Yet lie never openly rebelled. Only he grew 
'A believe his boyhood very dreary, and his 
yy particular lot very hard. Studying gram- 
Ws mar, arithmetic, geography and the like, 
during those winters when lie was allowed 
T to attend the district, school, did not serve to 
change his opinion. He learned readily, hut 
the consciousness of gaining knowledge did 
not compensate for something lacking in his 
daily life. His associations with his school¬ 
mates were not warm, and what he missed at 
home of love and sympathy, he failed to find 
in company with them. Though they knew 
him as “ the ’Squire’s boy,” they knew him 
also as the offspring of “that drunken Bii.l 
Edwards,”— a good-for-nothing, who killed 
his wife with abuse and neglect within five 
years after her first and only child was born, 
then hound the child out, and did the neigh¬ 
borhood the best service lie could by leaving 
it forever,—and they did as manj r older ones 
have done, visited the sins of the father upon 
the child. Being made to feed in the man¬ 
ner of liis associates that they considered him 
not quite so good as they, he independently 
kept aloof from them, and so repressed all 
his longings l'or loving companionship. 
Consequently, the winter days were us full 
of loneliness as the summer days were full of 
downright hard toil. For the Squire be¬ 
lieved in making the youngster pay for his , 
bringing up, and from budding April until ( 
bleak November lie was never at rest. 
Tliis in boyhood and earlier youth. Some- ( 
what of sunshine did enter his existence, , 
later. The school-boy passion that warms ^ 
all incipient manhood touched him at length, f 
and because he had found little to call forth 
affection hitherto, this torflc hold of him with , 
uncommon intensity. For awhile it even j 
made him forget that his tasks were hard , 
and his pleasures few. It rendered the p 
school days bright and cheerful, and broad- p 
oned the narrow world that shut him , r 
in. Yet when lie remembered, as he could 
not well forget, seeing that it was so often n 
brought to his recollection by word or look, p 
that he was only a drunkard’s son, he said p 
to himself that loving was but another sharp sc 
thrust of fate. What would Alice Brant Cl 
c are for such as lie ? n 
Alice answered the question herself, a ^ 
year after that,-- answered ii like a sensible 
girl as she was, and with considerable hide- w 
peudence, seeing she was the only daughter n . 
of the richest man in town and might select p, 
from a goodly number of love-lorn swains. w 
You see the boy didn’t get over his passion p, 
in a twelve month, as many do. His willing ^ 
to do so might have succeeded if thinking 
of her had not been his only enjoyment, and W( 
if the dear girl had treated him as illy as p e 
most others did. But she was a warm- 
hearted little body, and the youth’s solitari- *, v 
ness called forth her pity. Therefore she 
spoke kindly to him, as they met day after 
day in the old red school-house; and now 
and then in the intervals when lie was not lu< 
at school, she saw opportunities to give him IH 
a smile. And ns love is born of pity, quite tol 
often, his passion was not long a solitary wr 
thing, and Alice owned to her girlish heart ten 
that the reserved, friendless youth was he 
dearer to her than any other. Having so tin; 
acknowledged it, she acknowledged it to pro 
him when chance threw them alone to- tliii 
gether one summer afternoon in the great Br< 
berry patch east of the woods, and when son 
one of her rarest smiles and a few of her a rc 
sweetest words sent his heart to hounding. 1 
and caused him to forget himself and make wer 
known his feelings. eros 
After that he sometimes dreamed of better He 
fortune, and his cold reserve of manner yer’ 
would surely have given way under right in- soin 
Alienees. But no one really understood him, him 
save Alice, and none but she eared whether The 
But Alice came home for a few days; 
he saw her; she had not changed; and he 
took heart again. Soon, however, his impa- 
the pick and washing-pan with a frenzy of 
enthusiasm, and searched for the yellow par¬ 
ticles as though a year of happiness were 
tienee returned. Life was dull indeed. The j wrapped up in every grain. They nearly 
Ndllirn WflQ nrnni' nlm'n _ rn i I ... a _ i < -> J 1 ' 
ifhntro in Z rainds of ,he Styled caste, the 
1 I $CC* I il l! 11» worthy brother will be appreciated,—w hen 
• _ X ~ shall recognize all human creatures as 
—.. belonging to one common family. 
WEEK OLD- WEE COLD-WEAK OLD. TUrin ’ N ' Y ’ 
- ------ 
Close implied In hl» mother's arms, ft T? VIP XT nr> a on 
His cheeks ns red as roses, wMtdaN OK ASS. 
With eyes of Heaven’s bluest blue, . 
And sunniest of noses— A - s "’e look abroad over the earth these 
"m/zh S‘, sp r’ d “ vs ’ wo can bnt «** kw 
desolate the scene would be were there noth- 
“fiSSSS"' ing gr0 ' vi " 8 ™ soo the frost,, 
ins bnby brother sleeps, i ween- S 1 Cf “ n Arass. Although the sun might shine 
jkk. l b onf‘1^-™ •' riM ,' , ' lrd ‘ 8wctiy 
-My wee cold hoy re loses. ’ among the quivering leaves, much of the 
Sweet siumhcrer in loving arms- beauty that now we find in the picture would 
Dear dreamer ’neath the roses- )R nllssin £- W G welcome the first tiuv blades 
May i as free from mi alarms of grass, in the early spring before the snow 
Rest when this brief life closes, hanks l,., TO oil ~Li 1 £ , U C STlm '' 
When, moldering on the hillside green, _ nks June all tanished from the wayside. 
This weak old boy reposes. Hi the April showers and sunshine we watch 
-the country hill-sides and meadows growing 
THE CASTE OF BIRTH. daily S reener ? a little later blue spring 
- violets cluster thickly hero and there, forming 
BY MRS. M ARY p. wtlliams. a beantifiil contrast, to its bright color. In 
There is a sentiment which, once royal billowed bZ/J'iZ soedp<1 ‘ il is 
in its stimulus for good, is in these later f, :V Dre ? ze . a " d SOn S birds have 
days productive of much evil; as anythin.’ ° K !‘ 1)0 “ e » Within its shadow, its mass 
Which obstructs .he deep runnin" f e * 8tH1 by flmvCr3 = "bife 
stream „f gencmaby |„ J,, ils f X L , " "T« P-ity, and 
ommy to onr best inaUncts. I refer to * w,! lw.Y ^r‘,T » *“» •* 
idea now fast prevailing and •becoming a first u-'l * ! ' be , sms growing so rank and 
lesson iu our family culture, that society in ,. . 1 IL prames lhat jt «*ms 
its best forms is made up of those only who 1 b e> In °’ ,r easU ni meadows 
can trace their origin hack to some noted ! in(] d •ZiZZTl ^ ?T ‘J 8 IonS ’ hcavy 
and wealthy antecedents,-in other words, ,, ime T ? n « lwn thc 
to some particular blooded stock. The word , / aniens Hair; and another so 
r™a.V, Which, in a generous sense, is one of ! „fvl !•» if f Cm * but fil for fah Y 
the holiest in the language, is often depraved £' ,*,’• another , 18 Htra, £ ht an<1 stiff as 
and perverted into false meaning. Wo have ... ....” W . ,th dlg ’. nity lhe ff 00,1 )y 
seen people who as earnestly believed in the christened """ ** AVhkL ** hu * beGn 
special superiority of “ their family ” as they ‘ n „ , 
^ the family itself. Others, standing our wearv ^ g '' nSSy ^ t0 
with equal, perhaps superior claims to true vie]dilin .. eis t0 a!1 a cai 'Pet, 
wealth,were not for a moment considered monarch* mw U,ant aS any tii0 ffiet of 
inalified for a co-equal name and station. ,T Ug to wo ° 1b<; 
Perhaps this is more manifest in certain not Iron ic sIlllaki ^ 
iarts of New England than elsewhere. Good the wiy pSe f t^i'T’ °! 
:s New England is, it still holds some sedi- nearing their rest beneath it. To m who 
lent of the dark ages,—some lines of the stand beneath the sunny skies of life's bright 
ipprcssion principle which has character- I spring-time whose feet' n ' ° 
laittcularize. Provided rights are not in- the last long sleep beneath ihe ’i 
aded, and the laws of decency and good 1 flowem seem; hut a dream that wesh-il, newer 
nlor observed, each one has a right to do realize Yet im»v we iaft never 
be best he can for himself. No matter who ing now with the soft given ^ru's above 
■° 'V "'7? b0 ““p ,ror ". lf his th«n-lh»h os lhe memory „r S to^or 
ear the watchword of perseverance in thc hearts ' mem m our 
ight his poverty and low birth are rather a The wearv 
^command than a detriment to him. Would no levin- hand will rcari « Wh ° Se S I aVC 
iat. in New England, where poverty of a flower'^ vet knows n o ' , '' ono 01 cvett <l ro l ) 
inh oppresses the masses, and in aU civilized a coveriig-more v o d f T ^ ' veavo 
nmtries, not only Christian forbearance ofmancanfV don Zh ’ than hand 
ft Christian encouragement might he given HoZof iw i^ZT^ r 8 ne - lt!Ctcd 5 raw - 
* ** Poor but self-made man - ^ ° “Tfor Z ft ^ W Uittl baVe 
i i , wiuiuiBij a sign ior the time—as some one 
1 have seen a clergyman, who specially has sadly sung,— “ when the grass shall 
ided himself on his consistency to old fogy cover me.” 
eas, look with scorn upon a young brother Green grass is beautiful in its varied forms 
lUISter AvllO Was linfortnrintn 4 .-* i i fa ^ « ^^3, 
’Squire was prosy, plain, unfeeling. The 
Squire’s wile was always but an echo of 
l "‘ 1 ' upousc. Reserve and scorn had neither 
given nor gained kindly sympathy in the 
neighborhood. The situation grew intoler¬ 
able, and as a consequence “ the ’Squire’s 
boy astonished the ’Squire by announcing 
his intention logo forth and seek his fortune. 
The boy was fairly a young man now, 
Put wanted a year to complete his majority, 
lienee the 'Squire had serious objections to 
his going. These he produced in' full array, 
and when they did not change the youth 'b 
intention he waxed wroth and poured out 
m cut mad for gold. Some got thc dross in 
return for their toil; others got fever, and 
v ent raving mad in reality, while their lives 
faded out in burning dreams of massive nug¬ 
gets just beyond their reach. And othersgot 
neither gold nor fever, but delved on from 
day to day, disheartened, gloomy, utterly 
despondent. 
Of this latter class was Andrew Flint. 
On first reaching the mines lie secured a 
claim, in a gulch of reputed richness, and 
loi a few days the novelty of his employ¬ 
ment was a good mental tonic. He labored 
willi right hearty good-will. His washing. 
hitter denunciation All of which was of made fair return, and he indulged bri 
no effect. “ If 1 am ungrateful,” the young 
man said to himself, “the ’8qnire is’hard¬ 
hearted and an old curmudgeon, and here 
we part.” 
Ami they parted. The young man 
v alked oil with the clothes on his hack_ 
hopes of striking a fat lead. He even began 
to think former ill-luck was to be finally 
atoned for, and to grow more social, more 
companionable*. By-and-by, however, the. 
bottom fcdl out ot his claim. lie prospected, 
struc k another, and was no more fortunate. 
anti. 
WEEK OLD WEE COLD-WEAK OLD, 
Close nestled in hlg mother’s arms. 
His cheeks ns red as roses, 
With eyes or Heaven’s bluest blue, 
And sunniest of noses— 
Close nestled Iti his mother’s arms 
fty week old boy reposes. 
East mdldering on the hillside green, 
Where myrtles bloom, and roses, 
His baby brother sleeps, I ween— 
No arm his form encloses— 
Fast moIderiDK on the hillsido green. 
My w«e cold hoy reposes. 
Sweet sluniberer to loving arms- 
Dear dreamer 'neath the roses— 
May I as free from all alarms 
Rest when this brief life closes, 
When, moldering on the hillside green. 
This weak old boy reposes. 
-- 
THE CASTE OF BIRTH. 
BY MRS. MARY P. WILLIAMS. 
nothing more. He walked to Hohndell, flic yr ° D in fining claims were lucky, turned 
nearest town, and there tried for some place "P a S°odly pile of the shining dust, with 
whence he might start on his upward inarch hcre ancl tlK ' rc 11 nugget; but he was only 
in life. Having no friends, no rccommenda- tantalized by sight of what he could not 
i ions, and carrying in his countenance some secure. 
■-•igii of his discontent, lie was not readily sue- ^ exod and discouraged by others’ success 
lit king work man’s work. lie held out P a 1 ' n ;l listless, careless way, and gold was which, in a generous sense, is one of 
nobly. IL* met rebuffs with commendable * ount1 ’ much of it, to be sure; but the the holiest in the language, is often depraved 
patience. But when a week of continuous lead M as promising. Tt. grew better, day by a »d perverted into false meaning. We have 
trial went by, and the small stock of money ,Ia - v j ()llly a du«t appeared, but enough w ^n people who as earnestly believed in thc 
he had somehow saved was all expended, lie t0 Ins P ire confidence ; and the man dug special superiority of “ their family” as they 
began to fee] down-hearted nml hitter—be- zeaIou ^.V- There was a splendid deposit not (,i( ' iu the family itself. Others, standing 
gun to say “Luck is against mo.” many feet away,certain. The unfailing signs vvitli equal, perhaps superior claims to true 
'I hen the tempter came to him, as it has 1UTV ' : ‘ (l 1,im > a «d his pick flew unceasingly. wealth, were not for a moment considered 
conic to thousands in similar circumstances. 11 * 8 provisions were nearly gone, yet they f P la1 ifU’(l for a co-equal name and station. 
Il his excellent use of the pen coukl not gain would last until he struck the deposit. Night Perhaps Ibis is more manifest in certain 
him bread by faithful earning of it, ii could c amc » of a long, hard day’s toil. Only one parts of New England than elsewhere. Good 
secure for bun what his hands had justly tla 3’' s rations remained, but thc morrow as New England is, it still holds some sedi- 
em ned heretofore. The Squire had been M’ouhl yield him an independence. There incut of the dark ages,—some lines of the 
mean ami niggardly with him, and should could be no doubt of it. lie had seen surer oppression principle which has charueter- 
puy lor it. Had he not. earned as much as evidence of tile fact just as darkness came ized its past. The West cannot afford to 
one hundred dollars? Certainly he hatL He on > awl >> a <l returned to his tent all a-thrill particularize. ’ Provided rights are not in- 
would git it, loo. Which he did. As m 1th expectant hope. Here was his fortune, vailed, and the laws of dcccncv and rmml 
. ,lls ( excellent use of the pen could not gain would last until he struck the deposit. Night Perhaps ibis is more manifest in certain 
him bread by faithful earning of it, it could came, of a long, hard day’s toil. Only one parts of New England than elsewhere. Good 
secure for bun what his hands had justly day’s rations remained, but the morrow ns New England is, it still holds some sedi- 
eiu ned heretofore. The Squire had been would yield him an independence. There ftienl of the dark ages,—some lines of the 
menu and niggardly with him, and should Id bo no doubt of it lie had seen surer oppression principle which has charaeter- 
pay tor it. Had lie not. earned as much as evidence of the fact just as darkness came iz «'d its past. The West cannot afford to 
one hundred dollars? Certainly he had. Ik* on, and had returned to his tent all a-thrill particularize. ’ Provided rights are not in- 
vould git it, too. Which he did, As l ith expectant hope. Here was Ms fortune, 'aded, and the laws of decency and good 
naturally as the Squire could have done it, within his grasp. Only a few hours order observed, each one has a right to do 
ie wrote “Adel Enbeli.” on a bit of paper lllore °f daylight, and he could snap his the beat ho can for himself. No matter who 
u ith some other words, and the Fanners’ lingers at the world. he is, or where he comes from, if' his banner 
Bunk honored the draft, without hesitation. sal in his tent-door, that evening, Mar the watchword of perseverance in thc 
And the young man, fearing his act his heart warming to better influences than J 'i,glit Ids poverty and low birth are rather a 
might, be speedily found out, betook himseir ( 1 istrust and discontent.’ Stern practicalities recommend than a detriment to him. Would 
westward, vowing the while that henceforth s ^d away; belief in ill luck vanished; he Bmt in New England, where poverty of 
he would steel himself against any fate, and, cven indulged iu dreams of a joyous future, birth oppresses the masses, and in all civilized 
as Andrew Flint, would forget that he So long did he sit tip and meditate over the countries, not only Christian forbearance 
ever bore another name. good to come, that when ho at last threw blit Christian encouragement might lie given 
, himself down to rest he slept soundly, and 10 l,i e poor but self-made man ! " 
«r wj r;3 rSr "r' 
wroiin’-dnlmv li-wi winfi.„! I.:....... , . * Alice Brant, he emne up from obscure origin into snereft 
wrong-doing- had rendered him more discon¬ 
tented,—less at, peace with himself. Besides, 
lie had been but meagerly prosperous, at any 
lime, anil had fully fastened to the idea of 
predestination to ill-luck. The only bright 
thing lie knew was the memory of Alice 
Brant, and that he no longer cherished as 
something to gladden him by-and-by, but as 
a relic of what he once had. 
| wakened at dawn to find himself drenched 
to the skin, his tent blown down, and traces 
of the fearful storm all about him. 
Painfully apprehensive of some new hard 
fortune, he ran out to the ravine. He scarce¬ 
ly knew the* place. The mountain torrent 
minister who was unfort unate enough to its shades of color and luxuriance mid S 
7V* °Z Ure ° r!sin 5ut0 Kicred tiful in its similitude to human life We Z 
stand ing even though his heart ancl life but tho creatures of a day: bonding beneath 
were mu ot the riches of noble resolves. 
ould that some spark of tlie same heroism 
might ignite the rubbish of the old azoic 
heait until worth should become a wealth to 
all who owned it! Thank God tlmt. ifo 
and purer when the storms have passed • 
tossed awhile by the winds of fortune in the 
TT ..... . - ” iUUUUKU. 11U V’UIUU I] 
He was at this frontier town now, just as even tell just where ii had been perforate 
were hundreds of othere, with the purpose of Ilis rich deposit had been ruthlessly bor 
crossing the plains, and entering the mines from his hands. With it had crone his ton 
1 T , . • -i uuiiiv L1111.1. Iil( > tlflWT 
ZZ U r l Z OUgb il in mad fury ' antl hearts of cm elergy, generally, are wide the n 
. n led off everything m its w^ay. No vestige open to the newcomer in the vineyard of and i 
Z ' lh . !n°T y t lab , 0r r, '! Ua ‘ ,K 1 d : IIe C0lUd not llscfuhiess > and that in these days other hands erelh 
t'tn tell just vv liere u had been performed, than those of Prioris <.n,i i . 
uV’ZankTZ T ? h ', t0 i rk,e an<l StrCnSth ° f lif ° : and SMldonlycnt 
a. I hank God that the down to molder back to dust. Surely “in 
clergy, generally, are wide the morning it groweth un u, 
After that he sometimes dreamed of better He had labored as a merchant’s clerk, a law- 
fortune, and his cold reserve of manner yer’s clerk, and in various capacities, hut 
would surely have given way under right in- some evil fortune had continually attended 
fluenccs. But no one really understood him, him, and now a miner’s life promised best 
save Alice, and none but she eared whether There was a party going forward in a couple 
he appeared happy or not. So the youth of days, and ho waW to accompany then, 
performed his tasks without murmuring, for, though so unsocial, he knew the journey 
Horn his hands, W ith it bad gone bis tools, 
also, and he was left literally empty-handed.' 
It. was the last stroke, and he gave way 
under it. He sat dow n on the slippery earlli 
and cried like a weak, heart-broken child. 
Then, grown strangely cold, hard, and des¬ 
pairing, he plodded down to the settlement. 
id been performed, than those of Priests and Levites can hear 
a rulliltssly borne the ark of tlio coveaam into all tto world! SYMPATRI-tt^ 
baa gone In, tools, The history of o»r greatest men ami tro- MPATHETIC APPRECIATION. 
aLnlHaW"‘ al ’ in 1“ icltncss »f perception, The artist-monk-the blessed Fra Angelico 
? in pemeverance of genius, those tvliofeel the -when he imprinted on hia canvas the fea 
necessity of excelling, the most excel, those tnres of those who had been peculiarly dis- 
who reach out and up for the good, possess Anguished for saintly qualities showed hiq 
‘ e-yv. ov, ...e me morning it grotveth up and flonrislitlh 
r eomer m the vmeyard of and in the evening it is em down and S 
at in these days other hands ercth.” . 
ieMfs nnft T./»a-itr.c .. ALIQUA. 
^. ,uuulu Miutoui, murmuring, ior, inougn so unsocial, he knew' the journey One or two in bluff l,ut fW^nirr . 
Hguire Ekshll did not look further. There- was almost impossible alone, and L tuft .ThaU^JS.^LS “i 
fme the warming influence of a love given quite ready yet to defy the very worst. surly replies. More, noting his dogged look 
omff 1 T 1 1™?? i ,fi St ' G T" i TbCy Set 0Ut ’ at twenty strong, passed him withou a word. A TiTue Zn- 
ug out of us boyhood, he began to realize daring men, willing to brave any peril. Pe?- pathy might have warmed him but he Z 
how small hope there was, after all, in this, haps none were braver than Andrew Flint, fused to admit it, and went a-cold 
his Cist, joy. Alice might love him, as she Half desperate as he was he knew no fear If he had nnt ever vv n 
did, yet they could never be fully glad with lie was therefore not a bad companion on Ins early curse, come upon him tMoZlfhL 
then love, at least never until he should such an expedition, yet there was not one father’s intemneranee. L wn„lft 
their love,—at least never until he should 
make a name and fortune for her. And how 
w r as he to do this? The prospects were 
surely not. the brightest. 
ne tried to study up a future many and 
many a night, as lie lay in his low' chamber 
y* “** “-' 1 'wunuii, „y<3i Lucre was not one 
of the other nineteen that did not distrust 
him. Each felt, at the outset, that his surly 
manner, his (logged indifference, betokened 
a had heart; and so none cared to be more 
than eivil to him. lie had ceased looking town. He longed to get away. So he took 
l/’lU ¥ I'tmil ll^nl IN a-.I’ ..H .VI k .a . ^ J 
pairing, he ploddwl ilowit to tliZettleinent 1 Children of reverence for his subject by kneeling during 
One or two, in bluff but friendly tone c in lh< ^ n ° b ' Z' !, he £ rcat er pains taken the performance of his grateful task. What 
quired “ What luck, stramrer?*’ and received aftwwar?'b^^ f ^n’ but . are oatstaipped have lx ' cn the feeling which im- 
surly replies. More, noting his do^ed lool- J ftt : nvaidb > l be humble asjpirant of gen)us. mediately prompted him to assume that 
passed him Without a word A nttle Zn’ f ^ ^ address, the middle classes reverenUal attitude.it bore testimony a, a 
pathy might have warmed him • but lit re- ** ad ' u “ ccd 1 hcre are few ab °ve the tn:,1) of wider application than probably he 
fused to admit it, and went a-eol’d !° We f ran J tj possessed of good sense, ' vaa conscious of—that he who would rightly 
If he had not ever so vividly remembered J ° C ° t atUl m lhese days with nn . cle J stand the saindy, must have enough, of 
h is early curse, come upon him throueh hi^ and p * opri . ct - v - Much la?te «nd ele- saintliness in his Own character to enable lilni 
father’s^intemperance^ Zwcmld mostiffkelv f entunes displaycd ‘ In mental to reverence it, and that only in ,Ue exercise 
have taken to drink, as did manv from lis ap f oxinutlio . n t0 tlic highest £ ® devout spirit, and by the invocation of 
cause. Bad as was his luck his memory s and; ‘ rdcitblol, S lltJsm OHi \ frequently among Hivine help, could he fitly represent to others 
kvp, bin, from ,Uc ,vo re , tb.lW„ ST SLSjjTSSto, “ 1 °’'T 
man. He staid but one clay to the rado Dross is hardly a lid on-Tni- it „ T " most successfully tho (ca- 
o,vn. He longed to got away. So ho took law of WesAv ™,1 “."Y "* 7 » nol 7 U» painter must 
ho place of a driver on a train just going P .7 '«! In*, Tl ' , T°, ,T ' “ 0t °"' y “ “PP^iatlon of, 
hroufdi and bifl frttLos ptfton e .is good as another. The neglected but some svmnathv with 
the object of his homage. 
In order to paint most successfully the fea¬ 
tures of a noble character, the painter must 
have in himself not only an appreciation of 
but some sympathy with the qualities lie 
to plan for practicalities, and as his life had 
been so severely practical thus far ho would 
not be apt to slop w ith mere dreaming. lie 
thought he saw a promise, though, in his 
good knowledge of ,„oso branohosor tear,,- brooded oveAhc hard pfo^oTSth^ dX ofe-ttoot 
mg taught in lhe distuct school, autl Ins fa- shadowed his boyhood, darkened his youth, ed over his misfortunes in quiet desperation 
cihty w ith the pen; and on these slight ad- and seemed now enveloping his manhnn.l Tf hie lir P n-oo "_ .. • , 
vantages he builded such plans as he did 
build. 
Grown to be a young lady, Alice went 
away to boarding school, and he felt more 
alone than ever. Ilis daily toil writs more 
irksome, his surroundings more unsatisfac¬ 
tory. He could not hear from her, and it 
was hard to wait and work. Working grew 
to positive drudgery. 
like a black cloud. But he made no com¬ 
plaint, and liis silence would sooner have 
been attributed by his comrades to medi¬ 
tating mlsekiol than to dwelling upon a 
miserable lot. 
Pike’s Peak, then, was the new' Eldorado. 
It was a great magnet, attracting to itself 
countless atoms of humanity. Men went 
there as to some grand joy. They clutched 
loping his manhood If his life was slavish and uncongenial it 
,4 1, _1 _ O t 
uiu ULUL-U IU iue mining remon. offWincr .nn .—J quanues lie 
leriences, while en route over J 1 "° iawful parent may have delineates. Noble productions have, indeed 
s, it, is not necessary to speak ea hv lVm-f 0 ’'a! 7 Z® " pr ^= “ p into sprun S the liands of men who cannot 
"Has many who will read tliis t h wi,h ^ — «ta» . 
Ily undergone. De bore hard- m 'nVadv ' sentimental regard for the qualhtoa which 
lien indifference. He did his It is the after life whirl in they Jia^ e embodied on canvas or in marble, 
y; talked with no one; brood- m ^k the mZ KZf , n i ^ ^ T ° tiC perc * ption of the means 
isfortuues in quiet desperation. ] ovc iy rPp ort' his ft no n P 'T WlUCh tbey arc most ac ouratcly and vividly 
is slavish and uncongenial, it ? rx° °TT t1; bul Tl, e chMowrea of art-the 
w*as not subject to change* for the worse; his <mmt Fore runner—rh P f h’ 1 ’ 1 . 113 -. olnb odiments of highest goodness which 
which was a dreary comfort, anyway.-[To Bcthlehem-he can trace lis htoM “oto hK “ 1 ° f Uumnity ‘1™»gliont 
be continued. s uneage to a all succeeding generations, and exert on ii 
-- S“‘ mya l his Father in the holies, toflnencea-are’fte Sons of 
Heaven. So earnest has been the success of men of s-enlm whn w™, « \ creations of 
r comes to us charged with the Relf-made and so frail the denenE-,,™ . ! ^ who WPle oordia,I y and ap- 
nomentit is past it is registered on the more fortunate rtmt the '’Z 'l ely “ sy ! llpa % ^ then- subject. 
Evert hour comes to us charged with 
duty, and the moment it is past it is registered 
how it was spent—for or against us—in the 
on the more fortunate, that the most careful j —CasselTs Wigozi 
and discriminating in business circles have _ 
.£» ~ -«-«v-****** 4 *m/ 1 ui' iu uuoixic&» v-iiLifb nave _ 
actions. COmi ^ R U mUht of their learned to look for and secure the services of It is a sad trust indeed that cannot last 
t former. May the time soon come when through earth’s short besetments. 
