The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1862-03-21
Gbe starp Geuer,
From tho New England Farmer.
GAINING A TITLE;
A STORY OF TO-DAY.
by ANNIE @. HALE.


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..;a I,h, p,v. .ro,l, h.vo ~, ,r,,dso,
srmor or braver than I either ON field or
aooa ord ,voo ,v;so bo oddod N n nrc,tv
IT'LL woman who drow ,remblinc IN bis side
her pallid lips esayipr in vain to speak
.vou shall be tho nropdest yrandest LADY in
ou tho North whom coma homo from the
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.Ab John when p faltered the palc lirs.
and the meek blue ewes filled with tears
IN, Norv p,vrss sIer5cr and deIicate. and
rroiI a, sbe seemed had n bravo vet n tender
and lovir, heart and for the tall. uneouth
r,,w.hov WIN nitv;n, her ornbanave. sud.
dorlv bscame n man. and three wears since
h. u,r;,, bor h;s u;e, had cb,n,sd bcr II,
oi rovsrty and ,one,;pcs, into bonpines, and
oonsor, No s,cr;Gco u,s ,oo crcat $50 in.
..,n,,. -. 60. all,
And struck is chord. with might
Thai trembling s sSranS E from sights"
and a smile briyb, as a sunbeam broke over
her features while she dashed AWAY the gath.
erinr tears and continued answering herself
the sad. doubtful question she had asked
.wb.n tbsmrinc opeps: two or three months
x;,, aes;de ma,ters-it won't be long YOU
know YOU were gone four months last win
ter,
.ycs that foolish trim 10 Racine so YOU
and ,r,pdmo,ber inst keen Yourselves com.
Portable till warm weather, and mind that
Iinv how don't get the measles, nor the
whoopinc cough, nor the scarlet fever; nor
the yellow, nor the blue, for that matter
nothing but the red, blue and white suits
me now. But what nonsense am talking !
Come here, Tiny and he took the laugh
ing, growing urchin from 'grandmother's'
arms, and tossing him gaily as he strobe the
floor, went ON to tell the babe of the plea.
ninnics he should bring him home for play
mates, till the little one, fairly wearied out
with the irolic, dropped his curly head to his
fathers shoulder and fell quietly asleep.
A happy home where love and content
mont reigned was this. Not wealthy was
John Raynes, rs the world counts wealth,
nor did he caro- for the wealth or the honor
that mere worldly gain will bring; but there
was M, n richer. n nobler, a more honorable
man in MI the country around. Rich, noble
ana horo,,h,s was be in all manly virtues
n ,h,, ;r,s,ri,v which WEIGHS thought and
srcscb as wall as action. as If ever in the
s;,h, of bsoven. in IN. brayery 10 dare and
% a, tho r;,h, in tho face of opposi,ion and
evo, oppression. in that patience which
cheerfully takes the bitter as we'll as the
..,. or Nc, "a from thu hand of n kind
r,,bor !, ,b,, charity which is not easily
0,,voLoJ-,h;,Lo.b M evil bopeth all
IL, ..,.,..,L III ,h;,o.,
p;sh .,.o WAS bo in the love Of his true.
.,-.o.,'ho.,,.a rorr, w;cs who mad, MI
b.. hn.h,na,. aim, bsr own and !, tho nos.
-, g 80" IT,. -. ,hov ..i,.d
~. - -. nam. ,v.. No 20, dec,dcd
-. ','OS -, - NJ, ,r;,h ;nro,r,hlo
Ipy"' !S - ,a..s'.,;.,,s, ne. =, Ri. m.
,",n., arandmo,Ssr whose children even 70
~. ,h;,d ard fourth yenera,ion rose IN and
called hsr .blessed.' Five grandsons had the
venerable old lady given her farewell bcnO,
diction, as within the last six months they
had taken their lives in their hands and gone
forth to crush the spirit Of rebellion in its
stroncholds, and now this-her youngest
her fayorite-s,ood ready for the same.
W. I,h, R,v,.s had M, wealth 70 offer
m. .ouD,rv for the little farm his father and
,r,nd,,hsr titled before him was the ex,en,
Of nj, pos.rssiops-bu, all that he had Of