k
M
r
ni
FanKmuim v,mmz
x-vjjaji warn wSB t) ll HE MR
flsrr" BM
PBnOTKEWSjO., Pro".
rr
..JE? NBJl!U?K
lift.)'
AN OLD,.
LQTOJir, k km
A mother ant Uiromrti.iAimql a froldoTfHoiir
Holding n wruiith of filled Orange flower,
And, Hlglnn-r, said "It wni but yesterday
,A lovely bubo w tlilti.Uionfyrnl u run lay;
Jlj wntofttxl jt Imieil slnjles, Itq JaUfbliltf
Willi lovo half Joy, and half n glnd mirprtao,
Till, nil imliRQil ng( passing Tltrli).'HO UnV 1
Btolo my rwr uiw nnu icit a mnwun
i sweet.
. Vof my.Hwtft Imbo J Hh.ril.fiot Dimjwvl tolr.l , ,
''' 1 bfimtned no ffjfti, this inMdrn wfisso detirv
ijlutdiiy by: day I w iichixl now charms unfold.
AMUnyircnnlt,wclj;hi oJoy my.hii'uH fDUljJ
I'or twi nty jronnit How llkin plriwnut dream
I , , -Those JoaiS Of ft-ndorno-tt and wotclildlf MXinil
J ' I fjlnt now, mim nil mv liVd sho turn nvn5'
For a loud heart known scarce a Biyiuiicru
jlif'Vri J U "! "' ''
The father riuno. IIo piuisod
mod bt'SUl
isodilior H
wjilflp-rua
Ipldo,
JlJ-T
dinar.
eoair; , ,...(. ,
hi
Inilr,
l Thun. Ilkoii wihiit. bent and
low
. J'J'.'Hw'dtilltAirt. I pray thu'i do not snnow so,
Dost thou r-moiiiU'roni) bright afternoon, a.
When woods and flolds iuti) all iigluw with
l Juno r ,.t'
' I Wo wrtnrturod Wrlh down by the river's side,"
We, too, lorgettlng all the world beside?
' ' "Forgetting time, till In the darkening stream
Wonnw tb j tlixt palo UuUin of evening glontn?
And wh lh we wntohed fliotn" 'iiuntti our tryst
ItlgtlOi) , . , -, r M
Ilaxt thou forgof. at mfcfoiJd woijMjtdWo J
'That when tlioso llgUtvflthatltnirntid on High bo'
i,. far !-.. VJK "
Looked on tho Chants und flaw no answering
etur , '
Then should Ihy love ocaso lo bo wholly
thine, , ,
' That thou dfdst lctiTO'lJiy mother's lioitrt for
minor
HuiUin Juurmil.
A KOMANUK IN ItlJAL UVlU
r, "Kobci-aplyrort wi&, tlio 'Boa;""of
ngl8lrtcnaiit-farIn)U?rivfli8 Iu tliiTyi
iiTveiir
1H1H found liLs fiiinilv uxnunsi's increas-
itir ho niiicli fustur tlutu Ii'ih iiLuomo tlmt
it vitf,ubsohillyncu3smry todo'ccA.so,
tins focine?, inou thcUattur cdtililuiOt'bo
iiiiuIq lhtttfiAi . K f V';li
In (lieTiopo oHioing ablo to assist his
fiitlier in -fcoinu way, llvberL.caiiio tp
litis comitry, . nnd 'failing., io Wind' ini
plovnicnt near the int'lronolLs, walked
from town to town mitjl when near
llyehwtur, N. "Y., ho, .wtvh hlfud a
farm laborer by , I mlgp "James. K. llvvvy
J)iiring...six yu ill's yqnng 'Myr$n)woH'lb
Indnslrioiisly, sonding nuavfy alLoi bis
earnings lo bis parents, uud tbeil chiijo
the jmdnew.s that both futber and uiotli-,
pr had died on the same day. Lftor
recovering from this shock, it was but
nuliiHiI tlio youug.lllUn, should boglnlo
think of establishing a home for jiini-
,8olfi and quiCo us naifiiral 'that' Iuh 'love
Hhould go out to the daughter of bis
((employer, whoiplainly showed herprof
oronce Mr tlio young inaii who haif so
devoted himself to his parents. Hut
Judge Berry, while ho reeogiii.ou in
Myron nn invaluable farm laborer, had
not me same views remiruin; mm as a
son-m-law that iliss He
issiehad, and tho
lit) lovei'Sfliudini'
eonsetmence was that tl
it "" impossible to change the father's
opinion, resolved to clone, and build up
for themselves a homo in the far West.
In 18.08- with a few hundred dollars
and tho-Judgo's curse, thE oun: coUnlo
wore' married, and settled at Greon
1JHV, - HI.1UII
lii.gfV'iii
reasoilably
Liue,-Miehiiraii, ..wbero,! ab tliu pcffin-
io year l(2, they iwpro in
prosporolis oircunislances,
with two .children to make irlad their
:bu(nblo log cabin. Their farm was sit-
natod several miles from any settle-,
liiont, and although ho Indians were
rising against tho whites in riiairy por
tions of th ,ite, noithciMjMr,- nor Mrs.
Myron felfcnrty uiioasiriessj be'oanso they
boliovcd ihoy had'succeodetl in estab
lishing tho most friendly relations with
audi of tho Cforc.st children" afi they
came in contact with. Therefore they
wore by no moans alarmed when one
day fivo Indians stalked gi'Yoly into tho
cabin just as the noonday meal was bo
ii?g served. It had ever been Mr. My-.
rdn's custom to invito ueli visitors to
partake of food, and on this, as on other
occasions, they readily accepted the in
vitation; but, greatly to the surprise and
uneasiness of their host, -instead of
placing thoir rilles In ono cornerof .tho
room, as usual, they hold thorn botweon
thoir kneos, the muzzles of tho weapons
showing just above tho edgo of tho
y table.
Mr. Myron was too woll vorsod in In
jdlrni oustoma not to know that such ac
tion on tho part of his guests moant
mUohlof. With a yiuw of shbwing,
thorn that ho understood tho, meaning,
of this breach of hospitality, nnd in tho
alight hopo of intimidating thorn, ho
nro.sb, from tho tablo, took from tho rack
on thpivall his rillo and fowling-pioco,
and carefully examined them to show
they were loaded. Why tho savages
did not altadk him then is ono of the m
oxplicablo things in Indian warfare.
Instead of making any hostile demon
sti'jUipns, tliov stalked gravely qutpf
uie nouses (usappoarmg uoniiui u entrap
of bushes., T y -i . "w ,
For tlio kmoinont Myron believed ho
had wronged Ida guests, and that thov
had taken umbrage at his movements
whon their intentions woro poacoful.
Still holding his rifle in his hand, Myron
shopped to tho open door for tho
piirposo of ascertaining whether his
guests hnd really departed. When tlib
farmer appeared on tho threshold, tho
report of a riilo wiw hoard, and Myron
fell, with a dangerous but not nooessa
rily fatal wound in hissido.
Women who livo on tho border, whoro
tlioy are constantly monaced by danger,
learn early in life that thoy must deny
thomsolvcs woman's privilege of faint
ing, v Wliorr Mr. Myron fell, his wifo
Bnrang to his dofenso rather than as
eistanco. To oloso nnd barrlcado win
dows and doors was but tho work of a
momont whoro everything was prepared
for such occasions, and then tuo heroic
woman turned her attention to hor hus-
Ana.-,-i
na1
Uio dcjgJBd peloid noflafe
"
in the (elar,,whoroithoyVPuld bo. bo-.
yWidithe rbnVb of any bullets their late
kvJitors7tHlghtsond, hnd'.after sheMiad
perfected her plan of defense, she began
to assume the offensive. fl t . , v ? ,
UwMWoflnElholftiiitf that (flJdd the
crevices of the -logs atthe end of the
hobsolddiAirolbs fcdro f 6rtned, hrtd
thiougb tlicse tJioIes tlio liusuanti ami
wife )p$h fan a??ault w))bH' tbcii'ifnef.
lVltli Tils riltd Mvron shot ono of the In
,dianni(d l the Bunjtiipo hlKJvjfo
t-illcilimo'ttn'r with tho fowlinff-nioeo.
IBythis timel Iho Joo,'UndlhafltDiAin
Wide.! victihistnloro jtenaeloUfi Bf mlifaC
tal ilM ,t t jf r . ill, . M
srtiWgjmitoMiccoinpll8liVthrfniaVHrtcrc;
! ii... Iinlfl iiftiu ii nui'f.. lifilf.ftlliwL wil.ti
Jifivf iii ih.Kfl&iblo-yahU stobil ftyl.ke of
oxen quietly eating. To fiTsleiiitho aiii
WttlS tolheVftrtarldnot 6jft)0etltcnV
sulvwJojtho.dottdly nimof those uj;tliq
Votisofvaia'diflicuIt Us$ btit 8netthut
ottjojwaaia i
lie ilndlau
To.
UHS ilU(UUUB iu;iyuv;iiiiiMitiKiii
Cet the load
tliiit'it niirht
more dillloiilt
cessftfl. Tor "lief ore it could bo done both
husband Mid WifrtTlA'd Sjipttn'if enemy,
wbjlo tlioflftli'linrU dhlyrmnalning one
sought safptyiri prcflimrmrnilil. "
J'liigli tinmiont the ediitlict lasted tho
husband grew weaker, and medical aid
could hot be procured Without a journey
of a hundred and eicrhty nliloi. To tm-
vorso this distance, there was no oljior,
mode of conveyance than the ox-cart.
In tills rtldo vehicle Mrs. MyrAn placed
hor husband and children,, njitUnotioncc
dnring that toilidiis'Journoy, nfnlosXn!h-'
fill by tbo sulTorino; of tho man for
whom sho.hadjjraved the dangers and
covery, lie songlit woricot any Kinii viiax
wpUld, bi'Uiioin Biiiiicieiit for the support
or hliWIlyTViiice" the depredationsof
the Indians bail iinpoensbed hinl. ll
was onlyl) the. greatest eacTrttoiis that
Mj tort edud'keep his fanlily fromfio
ttial wants and beurintr that laborers
hvi'ro bf Woater dtniand at Cape (Sirrtv
dcaui he,, with. hbT wife and children, oni-
'bhrked oirtHe',str,ariier Tidal Wae forj
tliatiilieo,(ufter Jiiiying remained at?St.i
Clntnl nortrly a yeaK
i'J'Iio yoyago was never rompleted,
however, for when Tower prove, Mo.,
wius.reaehed, a iiro)brokaou6on thcjill
mlcd steamer, and in a very short timo
slio was .burned to tho water's edge.
S'lio loss of life was considerable, and
anion"- the niissinj ones were the two'
Myron children.
'For tho Hoeohd Hhno Robert Myron
was homeless ami penniless, with Ids
sulVorings intensified by tho l6ss 'of his
children. Perhaps it was fortunate for
him that ho was obliged to work very
bard simply tp keep tho wqlf from the
door, forlit provuiitou him from Tirood
iut; over his misfortunes, as even a
strongor. man might hayo done.
' DurmgHho two years f hat'elapsed af U
or the burning of tho Tidal Wave, 'Rob
ert t Myron labored indtistriously, but
without success, bo far as thov accumu
lation oi worldly gooijs tvas concerned;!
no unit neon noic to pay tno rent ot a
Tiido cabin throe miles from UloAillago
oLToweilliU, and o"f uiiiish it 6cantily.
But tho expenses uttondant upon the
birth pf two children, and. his own se
vere iljncss, during whieli ho was con
fined to his bed two months, hail ex
hausted tho small fund ho had succeeded
f hi' saving'to onablo "him to reniovo to
Cnpo'Gii'ardcau. " .
Then came a t'nno when ho could no
longer lind omploymont near his
wretched home, aud iio sought it some
iiill6s up the river, going and returning
each day in a small boat. Even then it
appeared that niisfortuuo was; not
wearied with pursuing him, for otio
night whon returning From his work a
storm. came up, which overturned his
frail skill', nnd, nearly exhausted, ho was
thrown upon a narrow bar of sand that
made out from tho bank of tho ritornt
tho spot where tho Tidal Wave was
burned. On this frail and treaohorous
foot-hold ho managed to remain during
the night., in, full sight of the, town, butt
unable to attract attention tb hhdospor
nto condition.
Tlio dawn of tho day roveidcd still
moro horrors, for oloso besido him, hav
ing ovidontly. boon unearthed, by tho
waves, was tho skeleton'' of" a human
boinrr. At first Mvron felt that fear
which scorns to bovnutural id mlm when
ho sees tho deserted tenement ofojioof
his kind; but tho resting-plnco. which tho
waves gavo to tho living and.) he dead
'was so small that ho was oblisred' to re
main almost in actual contact' with tho
yellow bono3(i As h bat by tho sUeletQn
waiting for help from tlio shorewwhioh
sebm'oil 'so TaVdy- Iii eoihlng. he saw
about the rib oL(liQflp8hWv"framo a
leatliorsbolt. TurioSity Aofeainq his
horror, and, unfastening, tho bolt, ho
found gold oojn to tho amount bf livo
thousand dollars.
-That Robert Myron was in a fever of
oxoitoment hardly ncods to bo told. IIo
had Bt niggled 'to tho full strength of
man many years, and wns hardly more
than a paupor when ho should havo had
at least a spot of God's footstool ho
could call his own. Tho dead had
brought him what tho living had re
fusod. To take tho gold for his own
purposes seomed a theft, and yet ho
who had fastened it about his body
could no lougor uso it. The strugglo
between his conscicuco and his necessi
ty was a long one; but whon thoso who
camo to rescue him arrived at tlio sand
bar thoy found him with a skeleton on
which nothing could bo soon, aud no
ono could havo fancied that tho htilf-
-2-5 nnil rlilhflSiLr TkSjfftiker's WOD
of hay against l be builmng,
be .set f'n -Iivtwiw rswll
. null ? hi tlii'l cae Uhbtic-
.discouiiorts ona frontier, lifili as a halt"
maW'i k Uf, L'
''At bt. ' OlduU surgical nid was pro-,
ciired'iind''there, aftervMr 'Mntoii's re
SKiEroasuro. i
o of ono of tlin
(MHBBna A' ci fMM
,d r a wn nop n anniiia KM i
U'liMtlMondIwcrStlli
tin
oso
1 Wave, no
rriven a rqs
Jos1 eniv
eir lives Inftiio
Hobcrt Myron
of'illR monov-bnlt. Sr"j
rba-sscnirAnP of 'UMsi.'Ilwi
esioi"
.-., ., - r ,
tliicTi lither, was tho namo "Henry.
ParKs." fB
But Myron, having this mondy, did
not dare -to OSO il .ondnly JCflt licoplo
Bhoultroucstlon" 'no
a v -v fc B J kaf i - . r .
ri.ll .
IO
I lint n,lli inxi.lft of it. cut diinn xFU3fiV "JyaW.OWBiDgr mmb man a pop-corn
vno trot it.' Jio,ui
airrccui Willi ins .who inat iiicvbdou
1 - ... If.. '.. .1.' . .1 LI
ftiRo ttiB&Md for -their own benejit, but Oh
q lUw.tli tlio View oi returning HUPXll'gamb'lsafab.bagFa ffflogatno tosool
liljyifelimtld crcrl luid-tuaucaU man's . .... , . '
heir. This ho hoped to do by ihakiufflVAHtraugotganiolof amb-bjiif ijiawyestorday;
fhleli ihl'i.iliimlilkfils could. liV nuulilv'n 111 DbrtTjfurgdt It iU lortfr1jUJlllTc-
miui lmtsiinouwfjas cotua.ua reiuiny'hfmno Btr ,ct.K.ggllrt piuycd It-poor) thltiRS
realized upon, so thatlioy ni.ghtBliow nolnplayi .
(ttttinmives- V bo'od(l;cycirtif self- AnmiiwithftBiirkonlilabtick.nndaBlovo
tL.te..! ... ...1,1,. ' Apoker to ftir In tho barrels of dirt . ,. ,
JW'5Hl stewards. . ..Hmrat hold bits 6X tnw liiififfhtrflhd
Liioitabin, they uvea in, una itiiojivei "iviwufpiurui igi:
thcrWot land surrounding it, wasfpfl JJaV'-Gr l WCTlSfSli
salo ttw pnec5t)ow,lUskreulViU6. 1Ilg phUdMn 0 wlih him, two girl
Myrtffi liimgvrjJua folthoJuwrior that, i?boIwl I r? A
dbsriilo innearaliebs.fliB liaJl silTcCcoded TholHica.Hhcla doVn cIobo, and
ill saving a sinall 'amount of money
uooiu naiuino price inwour-ani oncrcii gitynoisp: (
..JKvrii in.iiWntn urnnbl 1w"i,w.i.,.,n,l.i.lNox'h.nico,of brlght-olaythlugfl to thorn tho
rjmwa: w&&t&iiWtt&
made, and M con still coutinued.to work .
IV llin .!,. fiifiuiVMiiinnVhri ii'i'ilil liirn
,hjni fluinir lii's bvft f.'iin.whoiiiio coiild
J "MJ.V',Jv1"""V"'J J""W"" " "...
.
fiun norther work.Thn lie Jjivbatodi)
iiri,6y sniallwayi in sfFcKf buying I
Yhcnjlio. could' gdtjlotdeufbargains i
only. 1 ear by year lio'ltulileu to his
liosrfessioMs, and his neighbors called
mm a "tlinlty map. (
All his investments voro 'good ones,
since none wore nitidis savo with the
view of OQnvertiug'everythiiig into cash
lll U UfVUllUlH M"-' lll'VUOOillli
lf nwiitifinl it ttttiirt tt iwwmuuniM
ami
Robert Myron Ijccamo a wealthy! mini.
jABis'tiSual, with wealth came the re
spect? of his neighbors, who, to show
their appreciation of money, elected him 1
to tiiooilicc of County Jnugo., ;
5 toiirjng'lhujoar 1870 tho -inhabitants'
of Tower llill witnessed tho destruction
,of another steamer by lire nt'almost the
exact place where the Tidal Wayo went
down. Among all thoso moir who In
hered to save life nouo was more active
than Robert Myron,, and his house was
converted into a hospital for tho recep
tion of thoso who woro injured, buthaved
front death.
Mrs. Myron was as earnest in her ef
fects t6 comfort the distressed peoplo as
was hor husband,, "and hoc; labbr was
signally rcwavde'd by finding atKbtigtho
unfortunate ones whom ishe' was nurs
ing Her father, wlujm sllo'h'ad not heard
from since the dav she loft his homo to
found another with .'(ho ono man she
loved above all others. Tho daughter's
heart was made still more glad when
tho old gentleman told her and her hus
band that he hud boon searching for
them several month? in thclippiot in
ducing them to return to his lonely
homo, or allow him to remain with
them. .. '
Then ho told' a strange, story,.and one
which lifted aload that had irrown heavier
with each Hiicceodiugyoar, from his sou-,
in-law's heart.
In 1861, Mrs. Myron's apnt'liad died,
bequeathing to her niece tho um of
livo thousand dollars, Judgollerry,
half relenting that 'hi? had not looked
with favor upon his daughter's mar
riage, had sent his clerk to carry to lnsr..
this'legaoyJf Tho messenger had wnt-fj
ten from St. Cloud ih t8G2. statins? that
Uio had traded Mr. nndlMrs. Myron to
that place, but that from there they had
gone, as he had jreasori fotoelievo to
C'tmo GirardeaU, vWhiclt place ho was'
about to' start fol; in tlio steamer Tidal
Wave. 'From that time Mr. Berry had
never uearu irotu ms olerk, anil ne no-
licvcilhe had lost his life fcwhoii tho'
steamer was burned.
'As tho old gentleman iiulsJied his
story, tho husband and wife gazed at
each othor witlr an almost despairing
hmm in ilinir nve.s. untl It. wns onlv with
the greatest dlllicuity Jiulgo Aiyron
coulilasktho question: "Whatvwas tho
man's namoP"
" Henry Parks,' V
The load was lifted for ovormore; tho
money which ,-thoy believed Nw:is an
otliorfe bolongod rightfully to them; tho
investments mddo mth a view' to boing
ablo to restore the principal at any time
insured their own prosperity, and&by
purloining their own from tho dead
they hail honestly .relieved themselves
from tho thralldom of- poverty.-cs
Otis, in Harper's Ilazar.
J -
!X NolablQ Huk'hlc.
Tuesday afternoon, William Allen, a
farmer living at Niagara .Falls, Out., en-
and bhortly afterward a team followed,
lurcii uie oriugu num iuu vuuuuii kuiu,
Tho driver oftho team, who know Al-
len, says ho first saw him somo distanoo
in am mice, near mo center oi mo unugo.
Tho driver" turned to talk with his pas
songers, and when, ho looked again tlio
pedestrian was, pot to be seen, Whon
tho wagon reached tho center of tho
bridge, tho driver saw .an overcoat on
tho iloor. At tho American sido the
driver inked tho -gate-keeper if Allen
had pitted out. IIo hail not been seen
tliero, at tho railway gato nboto or by
either of tho Canadian gatonion. The
coat was identified as belonging to tho
missing man, aud tho only conclusion
was that ho had leaped from tho bridge.
Tho gatoman on the Canada sido says
that Allen appeared to bo intoicnted,
and ho is known to havo boen drinking
heavily of late. IIo was noarly.tweuty
four years of ago, and had hold good
situations, which ho had lost through
drink. Nothing had been seen of tlio
body at dark. If it is not visiblo in or
near the whirlpool in two or tlireo days
it will probably novor bo recovered.
This is tho second suicide from tho
bridgo, the first having been tlmt of n
man named Fierce, wlio took the fatal
leap in 1876. His body was uover ro
coYorcd. BuJJ'alo Express.
So?itliA!opar tmcn t.
- w . .ym? ".m.
oifittS. . . rwn-SL
"g- ur','wK
Aflnoffam JtUrrtb-w, n nno jrnmtopool
V f li4tjMAK itl1 Maw Vinr. nn I lilrllnl ivfl.
" v'V'irs" !: "
ntnl nil.')
m
amw
IMnAO
ipy ohildreh, all
ff and sorcnmltiR
r,, . a-- - - ""S . '-. J WKi .
i
'TljftpzotJhcyrtolLoyesordotlght,
And bold it aToft-wlth fc'.uuu rlnglna cheor:
olv,fc Brauoful and
Their heads almoet bumplfie, bo close nnd bo
m. r--T--- -i .-V
.tneari
.VThbl liunthtor
fefdra IqudVr; i&eioycs
grow
mum liHihL
,, Bwoet, Is tho laughter, and gay la tho
it, and n'iilght m&t tnirt,
as iuiuu.,
sandthrco
thoir oyds
N()B0Ului" from their lips of glad laughter's
intl- 'J' t "
i bit of wuato rindcr' to bum:
A clianoo of acruat of stuloread they could
. . onti ..."'. . . . i-
Arhanuai-lu n thoueiuid, im chances lehirn
'01' agged odd shoes they could wear on their
feet I , 1
Tho baby Mint yet could not tottor n'lono
Wiib held up to See, and, as giuvoafl the rest.
Watched wlBttul uauh vrust, each clmjo, cauU
"OHO, , k
Anl Biiutehod nt the" morsels hortlipught
took tho best. (l ., U ' ..'
Tho Bistgr that hold, htm, oppressed Jjy ula
' weight
r Horpclf biit nn ovor-ycarod baby, poor
childl
Had tho fndo or a woman, niaturo, scduto,
Ann lookdd but tho older "-whencvor Bno
Hiallqd. .. , i ,.
Oh, it Bad
i Heol
gamo is Orab-bng a swl gamo to
As beggnrs
r.iii.
iuuai piuy ii. i
and thoir ciiluiccs
When ll'uligo'r fltids
crustd nn
dciislon for
glee,
And Cold fliitls norngs too worthless or
Hinitll.'
0 children, whoso fuqes havo Bhouo with dc
, light, . , , .
Asyqu plnyed ntyonr Gralhbngwlth, Bhput-
Aud Htiutchut uulyour nnjis, all so grucqful
and whltp, ,
And imylybiunpcd lteadB, crowding ncilrnnu
moro near, ,
With laughter and lnughter, and oyes growing
bright- r
Heineinbur this picture, this pltilul sight,
Of iihuukuiiio otilrab-bag usnd game to sec I
St. A'tCiolu.
GOINO MAYLNti.
Tho little fattens had 'their May
baskets all ready. A row of them
adorned the parlor mantel, decked in
all the colors of the rainbow. CousinTsn
had sewed tho pasteboard frames and
taught the childon how to covet' aud
ornament them.
And now thtjy wiire c(6iiig'Mnying.
" Dorry cilu't go, etui 'she, mother?
Dorry' s too little; out we'll bring her
some flowers to put in her basket,"
said Alice, coaxingly, seeing her littlo
sister getting her hat.
" Dorry must go! Dorry aint tqo lit
tlo!" said tho child.
"Lot's you and I go into tho parlor
and look at tho baskets," said tho
mother.
She made a motion to tho children as
Bho loft tho room which meant: " Bo oil'
now
i"
So thoV hurried away,' and Dorry got
so interested in deciding which basket
was the prettiest that she forgot all
else, tier mother gavo her an old col-lar-box'and
some bright bits of' tissuo
paper and loft her hairtiy in trying to
coyer a May-basket, while, she went up
stairs to do somo sweeping. But Dorry
'had not quite forgotten. After'a while
sba started un saying 1. .1
"Course I'm going! I must want
some f owors for uiy-bastid
She put on her hat, tied a strip of
Calico round , her nook, and wont out
through the llaoK-iloor into tuo orciiai'it.
The old
guinea
hen
was
Sho
thero,
and
wJion she saw
loudlv:
Dorry
called
out
" Uo back! Go back! Go back!"
" I s'ant do back for oo!" said Dorry,
stoutly, and trudged on.
Back of tho orchard was tho railroad.
Dorry camo to the gravelly edgo, and
stood still and lpok 1 up (towards, tho
track. - i F t v Si
" Mover said not never govero!" said
sho, shaking her head at herself. So
sho walked along besido it. After
awhile she saw an opening that ran un
dor the track. A brooklet ran through
it, but tliero was a narrow strip of ground
beside it where sho could walk.
"Guess I'll go fro' dis door," said
Dorry.
When sho camo out-on tho other sido
alio walked on till sue eruno to a House
'" !l lttr yam m ,wnic.n soine m''Sllt
V...1I..... llnll.niill .l.lllli. T..A,I, .1 I
"Oh, hero's somo bufiil fowersl"
said she, and hurried in and began to
pull oil' tho heads of Miss Caroline Bul
lard's lino daffodils and crocuses. Sho
heaped hor littlo basket with them, and
was full f gleo, when tho door of tho
house opened and Mi&s Caroline came
out.
" You naughty child! You've picked
every flower 1 hud!" said thtf lady,
grasping Dorry tightly by the wrist, and
looking very stern.
"Dorry aiiit naughty! Dorry pick
I la y-f owers!" said tlio littlo maul.
"Sho didn't know any bettor," said a
plump old lady, trotting down tho walk
after her duughtor. "You'll havo to
forgive her, Car' line. It's tho youngest
Fatten, isn't it?"
" Dorfy Patten vat's my name frco
years old las' Zhano'wary."
"Well, Dorothy Fatten, you' vo been
stealing. Thoso aro my flowers. Do
you know what is done to folks that
steal P" said Caroline, stonily.
"I didn't! 1 pioked Maj'-f owers!"
said Dorry.
"Thero! Thoro!" said tho old lady.
"You sco sho don't know. Sho' s too
little. Como in, doary, and 1'.' givo
you a seed'cake. 1 supisose you raq
awav. You must iro riirht homo, ot
youcmar will think you're lost,"
uorry wont in, looKing very amiaoiq
at tho mention of tho seed-cake. Bntj
seeing that Caroline still looked disJ
pleased, she took one of tho flowers out
of hor basket, aud ollered it.
'' I dive loo one!" said she.
' '"Umphl" said Caroline. ' You must
think you're very kind to give mo ono of:
my own flowers, af tbr yotrvo pioked 'em
all." i ! . mi
"Can't you sing ,us a spngP" asked
tho old lady. 1 hear your ipllts sing
ing m'bsfc every niglit." ' '
Dony wns DcgbtniilgtofeoVto blamo,
ami was willing to make what oonipcni
sation she could. So, when she had
cleared her mouth of sco'd-eako she bc
gan to sing:
" I nm bo dladJat vo Kavor In ilea von
Tolls of Ills lovo in vo book ilehiw given,"
and brought up suddenly on thc.ohorus,
with
"Jesus lovos oven inc."
"He won't love you if Vou go into
other folks1 yards and pick thdir flow-
Ul.l OUI14 JUtp V'11 V11""
Dorry hung her head a little. After
a midlife's thought she very slowly
picked out ono more of the U'oivers ffim
her basket. , j
"I'll div ,'oo.vat," said ,s,hcfi holding
it out' to 'Caroline', with a radiant smile.
" You are kind ov sweet, after all!"
said Caroline, relenting'. "If you'll
givq mo a kiss, I'll forgive you this
na ' c.ii.l lict. r'lif.liiin
time, tnougn you musui t ever uo sucn
a'lhiilg again." l '
Dorry alwaVs Had pldnty of kisses to
pld
give away. So she
williuglV.
paid
up her
debt
Then Caroline took her 'in her arms
and carried her all the' way ' home.
The older l'attous woro just coming in
at the gate.
'"1 dot vc'mbst May-f owers of all ot
you," said Dorry; "on'y 1 mustn't do it
no more."
" I should, think not!" , said Kenneth.
"Loot, Cousin Isa, see what Dorry has
got!"
Dorry gavo eaeli of her brothers and
sinters ono of her flowers to oko out the
rather mnall supply they had found to
put in their May-baskets.
Then thoy wont iu and told their
mother about Dorry' s adventures.
" Tb think, that I never missed tho
child!" said1 their mother, much sur
prised. Youth's Companion.
"Picket)" in Kansas.
Wo make tho following extract from
Mr. Charles L. Brace's article, entitled
" Wolf-reared Children," in St. Nicholas.
" Piekety" is' a New York street arab
who has been induced to leave the Boys'
Lodging House and 4 Go West":
Picket- at first thought ho might bo
sent whore bears would hunt hTiH, or
Indians cat oh him, and that ho would
earn very littlo and would loso all tho
sights aud fun of New York, soyhc was
almost afraid to go; but, on hearing all
about it, and seeing that ho would nev
er come to much in the city, and espe
cially hoping to get more education irf
the West, and by and by to own a bit of
land for himself, ho resolved tb join A
party under one of tho western agents
of the Children's Aid Society and go to
Kansas.
Wo havo not time nor space to follow
his fortunes there: eerything was
strango to him, and ho made queer
work of his duties iu a fanner's hotiso;
but the strangest thing of all to him
was to be in a kind, Christian family.
Ho wondered what made them all so
good, and ho began to think he would
like to be as they were, and most of all
liko the Ono he had heard of in the
Lodging House meeting.
Ho was careful to write to his Now
Y'ork friends about his now homo, and
hero is one of the letters received from
him, after he had been in the West a few
months:
i KA??3AH,
"Ma. JilACY Dear Sir: 1 writs' you 'the'so
few lines hoping you aro In good health at
present, and not, fin getting tho rest of the gen
tlemen that I remember In tho Children's Aid
booiety. l nm getting on splendid with my
atudtori nt ecliool, and I soiul you my monthly
report, but plctiso return It, us I want to keep
all my repqrts. 1 havo u good plaoo aud liko
my home, and nm glad 1 came.
" Tho llrst time I rodo a hoi ho baro-bnek, ho
slung me oir over his lieai) nnd made mo Blek
for a week. I also had diphtheria but I am all
right again and in good hoalth, and can rido or
gallop a horso as fust ad any mnn in town.
Whon summer oouioh 1 will lenrp to plow nnrt.
bow, nnd do funnor'a work. 1 will get good
wages out hero. It l u nleo country, lor thero
is no Indians, or bears, or other wild animals
'copt prnlrle-wolves, ilnd'you can senro them
Witli anything.
" If any boy wnnts n good hbmo, ho enn como
hore and huvo plenty ot fun. I havo fun with
tho mules, horses, pigs and dogs. No pegging
stones atiag-plekera or tripping up men or
tramps In tho Howery or City Hal! T'aik.
'"loll 'Hanty' I send him my best respects.
Toll him it is from 'IMokcty,' nnd ho will know
me.
" Yours truly, ."
Ho learned his farm work fast and
soon made himself very useful; tho next
winter ho went, to school again, and be
camo a very good scholar. He know
how to make mbnoy, too! whon tbo far
mer gave him' a calf, or a lamb, or a
slice n, ho took good caro of it, and by
and by sold it, and bought othor stock
with the proceeds, aud in this way,
after a fow years, ho had saved a con
sidorablo sum. With this ho bought
somo " Government land," on which ho
built a shanty; and so ho began tp bo a
"landed proprietor."
Ho was no longer "Piekety," but had
a Christian name, and for his last namo
took that of the kind pooplo to whom
ho felt liko a son. Ho had acquired a
fair education, too; and tho neighbors
liked and respected tho "New York
orphan," as thoy called him. Ho had
quite lost his wolfish nature by this
timo, and now had a new one, which
had como to him from the Good Boing
ho hadjinard of in the lodging house,
through tho civilizing, Christian influ
ences that had beon thrown around
him. And hero we will lea o him a
thriving farmer on his own land.
