The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-01-28
0riatnaL Storr
Written for the News.
The Girl-Friends.
CHAPTER w.
ny MARY B.

But lie garment Of brightness Humid It's dark
path.
30! such was the rainbow, that beautiful
one!
Whose arch was rofaciou, its keystone the
suni
A pavilion IT seemed, which the Deity graood,
And Justice aud Mercy met there and om-
brocsd.
"Awhile, and II sweotly bent over the gloom,
Like Love Ger a death couch, or Hope Ger
the tombi
Then left the dark scenes whence It slowly
retired, ....
As Love had just vanished, or Hope had oz-
pIred." -CampJeH.
ooh, blessed suushinel Oh, fra
grant flowers and leafy trees how
beautiful ye make this world" broke
from the lips Of Nellie Lyle. What a
charming picture she was standing
on the old porch, a smile Of quiet hap
piness on her face, her white arms fold
edover her peaceful heart. All things
seemed beautiful to her; for the life of
her soul was blisssul, and its brightness
shed glory over her pathway.
Elsie was by her side, in moment
"YOu arc oontented girl, and al
ways happy, Nellie"
"No, not always, Elsie. Young as I
am, my feet sometimes grow tired on
the way; butI soon get strong again,
and press on joyfully."
The smile faded from Nellie's face
The voice of an angry woman aoated
to their hearing; a voice loud, bolster
Gus, and its words were so unlike what
they should have BEEN
"Elsie, do you hear? All, I SEQ the
contempt written on your face; but I
feel so sorry. I always do for it is a
gentle name, the name of aooman
and surely her words should be the
same"
"The tongue is an unruly member,
but it is our place to teach its utteranoe
Alright OH it's neutrality-suspicious.
to children, and indeed to all, that have
to listen to the everlasting scold-soold
-scoldl have no charity for it. ."
"I don't know that Thavo charity for
it, either" replied Nellie. "To me,
the sweetest attributes of woman are, a
meek and quiet spirit--apure and low
ly heart"
81 would see her pass through the
world regally, said Elsie; "a burning
and needed light. Not such light as
the sun gives-strong and glaring, but
a light like unto that which the stars
givein darkness"
A dark, heavy cloud blottod out tn,
sunshine Of the sky, to which Elsi'
lifted her lustrous eyes. Soon a pea
of thunder made the earth tremble.-
Then the wind commenced chanting it
low, wild song, in the elm trees. TIL
girls entered the house when the BIZ
rain drops began to fall. For briet
hour they listened to "Him who walk
eth upon the wings Of the wind, an
speaketh through the wild storm"
just as the storm passed away,
beautiful and brilliant light flashed u
in the sky. In amoment the girls wer
upon the porch, gazing with rapture uE
on Rainbow.
To Nellie it spoke Of God;-to Elsi
, of light after darkness. The poetry o
Nellie's soul lit up her face, and move
p her lips. Her form tremblod wit
. emotion.
; "Years oh, years !" she said, "hay
I passed away. Still He speaks to u
through this symbol Of Mercy, tellin
r us he will spare our world from water
3 food. Surely we, immortal though "
are, should deem it our dearest priv
loge, our sweetest joy, to do Him hon
age;-whose power reachoth from cart
to heaven whose Love we're enough I
satisfy the widest dream of the huma
, heart Here I would have woma
i, oOmel Here, to His altar the bolie
of the holyl To this shrine would
have her bow, and live the glorious lif
only worth living I"
"Sweet Nellie sweet enthusiast
u murmured Elsie. The bright, dew
Il eyes were turned upon her, and son
9 lines Of poetry, that Nellie loved, fo
from her lips:
ooh, mark this strain, dear Elsio--watoh al
y pray,
Weop thy young stainless heart from cart
>, ly thingsi
lOh, walt not thou tlll liro'B blsst morning u