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DELICATE HANDS. 



Chnptor I. -The Accomplished Lad?. 

 It was "house-cleaning duy" at Mr. Leon's— 

 • brtey day for young and old. Op stairs and 

 down, from garret to cellar, from kitchen to parlor, 

 mops, brooms and suds were id successful opera- 

 tion ; while Wrs. Leon and Noba, armed with 

 brooms sod dasten, were battling the "enemy to 

 all cleanliness" with ao energy wliich would hoTo 

 done credit lo the army of Alexander. WindowB 

 were washed, floors were scrubbed, ceilings 

 I still busily they worked, from early 



a His Leo* 





mggested tbat tbey 

 in their house-denning duties for that day, and 

 make ready the tea-table before ilr. Lion should 

 arnve. Busy then was the ever active Noba, nod 

 her lingers flew more nimbly than ever, as from 

 pantry to kitchen and kitchen to cellar, she plied 

 her task, while the graceful motions of ber beauti 

 ful form would have beeo a study to asculptoi 

 No wonder Mr. Lkon was proud of bis daughtei 

 and wondered if the land could produce another 

 like bis " bonny, black-eyed Non * " 



Tea was ready and wailing, when a light lap 

 a Ueltill 

 air of no 

 ahalatue upon the Bofu, eidaimed ; 



" Ob, dear 1 Mrs. !.,..■.-, I am tired to death I 



"Tired to death? uot quite, I hope; you mui 

 have bren very hard at work today r" responded 

 Mrs. LKm. 



" vVoi k ■ no, indeed, not I! " replied Miss Clara, 

 with a haughty curl of ber lip. " I hope you don'i 

 Uiink thut I, the daughter of Col. Melville, would 

 kill myself over house-work." 



"What baa made you so tired tbonr I'm sure 

 I don't ace how you occupy your time these loDg 



"Oh ! 1 do a great deal, I practice, and embroider, 

 and go calliDg,— end— and practice— and— and,— 

 Oh I I can't tell all, and have a great deal of time 

 beside* when I don'ttnev what to do with myself," 

 she added with a languid nigh. 



" Yuu'd know very soon if you were my daugh- 

 ter" responded Mrs. Leon. She was an open- 

 hflBPa woman, and never spared her own opin- 

 ions, generally expressing her thoughts in full, let 

 it cost what it might. (A contract to those whose 

 words are "smoother than butter to a person's 

 face," who in bis absence will not hesitate to dis- 

 course largely on his failings ) Clara orosc and 

 walked to the opposite side of the room, to examine 

 the pictures hauging on the wall. 



" What beautiful drawings!" she exclaimed.— 

 " KoitA, where did you get tbcm ? " 



^ I drew them," Noma quietly replied. 



••You' *bcu did yon get lime lo do all this? I 

 BBDJBCDCod burning to draw a great while ogo, 

 but got s:ck of it— I can't endure anything confin- 

 ing-" 



KuR 



"Do yo 



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t bow I did It? 





for work, a part of the day for sewing, and a part 

 for drawing; and by doing a Intle every day, I 

 find I can accomplish a great deal. H is a great 

 deal easier to work by rule aud system— to hare a 

 lime fm everything and do everything in its 



"Ohl mercy ! " ejaculated Miss Clara. " I 

 would sooner he shut up in prison, than be chained 

 down to such a prosy life. Why, as it is, I have 

 the blues half the time. I'm sure I should think 

 you would— don't you.NoiiA?" 



" Why, no, I don't know as I do," replied Koba , 

 U if an entirely new idea had struck her mind. 



'■ bTo,iBdeedl" interrupted Mrs. Leon. "Nora 

 is as merry-hearted as a bird, and sings like a lark 

 from morning till night. There's no use in any 

 one bemgaad in Ibis beautiful world, and there's 

 medicine to cure ' the blues' like having some- 

 thing lodo. Bupposa you try housework awhile, 

 Uisi Claba— 1>l> mi apprentice to our Nora." 

 u mercy! I should die in a week, besides 



healthy a. our Now." - "* M ro * Mtl 



"0, Mrs. taml w l"it WOQ i ub( , l)l( , llBctomc? _ 

 yon know I'll nev.r be obliged to put it into 

 practice." 



"Mi« CLABA, you don't know.- »lowl r replied 

 Mrs. Ltox; "you think that bec» Usc T0 «rrithcr 

 ■srKb, andjou can have servant, to vi., t on JW 

 now, it mil always be so, but you don't know.— 

 Bttbdta, every woman, rich or poor, sLt.ulj 11UL ,, r . 

 itond well the affairs of her honseta 

 Miss Clara laughed languidly. 



ali'dime to learn, so with inalbfrjjntic*, am 

 with painting, (I bate 'em all,) but Louse-w. 

 bumpbl its no ecieoce, that's nothing to lesi 

 Just then the door opened, when the portly 

 Lson entered, and seated himself with a emd 

 bia well-famished table. 



"Well done!" be exclaimed when all w 

 sealed, " is there another girl of eighteen iu the 

 country tbat can make such biscuits as my black- 

 eyed NoraT I'll venture lo say you isn't, Miss 

 ClaoaT" 



Bob blushed slightly, and remarked,— "Mama 

 •ays my bunds are loo delicate." 



" I think," replied Mr. Leon, "tbat a slight ap- 



plication of di»b-wo'er would be pond for tut-m." 



"Now, Mr. Lbom I" exclaimed Claiia, "if tbat 



had been said by aoy one but you 1 should lake it 



oa an open insult." 



"Hut seeing its only I, yon don't care, of 



course," laughed Mr. Leo*. "Ahl Miss Clara, 



you'll Cod out sometimo that nothing will sour 



your husband's disposition like sour bread." 



"You forget, Mr. Leox, that my husband is 



nong'the things to be,' and, besides, I don't 



;pect lo be troubled with any snch appendage." 



"I don't think there's any danger, unless you 



learn lo make good biscuits,— eh, Miss Clara 1 



way, young Clement Ambrose- has arrived 



I, just graduated from college, you know. 



says tbat he has come after a wife, and I'll 



i to say you girls will all be selling your 



caps for bim. At any rate," ho continued, with a 



sly wink at Clara, " I shall recommend to bim 



my black eyed Nora as a young lady of high 



plmhoienls, one that can make good biscuits, 



eh, Mrs. Leon?" 



"Well, father," responded Nora, "I suppose 

 Clara will bo recommended to him as a young 

 lady of fine education, for wo all know how well 

 is ploys." 



" Aye, aye, I'll tax the yoong collegiate's brainB 

 r on oration on the uses of young ladiea' fingers 

 whether they were manufactured to thump 

 ano keys, or guide the broom handle." 

 "Obi he'll say the piano, of coutse," rfjoined 

 Mrs. Lbon, "young gentlemen are all for fashion 



"It's my opinion," remarked Mr. Leon, "that 



young gentlemen of this a^e ore not in that point 



very far behind the young gentlemen of my 



r — aheml Even sensible yoong men found 

 their plans a little on policy." 



Chapter n. 

 The brilliant halls we 



gaily ringing there, for a pteasai 

 gathered for an evening social, al 

 ful life and 

 easily recogoi 

 were difficult to tell which of the two was the 

 belle on this occasion. Both were beautiful, but 

 the former, wltb pale, white face aotTdreamy 'bine 

 eyes, speeding gaily through the apartments or 

 sealing herself by the piano, ber jeweled fingers 

 passing lightly over the notes, nod her voice uni- 

 ting with the strains, fascinated many ; the other, 

 the picture of heolth, tbe jelly curls encircling 

 ber finely moulded shoulders, seemed more modest 

 and dignified, yet, though she spoke but seldoi 

 witBparkled in her dark eye and played on h 

 finely out lips, and her words were heart-cheeri: 

 and gladdening to all. There, too, among t 

 reBt, was Clbulht Amurose, dignified, yet grai 

 fine features beaming wi 



-The Party. 



o lighted in tbe spai 







ainst wind 



and tide, and having no 





e to encourage and etrengih- 



>S Murage g 



adu.liy failed, bis resources 



by one on 



t off, until poverty almost 



m in tbe fan 



. OiaU wasatlastobliged 





emaining servant, nod as a 





ber own delicate hands to 



of tbe kitel 





take a peep a 



t Clara's boose. Break fot 





ng of burnt beefsteak and 







'a labors, while Clara, with 



i lighter, prt 



Mill to tbedomesliudulira. 





ng all through the dav — 



a done as i 



should be— dust is on the 



is ber fingers in attempting to cook, — sb 

 L find ber spices nor ber cook book, becaus 



r had a place for them, and, finally, who 



L't^'iii; ii L,:0:^-rL 



Mr. Wn.i 



n, die 



ready. When at last t 

 raw and the gravy burnt, both void of salt, aud, 

 to " eap the climax," she has forgotten tbe salero- 

 ;us, and her biscuits are sonrl Poor Mra. Wil- 

 -ado I Her husband returned to bis duties with 

 i disposition not very much sweetened by hie 

 lioner. II is Saturday afternoon, and tbe week's 

 roning is yet untouched. But it must be done, 

 ind there is no alternative. Misfortunes attend 

 aer here as elsewhere,— tbe flit-irons will stick tu 



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tthee 



despair. Just then i 

 elody of "Sweet Home' 

 proceeds from the lofty i 





i of I 



of Senator Au- 

 ; she knows it not, but still there is some- 

 thing in tbe sweet tones of that voice which 

 forcibly remind ber of other days. "I wonder 

 who lives there," sbe exclaimed. " Some rich old 

 fogy of a lady, I suppose, that doesn't have to 

 mope over this despised drudgery as I do." Sbe 

 leaned her head on her bands and wept Tbe 

 ed, but long she sat there musiog of 



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after all, housework is snm 

 ently a ring was heard 



each Other's eyes, and the 

 the brows of botb, they i 

 friend of former years, 



"I did no 



o tbe con 



thing of a 



isiouthut, 

 rt. Pres- 

 bell, and Mrs. 



le had marked 



ud united ; 





o find yon here, Clara I" 

 1 And still more surprised am I to see your face 



1 Hut none tbe Ic9s are we rejoiced at this unex- 

 ttd mpetiog; and how do you prosper, friend 

 Mia? How do you re'uh household duties?" 

 Ilaba Willard looked down; sbo could not 

 ok what to answer; she was chagrined and 

 fused, but at last Replied that she was now 

 without belp, left alone/ with her cares, and, to tell 

 th, was quite a'Wice in tbe business. 



itole 



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Mr< 



intelligence and 

 But Iho even 



himself ever a 

 qnaintances in I 

 young and old, rich and poi 

 kled before bim evcrywhi 



' the 



g passed away, and wbih 



e passing, Mr. Ambrose found 



■elcome visitor among old 



illage— ever gladly greeted by 



Bright eyes 



pretty faces 



by iippearunce 



) ot his 



b his eye— but 



If o 



harming end gay 

 Claha Melville, while she lightly touched her 

 piano with delicate fingers, or laughed in tbo gl, 

 or bar youthful fancy, had filled his eye, tbe scei 

 vanished like a dream before tbe modest and tru 

 hearted Non.v. The one would bring him jewels 

 and gold, the olher a wealth untold of the jewels 

 of mind-the one would afford bim a few boun 

 goy recreation, the other might (?) gladden hi 

 lifetime with ever-increasing joy. When, wil 

 light step, the gentle Nora accomplished so man 

 a task, gliding with graceful motion from on 

 object to another, mingling with ber duties tb 

 songs of ber sweet voice, which gushed forth lik 

 tbo melodious music of her heart, it was not Ion 

 before be knew what bands would best adorn hi 

 parlor.-what bands would most neatly arrange 

 bis kitchen,— what delicate tinkers would b. 

 smooth bis life's pathway — ond ere long "c 

 Nora" was the bride of Clbhbkt Ah dross 



Chapter III.— The Mansi 





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Cottage 



fifteen years from tht 



sketch found Noiia Ambrose the 





tofo 



shing Western 

 hod risen in his profession, and aided by the fru- 

 gality and industry of bis Nora, bad gradually 

 increased in wealth, till be ranked as one of the 

 of the West, and was elected to the 

 • . Tl i me hnd n <>t dimmed the light in 

 myant and bappy-heartcd, sbe 



i young lawyer of 



State. 



as the joy of his hearth: 

 Changes bud also com, 



Early in life she had mi 



considerable wealth, but 

 ntxe, and a stranger lo lubor and management, it 

 vas not many years before their property was 

 voslcd, and they were obliged to exchange tlieir 

 pacious residence for a little cottage in tbe same 

 :ity where dwelt Senator Ambrose, though each 



family was unconscious of UU p 



■i here Mr. Wulard 

 dwelt in comparative ee& 

 bad tbe latter learned ii early life 



.n^e-keeptng. 



Thiawastoo much for Clara. It carried her 



ind back to the sunny days when at Mrs. Leon's 



blesbe bad first carelessly made the same rc- 



ark : and she burst into tears. 



"Do forgive me, Clara," said her friend, "if I 

 have wounded your leelings. Indeed, I remem- 

 bered tbat it was your former opinion, and was 

 not awaro that you had changed it of late." 



■' Nora Ambrose," spoke Mrs. Willabh at last, 

 "will you forgive me for these careless words, 

 spoken so many years ego? AlusI how often 

 sinco then have I learned by sad experience what 

 your mother told me that day, and which I heeded 

 not then. I was too proud then to work, too 

 proud then to acknowledge you my superior in 

 anything, too proud to own that this embraced 

 any art or required uoy skill. Now. as your good 

 mother predicted, I am obliged to work, nod find 

 myself ignorant nod awkward in what I Bboutd 

 know. I confess it all, and I have one great favor 

 to ask,— if you will regard it from one so poor aud 

 bumble as I,— and tbat is, that you wil) instruct 

 mo now in what you learned so well in youth." 



"Clara," replied Mrs. Ambrose, "most wil- 

 lingly and gladly will I assist you in all tbat lies 

 in my power, if you will accept of me as a teacher. 

 And now let us cheer up ond be warmer friends 

 than ever in youth. First, let us proceed to tbe 



among the first true duties of woman, be she 

 exalted or lowly, rich or poor. 



One year has passed since then, and through 

 hoi own perseverance, and the patience of her 

 teacher, Clara Will Ann has become a thrifty and 

 succ-ssful housekeeper. She has learned now 

 what nothing but bitter experience could teach 

 her, that delicate fingers are not made only 

 flourish bobbin and sweep piano keys, and that 

 the true accomplishments of woman consist i 

 alone in embroidery and fancy brunches, but 

 HUin ■ nobly that station in life in which ill 

 pleased Con to place her. She has learned al In 

 that even delicate hands can woik— if they will, 



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