The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-01-20
Speak Ge.syi 9. Each Other.
A STORY FOR THE cnLDnEN.

PLEASE to help me a minute, sister,"
"Oh, don't disturb me, I'm reading" was the
answer.
But just hold this stick, won't you, while drive
this pin through"
"I can't now, 1 want to finish this story" said
emphatically; and my little brother turned away
with a disappointed look, in search of somebody else
to assist him.
He was a bright boy Of ten years. and my only
brother. He had been visiting a young friend, and
had seen n windmill, and as soon as he came home
his energies were all employed in making a small
one; for he was always trying to make tops, wheel
barrows, kites, and all sorts Of things, such as boys
delight in. He had worked patiently all the morn
ing with saw and ~jackknife, and now 1t only needed
putting together to complete it-and his only sister
had refused to assist him, and he had gone away
with his young heart saddened.
L thought Of all this in the fifteen minutes after he
left me, and my book gave me no pleasure. 1t was
not intentional unkindness, only thoughtlessness, for
I loved my brother, and was generally kind to him;
still, 1 had refused to help him. l would have gone
aner him, and afforded the assistance needed, but 1
lected IN opportunity Of gladdening q childish heart.
In half an hour he came bounding into the house.
exclaiming. I" Come, Mary, I've got it up; just see
how it gees 20 His tones were joyous, and l saw
to atone by unusual kindness 1 went with him,
and sure enough on the roof Of the woodhouse was
fastened o miniature windmill, and the arms were
whirling around fast enough to suit any boy. l
praised the windmill and my little brothers ingenu-
ity, and he seemed happy and entirely forgetful Of
my unkindness, and 1 resolved, as I had many times
before, to be always loving and gentle.
A few days passed by, and the shadow Of a great
sorrow darkened our dwelling. The joyous laugh
and noisy glee were husbed, and our merry boy lay
in a darkened room with anxious faces around him,
his cheeks flushed, and his eyes unnaturaliy bright.
Sometimes his temples would moisten and his mus
cles relax. and then hope would come into our hearts,
and our eyes would fill with thankful tears 1t was
in one of these decei,ful Gains in his disease that he
heard the noise of his little wheel, and said, Il hear
my windmill
Does it make your head ache :" 1 asked. ''shal
we take it down 2"
"Ob, no. replied he, 9 it seems as if | were out
of doors, and it makes me feel better"
He unused q moment. and then added Don't
you member Mary, that l ' wanted you to help me
FIX it, and you was reading, and told me you could
not? But it didn't make any difference, for mamma
helped me-"
Oh, how sadly those words fell upon my ear, and
what bitter memories they awakened How l re-
pented as l kissed little Franks forehead, that | had
spoken unkindlv to him. Hours of sorrow went
by, and we watched his couch, hope growing fainter
and fainter, and anguish deeper, until, one week
from the morning on which he spoke of his childish
sports, we closed the eyes once so sparkling. and
folded his hands over his pulseless heart. he sleeps
now in the grave, and home is desoate; but the lit
tie windmill, the work Of his busy hands, is still
swinging in the breeze, just where he placed it, upon
the roof of the old woodshed; ard every time l see
tnC my etaAo WV
Frank-and I remember also the thoughtless, the un-
kind words!
Brothers and sisters, be kind to each other. Be
gentle, considerate, and loving.-Eraminer.
A PATRIOTIC WoRK.-Hon. Edward Everett's gra-
tuitous labors to rescue Mount Vernon from desecra-
ton, and save it as the patrimony of the whole coun-
are known throughout the civilized world. He
has just pledged himself to another undertaking,
which shows how deeply he is enlisted in the cause
with which future generations will connect bis name.
A correspondence is published between MIR. Bonner,
the proprietor of the New York Ledger, and Mr..
Everett, wherein the latter engages, for the sum OF
10, 900, to furnish ole article for the Ledger, each
Eeek, for the term of a year. These productions will
,e called The Mount Vernon Papers" The receipt
VI the Treasurer Of the Auxiliary Mount Vernon
Fund, acknowledging the possession of Robert Bon
check for ten thousand dollars, is appended to
he correspondence, showing that the bargain is COM
,lete. Public expectation will be greatly excited as
o the forthcoming articles of Mr.. Everett, which will
10 doubt form a series adding to his already high
literary reputation.-Bosto Transcript.