Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-01-14

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5 country town where they lived, and he ha
| come up to town to seek their fortune, an
how all their little fund was spent.
When the little dinner broke up, | thin
Edmund Carew went home happier 1t wa
, not because he had made "a good start in hi
profession, for he was hardly aware of that
he had been interested in the case, and ha'
forgotten himself; it was not because MIR
Blenkinsopp had compelled him to take on
of the bank notes as fee, declaring that th
case was his own, and Edmund Carew hi
barrister; it was not because he had made
the acquaintance of the senior partner Of al
influential firm of city lawyers think thu
happy faces of the brother and sister whom
he had befriended made him feel happy bu
this I know, that when he reached his lone.
| ly chambers they did not seem so lonely as
usual; fragrant memory seemed to be pre-
sent: frail, fairy like form seemed to move
about them and when he fell asleep he
dreamed that little finger touched his ell
bow, and two bright little, eager eyes were
gazing into his.
Mr.. Blenkinsopp went home happier
He was lone man. He had benevolent
heart; but he was odd. People thought him
a stern old man, bu. they did not know Of
the sweet home he had when young, and how
in week the old home had been broken up,
and he had been sent to the care Of a stern
old aunt full of precise kindness, and sharp,
prudent, and saving ways; they did not
know of the up hill fight he had endured,
and yet how he had forsaken many plea
sure and many gain, that he might 60
home and watch by the side of sick old
aunt who had been the making of him =
still less did they know the story of the old
bible which his aunt had read so regularly
to him when he was lad, and which he
read 50 regularly to his aunt when she was
an invalid; they did not know Of that night
when the sternness Of the aunt had forsaken
her, and the story of loving Saviour's
death had laid hold upon her heart, and he
had learned to see that there was more reali-
| ty in that word than he had ever thought
of, and went to his room to read and pray,
but not to rest They did not know low the
bright and happy truth had dawned upon
him, and how he had changed in all but the
cold, stiff manner that he could not change;
for though the heart was warm and tender
| that beat within, there was needed something
without to draw forth the kindlier manner
John and his sister went home happier
that night !; for Johns misfortune had proved
his success, and he was to 60 to Mr. Blen-
kinsopp's tomorrow, and commence his oc-
cupation as clerk there at fair salary.
John" said little Lucy, as she babe her
brother goodnight, II have thought Of a
nice text for to-day
$50 have I, Lucy .u
"What is yours, John p
''No, tell me yours first. Lucy
'When my father and mother fcrsake
me, the Lord talseth me up And now
yours. John %
81 have been young and am now old,
yet never saw the righteous forsaken, nor
his seed begging bread That's the text
that came into my mind when Mr.. Blenkin-
sopp told me could go to him as q clerk
| l remember our dear fathers life, Lucy, and
how he wore himself out trying to help
others, and how he always said he could
trust the providence of God because he
knew the grace Of God,
Then they parted for the night, and little
Lucy knelt beside her tiny bed in that dingy
little room, and thanked God for his care,
and prayed blessing on the good old man
and on the noble young man who had be-
friendcd on that day.
There was q wedding some years after
this, when Edmund Carew, Esq, Q c.,
was married to Lucy Henthosn, only sister
of John Henthorn, Esq, Of the firm Of
Blenkinsopp & Henthorn, and very hap
Ply wedding it was; and people remarked
that old Mr.. Blenkinsopp looked the merriest
Of the party till the bride and bridegroom
went away, and then it was noticed that he
coughed good deal, aud muttered to HIM
self, and wiped his spectacle glasses very Of
ten.
CAN WGMEN KEEP SECRETS ?-The as
sumed inability Of women to keep secret
to themselves, has always been a fruitful
theme Of ridicule and reproach among the
satirists. The heroine OF one of Ben Jon,
sons comedies is q ''Silent Woman" who
eventually proves to be man. A writer in
the XIX Century," Magazine published
in Charleston, South Carolina, takes diff
ferent view of the subject, and charges that
men are much more prone than their fail
and Trailer companions, to indulge in gar
rulity. Century" says:
"Men say women can't keep secret
It is just the reverse-women can, men
can't. Women carry with them to then
graves secrets that would kill any man.
Woman never tells; man always does Wo.
man suffers and dies man blahs and lives
Man cannot keep secret, woman cannot
make it known. Adam was sneak. Eve
would have kept the apple secret. Be ye
faithful. Who ever heard woman talk a
bout her love fascos? Everybody has hearc
a man gossip. Man delights in telling Of his
illicit conquests, woman would cut her tongue
out first. Men are coarse in their club-roon
talk women refined in their parlor CONVEX
sation Who ever heard of woman telling
of her lovers Who has not listened to thu
dissipation of the men? Men boast; wo
mon don't Women never tattle out Of schoo
men are always blabbing. So down will
another old adage. Woman can keep Sc
cret, and her ability to do 50 is proved b.
the conduct of St. Johns Newfoundland
girl, who did not tell her lover she wa
worth four million in her own right, unit
after the marriage"
FEMALE INFLUENCE often have
seen company of men, who were disposed
to be riotous, checked all at once into decen