Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-22

was lust finishing his Wednesday evening zee
tuJe, hie guest and hts dau Shter W.T. aasous
sing the carrying away ct thr orr .utnrtnSS
brdS~ AND IN" saw. mil. Al ~" ~ Ra.S.
rcrrrwhnt stirred tae fiuEE@h P"i~e Oh IVA
lnnd .oiaI Life. .,
Parsor Moss was stately, uFhanr SenaHma
OF The old school-socia and ev Grasheiic, the
natural mr. and vicor OF his character r. little
nellowed by the my years "h'cn hao gone
"tharitv" said the cl-rgyman turning sud
dsnIy TO his daught-.r, ia SOM sii-h pause of
lfs conyt rsation with mis- gunst, ''wont You
bring us some cake and marmaisde ~
She rose up quiz tiy, hut lii:ie smile just
nashrd ont OF lite sweet gravity Of h,r face -
"I'm OF responsible for the "a Ke ;ais tir1e. SO
1 had NIL the five things 10 iron this morning,
tie baking fell on Dorothy"
There not sna amongst all Thurston
BOWS Fashionable. high-brrd acquaintance
WHO would have made this avowal. and she did
IL with just the same simplicity that she would
have SAID, al was occupied with my music or
my French"
Tn. cake, however, did credit 70 Dorothy,
and Ire par.on lauyhiagly assured his dauSh-
ter that her training had not not BEEN bestowed
In ynin.
"lwill know more Of that girl, :" said the young
nan to himself, as h" left the parsonage.
And when ThuTstoD Dow said q thing he
meant il; he did know more OF Charity Moss.
For the next two months he found frequent
excuses 10 call at the parsonage-now 30 carry
tie young lady volume Of poems, and now
somc early fruits from his grounds, or rare
ECwers from his conssr vatory.
Twice ne took her 70 ride, and they had half
a dozen short walks together; yet think the
81 'reymans daughter puzzled the rich man of
Rock,ard just as much the last time he saw her
ss che did the first.
She met him always with the same sweet
smile flashing out from the pale gravity Of her
face, with the same mingled simplicity and
dignity of manner.
Still, every time he met her it seemed that his
whole nature was stirred and Xpanded by some
sweet, subtle influence
Charity Moss had never been In q city but
tw ice in her life. Newport and Saratoga we're
words az void and unsuggestiye to her as
Egyptian hierogylpAtcs, butts had read much,
and studied wide and deep for a girl Of her
years, ard the soil Of her mind was rich. and
lore good fruit.
But one ffowrr blose omed in her heart, which
shed sweet and subtle influence through her
whole life Alas Thurston DO u, with all his
cultivation and acut ness, had the "blnd eye"
VI Ch did nat see this hDt this what Pa III
tia Apostle meant when he wrote to the Corin-
thIans-"T The greatest ef these is Charity"
1hurston Dow knew that the clergyman's
daughter was fond of his society, but bayOnd
the simple rights and courtesies Of q friend, he
was assured Of nothing. The bright carnations
sat in her cheeks within he came-they had not
dimm-d or deeIened when hele
Eut that day, walking TO and fro in the fadiyg
liz ht OF his library, there came over the soul of
Thurston Dow faint and vague suggestion Of
what true. absorbing, scf.sacrificing affec ton
was; ard he thoughtof Charity in her simplicity
and gra witty. her girlishness and purity, and he
said TO himself, "Shr is just the roman that
want She will wake up the best and noblest
part OF me into lie and action. love her child
like simplicity. her womanly dignity. Alto
Fether, she is sweet, dainty, noble hearted
little creature, W hose very presence makes' the
air fresher and stronger about me-"
al am sick unto death of the shans and af-
fections of Ere-of women. Charity Moss has
none of these. She is the only woman whom
i could take into my heart, and lock the door
upon her. This very night will ask her to be
ITO RE COSTIyrED1