Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-23

like a tiger. He said he had
mind to turn fisherman at once, anC
to remain so all his days. Then
Polly, / began to discover that the
sprinkling of roses on my path was
a very shallow one. He finished
by asking me in very excited
manner what it was l wished him
to dol What particular labor
would seem proper for him to un'
dertake What were the terrible
faults that he was committing
George said /, Indignantly, leave
ali that to yourself your own con-
science is sensitive enough to fur
nish you with convincing an
swers.'" Here Miss Mamie biidled
for moment, and then suddenly
broke down into another fit of
weeping, and cast herself for a Sc
cond time upon the tender bosom
of her friend.
The friend remained q moment
in deep thought then she whisper
ed in a sirens voice, and with a
sirens embrace, Mamie. dear,
haven't you been TO hear little Ben
jimin Dreyfus preach lately p
"Oh, yes, Polly, all the girls 60"
~ thought so.',
"And why pray3" Miss Mamie
looked up with inaamed eyes.
"Well, because you echo that
poor boys paintings after splendid
virtues, and like him, are not at all
sure of what they consist or where
they may begin. Listen a moment
to the Trumpet of wisdom. There
is such a thing as keeping your
purities in hand as well as your
faults. You have suddenly con
cieved the ilea that George is not
leading a life that is distinctly pro.
fitable to any body. 1t takes 6
pretty wise person to prove that tC
begin with but, supposing it true
we find you wishing to animate
him to think more-to open hi
eyes to the good he may do with hi
wealth-to learn the pleasures o
more aesthetic intellectual, and"
"And religious, Polly"
"Yes, and religious life. Is no
that your plan :"
"Y-yes."
"Well, and how do you set abou
iti BY putting yourself in posi-
tion to direct him anewl BY plac
ing yourself in advances By in
structing yourself in the definite
methods by which he may rise
No. For when he fairly asked yol
what he should do, YOU at once fel
back upon your sentiment. Yol
should know that you must inocu
late people with goodness, no
shoot it into them. 1t was not tn,
most sagacious plan for you, full
fledged Puritan, to leap suddenl.
out, and demand that your bes
, friend should give up his best plea
sure because you in solitary self
communion had decided that h
should. If you were convinced
that the few weeks in the yea
which are spent by George in sucl
sport might be better imployed
you should have set about persuad
ing him by slow degrees. ven
ture TO believe that you have no
the remotest idea of the pleasur,
of which you wish to deprive him
/ think you have never been upol
the water. No! / thought not
Then, before you ask George t
surrender something of which yol
do not understand the nature
would it not have been better t
have asked yourself, Am / sur
that l am not making mischief
If you had done so, then this seri
Gus trouble would not have COM
upon you. Benje Dreyfus, who /
ailing and bloodless, though yer.
good, has raised you to q mora
atmosphere too rarelied for one I,
breathe on short notice. Therefor,
If you want George to ascend t,
those lofty heights with you, yo'
must toll him along, and perhaps h
will grow accustomed to it by de
grees. / don't believe, my poo
Mamie"
At this instant the sounds G
eight horses feet upon the road-wa
in front of the cottage burst in a
the window. Then there was
great refining mp, and great pranc
ing and snorting, and jingling o
silver harness bells, intelminglet