What wonder that the beauty fled that I once so 
adored I 
Her beautiful complexion my fie roe kitchen Are <le- 
roured; 
Ucr plump, soft, rounded arm was onoe too fair to 
be concealed : 
Uurd work tor me that sof tness lute sinewy strength 
congealed. 
I was her altar, and her love (he suorlflclal flame : 
Ah ! with what pure devotion she to that altar came. 
And, tearful, flung thereon—alas ! 1 did not know it 
then— 
All that she was, and more than that, all that she 
might have been ! 
At bust I won success. Ah! then our lives were 
wider parted •- 
I was far up on the rising road; she, poor girl! 
where wo started. 
1 had tried ray speed and mettle, and gained strengtli 
In every race: 
I was far up the hights of life—she drudging at the 
huso. 
tfiio made me take each fall the stump; she said 
'twits my oureer: 
Tlie wild applause of iiat’nlng crowds was music to 
my ear. 
What stimulus had she to cheer her dreary solitude ? 
For mo she lived on gladly In unnatural widowhood. 
She couldn't read my speech, but when the papers 
all agreed 
'Twas the best one of the session, those comments I ure and long for In their Sorrow, lie eagerly companion, anti was now confirmed ill It is 
a. al ' u<, ° ul f.... , ran over that special column of advertise* belief. It was not Mr. Lee at ail lie wished 
felt, incuts devoted to “ Help M anted, bul which to see; this he knew right well. And 
She sent them to me In a note, with half the words in reality was the humbug column, and thinking to test Ilia sincerity Nat pointed 
misspelt. promptly answered all that wanted agents out a gentleman passing hv as Mr. Lke, and 
l to the Legislature went, and said that she should and were headed with $100 to $300 per Started to call him, to which Mr. DENTON, 
To see the world with me, and what the world was mon I h ^ Ac. And th is all iiiiknow n to his i'u sin h w as I lie unknown s name, posiLively 
doing know. parents and wilhonL I heir advice. Parents, objected, preferring to see him on the 
WUl u L thep!.yf le She ans ' vorud ' “ No! * our dol,iirB that your sons and daughters are not do- morrow. 
The Hates Mouse rates for board for one is just that mg I he same, for be assured they arc cherish- " here does Mr. Lee reside ?’’ 
sum per day." ing a vain hope, 'Which will lead them to “ Somewhere between here tuul Soutliold,” 
At twenty-eight the state House; on the bench at ruin and unfit them for the sowing of good replied Nat ; I don’t know exactly where.” 
A, f I t!' i'vJ i'y g'lii; m life was opened wide to mo. ©Olliul Im.miioss principle* ami murals. Nat profit] only to know him by sight, 
i niirse»l my powers, and grew, and made niy point 1 lie UllSVVCrs JvAT 1’tiCoivctl \V6I*C gOICl'dlly liotuiljjjj tttiout h is Ini.siilCSS, liis ffMllily or 
in iifo; but site of some money seeker offering fabulous in- anything appertaitlSng to trim, 
woman bu? ducewenls ll be would sell or take the agency Boon aliei Nat returned to Ins home to 
of thu wicked ways or petty underhand “Diamond cut diamond,” was the game interview. Jenny ever offering plausible 
schemes prevalent among the rising genera- now, and Nat resolved not to he outdone, reasons why it should be delayed. Den- 
tion about him. After tea he leisurely strolled down town, as I ton generous in lavishing gifts upon her. 
“ We shall see,” says Uncle David Jokeb i the business center of the place was called, Jenny warmly thanking him, and loving 
the carriage painter of the great town and and dropped into the Eagle Hotel, the only him by her words. Denton was anxious 
birth place of our hero, (commonly known resort for travelers in the place. Here many to see her, yet found no one who knew her 
as Minton on the Crome River, which boast- of the lowu folks congregated to talk over but Nat, and he failed to show her up. 
ed of a canal and mill-dam.) “It is the sly local matters, and strangers were thoroughly And so, bent on finding ber out, Denton 
hog that drinks the swill. * impressed w ith the sociability of the people, took into his confidence one Charlie Wil- 
Nathaniel’s worthy parent was a sub- Nat observed a stranger who was short and liams, a clerk in the post-office, w ho ob- 
scriber (<> our friend Greeley's Weekly thick in stature, with mild blue eyes ami a served where the letters went and reported 
Tribune, which had a host of friends out in very pleasant appearance, sitting upon the to him who took them. Denton’s auger 
Oliio, and this Nat was wont to look for largo balcony, apparently by himself. With then began to boil over, and he was loud in 
with us much regularity as his worthy pa- an air of being perfectly at home Nat sat, Ids denunciations and oaths, believing that 
rcnl, hut not with the same object. Nat down about au arm’s length from him, to he had been deceived. The news flew 
had a great idea of gelling some good pay- catch a stray breeze this warm evening, and quickly over town, and while he was anx- 
ing agency, which he might enter upon as U was not long before they were engaged idiisly looking for Nat to cowhide him, that 
the foundation of his early prosperity as soon in conversation. First they discussed the interesting individual was nowhere to he 
as school days were over,—and he had no weather, then town matters and business, found. Denton’s new friend, Williams, 
nolion of plodding away on the farm all his and finally the unknown person stated he brought him a letter which red as follows: 
days. Ho hoped to make more money, was just from New York, and he had come “Mr. D.—Since you have act used my 
quicker and easier. Stimulated by llial false to see a Mr. Lee on business. Nat was not friend Mr. Pendergrass, who Kindiy brings 
calculation which, alas, too many lads nur- mistaken in the identity of his unknown me my letters, of deceiving you, and ns you 
were not willing to wait the time 1 hade you 
(which was so near), 1 now request you to 
leave town at once, and banish all thoughts 
of me. I return your presents. 
“Jenny Lee.” 
Tims was Air. Denton disposed of at last. 
Bui how foolish first to advertise for a wife ! 
What mockery was the assumption of reli- 
OCT, 
QO 
abimfij Hcabtng. 
THE TEACHING OF THE SEASONS. 
Sato the mourner to the Winter, 
" Clasp me In your sable arms: 
Coldor, colder make this bosom, 
Steel'd against tile’s fund alarms.” 
Said the mourner to the Spring-time, 
“ Why so gay and lightsome thou ? 
All the tnirth end Joy within me 
Fled my bosom long ere now.” 
And the Spring said to the mourner, 
" See the bare nnd leafless tree 
Clothed again in vernal splendor! 
So must every suflerer be.” 
Said the mourner to the Summer, 
In n milder, humbler mood, 
“ Warm the new-born hopes within me, 
Feeble promises of good.” 
And the mourner to the Autumn 
Show'd a face from sorrow free, 
Chaslun'd by the passing trial, 
Culm us an untroubled sea. 
And each hope In slow fruition, 
In life's Autumn clearly shone; 
By misfortune’s stern tuition. 
Lusting happiness Is wou. 
parents and without, their advice. Parents, objected, preferring to see him on the gion, and, lost, what profanity! If the 
see that your sons and daughters are not do¬ 
ing the same, for he assured they are cherish¬ 
ing a vain hope, which will lead them to 
ruin and unfit them for the sowing of good 
and sound business principles and morals. 
l nursed my powers, and grew, and made my point I be answers Nat received were generally and nothing about his business, his family or 
in iifo; hut uhi) of some, money seeker offering fabulous in- anything appertaining to him. 
woman but a,.o weuty loads, whut could u t | ucQjijdi'is If he would sell or take the agency Soon alter Nat returned to his home to 
What could She be i o. shame I i blush to think *i >r . .“'T l ' ccei i )l8 ' l,u<,t bIack %» washing consider what should he the next move in 
whut sho has been : lluiil, scissor sharpner or some other miser- the game, having been quite checkmated in 
The most unselfish of nil wives to the selflshest of aide agency—all of whom wanted a staled the sudden appearance of his C. D. on the 
y«s, Hm'm and homely now she is: she’s ignorant, ul,M >""t *4 money in advance, for tv hicli they scene "f action. He wrote a short letter full 
’tis true; would furnish something upon which a for- of gratitude for his promptness and arrival, 
Fur “‘|^^ rilljbe<i her8ulr i ult0 out: 1 represent nine (:011 | d be nuul( , j^AT was too sharp but made It conclusive that it was inexpedi- 
niomny. reader can tell who was outdone it is well. 
“ VY here does Mr. Lee reside?” 1 leave each to his own conclusion, while I 
“ Somewhere between here and Soutliold,” insert cards received about one month after- 
replied Nat I don’t know exactly where.” wards showing that his wild goose chase 
Nat professed only to know him by sight, after Jenny Lee brought him at least a 
and nothing about his business, his family or little gain. The cards read : 
amount of money in advance, for which they scene of action. He wrote a short letter full 
Well, 1 suppose that 1 might do us other men have 
done— 
First break her heart with eolil neglect, then shove 
tier out alone. 
The world would say ’twas well, and more, would 
give groat praise to mo 
For having borua with "such a wife” so uncom¬ 
plainingly. 
And shall I? No! The contract 'twlxt Hannah, 
God and me 
Was not for one or twenty years, but for eternity. 
No matter what the world may think; 1 know down 
in my heart 
That, if either. I’m delinquent: she hus bravely 
done her part. 
Tbtiro’s another world beyoud this ; and on tho Umil 
day 
Will Intellect and learning 'gainst such devotion 
weigh 1 
When the great one made of us two is torn apart 
again, 
1 II kick ilie beam, for God Is just, and lfo knows 
Hannah June. 
[Harper 1 * Magazine for October. 
would fiiruish something upon which a for¬ 
tune could he made. Nat was too sharp 
for them, and always argued if fortune were 
to lie made by any of them, it would be 
unlike human nature lo give everybody a 
chance and not. take it ihcinselvcs. That again mitered the hotel, worked into Mr. 
will do for the green ones. Having some- Denton’s good graces, and took him a walk 
what wearied of ull this kind of trash, lie around the village, whereupon Mr. Denton 
ceased answering them; yet lie was pleased declared him a very fine fellow and took 
anything appertaining to him. Mu. Charles Denton. Mtbs AIary 
Boon alter Nat returned to his home to Handford—Mr. and Mrs. C. Denton. At 
consider what should he the next move in ^‘ oint Nag. 23, No. 13 Kmx St., Columbus, 0. 
the game, having been quite checkmated m , QTuriTTT ad naTTDT r 
the sudden appearance of his C. D. on the A bl ^ ULAJi 00UFLE ’ 
scene of action. He wrote a short letter lull Tnii circumstances which, more than 
of gratitude for Ids promptness and arrival, anything else, obtained, in the dingy old 
but made it conclusive that it was inexpedi- town of Ilexam, England, a lasting place in 
ent, tu hasten matters too much, and offered my memory, was our hiking lodging with 
an exchange ol several letters for a lew days an extraordinary pair—an old man and 
before meeting. The following evening Nat woman, husband and wife—who lived by 
again entered the hotel, worked into Mr. themselves, without child or servant, stib- 
Denton’s good graces, ami took him a walk sisting upon the letting of their parlor and 
•o look over the udvei lisements, just to see 
what new sharpers were coming into the 
him into his confidence. Finally lie invilecl 
Nat into his room, where he displayed his 
field. Among I bom one day lie read the fol- fine clothing, told about Ids money, his busi- 
lowing (strange to him) advertisement: ness, and the business that brought him to 
“A Gentleman of abundant means de- Minton—exhibiting, as evidence, some two 
sires to correspond with some csiiuialde or three hundred letters lie had received in 
young lady with a view to matrimony, soci- answer to his advertisement. 
Stori 
its for Hunt lists. 
ability, not aristocracy, loving and affection¬ 
ate disposition, skilled in housewifery, and 
must have no objection lo reside in Califor¬ 
nia. Would prefer lo benefit some person 
in need. Adi I res C. D., Tribune office, N. Y.” 
“ Some new dodge, indeed,” thought Nat, 
and lie al once determined to ferret out this 
“ nigger in the fence." 
Nat promised to help him in finding out 
two bed-rooms. They were tali, thin and 
erect, I hough each seventy years of age. 
When we knocked at the door lor admit¬ 
tance, they answered together. If we rang 
the hell, the husband and wife invariably 
appeared side by side ; all our requests ami 
demands were received by holh, and exe¬ 
cuted with the utmost exactness. 
The first night,Arriving late by the coach 
from Newcastle, and merely requiring a 
Miss Jenny'Lee, and hade him good night good fire and tea, we were puzzled lo under- 
I.. .. £3 X 1 
with many assurances of confidence and 
sympathy. Nat walked quickly home, for 
he had a letter lor Jenny Lee in his pocket. 
Al home, in the privacy of his own cham¬ 
ber, he opened and read the epistle. It con- 
stnml the meaning of this double atten¬ 
dance; and 1 remember my brother rather 
irreverently wondered if we were always to 
be “ wailed upon by these Siamese twins." 
On ringing tlie Dell to retire for tlie night, 
“ But stop a moment; this may all be os kdued much profession of religious interest, both appeared as usual—the wife carrying 
OUTDONE; 
OR, ADVEETISING FOE A WIFE. 
BY W. B. DIMON, JR. 
I have a story of real life yet untold, and 
which for a long time past T have promised 
myself should be given to my brothers and 
sisters of the Rural New- Yorker. And 
if you will draw up close around our fireside 
this cool October evening, and assume a po- 
siiion of unparalleled comfort, 1 will endeav¬ 
or to give you just I he plain fuels of a re- 
hesays;” yet after some consideration lie 
still decided to probe Mr. C. D. and see what 
was up. Accordingly he penned the follow¬ 
ing neat epistle, writing a fine lady’s hand, 
and dropped it. in the post office : 
Mr. C. D —Kind Sir; The last clause in 
your advertisement has won my heart, and 
I know you must lie really a good, kind man, 
whoever you are. Therefore 1 timidly ven¬ 
ture to answer your request. My parents 
arc quite wealthy, and I suppose I shall he 
heir to a nice portion of it, being an only 
child, if 1 comply with their requests; and 
this is what 1 cannot do. 1 will forego all 
fortune, everything hut my honor, rather 
than marry a man 1 cannot, or do not love. 
inquiries as to when Jenny attended church, 
and much love. Nat answered, stating 
church, and even p'.w and end of the pew, 
and willing much love, etc. 
The next day Nat received two packages fo r ] ier . 
the bedroom candlestick, the husband stand¬ 
ing at the door. 1 gave her some directions 
about breakfast the following morning, when 
her husband from the door quickly answered 
markable little piece of sport, which I was My parents seem determined to force tin 
guilty of perpetrating in my younger days. 
As s<> many years have elapsed since the oc¬ 
currence, 1 do not fear any ill feeling or ex¬ 
posure ol the case will bring down censure 
upon my head, lull us a precautionary meas¬ 
ure I will give all my characters new names, 
belli to debar identification by their friends, 
against lily will, and I fear 1 shall succumb 
if no way of relief presents itself. The day 
is appointed (two months hence) by them, 
lint 1 have not. yet consented. Oh, may 
Heaven bring me relief! 1 have told you 
this to show I am in need. Mcminn it lo no 
one, and if you choose to correspond with 
me we cun come to a belter understanding, 
perhaps. I am, most truly, your stranger 
of fine, white envelopes, a quantity of ladies’ 
note paper, postage stamps, two books of a 
religious nature, and a handsome gold pin— 
all for Jenny Lee. 
On Sunday Mr. Denton was early at 
church, morning and afternoon, and attend¬ 
ed prayer meeting in the evening, taking 
pari, very devoutly in the service, Nat ob¬ 
served all this from across the church, and 
saw his eyes earnestly bent upon a certain 
pew containing t wo ladies and ft gentleman. 
After the church service in the afternoon 
the young lady was walking alone, when 
Mr. Denton appeared very gracefully at her 
side, lifting his hat, and inquiring, “Is this 
Miss Lee.” 
“ No sir,” was the prompt reply. 
“Oh, I beg your pardon, but you were 
“ Depend upon it, she is dumb,” whispered 
my brother. 
But this was not the case, though she 
rarely made use of the faculty of speech. 
They both tit tended me into my bedroom, 
when the old lady, seeing me look with sur¬ 
prise toward her husband, said : 
“There's no offence meant, ma’am, by 
my husband coming with me into the 
chamber ; lie's stone blind.” 
" Poor man ! ” 1 exclaimed ; “ hut why, 
then, does he not sit still ? Why does he ac¬ 
company you everywhere?” 
“ It's no use, ma’am, your speaking to my 
old woman,” said the husband, “she can’t 
hear you; she’s quite deaf.” 
STRIKING AND BEAUTIFUL, 
At the close of a recent meeting at Mud- 
nupilly, in India, a well-educated Brahmin 
rose, and, to the astonishment of the mission¬ 
ary and all who were present, delivered the 
following very striking and beautiful testi¬ 
mony to the beneficent and self-denying 
character of the Missionary's labors: 
“Behold the mango-tree on ycutler road¬ 
side. Its fruit is approaching to ripeness, 
Bears it. that fruit for itself, or for its own 
profit? From the moment the first ripe 
fruit turn their yellow sides towards the 
morning sun until the last mango is pelted 
off, it is assailed with showers of sticks and 
stones from the boys and men and every 
passer-by, until it stands bereft of leaves, 
with branches knocked off, and bleeding 
from many a broken twig. And piles of 
stones underneath, and clubs and sticks 
lodged in its houghs, ure the only trophies 
of its joyous crop of fruit. Is it discouraged ? 
Does it cense to bear fruit ? Docs it say, * If 
1 urn barren no one will pelt me and I shall 
live in peace?’ Not at all. The next sea¬ 
son the budding leaves, the beauteous flow¬ 
ers, the lender fruit again appear. Again it 
is pelted nnd broken nnd wounded, but it 
goes on hearing, and children’s children pelt 
Ihe branches and enjoy its fruit. 
“This is a type of these, missionaries.” 
-♦-»>- 
THOUGHTS FOR THINKERS. 
Archbishop Whately once wrote to 
Mrs. Arnold:—“I remember one of my 
parishioners at iialesworth telling me that 
he thought ‘ a person should not go to church 
to be made uncomfortable.’ 1 replied that I 
thought so, loo; but whether it should ho 
the sermon or the man’s life that should he 
altered so us to avoid the discomfort in list 
depend on whether the doctrine wu» right 
or wrong.” 
Many men pass fifty or sixty years in the 
world, and when they are just going out of 
it they bethink themselves, and step hack, as 
it were, to do something which they had all 
the while forgotten—to wit, the main busi¬ 
ness for which they came into the world, to 
repent of their sins and reform their lives, 
and make their peace with God, and in time 
prepare for eternity. 
Dew falls but little upon the smooth nnd 
brilliaiiL surface of polished steel or burnished 
gold, while coarser and less costly objects 
are freely wet. The gentle dew of Ihe heav¬ 
enly grace often lakes effect upon the rude 
and uncultivated, while the refined, the luste- 
I was astonished. Here was a compensa- ful and the critical are left, like Ji'ost-work, 
ami also sell conceitedly to follow the ex- friend, Jenny Lee, care box 13, Minton,'O. pointed out to me by a resident as Miss Lee, 
iiimthi .. ,,11,.... _ * * 
ample of other great authors. 
“ Now, then,” Nat said to himself, “ I am 
iv 4,i * •» v n . mviu, j. i < i eu iiuu^ui, a am 
I'ost. then, l will introduce myself to you in for it! j wU iknovv what this new game is, 
ns Nathaniel Henry Pendergrass, lie 
or else 1 shall have a fine part to play if he is 
being tlie lilvmg i liegrauti,' amount ral „ earnest. However, this is a Iona 
01 " 8 - UK I"*"rr? of «“> distance from New York ; be n il! no, come 
greatest amount of originality, and alto- 
gel her the greatest Item in this wonderful 
story. Nat, as the hoys generally called 
him for short, was a hoy of no common 
mind, hut altogether a very peculiar hoy for 
one of his age; in fact, he was decidedly 
curious and odd. Nat had just passed Ins 
seventeenth birthday, and was proud to 
stand five feet four in his boots—country 
boots, 1 mean, with square heels and pegged 
soles; hut his other soul was in no wise peg¬ 
ged, for his heart was large and generous. 
Eyes blue, hair light-brown, litce beardless, 
lull and plump, wearing an expression of 
frankness and honesty which did not flatter 
his Character or debase it. In fact, you saw 
in bis face at one glance the man that lie 
so far on nn uncertainty, but will write first.” 
Thus he relieved his mind, ami know Jug 
it would take seven days to receive an an¬ 
swer from New York, lie went his way. 
The third day he went to ft neighboring 
town, and was gone two days on a visit. As 
it was his custom lo go for the mail every 
day, lie had no fear his father would intercept 
It is letter, and expecting none hut this, not 
1 yet due, lie had no anxiety. Upon his re¬ 
turn, and al ihe mid-day meal, ids fallier* 
asked him who Jenny Leic was. Observe, 
my friends, first a pale face, then a red lace, 
and next a purple shade, nil within a second, 
pass over Nat’s face. Taken unawares, he 
had no answer to give, but received very 
meekly from his father a letter addressed to 
with whom I have had the honor of corre¬ 
sponding.” 
“You good-for-nothing fool, how dare 
yon I Leave me this instant, sir,” was the 
reply. 
The lady thus addressed was one of great 
dignity and self-respect, and oue not to be 
tampered with by strangers. Nat seeing 
What a fool Denton had made of himself, 
(which he never presumed he would dare to 
do,) endeavored to escape him ; but he was 
too near by, and Denton overtook him, ask¬ 
ing, “ Who was that lady, Mr. Pender¬ 
grass? I made a mistake and look her for 
Miss Lee.” 
“ You did I Miss Lee rode home with her 
parents. That was a Miss Gordon, who 
stands much on her dignity.” 
Denton accepted this explanation, but 
nevertheless he was positive it was the lady 
silting just where Jenny wrote she sat in 
church. Still he might have been mistaken, i 
tion ! Could a couple be better matched? 
Man and wife were indeed one flesh, for he 
brilliant and beautiful, but cold and dead. 
Whatever goes to indicate that dress is 
wa* Nat fi.vt • mecKty irom ms tauter a letter addressed to ""m" m>i»uwbii. 
w L**. &*>»* U,C,V Tlie next Uny Mr. Denton received n lettev 
rw ,,“ - , ‘ »ud bciug III us c<woeral, be frankly “ ic- of man - v lluu,l<s for lllul “H“d- 
r-’ *“ " ‘ k ‘"“ “’“‘y- " ll kmnvleilge'l tlie eon,," over »l.lel, u.ey l„ul i»* b> * *W>1 mielnke. * Then she has 
saw with her eyes, ami she heard with his a supreme object in life, and whatever im- 
ears ! IL was beautiful to me, ever after, to plies Ibis, is just so far forLli wrong and un- 
wateh the old man and woman in their in- Christian. There is no better definition of 
sepitrableucss. Their sympathy with each an idol than that it steals thu heart away 
other was as swift as electricity, and made from God ; and when dress does, it is as much 
their deprivation as nought. an idol as ever Moloch was; and it is fast 
I have often thought of that old man coming to be seeu that it is a worship no less 
and woman, and can but hope that us in cruel and bloody. 
life they were inseparable and indispensable What a glorious world this would be if all 
to each other, so in death they may not he j ls inhabitants could say, with Shakespeare’s 
divided; or that either might he spared the shepherd" Sir, I am a true laborer; I earn 
terrible calamity of being left alone in the that I eat, gel that I wear. I owe no man 
world. _ _ liate; envy no man’s happiness; glad ofoth- 
BEN1S0NS er meu ’ 8 good, content with my harm.” 
- Whatever teaches the beauty of good- 
HAVwn tour for the wretched, a smite for tlie glad. . , „„„ „ n „;, inn 
For tin. weary applause, and excuse for the sad ; ness > 01 U)uche ^ tlje t ™ put e emotion, 
Some help for the needy, some pity for ilioae is religious in its tendency, and only needs 
Who at ray rro.il the Pint, where true happiness flows; ein i, rttti i n « m iiu true spirit to be religious in 
Have a laugh for the child in her play at Hiyfeet; timuacmg m lus uucoiJii.i w 
Have respect, for tlie aged, and pleasantly greet its result8. 
The stranger that seeketl. a.shelter from thee; A FRIKND should be 0110 ill whose Utnler- 
Ilave a covering to spare if he n.ilced should he, armanu onuum 
Have ahope In thy sorrow, a calm In il.y Joy; standing and virtue we can eqally confide, 
Have a work that is worthy thy life to employ. , whose opinion we can Value Ut OUC6 fol* 
..I. I nL/.ttA ..11 tKi.we. ll.Li Ih.I ‘ U,V * '-'I 
And nH! above sill!bings on t,?iis side theaod, . . ... 
Have peace with thy conscience, and peace with thy justness and its SHICCI it}' 
not of men, except those many years his 
senior. He was looked up to as a model 
young man,and his associations ns yet were 
only such as were pure and upright, conse¬ 
quently lie knew not and practiced not any 
a good laugh, the letter reading simply; 
“ Jenny :— Don’t lie alarmed, I am near 
von. Let me hear from you before I write 
more. C. D., or Charles Denton, 
“Minton P. O.” 
seen me and it must have been a mistake; There is only one stimulant that never 
what a fool I am,” ejaculated Denton to fails, and yet never intoxicates,—duty. Duly 
himself. 
The week was spent in letter-writing, 
back and forth, Denton ever urging an 
puts a blue sky over every man,—up in his 
heart, may bo,—into which the skylark, hup- 
piness, always goes singing. 
He who thinks belter of bis neighbors than 
they deserve cannot he a bad man, for the 
standard by which his judgment is formed 
is the goodness of his heart. 
No man is so insignificant as to be sure 
his example can do no hurt. 
