Huron Record, 1881-02-04, Page 2Knitting.
At her window she is sitting,.
Little busy bright coquette,
She is sitting, knitting, knitting,
Ever ata subtle net, •
Weaving in it laughter,blushes,
. And delicious nods and smiles,
Tones as soft as notes of thruahes,
And a thousand nameless wiles.
Take care, my bowitching neighbour,
Take care that you do not get,
At the end of all your labour,
Tangled in your subtle net. .
seutshness.
When icicles hang from the tree,
And winter winds drearily moan,
When rivers and rivulets freeze,
There's green in some far away zone.
But what is the knowledge of this,
The joy of a far away zone?
Ob, small seems another soul's bliss,
When deep sorrow reigns in our own 1'
HIS VICTORIA CROSS.
By the Author of "A STRANQE *EDDINO.
EVE," " CLA'RE STANHQPE'S DIA
MONDS,,, e.
CHAPTER L
"Poor children, it wi,l be a sad change
for them -a terrible break-up 1 For 1 fear.
this' is but a dull house for such young
things, and how oau I make it otherwise ?"
Colonel McLeod rested his head, on his
hand and sighed.
There was apparently no reason for de-
pression, for all Colonel MoLeod's surround-
ings betokened ease and wealth. The room
in which he sat was large and handsomely
furnished. The walls wore ;covered from
floor to ceiling with oaken Took.shelves.
On one side of the room stood a grand.
piano; rich Turkey carpets covered the
floor ; a tiger•skiu was betete; the fire•place,.
whereon was stretched a magnificent collie
dog of purest brted ; and in the readings
chair, near which was a stand of beautiful
tropical flowers, sat the owner. of this great
lonely house and the broad lands that sur.
round it, who would have given up every
one of hie possessions to stand blameless
before the world. •
Colonel Loris McLeod was a remarkably
handsome man ; he looked scarcely more
than six br seven and .thirty, .btit a reference
to the Army List would have shown him to
be some years older. The tall alight •. form,
with the upright military carriage, tempered
with easy grace, had still all the suppleness
of youth ; the dark gray eyes, large and well
met under thebroad forehead,had, lost none
of their firs ; and, although a., changeless
melancholy clouded his countenance, not
one jot of the ardour and military outhusr
asm of kis earlior'doys"was'abated.
ever he might.suffor he remained always a
soldier -
The letter which had pronipted'the'Colo-'
nets half regretful' words had fallen to the
floor, and 11'e'remaineteror hei eri tertfointtitta
in deep and apparently -cad thought.. The`.
lines of the firm but singularly sweet mouth
had-settled,even to sternness; and thefrowiii
had deepened onhis forehead,. over which'
..-he kept. passing"•liis hand. • Presently he,
stooped,.and.picked up the letter again.
"Poor Verner !" he muttered, and his lip.
quivered a little. :"So ho is gone.' Tliey
all go so, before the one who would lay: down,
life without a pang. How strango•it seeing.!
He who could bo so ill spared is. taken 1
And I? Of what use is this life to me?'And
yet perhaps I am wrong to say that ; moral..
ists tell us that no ,Aran or woman who lives
is absolutely useless. Arid I suppose old :
Colin here wouldn't like another master
and there was a tinge of :bitterness. in: his
tone. "Well, Albert Verner. was one of
the few who believed in'me entirely, and. he
is gone" -ho paused, and a half smile flitted
over the grave features_"and leaves his
poor lassies to ,mel Well, he might have
chosen a better guardian; for them 1''
Ho again read the letter in his hand. •
• " They tell me I am dying," it ran; "and
I am leaving mytwo poor children alone in
a world creel enough to well-nii;!h penriilirss
orphans. I knew not whereto turn. I ata
in despair.• Iu my strait .the only .one I
have a _faint idea who would help me ie
ourself. You and 1 were brother officers
long ago, ,Wo fought side by side in the•
Mutiny,, and I think we loved each :other
will. Will you try to remember the old
dayi', Loris, add"' be guardian to -my tet o
darlings? They have each a little %suni
coating to them -just enough' to keep theta ;
but they have no friends or relatives. And
the elder girl is. but seventeen.; and char
wild Irish girl at that -a child•="
The letter hero suddenly broke off,, as
though the hand of the.writer .had' fai.ed.
him.. Colonel McLeod laid down -the letter.
and took' up an enclosure, pinged in a busi-
ness hand. •.
"S'r," it said, "on looking over the pa-
pers loft by my Tato client Albert Voreer,
Esq., late of the-th Lanesrs, residing at
Rocklands, Ballyshowau, . Connaught, I
found tee eg closed litter :Addressed' to you.
:I was requested by Miss Verner to examine
all papers left by her father; and, finding
that in this letter Mr. Vernet• requests you
to undertake the guardianship of his child.
roe, I thick it my duty on their behalf to
state that these young ladies are left wholly.
unprotected, nor are they fitted by age, ex.
purtence, or .oducation to obtain their own
living. They will each of them possess the.
sura of five hundred pounds, which, how..
ever well invested, would not prodtioe'shah,
dent for their entire maintenance, .1 trust
you will pardon me forhaving brought thee°
facts under your notice ; but my late: client
was much esteemed by myself and my art
ner, and I thought it my' duty to do what X
could for his children.
" I ata, she; your obedient savant,
"PaTiuc1t SureavAV,"
Tho name of the firm of aolieitors-one
known to the Colonel - was stamped on the
paper.
"Poor lassies -poor, little lassies t" said
Loris McLeod to himself.
Than he rose and began to pace up and
down, pulling his moustache thoughtfully,
"I suppose they aro living On nothing
now. Boor Terme! He must have got
through a lot of money ; but Irishmen never.
have any head for business. 1 dare ray
what the children have won't keep a girl in
gloves if they weer gloves down there; by
the way. But, of coarse, there's onl one
thing to be done., Dear old Albert 1 l can.
het repay his faith. in me lay leaving hie
bairns to misery. It's very difficult to know
hot• to, act, though. Can I have them here:
I wonder? That was .my first, thought,
School?"
Ile shook his head. He had a horror of
boarding•sohoole, And for homo•brongbt•
Up girls too it wouldbe cruel, For all
things weaker than himself Colonel McLeod
had a tenderness thatalmost amounted to
weakness.,
"At any rate they must be got into har-
ness a little at first. What is the age of the
elder girl? Seventeen. And�xa child at.
that ; and I am forty, and—
Se oaught his breath quickly, as though
some sharp pain had seized him.
"Well,, no one thinks of my marrying.
I am sober enough to take care of two child-
ren, I fancy, 111 have an elderly lady to •
play propriety. It will break into my life'
awfully, though." -
He half 'sighed; and ran his long slender
fingers through .his hair. Ho had grown
used to a solitary life. and had become per-
haps morbidly attached to it. Ho shrank
from the idea of having the house invaded
by a couple of wild girde,who would burst
into the library when he was reading, never
bo punctual -and Loris McLeod lied a sol-
dier's dislike to unpunctuelity-who would.
iatrude into his most sacred haunts; and
.who in short must necessarily break up a
retirement that he had clut;g tp from mere
habit ; for naturally the Golonel loved
change and society. Then again he objected
to the constant society of any. man or wo-
man. He thought that no one could petal -
lily have any affection for hire, and that he
oould not make the girls happy..
Yet, if Loris rtfeLetel hed'gauged himself
truly, there were tow men:' more fitted •to
win . love than he, Children' and women
adored him, and nen were drawn to him,
although- ,reluotantly, even while the black
cloud that hung over his name half repelled
them. - - .
"And yet," he murmurel-and ho looked
round the room wistfully-" young faces,
young bright voices -I think I could bear
them, even hero.. Ab, Heaven, they might
have been mind even new 1 But these.
'ren. will not be happy here," he said gloomi.
ly ; and he stood looking down at the collie,
whose honest brown eyes gazed back:at him
affectionately. "You and I, Colin,, are
made for each other You dou't mind. what
your master's mood is; so. long as yet bavoa
'caress- eh, 'old fellow?" • .
Hebent down and patted the aniinal fond.
ly on the !teed, and Colin _epee and pushed
his nose into maater'S baud in response:
"After all there is .no one half so faith-.
ful as a dog,"'sail Loris. McLeod; with a
smile. `'' But then how little they know t"
Colonel ; McLeod waa always prompt in .
whatover hedid.; rt'never, took him long' to
• arrive at a decision, and that done he would
• Sot utote it. He had .indeed soma miegivipge.
a's to what his housekeeper would say ; also.
some as to what his fellew.offiCera,might
think ; but neither caused him much'uiieasi.
nese ; he lived Ms Mch u • out cif society: --that
it matteredvery little to him what society'
saistehrethoughte 1Ie-was• -ot-yo nig=ind
the girls would' lee iu the echool room ; be
sides an' elderly c_ h_ aperon would make all
et hin Wright:
its unfortunate," it the Colonel,
th.oilg l'
..
as he.rang the bell•for Mrs. Grant the house.
keeper, "their;coming _just now.1 should
-like to rein over land bring the . lassies spy-:
'self ; but it's 4mposaiblo. Thesesmar�oauvres
aro aiming off and I' can't get away.'. •
Mra. Grant received the news he imparted .
to her with much greater favour 'than he
•had expected. She' listened ,ta what. he
said, and, when he had •finished, her honest'
face beamed', with the adihiretion she felt for
kindness.
"If ye are not a... real McLeod, sir," ahe-
said, ,with the familiarity of an old servant,
"I don't 'knew What a gentleman is: To
think of ye putting; upwith a :paire' wild
Irish bairns f. Ah, Colonel, • ee'l1 have the
blessing; se ye will 1, :Aweelr sir,: and' -how
soon will the young leddiea be coming, and,
where will 1 put them ?", `•
'"` Oh; 'Ileave that to you, Mrs. Grant !"
apswered McLood;.smiling. 4.4 Only of course
the best 'and brightest -room, and I should
think' they would like to. betogether; •prob-
ably'•they have aliseys • occupied the seine
t;oom; but I can leave :ill arrangements to
you, 1'know. •Will :you send Rotor' to.tne.
' in twenty.minutcs, please? " • . •
When Mrs.- Grant had departed, charged
to tell -the wonderful newsdownstairs, which
she did 'with many, enconinms- on the
,Colonel's •gener•osity, Loris -McLeod sat
• down'and wrote a, letter to Mr. Sullivan,
• "It is my wish"and intention," he. said,
"to receive the 'Misses Verner into my`
charge;. and I pledge myself to Act as their
guataien and to undertake all responsibilities
consequent on that assumption.until•tbey
shall become of age. After that they must'
' choose fcr:thenrseivos, 'I regret that it is.
ablolutely itnpossible•,for ins to leave my
duties at this mement, or I should have had
creat pleasure in making myeslf known to
you acid' my -future charges, ' If you will..
kindly let ane know howevcr•when it will be'
convenient for the young ladies to cros',.I
Will send over 'a suitable escort, who wall
thus .relieve you of all trouble. I beg to
enclose a cheque for immediate necessities.;.
my servant will see to everything else when
she conics. I cannot conclude without
thanking you fir the intermit you have taken .
in arty otd friend's der ghtete:. I shati1d have
'their
paitiod had you limen less•frank about
their effsirs." •
• * 5 * • r .i •
"I like his Jotter," was Mr, Sullivan's
comment to'his- wife over the• breakfast-te-
tile• e" a trifle reserved, but good, ',Lot :no'
see; wasn't there sotnething about Colonel..
MoLeod rather-h'm-ugly during the •Mu.
`tiny 7"
I don't remember; ray dear. I" flere'say ;
but it won't hurt the girls. Dear rue,, whet
a change for them;. after this life, to a inili-
• tary household 1"
When told 'of their future, Alice, the
younger pirl, burst hito'tears and bemoaned
her sed fate, saying that she was positivo
she should hate Colonel McLeod, for he was
Mire to bo a stiff martinet. But .Cecil Ver.
her stood gravely by her sister, With her
arm round her, her. large blue eyes dreamy
with thought, and strove to comfort Alice,
l" Don't ere, .Alioe t' she paid,."1 dare Pay
wo ,hall be much hs pier than we think
now. Yerhiilie Colonel MoLeod isn't Tory
atrial;; .Pena ween't,. yea knew. Lexie Mc.
Leod 1 1 lik9 bis naso --!wonder what be ie
like."
CerArTER II.
It was with, no little anxiety that Colonel
McLcod'ewaited the Arrival of the two new
inmates of Ridinghurst; he had sent of
Janet Grant, a, niece of :the housekeeper,
with inatruotions to epee no ex epee with
regard to anything required by, the sisters;
Janet was to dee her own discretion as to
what those requirements wore. He kuow
he could trust Janet, for she had lived for a
long time as travelling maid in a nobleman's
family, and, having just returned home, be
had engaged her to wait en" his wards,
Unfortunately the day that they would
arrive from Ireland was the last day, of the
maneeevres, which were to conclude with an
inspection•by the Commander -in -Chief ; and
the Colonel expected to be kept late. It
would seem inhospitable indeed for these
homelesas girls to : find nobody to, receive
them when them when they arrived. How,
ever, there was no help fpr it; BO Colonel
McLeod rode away early. in the morning,
having given a het injunction to Mrs. Grant
to be sure to apologise to the Misses' Verner.
for his apparent neglect, „
heaven bless the Colonel ! " said the
good dame while standing ou the hall stops
to see him ride cif. "He's just every bitas.
tender.bearted as a girl, and as particular
about politeness to them wild Irish lassoa,as
if they wee the Queen on her throne.' Blebs
my soul, Grant "-turning to her husband
the butler-" he looks that handsome in his
unitorm, you'd take himfor thirty, that you
would 1"
• r *.
•
As the Coloael"had expected, the autumn
day had already .closed in before ho rode up
the avenue of magnificent trees *Metaled-to
the house; hie eyes scanned the windows,
for he half expected to see lights in the.
drawing -room, and his heart beat a little
faster as; he urged on his horse:., A few mo-
ments later- he aprang to the ground, and
consigned his charger to Hectors caro. .
Mrs, Grant met him in the hall. Subdued
excitement was visiblein her fade.
" They've come, sir; -they've come," she
said, taking the Colonel's helmet from his
hand as he paused with a.' half smile at her.
eagerness. "And oh, sir, Miss Verner is
such a bonny youngleddie 1 Janet says she's
the sweetest lassie she ever waited on. You
won't wait, Colonel; now to take off that
dress, will you ? "-persuaai:voly.; for the
• good woman was anxious that 'the. young
teddies should see her master in his um-
" Why,
m -"Why,. Mrs: Grant,".said. McLeod, lauzii:
log, stud unbuckling his aword, "you are es,.
excitedas though the children woreyour,
own; 1 won't w ait ; how long, have they
been "here?"
"Oh; they came about five, Colonel, and
I sent them mamma teal Tho,youngf at,, ;.lies
Alice, is' young looking liutr I thought
you'd have. them dine with you."
".Of course,'? replied- the 0olonel.•-•aud. he .
turned away towars the drawing -room door,
his spurred heels'ri.tgiug. on the tesselated
pavement.
• As Colonel MoLeod' entered the room,' a
:tall lithe -girlish figuee rose -from t es 4epths .
of an arm.chair'arawn near the r i the
eveniogs•were ,chilly-agiair of large wistful
blue eyes were;tureed anxiously towards the
door, and two delicate' bands were clasped
;Close together. 'So•muih Leiria McLeod.aopk
in at the ffrat'glance, as: hewent across the
great :.'corn ; ande as lii3.'eyes' rested .npon,
that winning graoions beauty, it seemed to,
appeal .to hire with u strange force;'. old
memories came rushing back at 'the sight of
Alb''ert Verner a child•standing thus in that
house ; he forgot the words of welcome` he
hadsframed; forgot all: but that a; fair girlish
face looked up to him with an earnest half.
questioning gaze.
• "My child t" wasall he said, AS be tock.
'both' her hands in, hie in a close warm clasp.
lesett :all he could say kw a few moments.
Tho tears rushed to the poor Irish girl's
eyes ; .she was impulsive. and.warm-hearted,.•
and "thin welcome:touched - her to the. quick,
She had felt lonely and strange in this new
unfamiliar hoose ; but ohs look at Colonel
McLsod's noble fame had sent athrill through
her.whole:feame, and she felt as though, she
had•known him for years.
•"So you. are Albert Verner's .daughter,"
said the Colonel, looking ;down smilingly at"
the lovely face ; and almost involuntarily he
bent•dowa and kissed her forehead".with a.
tender. reverence. -
A bright flush rose to the girl's brow. She.
never quite forgot the joy that the gentle
pressure of•,his lips had given :to her young,
heart. ,,
"But • there 'is another, is there not 7
'asked McLeod, looking round.. "You are .
•uot alone?" -
"No. Alicee oh,.•Alice!" • ;..R
[To e• s co\TINUEO.]•
A Funeral Procession aNiile:Out on ,La so
. Erie. '. •
• At Buffalo, the other day,'a,.f uuerat- pro..
cession Of six or eight.carriagea, on n very
Btorniy day, started for, a rural .cemetery.
They were obliged on account of the drifts
to take the road' that runs aloiig the lake
ethore, and slowly plodded their way along
what they supposed was the proper street.
Finding they did not reach their destination,
they, stopped alter a while to investigate,
and found: to their horror that they were
oho mile from land out on the frozen waters
of LakeErie,'• Tho led was thin and treach.
emus, and iu their bewilderment they hard7
ly knew which view to turn, but at last,,
with. fear and trembling and almost • periehotl
with cold, they crept back to 'tho shore and
returned with their dead to the city to defer
their mournful errand to another day.
QUEEN .VzoToRYA'has manifested lien area
pathy with the victims of Irish agrarian out•
rage in a practical forte by thearrangements
she has made for Lord Motto:ke ros's widow
to lodge in Hampton Court, Sometime ago
it wad intiinatedthat a suite of appartments
would be placed at the lady's disposal; but
the Queen hits done more than, this, for -she
ordered that the roonie in the palace should
bo newly decorated and furnished through-
out, and has herself selected all theswall pa.
perm, "carpets, and curtains, choosing what
she considered to be most elegant and. har.
monibus.. .
• (dila' A]lowanoee,
eatE anceir Ags8 Oa TEACHING THEM TO AERP
ACCOUNT$—Ths 008T OP I Xrsainie e-,,
YINANCIAL Meant WHICH ofrent a
MANY lifATRONS—EICff AND RCOR,
(Liaisonquesta.;
Qne hears pretty constantly of the neceo+
arty of keeping *counts, and that, to be a
good housekeeper, a woman should possess
at leant a rudimentary knowledge of the val
see of.money, at, curiously .enough, no
one ever suggests from whence women are to
get their knowledge, rudimentary or other.
wine In former days -and the tradition
still lingers -it was believed that complete
knowledge of 000kery and housekeeping
would come by nature as soon as the ring
was fitted on -the bride's finger, let her
Maiden life havapbeen as free from any dc-
moetlo care a8 it is possible to imagine ;. and
many a miserablehour that delusion cost
the new -made wife. But still we firmly
believe • than our daughters, brought. up in
girlhood as ignorant as anything concerning
money as any lilies of the field, will Bevel:
ope, at any rate, a sufficient knowledge of
its value -and management the day they un-
dertake the charge of a household. • Some
may do so, but very certainly moot do not,
and, in eensequonoe, go through an immense
amount of worry and trouble before they
acquire experience. Now, experience must
be bought, It can neither be.borrowed nor
given, So, in common fairness, we shonld
try to let our clear ones buy theirs as cheap.
ly as inner bo, and not, to save ourselvea
trouble and anxiety, expose them .to the
danger of purchasing it at thelast moment
at a price that may cost them much actual
suffering, and'even in some oases .their do.
mestfc happiness. '
O\ AN ALLOWANCE.
Aa soon atethey are able to understand a
little what money is; children should bate
anallowance, however tiny, for their pock-
et -money. Bemoans of this they will grad.
ually learn the value and use of money.
They will learn that if' all is spentto-day,
there will be noun to -morrow -a lesson, by
the way, than •many of their elders would
do well to learn 1 -end alio the true mean-
ing of ohnrity.. Givinga child money to
give to the poor may be a pleaaure to. them,
and a pretty way cf helping those inwant,
but T doubt that teaching a child the mean-
ing even of the form of oharity"that conbists
in giving. " Simply giving our money or our
time, when we have plenty of both, is hard-
ly real charity, which surely does. riot mean
giving what costs _us nothing. But, if • the
money or the time. has cost us some •self•de-
nial in the way• of personal exertion or •
economy,. then truly the gift; blesses beth
giver and receiver. By the way, this may
explain • what - one .hears of so, oftenfrom
people, . namely, "the ingratitude of the
lower orders."' The rich give of their super..
finity, and, exact: ie return .gratitude- •if
greti,6ude,,µere as.easy as giving what it
'costs us.notling to spare, ..the exchange
would be fair enough but, unluckily, grit-
-itudeis at -least as dififcult-avirtue es -self-
denial. Both virtues" come .naturally to';
some ,peeiplo,--no-doubt, but: those people, •
I fear we must ooufes,s, ars hot the rule, but
the exception that proves it. , •
. . .Bu -ism o-gx ERIENCE. - - .
But 'to -return to our. children and their
pocket money. As soon as they ,are old
enough for responsibility; the allowance
ahouldl be increased to °over some necessar-
ies, as well estheir menus plaisirs. Girls at
',twelve or fourteen should ee • given samuch
a quarter for. pocket Money and for '.gloves;
tiea and the repairs of their boots and shoes.
Sumo • people give the. allowance for the
haussure, itself ; but this is hardly :a safe'
plan. Growing children should`never •:wear:
either tight or short Mote and shoes.; but
't
girls donunderstand what suffering- the
tranagrossi`on.of this rule will entail in after
,years,. and: naturally,, think that if they
'ehooeeto eo,tnomize'on their boots ,at.somes
personat inconvouienoe,it is giiite fake This
allowance should .always :be punctually paid•,
and the recepient be made, fully to•; unders
attend what she. is to provide with a,. and
the tidiness andthorotrgh repair -of etch ori
.ticles should be always insisted on .As they
get older", girls should always, • if 'possible;
have, aneillowance for their dress and little
porsoual•expenses. This is not the, cheap --
est Wey
heapest'way ofclothing them, for the
• experience always enables her to lay out the.
money more profitably than the girls• aro
able to do,. at any rate at first.. But to dress'
the eirls economicallyand pretty is not a
inother's only ,object. , .She has to tench
th'eni the value ,of; and responsibility entail-
ed by,, money, and lets them buy, 'at a low
rate, and at her: coat, the experience they
w•onid•otherwise purc.'sase far more dearly at
their own or rather, h.usband's. expense. If
properly managed, .a girl's allowance will"be'
a capitelnreans cf teaching these lessens.
rcEErlNC+ ACCOUNTS. .
•
A girl 'should be' given a. ;fair stock of
clothes and an account book; in which she
.should.. be taught•to enter everything ahe
apende and receives:: ,This book should be.
balanced, every • quarter when the neet.al-
towanee is given, and strict , accuracy 'in-
. misted ou. Debt should •never be allowed.
'Slit) should be taught that if a thing can
notbe afforded, it must be.. done without
till such time as the means -of paying for it
are iu hand. Still, iis. spite of all precau-
tions, some, girls will got ante trouble. •If
they. do, dou't scold them, so as to make
them 7fido it next time, thigh would en-
tail worseoonsequonces than even the debt;
*but - point . out" her fault, pay the - debt at
once if possible, ,and held the girl responsi-
ble for'ib, tintil lay,,degrees and solf•deuial
she has paid •it back to you. Don't.take a'
gLrl's allowance away beoeuso she is trouble.
sono to manage, but watch her, and oblige
her to be careful, encouraging :her if she
really tries her best, but" making her feel
the inconvenience and trouble caused by
'oitravagances acid carelessness, While
avoiding frightening a girl from oonfossin7z.
her difficulties by over•soverity, don't give
way to the opposite•extreme • and 'teach .her
ft) think lightly of debt, If she. gats to feel
that when. she .exceeds her allowance she.
has only "to go to papa "oar " tell mamrria,"
and coax the required deficit from them,
or at worst, submit to a scolding, end so get
it, all thogeod of an allowance is done away;
She gets not to mind debt, for will not her
father give her a cheek if sho asks for it
prettily at the right moment? Or will not
1.
mother, after half an hour'* lecture, pay It•
out of her own pooket, while the culprit Beta
of scatheless,
WUEAE TSE MOHEir Boge. •
Strictly kept accounts should be•iusiated
on. Girls an net too early learn method,
and thie isone very good way of teaching
it, beside teaching them,tbe value of money,
One often heats people say, "Oh, what is
the good of those strict accounts? I had tat
ntifob inmy_pureeyesterday., and now there
is only so much, and all the accounts in the
world went bring it back." ' Granted; but,
if properly kept, they will show how the
money went, and that is sometimes a diff.
oulty when one depends on cues receipts for
the large, and one's memory for the small
items of ene'e expenditure. I heard once of
a lady who was considerably aui.oved by
finding hereeli short of some money, Reckon
it how she would elle could not .account for
the loss. The house was searched, servants
questioned and a thoroughly uncomfortable
feeling produced in the household, as every
one flat the money must have gone mime-
where, The lady was very particular, and,
though not keeping regular accounts, prid-
ed herself on her accuracy and memory, and
keeping all her reeeipte and hop'okeeping
boles in splendid order. Ae last her h us. '
band insisted on her putting down every
small sunt she could remember, in spite of '
her protestations that she had done thia her-
self ;
er-self; and little by little, with a good deal .
of trouble, she accounted for some of the
missing change. Eventually the whole
sum. was accounted far by one of her chit,
Bron ataohool writing to thank her forewent)
email present she bail sent and totally for-
gotten. Now, if a person who is particular
as to money mutter oan•produce such con-
fusion, imagine the results of carelessness.
Until Aridaoceuut is kept,no girl realizes'
how sixpences and ehillings run up ; and,.. .
bad esthe effaot of this oorelessuess will bo .
as a girl; judge what it will bo when she:is '
a woman with a household and its iuuumer.
able small wants. -
A co$TRABT: '
Among the poor, girls learn very early the
value of money, as wives have .usually.a
Very fair idea of making •the•moat of what
comes in their way in apitoof the accusation•
of thriftlessness so often brought against
them. .(When oontrasting.the comforts of
their households with 'the. wages weekly
earned by their huabanda one' must remem-
ber that it is 'only a part of their pay which
the women get,' and in far.. too many oases . • -
only a very email part.) .But girls of the •
upper and middle glassesrarely learn any
thing of money by actual experience. Their
allowances are not so definitely. fixed entre
kept to as to teach them its value even in ..
dress necessaries. If they.get into debt they
are allowed to scramble ou as best they can,
or else they are helped out by main force; as
it were. It is far easier to pay the •debt• '
when one discovers it, and let the culprit off ,
with a More or less severe scolding,• than. to
exercise:the constant care and -watchfulness
that will keep tho girl from nnischief, or; at
any rate, teach the girl.: to see the cense .
emences of her folly, and. help her by'self-
ctenial,, to atone fQr'it. 'Itaimy seem a hard '
view to take .of what may be called the
natural "carelessness cif youth' ;,'but there ,is -•
an old saying; "As thesapling is bent the.
•tretegrows, ' and if a •girl who is :careless of .
debt is not taught right as a girl, *hat cad
she be when she: grows. by?' if else is allow-
ed to, think' that .if.. she can not"" cut -her
oa o ter o of r, as the proverb runs,. the •.
fault.lies with the cloth' nothe cutter -scan
t..
you wonder if; as a woman, shoia-extrema. •
gent and careless in money matters, .fully,
convinced that this •carelessness is at worst ...
an amiable weakness, for which. she • is in
nowise to blame, the real : culprit being fate, . .
w.trioh has deniedher a sttffibrentfortune for
• her wants, or.• her husband Who fails •to '.
supply her with the necessary 'liberality.
. A.y.
An Emperor in a Hospital.
•
(Vienna Lottor to tics London Globo-) •
The Emperor; . who makes it a paint ..to'
leave no liraueh of art, science,. or industry..
long without the encouragement. of his pre' `.
senco, has this week being going the ..rounds
of the Posth hospitals in company of the
physicians and surgeons attached:'thereto.
The visitslasted in semi cases three or four.
lours. ' His majesty insisted' upon being. in-
formed of every 'detail eounected-.with the •
establishment. Instrumonte were passed in •
review, and the more Modern: improvements
of surgical apparatus
was left unseen, and
his majesty lingered long in the wards talk-: -
-ingk ndly to the, patients. : Indeed, one
highly liys'.ericalfemaliewent off into fats of .
excited delight, and had to be restrained. till
she could Master her feelings, So great an
interest, indeed; did Franz Joseph •display, :
that the delighted head surgeon ventured to -
ask the king whether he would : not like to -
witnessttu oporation or two: "`ire have a
most interesting ease of caries ;of, the leg;
necessitating amputation, your majesty;" .
-said .,Laclasius, sniffling and ribbing his .
.hands. " The operation is down for: to -more•
row, but we shall be charmed to :perform- it
at 'one), if Srourmajesty would like to see it."'
.Thea came interesting dletaila of Esmarch,. •
bandages, and chain -saws.; • . Plant Joseph,
however, greatly refits. d this seductive offer,
but desired to see the, poor fellow who .would
en the morrow occupy the operation tables.
He was a young mau of 28, a telegraph
'clerk, the chief support.of his mother -and
sister: The sufferer be, an cry at the kind
and encouragewords the king spoke as he
sat at -his bedside. Come What may, how -
,ever, ho need 'now be under no apprehension
about the future ofthose' dear to him, for .
before leaving, Franz Joseph gave. him his ,
hand, withthe words : Yew^ mother and. . •
sister shall not want," '
DEnwxNT HALL, the. Derbyshire shooting
box of the Duke of Norfolk, is said to con-
tain tho finest and mest''veluablo collection
of old oak in England. -' Every room is fur-• . •
nished throughout with .magnificent Deices
of exquisite workmanship, brought together
from all Parts of the world by the piese'nt '
Duke, who has a passion far collecting. The
hoose itself is charmingly situated in tt hal-
low of the hilly, with. the river after which it
is named flowing tranquilly beside its terrace -
wall, and the:= prettiest -little .village in the
•county' nestling amid trees bear its gates.
A Yohied city fellow bought a farm dart
Witter. He had a fine orchard of about
ttvo hundred o pelo trees, and . a few
weeks' ago hetapped every one of them for
aider.