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NoEhiag that altogether dies
Suffice uan's iatt eeSiinies.n Ainxgs
Six ID the morning, and beautiful sun;
shine Bses thss sun shine So early9 I
have seldom had ~ opportunity q ebsersing,
but such appears 10 Be fact There IS rs
sunshine in my heart however Pshaw j
that Sentimental
/ An4 yet in yeritable earnest. what Is The
hpme1 heast2 Mine, if + have one, has
never been much occupied lore, wilk me,
has eyAporased id a succession 81 fancies.
and Friendship hasbeen thesmere crerarions
insiihct ] haze known many beautiful Nd.
nsny fpr each 81 Ehom I lave pfefSsssa 1
/ personal interest AAst passed elmest With
the words What remains Of all that rlit-
tering frosi-work sf sentsment9 Nothing.
lot even dropIof cold water to appsase
the undying thirst Last and least of that
graceful band was Ella--the Ella sf last
evening How charming she looked In her
exqnisisaly arranged costume With what
aqueanlike dignity she carried her iewelled
head And vet her character is 4 blank
She has no positive quality, unless a gift Of
fattery can be termedssuch What does shs
mean By saying mine was glsrious man
hood It must have been some pretty
phrase that she picked up accidentally.
What constitutes the true glory Of man.
hood Purpose. achievement, development
/ And |, have had pnrpose-to kin timc. I
nave achieved il, too Ny past life lies, be.
hind Observation-Disclosures A CHASTITY grin
Is on its skeletenjsws Its vacant eys-sock.
cts glare oln'nously upon my path. There
is no gift in its hand, no yigor in lis muscles.
no pulsation IN its heart. 1t il dead but
not buried 1Eat would be too great a bles.
sing The lesson it failed to teach me in
passing il. uttcrsanow waxing eloquent il
its mute werthlesshess, il its empty and un.
plying silence. And that caaayerous de.
Hformity is in manhood, my glorious man.
hood Poor Ellal Yet itisamat to nv
womanhood, perhaps
Womanboodl That word is the cmbodi.
ment of a beautiful truth yet what dc
know Of it2 Nothing, except through my
mother, and Nary sweet cousin Mary, who
bad the mobility to reject me. How well I
remember the time | thought her words
were bitter, and ] said, ha y speerinrly.
You SHOULD ere this time have unlearned
contempt
i have no contempt for YOU she earnest.
~ replied think your capabilities are
the hoblest, the kftiest but forgive me Il
L say they are misdirected- peryerted,
Dear, blessed Mary She was poor and
I had the effrcnsery to remind her Of the adj
Tantsges my wealth might furnish her. I
shall never f5rget the quiet sadness With
which she answered, Dear Frank. l think
much more Of you than your possessions, and
yek-oohd hve ~
saw her but seldom afterwards. / do
not think she was happy have the author
ity Of one of her Intimate friends for belev
Ing that her whole life was struggle. which
death alone crowned with victory. Be itso.
That Is past Ste is now bright angel Be.
fore the throne Of the Eternal. She has
draak Of the satisfying fountain She has
now np9 lingering heart ache no life long
aspirations to meet ard sympathiEs with a
,loftier humanity. God bless her l. Her
delicate iatuitionssaW in me the capacity for
much that was more generous and mobile
Is thatcapacity wholly destroyed il thers
not within my reach some redeerniDg power,
some regenerating influence that shalr~yet
make me what | might have been. that shall
restore TIP me Fonfe portion Of my noblcr and
purer self Tie lost angel Of my youth
seems even yet "a whisper hope. The deal
past poidts with liz shadesy finger to a liy.
ipg future Ishall not point 10 vain: