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wealth. anu oeauty, ana content myself
with what joys they may bring
CLARA don't think with you in much,
yet I do think we very often mistake pas.
sion for affection; and, rs said before,
do not consider moderate fortune at all
onerous to be borne; but do think that
love should underlie union, for there can
be- no harmony without it, and no familiar
itycan be more intolerable than matrimo.
ny without love. And, again, riches may
take wings, dear Clara, whilst true love
"looks on tempests and is never shaken,
and brightest shines in darkest night
"AlilsRelI. my little friend, give me the
Tangible eriches;;sfpr, with all Their liability
to fight. they are the only passports to sue.
cess and positionin the journey Of Iife-the
only gods of our vaunted civilization; the
only guages Of merit; the only standards
Of holy right and sacred truth All all |!
don't revel in superabundant luxury and
sutfocating mucbness. whilst struggling ge,
MUS and starving talent goes itsseedy way
to'tering on its t in fraiI staff of hope, and
cIuching at the empty shadows that ,hrong
their path. Don't it stalk with lofty mien
to the proudest heights of earth, and buy
and sell all things lesser than itself; things
shapen, too, with a. cavity for soul, and
mind, and heart but never yet filled up
Can't itpurchase all this and much more
cant it toy with honest virtue as a myth,
and trampie what you calIsshonest love into
the dust, and smile at the hearts affections
PROSTATE at its feetfS All, ah Fannie
tell me no more Of love and poverty! The
world and"it's wealthiior me-
well, well Clara unused her friend.
l cannot endorse your opinion, but I can
appreciate thesad truths you have uttered,
and only regret that they are truths. With
regard to your theory of wealth versus
worth-timr. my dear, will settle its cor
rectness or incorrecsness but it has grown
late. so let us retire and leave further discus.
sion for future hours
With these words the foster sisters kiss.
efEeach other goodnight and ascended to
their separate chambers.
Time had wrought many snowy crowns
and scattered the daises on many graves,
! since, in tile flush and glow of woman
hood, Clara Dapyers and her friend had
entered with grave debate into the merits
af Wealth and Worth,'in in the little parIor
of their girlish home. And, again.. after
years of separation and experiences they
had ceme together as oft in early days they
were wont. to Unburden their hearts to
each other. and share the tear and smile in
unison. From Spring to Autumn is a
quick transition, and agreeable or distaste.
fol. sccordipg as the summer has been
pleasant or uncongenial.
Mutation had set its fat ON the forms
and features of the foster sisters. The lus-
t1s had fed the eye, and the bloom faded
from the check Of both. and yet, only one
was really old, for the cheerful. and kindly
heart meyer grows old. but only turns mel
low aud beautiful beneath the touch OF
time. And what a sad thing it is to find
Ian. aged heart--a heart all ascaticism and
.hate-alI cold and doubling. We dom
say that experiencesgiyes no occasion 70,
misantbropy and distrust; We know it does
and yet those natures seem to us mobiles.
which came from the ordeal only purified
and exalted. But BY "disliking a fact We
do not alter 1t. and the. cause is often more
deplorable than the effect.
The Fannie. of former days wasstbe sim
pie and GRACEFUL Mrs. Graves Of later years
the loved wife Of reputable .spercbau'
once only .elerk : and the, good ssamari.
tan Of her parmh-loving and being loved
still. Clara was the wealthy andimperiou.
lady Of Spanish 'noblenan The, splendid
but scentless flower t'fa palace gardeu-ths
centre Of fashion; and. even then, the
bright, part,cuIss still ekElpaies. circles
moving in the fanks p sristocracy and
prominent in the ,s6aa Of monarebs--
'prou,, and cold. and h,y still Each
had reached The summit Sf her ambition
but which with the most success! :.
1 Reader, we'did no. sit down with the in
Of painting apic.ure, but Of frs
6kflg group Of truths, and paiuti6g sim
Eple moral; and If our brief sitting should
ebapce to please you ys:msy 81. again.
Hwih you would come to pause II
your tslk wifssssaid Blink: suoh an ever
ia.tipg cI#ckiag i. enough to drive me mad
Youhal DO bu.ihess,to takams from, my
Apsf yoa didn't like ta hestsrns talk re-.
,EsprtedMr sBiinks :; ,tberstssfs other mel
lbs goodsas You who. said .taere.wss .inus;,