Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-29

/ II was little Marie's birthday the most
/ beautiful Of ell days, she Thought All her
small boy trieads and girl friends came 70
] play with her, and she wore her hnsst
/ trock, this had been given to her by grand
mother, who was now with the good God;
/ but grandmother had cut 1t out and made
/ i, herself before she went up into the bean.
/ tiful heavens. The table in Nafie's room
was shining with presents; there was the
Iprettiest little kitchen, with all the belong
/ lnqs OF q kitchen, and doll that could lit
/ It's eyes and cry ugh when you pinchel
! its stomach; ah and there was picture
/ book too, full Of the pre,tiest stories, to toe
read when somebody coUla read But It
was more beautiful than all the stories ia
/ all the world 70 live to see so many birth
/ days.
40 ia so beautiful to live ! said the
little Marie; Godfather said that was the
most beautiful fairy tale
IN the room next her were both her
brothers; they were big boys, one Of them
nine years old and thu other eleven. They
| thought it beautiful &c live too, to live in
their way; not to be babies Ike Mary, but
1 thorouga.going school.0oys: 10 get their
| high mark in class TO dgnt their school
fellows, and like them ail the better for II
to skate in winter, aud ride velocipedes in
summer 10 read OF baronical castles, with
drawbndges and dungeons, and TO read Of
| discoveries in Central Africa, On this
subject though one Of the boys had mis-
giving that ell might be discovered De-
fore he was grown man, than he was to
60 out on his adventures. Life is the
most beautiful fairy tale, said godfather,
and one takes a part III 1t ones self,
1t w8s on the parlor.foor these children
PLAYED and lived; on the fiat above them
dwelt another branch of the family, And
here, too, were children, bat they had
slipped their leading strings they were so
big, one son was seventeen, and another
twenty; bat one Of them was very old in
deed, said little Marie, he was twenty-five
and engaged TO ee married, AL Of them
we're well off; had good parents, good
clothes good attainments; ana they knew
! their own minds,
Clear the way down with the old
hoardings said they, "a free lookout
Into the wide world that is the fines.
thing We know Of Godftaer IS right
lite is the most beautiful fairy tale Of all =
Father and mother, both elderly people
colder than the children naturally seid
with smiles ou their lips, in their eyes and
in their heart. How young they are, the
young folks ! things won't 60 on in toe
world jus, as they fancy; still they will 60
on Lie IS q wonderful, beautiful fairy
tale
Higher pp-a little nearer the sky as we
say, when people occupy the attice-
/ lived godfather Old was he, and yet so
wong ii mind always in good spirits
Many 4 long story could he tell. Far and
wide he had been IN the world, and from
all The lands al the worlds were pretty to-
kens standing N Lis room. There were
pictures from floor TO ceiling and some of
the window. paues were OF red and
yellow glasses; if one looked through
them. tue whole world lev in sun
shine, however gray il might be out
side. There were green plants growing in
great glass case, and in globe attached
70 there were gold FISH swimminP-theyI
looked at one AS if they knew many thing
.hev wonld not talk about. There was n
sweet smell Of flowers here always. even
in winter, and IN winter tie e great fire
hlszed on the hearth, il was so amusing to
sit looking into it and 20 hear how i
cracked and cracked,
1t reads old memories ont loud 10 NE,
said godfather, and il seemed to little Mary
moreover, as If many pictures showed
themselves IL tie hre. But in the large
carved book case close by stood the real
books: aud the oae which godfather read
0teres. be called the book OF books, il was
the Bible. There was pictured the history
o. the world ard al mankind, Of tie cyea.
top the flood, the kings and the king oil
kings
All that has happened, auds,i that will
happier is written IN that book said god.
father. So infinitely much in one single
book Az, ana all that man Las 70 pray
tor is entered there IN the prayer Oar
FATHER
IT is the drop ofmercv said godfather
as Qitt on this child cradle is laid on tho
cnilds hear: Little child keep it care.
nlv; never lose ]. hcyeve. big thou may.
est pror, and thou rili not he torsaken on
ife's chaneeful way-it will beam bright !
within thee-and thou wilt never be lost
Goda.lers eyes were frightened by il |
TIL they shone with JOY once in mis- years
Of youth they had wept, and this. too !
was good, he said. That was the time
Of trial then all looked dark; now have
srnshine within aud around M. The
older one grows the clearer one sees. IL
adversely and prosperity, that our Lord is
in il all that life is the rost beautiful
fairy tale that this only hecan give az, and
that this goes into eternity,
1T is beautiful to livel said little Marie
so too, said tie small aud big boys; father
aud mother, tie whole family, and CHEF
Of all godfather, and be had experience
be was the oldest Of them all knew al $50.
ries ana be said Lite is the most beautiful
.airv tale. Inns Christina Aqndsrsth, IL
Good Vordsf5r The Yoyog.