The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-13

'Oh, all! please excuse me, he said
unable to repress smile. Perhaps We
shall make each others acquaintance
some time. Then we will converse
:" He did not speak to her again until
we reached Richland. When the con.
ductor called out the name of the sta
tion she hastily arose, and, gathering ur
her packages, which were rather more
than she could conveniently manage
said, imperatively:
"Let me pass out.
Certainly, young lady he pleas
antly replied. Il stop here myself, You
seem to be burdened with packages.
Allow me to take some of them ont OF
the car for YOU
"She did not reply in words but she
threw back her head and lel ked intense.
y disgusted that he should offer to
touch her things. He evidently tried
to suppress a smile as he turned around
and crossed over to the young carpen-
ter. On account of your Aunt Ruth's
lameness we sat quietly in our seats,
waiting for the other passengers to 60
out, before | helped her out. 50 had
nothing to do but observe what was go.
ing on around me. The young lady's
packages troubled her, and she was oh.
ligod to pause moment to rcarrange
them. Before she passed out Of hel
seat n young lady about her own age
rushed in to meet her. After theacc
toned snlutatlons between Young ladies,
the newcomer dropped down upon the
seat and exclaimed:
"'Oh Clara my breath is nearly
gone. / did not get your letter until
fifteen minutes ago, and hurried every
step of the way here, for fear that |
should be too late to meet You. | am
delighted that you decided to enter the
seminary here. Where in the world
did you fall in with our Principal, and
where is he now? Has he gone to get a
carriage for you?'
" am sure | don't know what you
mean, Grace s!e replied. | haven't
seen the Principal
"' Haven't seen him y said Miss
Grace with an amazed look. 'Oi course
you have seen him. When first caught
a glimpse of you from the door you
and he were standing together in this
seat and he was speaking to you.
"Oh no, Grace. Your eyes could
not have served You right, said the
selfish young lady who had carried her
self so disagreeabiy and haughtly, with
II good deal of agitation and very red
face 1T cannot be possible that the
man whom yor saw talking to me was
Mr.. Gaylord. You surely must be try
ing to play joke on me. beg of you
to tell me that it was not he.
"' cannot, my dear; for it certainly
was he, replied Miss Grace. Why,
what is the matter, Clara? Didn't you
like him? ? If you did not, ] am sure you
will when you become acquainted with
| him. He is one of the most refined and
agreeable men in the world, and his
wife is Just rs agreeable as he is.
thought that You were ono OF the most
fortunate of girls when your father told
me that they had consented to take You
to board. I wish that | were in youi
place
"'You'd wish you were anywhere bu
in my place il you knew what
"Miss Grace interrupted her in hen
sentence by excaiming
&" Why, here is Mr.. Gaylord now
"Mr. Gaylord, she said as he was
passing, without looking toward them,
this young lady, whom you were
speaking to few minutes ago, is my
friend, Miss Clara Evans, whom We were
expecting to-day.
"He turned, and, stepping into the
seat in front of them, gave his hand to
the young lady with whom he had rode
thirty miles that morning, and smilingly
said
:" How do you do, Miss Evans? 1t
gives me pleasure to make your ac-
quaintancc. When first saw you, with
your books and packages, felt pretty
sure that You were the young lady whom
we expected down mt Summerville this
morning, and as soon as | heard your
| fathers voice | was confirmed III my
opinion. Now that you know me, Miss
Evans, and know that ! am not car
penter, you will permit me to take YOU
things for you and see you into n carri
age, will you not ?
GAS he stopped and took her pack
ages from her, he asked in low tone
"'Have you ever thought, Mis-
Evans, that it would be well for tn
reviscrs of the New Testament to omi
to state that Christ was n carpenter
You know some people might feel 81
much greater reverence for him If they
did not know that humiliating fact.
"She stood like one transfxed anC
neither answered his questions nor OBJ
iected to his taking all of her bundles.
Then she meekly followed him out OF
the cars. Her face was SO crimson and
she looked so utterly crestfallen that
your tender-hearte aunt said that she
could not help pitying her, richly as
she merited the lesson. But | could
not pity her, Alice, she had shown such
a thoroughly selfish and disagreeable
spirit. Aud | wishe that the white
headed cd man had remained in the
car long enough to witness her discom.
future. think that he would have said
again That is just what she deserved.
And / told your aunt so, and she said
that she hoped that the poor girl would
so profit by that days experience that
she would never deserve to be so hui
inflated again"
"And ! hope, Uncle John," said
Alice in IL softened and subdued tone as
Mike came mp to the door with the
carriage "that 1 never again shall merit
the rebuke conveyed in your story. -
". y. independent.
GAIT. CAULFIELD, who kills tigers
for the Madras government, extracted
from two living cobras eight grains of