The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19

pointed, but he also felt relieved. "Hh
might have gone farther and Jared
worse" if he had married tresses with
out tenderness, and eyebrows without
brains So he was detected to have the
one great hope of his life die, but
thankful that he was not chined to the
corpse.
What did he do? He worked harder,
if possible, than before. He took
great deal of interest in all public
affairs, and became a good sort of Sama-
ritan. | find it quite fashionable for
disappointed heroes in novels to solace
themselves with benevolence. That Is
what Ben has done for the rest of his
life, up to this time; and | am glad,
therefore, that my truthful story is in
style. In fact, Ben has founded reli-
gious and charitable order.
Are you satisfied, my reader? You
wanted to hear more about good Teetlet
| would like to tell you one incident.
She came in at nine o'clock one night,
about three months after the May-day.
1t was a warm evening, and she had
just carried down some ice-cream to
Mrs. Jennings, who had washed her
lungs away, trying to pay off a mortgage
of twenty-five dollars held by the rich
st merchant in town. She sat down in
her rocking-chair and pushed her brown
hair off her forehead. | must stop to
say that it was as fine a Swiss face as l
ever saw Seeing letter on her table,
she opened it and cad
"NEw GENEVA, August 3, 1860.
MY DEAR TEETLET: When ! was a
| bop, uncultivated and passionate. |
loved pair of eyebrows and head OF
hair AS | grew, my imagination sup
piled the character. | have come out
of the chrysalis shell; am n man. |
am in love, this time with no blindness
of passion. | know one in whose life ]
see reflected the Christ-life. My wof-
shipful love for that one isn't like my
other passion at all, and | wonder that
the poverty of human language should
compel me to call the two by the same
name.
"You showed me how tc get free
from Pogue. The French you taught
me was the charm that set me free from
the spell of false love. Now, help me
once more by sending me some amulet
that will enable me to win the love OF
WE'LL, | shall come to see you to-
morrow evening, and tell you all about
it. Henceforth, 'by your leave, / am
"YoUR BEN"
am not going to give you picture
of Teetlet's agitation. That would be
sentimental" and there is nothing
with which the market is so overstocked
as sentimentalism. Besides, Swiss
brunette face is full Of vivacious expires
sion, and tears spoil it. Let us ski p the
five minutes that followed the reading
of the letter Teetlet was looking at g
dry sprig of cedar. She enclosed it in
a note which read:
"Aug. 3, 1860.
Ben: | took this bit of cedar from
your coat more than four years ago
when tied up your torn hand.
brought it home in the bouquet you
gave me. 1t was to have been burned
if you had married Mary. 1t is the
most precious amulet | have. Come.
" TEETLEr"
Ben came the next evening, and they
founded that religious and charitable
order that | spoke of, and Abbot Bel
they call him Major since the war; anC
Abbess Teetlet have wrought many
changes in New Geneva. There is al
academy on Pogue's Hill, and th'
county poo, house has been reformed
, and thousand other good things hav,
been done by this Order. For after al
mems clumsy devices the family is God
appointed "Order Of Religion and Coco
Works. From Scribner for Nay.