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il were an old dfriend, but Mr.. Jinps tried to
give It the cntiby tumiag Sideways. II bore
thisfpr a while; bgt, at lastsas they turned q
corner, 1T slirang out upon him. and 'flapping
the long iehdsoljis scarf ilI,his face, .spddens
by lifted his shining beaver from bis head,
aud lodged il 10 snow hank,Ehieh 3 haQ
been piling up right under the Windows 0l
Governor B---~'s mansi0p, as If for The
special atnusement Of asnall group Of curly
headed childfen and lovely young lady, who
were watching the persons with delight.
"0h, II il had only happened any where
elseln thought Mr.. Jimps as with one glance
at the misehievons face Of Miss Eva B.
and the Laughing little ones, he picked up his
beaver and disappeared ronnd the corner -
Uncle John followed With steady steps. No
danger Of the storm splaymg tricks with his
ppbalarel His hat was iammed down upon his
dpnwn, as ii he meant it to stay there
40 acTewhave suspicion that he rather enjoy
ed the disasters Of Mr.. Jimps.
81 say, he remarked, seeing that gentle
man pause and turn his back to the storm to
{. get breath, "that little girl must haye hard
time OF it getting home, won't she2'
"Yes, her people were crazy to send her out
such time Ughl the snow almost, blinds
One.'
every likcly,' returned the old man, with
peculiar smile, reply ying tothe firstpa Of
Mr.. Jimps' remarks; poor people are apt to
do great many strange things. But here we
are at the door, and there is your wife at the
window, aud with q nod to the rather pretty
looking lady who looked down upon them,
the old man followed his young nephew into
the house,
Uncle John Markham was warmly received
by his nephew's wife. He was bit Of hu-
morist, ''odd as Dicks hatsband," ;" the peo-
pie said in the village; land, BY the way, we
should very much like to know in what the
popularity Of the said Richards hat hand
consisted) Eccentric, Mrs. Jimps whisper
ed to her friends as she introduced him; but
then heWas rich and childless, and rich folks
can afford to be "odd.' '-'a
His visits were very welcome among his
| nephews and inisces, not merely because Oi
| his wealth; for though they were keen sight
! ed business people, and perhaps did not en-
| tirely put that ont OF the question, yet they
had sense enough to love and respect the oli
man for his intrinsic goodness.
! Tea being over, and little Augustus Adel
/ mar, MFR. jumps son and heir, having beer
sent to bed after making several journeys t
! "Danbury CFoss" on the old mans foot, tht
conversation turned upon the approaching do
nation party.
"Simpson sent home the stand to- day, dear
said Mrs. Jimps, turning to her husband =
"Itis love Of thing, Uncle John, Yoi
must see Tiny gift for Mrs. r, ou
| pastors wife. i do not believe there will b
| anything half so pretty sent in; and running
into the opposite parlor she returned with
beautiful papir macke work stand.
i "Wby, it is a pretty thing enough" sail
the old man, looking at it with good deal o
interest, as his niece explained the materia
and theproeess Of manufacturing it. "Tha
butterfly lowering over the rose, there, is a
natural as lise. But what's it for, ,Julia2 /
is hardly strong enough to hold mouse"
sob, it will hold light things; aud then, j
is such beautiful ornament in parlor.
Sand what might it have cost, niecs2'' b
"Only twenty dollars. Orestes, how wisl
your vases had been sent home, so that Unel
John could have seen them, too. They ar
such beauties-the real Bohemian glass, an,
no mistake.
'And what do they cost?'
''TEenty more, was the reply.
"Well, Dimmie, you said you was liberia
to-day, and 10 not dispute it; but it doe
seem to me, children, with my old-fashiohet
notions, that you might have laid out you
money more wisely, considering your minis
ter's wife and children. But yOu mean we'll
doubtless, and cannot fail to be benefited b,
it yourselves, whatever your friends may be
for no one ever opened their purse strings on
Of kindness, without being the better for it. ;
"In that case, Uncle John, you will returl
a much better man than you came, for in
tend to make draft on you," said Julia
4 blushing and laughing. "We are getting u
a society for the suppression Of idolatfy amonI
the Chinese in California and j must hay
you down for good round sum. .
"Stay a bit, niece. ChiheseG-l heard the
A were coming over there by thousands, but
dom know that they are much worse idOla
tiers than our folks are there. Besides, | hav
one or two claims Of the Society to which
belong to settle, before can think OF yours.
"Your Society," Why | did not know q
You belonged to any one, uncle"
''YOu were mistaken, then, returned th
old man, gravely. "For many years | hav
been member of the oldest Society in th
world--the same Of which our Saviour was
distinguished member while on earth--th
, Society Of Human BrotherhoOd--a Societ
, which has for its aim and object all the poOi
oppressed, fallen, and down -trodden being
npon God earth. | must attend to this frs
niece; and then will see about yours"
TheFewas silence Tor few moments, befof
the old man, who had risen and walked to th
window, added, gaily-
tBy-the-by children, i guess I'll just ste
round to the hotel and take look at "Blac
Simou.'' o4 't
"Not Tonight; You surely need not 70 on
tonight" cried Mr., aud Mrs. Jimps in th
same breath. 9s
Il eWhy notf See, it has stopped showing
and Tam not quite so frail as Julia stand
there. Simon has had hard time ofit Eel
ting here, and the hostler may neglect hin
poor fellow. You need not think i am lost
am not back in On hour or two" be addes
J as he passed through the hall; a may I'm
some0ld friend down there ndchat WHILE.
81 Cia6tsr II.
n "Blaek Simon Z, was looked after and tall
/, cd to fora lew moments much as Il he ha
! been a child and then instead Of returning
4 the warm Gtting-fOom Of hehOtel ,tor thee
a egant paFlor Of Mr.. Jimps, the old man sturd
d IL plonghed his way along tho snSwy streeb
until be reached the snburbsof theeity. 4
5 Here he slaekenNd his steps, and paused Ok
( casionally To deciphcr, hy the dlm light
the lamps, the nuniber0n someef the dilap
9 dated buildings which lined the street. 4
Q last, he approached one, from which issue
{ the sound of music and dancing, and klocl