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Those, <]uicUsand3 whero we lost our hope Should we escape if neared as then, Or in the ilarknest ever gropo Forever lost to li^ht a^aiu ? - Our lleaeon Light lioforo us went, An arm to shield.from pending ill, A grace to help in every need. In ev'ry storm our 1'eaco-be-still. Thus saved lie us by grace alone,: -. Should we th:it pathway travel u'it, -- - Tin' l.ij.*lit that on our ilarkncss hIuiiiu Ali'iie-coulil save us as before. ThoiiL'lt .stojrms and ealms, through goinl aiid ill. Our Christian Kcacon le.-tds us stilL A 'CASE' OF MINE. ijrp.fr,;; >YTL\t* for IWLMIOSS ii" : N" i: i j t. \r. i. V lUll.'l, - -AV '1LLIA-M >V.VfvIilNS. ;r a :rri i-- lli-fn.r. .t I'trliSralr." ' .-.: ".:: -.. ' 'ii .-ia-lSl.llil, :>i 'ds s. t laiiu. 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The subject of " Memory" lmv- m^ been- umeli diticus^eJ bitely, in connection with a eelBbrutoJ trial,- 1 propose placing, before my retidym u case that I lnul. uiulur n,y own ken anil cure. I whb one day cal led upon- to visit professionally a lady residing not fur from my own hotibe in Bluomsbury ; the iirilndy some common uiluicnt, inlluenzu, or feverish cold, but uccoinpanied by liniisiiiil nervous: depression. 1 found my patient a woman about thirty or thirty-two jears of nge ; of nervous temperament and ruthcr constrained manner. A half sus picious, restless look iu hur oyes Hindu me noticis hur -nioro particu larly than I otlierwisi) might have dotif.'und when I left the room the impression. I received waa a woman wi'.li a ' storm." t>Sc was ilreisi>ed in deep luourii- inrrt which iiuido me remark to her si.st;i-, v'ho' \yas taking a few in- strnotio.'K from me concerning my treatment . . "She hiii. -Mistained a,loss, I see, and the nerv.-n'a depixssion attend ant oil ths.t ha.' lowered the vital eiu-r-ie-s ; thus a.il otherwise sliyht cold"h;is fiistciK-ii its*lf rather tight ly on her." " Yes," returned her sister, "she has indeed" e,ono through much lately. Perhaps, as her doc tor, you ought to bo told moi'o lolly the detail of her case ; und^' indeed, they .nay interest yoM from another point of view." ^Ye :xit down, and I will con dense Jief-llarrative as far as Jios- Hlble. . 3Iv palifciit, Mrs. Hammond, and !icr "husbaniJ were returning to England from tho West Indies, where the latter hiid Bopie proper ty, when one of those unfortuuato .collisions between sMp occurred, whielij though unhappily so fre- quent of late, were then taxc. A few wore Bavod, uniong thfm Mrs. Hammond ; but Tier lmsband "was nevjer seen agaiu. Her-baby, on-1/- six Smonths old, was washed awaj',' T did not attend very much to tho particidars .of 4he shipwreck, and all I can be certain of is1 that Airs. Hammond; huabundless and childless, penniless und luiconsci- ous, was, with a few others, saved on thaV.fearful night in one of the ship's bouts, and taken On board" by another homeward bound .vessel of some port that came to them soon lifter the ctiliiiiiity. Her hus band's family were well off, and, when the ship reached England, she proceded to their house in London. It was at the residenco of her father-in-law that Jdiadiriav/ seen the ,poar jladyjj'ust a year aod a half after her bmeavement. ' -But the strange thing is," con tinued uiy companion; " that ihe dooB.riot fret the least for her child, because all memory of having had one is gone 1 When .xettuning to' eanficiouimesa we are told that ahe cried piteously'for her husband but no one expression ever escaped, her lips about the bjtby ; and when naturally wo condoted with her on its Joss, she looked^at ,us as if -vf& had taken leave'of-oar senBea !" "Perhaps it is God's mercy," I said reverently ; "the double grief might have upset her reason." '"' But has it not already t" asked1 her -sister J " she has as utterly forgotten the baby's having.existed ! B if-^well, as if, in fiot, it nerer ad!" - ,: " Are yoti sure .she has ,vwlly forgotten it'?." I-Questioned. ' .,4-Oh, eertainly. She was never particularly fond of ehildrea- She was brought up by an aunt, separ ate, fropi me and my brother Prank, .Very, much to hersfelf, and never_ tooki to ohildren-aven of her -on| ,age. .She used to say she hoped she never would, have any, but w.lien baby came, then," laughed Misa Dennis, w she made .as great a fuss over it as anyone:;-as (JeaRt; so 1 heard, for it was born in Jamoicu." I "The child.was. certainly drown littlo ones on board, only one was saved ; tho child of a poor steerage woman, who was taken back by tho culprit steamer. Although we Bomotimes ondeuvor to rako up old memories to her mind, we do not try her too much. What would you advise 1" / " Leaving her with her own sor row, unconscious of her othef loss," 1 answered, "If tho truth ever dawns upon her, she will tho bet ter bear up against its consequent grief tho more strength of mind and body can bo garnered up now- Keop her up in every way, cheer- j ful looks about hor, and "plenty of light nourishing food." "It is not madness, ia it, doc tor V! said poor Miss Dennis, look ing mo Hearchingly it tjip face. ,f By no moans; merely a case of suspended memory, Tho veil may bo lifted-any moment, though we could hardly wish for it;" and to myself I said, " How many of us would pray that such a veil might fall upon our past !" .Her cold took ita usual course, unattended by nny worse symptom than, ordinary, except for tho natu ral depression consequent upon Jier peculiar circumstances. Two ir three times I led tho way cautious ly to tho subject wo wero interest ed in^ I metin her sister and my self but-the conspicuous, restless look in her eyes became so intense that I desisted, quite awaro that, she would bo far moro likely to think us insane than I could think her to lie' so. In two or threo weeds', time I discontinued my attendance, with the full understanding between her sister and myself that if uuy ma terial chitngo took pluco in her mental condition I should be made aware of it. Almost a year passed by without my hearing any more of her, when one afternoon, just as I had finish ed a hasty luueh, preparatory to going my afternoon "round" I re ceived a note from Miss Dennis, saysng how grateful she would be to rno if I could look iu upon her that afternoon. At threo o'clock I was at their, house, and' found myself olice more IttealeU with Miss Dennis. ' " We agreed," sho commenced, " that I "should lt you know any thing special coticuming your old patient end I have really some thing very odd to tell you. About six months ago there was some little hitch in my sister's money nlFnirs you know her husband had some property in Jamaica, and it wu. considered advisable thai some ono should go out and see after tho estate, which had been entrusted to careless hands on my poor brother-in-law's death. The money had been coming in very irregularly, so" our brother Frank volunteered to go and look matters up for her. He has not been well for some time, and his doctor said ft eea voyage would be just the very thing for him, The long and the short of it is, that yesterday the mail arrived with letters from hiin for us both. In his letter to tne was another enclosure marked ' Private." Thin I took into" my own room and; read. Tho best way, doctor, is for you to read it yourself; it will not take you long." ..-',. ' Miss Dennis handed mo the let ter, of which the substance was as follows : . - " In one of my many rambles (before the sun ia well up, I was walking along a path near Kings ton, when I came upon a wpman with two children sitting by the roadside. The eldest was playing with little red berries, and seemed between two and three years old'; the other, C4uite.ti.lahy.. I shoulJ vnot have notteed them much but that the woraart spoke.crossly to the eldest as I passed, whichjeaused me to look at hint. As I dtd se t was staggered to see what at iaie first .glance seemed the image of Mary. .Then, the resemblance resolved it-! sels into a ptill stronger likeness .t9( poor .Edward.; not.in tho features, f perhaj.s, but us he lifted his eyes to mine, the same half melancholy expression [looked out from tkenv There wuS not the slightest like ness to the womacin him. Istop- pd in.niy*Ealk and _gbt .into .con-. versation witfc daor, and as I ,did so'i the little fellow, quietly .put bis hand in mine, as, if we'-hail beeri'i. old acquaintances.' . She. noticed it, by saying,j -' 1 j " Well, jthatVis a wonder;! he: hardly ever takes to anyone -little shy monkery 1" } The words -mere..said playfully,! but the tone; was hardly motherly] think, jlj questioned her about different things) and as we'talkedj the wind got much ,fresher,' and; the morning betokened a-rough day, I made a remark on the change i the weather. This remark naturally sharpened my wits, and I got from following particulars : her the She was going to England with |other matters _!._ ._>^1. I, I A 1 ' . her husband and baby, wh in a few days of arrival, the ship struck ; a great many w :re wash ed overboard and never at en again She and her hushand i nd baby were in tho water sometime, and she and the baby were i ltimately sav6d, though not together. She age within a week or two ; 'i.hey | will be capital plaj-'fellows.' ;Hero :the letter entered upon had given up both lier treasures as bo at home. To think of hei littlo thing dripping in h<x arms " M^y joy was great," she said simply; " and when all jopa was gone of my husband beinj suved, I turned to the littlo wet nindle in my arms for comfort, ant 1 believe the necessity for givinj; it food saved my life. With sqno others I decided to go back aga-in in the other ship that offered tc take us. What could I do without my hus band in a stiange laud J So I never saw England, sir, and I Came bnck without money, clothes, husband, or child." " Or child !" I reponted nfter her. " Yes, bu*. It was not my child!" Here he burst into tt ars. * It was not my ow.n dear' baby, en, with-1 ' And now,' said Miss Dennis, looking at me steadily with her large earnest eyes, ' what are we to dov ; ' _ __ 'When does your*brother re turn V I j asked. "', ' ' He is on his way now, threo w'ebks, pleuse God, ho In will lost, and hud sunk into el kind of I tie darling being aHve and re- swoon, when a sailor pfaced the ;Btored to| her, and she not awak-e of his existence or his ever having existed I It would be almost laugh- but another ! I found it but for many hours I nursed it as out toon, my own, for I lay; in ft sort of stupor, hardly noticing anything that occurred around me, and then, sir, what could I do but keep it? It was fatherless and motherless, as I was hushandless and childless ; and so, sir, I have kept hiin ever since- this little one V She touched tho boy's forehead as Rhe spoke. ' How did you find out he was BOt yours)' I asked, with a ftrango fluttering hope at tny heart. ' By his olothes first, sir. You see, tho collision happening in the night, there were hardly any of us dressed. Ho had only his little night-shirt on, that ho had been snatched up in, and when given to me was wrapped in something thick and warm by the good Bailor; so it was not till I roused at little, as some kind ladies offered me some of their own babies' clothing for him, that I found his shirt was fine and delicate and my boy's was poor and coarse. . It startled me. at once, and roused me up like a shock, and when I gared eagerly into his eyes I saw he was not my own 2 My boy put out his little arms d<1 chubby fingers, and crowed iu tnv face this ono drank of my milk, and never cooed or chirped.to thank me5* > The tears were coming fast to her eyes. ' I pressed the delicate hand firmer to mine, as the child looked weikderingly to his foster- mother's face. ' Wero the clothes marked T I asked. 'Yes, sir; there was E.' H. on the shirt, and I have always kept it by me safely.' Now, my dear sister, does not your opinion,coincide with mine, that the child'is our poor sister's lost darling t I saw the likeness to both parents at once ; the-- shirt is marked with the initials that would have have been on it (I bring the shift with me) saved in the collis ion. In fact, exerything points, in my opinion, to the same conclu sion ; and though I may get a scolding from my little wife at ( able, ware it not; so ad. How I would you advise us to act V 'I mjugt consider,' mused X; ' we must be cautious. Wibh a nervous temperament such as hers, a shock, even joy, would be a great Ipain ; a id if the memory returns lit might be with such a rush es to ovorthrcw reason itself.' : After a few moments silenco, I proposed the following plan : j ' They must meet in thej o-din- pry coi ree of circumstances; at least, it must seem so to her. She knows, )f course';, of her brother's having gone to Jamaica?' ' Oh.iyes,. and takes an interest in all the arrangements^ often talks about him and the old places ho will visit; is quite chelorful When wje mention his returning ly. I remembered -what you said about letting things come naturally, so wo did riot hare.tfie children in again, or even mention them, until a bright young [atigl .ears from the floor a temporary nursery ranged. ' They seem to be IB mi V. 1-1 {1.00 per annum in AdTanrr. ' 'V** rung in <<r bove, where a had been a.r- making them selves quite'at home, Miss Polly, at uny rate, said niy brother; ; I'll go nnd see tho funl' Mary had been unusually quiet. The business mattenithat hud to be discussed, seemed fo{- the have lost their itinortance; she would break off in tl sentence, the strange look come And what.we hud beep so anxi ous to accomplish came uboirt'quite naturally, In this wise. An hour later, I got'up from tile sofu and Stole to m listor's room. I found the door a, r, and on looking in, there was little Edward sitting very gravely by her bedside^ one small hand on the coverlet. It wvas to'vichirigly beautiful to sea the littlo child sitting patiently waiting for its mother to awaken awaken to memory, ""memory of .love and of him. I could hardly move I felt time to | spell-bound. ..He never stirred, but ^ il-Tl WMi ffsr e middle of a hand would forehead and: had gone she liugbing it .She then went-fco dress tells me that soon, and paying us a visit of .. week or two, after he has rundown to see his wife and family. In deed, sli! said it might enliveii me, if he coi Id bring one of his chil dren with him.' 1 I ' She bas never seen Master Bobby, -vhoni your brother speaks f as being about the sumo n;j;e. us :er own V Never.' ' j ^* I huve it !' I exclaimed ; irodtice Master U.yde ns Master Bobby, jind see if any parti sular eflect will be made upon her. Let Vour brdther come as expected, and bring the boy with him; Is .here a! girl anywhere T " ' \ The long and the short of it is this, that I advised . ihe brii >ging up bis littlo girl, Mary, and his supposed" nephew, Clyde, whose real name, if indeed ho was his' nbphew,lwis Edward; and let the mother and child be brought to gether asv events would natt.rally occur. \ 1 * And lot.mo know," I cbncl aded,; ' us soon ap you can; if any thing comes of our little stratagem. [ I must now put another letter before my reader, fori what follow ed will be better understood from Mum Dendis' narrative than from words of mine : ' Dear Dpetor, As I have now really aomekhing to relate' to you, I;will write to "you ;my promised letter. I must just tell you that, for some days before Frank re- tiu?ned, Majry'had seemed very un- -eaiy in herj mind; restless and. t- fal j ouaphvUAed of bad nigbt,:and strange dreams? but on the day chat Frank was expected and came, she was much calmer and herself again. She flew to meet him, and the servants taking forcible posses jiioa of the children at a previous hint of mine, we had Homo utes in the drawing-room before y with a look, aid, by saying see the 'ludv rae f.jr orders the chance r^f On their home, I ha|ve acted to my firm be- jfearfully.. Ifef. I told the woman our" story, aud fully convinced her. Indeed, sho did not need much inducement to give the -little fellow up. She had a certain feeling for him, she said, bb haying nursed him, but ' I have never quite got over the turn he gave roe when I "saw he -was not my own. God forgive me,' she continued ; ' I have tried to do my best fo" him. List year I mar ried again, sir, and have another dear little ane now. My husband sever took to Clyde (I called him after the ship, sir), but to please -m he remains ^vith us, and shares tho little iva have; but I don't thirfk 1veVl fret'at all at leaving us ; he never piokto ns any more than my busbar A to him.' I savr.her liusband the next day, they were brought in, arrival, Frank said, 'Your ,little namesake, Mry; .and -inaster Bobby.' '! As ittir -eys fell on the bpy, 1 r her, utart. My Leart beat she dn her ' So this is Bo.bby, is it r said, and just laid her hand ci head. 'He is like >not you,' and she lookid fixedly'at Fraiik ; ' nor your wife' here she pauseq, and turningjuway-passed her Jiaid ac ross heii: brow. : Frank signed to nie to ttfko the children out of the room ; which.I did; lei't them with, the nursn, and j returned." Mary had walked to the window, and for a few ssconds ^e too no notice of her, but con versed on different subjacta, Then I turned to her and said, 'I'll leave you two together, There's lots of business to talk over, a ad I'll go in and look at the; chicks/ - She turned round, and ouei would have theugbt she had aged ovef; again, and het bo passed across hor eyes. When Frank remarked, faintly, . ' Bobby was not was the girl's lvuigh.' . How did she know ? left the room, and.I for^dinner. Frank on going upstairs he found Polly in a state of glee. . Nurse was re monstrating, as She wiped.a saucer,, and Master Edward Bitting utterly disconsolate in a very ' big . arm chair, with two big tears coursing quietly down his cheeks. At her < papa's entrauc% P.if}! rushed to him. -.' .1 / j :<i - .. 'Oh, papa I i8n'theTif,tinny boy? He's crying because nurse, won't let him go and See Auntie Mary again! He says he tvuntsto -go to the lady, and stole away] outside nearly all the way dowi^; und| nurse had to. carry him buck, and ! then .ho cried again! Isn't ;ho aj funny boy, papa V . Frank qu to ted Pol and -comforted .Edjw that lie's, would soir"; again .if he was ai g gulped down his tears, and.Frank left him. The 'nurse was in the secret, and looked to in the matter. On - Mary's yisiting the room, we hud left, out-on the table the little night shirt the baby had [on. when the poor woman discovered, on her re covery, that he^as not her child. It was thrown s carelessly - on the table, with a few. odds'and ends, and toys. Sho would think it was the workmanship 6f jthe nurse for the benefit of another little addi tion, that Frank is expecting-in his family. Alter I was'dressed, I tan up stairs to, have another look at the young ones, and met Mary just outside the door on the point of en tering.. SheTblushedii-ed when she saw me. ... . . j ' Come along, itfary,' X . said,- en- teriug first nnd taking her hand; ' we'll have a romp before dinner it will givejiis an appetite.' Edward was standing at the win dow. Polly was nursing a doll and finishing what had once been a large slice of cake. Strang^ to. tiay, Mary" spoke to Pplly and hot foV/Bobby,' though it wap evidenf it was ' Bob-v fey' *he had come jo see, for her eyes wandered to n.im, and rested with a puzzled look upon his face. She stood by the littlo table arid, soon I saw her .fingers taks up the shirt, ^he rtmnaed and tv/isted it about for some tmie before she looked at it, then said, . * You have plenty! to .fiJFjnow, I suppose, nursej anoUier JitUe one expected.' ' ' Oh, yes, ma'am^-fhe more the; meriier, bless their .little hearts.' i She UilkeU a deal -mereiOf nurse talk, but Mary's eyes werejiow^on the shirt; and I stivW giw a-sort of shiver.. I signed 1^3 nurse to go away with Polly. Sole d*d o, and' still Mary only 'fingered the.little! shirt in u-nervous sort of way.:. I 8tol-to:lier-side, and as she tucned1 her look fi-ightened ma; 'Take'- thit childi away, Milly, take him away instantly'! I can't breathe the air,near him ! it stifles his large blue eyes rostediilternate- ly oii her face and on mrrie, and his tiny hand crept closer to hers, but never ventured to touch at for fear of awnkGtiing. lier, while on'his face rested the half sad, wondeiing- expression-so-like, his father's. I saw iit was best./us it was.'-God hud doubtless brqiight him at the right time. Ho had taken away He was about to restore-, afid He knew the way better than L For half an. hour.we watched, "\vlion a slight movement to"ld us tliat she had jiwakened. Still sho did Tiot open-her oyrs, but moved about - restlessly, and sighed as if .waking from: a dreaet. I stole behind a screen, that he might be the first object she saw; She began speak ing to herself ^a Juibit of hers. ' It is so stiangej dream upon dream and -when I open ny eyes I alnltvyst expect to see the :hild before me, that in my sleep jangs round my neck,'till iny blood -warms at" his touch!' \\e added, wearily, ' I think I must be going, mad,' Still her yes Jwere closed, -a-nfi she seemed to bu gwitly dosing off again, 'when tliq .child Quietly couched her hand, and ia a vvoice jod boy. He ' of subdued testacy burst-out, . ' I want yon for niy liiamma." The eyes, opened mud rested .on him they seemed jo grow larger and larger she raised .herself, und the "boy with his overflowing child ish love, flung himself sobbing on ths bed ! For a moment she. was. stuplfie'd, and passed her hanfi^;. again across her brow. It was but for* a moment ; the veil was raised, the jnistcleared, and the sunshine of the prnt-op hiolherdov'e over flowed with u loud -cry ' My child J my hoy !"* So ended the letter. I indeed went to see them as, soon as I could,-and a- jdyfnl household j I. found. Mother and ..boy were in separable" the long fast of the af fections made them ravenous of love. In this case the child's in stinct seemed to lead him to'hia mother as much as her instinct led her. to him, but by what link the chain of memory was united We cannot conceive. Be who constitu- ' :?. ' J* >"-" ::i-i' * a ivii^-"- "' 'A~:i\ii y |;|4;i3'; : li-'-L'v.'*:'"!: '. - ^.-:;i -: :. \m 'f^lt : r'.-s*:-' *-i'r -|.-:jit:i; ,ted the brain and mind, as well as tlie heart and emotions, only knows ^but so it was. They found con clusive evidence afterwards ." of young " Cfyde" being 'indeed her son'; and'when once the memory, was whole again, various circum stances came to her mind to sur- stantiate the woman's tule, without even the aidof the identity of ths nighit^stiirt with that of her child. I told Jdrs. Hamaiond a[id%Mie8 Dennis that with-.'th'eir'urermission I would certainly" wute their strange story in my book of " Re markable Oases." You, reader, mustjndge whether it be. one or no. i ^ -" Tx:irt and with t..-siindiiiuui of money I ten years in those few moments got him to ii-esign his paternal | She bad a pained and wearied look, charge ovsr the, boy with great land her thoughts seemed far alacrity. Mrs. L cnty, wife, haskiadly .undertaken to tit him out reipectafely,Jind next week, if all goes well, I hope tostast for Englaad'^'ith my as'I firmly be-' lidver long-lost nephew. But what J am to do .with him JvJiaa there I don't knojv. l^t's . a. quewj business, toiforce a child on a wo man who says she never had one. Surely she'd say (and withieeming; n> frrwtb) ,that ' she ugh to know libestr but as I believe Providence ed!" I asked. .:'....", ".Oh, yes. ..Gut'.-of the . seven . makes.joae shudder. 1 "rlkwill be a stormy day, J fear/f ettond my,Btp Jww ,to .recover: Bhesaid:-,-f*nd.itii8 so .sUipid of tbeipoor little,feiiew, Jl .svill trust: me, <twt eyer.siwoe.tbe^hjpwreck; the *wpe good EPrbvideaceM re away '"Doj Ellen qiiiet-4-and she repeated, ' who. is he lijke I ,1 ddn'tj think I can be well, I feel; ;ao strange.' ... '..-,...,.....;;; ..i... Anr| she turned back again to the wndow and looked out. . I confeBG I thought of .sending at once for yoi, she had such a wild, pp- prussec look 0u Jj^r face; Siie was; close te iiis, and yet one te t that; ahe he -self was- very far uw iy. Ifeared we had done: wrong in test-; ing he ' in this manner, and might kill her reason tf -jvo ventured fur-j ther. I wished trtle. inorae it that 1 that "i-iwas in, I get quite^lupsetf store.ni^rtolbis.natuDiltpriotedtors.i vm<". * " _-..------, I when the wind blows high-it If net, hy it nlikwifliily Mm'oftri the bo|r had never been foundi nd{ iuftuth.tafee'J. .HeisjjustiBobbySjI.went /ikt.flf.ihe-.rpoRi^uiteiiavage,- 1 Cdnseeruinfj Jobrrintiiis. An eaetavn ejiclmoge i-ises to :'mak3 the .'follon-'iiig /candid, senai- J ble remarks, which may be read with.profit elsewhere.: . , . Occasionally, Agents from the cities stop here, and solicit orders ior jiu-inting jfrruii-ouv business men, andvin -some ases are' successful}' If those business inbii will first in quire.the price of .the rSame work at hume, we shall feir no ordinary con'tpetition. JTlieae -agents have their travelling expenses to pay, and as a rule can get the work no cheaper--than'we'TciHi' do it. "vWe have before us a "billhead done by one of these ugents for' a titiu in this village. Price within * few cents of our terms;. We have,paid . 'you' are riot well, that is lull. We will: go away, not poor'Bobby.' I got her down-stairs, and pre vailed on her to) lie down. Thei-e seemed a struggle, a great struggle,' going on within her, and so strong was Uie aastery 'she had to keep over herstlf, that t ww" she could, hardly help thrusting me away, from her in hef-effoi-ls to tlirbw off something that seemed to be forc ing itself on her. Was iu the mem ory returning ^' I thought^ani pra,yed .-silently" to God to aid it. She did nofcirafer i^tajn to the boy, but her ;mentril agohy ;coritinue.d, and:H-wasiguiteitwo lioui-s before I could le.aveilheiv. .When, aftet- at length prevailing on'her to take a little"!food,^-sli.e-SHiUc:asle^p, X stole. thftrtkfuily avvav: NtuseiWasawait-ina me' ': I- Note forHousewives.-^Kcorn i'-I caii^t keep -thb -,-chtld .quief,' is boiled on the cob and then <alto.ff aujl miss.. He keeps saying :he waula ^.canned with tomatoes, iu the usual man- td.go to 'the '.lady., ill don't kuow i.uer of canning tpmatoes, it Will keep what ttf do.with.liira,>.but.I : know-1i*ll and be jrn. excellent disk."YHjive- Baid firm as high' as .S7I balance ou a singfe year's account our bill being, under; 20. . This year tljere will bo no balarfce to pa ^. The men who preach and ask tie .village papers to preach " patroui :e tome enterprise" must be taught to1 {iut it ia .practice. The tv o printing oflijes here give a suppoit to over 20 persons-^and their pat ronage should _go to those who do not by inference dLscriminate - agiiinst theux. . * .shall ._get this 'twicejaa.niuch tomatoes as corn. ' | .: -, .v.fci not* fcit.of:.reat, blessed.nighK" '<^t.him;intereste'm-*ejeiJit-.rSiU>i.v- Disactointid. tie story; nurse, and Jceep thenv . I never'took a girl)to church , , -\-r' - ' j v. I The loacest walk liitk home to plani both<|wt,!for.Mre.!!Hmond has1. ^^^^ ^tt.v,^^ tUe lurch? ," JgoROtovileep; Q mi rtneW .jnyseif, i ^ud walkei back li'itli jqom athu > and wiW^go ad,lieiBo,w'.' ij '.ww--' .-, > .&., *z