The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-03-22

~ But pure should q little girl DC, HlenuS,
A violet shrinking from sight;
Like Mary, the meek,
With q bash her check,
And the robe Of her soul ever white.
And thro' the strange valley of life, friends
The thorny and dangerous way;
The freshness of Spring
Around her will cling,
Though her sunny young tresses turn gray
81 And then, as we'll behaved child friends,
All follies and frailtes forgiven,
II She will ny without dread
i To the God who hath said
"Of sseh is the kingdom Of heaven"
I9~aydian Angel
TRUE INCIDENT.
a Charles ia boy who always insists upon
Fhaving his own way. It certainly must
body in the whole world, for he is never
willing to take any advice, not even from
( his father and mother, who of course,
know much better than he does, what 10
best for him, He caught violent cold
the other day, and was confined to the
house week, because he would not wear
I his cloak to school, as his mother advised
him to do and it was but the other eve
( ming that he burned his fingers very bad
lily, when roasting chestnuts, simply be-
4cause he would not take his mothers ad-
vice, and take them out with the topgs.
account of this obstinate temper, but he
does not seem to improve. He had kept
at the head of Ills Latin class almost
month-and in two days more would have
obtained the medal, for which he was so
but one day. sass n sns
to take his Latin Grammar, for he had
&great many books to carry, aud he thought
he aheRld be able 10 learn his lesson with
eat II. His older brother, who knew
much more about Latin than he did, and
was in q higher class, observing, that
when he put bis books into his satchel, he
did not take his grammar, said to him:
care you not going to take home your
\ grammar, Charles ."
,'sNo indeed, think I can learn that
easy Lesson without a grammar"
"I don't believe you cam" said John !;
+ 1T know I could not when I went over it
n and don't think you can. Take my
L advice, and carry home your grammar, or
you will be sorry for it."
ono, shall not" replied Charles as he
Fl threw his satchel over his shoulder, 81 am
F not going to trouble myself about that"
81 So Charles went home without his gram
+ mar but when he began to study his les
son in the evening, he found that he could
not learn it at all without it. He would
have asked his brother John to help him
+ concluded that he would rather ask assis-
+ lance from him than lose his place in
the class but when he went to look for
II John, he found that he bad gone out.
r Charles was then obliged to learn as much
f of the lesson as he could without gram
f mar, and leave the rest-for John did not
come home until after Charles had gone to
r. bed. The next morning he had no time to
l. look at his lesson and after he had ia ken
his place in the class, he found he could
hardly answer 8 single question-and lost
his place in the class at the very first ques-
ton that was asked him. He felt sorry
+ indeed, then, that he had not taken John g
l. advice-but his sorrow was not of the right
kind, for it did not lead him to do better.
. The modification which the loss of his
enviable reputation should naturally ca use,
l. was evanescent in the bosom of Charles.
/ Soon he began to study Natural History,
and was very much interested in it. One
day he saw O robins pest in an apple tree
in the garden. He was very much pleased
at the discovery for he had been very an
xious to watch some birds feeding their
young. and teaching them to fly. He ran
and told his father, and asked him if he
l. might put the nest in a cage, and hang it
on the bough of a tree-hoping that the
old birds would go in there, and feed their
young. His father told him that he might,
and was 30 kind as' to go out into the gar
den, and help him fix the cage. He then
went away, and advised Charles to go away
too, lest he should frighten the birds from
going into the cage. But Charles thought
L. ne knew better tnan MS 1aCneE, anu mlRuC
stay little while without danger of fright
ening the birds. SO he persuaded Robert
to hold the ladder for him, 'just for two or
three minutes" Pretty soon the old bird
began to ay about the tree, and was just
about to enter the cage, when Charles in
his delight, started forward, and forgot to
hold on by tho rounds of the ladder. He
very narrowly escaped falling by catching
hold of the bough upon which the cage was
stationed. But he shook the bough 30
hung, broke, and was dashed to the ground.
The little birds were killed, and Charles
lamented bitterly that he had not taken his
Fathers advice. He afterwards formed a
resolution to be guided by Instructions in
future, and not persevere 30 much in his
own way. Year by year, he faithfully fol-
lowed the rule laid down of his own accord,
and, when on his death-bed, he said ::
Never wieh to have your own way."-
Ksuth's Catholic Guide.