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wizh new gloss and even the possibilty dust was removed from where no G .of traces of dust could be found, her eyes .3 brightened, and a happy thought i would go flitting through her brain. e .. 1: will be all over, everything ready, before Reuben comes home.” I Reuben was her prideâ€"the boy who, ‘, utterly regardless of the clean, sand- ‘ ed floors, would walk bodily in; Where no other f00t dared tread, leaving his 7 woven such Wonderful air-castles. He must be a lawyer, a great man, i on. v. hose name she should some day : sec in the public prints. This seem-1 ti to her the very height. of; ambition. g Reuben was coming homeâ€"a college: I ravluzttc â€"â€" to spend with them his, 1 the. boy for whose future she had} ! e 8 kution, and then back to the Metro- ; .115 to earn fame. \Vas it any wonder 'he :luors, the walls, the ceilings, must give evidence of their mute delight? 'l‘rualging along at a slow jog-trot, QL’(‘.‘_l$ll_)llLl“.iy speaking a word oi en- mm‘ugement to the tired mare, Farm- «72’ Grey was nearing home. But a trou- “11ml look rested on his face, very dif- ferent. from the bright cheeriness gen- ernlly found there, and ever and anen Li t‘ycS wandered stealthlly to a little s, and still the |-‘ .’ )q ...:n s Leo: and Shoe .me and more known \ .‘ I § uents’ ‘ E0118? Box feather 11¢ b’ailets. {argcy Ha? Shed. ason have just ~ Call and test Dther supplies Lde, X X {Ballade Roots 3 [‘3 vi}? <29 .3!” \V "'3 Q. 2? g DE friends and a. R a, I? Try .22 ‘11-. A!" A}? Year, a". G .3 DJ ‘ a) Every satisfaction. of footwea RBBBERS, .- FEMS. Side. MR3. mm “suns. One could see only the faceâ€"a pinch- ed, worn little face, from which two 81‘ '31 brown eyes peered out, and seem- ed to take in every blade of grass by Iha‘. roav_;side, every leaf upon the Lrees. as some Wonderful heaven-sent vision accorded her. time, and sne don’t mucn Like.- strangâ€" f: ert; botherin’ her; but she’ll soon find ‘ out you won‘t be in the way, and 11 ) when she sees the roses comin’ back to ‘t your cheeks she’ll be happy enough. in Only don’t worry her if at first she’s ‘t a wee bit flustered.” I “Oh, I’m sorry you brought me, if: she won’t like it!” answered the child fir -â€"for child she seemed, sitting there, ‘.1 though seventeen summers had pass- 'l ed over her head. 11 “Theree, there, now! She will like it, ‘e I tell you; and when she once sees i you, and feels sorry for you, you’ll < find how kind and good she is,” said! tha- farmer, striving, with the remem- 21 brance of duty done. to reassure his ;I sinking heart as he came in sight of 1‘ his own pasture-land. i‘ He had gone bright and early that i‘ morning to the doctor’s in the market it town, to tell his old friend of the- hon- 3: ors his boy had won, and that soon! Reuben was coming back to them;‘: and. after giving him a few words and ‘g a warm mini-shake of congratulations, ‘ the doctor had added: ‘ “i was thinking of you, wishing for i you, as you entered. There is a lit-li tie girl here who is dying for the want , of pure country air and a little nursâ€" i, ing in the way of food. She needs ‘ plenty oi mi ik, and liberty to roam all day in the fields. Take her back with i you. Gray; it will be the making of her, ‘ and I am coming down soon to see how ‘ she’s getting along.” , I “lt’s house-cleanin’,” answered the! farmer, and a world of meaning was§ in that short sentence. ' Both men looked grave, but the doc- ! tor spoke again: i “We can’t let the girl die if it. is. I tell you, Gray, she is starving for country air, for green fields and the music of the birds. Let hen go. Mrs. Gray won’t turn her out.” . So it was decided. But _ Farmer Gray’s “Whoa l” rang out a little less loud than usual, as he reined up the I 01:1 horse at his own door; but the" quick housewife’s ears caught it, and it brought her speedily to the door to bid him welcome and see that his boots were fit to tread her spotless floors. The tracking on them with mud must be left for Reuben. Poor Mrs, Gray! She was hot and {ir€d, though she would not have ac- knowledged it. Her feet were weary, for all the day they had borne herl weight , u- -h- CA”. I ure perched. on a. high seat "7851.4“... _"What have you got there. Seth Gray?” questioned she, in tonea.shrill end sharp. “Company, I declare, and M‘s house-cleaning!” Then, as the farmer tenderly lifted t bun the girl in his strong arms. she Vu‘ ouuv‘ u ‘ “A child, I declareIWell, all I can any. Seth Grayâ€"you must stay at home and take care of. her I” . I.-â€" continued: L~av vul-Av vâ€" She turned away, forgetting, in her indignation, even her floors. “Never you mind,” said the farnger. as he noticed two great tears swxm- ming ip the large brown eyes. -.and tremblmg, ready to fall, on the Jet}! lashes, while the delicate month (1111?- ered, “It’s just her way. She dont mean it. Come now, deerâ€"f? 3' seems a in “Va“ 9. VVL-V â€" . “You’d better show her the spare room,” interrupted the shrill tones ain, as they entered. . ’ hen, as her husband returned alone from his errand, his wife’s wrath broke ks bounds. "Are you mad, Seth Gray, to put any more care on my shoulders at tins time? You can take another ride to 0U. mustn’t irSE se is a time trying to house. is the period called spring- Jer; but she’ll soon 11m :. be m the way, am the roses comin’ back tq she’ll be happy enough Jrry her if at; first she’ you. . It’s house-cleanin’ ’t much like: strang- but she’ll soon find nd, my dear. if Mrs. puL out. like. when at his town to-morrow, and take the child back where she came from. My hands arejull-r enoughj’f "The doctor'eaid we could save her life, mother. I thought we wouldn’t let her die for the want of tryin’.” _ Mrs. Gray said no more, but that evening, when she was washing her favorite china with her own hands, and a little figure, stealing up beside her, whispered; “Let me help you,” though she answered, “Such as you cannot help,” all remonstrance ended there, and soon the little fingers were .deftly wiping the smoking dishes: and, with careful haste, putting each in its appointed place. " Somehow, as. the days wore on; Mrs. Gray found she had more time to sit and rest; that, instead of added care, it seemed lessened, whileaiittle fairy- like figure fliLted here and there and everywhere, like a burst of sunshine. Houseâ€"cleaning was over now; her voice had lost its harshness, her brow, its frown; and as Hopeâ€"who had rush- ed to her own room at the sound of Wheelsâ€"watched her from a window open her motherly arms to welcome her boy and saw her happy: tear-dim- med e§e§ithéfi girl \vonééféd how she could first have regarded the woman with such dread. Hope’s own eyes did not seem. so big now; a faint peach-bloom had stolen into her cheeks; her figure had lost its angular lines in rounded curves, and all day a thanksgiving seemed to come bubbling to her lips in sonar. 1 “Why, who’s that, mother ‘f” quest- tionecl the tall, handsome young man, as. he turned his laughing blue eyes out through the open window and. saw the little figure flitting among the flowers. â€"â€"vâ€"- '_~' in house-cleaning. I wasn’t over-glad to see her but I think I shall miss her w hen 5.; he goes.’ Via-w.- netâ€"v vawv An amused smile overspread the lis- tener’s face. He could appreciate that welcome at so inopportune a season as house-cleaning Lime. ‘ ‘ vâ€"wv vâ€"w_--__-__ Reuben wondered, as the days lengthened into weeks, Why his home- coming had never been so pleasant be- fore. â€" I ‘ -v- v. He, too, began to think he would miss Hope when she went away. Somehow the parlor had lost its look of stiffness, and even had an air of habitation, with its fresh flowers in every available receptacle. “Well, I suppose we have done all we can for Hope,” said the farmer one day. “Poor child! she's an orphan, and will have to win her daily bread. But she’s got back some of her strength, and the color has found its way back to not face again; and you must be tired of havin’ the; care of her”â€"this with a quizzical expression, jwhile he narrowly watched his wife’s éface. A.- “You’ll do no such thing, Seth Gray ! Just like a manâ€"when the girl’s beginning 'to pick up to whisk her off to the hot town again. She’s learned my ways now, and she’s not much in the way. Besides, she’s company for Reuben.” So it seemed, as out in the queer- roofed arbor they sat side by: side, she IiStening, with downeast eyes and a happy,.iearfui smile, while he told her how different his home had! seem- ed since she had enteréd it, and how in solving the enigma, he had discov- ered his love for her. ' “But what will mother say 1’” asked ,the sweet voiceâ€"for, since Reuben icame, she had learned to say “moth- er,” too. “Shehas such great and wonderiui dreams for your future and thinks that somewhere some princess, clad in shining robes, is waiting for you?” _ - - o H 0.9 U “I have found my princess, Hope!” he answered, placing his arm about her. “She is here, and her soul is clothed in such beautyâ€"such glory shin-es through its windows, your eyes, â€"that she needs no outward embeliisb- ment! Only say you love me, darling, and I have no fear but that' the mothâ€" er who has ever smiled upon‘ my boy- ish folly will not frown upon the first wisdom of my manhood.” So hand in hand, as the sun was sinking in magnificence, they entered the house together, and he led the shrinking girl to his mother’s side. “We have come to ask your blessing, mother,” said Reuben, in his honest, manly tone. “Hope has made me very happy by promising to be my. wife.” n_.- _ “tel-,1.) ”J y- vw-xIâ€"â€"â€" In mute bewilderment Mrs. Gray looked at them both, a sense of? "her own folly smiting her as with’ asharp sword, and bringing with a crash all her castles to the grounq. “V'J wvâ€"vâ€" But she looked from the calm, re- solute face of her son to the‘ sweet, fair girl whose hand lay in his, and, drawing Hope down, she kissed the young, red lips, and uttered no word of her disappointment. Farmer Gray heard the news with a shake of the head and a twinkle of the eyes, as much as to say he had ‘predicted it from the first. Jâ€"ALA.‘ Afimn -\"uâ€"â€"‘ _ But when the good doctor came, later, to tell them that they had not, as they had supposed, given their son a dowerless bride, but that he, her guardian, represented a snug little fortune for herâ€"though, in his proud love and young ambition, Reuben would almost have wished it otherwise -â€"as the farmer whispered to his wife: "Blessings in disguise sometimes come even in house-cleanin’, my dear,” the last frown left her still comely face, land there is no one in the world so idear to her as Hope, her son’s wife. {and the little children Whose feet bring dust or dirt, without reproach, upon the still spotless floor. SUBMARINE CABLE BOAT. To enable travelers to cross the channel without suffering from sea sickness, a Frenchman has designed a submarine boat to be propelled by cable traction, the motive power be- ing electricity: The boat will accom- modate 240 1passmgere, and perform in one hour. ' Should the cables become fixed in going over the drums, the boat can be detached so that it may nae to the surface and continue the journey like an ordi- THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, December 28, 1899 Two little feet so small that both may nestle In one caressing hand; Two little feet upon the untried border Of life’s mysterious land. Dimpled and soft and pink as peach- _ tree blossoms In April’s fragrant days, How can they walk among the briary tangles Edging the world’s rough ways? 2Ah! who may read the future? For our darling We crave all blessings sweet. And pray that He who feeds the cry- 1ng ravens Win game the baby’s feet responsible for the mother, writes a ' “‘ icorrespondent. During its course the t1 [youngster is subjected to many temp~ 01 Itations, feels the awakening of many 3" thoughts and ideas before unknown to (bi him and catches his first glimpses of w i the world’s evil. His attitude toward t: 1 these new factors in existence, be they a isubjective or objective, is a matter of l: gmuch greater influence than appearsI i to him at the time. Nor is it an easy imatter to point out the true charac- ; ter and relation of the new forces with d 5 which he comes in contact. He is im- a iziaticnt of advice or restraint. Hav-g Zing been permitted to toddte unsup- I: {ported he fancies that he can run!t 3 alone. It is this fact that makes the 1 1 mother's task so difficult, and calls for the greatest exercise of tact and lov- , ing- judgment. There are two gen- 1 eral methods, two schools, one may al- ‘ 1 must say, of treating boys during this i 3 age. The more prevaient method, the'=3 izirger Sohool, is that which shields: -'-. 115th from every temptation from; P ‘ every evii association, and from every l S ' unrighteous act and thought. Judi,- 1 i ing it by the iarge, and in the light. '5 f of its results as I have observed them, ? l. ‘ I must say that im my opinion it is a S ' failure. it may be successful while, it is possibie for the treatment itself‘1 3 to Continue, but it hears it! fruit lateri l l. . ..-.â€"- - 7n The second of men’s seven ages whzch may be reckoned as beginning when he puts on long trousers, is the mos: critical for the boy and the most L0 on UH. Sooner or Later, usually all too: seen. fl 3 boy must come to the know-l ledge oi good and evil and lil‘dSt choose; between them. not in tw<.- forms nor in a score, but in a thousand. If his eyes hav‘e~.:.-not been trained to see, clearly the ugly. shape'beneath the pleasing exterior,~if he knows not the principles on which to base his choice, if he cannot receive and: parry subtle thrusts from unexpected quarters, he is as ill prepare-J. for the battle of life as would have been a. knight of old going out to mortal combat clad in There is no time when a boy’s moral fiber and early training are more thoroughly tested than when he goes away to school or college, or when he leaves home to enter some business es- Ltabiishmeut. There he is certain to {meet temptations of many kinds. 3 There, also be 1151'. stand alone, with 2 no reliance but that which his early ‘1 TRAINING YOUR BOY. and that your strongest hope lies in appealing to his intelligence. It you find that he is committing some venial fault, is doing something that he would not havet'you know, do not upbraid him; reason with himâ€" strongly. intelligently. convincingly andâ€"reasonably: Some persons will say that this can be of. no avail. Their ; belief is the doctrine that wickedness is inherent. but it is not. If you have done your earlier work well and have led your boy to have a high and through respect for the competence 'of your judgment and the thorough- ness of your own knowledge; you can convince him and direct him‘ and help VV-‘ v --vv him over a few of the roughest places in life’s roadway. I can feel to-day, through, the lapse of long years, the awful sense of hu- miliation and contrition that came: to ‘5‘“..vu wâ€"‘u vvâ€" ....... me one day in my own boyhood when my; mother took me to her room and pointed out the evil possibilities of one‘ bad habit that I had begun. in secret, as I thought, from her. I had: known that it was something not to be ap- proved else 1 should not have hidden it but I did not realize why‘ it was to be avoided with the overwhelming conviction that her gentle tones of warning impressed upon me with a vividness that remains to this day. Neither coaxing nor command could have made the same impression. u'v ww‘v v-' w--__- The point that I seek to impart b5" this instance, and that will be borne out by others which these: suggest to you, is this: Teach your boy to avoid evil. Do so, not by screening him, but by helping him to walk past it with head erect and feet unwavering, to look it in the face with a clear eye and to quell it by the strength of hon- est purity. Then alone will he be safe. 'WHERE FASHION FAILS. To look her besf is every woman’s duly, old- and young, and the plain and the elderly ought to make the greatest effort. The trouble is that most of us begin by wanting to be in the fashion, and unfortunately the fashion often lakes away every chance of bettering our appearance and in- creases all our defects. For instance, just now, when the fashion takes its model, as a witty woman has pointed out, “from a fealher duster,” we are made pain- {fully aware of how few stmen have, 2 beautiful figures and how badly many 301’ us walk. TO have a close sheath id‘r‘awn over our hips and a mass of ruffles fall, around our feel so ihat we ! casino; “lake a free step, and then wilh ian. aching arm 10 hoi‘d upihe awkward glhinag as we walk, is ruinous to grace lor beauty. And where the slender .purse says than only one good walk- limg dress is possib-e, whaL agriel‘ it i is to feel that this arrangemenl makes in; sure (.0 be spoiled in a very short dime and Iorbids any horse of altera- {drawn over our hips ruffles fall, around out I, casino; take a free ste; ian aching arm to hoid ithinig as we w 11k, is‘ 1101‘ beauty. _ A! d “in .pu urse says that. on! y ii 1mg chess is possib 9, ii IS to feel that this an: it; sure to be spoue 11mm and Iorbids a: Lion. Story Told by To be Knight of honor, of course,” quartermaster sc discussion among Quartermaster sergeant, amidst a discussion among some miiitary men at Cha1h;1m,szâ€"1ys i'earson's W'eekly; but I can claim a distinction lots in front of that, or of kissing hands with the’ Qtu‘ en, as ti «33 say of the cus- tom observed by Cabinet Ministers when taking over the seals of office.” “You‘re chucking it, mon," observed 51 gi-alwart sergeant frae ,the far “You're chucking it, mon," observed a stalwart sergeant free the .far North. “Well,” the veteran non-com. went on to expLsin, “the good fortune which befall me was to be kissed by the Queen," an intimation which caused the little party to gather round yet closer. -.- ‘ l. ‘ A.__ l USU.)'QL0 “You're having us, Jock,” observed a creduious corpora}, “and if you want the hatchet, say so, for the present, holder is far outclassed.” “No," the diS‘iinguishV-d soldier, as he claimed to be, contended, "it is you that's out of it, as you wiil see. You may have heard of my being the youngest bugier that. took part in the Crimea, and such fact secured for me a place among the survivors who were inspected by the Queen after peace was proclaimed. ‘ ‘ â€"-â€"L Lâ€". AAMA Ivuu rAvv.â€"v._____ “When the wounded went by, some in chairs-” L “Quite so, \Vell, I was then a lit- tle flaxen haired, red cheeked young- ster, very small for my age, and I sup-l pose contrasted a good deal with the worn veterans. When my turn came to pass, Her Majesty asked how‘old I was, and on replying a little over thirâ€" teen, at the same time giving quite the best salute possible, the Queen saidzâ€"‘Dear little fellow,’ and then gave mp a kiss on the check. 80 you see how I came to receive a gracious distinction which from generals down- ward no other soldier has ever been able to lay claim to. That honor’s mine alone.” A novel idea which has come direct- 1y from Paris is the decoration of dresses with water-color designs. Hand-painted mousselines are very popular for evening wear, and when a light, graceful pattern is artistically executed the result is admirable. A dress of white mousseline was finished: in this dainty manner with a vine of? rich scarlet trumpet flowers, which gracefully followed the outlines, of the long over-skirt, and showed effective- Ly upon the low-cut bodice. Bunches of the artificial flowers fastened upon the left shoulder and trailing upon the arm served to complete a .most unique and attractive toilet. Satin also is decorated in the same style, some- times with an introduction of silver, gold or jeweled effects to give an add- Led luster and brilliancy. PRINTED DRESSES. 02d Quartermasu'r am. the Thistle isa big Quartermaster lied an old NIRY THURBDAY MORNING M m OHRINIOLE PRINTING HIUIE, mam "REIT DURHAM, ONT. . Tm: CHRONICLE will be sent to buascmpnm‘ address, free of postage, fox “.00 RATES . .0. . year, payable in edvanCeâ€"‘IfiO be charged 11' not_ sq pad. 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