The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-12

Mrs. Moore, in A Lost Life" pub
lished by &. W. Carlton OF New York,
thus speaks Of some people whom il is
Pleasant TO have About -
II was pleasant to have Eugene Seville
in the house, / know Of no greater com.
pliment that eau be pald to 4 man or a
woman than to say they are pleasant to
have in the house. There are many
very clever, good people who stay in onr
houses, and still We hear the doors close
upon them, and their footsteps dioaway,
without one particle of sadness or regret.
They nre not disagreeable people-ycry
far from that bnt they Hldiate no sun.
shine, no life. They are like the cat
purring contentedly on the hearth. Puss
makes IN agreeable picture, and, if well.
bred, she is by no means troublesome
but We are willing that at any time she
should go away and hunt mice, nOrw0uld
we be grieved il she stayed AWAY all day.
Those are very dear, rich.raturcd
people, whose comings give our hearts
thrills of expectation, aud whose goings
take little brightness out Of our sun
shine.
Snch nature was SWyille's and he
shonc forth with special brightness
against the dark backgrounds of Mr..
Wayue's house. | say Mr.. Wayne's
house, exclusively, for EIenOr Wayne's
house would have been very ditlereu
affair; something OF brightness, md
gladneSs, md perfume, and song, if she
could have had her way. III this house
which had little attempts ut cheer.
here and there, but was pervaded al
through by the masters presence rs II
it were subtle malaria that could not
he shut out, Seville came aud went like
u beautiful bright flame, and the gloomy,
poisonous damps rolled away, and home.
iOys-hitherto wan aud pale ns plants
that grow in cellnrs--brightened and
grew into something like sprightly life be-
cause Of him. There was about him a
tender frankncss that could cut to the
heart and never hurt genial audacity,
carrying him. swift as light, to words
and deeds that other people never
thought of doing or saying-or, il they
thought, never dared. Blended with
this bold, bright nature, was II softer,
humber one-the nature that led him to
lift broken lily ms tenderly us il it were
really alive and felt the pain vf its crush.
ed stem thut led him to take little Carl
in his arms and talk to him on his own
level Of wonderful baby.thoughts; that
led him to do those trivial kindnesscs-
so trivial that most OF us overlook them
for everything and everybody around
him, rs if-though never seeming to see
Tho was all eyes. He had the
keenest observation united with the best
Of wills. A blessed combination for
who has not seen goOd-hearted, we'll
meaning people sighting countless op.
pOrtunitias 10 assist and cheer, simply
from this blind, nolish habit Of not
seeing?
Such presence ms this made n new
atmosphere in the Wayne house. When
lie wns oil for days hunt on the noun
tains--a kind of hunting wherein part
ridges started from path and drumm.
ed Off into deeper solitude unharmcd,
and great-eyed rabbits and nimble Squir,
rels bounded across in line OF yisiol, aud
got of with whole bones-the day, for
some reason or other, seemed very long
in the tall.chimncyed farmhouse down
In the valley and when at night he came
home, bringing no greater trophy of the
day than some geological wonder, or Il
handful of forest flowers, there was Il
great rush, on little Carl's part, to meet
him, and an unmiStakable light Of wei.
come iu the eyes of Elenor