The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-10-14

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heard ha. his old mistress and kind friend,
Mrs. Courenay had come back from Lon
don, and she told him just before she went
that she would call ard see him as soon as
she returned
"Well, Pm surei's very kind and shall
be uncommonIy pleased 10 see her," said
Anne. 81 hope she will look in OF an even
ing, though; | should mol like a lady to
catch me in my dirty TRIM
"As 10 dirty, that you never are, said her
husband, tuning pleased look on the tidy
| figure beside him 81 believe" added he,
somewhat more drily, "that it's you she
comes to see. and not your new gown but
| dare say she wouldn't mind going up and
looking in the drawers, if you asked her'
! Anne, who had quick sense OF the ridi-
culous, was more.ramused than angry at
this speech. and sssssElE after turned the
The following evening when Sam came
| home 10 tea, he heardSlhat Mrs. Counenay
had Just called and found his wife in ex-
treme delight al the kind and good
manlsse q her visitor
BAt4 liked so much, " said Anne twas
fsneoming right up TO the table instead of
standing just in by the door And then she
sat down on her chair there just as il she
had been in her own drawing room and
talked away to me as kind as though
were her equal"
{. What did she talk abou, ~ inquired
Sam.
| "Aboui you, mostly-what a good SER
want you used TO be, and what good hus-
band she had thought you'd make. And
than she asked all about my family-where
mother lived and how many sisters | had
married. and lois of things besides. But it
was not,' said Anne, warming with her
/ subject, ''i: was not so muck OF The things
she said as The pleasant manner she had
with her, and then she shook hands SO
! heartily when she went away"
A half smile passed over Sans face, as
he quietly remarked, "She did not seem as
/ Il she though, il was beneath her TO come 10
see you then p
/ Anne made no reply, unless deep blush
can be considered as such; and her husband
wisely refrained from pressing her any far
ther
This was Wednesday evening. Friday
morning, at breakfast, Mrs. Rogers asked
her husband whether he had said anything
/ yet to the Perkinses.
! "No: have not seen joe; but I expect
10 do SO this evening, and must give him
an answer then. What had I better say 2"
"ThaI we will CO." said his wife, without
the smallest hesitation /; and the husband
felt himself rewarded for his forbearaEce.
The evening OF the visit soon came and
Anne, dressed in her wedding gown, ac-
companied her husband.
To her surprize che found Mrs. Perkins
house, though smaller than her own, not
merely clean, but the very picture of COM
fort. II had-a most unusual luxury in this
part of the town-several pots OF balsams
aGd fuchias in the sitting loom window; and
the room itself was hung with various pen-
Gil drawings, the work OF The Misses Cour-
tenay, BY whom they had been presented
to Joe on his marriage.
4 Ia putting on her best bonnet and gown,
Anne had also put on her most dgnified
manners. For the last three days she had
been weighing The difference of rank be-
! tween the daughter OF a journeyman and
that OF an apothecary and it was as i'm
portant in her opiniong, that this difference
should be felt in its precise degree at their
! first meeting, as 1t is in The eyes of sol.
/ emn conr usher that at some grand cere-
monial the precedence OF an earl over ba-
ron shall be carefully observed.
! You will wonder perhaps, that as Anne
was sufficiently moved by Mrs. Cosrtenay's
example 10 90 al all if she did not go in
more humble spirit Unfortunately, to many
Of us, This is no mystery. Her Unborn in-
visible enemy had received sharp blow,
outworks into the citadel There he took
up a stronger position than before and but
for Gods blessing on a nature honest and
kindly in the main, il would have gone
hard ont he would once more have regain>
ed the NJ aslery.
Anne, then, went prepared TO. be royalty
gracious, and 10 palronize Mrs. Perkins, if
she found her agreeable; but her plans
were Disconnected and by very simple
| course-Mrs. Perkins was a person who
CO uld not be patronized. Happily in most
circles her counterpart is TO be met with, so
short description will enable my readers
to recognize her. When you see d woman
| quietly dong her daily work, without seek
ing for excitement, content 10 live and die
unknown, if il so please her Father in heav
en,-when you see one who feels that in
doing The humble duties OF every day life
she is as great, IN The sight of God, as the
conquerer in the battle field or the lawgiver
in the sena,e,-there you see one whose
manner is full of true dignity and whose
coUnienance beams with true happiness