Tins ADVERTISER.
. w. KAiuiticornr.it v.
FINANCIAL EXTREMES.
" QIvo mo neither poverty nor riches."
I.
SOLOMON ItAV.
A hnrd. clone man wim Holomon Itay;
Notliln o value ho gnvo awny.
Ho hoarded mi' saved:
flu pinched mi' shaved s
An' the mora he hud, the more ho ornvod.
The hard-earned dollars he tolled to gain
All brought him little but cure an' pain;
I'ur nolliln' ho spent,
An' nil Hint he lent
H.i made It brlnir him twonty per cent.
Heeh wiw the life o' Hnlomnn Kay.
The yearn went by, an' his hair growgrny,
Ills cheeks grew thin;
Ills soul within
Grew lianl e. the dollar) he worked to win.
Hut lie died one day, e. all men imiHt,
1'urllfo Is tleetln' an' man but dust;
An' the heirs wero guy
That laid him awav:
An' Ilils was the end n' Bolomou Hay.
They quarreled now who had loetlo eared
Kur Holnuiou Hay while his lire was spared;
All hl hinds were Hold,
An' IiIh hnrd'carnod wold
Wiih paid to the lawyers, I am told.
Yet many will cheat, an' iilnoh, an' save,
Nor take tho'r treasures beyond tho grave.
All tho'r gold Homo day
Will van Hhaway.
Jilk jo selllsh savin's o' Soloman Hay.
II.
ri:t,F.ri htow.
Btrongnn' healthy, tint iilwu. Blow,
I.aigo im' hy,.witH Pcleg Htow:
liiitKir an' he
Did disagree;
Why ho tthould worry, ho couldn't hco.
Tho tall, thick weedM In his garden grow;
Ills wants wore many, his comfortH few;
Fur loetlo he made,
An' ho had no trade,
Whllo ho borrowed money ho never paid.
While others labored, he calmly slept;
While othois hurried, he humbly crept;
An' ho seemed luolli ed
To be left behind
In tho Journey o' lire by nil his kind
He lied no manhood, ho tied no prldo:
Ills Trail wHo faded, hlfl children died,
An' tho whole world said
'ltioy weio better dead
1 han llvln' the pitiful life they led.
Idle ho lived, an' without n care
A worthless loud for the town to bear.
He reaped murrain;
Hedled in pu!n,
An object o' pity an' Just disdain.
Vet many will live In sloth an' easo
'I III out at the elbows an1 the knees;
Their milium will spend,
An', In llieeml.
W III go to the grave without a friend.
KuuuieJ. Hall, In Clilatw) TrUnine.
TWO HOMES.
A Chiiitir ill" lieu! I.lfr.
Thoru was trouble, on a curtain morn
ing in two homos at opposite ends of
tho City of Dublin. Tho homos woro
vury dMoront, and so was tho nattiro
of Urn trouble; novortholoss, tho lattor
tlltf respective inhabitaiils of" both. ' "
Tho lirst of thoso dwellings was on
tho south sido of Alurrion Square, a
goodly mansion, tho abode of wealth
and luxury. Tho lady to whom
this belonged sat diseonsoluto in tho
midst of hor rich surroundings. Hooks
and embroidery wore on tho dainty
little llowor-dookod table at hor sido,
but they woro untouched; and a rest
less, troubled expression was on hor
faco while she nervously clasped and
unclasped tho jowolod hands lying idle
in hor lap. "
Tho door oponed, anil a footman an
nounced a visitor.
" Oh," she exclaimed, rising to groet
hor, "you got my nolo. How kind of
you to como! I am in such distress."
...'.' ,ml '""I whraP" asked the friend,
'Toll mo all about it."
'l0 roniombor my cousin, Emma
"Of course. Hut no ono has seen
her for years. Sho has shut hersolf up
in her country place over since hor hus
band died; has she not?"
"Yes; and sho is still a proy to griof.
Ileforo they married, hor husband gavo
her, as her ongagoment ring, a valuable
jewel that hail been in his family for
tune out of mind, and had como to him
front his mother. It was a diamond
a single stone of groat stzo and the
purest water. Of course she valued it
miniensoly, as, indeed, sho would lmvo
any gift of a man to whom alio was so
devoted. Since his death, this rinr has
boon simply inestimable in her eyes -the
earnest of linniilnnud mii.,.,1 ui
1 mod so highly by the giver as an old
family possession, and in itself of such
exceeding value, it has never loft her
linger (lay or night. Latterly, sho has
fancied that tho stono was boeomiu.r
loose in tho sotting, and spoko of seiuf
jng the ring to mo to have it examined
by it jeweler, but could never make un
her mind to part with it, oven for a few
lays. At last, howovor, the stone came
out. Sho sent it to mo, aml"-horutho
speaker broke down--1 have lost it!"
"ion have lost tho stone? Hw
very unfortunate! No wonder you tiro
bo wretched! Tell mo how ft han.
uoned."
Tho ladv told her storv, pourim- tho
dotiiils of tho grievous mlsadvontura in
to sympathetic oars. Hor friend, with
kind tact, abstained from the, "if vo
had only dono this or that;" or !
wonder you did so-and-so," common
on such occasions; remarks that drive
painfully homo tho arrow of self-reproach
and fruitless regret, alreadv
fit nging so sharply. Kvory ono is so
wise, so full of precautions, after a
thing has happened.
Tho moans that had been acioptod for
tho recovory of tho lost troasuro woro
discussod by tho two ladles, anil fresh
measures anxiously suggostod. At lust
the visitor doparted, leaving tho owner
of tlieso'gorgoous drawing-rooms with a
heavy heart under hor "silk attire."
Tho other homo was m a very dillor-
m
onL quarter of tho city. It consisted of
ono room in a house lot out in "tene
ments" to poor families, in a squalid
back slum. The place was clean,
though baro of everything except mero
necessaries; every article of furniture
that could bo dispensed with, as well as
tho wearables of tho inmates, having
gone to the pawn-shop to procure food.
Lying outside tho bed, partly dressed,
was h man tho wreck of a fine, stal
wart, broad-shouldered young fellow.
Ho was a day-laborer, and had lately
left tho hospital after a long and heavy
lit of illness. Two small children wero
playing quietly in a corner; and tiio
wife Tier apron thrown over hor head
was sitting beside tlm lireless grate,
rocking herself backward and forward,
sobbing bitterly.
"A' don't tako on so, my girl," said
tho man "don't now, Mary, honey.
Sure (iod is good, Maybo He'll rise up
something for us. I'll got strong and
able again perhaps. Didn't the doctor
say when 1 was leaving tho hospital,
that I hadn't a ha'porth tho matter
with mo? I was cured; and ho need do
no more."
"Ay; and didn't ho say, too, that
you was to have good food good
nourishment; and that without it
you wouldn't do? And 'tis that
what's breaking my heart en
tirely,' added Mary, with a
fresh burst of griof; " looking at you
there melting away before my oyos day
by day; woro to a skeleton with next to
starvation, and nothing on tho living
earth to give you. And now hero's tho
man como for tho rent, and I haven't a
half-penny to give him not ono! Suro
and certain, we'll be turned out on tho
world. Nothing for it at last but to go
to the workhouse, and bo all parted
asunder from one another you and 1
and tho children. And wo so comforta
ble, so happy in our little homo beforo
you took ill, with full and plenty of
every thing! Oh, Jim, jewel, isn'"t it
liardP"
"Well, 'twas from no fault of ours,
and couldn't bo helped. Tho sickness
came from the Lord glory be to His
holy name! How do we know but what
help will como from Him, too? Any
way, darlint, there's no use in fret
ting." " If I could get work, 1 wouldn't
fret," said tho young woman. "Wo
mijrht struirirlo on. and keen tho lifo in
us im sucn lime as you wero on your
feet again. But I can't. It's a poor
case to bo able and willing to earn, and
..,i I"-..
llbiii111:!'1:!!1.??':!"0;
dlowork Miss West jrot for mosho's a
good friend, Heaven bless her! was
well paid for. Sho promised to try and
trot mo more amongst hor ladies." I'll
go oil' to hor now, and see lias sho
heard of anything. You'll bo good,
avourneons, while I'm away, won't
yo?" said sho, kissing tho two half
starved mites in tho corner; "and yo
won't cry, or disturb tho poor sick
daddy. I'll bo back, Jim, my heart,
in loss than no time."
durance of sullorinc nro trnitu wll
known to thoso whoso ovperionco lies
among tho lower orders. Poor Jim
had a full share of both; novortholoss,
when his wife had irono ho broke down
miserably. "God liolp her!" ho said,
looking after her retreating iiguro;
"and God forgive mo for deceiving her,
and making up storios about getting
strong and well, when 1 know
as suro as that I'm lyin
stretched hero, that tho never a
stroke of work I'll do again in this
world. "Tis living I am dying for tho '
want of overything; as weak as water, I
and not ablo to lift my head. If she
was to slave day and night, and work
hor poor fingers to tho bono, tho cray-
thur! sho couldn't got mo tho nourish-1
mont I'd want. Though I purtend to
her that I'm not ono bit hungry or in-,
clinod to make uso of victuals, I could
oat tiio world if I had it. I'm hist
ravenous! wiiou I was sick at tho
hospital, I wasn't able to look at o von
tho cup o' tea; but now tho hunger is
gnawing and tearing at mo. My heart
is weak from fasting, and tho longin"
and tho craving aro killing mo."
Meantime poor Mary was hurrying
iiinjunii iiiu siroois wuti nnyinim fnni,
iuiB.i ivusi was a natty governess.
Though but just nineteen,' sho was tho
main prop and stav of a wiri'mvntl in.
m:.. nr.. i
vaiiu moiiior and
by her daily
tho pittance
made by
o tiio oL taX t, "ny ",V1""'1' I
vim i. .....i Vi i "y"v M't'v.niu ui ,
uusv1 "'" i "ir1" ttSL!1" '
juiuu ui ,
i many i
)ro she
slice of,
(i.L'lwica i
.. ,.. v nwiwil littOO UU1U1U
Mioiiui ngain Huo food, a coodlv
t L. . 1. I 1 . ' . ." . .
i.nuft. mu;m mm uuuor; tiio thickness, i
uU it uuaurveu, roioraoio to t lie bread
,. ' , u,ll,lul owiujiu uiuruuu uoiiig ,
limited to an almost imperceptible i
"scrapo." ..
"Alt, is that you, Mary?" sho said,
with tho bright, pleasant smilo that i
always seemed, Mary declared, to I
"rise her heart out of trouble." "I am I
afraid I havo no orders for you this
morning, but I lmvo got a now pupil, j
and sho tolls mo that thero will shortly
bo a wedding in the family. So there's I
a ohanco for von. Nomlln-wm-L- m.iv I
I I I I L llllllllll llk-KBtnital !........ 1 . .. I . . ..
bo required, and I may have good news
for you before long."
Poor Mary wrung hor hands togothor
under hor cloak, straining them hard
in tho agony of disappointinontthat sho
strove to keep down and hide from hor
young bonefactross. Very -bitter was
stops, speculating on tho possibility of i ?x hor.,niSi0''h'" f'ic, or guessed at
her friend havmg found hor work h Zw.mK thoughts that wore driving
amonsr her pupils." orSho to despair. "Dying! xes, dying
VnillKr HKtlllVII.II'nin.y
iil i,.,t . i.:.. i i i 1 mii.ii wiuii iuui uuruii iiiu uuur oi mo
toil that which eked out trmMtn" .,.(: i i. ...."
left of better days, and ' na , fc '. ... ., , L m.
frugal contrivnnoo the two ' r... ". r,i. " ...," "y.. AN. " u:r ,l "
the pang of doferred hope:
would not seem ungratoful.
"And i daresay," said tiio gin,
glancing at tho white, pinched face,
"thotyou'vo loft homo without your
breakfast. Hero's a nice cup of tea I've
Just poured out, and a round of bread-and-butter,"
her own whole mornintr
meal; "sit down while you tako them."
" Thank yo kindly, Miss; I'm double
thankful for tho ted; and," added tho
poor woman, u.11 unconscious that sho
was robbing her benefactress, "as
you're so good, I'll put the slice in my
bosket, and carry it to poor Jim." May
bo it'll tempt him lovely white bread!
Mo does bo saying always that ho has
no mind to cat;
but I think 'tis
just
purtending ho
is, poor fellow!
Me
knows I haven't it for him
"If I could only gctyou some work!"
said tho girl, touched to the quick by
tho utter woe in her poor friend's face.
"Ah well, suro you're doingyour best
tho Lord bless you! and who con do
more? And now. Miss, I'll go; axing
your pardon for all tho troublo I'm giv
ing you."
With a heavy heart Mary turned
away, retracing hor stops wearily along
tho passage. Homcmboringsomothing,
howovor, beforo reaching tho hall-door,
she came back, and reappeared in tho
room where the littlo governess was
tying her bonnet-strings, preparing to
set out. "I forgot this," sho said.
" Sure, I'm losing my mind entirely
with tho fret that's on it. God help
me! my burden is making me foolish.
Coming along this morning, I seen this
on tho Hags, and put it in my pookot.
thinking maybe if it was clean, ono of
your littlo sisters might fancy it for her
cur'osity-box. Lot mo wipe tho mud
oil' it for you, Miss. It shines beautiful
now a bit of glass like."
A moniont's scrutiny of tho object
sparkling on tho woman's outstretched
palm, and Miss West, crying out "Oivo
it mo. quick, and wait," snatched it
from her Mary staring in astonish
ment at her vohemence and rushed
up-stairs to hor mother's room.
" What is it, dear?" said tho startled
invalid as sho dashed in. "What ever
is tho matter?''
"O mother, look! Can this bo what
wo suw advertised for tho newspaper?
Is it possible poor Mary can bo tho lucky
finder? I can scarcely believe it. Do
look."
Tho advertisement was as follows:
' 4'n( IM'WAIMI I fiat l t'ulllnlilii lio
mond." ITho description and further
! particulars given. "Whoever finds it,
or can give information leading to Us
recovery, will receive tho above reward
by applying at No. , Merrion Square,
South. ''
Mrs. West at onco pronounced what
' was submitted to her experienced judg
ment, to bo a diamond of great value,
i and was strongly of opinion that it
i might bo tho missing jewel; but both
I motlicr and daughter agreed that it
I would be better not to tell Mary tho
extent of her possible uooil fortune, for
i iuiii oi ui3iipibnuiiiom. So on routin
ing to her, the young lady only said:
, "My mother thinks this may bo some
thing wo have seen advertised for in
tho newspaper, to bo taken, if found,
to Merrion Square. My lirst tuition
tliis morning happens to bo in that
square, so I will go with you to tho
house mentioned."
" Thank yo kindly, Miss. Tho foot
men in them grand houses wouhin'tlook
at the likos o me. They'd just slap the
door in my faco, if I mado so bold as to
rine."
As she tripped along, tho young gov
1 ornoss' heart beat high at tho prospect
of what might bo tho happy rosult of
her errand. No more slaviig for poor
I Mary; good food for Jim: an airy lod"
I ing at tiio sea-side, where lie woidd
soou recover his strength; clothes and
furniture redeemed from pawn; and,
I after an interval of rest and ease sore
ly needed after thoir suil'erings her
humblo friends restored to their'old lifo
i of industry and comfort,
i Sho might have been tempted to ini
1 part 8omo gleam of these bright hopes
i to tho poor grief-laden young wife
i plodding wearily behind hor, had sho
scon tho tears thatdripped slowly down
huforo my oyos; ami not one to reimli
hand to save him! And ho so joiui",
and so good, my darling Jim! Not like
a many of tho other boys, his comrades,
tlHJ I'1"""" "'"l " hor wrolahod ro
unveil wnou miss west was shown un
!? " drawing-room, and display"!!
lowed wlion Miss West was shown in
into the drawing-room, and displayoi
before the enraptured oyos of its oceu
punt tho precious jowel whoso loss hai
.....1 ......l. ...! . .. . .
caused such
;n iriouuuion. as lor poor
wius soino timo before aim
Mary, it
count realize Her good fortune, or take
in tho bewildering tidings of tho wealth
thai had so providentially como to her.
And Jim, what news for him! There
was healing in tho very thought of such
prosperity!
So it came to pass that, in tho two
houses clouded so lately with trouble
and anxiety, poaco of mind was re
stored. Hoavinoss had endured for a
niirht a long woarv night in ono case
but joy to both had come in tho morn
ing Chambers' Journal.
If railway eating-houso saudwiolios
woro abolished, half tiio dei-tists in
Amorioa would bo obliged to shut up
shop and hunt around for another job.
Murliiigton Hawkac.
"
'" i.iii i.in. iiiiu'iii" iiim nil nil r if, ilia
but she "Vnnflic' Tlonn villi P.Ilt,.
BOBBY BOY AND ROBIN BIRD.
"Oh. HoMn.'Jtoblii lilrd, '
Wise na wise can lie, , .
Why do you sit on tho chestnut bough,
Noddhur your heart at'me?
Haven't you any work to do. .
lloinlntratiout all day?
Is It thowholu of a Itobln'R life
To whistle, and eat, and piny?"
Oh. Hobby, Hobby boy,
Why shouldn't I look at you?
If I am only a littlo bird.
I havo plenty of work to do. , ,
Don't you wulKtle. and cat,' nnd play,
And play, and whistle, and eat?
Don't f sco you at breakl'ast-tlme,
And out In tho sunny street?''
" Yes, hut Kobln, Iloliln bird, '
I study as well as play;
I'm halt-way tlnouirh my spelling-book,
And iniiiiv a Icson I say;
Hut oii don t havo any books to read,
A life that you mint cnoy:
I wish I was only a Itobln bird,
Insteul of a Hobby boy.''
"Ah, Hobby, Hobby boy,
You don't know what you say;
There's nobody loniriiur to oat you up,
Whenever you ko to play;
There's nobodv ready to hunt your nest,
And stoat j our. Innocent luood,
Or Hhogt you nvslftht wltli.u horrlagun
If you.venturo Into thofrvood.'
S S - ? ' i- O
" Hut yonder the cat sits bllnklufr
Her trrent, jrreen eyes, you seo:
Sho'd break every bono In my body
If sho irot her claws on me.
I never can bo any othor
'I han only n Itnhln, you know,
While you, perhaps, from a little boy,
A tall, strong man will groty,1 v
" And nitivbo win famo and honor,
Wherever your namo Is hoard,
Whllo my (rioatet-rrandon Itobln
Will lie nothing but a bird.
Bo don't bo Idly wishing, . ,
For God knew best, von seo,
When Ho made you a pretty Hobby boy,
Instead ol'n Itobln like me."
HariKrn 1 ouiw reome.
t . - T.; 7Z SL :
' .LUk "m I
i l -
turn -m, :
TOMMY'S
'I)AY
flVI
V. '
UotKerntlon !' ' siild'Tiriitiy'TrcnF, as flo
slnnuncii the door very hard.
He was playing marbles wlth-.IIm Coo hi.
'
ijiii,' inaruics wuni'.iim uoo in,
id, and his motlicijlhnilcnllcd,
uso tho baby u fcWjiuTmtto's bo-
the front yar
him in to amuse
fore school-time
"j win a iciicr count uo asytio-'s n
lninetcr," ho continued, giving n.jfllng to
his cap. vf"v
Irs. Trent looked pnincd,,but1madano
reply. The buliv sat on the" floor, With his
hi),' blue eye's titt'cil'tinon Tommy. a
"Who ycr staring nt:",ejnculateilj that
amiable young! gbntlcmnn? contorting hH
freckled eoluitenance untll'he resembled u
Clilnefcc idol. " '
"Toiuniy," said Sister Sue, who was
writing her grammar exercise, "if you do
not keep your hands out of your pockets I
shall sew them up."
"The hands or the pockets?" micrled tho
incorrigible Thomas, withdrawing, ono
grimy list, in order to throw a worsted doll
at tho baby.
" You're a dirty, bad boy!" retorted Sue.
" You needn't put on alfs and pretend to
bo f o orful good,' answered Tomtnv. ' Jim
Cocaudine, we seed you an' 'KierMilK
There! you needn't make eves at me neither.
"Wo seed you eatin' chokllt kallcrmels be
hind the blackboard yesterday, when you
wuz copyln' sum1.."
"I wouldn't bo a tell-tale," said Sue,
loftily.
"Children!" said Grandfather Trent,
hternly, lowering the Jlomiiv lntdlUjtnctr
-a.u .uul.tup; U 1111 I")Ct.lrtCleB.'
Just here the baby put in a powerful pro
test against the state of the domehtfc at
mosphere. .Mrs. Trent dropped her sew
ing, to pacify tho child, and the hchool-bell
began to ring.
r"Y?.u ?V'et,n,t wait 'for me, Tommy
I rent," said Sue, with ' rather HiLiiildous
sweetness. r'
"Whose a-goln' fo?'.' replied Tommv,
catching- up a dilapidated "Oreenlenf " and
a cracked slate, and semmiitiiw- nv.r tt,..
, . -w . rfT"r.
back of the sof.iforhis can. vlileb. wlmn
last
seen, was flying rapidly In thatdiree-
tlon
Tl.n..i..G
,
hald his mother, wlmn Im
emerged, with a very red face, "what Is the
matter with you"
J Uon't see WhV I can't evnr tin mi T
druther," grumbled Tommy,
door-knob. "I never wim hm-
rattling the
In' enny fun
yct, but 1 had to quit, and run errands, or
'lenu uie uany, or go to that mean old
school. 1 hate errands, and the baby's a
bother, and I can't bear school. Our new
teacher's got one glass eve; but he sees
more with that than most folks do outer
two good ones, and there ain't no chance
to sling paper wads. Then I can't never
sit up nights, and I know them's apples
and nuts luil the minim. v, h,i..l- d...
J asleep; but I wuzzent. I peeked throiitrli
urn stove-pipe hole. And then In the morn
n' everybody hollers at me to get up. I
hate to get up, J 'wish I wuz uHr. Vile'
oiks don't have Ui mind." AniljU'oinmy
kicked up the corner of the rug, by way of
variation. ' '
... I lrcl had been gazing thoughtfully
out into the garden. When Tommy ended
Ids remarks, there was a faintly perceptible
Millie about her mouth, as she replied:
Grown people do not' always please
themselves, my son; but I urn sorry that my
little boy has sueli u hard life. All over
worked people should occasionally have a
day off, mi I lmvo decided thut from supper
thne to-night until bcd-thnu to-morrow
night you shall do nothing but Mhiyo fail.'
on , shall sit up iih late as the rest of tho
lainiijr, , no nueti in mo morning, and stay
.......i-ii.iiii aviiiMn, ii juu iiuc, you
throw paper wads at tho chleKens."
may
"" ) IIMJKCIi puZZICU.
"Did you really .mean It?" ho said.
"Cer alnly, I do," slio replied.
Grandpa's eyes were twinkling behind his
paper.
How Jolly!" exclaimed Tommy. "Hold
. nuaiiner!" hn ci-lwl lit th,, n,'i v.r,...,i.
on
as
he saw one of thoVchooi-boys psmjuio-
House
hum0 "'""li'.a'Hlain. andlic had gone."
V. hat shall 1 do with him?' said poor
Sirs. Trent.
turning tearful eyes
toward
grandfather.
"Ithinlv, Car'llne," said the old gentle
iiinn, s lie Hlowly polished his glasses on his
him tjil" ?il"1C?Wcr""" l UAuk y'vfi-flxi
!! l.lioiM) so," sighed tho woarw mother."
.,.,. , iY'' J,llcli nmy.' that nlsHt, at 'the
tea-table, after he had tlnished his lifth bs.
uilt and drank a third glims of inllk--"now
I'mgoin' to have fun."
in..t'i "!y "I'l'dirotl to pay tho sllghttlt at
tention to his remark. Papa Trent was dls
Lisslng polities witli Grandfather. Mamma
ii. i V lt,!1'h,,,K patiently to an old lady
.u-ri..'1'4'1. '''"1'1'L'd in" to tea. Suo sat
tvilrlliig her nuiiklii-ring u tho abseinv
minuea manner which sho sometimes adopt-
w tii .v. 1 1 "'"m' l" impress uer inotiier
T,V, .il,.k'li"f ,,N "l,L'r liisignlllcanee; but
1 J not easily impressed. As, ,tho
, L lnV:ld u tl,u Hlttlng-rOom,.ho
., hel , l H.l0"d, hy n. window, 'f'hii bid ndy
gathered up her kn ttiiur :md iliiimrt...r
lommy repeated his remiirk. hut with ti...
BiHiiu ii-.Miu us neiore.
.tmi!? ,",,(.,.,"kt, her history for half an hour's
iuu . i oiiuny felt almost overpowered by
same
re.suiras before. w
hid now Independence. What to do with It
he didn't know. How ho wished Sue would
ask him If ho had done his multiplication
Hums, that he might wither her with a word:
but no. Suo was rocking backward and
forwards tying Her npron-strlngs Into hard
knot, and muttering: "America was dis
covered In fourteen hundred nnd nino-two
fourtccn-hundred and nlnc-ty-two, and
two and ninety-two."
Tommy felt that each moment ho stood
there Idle he was losing dignity. Suddenly
a bright thought struck him. Ho would go
down to the village. Perhaps Suo would
sayho'd better not go, and oh! the Joy of
walking awny from under her very eyes.
It was raining fast as he slipped into th
hall, took his hat and an umbrella, and re
turned to the sitting-room.
"I think." ho said, faintly. Nobody
looked at htm. He gathered courage. "I
think I will go down to the village."
Unconsciously he Imitated his father so
perfectly that the family nearly spoiled tho
effect by a general burst of laughter; but
Grandfather did not raiso his eyes from the
" Life of William Pitt;" Mamma lost not a
note In tho lullaby sho wns humming to the
baby; Sue continued to discover America in
1402; and l'apa .simply replied, "Very well,
my son."
The truth of tho matter was that Tommy
was a great coward and terriblv afraid of
the "dark," and thero wns not the least
danger of his carrying his threat lntoexccti-
i Hon! The thought of opposition was all that
'I liriilllirnfinil liliti in mnl.'i, flwi vniittirpunnif,
decision. How ho wished that umbrella
back in tho rack. He stood a moment or
two) quaking inwardly. Suo began to look
sarcastic. Sho evidently thought ho wns
afraid. Tho idea was madness. Ho would
go into tho hall, anyway. So ho went, leav
ing tho sitting-room door open a few inches.
He heard Sue say:
' ' l'apa, may n rt Tommy shut the' door? I
feel n draught." ,. .,,
' ' (loso the door, Thomas 1" said papa.
Poor Tommy obeyed. How gloomy the
hall was I What was that tall, dark thing in
tho corner? Ugh! Tommy began to trem
ble. Hark ! he thought he heard Sue laugh.
That was enough. He hurried to the front
dooF, opened it, stepped out, shutting if
with all his might, and stood nlono on the
wet', dnrk verandah, with the wind rattllm;
hoiloafless vines nnd tho elms tapping tha
root wun meir long, uonv lingers, 'lie
thought howpleasant It was 'inside, and how
nice it. linil lipnn tnatl Itmlili, litu tailing M-llli
'his slate and book. No, ho world not cry,
not for a hundred agates. Somt body came
up tho path. It was Maria Mills, who had
agreed to spend the night with Sue.
" Why, Tommy Treat," she said, "what
,ure you doing?"
" Wanted to tee If Jtvas goln'to clear off'
said Tommy.
ullo went in with Marin, nnd Sue asked him
-what he saw ' down to the villav.o. ' ' Sho
'hifdn't forgotten the " kallermelg stbr,yv . -.
; Perhaps 1c was Ids hearty 8Uppdr'orhisf '
subsequent adventure; but somehow Tom-'
my was very sleepy and tho clock had onlv
just struck eight. Mr. Trent brought out
tho backgammon board, for a game with his
wife. Sue and Maria were playing ducts and
the grandfather nodded over his book.
Tommy thought he would make pictures on
his slate; but, after delineating a few1 horsed
and dogs, which looked like tjje solo survi
vors of a prolonged .siege, the pursuit .lost
iti eharm. WhyiWould his eyelids draw-together?
He sat upWery straight nnd winked
fast. Jle even pinched himself.
" Having fun, Tommy?' ' said Sue, whirl
ing around on the piano-stool; but Tommy
.Was fast asleep.
Next morning he woke, and miw the sun
shine falling across the floor and heard a
faint clatter of dishes., There was a pleas
ant, savory odor of breakfast in the room;
but Tommy dozed, and woke,. an i
a"-''"' ....u u- on. ijuiw. cuuy i encounter
this weary world once more.. Tho house i
was very still as he went down-stairs. The1
dining-room was deserted. There wasnoth
iug on the table but some work Mrs. Trent
had, been cutting out. The clock struck
ten." Tommy was trcmendouslyhungry.
lie could have eaten mackerel, which he
particularly detested. Hrlde-et whs In-tlm
kitchen, paring vegetables for dinner.
"I want my breakfastl" snapped Tommy.
.imtH?ar ,thc ,)lv'" exclaimed Pridget.
"Thin why were yez not here to ate it
w tn the rist? Yor mar's goneridin' wid
wld the babby." '
Tommy wandered into the pantry, and wan
obliged to content himself with bread ami
butter and a baked apple. He started out
to find a boy to have a gaino of marjiles; but
there seemed to be a sudden dearth of buvs
in the village. How the time dragged. lie
ventured down to the post-ofllec, and some
body a'ked him if he were " playing hookey."
He saw his Sunday-school teacher coming,
and, turning :r corner, to avoid :iier, mot the
carriage containing his father nnd mother
nnd the baby. ,
"Oh! papa, tako me In!" he cried.
ins iamer Mopped tue horse. ., ,
.1 V,wllut ll,zy boy is this?'- said -Mr. Trent.
"All respectable boys are in school." U'het
they drove on. i , . 4 ';
jus iamer Mopped the horse. . ,
rent.
'hen
lommy went toward home. School wa
Just out. I J . "i
0 J
" Hello, Trent!" cried several voices.
" u mused it this m0rnin Snapper got
alickin'. He' honored awful. . 1 H s -
' ' Had a gojid time?" said Sue at tho din
ner table. " Played marble with Bridget
or the cat?"
Tommy could bear do more.
" You shut up!" 1U said.
" Thomas, leavo tho room!" commanded
his father.
Poor Tommy! Ho hadn't finished his
roast beef and there WTis a delicious ntcntuue
pudding in the near future.
"Weren't you rather hard on the child?"
saui mamma.
" N2'. "!;v ,cur5 ,10 w:i8 Betting quite un
learah e."
Tommy Jouged to go togHool;but.ha
was too ilrmid. He spent 'most it- tho aft-
ei'UOO I Oil Uie S (l hteilR. till. nmiWInf ll.l'
solitude being somewhat soothed by an im
mense dish of pudding, which Sue. had
purloined, In a sudden fnbment of peni
tence. About four o'clock he disappeared. When
the supiior-bell rang, he took liis'nlaco ai
,ilio .ailiJth a pair 'of mv re, leWs IC
f6"ll,l ,l tear-stained, blotted and dirty pie
"' paper, which read thus: '
she
luce
- my ueer ma I think this Iz plnldo Out. 1
druthqrdo iw you druther I alnt Had no Fun
i-iuusu i'orgie mo and I Wljl bo n Hotnr tiov I
wiu golu to use yiiu to do utlun lo i 'blit
9hu'nod my mlmf for Sho I. A Urlk.
! " fc-', Ikotho baby kinder
!Sll I, A U-lf -
w,..,', i-. .'.. ' J0St ,w lullf 0 erauts ef
want hunj niyzens.
" 1. H I lllimt U'nnl ,1.
you
mil'V'iwi"1! '""'T; u a'llcr f"t iickeij
lllld I Dldoul see II in.
lrom
today
i ,,'.;h xVu,tliufr Knuy rnonruv thatl'udlu
!ett this NtKin. your l.ovln sou'
' toiiias o Trent."
jV. V, IndffJtnUeiit. .
Spiced Cabbage Quarter a cab.
bago head, ut it in a kottlo of hot
water with it littlo suit, boil until .vury
tundor, tako out carofuilv nn.i i ,..,:,,
JI1411 pluou elosoly in a jar. Tako two
quarts of vinegar, 0110 toaspoonful eaoh
of whole olovus and allsnico, n stick of
cinnamon and ono pound of sugar, boil
till togothor ton minutes; pour over tho
cabago wine hot and cover the j r
Iivtwo days it will bo lit to uso
Y
if
$
1
s
'a
t
f
At
V
-
t
