The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-08-17
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private school for young children, and il
was the boys highest ambition, torelieve
her of this necessity, and give her the
rest hor feeble health required. l cannot
tell you all bis privations, his willing sac
rilice Of every recreation, his continual
selfdenial, that he might tighten the bur-
den Of those SO dear to him. ,sl
q Year after year success crowned his
efforts. In the village where his mother
had passed the years Of her married life,
he purchased pleasant residence for her,
and then, a lucrative business opened to
him in the West, he, came here"
"At the, time of his removal here ac-
cident revealed to him that the widow
and invalid daughter of one whose for
tune was, by his fathers advice, risked in
that unfortunate speculation which had
SO changed his own life, were living in ex-
treme poverty. To him they are indebt
ed for the pleasant home that now shell
ters them, and for the delicate, thought
full ministrations to their daily comfort
"Now when the commercial world is
clouded, and disasters crowd thick upon
him, as upon others, his anxious thoughts
turn to the mother and suffering sister in
the little village home, whose comfort de-
pends upon him, to the other lonely fire.
side, to which his constant thoughtfulness
imparts its only light, and to his own
home, and the young wife whose happi-
nessi is dearer to him than life. For this
Margaret, Ralph Hale gives his days 10
incessont toll, and willingly sacrifices the
social pleasures he is so cminently fitted
10 enjoy" ta --l s- sf ~ .slt
~ have been in the three homes.---
With love that is almost reverence, his
mother and sister speak his name, and
with full hearts thank God for his life,
that life so filled with the beauty of self
remuneration" ss IS fyfrg ,sa o
"The widow and daughter whose
hearts he has made glad, tell of his num-
bcrless acts Of Kindness, of his delicate
and unceasing watchfulness, and daily
they ask Gods blessing ON him whose life
is blessing to Others"
" In his own home, his wife, whose love
should bless him, whose gentle ministry
should comfort and strengthen him, turns
coldly from him because he prefers the
happiness of others to his own gratifca-
ton, because the pressing duties of life
claim all his waking hours, leaving him
little leisure for the claims of society, or
for the high intellectual culture which few
attain whose lives aro not wholly devoted
to it."
40, Ralph, have never known you
| have so cruelty misjudged you," said
the weeping wife. r.1 .e
The old man continued, "Some men
talk poetry, some write it in words, and
some write it in their lives. The true
heroism which poets have sung, the bea,l-
ty of sclfabnegation and of ceaseless de-
votion TO duty, which have been their in
spiration, Ralph Hale lived. The woman
who has won the deep love of such a
heart, should reverently and gratefully
cherish it as the richest blessing of her
life." ta- -Is.- -<s
In the twilight of that day Margaret
was awaiting her husbands return
Amid the bitter self-rcproaching that
darkened the hour, cleaned new and
holy light. Higher purposes were arous-
ed within her. In the. future she would
make divinely real in her life, the beauti
full ideals that had filled her heart with
unsatisfied longings. She too, would live
for others, and first of all, for him she had
so misunderstood. ............t .... =.
A hurried step in the entrance hall
then on the stairs, and the next moment
she was clasped in her husbands arms.
You have been very ill.," said voice
faltering with emotion, I" but thank God
you are safe now, my Margaret"
90, yes, | am safe, indeed, now," said
Margare.'s heart. -..
In that hour all was made clear be
tween them. With new resolves for til,
future, with deeper love for each other
and with a prayer for strength, another
page Of life was turned for them. Year:
afterwards, Margaret. proud and happy
wife, wrote, :" / cannot tell you what b,
has been to me-my guide when I wa.
ignorant, my strength when l faltered
my earthly friend always. What do
not owe you for revealing the mistak,
that had almost wrecked the happiness o
both ~ er Il t-a tar'- -
To DESTROY RATs.-A cotemporar,
says that lady in that city, whose hous,
became so infested with these trouble
some varmints, gives the simple remed,
of dissolviug copperas in water, (make !
strong, and sprinkle in the most promi
nent places, will make them leave at
two-forty rate, and no mistake. Sh
tried it successfully and has not bee,
troubled with rats or mice since. e.-
The MAMMOTH STEAMSHIP "GREA
EAsrERN."-The Liverpool (England
1 Times Of July 18th, says: " The pro
gress which, during the last four weeks
has been made in the fitting and equip
ping the Great Eastern Steamship 70
sea has been so rapid that within tbre