MOOKE'S HU&&L HEW-YO&KE&. 



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:, Mrs. Miller, he talked with bcr aod he 

 bmk the bod done nothing but read all ber 

 that her talk t»ai much too Sue for bim. 

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THE "HOUSEHOLD ANGELS" 



ZTJNG-K-STADT. 



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Kit had promised to go witb Serene Sleeter 

 and introduce her lo Annie Huinehart. When 

 Sparse called for tbat purpose, she was accom- 

 panied by Janr Anoeiisox. Having duly ex- 

 pounded to tbem all the latest news, including the 

 progress of her acquaintance with tbe Rn: 

 eiarts, and tbe remarkable beauty and gallantry or 

 August, Kim dressed and they set out. Tbe 

 found AvNir. at home, but were not favored with 

 glimpse of tbe wonderful brother. 



"I bope you will get acquainted, and feel i 

 home in Zunge-Sladt soon. It must be very <ii 

 mal to bo in a strange place," said Srhene i 



" I do not flud it ho at all," said Ansib. " I bai 

 so many sources of pleasure, and my own family 

 arc company for me." 



" Well, to-be-sure," said Janet An 

 is something, though I, for one, do n 

 at borne as much as perhaps I ought to. But you 

 are moro fortunate in respect to family, 

 most of us. There's Kit, an only child. Serene 

 has two brothers, both younger than herself, while 

 I hove no brother and am the eldest of five girls. 

 Maggie Swebtzeii has an older sister and brother, 

 but the brother has gone West." 



" We are not many, but really. Miss IUismart, 

 wc ar.- nearly ull the girls there are in Zungc- 

 Studt," Kit chimed in. 



"Do you know a young lady, in this town, 

 named Frantz ''— Loi ise Imunt, V" asked Annie 



Kir give SniF.NT. a quick, intelligent glance, aj 

 Janev replied. 



"Miss Fdaktz? She must be tbe young Indy 

 who dresses in black and boards at Mrs, MtiLLEns. 

 I am not acquainted with her." She spoke coldly 

 and as if she had no wish to be acquainted. 



"lias she called on you '■" inquired Kit, sigoifi- 



"Sho has not, but I understand that :}■■•■ i -. VitV 



beautiful md Tory talented. I have quite a curi- 

 osity to sec her. Pardon me, if I mistake, but your 

 manner implies lliai there U something pcculmr 

 ■bout her, May I Inquire if it is anything public'-" 



Kit hesitatingly said. "Well, no! there's no- 

 thing as I know of, only I thought it hardlv likely 

 that she would call." 



"The foci li," said .Knev, who was very plain 

 spokon, " that when -lie brst came hero sbo went 

 lo the Academy to school, and at first tho girl a ad- 

 mixed ber and tried to Qnd out all about hog She 

 took all Ihoir advances Tory coolly, and they got 

 little information, 

 speculated (he nn 

 a variety of reports regai diug ber were circulated. 

 She took offense »t theii impertinence, and since 

 plu? left school has not returned a single call (hat 

 we (zirls have in de her." 



" When I culled there," said Kir warmly, "she 

 diW not ti-i .it in., i uilly. Every luok aud word was 



"Strange!" .id Vxxib. " Unless ills hod some 

 severe provocation, 1 should think she might be 



i" ,lit * , 1 won u -K .li-tuut." 



who generally said 

 tog, "However, WB girls 

 «™°*! e .' , I . b "°P»»«d her iu the street serend 

 t appear to know her. Ma goes 



upon Miss Fiiantz sitting on a stone by the brook. 

 She orosc hastily, thrusting a pencil ond paper 

 into ber pocket nod walked on. She must have 

 been writing or drawing." 



"Well," said Kittt, "there is a saying that 

 nobody is ever so bad but somebody can love ihem, 

 and I suppose it's so with her, for, folks say sbe is 

 engaged to Paul Wagnee. lie goes there a sight. 

 I suppose she takes bim for pity, for nobody that 

 I know would have him. Ho is as homely us a 

 hedge-fence aud dreadful dull and prosy when be 

 talks. He is one of Judge Tascleton's clerks, 

 and be digs all the time at his business. He must 

 be awfully stingy, for be hasn't had a new coat 

 since I can remember, and be never spends money 

 in any sort of amusement." 



"Why, Kit I" said Serene, " what a setting out 

 you do give the poor fellow. Miss Riunbuabt will 

 think thatyou are a disappointed admirer of bis." 



Now Sekhn'B knew her murk and fully expected 

 the indignant glance which bcr dear friend threw 

 upon ber. But further remark was cut abort by 

 Janet, who, looking from the window, exclaimed, 



"Girls! we must be going, for there comes 

 I'kisci li. a Ooi.uiy. Let us leave her a clear field, 

 fur doubtless she has come un purpose to give us 

 all a character." 



Annie bade them good-bye with u half sigh of 

 relief, and mingled feelings of wonder, amusement, 

 and indifference, and ushered iu Miss Ouledt. 



It was not late and tbe girls concluded lo pay 



On the way, the last cull was discussed. 



"Miss ItmxKBAtiT is a very fine looking girl," 

 said candid Janet Anderson. '■ She is intelligent 

 aud amiable looking." 



"Sbe looks well enough," said Kittt, "but I 

 think her cold and stiff. I've been there several 

 times and sbe i3 always just so. She listens to all 

 you say, as polite as possible, but seems afraid to 

 say a word more than is necessary herself. It 

 makes one feel uneasy, as if she were suspicousof 

 tbem. Sbe is not half so agreeable as her brother ; 

 be talks a great deal und is very gay and witty." 



" 0, it's natural that you should prefer tbe 

 brother— a matter of course, "said SsRHKE, who 

 knew Kit's weak point an J never let flip a chance 

 to give her a thrust, in revenge for ber being tbe 



taodi 



i natural consequence, tliev 



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Asm.: thought i m , , ,,i, r . - , 



irlrvnlhin,.* *'«*>« unkind policy, 



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Km IH geniuses aracccemnc si ... ,, 



■ 

 dea, and which the teachers i *\,. :i admirahl» 



gloomy one, or sentimental, or both.' 



"That makes mctlm 

 and here sbe gave a sty luok at Kir 

 k told me that win 



" I think," said Janet, " that I can explain ber 

 manner. I have no doubt that Miss Oglkbt has 

 described us to ber, und you can judge ns well as 

 I how flattering it would be. Vou know our poor 

 abused town bos been famous for gossip since its 

 earliest day and it is scarcely possible that Miss 

 Reiiveoakt comes here ignorant of the fact." 



" I confess," said Serine, " that our recent con- 

 versation has not been calculated to lessen that 



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i benefit of their ideas 

 ■, dress, looks and con- 

 bad been said about 



i, including 

 Lootsb Fraktz. 



" I should think that Louse might be just such 

 a person as Miss Roineuart would like, and I 

 shouldn't wonder if tbey soon become friends," 

 said Mur<;tE, whose sole peculiarity seemed to be a 

 mild and sunshiny temper. 



" I'll bet not, after what she said this afternoon," 

 said Kit. "She said if Miss Fbahm was a lady, 

 she would be polite, even if she didn't want our 



"That does not argue that she thinks sbe is ,wt 

 a lady," said Jase, who liked nothing better than 

 to bother Kit Winklejian, whoso character for 

 veracity was not high among tbe girls. 



"Aud when we were talking about Paul Wag- 

 neb, what was it she said. Serene?" 



" I didn't hear her say anything," replied 



" 0, fudge! My deur Bbbbmb, you arc a nice 

 girl in your way, but I vum you are stupid somo- 



" Thank you, my love. I see you still make use 

 of that lady-like expression, for which you were 



"Heavens!" cried Kit, starling, "how I did 

 jump. There's the door-bell, nnd, as I 

 there's the Rev. Iuuanuf.l Curisti 

 girls, look in your pockets and bring out your 



ready somewhat acquainted with her. I think 



she is just such a girl us you would admire." 

 " And what kind of a girl do you think I would 



admire, Uft Kittt*" 



"0, learned, dignified and cultivated." 



" Thank you 1 You pay a high compliment to 



my taste, but I also like an artless, mirthful aud 



Kir looked at Serene with 

 for sbe knew that remark could never apply to Aw, 



The conversation then became more gcuerul and 

 less trivial. Sunday school und sewing societies 

 were talked over, and Serene Sleeper took a 

 prominent part. Lisdet Sweetish, a delicate, 

 spiritual-looking girl, seemed much inteiestcd. 



to Kir, aud said, sneering!?, " It seems to me that 

 you sang a very different tune to Mr. Curistian 

 about As mi. Uiiinhdart, from what you sang to us 

 a little while before." 



" Yes, 1 know, but I spoke of her to you as she 

 appeared to mt, and to bim as I knew she would 

 appear to bim after be has known her awhile." 



"And you wanted bim to give you credit for 

 more discernment than he thought you had f" said 



"I wanted to help tbe man to a friend that I 

 thought could appreciate him. I don't know of 

 any girl in this town that he can care much about, 

 unless it is Louise Fiiantz. They say he goes there 



Serene looked duggers at her friend, and said— 

 "I'm sure of one thing. I wouldn't speak with 

 two tongues — one to go with a Sunday face, the 

 other with tho every-day one." 



"I don't think you would, Serene," retorted 

 Kit. "Tho ' giftof tongues' don'tseemtohave been 

 of your gifts. And I don't think / would put 



a Sunday face aud t 



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Rev. Iu 



Really, Sirens, you have so far forsaken the vani 

 ties of this world that I wonder ?ou are not in £ 

 convent. I thought I should have laughed righi 

 out to hear you tell Mr. Christian that ycu didn'i 

 cure fur balls and such tilings, when wc all koen 

 you were intending to go with GusFancleton, ant 

 he didn't ask you." 



" Kit, I beseech you, do not make light of seri 

 ous matters," said Lisbet Sweetzeq, who, it wa; 

 understood, was going to join the church soon 

 with several others— omong nr 

 that Louise Fit ant/, and Serene Sleeper were two. 



" To change tbe subject," said Jane, "I think, 

 girls, that some of us ought to get up a sociable, 

 or lutle evening party, and invite the Rni: 

 Who shall it ber 



"0, let it be me!" said Maggie ; "I should like 

 it extremely. I know ma would be willing." 



"WU see about it" 



Chapter- IV. 

 As the girls had predicted, Miss Oglbut 

 much to say about them, and in gener 



to keep for years and retain their acid." Act 

 father bud been a wealthy and quite noted lawyer, 

 but misfortunes had come upon them, be had lost 

 much of his property through tbe dishonesty 

 ing one of the aristocracy 



othus. ; 



Uppei 





, of a 



cottage 



, Zuni 



pleasant voice, from a tall, intellectual-looking 

 who stood in the door-way. 



Isiii.\ni-el Christian might have been thirty 

 years of age, but bis countenance 

 iluil, whatever his years, they bad 

 proved. He was a general favor: 

 young folks, and tbey all paid hi 

 ment, to try to appear to the best advantage in his 



"Miss Janet, how did you enjoy the ball the 

 other nighl 1" 



"0, very much, Mr Christian. Itwas the best, 

 I think, tbey ever got up in Zunge-Sladt. There 

 wus a fine company, and, us you know, I am alwavs 



" Did you go, MissSeheneV" he then Bald, with 

 what Kit thought an earnest look. 



"O, no! I do not cure for such things nearly as 

 much as I used to. One Urns of them." 



■So they do," be replied, "especially if the 

 mind be strongly t-ngugod with more serious and 

 weighty thoughts. Such things jar upon it." 



"I have not seen you in some time. Miss KlTTT. 



"And pray whose fault is it, if you hove not*" 

 piled Kitty, archly, and with a demure look in 



lambs of your flock (u stray one, 1 .1 



go to the fold without couxing in d 



le gave a quizzical smile, and said — "I tbo't 



■ i un young friends at the. white house, 



night have monopolized your attention. 



lara have taken a pew iu 



I have not called yet, but I shall 



lived upon tbe remnant of their properly, 

 boarded the bachelor minister. The latter part t 

 her fate was borne wilh more resignation tba 

 former. Sbe almost worshiped thcyoung " div 

 who, in the kindness of his heart, called her " 



most zealously. She knew that she was not be 

 loved byeitheryonngoroldinZunge Sladl. Some- 

 bow she seemed naturally endowed with a faculty 

 for minding everybody's business but her own, 

 whichfucultyyearsand leisurebad fully developed. 

 Priscilla had had ber favorites among the 

 young girls, nearly all of whom bad stood in that 

 position at some time, but it was a precarious one, 

 and they were one by one dislodged, through ihoir 

 own thoughtlessness or some sudden and unex- 

 plained dislike of her. Sbe knew that Mr, Chris- 

 tian was much iilUcli.il to Ins people, especially 

 the young, and the iuterest seemed mutual, much 

 more so than Miss Oglebt desired. She could not 

 see how he could endure some people, and she 

 would have wished him to carry his regard for 

 himself so far as to be indifferei 

 were bcr owe aversion. But iu tt 

 eiless, though she never relaxed in her self-im- 

 posed duty of keeping him "posted up" in the 

 short comings of bis parishioners. She had been 

 in the habit, by way of showing a particular parti- 

 ality towards any who bad tbe rare fortune to 

 please ber, of inviting them to tea at her own 

 house, and since Mr. Christian had boarded with 

 ber, the girls had tried to keep the right side of 

 her temper sufficiently to win this privilege, but 

 sbe was more than a match for them 



Mrs. Mili 



THE EISK IS BEADIHG. 



any way. The 



child— no prudent person 

 to a stranger who he has r 

 commit an injury upon bit 

 parent pours into his child' 

 concerning the company he may fall into, and 

 retrains turn from entering into places of unknown 

 or suspicious character. Yet he most incon-i-l 

 cutly will allow him the company of books which 

 are strangers, nnd books which deserve lo be sus- 

 pected of an immoral tendency. The names of 

 some authors ought to be enough to condemn vol- 

 umes bearing them, but children arc permitted 

 society with their works. Is this wise aud prudent* 

 Yet such is the common practice of reading books 

 of whose nature the reader is ignorant, nud in this 

 practice lies a great moral risk ; for very few can 

 peruse a bad volume without being contaminated 

 in some degree. Some minds, like some beasts, 

 have no choice of aliment, and devour whatever 

 falls in their way. But this should not be the prac- 

 tice of a person of pure taste, intelligent mind nnd 

 healthy conscience. While you would avoid inti- 

 macy with a person of whose morals you know 

 nothing, why is it, that wilh a mnst unsafe and 

 injudicious hospitality, you hesitate not to take to 

 your bosom— to receive to your heart— to admit to 

 ibers of imagery — into your very 



CV:V, ' 



JJOMES FOR^JJ^ 

 FOi: s A I. ,.;, 



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life, 



a book, w 



lich in o 



e page m 



ay contain more to 



and 



impious 3 





e toexci 



e impure thoughts 

 a vicious person 



ay be able to do in a twelve-month? 



Whence comes much of looseness of principle, tbe 

 eit-avngant views and purposes, the disorganizing 

 and infidel notions, the vile irreverence and total 

 neglect of sacred duties, manifest in some persons, 

 but from their reading? If a man may be known 

 by the company he keeps, be may be doubly so by 

 tbe books he reads. And how many books which 

 now have done their mischief, would have been 

 cast into the fire, had their character been known 

 before the perusal, by persons who now sympa- 

 thize with their abominable contents! 



We repeat, that there is a great moral risk in be- 

 ginning to read a book of whose character you ore 

 ignorant. We seriously advise our young friends 

 especially not to open a volume till tbey have some 

 positive reason for believing it safe and instinctive 

 to read. Look to its recommendations; learn, if 

 possible, il3 author, and heed the advice of friends 

 concerning it ; tor iluit very hook may be the mov- 

 ing cause of your del* not at ioti in morals and piety, 

 und of the ruin oT all your prospects for life, and of 

 your soul in eternity. The darkness of night in 

 an unknown region prompts a wise man to the 

 practice of caution and vigilance.— Selected. 



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l.utl id ways treated her with the 



higli place in her very small circle 

 Louise, following ber aunt's example, treated ber 

 well, though not familiarly. These 

 prominent on ber visiting list, and to them 

 now added another in the person of Annie IIh 

 HABT, Lei Ujdo her the credit to say that sbe 

 really a well educated and intelligent 

 her father's lifetime she had enjoyed great advan- 

 tages and bad improved them. She had also, I 



ment, both matrimonial and pecuniary, had over- 

 taken her. She certainly displayed good taste in 

 inking ihe tocietvof liiviA\LELCBEiriTiAy, Louise 

 must* nnd Annie KnistnABT, and through her 

 tgenoy, the three became social and congenial 



[CoBOtadod next week.] 



Tbk mau who carries a lantern 

 an have friends nil around him, walking safely by 

 he help of its rays, and be not defrauded. So he 

 Ughl of hope in his breast 

 an help on many others in this world's darkness, 



