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The Exeter Times, 1885-3-26, Page 611Iy Heart. They say a woman's heart is like a harp, And like a plant that knows a blooming hour; May be; but mine—no yet bath risen its song; Hay be; but mine—not yet hath blown ite flower. 'Tis true Fowe little, wordle.s fantasia,, May have been wakened by a toying hand; Some genta. breeze nitre aped a little bud, A swan, hire flower like those on lone woodlanet, The music, burdened with grand words. awaits Some master powerful and passionate;. s And, dreaming of the royal -hearted sun, The purple flower sleeps in her veiled $tateN But oh! my heart is happy df this hush. So like the silence of that hour ere avre; So glad to dream as tittle shrubs may dream ABwinntaer 'nuath the warm snow on the AN ANGEL'UNAWARES. "I've got such a nice place, mother; both Mr. anti Mrs. Glover are really kind, good-natured people," said win- some Annie Seafield, ono bright sum- mer's Morning. as she began taking oft her neat black bounct anis erape trim- med dress, that spoke so silently but eloquently of a recent bereavement in the little family. "I never thought the clay would came when you would he compelled to go out anti :terve other people." re. plied her widowed mother queruously. "If your poor father was .not dead anti gone, I could almost-----" "Hush, mother dear!" the girl said pleadingly. "Poor father did every- thing for the best; giro got into the bawls of batt, designing yuan, and was Laken from us. before he could remedy his mistake." "You are riht, dear." sighed the poor widow sadly; "but lying a kind of drag upon you. makes me say things I know are wrong. ,Have you written for your sister Susan?" "Yes. mother, and she will be here to -marrow afternoon by three o'clock, so you wont be left a moment alone. But come, cheer un; here is a nice cup of beef -ten, aria Mrs. Glover kindly sent you Mese new -laid els; the last barmaid they had robbed them dread- fully, and poor Mrs. Glover is quite knocked up with the work, ]ravine had to discharge her at moment's no- tice," "Thank Heaven!, you have got into good hands. my child," she said grate- fully.. "*You deserve to do well, and will. too, I feel sure." Annie Seafield was iustalled in her situation, and was as happy and cheer- ful as a good honest English girl could well be. a favorite with the customers, and the good-natured landlord and landlady, who know they had got a prize, and, const.quently, did not feel too well pleased when they tenant that their rare aeis was engaged to be mar - tied to a young man, who once a week made his appearance in the bar, with a choice flower for his fiancee. "It's always the case," °rumbled Mrs. Glover. "As soon tis one gets a nice girl that one could learn to love, some young jackanapes comes and walks her oil clean, with neither by nor with your leave." "Yell, my dear," said her husband, "I don't think we asked anyone's con- sent when we were courting—oh?" 'this allusion to their youth brought a beaming smile on the kind, mat- ronly face, and what was better still, a welcome to Harry Crawford J } "Wellasir." she replied confusedly, "I thought I might make you more comfortable, and, besides, this is my resting hour; Mrs. Glover takes the bar then." "And your well-earned hour you have wasted an an old man! My child, remember what 1 say; no kind action of that sort ever goes unrewarded, and accept an old man's thanks and grati- tude --it's ail I have to give;" this as. he buttoned up his shabby old coat and shambled out. "Well, he is a funny old gentleman!" she said to her self, as she tripped up stairs to change her dress. "1 wonder if he will really comp again. Well, if it makes his life a little leas ,dreary, I hope be will." Site need not worried about her visit- or, for he came as regular as the clock every day, and Mrs. Glover had given 'him the name of "Annie's ancient ad- mirer." Many were the jokes levied on the good-a;tture.i girl by the servants. When. she gave the usual order— a very luau chump -chop done well. But they were all .much attached to the gentle girt, and would have done anything to serve her, but the spirit of fun woulti possess them at tunes. She took no heed, anti still wetted nu the old gentleman. who ilatl even, gene so far as to give her his name and tak- en hers in exchange. "You see, Inv dear," ht, said ono dal', Mien rte Heti been a. e. slant leer for tomtit Levee months. and win. ter was t:a,a giving' way to spring, it is Only I'i„;ttt that people woo wee: ev- ery day stttlu:d OA; earn other's name, ,Now refine i$ Hardy---R'illitttu Hardy, and yours is Annie; but I want to know your surname as well." "My name in full is Annie Seafield, sir." "And a very good name too, my dear Well. perhaps you won't forget mine if von should ever hear it --oh?" "No; .1 should not, indeed, because it is a name I unix tower forget," when he made his nsuel Sun'tav morn- ing visit to the pretty barmaid. 'What a poor old geutleman he looks; quite shrivelled up with the cold. 111 just rim into the parlor and put some more coals on," as she noted the bent, shabby figure of en aged man passing into the coffee -room. "Good -afternoon, sir. Very cold, isn't it?" said Annie cheerily, as she poked the fire, and made a bright blaze. "What can I get you?" The old gentleman `looked up curi- ouely, and scanned the pretty face, and he was evidently surprised and pleas- ed, as he replied: •'A glass of brandy-and-water—I mean hot water, not cold." "You may depend on having it hot," she said politely, as she placed a com- fortable cushioned chair by the side of the fire. "Well, this is a complete anomaly," he murmured. "Here I come to a quiet looking tavern, and find a pretty, good- natured barmaid, who does not think it infra dig. to attend to an old man's comforts. Well, well, this is a strange world!" His further reflections were cut short by Annie, who "entered laden with a waiter, with a steaming jug of water, brandy, and glasses. "I should like n chop;" said the"old gentleman, as she was about to lave the room. "Can I have one? Mind, it must be done on the gridiron." "Certainly, sir," repied'the girl. "I will order it at once.' "Mind, I am very particular, and can't eat a morsel of fat,'•" he added. • "What a funny old man he isl" she murmured. "I fear he is .verypoor; his coat looks green, as if he had worn it for twenty years or more. I'll get cook to grill the largest ' chop in the larder, and put threepence in the till. I shan't miss it. If dear father had lived he might have been poor like him." "That was a very nice chop, miss," said the old fellow, when he rang to pay the bill; "how muck?" A little blush stole over her face as she told him her charge, which was threepence less than the modest tariff of the house. "I shall come again," he said, cluck- ing with evident pleasure; "it is not only nice, but cheap. But before you run away, will you answer me ^ one question?" "Yes, sir. with pleasure, if I can." "How is it that you come out of your bar to wait on au old fogy like me, when there's a lazy beggar of a waiter loafing about out there. "vvny, ne exclaimed sharply. "Because Hardy was the name ofNol- son'a dearest friend, who caught him when he had received his death wound." "Capital! Why, you are well up in the naval history of your country. You have been well educated from what I can see, You were not brought up for this position, I fancy. Deserve some- thing better. Who knows? perhaps. some day, you may be able to hold your own yot, my child." "I am very contented, sir, in the po- sition Heaven has thought fit to plane me in. But, still. you are quite right. I was borne in different circumstances. My father was a largo hotel proprietor in Southampton, and through over- spoeulation and bad men, died in pov- erty." "1 thought as much," he returned dryly. ' old story, 'A fool and his money--' .A starving- family left to battle with a cold. grasping world." "I am contented," site said cheerful- ly. "Everybody is good to me." "Stuff and nonsense!" he murmured. "Nobody's good in this selfish world but yourself. I've had a good spell, considering the years I have been in it. Everybody has interested motives. People are what you call kind to you because you are necessary to them. You become i11 or crippled, and then see what kindness you will get from the world." "I should not like to think that," she said softly, looking with a wealth of pity into the hard old face. "I feel sure there are kind hearts in the world, if you will only believe in them. Life would be worthless to me if I thought as yon do." "Wait till you have lived to three- score and nearly ten," be said, shrug- ging his shoulders, "and seen the hol- lowness of friendship, and the selfish greed of all who will fawn upon you as tong as yon possess a sovereign in your pocket." "Even then I would still hope to find a true friend," she said earnestly. "You are a good girl, and have got one—ah, as true as steel. Remember my words, child, when I tell you that you have made me human again, and caused me to believe in my fellow crea- tures, whom I had cast out of my heart and life." Annie Seafield never forgot that strange conversation, though they met several times after it; but he became very reticent, speaking less as his steps became more feebre. "Poor old dear!" she murmured, "I fear he is not tong for this world," •as she watched hint pass the -window af- ter his frugal dinner. "I wonder where ho lives? Not far, I hope; he seems so weak." The next day came, but no old gen- tleman, and Annie felt quite dull and distrait. ; In vain she placed a dish of Elmore on the- table, and shook the cushion of the, chair as a welcome. The kindly old face never came to smile his thanks, and she went about her duties with a saddened heart, for there • was' that inward presentment fixed in her mind that the comfortable armchair would see its occupant no more, the bright, fresh flowers be plac- ed in vain. "So you have lost your old friend at last," said Mr. Glover, as he saw the wistful face looking yearningly out of the window. "Well, you mustn't look so sed, my lass; the old must'.ge, you know; come, have a glass of wine, and cheer up." • "I was only thinking how lonely he was, and that he might be ill and have no one to attend to him. He was not very well off, either, I fancy." "That's where I think you are raise- taken, Annie," he said reassuringlye "for one day when yeti were called away, anti I took the money for his chop, 1 saw a roll of crisp bank -dotes there's Mr mistaking them. 'So you are a bit of a wiser,'. I thought, and no doubt he was, and I must say of all ,,people I dislike them the most, so I think your sympathy is thrown away { upon such nn ofd curmudgeon." Days passed and the old man was al - moat -forgotten, when a large, blue, legal -looking letter cause front a well- known firm of solicitors in Lincoln's Inn, :addressed to bliss Annie Seafield.. "Surely theta must be some Mis- take," site said tremulously; "it can- not ntean me. Twenty thousand a year! Oh, no; I have done nothing to deserve it," "It is true, child," said the worthy landlord, as lie read the contents. " congratulate you, and Italie you will live long to enjoy this piece of good fortune, for you deserve it.' "I little thought. Annie," put in Mrs, Glover, "that your ancient ad- mirer would turn out n milliopaire," as she folded the girl in her kind, mottierly arms. Tuts only person who seemed sorry for this unexpected accession of Annie to opulence, was Harry Crawford, but she soon convinced him tuat her heart was stiU unchanged towards him, and her kisses, if anything, were warmer than ever, One condition to the will was that. she should assume the name of .Hardy, also her husband if she ever married. Annie Seafield never had cause to regret having entertained An ,Angel Unawares. The Names.. of Nations. These are dermal principally from some peculiar cause or object. For in- stance, Ireland --which Julius Caner first called Merlxie—is a kind of reed- itication of Erie, or the country of the West, Scotlault font Snout►, a tribe which originally came from Ireland. It was anciently called Caledonia, which means a mountainous country—forests and lands. Portugal, the ancient Lusitania, was so named from ;x town on the river Douro. called Cale, opposite to which the tuliabi:nnts built a city called Porto or Oporto. And when the country was recovered from tite Moors the inhabit- ants combined the words and called it Portuuale---henen Portugal. Spain, the ancient Iberia, from the river Iberius or Hispania, from the Pbosnecian Spannfico. which signifies abounding with rabbits, which animals are vert numerous in that country -- hence Spain. Prance, from the Franks, a people of Germany who conquered that country. Its ancient name was Celts, Gaul or Gallia-Barccltatn, the latter signifying striped breeches which were worn by the natives. Switzerland. the ancient Helvetia, was so named by the Austrians, who called the inhabitants of these moun- tainous countries Schweitzors. Italy received its present name from a renowned Prince named Italus. It was called Hcsperius from its western locality. Holland, the anelent Batavi, a war- like people, watt so named from the German word arch!, the English of which is hollow, implying a very low country. The inhabitants aro called Dutch, front the German cleulsch or teutsch. Sweden and Norway wore anciently called Scaudidavia, which the modern antiquarians think moans a country the woods of which have been burned or destroyed. Tho appellation Sweden is derived front Sietuna or Suitbeod. The native term Norway or the north- ern way explains itself. Prussia, from Peuzzi, a Solavonic race; but some writers suppose it took its name from Burrio, and the Sclav- onic syllable po, which means adjacent or near. Denmark means the marches, terri- tories or boundaries of the Danes. Russia is the ancient Sarmatia,which has been subsequently named Muscovy. It derives its present name from Russi, a Sclavonic tribe who founded the Rus- sian monarchy. Tho original savage inhabitants used to paint their bodies in order to appear more terrible in bat- tle. They generally lived in the moun- tains, and their chariots were their on- ly habitations. Turkey took its name from the Turks or Turcomans, which signifies wander- ers, and originally belonged to the Scythians or Tartars. It is sometimes called the Ottoman empire, from Otho - man, one of their principal leaders. Sunlight in Stables. We tried an experiment some years since to test the absence of sunlight on a calf. We had two deep red calves of the same age (sixty days), one weigh- ing 180 pounds and the other 182 pounds. The latter We placed in a dark room, with a trough that could be filled by a spout through a parti- tion. The other was confined in the same amount of space, but in full light, and both were fed just exactly alike for the next three months. The object was to test the effect of light upon such a growing animal. At the end of the three months the one in the light weighed 430 pounds and the mein the dark weighed 360 pounds and it's color had faded to ei Very. pale, dirty' red. Its eyes were so much affected that when admitted to the light • • it kept them closed most of the time for the first week or two. The 'two' calves were kept on together, but the ono from the dark room ntiver fully recovered from this three months of darkness. It nev- er recovered its deep red color, though the color improved. 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