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Matthew Torrance walked up and down the warm cabin with folded arms and downcast eyes , whose lambent fire contrasted strangely with the streaks of Silver in his luxuriant black hair. Suddenly - denly he paused , and turned abruptly to the old man who sat directly underneath - neath the circle of light thrown by the swinging lamp. "What are you reading , Mr. Hayes ? " The old gentlem ii looked up with a tranquil smtle. "The book I read oftenest , Mr. Tor- rance-the book that answers to every want and mood of my nature. " "Oh , the Bible. Can-can you find the parable of the Prodigal Son ? " "Yes. " "It seems as if I should like to hear that to-night" Samuel Hayes turned to the place and softly read aloud the sweet old Bible - ble story. As his voice died away Torrance - rance drew a deep , long sigh. "I s > Sppose that parable is meant to illustrate God's patience and long suffering - fering ? " "Undoubtedly. " "Ah ! but that prodigal son only spent his substance and wasted his life foolishly. He was not beyond the pale of forgiveness. " Th old minister pushed his spectacles - tacles up on his forehead. "What do you mean ? " Matthew Torrance stopped in front of the table. 1 - "I had a friend once-a near and dear friend , who-well , lie had his faults , I , won't deny that. He was a wild , passionate - sionate fellw , but there Zvere good points about him , too. He had a twin brother , and one day , in a sudden gust of rage-there was plenty of provocation - tion , for both loved the same girl , and she was a heartless coquette-he raised his hand against this brother , and- " "Well. . . " "And murdered him ! hided him ! Struck him down as Cain struck Abel. Then he fled the country , and has never been heard of since. But , if I know m , friend's nature , he has repented it long and bitterly since-repented it with an anguish of despair that is past description - tion ! Now tell me , Mr. IIayes , is there mercy and'forgiveness for " such as he ? 'I ' 'Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow ! though they be red like crimson , they shall be white as wool ! ' softly repeated the old cler- gyman. "Yes , " replied Matthew ; "but such a sin ! My God ! Cain bore the accursed mark of murder to his grave ! " "There Is forgiveness tor all within the limits of infinite love ! " Matthew Torrance resumed his walk and said no more ; and through the tempest - pest and darkness of the November night the little Failing Leaf plodded on towards the beacon lights that starred the far-off , rock-bound coast of Maine. And when the lurid light of dawn fluttered - tered its sullen banners athwart the east they ran merrily into port , with snow-covered rigging and bulwarks ridged with royal ermine. Matthew Torrance was home again after twenty long years of exile and solitude. "It's a perilous business , " said Matthew - thew to himself , "but I can't endure ! t any longer. I am .changed in every respect - spect ; my own mother would sccrcely know me now ; and I must breathe in the air of home once more or I shall die ! " Matthew plodded up the hill where the hazel copses grew , and the dead leaves rustled softly in the hollows under - der the road. Half-way up the hill a little - tle church nestled among the low-grow- ing pines and spruces , with white- gleaming stones sloping down the descent - scent behind. Matthew Torrance turned away his head with a shudder. "lie lies buried there , " he murmured , with a face that was paler than ashes ; "he , the fair-haired brother Paul , that was almost 1ltc a portion of myself , the 'brother that I murdered. Oh , God ! the years of anguish and remorse that I have endured might almost have atoned for it , and yet-yet-why did I return to re-open the old wounds ? Shall I turn back even now ? It is not yet too late. " 1-le stood a moment irresolute. "No-I will go on-I will take one peep into the old window where the cinnamon roses grew-the window of the keeping-room-and then I will go forth once more into my exile and soli- tude. Alas ! it is a hard punishment to endure for one act of heedless passion -a hard , hard punishment-and yet I must bear it to the bitter end. " "Shall I light the candles , Uncle Ebenezer ? " "What for , child ? Isn't a sight pleasanter - anter to sit here by the blaze of these hickory logs ? What do you say , mother ? Mrs. Torrance started. "I-I don't know ; what was ft you asked me , Ebenezer ? I was thinking about something else. " She was a mild-faced matron , with large hazel eyes , once bright as jewels , but now dim with many tears-a matron - tron whose silver hair lay in shining bands over a furrowed brow , and Eben- ezer , a bowed down old man , sitting opposite in his easy-chair , had something - thing of the same trouble in his face. But Clara Willis , kneeling on the rug between them , with her bright face turned to the fire , was lovely enough to redeem the darker shadows. Blue- eyed , with hair of reddish brown , lit up with golden gleams , cheeks velvet red and dimpled , and lips like cut coral , you never would have believed that Clara had passed her thirty-sixth year. There are some faces to which capricious - ous Nature has granted the bean of perennial youth , and Clara's was one of these , "Well , just as you please , uncle , " said Clara , straightening the folds of the ruffled white apron that she wore. "Sup- per is all ready. " She looked around with a glance of housewifely pride at the daintily gar- NUT. TO l3E TREATED LIGHTLY. . - - N , L r .4 / ° . gilt , rr /aye. . . . _ 5K' 'H' ralC'C-ot r I + y- ' G4 \ The Pride of the Farm-"How now , Monsieur Iteynard' Are you taking . chickens , when your preference for turkey is so well known ? I consider that . .a personal slight ! " \ , . , . . - rA' _ 4- ' # . 1 nished table that was spread in the ecn- ter of the apartment. It was 'a very old-fashioned room , with a home-made carpet , and curtains trimmed with knotted fringe , while the window seats were full of thrifty geraniums and petunias. A tall clock in the corner ticked monotonously , and the brass candlesticks - dlesticks gleamed. from the mantel as brightly as if they had bean fashioned out of gold. "A quarter past five , " said Ebenezer Torrance , adjusting his iron spectacles to glance at the clock. "I don't see what keeps that boy so. Clara , I 'most wish you could have' made up your mind to marry him , and then we shouldn't ha' had him chasing down to Squire Dean's after Margaret half the time. There , child , you needn't turn so pale-I'm not in earnest. " Mrs. Torrance put out her motherly hand to smooth Clara's golden hair , as the fair woman shrank as from a blow. "Clara , Clara , it wasn't your fault" "But it was my fault , Aunt Miriam-- it was my fault. Do I not know where your thoughts have been all this day , when other mothers have their happy families gathered around them ? Oh , Aunt Miriam , If I could only have died instead ! " At this moment , while the firelight was filling the homely room with such a glow and fulness of ruddy life , Matthew - thew Torrance was slowly toiling up tile. road , in the chill gloom of the fast darkening night. As he paused a moment - ment to rest against the gnarled trunk of a deformed willow , where he had many and many a time played as a boy , a tall , straight figure passed him , stridIng - Ing swiftly along and whistling an old- fashioned air. As it passed , Matthew shrank back as if a sword had pierced his heart. "He used to whistle that tune. I have not heard it in twenty years before. " So Matthew toiled on. There it was , the old familiar light in v yt i , . , rsq. -S ' ' i # ' , [ y l , : M " . . 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Who knows but that the chairs ore empty , the hearthstone surrounded - rounded by other faces and forms ? Ctirere it not best to leave the old homestead - stead shrouded in merciful uaccrtainty ? No ; I have dared too much to pause now. " He softly lifted the latch of the garden - den gate and passed up the narrow path. . Yes ; there was leis father , old and silverhaired , but living still ; and his mother sat opposite , with the half-fin- ished stocking on the gleaming needles , just it had been twenty years ago , and the black silk holiday dress fastened at the throat with the little gold fashioned like a sea shell , that he remembered - membered so well. And Clara , as beautiful - tiful as ever , with a ripened , mature loveliness , how royally the fire turned her heavy coronals of hair to coils of gold , as rho bent to light the tall candles - dles in the polished brass candlesticks. Like a sleeping giant the old love rose up once more in his heart as he looked on the face of the girl whose syren-like charms had maddened him to the one desperate act of his life. And-rather of all mercies ! was he dreaming , or was the great horror of his darkest anticipations - pations overwhelming him-madness ? Even as he looked , a tall figure passed from an obscure part of the room into the full glow of fire and candles , stand- jug with one hand on the old lady's shoulder. "Paul' Paul ! " The words strove to shape themselves - selves , but the parched tongue refused to give them utterance. Matthew Torrance - rance struggled like a man under the dreadful spell of nightmare. "Hush ! " said Clara , suddenly pans- , - : r - - f- ; " - , , " ' " L- Y- " ' . , , . . , ' . . . + " ' b , ° , , u ' 1 5. w - N + T'i4'OAY"r"lsF'Ft' 4" ik ' > ; ' 1 - ' b _ ' Ins to listen. "What noise is that outside - side ? " ' - "Only the wind among the bushes ; how nervous you are getting , puss. " "No-but , Paul , do ; please , look ; I thought I heard some one's voice. " Paul Torrance burst into a merry laugh , half derisive , half fond , and strode to the door. ' "Of course there's no one here ; I told you so , Clara , but hold on , though ! Hallo , you ! what are you doing under our windows ? " He made a step forward , but stopped suddenly , holding his : hand to his breast as if a ball had pierced it. "Mother , It's Matthew ! it's our Matthew - . thew ! " And the two brothers , separated by long years and racking doubts , were in each other's arms before Clara could reach the door. In after years , Matthew Torrance never could have told how he reached the wide , cheery fire-place , nor how ho found his mother sobbing on his breast , and his father clasping both his hands , while Clara-foolish little Clara , hid away behind the big geraniums , and cried as if her heart would break. He only felt that he was at home once more-free , safe , happy. "Paul ! " lie stammered , "come , here and let me look at you-let me feel your hands. 'Oh , my brother ! I thought I had murdered you ! " Paul burst into a laugh. "You didn't hit quite hard enough , old boy ; my skull was thicker than you thought for. Oh , Mat ! why have you hidden yourself away from us all these y ears ? " And Paul's laugh became a sob. "But we won't be fools ! " said Paul , resolutely. "Clara , come here , you' little goose ! Don't be afraid to take her hand , Mat ! She loved you best , and she has been waiting patiently for you twenty years. " "DAT'POSSUIVI SMELL POW'FUL GOOD. " I "Paul . ' " faltered Clara , reproachfully. "Cell , what's the matter ? If you'll only expedite matters a little , we can have two weddings at once. for I'm to be married to Maggie Dean next month , old Mat. " The twenty yews of trial were over , and Matthew Torrance kept Thanksgiving - ing under his own roof-tree , with a heart that needed no proclamation to stimulate its intensity of gratitude. THANKSGIVING PICTURE. What if the gold of the corn lands Is faded to sombre gray ? Aril what ! f the down of the thistle Is ripened and scattered away ? There's gold in the gathered harvest ; There's homely and heartsome cheer ; And so we will be full joyous- The day of thanksgiving is here. A sigh for the vanished splendor Of the autumn's purple and red- For the golden-rod that is whitened , For the gentian boom : that is dead ; Then turn to the hearthstone cheery ; Behold , 'tis the time of year To count our blessings and mercies- The day of thanksgiving is here. Bare and brown in the shadows , The meadowland meets the gaze , Where the bold , blithe bee went seex lug Its sweets in the summer days. The honey is stored in plenty So what if the winter is near ? The time is not one for repining- The day of thanksgiving is here. The fruit has matured in its season , The sunshine has ripened the seed , Then sing to the Lord of the harvest' A song of thanksgiving indeed. 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