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VBIDA'1ir, 4iJLY 4, 1890.
Ia i,ovlaz; Memory.' or George, A,• Iirnrvey,
read of //A t id Hi94 .SchoaG, d'rnwttanl in
fuda imewi, at that ,south opha fllurrlRrerf
favor, .Taira 23rd, ItlQ4 q 4 2b loan.
Oft the ram's fairest rotate
Myst are savored from the stein,
Oft the beertat most cherished treasures
First depart, nor ooure Nide.
Oft from ttynset'tt parting beauttea.
First the brightest cohrrs tads;
Pft to human life, our choicest
First within We tomb aro laid,
i' 'hos our sohool Iris lost a loved one:
Huron robited us of a friend:
Not for long his friendship oheered us
AU tore moon it t even au end.
Aver genial to companions,
We strait raise him now he's gone,
Tor no kindly word. eau resell ua
Frani. the,aiairit that has flown.
i8udc"le4 was his parting from us,
No "Farewell" our memories bear:
' Teton Memory's page are written
Records of his presence there.
',`.1.'o .his relatives we offer
Our sincerest, kiuci•regar,l:
tWe,•with there, had learned to love !him
PPa too found the psrtiug hard.
•il&ost of all his aged parents
Share our syrnpr4thetic tears:
7aifeet deoline has brought us sorrows,
Sadaes' for their autumn years,
pnelconcluding thought is left us'
That uoigrief eau e'er deprive;
,He is deaci tq earthly sorrow,
But iii heavenly joys alive.
TAO this sad hereavurent urge u8
To a motto firm and li<igh;
"' Here we live for truth 'aq•;l friendship,
$eaverf's our refuge vivhes,ve die."
Life's great school will soon 1K over,
Mysuery then shalt.+leave au'eud:
Tu final grand v,. l- m
;4ye again shall meet our friend.
A Sduooz Nr 4E
;C4odericb, June 24,
• PELLE BRANDON'S BOOZ S.
BY MARY riYLL DAid s.
It is hopeless, said Percival Perry
to himself. There are too many young
,pelt in New York. There is no
' chance for me: I've spent my money,
.and made every possible effort. Per,
41saps I'd letter go enlist and fight We
Indians—or hang myself.
i But what had tins to do wi ly Beile
Brandon's boots ? Yon shall set.. That
'the
fetiteti had .w,ritte» to
;,e istress of the school in ;Oliicixgo
''at which his motherless daupihter had
xeceived her education
r, .ably Daii; Maoist: Please.send my
little girt to we at once, 1 are en,
gaged roma at .kiss ,Queen :Victoria,
and long .for her. 1 inclose a 'cheek
whirh ivifl dischB.'ge wy indebtedness.
to you as far as {hooey can do it, $,lid.
pay her expenses,.' etc„ etc., etc.
.And Bebe had bidders adieu to her
school friends, and was on her way,
attendee byquite a little crtywd, to the
station. tier' trunks had been sent
the day before, expressed to her lather
'%''and though, of course, she had a little
travelling -bag, etre would have nothing
*eta Chink of.
Everybody was glad of this, for
Belle wee etneof those young women
`'who are always taken in • charge by
their friends; as though they were
brittle bits of porcelain. Directions
for eating and sleeping wereoured.
t into her ear ; bite of advice : pDon't
*lose your ticket; don't stiek your head
out of the window ; don't he frighten
ed. when than whistle shrieks ; • don't
allow strangers to .speak to your -thin.
front the French teacher-- turd all this;
Mixed up with adieux, hugging, kiss-;
''Ing and hareb-skalds,■, Even indepen-
dent Mite Ophelitt ?heifer, who eat
' liar hair shirt alt found, and would
-have hell nd hNtitatiott in starting any,
',Midnight for Egypt with a few things
eretnw .d into a handbag, .remarked :
` I el:aft be glad to !rear that she is
- safe, I suppose, said mother,. it is
' ,because she is so small that one al..
'Ways feels afraid she may be carried;
alb against
her will, or Lost -somewhere, }
lifers a tittle parcel.
Then the whistle blew, and tife hell
Fang, adieux here • uttered,. Arid the
train was heard to shriek. its wey.aieing
in the rfrxrsiuce And was seen far away
z like at Bite er aart of serpent windbag
*about tie. hi Is.
PAN feit lonely at first, and -cried a
little,, Then slr"C began to cheer: tip.
'arid leaked at the pasarngerrf and
wOent• r their doi'zrgs, and laughed at
'most. of thein internally, scltoolegirf
`fitaltiitu, Sue slept 0otnfartably that
'flight in her coat liet'trneua,.nrra (*catnse
*by mormeg itufte hn old •trtilreller i
'eard 48 wo haver atot tints to def ri ie her
)oitrw'v we whitey that it lartaited•ofl
'..tees•rsutij+ Sand that atilt the evening rip
trreet:Wet au Wall the traits woe to
arrive to :how Yet* the never felt in
irerw'„ 'h,arrite, title bull noels liersielf
Ms prppp• trtrr.;>fai,le; sifter ylyn�Ot# *be S Yr t ttiosht4; 4, t&LS Iaarr lraaiusl
to arrange it, for no maiden lady was bwc ootid drove into Madison Mollie.
ever coo particular- about her moll There he tlesoeaded and stood onoe
possessions, tier pnrse, was in the More at the door:
bag of'oouree, her hankkerchief, s,ud a Tell me the 031,4,10 asome hotela,she
Olean Collet -or two, a box of jewelry, said.
the book she bad with liar to read-. He rnentiirnedd four or five. She Was
you all know What it hold, And sues the lase was the right natali aisle'
there was a little bottle cf pollelt, well said ;io.
corked, and a 'tittle sponge with iviiich Agit i r -Mr Brandon, she skid; and
to torn ch up her shoes befoee she left away k1 ey drove agai.0 ; but she lied
ilte oars, The ;shoes were high ties tondo a t itstake, air, WOudolt was
and eneby taken off', Iu the privacy riot at the hotel,
of the compartment Tell could do as Weil, Where now, laiinii ? asked the
she lilfe,l, r$he':laid as laewripape'r on driver, again at the doer ; bi t Bette
her lop, brightened the'l'it* toes or avers irelpiess. The teat`s were st'reenr,
the pretty aheest and se,: theta on the down her cbneks.
wimduw to dry; lier bag also stood
there. And now she wrapped the
paper about the eponge and bottle and
proceeded to throw therm awa', for
she could not re cork the bottle sigiici
ently well not to risk spoiling be bag
if she restored it to he . proper pilaw
there. Trolling a:l into a,little ball'ehe
threw .it through the w,ii dow, Aa
any boy wout-i have propliteeid, it hit
the handle of thebeg, tottered:,,struck
the andes, and the next second the
windcw 8111 was clear. Belle trust No, sobbed .Belle ; the bag went
her Lead throiijh the apertere ; team too, .. -
the distance lay, beside the rails, giro Then I'm beat out of ley fare ! :laid.
block spooks, which vanished as she the driver. Step out, .i# you please.
looked, Her hag, with all her money, If you wasn't a ferr4ale, I'd give you
in ib, and her only shoes. She was it, charge of art officer ; fur 1 i,elrewre
going into New york like a beggar, -your a lying. • Get out.
tesn't retnemher,site said, f;. •can't
remember. What shall 1 do ? My
shoes gone; my trunk oheeka anomie;my money in gone,and I Can't find wy
father,
One item of this horrible recap
tion alone struck the driver.
Ha'n't you got no looney ;2
eiu iced.
Not a cent, sobbed Belle.
Did yup keep your money in
shoes? satirically enquired the dr
What R pretty nftwe 1 ,alis sate to
herself,.
When; he left lre'r ft ;few • motue>nts in
the telegraph. Olio the had 'no sl;ep o.
ion; of What be- was about to do.
'1 otV:could she gimes that he ,vent to
pawn his .Watch in order 'oto ceatinate
the search far her father
tie retarned with the money it his
pocket And with the aid of tiaa.direo-
ory every hotel in the city wits tele.
^graplieil. Ma% Brandon was at
of theni, What should he do
this trembling, frightened,
little girl ? She was - sa name
young, 'so inrtusent, that he coul
grow impatient, but what .was he to
do 2 A young Man, who .was
arrived
in the city in search of a , p'sitioa
some two months before, who had nab
fenttd ops yet, and who had 'Opt windy
hula friend in the great metropolis, ar nary
money beyond the ren,uant qt ;the
he ,el;., stn 'brought by his pawned iyatoh,
He also was growing desperate, it
was now eleven o'ciucar, fast going on
your. ;for rnidenigtltt, tauctdeuly.a possibility
fiver, occurred to hint,
Let us go back . the depot, he
said. Your fattier •!bray have tamp for
you. He may be ;known there, goats
don't lose heart.
He helped her into a car. She was
faint with fatigue and terror; and
white as marble, . so that when the
depot lights fell upon her he was terri-
tied.
There was a, little crowd in the
room,and great excitement .Sosneiiody•
was Robbing violently,
What hull happened p he asked, of
an talker Who was pacing the room,
Lady passenger lost—fell or jump
ed orf on the -road. They've found
ltershoes and her bag at-.---.._, het
can't find her body. `['fiat's her fet1 r
yonder. He's laying like a child,
answered the span.
It's me I she,gasped; That's papa I.
Oh., go and tel Olin t
And young Perry, leaving her
where site stoocji rushed into the group
tend exclaimed to the heart -broken
:gf+ptletuau that . his daughter wits
safe.
.gain Belle was tae oentre •of all
eyes, but her father was with her
noir; her troubles were ail over.
Explanations were made; the story.
was told. The -thee drove off to-
getl,er.in a erirriege,.and young Perry
felt that there viaifi Mich an emotion
as gratitude left f{! this wicked world,
By pure riccid'ent •iia - bud tattedfortune atltd ' torn. 4 position ie
Brandon's couettug !rouse Caine first;
Then, Ere was received as a weicol;lia
guest, at his home, which was an
elegapt fiat -house, not et a hetet at
alt; tad to -day they are nnarried--
Bellb. 'srpival. .fit is a love male
of
the romantic e¢#t; end her money has
nothing to do With -it. ` Still • very
comfortable to 'hp a • millionaire's3 tion•
in -haw,
TOO itleth*rat 140 Joltrolly.
Mien the doctor came dowel a
frog the sick room of Mrs. Mars 11,
the wh file family seemed 3o have
ranged theniseivea iu the ball to
waylrty Ilial,
How anonwill maninta dit welt I
asked little :Glide.
Oan watuantaoome downstairs next
week ? asked Katie, the eldest dough.
ter, and the laws bousskeeper.
none Do you tied my wife much better P
with asked Mr, Marshall, eagerly, He was
weary a tall, grave Man, pale With anxiety
t, so and nights of watching.ct not '.i he'doctor did not smile ; did not
even Stop to answer their ,luestiotis.
I are b a great hurry, he said an lie
took hie hat l must go to n patieaat
who is dangerously illi It is evening
l will call again;, 1 halls left instruo-
rions with the nurse.
lint the doctor's instructions were
alt concernir,g the comfort of the
patient ; he • was discreet and r►ilent,
The phfidren playing .on the stairs
were told to ileus uo noise. The daje
wore pia, the ,patient slept :,ittt ,was
not disturbed. But that night, before
they i'ept•to bed. ,the children were
alloyed tp.go in and kiss their mother
goot-#rigitt," ':iThis privilege had been
dented them,of late,, rand their little
berate responded with jtiy to the invita-
tion, Namara was better or she could
not see theta, The doctor bad cured
her, They would love hint for it all,
their ,.
She waslivesvery pale, but smiling, ans4
her first words to them were.:.. ant
going on a jourrfey,
A journey, cried the Children: Will
you take us with you.
No; it is too long a jeuruey,
Mamma is going to the South, said
Katie ; the dot'tor has ordered her to
go.
I aril going td l4 conntiry'roore beatai
tiful than the _ tgvely South, said the
mother, faintly, and 1 shall not come
back,
Are you going alone;iu;iruma 1 asked
Katie.
No, said the- mother; in a low trent
utous voice. Fin not going alone,
My physician is going with me. Hiatt ,
me goodbye thy dear ones, for in the
morning,before you ere swains, 1 steal}
be gone. Yoh will borne to me whets
pady,but each meet make the journey
alone.
In the morning she was one. When
the children 'lvoke their rather tuld
them of the beautiful; country at
which she safely :arrived while they
slept.
When did the go 2 Who careefor hey
they asked, with tearsstreaming dowrii
their cheekii,
A presseeghr from Qod, their irttlib"t
said toletb;Ily - .Selected.
penniless and shoeless. Belle obeypel i she hurried across
If tier'baghad not followed the ties the sidewalk and stood in the friendly
she could havegot into a 'cab n adow of a igh ch sick end � � g porch, with
driven to some shoemaker's ; 'for to ',terror. The shades of evening . were
aarive at the hotel in stocking . feet (descending: Aeople gazed at her our.
would be dreadful, but, as it was, that i iously, Never In all her life did Pelle
'4Uiortification must be "faced. 'She' forget the mortification of that hiqur.
ivouid call a cab ;and tell the driver--. Yes. a whole long hour poor Brie
what 2 stood in that .corner, on these lithe
' Oh, dear 1 Olt, dear I Oh, 'dear 1 t red stocking feet, ,trying not to ory,
'J
lion t remelt) name of papa's acid preying inwardly for help, '
hotel i moaned Belle wringing her J Ne shoes ori ! : No shoes on ! No
Bands. ' The card it is written on is in, woes on 1 people whispered, or seeili.
that horrible bag. r. e,4 to whisper, es they passed. Every -
The climax had arrived, here she 494 looked atelier snspiciunsly.
was reshing into New York stone, not ` At last, from the door in the big
only penniless and shoeless, but fume hqu$e against the wall of which she
stood, emerged.* roan, ;',u''lro not only
lgoked as the rest had • done, hut who
advanced and spoke:
Madam, he said, in gentlemanly ac-
ceiItst 1 see that you, are ' in some
tropble 1 have been pg- you for
some time; and I hope yon will enure
me for addressing •you. .but is. there
anything 1 pun do 2,,
..The girl looked at him. He was a
young man, and rather. handsome; but
above all, he: seemed kind. She told
hitm her story at •unee.. He evidently
less. She did not know , where her
father was to be found. She had no
'other friend .in the city.
She could not go buck to Chicago,
because she had no ticket --no money
to buy one, She could not telegraph
to hor father,addressing kiln at I don't
know what hotel. She could write to
Miss Root;; but where should she
stay? What shouldshe do meanwhile
Even lig they would give her, pen, ink
and peper,and let,fter sit in the depot,
she i i„;ht starve ;to death. •
I shall go crazy said Tfroor -:delle,did not doaybt it,, as the cabman had
wriuging her hands. 1 certainly shall 1 done,
,go crazy. And, oli;.su 1, she said, in conggin.
Who can wonder that she said sion, how: shall 14nd my father 2.
so 9 "What shah_I do
I owever, there was nothing 'for it He looked at her More kindly thin
but,to alight when the depot was reach- before.
ed --the great glass roofed place .so
crowded with strangers. With her
shawl -strap in her hand ;she hurried
into the -waiting rosin and sat dews
on a drench. r
taring this short profess site was
staiv"d at as though alike bad been
.Jumbo -or the living skeleton. The
mystery attached to those little red
stockings seemed to be really -alarm.
ing. Her fellow -travellers might
Brave understood the cause of a list•
less head. Imagination Anight have
gestured rt strong draught and an open
window ; opt it was not impossible
to oornpreltend shoeless feet, Sines
do not blow of;
Moans of the old ladle! frowned on
her: as a very improperperson. Some
yoi2ng ones giggled. A little girl
walked backward and etered her in the
fade with open mouth wind round eyes;
and -her motheraaid:
Stop, Anir Maria though really
1 Cant wonder -1.840 a queer thing
to "do.
To do 1 repeated the unfortunate' tens were fastened a -id did not oven
. It you will let me belp.you,he said,
you. shall find your'telt perfectly -safe.
1 have a little sister Out West and
will do for you exactly what 1 would
wish some other . feilg,v to do for her.
You must have .,sonfll •shoes at once.
I wilt leave yon in the ,janitor's oMice
and fired sone: for you. .Then we will
find q1l r.• Brandon, iF We go to every
hotel in the city. I assure you we
will fled him, if:you are sure he is pit
a hotel. •
Ole yes, said .Bello, feeling greatly
comforted.
• $,he sat in n little room, hung
alidat with key% and ridd=ed with
speaking tilllee; tor some time ; and
her newfound pi.otector went away.,
'He hurried to a time store near by,
and asked the price of ladies' shoes.
Ike obeapest Made a big . hole in hie
only five doller bill, but be bought
them. Be verried, them back to the
janitor's room, and Belle, with thanks
that came from her soul, put there on.
Pie was herself agaiit when the' but.
ytrurrg lady to herself. flas the wo-
Hiatt any feeling does she think l ams
doing this dreadful thing on purpose fl
She made her way to the exit.
The street was filzl of people, of
cabs, coaolies, wagon, ears.
Have a carria ey Miss 2 howled d
crowd of drivers gathering about ler.
Have a cab 2 Codtie, Miss?
She seized the most good.nattired
of these drivers by the sleeve.
I'tlgo with you, she said.
Stmiling triumphantly tlpan his
rivals, leer led her toward Iris vehicle.
1 want to speak to you $lr6 laid, r
want to tell yotr.
She was covered with eonfuston,and
h face grew red as she spoke.
I hive lost my shoes in the bleeping
ear' brut tiem on the window sill,
and they fell trot. '
The diver shook his bead sytupa-
tliet"seit1ty,
And 1 want yoil for drive the to the
hotel whore my frl'tbe,r is i3litting ftp,
I eatihat this tnlblitt retweiiber, hut'
drive out of this crowd d *here it it'
quikiter,, •and VII recall the name,
"amity fXihb i i9>l3 did; laid otofthted Its
retnetnber whet the ,French, teacher
would have Mentabt of her position.
She took the offefed arm of her
escort, and they Weill out into the
twfi iglit,
What tlrould I Bette done if you had
not found me 2 she said. Papa, will
be so thankful to ,yod,
The young man answered' properly,
andthey walked to the hotel which
was nearest..
BOOMS were not -engaged there for
Miss Brandon, tion. 'Mr. Brandon
there, nor had he been there, At half
a dozen other pleats the same answer
was received. Then it occurred to hor
escort to telegraph to the rust of the
well known hotels. Ile did so...Ills
goneerr went by ilifarters. It was all
d rto favorable answer had been
ii<ethruett. toile watolni4 tied coming
in of the replibe, and ::grew paler at
each negative.
What, will 116 think•hf me b' now
mingledher ti ou4' it Of What
shalt I do+J
She kutiw his mats. She dad teen
it iirtitten. ;many tit'lirs; It draft Per.
cdvtal l',trl' ,
Converte4 t y a Telegram.
A young telegraph operator in an
gngtish proviucigl town was tuxioilt;
about his soul. But he could not
have guessed `that a message would
reeaesli hien as its did. He bad been
sleepless all night thinking about hie#
taped of a Saviour, and in the morn-
ing be went to his work with his•heart
tittering the peblican's prilyer The
npnny weather and beauty of st;tpmei;
olid not engage hirci now for hd was
longing after that peace et4.aod hieh
the Ohristiatt • £eels.
Absorbed with that desirei f=e corm
tiuued to prey .--tlod be meroifi;t to
me a sinner, and was eonstglttly re-
peating the words, when the click of
a signal told hits that his Witte tats
Called. He took his place at the
inetrumentr,•sled quiekly with annoual
'emotion shelled the ntessege frum
4'3erbert, at Wilderntere, to if. B, at
Warkworth ; ? • • - '
Behold .the Lamb of God; which
taketh away the sites of the world.
In whom we have redemption throtigh
his blood, the forgiveness df sin,
according to the riche: of His grace.
Such a telegram as thrtt the young
man had never known to pans the
wires Before.. It was sent to a Servant
girt, who in her distress of mind, had
airritten a letter to her brither 11erberti
at the Lakeside, but it proved a double
bbnediotion, for it Caine 10 the otter.
atbias a direct reply from heaven to
Irfa.Ho accepted it as sueb;:
add1)is new faith saw and rested
oyer. ire
the 'Lamb of Go&.
Ivieitnwliile the golden telegram
weal; ;bo its destination, and -broilght
pee*$; to fthe anxious sal of the poor
servant ill. It saved two instead of
one.. �id :- those Words ere living
wiyrda4tli}!,.'And as potent to bless lfirtt
and anve•. trot only two, but tun thous..
and tin*ia.ten titousaud, You
' I goes
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trill slibrlr l< 1 146
'Stork pity has he rep
ttllltiiatla t laI' �i%11f` ,z. . a bat
leo Patina tae slt?ntatastiir, .
We were sitting on the verrttndah n
hotel at Niagara Fella, when I noticed
ttie nte,e on my right looking sharpy
at the Alae on trey kirk, and preseutlji
he got rip in an excited way and walk:
ed ahput. After a bit he halted be*
fore the tither roan and aspect:
Isn't your name Graham 2
Yes sir, was the prewpt reply.
4idn's yon used to teach school at
Whales
esS, sir,
la 18641
yes, sir,
'Do you 'f swill r a boy 'Allied Bock
kin!
Very distmet
Do youretifert;ber that he put it
package of firebrackerar ileder Four',
desk and touched them oj?
As if it happen;ed tally yesterday.
•And you basted hint for it 1
I did. I licked frim until he couldhardly stand. and I've always been
glad of it.
Yritt have,eiri said the et1ier,breatb-
Ing feeet and hard. Do yeti know that
boy 9wofd d -terrible with t
1 presutrle lie did, as he was
thorough .ydune villiatx
IL. swore illi oath drat he would
grow up add hunt for yon and pound
you within all inch of your life.
Dot I haven't heard from him yet:
You here from him now 1 Ile stands
before you ? i tin that boy.
Well a
Prepare to he licked 1 1y time has
dome dt last t
Ile made a dive for the did pedagog•
de, but the lattir evaded }iiilf; made a
half turn and hit hio, on the jaw and
Godkin weiit over a heap: Then the
wttuboni schoolmaster !piled on to pini
and licked him until bb cried enougbi.
and it didn't take hhti liver tht e
nziteutes to do it. Thad hit treated tdgat on another collar and 1eplitc,e sotuS
ons, and I helped Godkin up and
obas!rved
didn't wait quite long enoliglt
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