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towafeE Elsie Suddenly they filed IS e
tears. The want, tho woe, the harreer'
tho dessolation, we're all TOO much ~
He shuddered at the cold, uncovered
He gazed mournfaily into the empty
place His eyes wandered wonderir
ever the naked walls, looking SO uninyitil
" and cherries, Putting his hand iIto
his pocket, he grasped the coin that his
mother had that very morning given him.
and drew il forth
"You may have that, h said he, holding Il
out to the child
cob, you are too goodi You are TOO
generous, fearin broke in the mother, a if
she ought not to take il from him..
Mother will give me another;if want, :
said hes 1T viii DO You great deal Of good,
and i know ] deasfrrg1d H. Take i, take.
it you shall take It p and he was instantly
gone.
Ii was gold coin Of the value of FIVE dol
lars
Mother and child wept together, Then
they talked Of the good boy whose heart had
opened for them on New Years day Then
they let their fancies run and grow wild and
revel as they choose They looked at the
glittering piece There was bread, and fue /,
and clothing, and every other comfort, in its
depths Theycontinue to gaze on it New
they saw withip It's rim, pictures of delight
and joy visions Of long rooms all wreathRa
and decorated with evergreens and hoY
visions Of smiling faces and happy chi
sights of merry sleigh-rides, and the -
ing Of bright runners over the smooth
snow
They listened they, heard the ming
sound Of merry voices. and the Ginning mu
sic bells, the accents Of Innocent tongues,
and the laugh of gladstone hearts All !
what a philosophers stone was that coin -
How it turned everything first into gold and
then into happiness Howt it grouped a
round them kind and cheerful friends and
filed their ears with kind voices How it
spread them laden table, and crowded it
with merry guests and those guests, too.
all satisfied and happy OH what bright
rays shene forth from that trifing coin of
gold Could it have been as bright in the
child's or the mans dark pocket No: else
it had before then burned its very way
through, and lent its radiance to others. -
h Could it have shown with such visions in the
rich mans hand2 No. else his avarice
would have vanished at once. and his heart
have .oYerfowed with generosity No, no;
it was only TO such as the widow and her
child that itswore such ashine, and emitted
such brilliant rays, and revealed such sweet
and welcome visions Only for such as
, they
That night returned this angel boy at the
. Bleak room, then FLIED, with happiness and
lighted with joy but he was not alone his
own mother was with him Blessed boy =
, He passed the whole Of New Years day in
making others happy And how much hap.
| pier was he himselif How his little heart
warmed and glowed to see the child uncover
the basket he had brought with him, and
take out, one by one, the gifts that were
slowed there Ana how everjoyed wss-hc
to see his mother offer the sick woman work
and new home, and to see the sick woman
! grow suddenly strong and almost well, under
the influence of their kind offers He
! wondered if their happiness could possibly be
, as deep as his own, if their New Years was
right to them as his was to him. He knew
not how any one could be happier than be
was at that moment
Years have rolled away into the silent
past The little girl-Elsie Gray -is lady.
Not a lady only in name, but one in every
deed. in heart, in conduct She dwells in a
SWEET suburban cottage, and her husbahd, is
devoted only to her The husband is no
other than the generous boy who, on the
/ New Years festival, accosted her so tepderly
in the street, and went home with her Her
poor mother sleeps quietly in the church
yard yet she lived to know that God had
, provided for her child She died resigned
and happy
Are there coins, either gold or silver,'th
, must be locked away from sight Arc
there any containing within their depth:
/ such sweet visions, such happy sights, -
/ they must lie under lock and key, les.
pness and comfort may become too
; sal
) Here is one--where comes anot
!