The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-02-25
LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AlMsT AT, BE Thy GODS.
WAYNE COUNTY, IND. FEB.


time in giving it the desired di-
rection as yol have this after
noon.'
Nelly didn't speak for several mo-
ments, she sat there apparently
staring ous Of the window, but in
reality was looking inwardly at
herself.
Mother she said, and her blue
eyes seemed to grow dark with
earnestness, and she uttered every
word with emphasis, If you had
known what hit or miss sort Of .
little girl was going to grow to
be-wouldn't you have managed to
drop me on the floor or some
thing, when / was baby, so as
you would have been surer of hav-
| ing me in Heaven than you are
now2' &
Mrs. O. laid aside her book, and
drawing chair up to the fire
which was burning brightly in the
CRATE, she took Nelly in spite Of
her twelve years upon her lap.
Nelly my child. when you were
a baby your mother prayed for you.
every day; prayed for you in ad-
vance Of your 'hit or miss kind of
life as you call it. Every day Of
your twelve years, has your moth
er prayed for you She did not
know, when che pressed the blue
eyed baby to her bosom, what her
future life would be, but she trust
ed and left you in the arms of Je.
sus; she knew His strength was
all sufficient, whatever might come.
Take your hit or miss kind Of
life to Him, Helen, and ask him to
help you to hit everything that is
right, and miss all that is wrong.
Isn't th at the best way.
Nelly's only answer was, oh
mother, 1 love you lots and sh e
} jumped up and ran away?
Every body says I'm a strange
child 'cept nother,' said Nelly as
she put on her hat and cloak and
thrust her feet into some rubber
boots-'She always had a good
word for me- and she turned and
walked quickly back to the kitchen
Mother I've come all the way
back for another kiss!'
WAS it SO very far to Gomez
said Mrs. Osgood, as she bent ov-
er her little daughter and gave heI
not one, but dozen kisses. 'Oh
y no, mother. not so far you know,
but me and the boys are going to
make dam tonight, 50 you see ]
:, was in a hurry. There are only
two things I like to do better than
make dams. Why mother. we pile
up the wet snow, and the waite
can't get past, and then all Of .
sudden when it gets awful full, M
> and Ned Hewitt hoe the sno.
away, and all the water rushe
lickety- split down the hill. Ol
what fun!' asid Nelly getting ex
> cited; you see mother, the waite
y, can't get past till we want it to
cause the hie her it gets, the NOR
:. sacw we put on, and-and-.Sud
denly it gets dark said Mrs. Os
= good, 'ard we have to come in be
fore we get ready, and we thinl
, fathers awful croes,' because af
ter working hard all day he is in
: hurry for his supper, and Nell
covered up the concluding sen
- tence with kiss, and with ho
:. over her shoulder ran out of tn
house. .a6
10 If Mrs. Osgood did think he
. little daughter strange as Nell
. expressed it, she was wise enoug
y to conceal it. Persons who Al
'p constantly hearing how very od
r, they are, how unlike every on
else, very soon learn to like til
;. distinction. The communicate
~ like Ayres' pills, is often investe
~ with sugar coating, and the pei
ct son swallows it without discover
~ ing its disagreeable properties
"a but others, who see the effect
has produced in the longing f
" more, know that the person like
III it for the sweet, without deriyin
IN the benefit Of the bitter. Affecte
originality is odious! Those wi
la study to excite such comments ,
:. Isn't she strange 2 What que,
20 lady or gentleman you are!'s ar
ne mho feel perfectly satisfied, whe
they can create series of qui
r. nudges among the surrounding i
. dividuals, are among the clas
who, for the sake of elici:ing SUI
70 applause, act on the free licen
IT. principle. expecting people
ng make allowance for everythir
e. they do or say, which is not pa
y. ticularly worthy Of admiratio
. wonder, or surprise. They I'M
Az be rude and impolite, but are Sc
it dom reproved. It's only so al
he So. Isn't she odd 'Insn't he
rs. strange piece, are the only mar