Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-09-08

"No doubt she would lnpart It, Fan
ny"
"Ycs, ] suppose she would, if she
really understood herself what the Sc
cret was. 1t is natural for her TO be
orderly and presume, therefore, that
she has system about it,"
Suppose you ask her, Fanny
have no doubt that she could help you a
little"
"Perhaps she could-and as ] am
going out this morning | will call and
see her, and ask her the question. II
can do no harm, any how"
! And so in the course of the morning
Fanny called 10 see Caroline Mayfcld
every thing neat as waX," said
Fanny, as she entered CaloInc's cham
ber, where the two young ladies retired
after chatting for few minutes in tha
parlor. "Do you know, Caroline, the
especial object ofmy visit this morning"
"No, Fanny what is it :"
"WeIl, don't think you would guess
in month of Sundays"
"Pcrhaps not for am not n very
good hand at guessing. So you will
have to tell me" "
"lou will laugh, | expect, but no
matter. So, to begin with little honest
commcndation, will just say that you
are trg n.a,,st and most orderly young
lady ofmy acquaintance.
"a pretty fair beginning, Fanny" her
friend responded, in laughing tone.
"And an honest one IN the bargain.
Well, in the second place, | AIN about
the most disorderly in my home arrange
mcnts of any person that | know. And
now have come to you to get a lesson
in order and neatness In word
Caroline, want your secret"
care you really in earnest, Fanny -
"Certainly-l never was more so IN
my life"
"Wcll, | don't know that have any
. secret OF order I, ~ comes natural. -
\ "Bu. uov do yop keep lnings in their
| proper places cannot, let me do
my best"
/ "Oh, as for that, ! aicays pm ererg
thing in its right piace rhcm am do"C
using 1t, and so nothing in that case gets
out Of order How can it -
\ Fanny paused moment thoughtlulIy,
| and then said with animation, THAT
|. | see il all now. You have given
me your secret. Ifevery thing that is
taken up is returned to its proper place,
how can there be disorder, sure enough.
Hereafter will try aud practice your
rule"
/ When Fanny went home, she told her
mother of the discovery she had made
at the same time that she smiled at the
simple truthiulness Of the rule.
"Thcre is no doubt of that being the
true secret OF order, Fanny" said hcl
mother, "and practice it steadily"
/ 81 will try, mother" the daugh,e
replied.
| And she began by trying that very
day. y.-Whilc the precept was fresh
in her mind she got along very well, but
it was not many days before her mother
discovered her room in no very orderly
condition.
"You have lost your secret, fear,
Fanny" she said, as she looked in up
on her.
con no, ina have not lost, but on.
/ ly forgotten it, for little while. Bu
will try to keep the recollection Of i
as fresh as possible. "
4 "It is worth all the trouble it may
cost you, Fanny, TO acquire habit o
order. After this habit Of order is once
/ formed, it will be like second nature tC
| you"
\ 81 know it, ma, and | am determined
| to porscverc. And hope you will re-
mind me Of every little omission that
may come under your notice.
]
| Mrs Fairfield promised that she woulc
! do so. And whenever she found hci
daughter growing remss, would remn'
her of the secret she had obtained from
/ Caroline. Gradually, Fanny acquired
by steady perseverance, in adhering t.
her rule of order, the habit of order it
self, and then she had no trouble fo
it was as natural for her to place thin,
/, properly, as it was for her TO take it up
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