Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-05-18
NO. 81

died, and finally his utter abandonment
of it to the care of his sister; these ALI
! came up fresh before him. His life for
all the latter years, bad it been satisfac-
tory? Small happiness did he seem to
see in it now looking back He bad read
much, studied much, and--with gleam
of his old conceit-was very wise in his
own generation. But his light, of which
he felt that he possessed SO much, had
not brought him friends in his hour Of
need. There had not been one to say. II
am sorry for you" He forgot that IN his
days, he had never wanted any, and that
he had built about himself barrier of
'oligies and isms against all humanity.
Was it for good or i'll that all these new
ideas were entering his mind. " 5 bge 81
} Later in the day, as he lay reading his
lctter over again for the eyenth ximey the
same thoughts came back again, more m
tense than ever before. His retributSen
had commenced. Poor little letter, writ
ten in cramped childish. hand; for u
wonder it was worth more than rents for
once. 1t was dated .Weisbadcn, Nov.
l5," and ran as follows
DEAR GRANDPA Before the New
/ I ear comes in L wish to congratulate yo,i
ON it. Auntie says that you will not care
for me to write to you, but thought you
would be sorry if you knew that Mamma
died, and tLat she said give love to Faith
er" Auntie is getting sick and old sho
takes care of me. do not go to school.
but have lessons from five ladies. l study
English and French and have also re-
Ln,,c 4 tha Ep,
and the Grown Prince. Iwish very much !
to see you. Your loving PAULINE" 4
WANTS to see me, does she? What 4
does she know about meg Sent love to
father" His child that he had never
cared for when living, had remembered !
him, and it seems loved him. He had
repeated the same old story If marrying
and dying, and now there was little one.
new Pauline, her child. of course. Had
he been dreaming all these years in which
he had been SO wrapped in himself
Twenty-Five years can make some changes;
he was just beginning to realize this
strange he never thought of il before. He
wondered how it would seem to have u
child in the house. Pshaw. he could not
bear it ; besides, he was too old to change
his ways now. Still, he did not like the
idea of getting we'll, and going on again
in the old manner. He began TO think
seriously of making his will, and leaving
her his rents to collect. That would be
justification BY works, he thought. and he
rather liked it. '.In a. hundred years il
will be all the same," he muttered to him
self. but well he knew it will not be the
same else why is there record kept!
and for what purpose are even the spar
rows of account? Then sense of his
utter desolateness came over him, and he
cried out like Luther. "Oh my sins. oh
my sins - et,..ls5,sr 30
"GraRdpa, have you been very wicked
said little voice near him. lie turned
his head and there standing by his bed
side was the perfect miniature OF his own
little girl as he last remembered her; he
drew his hand across his forehead. in
dazed sort of way, aud then reached out
his arms and drew the child up to him and
kissed her.
1t is so seldom that things in real life
transpire Just as they do in books, that I
shall not explain at oil how she got. there;
all know about it is that she did,. and
that under her frightening, softening in-,,
fuence. this self-willed, storical old man
saw life in new form. Old Barbara. tho
housekecper, used to go about the house
smiling to himself at the wonderful chabgc7
in her old master, and every now and
then she would say in a triumphant tone:
''He can feel after ALL f# -.
/ do not like TO be mistaken for chat
n
telling how, that one day, being seized
with spasmotic desire to do something
he did not know clearly what, he rushed
wildly out into the street and invited all,
the children that he could find, including
the newsboy, to come to his house and
partake Of a regular feast And how
they frolicked, and blessed him. and were
SO glad that they had resisted the ten,pta-,
tion to tease him thai day that be fell
down, but picked him up instead--of.
course, attributing their good fortune TO
this one act of self-denial ON their port -
The nearest description that l can give Of
some of these little ''gamins," after their,
banquet. is that they were about two feet
long and three wide, presenting rather an
uncomfortable appearance however.
feasts were rare events in their life. and
we will trust that dyspepsia will not bo
their fate in consequences. le4.s aesU
Was it not surprising that little child
should lead himy and that after all, in
his last days. in the eleventh hour. there
should come to him. out Of the envcloping
fog in which be had groped 10 long, the
clear light of that open day of which, hei
had been 50 ignorant. Pauline's childish
faith. and earnest sympathy with every
human being that She met, opened his
eyes to new lesson, and opened his heart
as we'll. With the few remaining days
that we're given him. be didmuch towards
cultiyating that rare trait. which covers
such a multitude of our infirinities--
Charity. RITZ "iF1'
iafa liR
How Marbles arc Made. go
Il: ,xF &br &c, .fura ssf