, 1866-12-16

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had been few and sombTe- Sometimes. when
. the weather elsewhere was very bright In
deed. tho dEe1lers In those tenta cojoSed q
prel-aud-4alt.c day or two, but their
stino+phere'a usual wear. wAs slate, or auud
color.
Ho rclished bis walk 50 we'll, that he re-
pcated II next day. He WAS : little earlier
1t the cottage than the daY before. aud he
could hear tho Children up stairs singing to
teen enlsr rneasnEe and clspplug ont the hHe
sss,ili. there Is no sound OF any mua1cal
Instrument" he said, listening at the cor
ner, and yet saw The performing hands
a9aiu, as cana by. What are the children
sinRfng1 Why, good Lord, they can never
be siuEiag the multiplicas!on-ttahler
ieyment., Tie mysterious face had voice
attached to It; which occasionally led Or set
the children right. Its musical cheerfnlhe4s
was delightful. The measure 1T length
stopped, and was succeeded by q nurtnuring
of youne voices, and then By short song,
month Of the year. and about what work it
yielded to the laborers In the fields and farm
yards. Then, there w1s stir Of little feet,
and the children came trooplng and whoop-
Ing out. A. on the previous day. And again.
rs on tho previous daY, they ali turned at the
dently to the facc on the Hindow-sill, though
Barbox Brothers from bis retired post Of dis
advantage at the corner could not see It,
But as the children dispersed, he cut oil
one email straggler-a bsown'taced hoy. with
fa1en hair-and said to him:
"Come here, little one. Tell me whose
house Is that"
The child, With one swarthy arm held up
across his eyes, half in EhyDess, and half
ready for defence, safd from behind the inside
Of his elbow:
"Phnbe's."
And who," said Barbox Brothers. quite
| rs much embarrassed by his part IN the dta-
1egne as ths child could possibly be BY bis,
"is Phrbes"
To which the child made answer: "WhY,
| Phoebe, Of course."
The small but sharp observer had eyed bis
| Qpestfoner closely, and had taken his moral
| measure. He lowered bis guard, and rather
assumed a tone with him as having dlscov-
cred him to be an uuaccustorned person In
| ''Phnhe." said the child, can't be any
bobby else but PlGbc. Can sbcr'
mo. ! suppose not"
.Ws'l,n returned the ehild, "then Ths
u Deemiuc ne It IT prudent to shift his ground
| Barbos Bfothsrs tooE up new position.
| "What do you do there! Up there In thai
room where the open window is. What de
l you do there :"
"Geol," said the child.
| "Co-ol," the child repeated In londe
voice, lengthenine out the word With txet
| look and great emphasis. as much as X
l say: "Tlui's the use Of your having sroxt
rp, Il: you're such doukeS as not to under
"Ah! School, school, ." said Barbox Broth
CTS. Yes, yes, yes. And Pha,be tcache:
The child nodded.
| "ieod boy"
..Touud il cut, have you p, said the child
"Ics. ! have found it ont What wouic
| sou GO with twopence, If gaSo it to Jou "
"Fcud it,
The kns.ck-doTn promptitudc OF this re-
| 1'ly leaving him not 4 ley to stand upon.
Barhnx Brothers produced the twopencs
With cE.at lanieness, and withdrew In statt
But secing tile face on The wiudow.sfll rs
he passed the cottase, he acknowledged it,
! presence there with 4 gesture, whien wa<
| not a ned, not q bow, mt removal Of LII
lat from his head, but was ditildent com
promise between or struggle with all three
| The eyes In the face sceMed amused, oi
cheercd: or both. and the lips modestly said
Good day to you. sir.'
~ find NUT stick for time to MucbJ
Junction." said Barbox BgetEess, With much
gravity. after onct 1norc stopping gu hts re
turn read to look at The L'ncs where they
| went their several ways 50 quietly. II cau'I
make up my mind jet, which iron road te
take. In fact, must get little accustom
ed to the junction before can decide"
So, he announced at tb. inn that he waE
| "Eufng to stGy On f3r the present" and inl.
proved his acquaintance eith the junction
that night, and at:lin next morning, and
again next night and 1norning: going down tc
The station, mir CLING with the people there
looking about him down all the arenncs ol
and BEGINNING to s1ae an interest e. th
into a. 1aps 5 Z ..ts ess faa put but E E
never found Lamps there, 4 pair or two o
Telvetecn shoulders be usually found there
STOPPING nyer the Gre. sometimes In counec
tiop with a elasped knife and piece .
bread md meat, but the answer 10 his IN
quiry, Where's Lamps - wIs, either thai
he was "t'other side the liuv," or, that Il
was his otlttmc, or lin the latter csse}, hi
oEu personal Introduction tu another Lamp.
who was not his Lamps. However, he wa
not to desperately set upon seeing Lamp
now, but he bore the disappointment. No
did he SO wholly deTote himselfto his sever.
application to tho study Of s1ugby Junctios
es to Begiect exercise On the Contrary, Ii,
tonk Naik every day, sud ulways tue sam,
walk but the wear acr turned cold and Ne
again, and tho nindaw vas never open.
I III.
At length. AFTER lapse at some days, Their
came auother ssTeaA of bright hardy autumn
weather. It MasA Saturday. The windop
wne OF en. aud tho children were cone. No
surprising. this, for be had patiently watches
I'D waited At tic co1nrrt until they 1rer
"Good ,ax," he said to tho face: ao.o
LATELY getting His hSt clear off his head tn,
ttnlc. 'N
"Good day to you, alr."
,oa, = sIn :, clad sou have ane skg again, II
"lhank you, sir. II is kind of you.,,
,.Iou arc IN invalid, fear"
| No, sir, have ye1y g,od hex1th.s'
| hut are you not alw3ys lying doVAT'
20 yee, am a1wa - lying down because
cannot sis np. But an, mt aa invalid.
bs sne nscs, 1n,aEhi.sE eyes seemed highly TO eno,
"Weuld row mind takang the trouble II
come in, sir: There Is q beautiful xlev
fru'a this window. And yoa would see thai
9m rot at al iti-hesng NO good as to care
It was said to help him, Al he stood frreso
latc. but evidently desiring to etter, WI.
his diudeht haEd on the latch of the gar,ics
gate 1t did help him, md he went ID:
The loom up stafrs was very clean, whit
room, with low roof It's only inmate Ia,
With The window: The csnch was whit,
too, and her simple dress or wrapper helus
light blue. like the band around hr- hair
| she had on ethereal look. and MncIlt,, an
reaIanse oi lying among clouds: He fe,
by habit. q down-cast, sacitprn man it W.,
another help to him 70 have estarfishetl thn
understanding 10 easily, and got It over.
him, nevertheless, as be touched her hanti
and took chair Ut the side Of her Couch. W
~ SEE, now," he began, not at all f]ucntJv
"ho~ you occupy your hands, Oniy secI1.
rou from tile rat6 outside> thnn,hs o.;
we're rt2yipv Oh so1nctbinv.' so4
Sic vas eocaesd in rerT ntn,h1r ,n3 ,,.,
tc.ous!y uasIns lace. 4 }are-ni3inw I'm nv oen mn
m her krcasf md In = rnt"s ropra p,.u" ~ u ?
chnnres Of her hand. nnon e as .ho ,sas,i Aus
fsd r;r.n ,he,,, 1hs .nI; wv = ag sne Hofkea
nrr,sd' <A44 tn0 aeS'oa oc iao taissPsef
HThat f< cnr;oua ,, aha o,,u.., .:..
h,;oht anil. ssFnr, "fqaI ns @' @@sasa' WIN {
ihat rlay tuues When u an st 'suS, @n;E msssli