«0* • wet- -We • **■» • •»**♦< »<*d •
' IttKk ill# ImniI '*l4t#m4lji *#•
flrat refce.** ' Put a ring «• bla bead The
gteteg «l it* ring lealvree him Out Mh hr
freed. » hut to dignity aud power.
eu hla teat’ «h»aa wa»w wuew «N* M
Ireema*. navat hr emvea.
TMK KINQ’M UAUOHTim.
Ait "etwrfwbt’lf e«i»bou'*f’ la * tr+~
quant foal It ru of Ihu CUfhfl «f lh*
King* Haughlaew.
Tk* Mil ear CfthM HtmfHUl W Ittllgk,
III. ua*t Ha lbca»lto* aud a test*
of lha funta required tug Ita bulldth*. f*
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mi it*« hooka lw» th# library uf 0»**«
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