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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1882-04-21, Page 22 1i THh HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1882. the Poet's Corner. Tem Clakko s. MAW FOUND IN ria Lasa OI MA*LU DICE Ilia arra* Am LOATH. Whoa kenos* rad tads w W eaMd, Aad the school for the day is dismissed, ' AM the Little ones piker a.wend.ms To Mt em 'hoed mtgjiV asci he meed. 0. tate tree white Meg Oa eathde My rack is • teee‘gi ggsbgace 1 0, the snakes that ageof hers,**. tilS4Jtag senabW vs as nem NeeAod wham Meg ars 1 alai &townies to my childhood, *etude to Iasi; Of love that my heart will reels Nona It wakes to the pees et the mist kre the world and 1te wicksdaeoa made me A partner of sorrow sod eta When the glory of Clod was shoot me. And the glory of gladness within. 0 my heart grows week as a yeomen And the fountain of tesUag wilt lbw, When 1 t►lak of the paths Reap sad stony, When the feet of the dear oasis must go; Of the moiiMtalas of N. hanging o'er them. Of the temperaai of tae Wowing wild 0 there's n.t►iag ea earth halt so holy As the ienocent heart of • child. They are idols of hearts and of household, They are angels of God in disguise - Ws waligbt still sleeps 1n their tresses, His glory still beam' from their eyes 0 taws truants from earth sad from heaven, They have made se more manly and mild, And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. Meek aot • life for the dear ones Ail radiant asothers have done, Bat that Ifle may have Joel as much shadow To temper the glare of the sun. I would pray God to guard them from evil, Bat ny prayer would furred hsak to myself, Ah 1 a seraph may pray for . alter, But a sinner mast pray for himself. The twig is so easily beaded, 1 have banished the rule and the rod; 1 have taught them the goodness of keow- ledge. They have taught me the goodness of God. My heart la a dungeon of darkness, Where 1 abut them for breaking a rale; My frowa is sataclent correction, My love is the law of the school. 1 shall leave the old house in the autumn, The tr.veuee its threshold no mon; Ab !how 1 shall sigh for the dear ones That meet me each morn at the door. 1 .hall miss the "good nights" and the kisses, And the gosh of their innooeot glee, The grip on the green, and the lowers That are broaght every morning to me. 1 shall mss then al morn and at even, Their coag In the school and the street; I shall mks the low hum of their voices. And the tramp of their delicate feet. When the lessons and tasks are all ended, Aad Death says the school 1. dismissed. May the little oasis gather around me, Aad bid use "good -night' and be kissed. WHAT WAS IT? 1 was engaged to Angelica Melville, and I thought myself the luckiest man living. Angelina was so handsome that no strangers ever saw her witbot t ex- presaing admiration, and one did not weary with the face after years of famil- iarity with it. She was well-bred, as compliahed and a great heiress. I had great reasons to believe she was very fond of me. No man could be more content than I was as I leaned back in the first-class carriage whieh took me from Glasgow into the country, to the Vale of Croix, where I was to preach a few Sabbaths. The pulpit was vacant, and I was going to try my wings. With my pe- cuniary prospects I scarcely thought I should care to accept a call to the Vale of Crain, but I had ne objection to fill- ing its pulpit for few weeks, especially as Angelina had gone to the west coast, and Glasgow was warns and stuff and et upid. Casual remembrances of elegant par- sonages built in Queen Anne's style; of a study where the footfalls were soften- ed by Persian rugs, and the doors drap- ed in portieres of velvets; chairs and a desk carved richly as some old confess- ional, flitted through my mind. And I thought also of a table spread with sil- ver and rare china with a lady at its head, who resembled a queen. As 1 breathed a luxurious sigh I awaken- ed from my day dream to acknowledge that the words 'Vale of Cruix' were be- ing shouted on the platform, and that the train was corning to a standstill. 1 seized my traveling bag from the rock overhead and hurried out •f the carriage. The porters had just pulled four or five trunks un the platform. Two old wagons stood in the road, one driven by an old woman in a sun bon- net, the other by red -hired boy with bare feet: and a queer, knock-kneed horse attached to a queer old gig, was standing at a little distance. A young man in • light summer suit, and a city family bent on rural happiness, were my companions on the platform. The former put the trunk in the first wagon, kissed the old woman in the sun- bonnet, took the reins and drove away. He was evidently the son of the family, come horse to spend his vacation. The rest of the trunks and city family— mother, father and a little boy. nurse- maid and baby—were pat in the wagon and drives) by the boy. Slee the train moved away I was kit aloes on the platform --alone, bait Mr the Ration master, who eat epee a lsemeb poking • day pipe. is a moment more the rushes, with- out Inikiag at nee. uredo the remeek: 'Daum) Stevenson Data nate he the &meter He's ever in the Mel said trill he book in a eetetete. "flank yet,' sad I. The Ratios readier tenh ae settee d telt, but, having eli.bsd epee a Moot sad made semi changes is a time regio TOT en the well .f the elation. herbed the dear, put the key in his:pocket, ant a crash to the ground and was shattered mustered away down the railrusd. to pieces. I esugbt the poet child in my arm. In a musaeot she casae to herself, and said she had overtired herse'f, she thought. They had been baking all day and it was tslatse. And now she bade uta good- aiebt- But I did Wises her the test dry, nor the wit Ma bop' MM rosin, and was not well ewe& to but ere good, a•. . Poor Brie Mari I 1 felt very misers. bile Howw►er,Algdine asst reed tiilttr low. tdite tree Mere bsart8ui then freer —awe elegant is oeotrest to my simple country friend—and very aeon I laughed at myself fur the thought that had been in my heart. Of emirs. I said it was the baking that had overcome Mary ---it was net my news. I had only been to her an a friend—ea a brother. lthad not made love to her; above all, 1 had not flirted with her. But I though of Mary a greet deal, and I missed her every hour exact- ly—eh, yes, exactly—as I might • sta- ter. I wrote to Mrs. Stevenson, and her answer was very brief. "I havec't much time w write," she said in her poetecript. "Mary ie sick, and, besides being driven, I am very anxious." • This letter was in my pocket on that day when Angelina and I went together to the bazaar for the benefit of the church el St. Matthew. After we had roamed about the tamer and bought all sorts of knickknacks I esecrted Angelina to a seat and there sat down to wait while one of the ladies who, "on this occasion only," was doing good, onerous, hard work, brought me a tray of refreshments. Aa we sat there snipping our coffee, two women sat down at the next table with their back to us. "I am very tired, are you not, Mn. Russell P' and the other answered: "Yee, I am tired. 1 don't think that it is wonh the while to come all the way from Vale of Cruix to Glasgow sight- seeing." This was the veioe of Steveasun'snear- est neighbor, and I liked her and re- spected her, yet did not feel quite sure how Angelina would like an introduc- tion, and so refrained from looking around and making myself known. "I think we had better have tea," said the voice. "It's more refreshing than coffee. Oh, how is Mary to day 1 Think of my never asking before." "Mary is poorly," said Mrs. Russell. "Oh, Mrs. Cullen, what a pity it is that that flirting young minister came down to Vale of Cruix. I don't know what Mrs. Stevenson was about to let him do as he did. We all thought he was courting Mary. She did, poor child. She just loved him dearly. And the day before he went away he said he was en- gaged to some girl in Glasgow. I'm afraid it's broken her heart. She told me all all about it. "Oh, aunty Rus- sell." she said, "I know 1 ought to be ashamed, but I can't help it. Ile seem- ed to like me so. I hope I shall die of this fever, for life is nothing to me." Ashamed ? Why, it's he who ought to be ashamed. Of all things, a minister to be a cold, cruel flirt, and that is what Hugh Mactaggert is." I listened, bat I could not move or speak. 1 felt as though my heart also was breaking, and oh, the tune I suffer- ed ! The women drank their tea and left, and then Angelina turned to me with a cold, sarcastic smile. "I see by your face that the little story is perfectly true, Mr. Mactaggert," she said. "Angelina," I faltered, " I have done nothing that shouldgive offence to you.' "Nothing but leve another woman," she answered. "Love her and let her tee it, meaning to marry me. Don't think I am hurt; indeed I am relieved. I should have kept my word to you for this; but not so gladly as I oncewould. You are a very good looking man, but on the whole you don't suit me. 1 met Mr. S. at Milport, and he does. . Frank- ly, I have been thinking what a pity it was that I must decline his offer. As for thia—Mary, is it not i—wouldn't she make • very good clergyman's wife ?" it came to my mind that she would— that she was tha only wife for me; that Angelina, splendid as she was, would never have sada me happy. Rut I only said: "Miss Melville, if you desire to have your freedom, 1 have no choice." "1 desire it greatly," she answered. "It is yours," 1 said, with $ bow. After that 1 think that we were both happier that we had been for days, sad shook hands when we parted. That night 1 went up to the Vale of Croix. i told Mary that my marriage was broken .ff, and that she was the on- ly woman i had ever loved. She tried to summon up her pods end refute lane, but furled in the attempt and let me take her to my heart. To -day 1 am pee- s,e d the church at the Vale of Croix. Wary w my wife, and we are as plain and quiet a pair a you onuld fancy I even help my wife pick connate, and I knee taken a turn at the garden when help wee Karoo But 1 do not envy Mr. S. his wife, nor pine for the luxurious possibilities that I have lost with Argo- lis Mary and my little home content ars 1 took his plum un the beech and waited. In • few minutesa prim liths old geatl.maa appeared upon Oho tug of the hill, carrying in one had tibia can, mad under either aria a biome paps panel now" •i a gismos that it was 8tevaesvn. Are you Me Modaggert i' he inquir- ed me}dly, es he sMrlaeked, I want to know i /. Wel tray mtpebtatioa of b°. Os kept so Mcg, bet, you se., it saves the women folks towable W t.tcl things when 1 drive down. 'Step in, won't yea ! I'll jurat hang thisn of parra.ns it ea behind. Some d ke the smell--lsy- be you do. The sugar -leaf, tea and coffee can go water the sat as well as not. Heir's yogm health, sir, and how du you like Vale elf Cavia 1 I amwered tha my health was good and 1 had not, ag yet, seen much of Vale of Croix. 'Nu you haven't,' said the old gentle- man. 'Well, you'll drive through it new.' And be shook the reins, and the berg began to stemide along. And on we drove past certain rows of brick hooses very much like each other, and with the same flowers in their frost gardsaa, until, having pained the church, we Dame to one happily .et about with old oak trees, Defers the 'gate of which we drew up 'A girl stood at the gate—a fair 7girl in • blue muslin dress and white apron. 'Take the sugar, Mary, before it gets upset,' said the deacon. 'This is Mr. Mactaggart, dust's to preach for ns. Mr. Mactaggert, this is my daughter Mary.' We bowed, and she vanished with the parcels. 'What a lovely little creature !' sail I to myself. "Nothing like Angelina, but so pretty !' And I found myself thinking of her as I washed my hands and brushed my hair in the blue walled bedroom on the second Poor with white fringed counterpanes and curtains, and two black silhoutte. saver the mantel piece en either aide of the china vase of roue. There were only four of us at the table—the deacon, his wife, a stout lady who never said any more than she could help, and Mary. She had spent the last winter at Glasgow, and aloe talked about what she had seen. She was self poi sewed, and oh, se pretty ! Now Angel- ina was splendid and queenly, so this was mild praise that she could not have objected to, only I said it very often. I preached on the next Sunday. It was settled that I should spend the summer there. I wrote this to Angelina: 'Since you cannot be with me it does not matter where I am—this stupid place as well as any ether. Address to the care of Deacon Stevenson. I will remain with him while I preach here.' It was • pleasant summer, despite the dullness of the place. Hew good the quaint old deacon was, when one really knew him. How motherly was Mrs. Stevenson ! As for Mary, she grew sweeter every day. I often wondered what Angelina would have said if she could have seen me helping her to pick hlaskberries, to find the runaway cow, to carry home the milk pail, driving her over to the country grocery and return- ing with a freight of groceries --Ange- lina, who knew nothing of domestic de- tails, and whose mon.grammed and per- fumed letters were often brought over from the office in company with the pa- raffins can. I wrote my sermons at one end of the round table, while Mary sat at the other sewing. Between us was a lamp with a green paper shade. Now and then a big bug would fly into the window and go humming about her head, or a moth would try to singe its wings over the lamp chimney, and I would drive it out. The .li people would go to bed after a while, sad then Mary and I would find ourselves hun- gry, and she would go int. the kitchen and "something good." I alirays held the light ifor her. And when something good was found, ee ate it in the back perch, sitting aide by side en the step like two children. She was like a child, that little Mary, that it seemed no harm to ask her to kiss me good night, or to hold her hand in mine, as it rested on my arm, in our long walks home from the church on Sunday evening. The summer passed, Ooctober came Angelina returned to the city and wrote to me. It was while we were eating peaches and cream in the back porch that I said to Mary, 'I will tell yea a secret if you will keep it for a while, Mary.' "Oh, of course I will, Mr. Mactag- Pft.., "I am going to be married this fall, Mary,.. I raid. 'Those pretty letters you always t5.i lot ease. from my sister came from the Mir who is going to mar- ry sea Mee is very beautiful, very rick, very Mei* bet kind. Tee meet know sad see es, Morey, whir we are married. I sin/ Nil Amnesiac hew good you have hem te me—whet • sweet little meter I {sired wt here m the Val. of At. Chis. Mg, Merv— Par sat i sewer, i felt the bale bed I held grew told sad heavy in mina 1 saw her Kink backward. The big china bowl dpeshes sad muses slipped with Bat one thins is on my OOnscienee. 11 hens never been able to ask myself the q.s tion. "Did I flirt with Nary. if nut, whet was it I" The following is the cowmen, sense treatment for a horse out of audition Oa tact all horses require lilts truatesent this time of year,) a good Purging Benj /pjlgwdi coarse of strong toed► are both to be iced In 'i To a Compound sad B1aatd, MIx- M flea pasbage contain a the - gond ball sod over a ponied d purging 'folio Powder. Ask gofer about its Geo. 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Mr. Clarke, a broker, was the victim of a sharper in the office of the Union Bonk. Ho was counting his money preparatory to making a deposit, when the stranger told him he had drop some money. Me stopped to lift it, but found nothing. On lifting his heed he discovered that a package of bills, amounting to 6200, was gene, as well as the obliging dreager. . 1-10 IrC321 =0 I MANITOBA Arrangements have been made by the- Great Western Railway, to run special excur- sion trains through to Mani- toba and Dakota without change of cars, in charge of a special agent. The first Ex- cursion leaves the line of the London Huron and Bruce Railway, on. WEDNESDAY, MARCH lot, to be followed by an Excursion every Wednes- day during March and April. Baggage checked through. For all information as to fares or freight rates apply person- ally or by letter to GEO. B. JOHNSTON, Special Agent Gnat Western Railway Goderich. Ont. Goderich. Jan. 12. Doc:. eYl >st FBES9 AIIIIIYALZI CANNED CORN BEEF. 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