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. ..ereseeed aesee: . ee.e-ee -ea • ----;
etssaw,
"Have I beets faithful to you, John?.
True to the golden band
Thai, litty yearo ago, yon placed
Upon tee, girtieti !laud?
Faithful m wealth or poverty,
Fattlaful in joy or woe,
True whore all °there have been, false?
You know, tr Love, you lenowl
"Have 1 been loviug you, John?
0! did you over dila,
No matter went the stress or streba,
That I could be unkiad?
'Twas mine the trimming word to speak,
ti of light wok nothiug free., her
delivate auU peifect henniY, while i
area from her Omng silicon robe,
i.ose colored ribbons tted snowy laces,a
score of shifting, taittaliziue
Ile could not melte up his mind to
aecipt his dieinissal.
Dearest 13eetsie, he sonata tue put it
back on your ;finger ; believe neal will
prove worthy of your trust,
Will you contieue your profeseion,
Philip
I cannot make a living by it, 1am
wasting uv life. Let me go with
Stephen Pled% Bessie ; I wet make
evough money\ to marry you in two
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Toe Broiling nice to show, y ars.
Tbes deed of tenderness to clo,
Oh, della! you kaow! you know! Certainly ; go with Stephen Place,
"Have 1 been helpful to you, John?
Itook round upon the land;
Have you oat la id in all your toil
ate, busy, ready hand?
Helpful and oetient through the years
0, has it uot been so?
I see the answer in yoar eyes;
You know, my love, you know!
"But,Ot if you would say se, dear,
I think it would be sweet—
Now 1 am growing old aud tired—
The kind words to repeat."
He drew her hoe I eloaa.to his. owe,
Her heed as white Ile SUOW—
Aid whispered; "Oh, my dearest wife,
I know --.I know—I know.
I kneed you are ray love and guide,
Fruencleever wiso and tree.
That all the best I have ancl'am,
I owe, beloved, to you,"
Oh, then iter eyes caught
Her cheeks a rosy glow;
She answered; "I have trusted this,
But now, my love, I kaow."
—Amelia E. Barr,
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• 11,1i1E'..YiNG A GEN MEDIAN.
LW AMELIA 1 DARR.
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Ttieuty five ;,,ears ago, Mr. Lyman
Bake r wee lie cashier of a great no-
t ional trust company, with a salary of
fan r thous:tett dollen; a year, which
eant aha/a:some ia those days,
and Mr. Batter lived handeomeey in a
pleasant hoese in a good locality. He
sad poly oee eeild, a daughter, tint on
her be lavieleel weateoever her bean
&eine, wes very beautiful, and
she dressed beautifully ; she •liftel ex-
pensive tastee, and she gratified them.
It was all a very doubtful aindness,
but society does not yet frown on
these fathers who edneace their (laugh
ters for tneniy, and ye e make no pro,
vision for them egains t an ow, age of
penury and neglect. '
But peeury and neglect were aim,
lively unknown conditions to Bessie
Baker at tive,nty years of age. It
seemed indeed a thing incredible -to
her that even her Wishes should be
disregarded.; and especially incredible
that the first rebel shaseld be her cousin
Philip Burden. Her,itstonishitient and
indignation made her, look very hand-
some, and Philip did art fait to See it,
although it dal not lefluenee him in
the present dispute.
Volt see, Bessie dear, he said, ape
proitehleg the pouting beauty, 1 have
never male a dollar by my profession,
and never will. I bate pill boxes and
lancets, I eau% look like a doctor,
people, derft t'rust me, a good offer,and
I like the work.
Yes, sir, 1 tsuppotes you do, All men
like noise aud dirt ; but if you turn
muchinist, of course that ends our ein
gagement, I propose to merry a gentle.
man
Shall I be leas of'a gentlemanl Wilt
I not still tre the same Philip Burden e
• Are inechaeics, with dirty hands
and ditty clothes, gentlettrett e en..
gaged to marry DoctotPliatiar
net a machiulet fl1 eugitteelea—I stip;
poet. you will 'tun an engine,
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if you desire to do ao. ' Of course you
don't expeot me to marry a ineoliadde,
rake your ring, sir.
There 'ore a few passiouate, plead.
hag words, a proud, hitter anawer,then
Beseie haughtily le'ft the room, and
however true lie had been to his hie
etteets as a workiugaran—however
well lie had satisfied his tatelleure—bie
Meta was very tannery and weary,
He saw Bessie frequently at church,
tft net he at intervals on the etreet,
and every emit meeting, berm as it
was of comfort, filled Man with a
vegue, anrestful tonging. Ttieeefore
when Russia beton to entertain
thoughts of war and railways. and .
Philip saw a flee opening soddenly
arise in S. Petersburg for a fleet class
retaehinist and engineeiehe determined
to accept it, and thoroughly cot hitn
self Apart trona a'peinory s) painful
and unprofitable.
Yet AO contradictions is Love, that
to the life that was wearing them out,
for when it ceased all vedette mane of
their support ceesecl with it,
°Tlie blow fell at Wit, and they wore
left to their own resources, Nothing
hut 'keeping a beeriling-bonse euggest,
itsotf to them. Even this would
have to bo of a rhird or fourth -rate
ebarecter, for the mute letudatrue ape
poiutmente of the Batter household
had acquired a shabbiness incredible
to all win> do not anew what fretinent
etiitege of house and servants, told a
grad nal goiagaeloweeeill means,
Elie undertakeing did not sueceed.
The 'reenters were not of a very par.
tienlar order, but they did not like the
cooking, and they were offended at
be could not hear to leave without one
attentioes. A
Bessie's rejectiou of akl
more opportunity of seeing, speak- oertain )ass of youi g men regard
g, a
ing to his dos! Bessie. Therefore, everything but rude truth as a plate
under the pretence of bidding his aunt Mg on of airs, and the Baker louse
and uncle fereWall, be called at the very soon grew unpopular. Then the
house. He did net ask for Beettie,bat most of the furniture was sold, two
the pretty opal ring ley upon the floor wittingly, or rtrieyittingly, she entered rooms tattoo vent the once delicately -
at Phirip's feet. 11e picked it sadly the parlor, and de spite of her cool oared -for Bessie Baker songht for
up, put it in his pocks slowly lett
the holm', whets he had spent tbe
happiest hours of Lis life.
Yet be Was sure of: the step he had
taken. 11e lcuew that he had done
rieht, and he hoped that a few months
separation would alter Bessie °pintoes.
He put a ribbon through the rejected
ring, and hanging it, retina bis keek,
went bravely to work in his friend's
maim factory.
-It was a new lifeatncehe liked it. A
day meant something to him now. He •
did not go to bed every:night and leave Ab 1 ahl these ifs I They are wide and they seeni, wheu placed at once before'
the world as be found ;it ; by ever kw deep as the ocean. the eye, are very common in Neal
eaten an extent he bad changed it a Philip sailed for St. Petersburg the , 'York life, and people by no means die
salute and formal aaanners,Philip saw some position be a store. She sought
that she had not ben quite indifferent long before shelound it ; then it was
to their separation. he changed color only he a shoe store, to fit ladies boots,
violently when told of Philip's intim- and sew on butt -cps. Twelve hours'
done, and scarcely lifted her .eyes; or work a day for eight dollars a week ;
moved her lap to his formal adieu, and yet she was glad to get it; nay,
But Philip was eot wrong in believing in some respects bile*witti happier than
that the droopini;licis hid heavy teare, ; she had keen 'since her father's ae,
and the cold little aimed, passive as it =lent, Ilewelr,er little it was, she
lay in me aaraeasee ineme one, ser ; earned it ; andlavith the few dollars
1 Bessie' had been ber mother Madesby sewrng,they man-
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had been more aged to live.
tad met alone!!
tainly trembled.
less proud 1 If Plait
confident !---if they
Such changes aAtliese, frightfql as
little. Weary, Reim and oily,he grew
in self respect, and soon began to
paeliet his ten dollars a week, with a
sense. of pride that be had never lett in
the gentlemanly professiou for which
he was in no manner fitted.
'Yet 'Bessie's leak of sympathy, and
lier scornful farewell, rankled deeply
in his heart. lie longed earnestly for
some tenderer and more hopeful part-
ing, and in about three months he
ventured one evening to enter the
atwitter street with a view to calling
upon bis ola love. tie Lad scarcely
done so, when he saw her leave the
bouse aud come towards him. She
was elaborately dressed, and had
couple of elaborately dressed girls with
her. .
They were laughing merrily as t,hey
came down the steps, and seemed
thoroughly interested in their own
conversation.It would take a brave man
'to deliberately approach, three such
girliefor nothing on earth is ao nierci-
Iess when they are beautiful,prosperous
and untamed by sorrow and experience,
Howe\ er, Philip told 'biniself that the
strati; was public; propercyr., and that
even Bessie's acorn could not kill him,
and a alked prottdly on acerneet them.
13essie saw bim iirstl and said a
word to her comuaniona which totally not fail to reproaca, her with the ex- primary schools ; and Mrs Baker gave
changed the hearing of theewhole group. oellent offers she had. scorned and re, up sewing and spent her days very
Smiles vanislied ; low 'laughter and jeeted. She nied a desperate awe pleasantly in attending to their simple
pleasent chat instantly caaseti. They struggle to keep her place in society, housekeeping, They grew not only
ea.! pmee with a cola severe, propriety, and /ailed; for what can girl do contented, but also 'very happy, in the
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well maculated to thorouglay disoott- without fresh toilets? She tried to win two small rooms wach it was their
cert any roan. He inoved his hat to back some of her old admirers by a pleasure to make brk,ht and pretty.
ly in order. Every one has secret
Christieus time, so Bessie made 00
inquiries whoa ber mother sale. she
I WAS Roing at for loilf an hour, She
only smiled, and Wale ber be carotin!
of the hlippory sidewalk, and tbeo
drawing the most comfortable obair
into the outlier, eat down for a
good think.
She went back many years, • and
sighed a little for her lost-. beauty.
She neva not have done so ; she was
really a. far lovelier and nobler woman
then, than she had been six years ago,
whole she gave Philip his opal ring
bask again. Then she looked at the
httle bare finger, nod totiebed it sadly
then she put b :th ber bands before her
face and a tear fell where the ring had
been.
She was roused by a knock at the
door. No neighboremwever tiresome,
must be refused tonight e Perhaps
they wanted nor to do something for
the children in the /muse ; so sbe said, .
as eheerfully as possible:, Oorne
the door opened qaiokly, and a tall
bearded fellow in a fur cloak strode
right to .where she stood, and taking
both her hands, said,between laughing.
and oryitig
011, Bessie! Bessie! My little Bessie!
Yes, it was Philip 'oma aganocorne
especially to find his little Bessie, of
whose trouble he bad heard only a few
weeks preview: ; and before he said
good night that Christmas Eve, he
had replaced the opal ring en Bessie's
finger, and Be3sie and B.Seie'S mother
had promised to change their two • ,
cozy rooms in New York for
splendid mansion on the banks of the 4:
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next day, and Bessie spent its long, sad ander them. What takes but a ow Neva,
hours sobbing in bitter regret over the moments to read, takes often mouths Only Bessie, darling 1 said Philip, a
handsomoosaanly foellow she was never and years to accompliela and the little provokingly, you are niarrving
likely to meet again ; and tee stm Bakers had come down,not air at once, • a mecthanic, mindrand not a gel:dee-mu
rase and set and elaeks and months but step by step,from their prosperous and Bessie replied with her hand on
went by, and the two hearts drifted condition to that of poverty and for- Philip's breast,:
further and further away from each getfulness. Not always either are Forgive me, darling ! In these rex
other. such ohauges barren of wisdom. years I have learned that no good man
But after that pertiog a eloud seem. - Bessie's character ripened and mellow, or woman, however iedigerit, uncl no
ed to gather over essie's life (Meet' ed in adversity as it never would have honest calling, however humble, is
afterwards lookieg backward she said, done in wealth. She saw all her faults, common or unclean For in poverty
her good genius It her When Philp and bitterly resented of them ; she , Bessie had eearned to call things by
sailed. Certatnly things very soon almost succeeded in accepting cheer.. tbeir right names, and perceived that
took an evil turn. Mr, Baker, going fully her toilsome and empty life She ' it is generally by our own hands God
dowit tele steps to bis usual business, found in a larger measuro her mother
lost his foutiug, fell heavily, and lay in her poverty,and the two learnt each
for many weeks iu a. very helpless other's hearts as they never did in a
condition.. Slowly ;1e endeavored to wider Ufa
resume itis dutiee, but they had slipped ; They settled down in their new
beyond him. He was retired on a .conclitiou, and began io !make the best
ixtuch smaller sal4ry, and a stranger of it. Their two moans still retained
sat at his. desk. a savor of the old comfort, two or
Bessie felt the change very bitterly; three large handsome chairs, a good,
o a much smaller
they bad to remove
house, hi a leas sty
though faded carpet, and a few pie-
ish neighborhood, tures and ornaments with the relics of
and her acquaints ces soon began to the old time delicate table service,
forget her address. Bessie's beaux The two women had saved enough to
were not more faithful, and only two invest tlieie small quarters with an
or three or the least desirable Clung to air of comfort and respectability.
her fallen estate. Her homeitself was A yettrepassed rapidly -away, and
far less happy; Mr, Baker was gum, then an old friend procured Bessie a
lous and fretful, and her mother did Position as a teacher in one of the
Beale. She barely returilad the cour-
tesy c and her companions looked at
lam with that curious, criteoel air that
women know so well hiew te mako
mort !yin g.
was only an ordinary nm,
toed he woe intensely mortified s but
the niedleiner thigh'eaveeetid him
geed; elie. ateeit4itratiPaeteetnitteci to
strange amiability, but, love cannot be
whistled hack at pleasure.
A sense of failure settled down upon
the once lovely girl; she began really
to lose both her healthand,good looks,
rind if Philip had ever wished for a
sharp revenee he had it now. For
ever since their hest parting she bad
known that it Was Philip Burden she
Not nolikely, Bessie. J fl1O51 to'ftirigtha woman who oonid so wane loved—Pliiiip,no matter what he wore,
know all about my Iinsiness. 1 would Silky wound his feelings. Still he did or what he did ; and now it was too
as fief tun on engine us makn one. not forget her, He 'was always buovy late. She had wreaked her life by
Sir, you have very low tastes:1 to hear any report about. BeS'sie Baker, foolish pride, she had lost all for the
an) quit', Bur.. we should never agree ; and no other woman took her place in silty fear of what the world would say,
and with a quiet scorn, Bessie drew his affections.
and now the world—that isetee dozen
her opal engagement ring wilier fin- At the end of two years he wont into people in it whose snubs or sneers she- 'things to tell about what the girls had
ger, and offered it to her Inver, partnership with his consin, and the feared—knew nothing of Ler, had fore 'mid, and what the teciehers had said
Fur a moment Philip looked with a firm (I Place & Burden began gradual- gotten hervery existence. and twoor thee Jitt1e schemes for
yearnivir; to/Amu:is and admiration. at ly to commend a rellatilp and boom.. Such thoughts as these were net their holiday tvVeli bo' a great deal
0e
Oue wintet's day Voir Christmas,
Besste came home unusually minuet.
She had a weeka holiday. The super-
intendent bad given liar a pretty pre-
sent. She had been able to buy her
mother a certain cloak which the
had set her heart. The aiding room
was all aglow Witii b\Ight fire.
There had been snowy &trades and
bright green wreaths put Up, and
before the hearth the table was set for
their early tea. Bessie cbatted away
to the rattle of the Shins. ; praised the
tea, and praised the'abtoifed chicken,
and praised the eake. She had a Mind rea
reaches tis good thiegs.
HOLLOWAV'S OINTALONT AND PILLS
eftect wonderful cures of bad legs and
wounds. If these medicines be used ac-
cording to the direetions which are wrap-
ped round each pot and box, there is 00wound, bad Ieg, or ulcerous sore. bow -
ever obstinate, but will yield to their
curative properties. Numbers of poi-
sons who had been patients in the large
hospitals, and under the cars of eminent
surgeons, without deriving the least
benefit, have been cured' by! Holloway's
Ointment and Pins, when other remedies
had signally failed. Fort glandular •
swellirags, tumours, scurvy, and diseases
m
of the Skin there is no othermedicine
that can be used with so good an effect.
Though potent for good, it is powerless
for harm; and though he euro it effects
is rapid, is also col tete and per-
raanent.
Vieitter--"Ah, what a splendid piano
you' Nal Are you fond of mueic?"
Weary usehoulder—"rused to be be-
fore that pima° came into ho hose," ,
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hi5o# vertu
Suite —I have great reason o weak web
of your 13. Bitters. 1 have taken Six
bottles for myself and family and lind that
for loss of appetite and weakness it has no
equal. It cures sick ben4che,p.nrifies the
blood and will not LA when used. I
heartily recommend it td alt wantingti
pure MOIL:tile,
kitTeat 1110NUTTATrilrOl N. 5.
Irate Subriber 1 demand to see the
editor. 'Wbero is be ?
Printer—He's in the loft. The citizens
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tarred and feathered 'bielastraight.
at what 1 Want
r belonged to
to pay for it.—
L S.—Yes, and theta! j
to see him about, The t
me, and I want the edito
Atlanta Constitution.
\The Hest Vet
Dumt Fkus,—Nly motheewas attacked
with inflammation of the'lungs which left
her very weak and iievk* free from cold,
till. at last she got a vefy severe cold and
Hh
cough, e resolved 4' try Hegyardei '
Pectoral Balsam, and, el so tieing, fouud
it did her more good thou euy other mettle
eine she over tried.
MIN. KIINNEDY,
bO Smith Ave., eamiltote Ont.
She—"Dal you succeed in mastering
the beautiful girl,- and hesitated, lie able standing in their specialties, pleasant company, but they were Of discussingaa
se larertch while in France?"
had loved her from citild•iood with a Philp worked steadily away,feeling ail nearly all Bessie had for the next two The conversation lastoce ail through Ile —"Nearly. 1 did not succeed in
trite 'and profound uffeetion, and he an artists pride in the eroation of the years, for Mr Baker had been gradual- tea Wiley end nal; through' tthe bane making the Frenchmen comprehend me,
scarceiy ever remembered seeing her spleinli.1 pieces of machinery that ly becoming more and more of an ni.J r tieenpied 14 wasbieg nor could 1 make out what they were
1QVIC so lovely. paast d through bus bruins and, his valid, troublesome and unreasonable platea and i putting driving at, but 1 got no I could undei- •
ood antler thvgasitlier,but th nds, yet 'conscious all the time that, yeti the poor woolen clang tenaciously tai room tl rough. ponce.
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