Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

because 1 GOn I DcHche I'D SahdniAitS utdu
| friendship" ! answered.
Dead friendship, Miss Rachel | hope
ours has much life in it yet he said
Its in the last agony, Sir. 1t will be
comfortably dead and buried before long, with
q neat little epitaph over (which is much
the best way to dispose of them finally, |
! think
You're harder than | thought you we're,
he said. " Is that the way you feel towards
all your friends p
al love my friends as well as any .,one," |
answered ." But | never hold them when
they wish to be gone My life-yarn spins
against some other yarn, catches the fibers,
and twists into the very heart'--
$50 far p he asked, turning his eyes down
| to mine
Yes" | said coolly,--" for the time being.
You don't play at your friendship, do you If
so, pity you As | was saying, they're like
one thread Ry and-by one spindle is moved
the strands spin away from each other, and be-
come strange yarn What's the use Of send
/ ing little locks of wool across to keep them
acquainted They're two yarns from hence
/ forth. Reach out for some other thread
/ there's plenty near-and spin in that. We're
made all up OF little locks from other people,
/ Mr. Ames Won't it be strange, in that great
/ Hereafter, to hunt up our own iiberS and re-
! turn other peoples? 1t would take abont
! foFtylyc degrees of an eternity to do that
Il shall never return mine" he said. al
couldn't take myself to pieces in such a style
! But won't you write at all 2"
"To what purpose? You'll be glad of one
/ letter. possibly of two. Then it will be,
/ Confound it here's q miSsive from that old
maid !)What 4 bore Now | suppose | must
air my wits in her behalf; but, if you ever
catch me again, ,-Erit'
"And yoa p he asked, laughing.
/ ~ shall be rs weary as you, and iind it as
dircult to keep warmth in the poor dying
/ body Ne, Mr. Amcs Let the poor thing
/ die a natural death, and We'll wear bit OF
/ crane a li;lle while, and get ncT friend for
/ the old
| $50 you mean to forget me altogether p
"No, indeed | shall rccoIcct you rs q
very pleasant tale that is told, not q friend
to banker after. Isn't that good common
! sense :"
ITS all hard work,-mcre cold calcula-
tion," he said :" while - He stopped and
colorcd
Your gods, there, are downright turn
coats" said, coming down from the stie
Their red mantleS are nothing but pearl col
ored now and presently they'll be russet-gray
That whippoorwill always brings the dew with
him, too 50 | must 60 home Goodnight,
and goodbye Mr.. AmcS"
a scarcely know how to part with you"
he said, taking my hand, It's not 50 easy
thing to do
People say, Goodbye or God bless
YOU, or some such civil phrase, usually" |
said, with iast the least curl of my lip,-iog |
knew had got the better Of him
lie coioryd again, aud then smiled little
sadly.
= Al ! I'm afraid l leave bigger Iock than
take" be exclaimed Wen. then. good
friend goodbye, and God bless you, too :
Don't be quite 50 hard IS you promise to be-
| missed him yery mach, indeed but If any
think | cried aftcr him, or wrote verses, or
s1.GqU.Gei for lis sake, they are much mis-
taken. / had lost friends before, and made il
point to think just as little of them as pos
s.hle, until the sore spot grew strong enough
TO handle without WiGciug. Besides, my cOu-
sin stayed with me, and all my good friends in
the village had to come out for call or q
visit to see how the land lay so | had occu
patton enough. Once in a while | used to
look over 10 the old house, and wish for one
good breezy conversation withits master aud
when the snow came and lay in one mass upon
the old roof, clear down 10 the caves like q
night-cap pulled down 10 the eyes Of 4 low
bTJwei old woman, moved my bed against
the window thar looked that way. These for
sakcu nests are gloomy things enough
| had no tIon-ht Of hearing again OF him or
from him, and was surprised, when, IN mouth.
D review came, and before long another, and
afterwards 4 box, by express, with finely
kept boquet, and, in mid winter, a little oil
painting delicious bit of landscape for my
s4Hc!Ha, as he said in the note that accompa-
MED l.. Iheard from him in this way all win
ter although | never sent word or message
back again, and tried to think was sorry that
be did not forget me- as | had supposed he
would. OF coarse / never thought OF acknoWl-
ed-ing 10 myself that it was possible for me
to love HIM | was too good q SophiSt for that
aud. indeed, | think that between perfect
friendship ana perfect lore a fainter diStjnc-
ton exists than many people imagine. | have
known Ekil-S to be co.ored a rosily Is love,
and seen what called itself love IS cold rs the
chiI,ies. liking
0ae day, after spring ha1 been some time
come, vas returning from q walk aud saw
that Mr.. AmeS's house Was open l could not
see any person there 6at the door aud win
doEs we're opened, and ! faint smoke c-ept
on. Of the chimney and 10 among the new
spring foliage after the squirrels. had walk
cd some distance, aud was tired, aud tie wealth
er WIS not perfect but thought | would 20
r0GHd that way aud see what was going on
II v-aS rna 0f rhoza cha r--ta-- child ll4r-- Ia
eaEly May, laughing and crying all 10 Que, the
iae mist-droPs shining down in Tie suns rays,
IKE st2r-dCst from some ueg world in process
oi g1sp.aE up f3r as. liked such days
Tie showers w5-e 5 good for ne IS for the