The Portland daily press., 1874-11-28

Hannah sat at one end of the table too
happy to eat, and Sally, with beaming face,
| at the other.
Poor souls-broken-hearted and tired out,
most of tbem-tbey enjoved the day, and
went back to their dreary home, already in
vited to dinner on the next Thanksgiving.
Now commenced happy days in the little
| brown cottage. Old Sail, nicely dressed in
| fiannels and warm merino dress, was en-
'throned in the most comfortable arm chair
the village afforded(presented by Mr.. Antho-
| N.Y., in the warmest and sunniest part of the
| kitchen, while Hannah, more nervous and
uneasy, was comfortably placed in warm
stuffed rocking chair the other side OF the CRATE
| Lottie, installed maid of all work, and happy
| as the day was long, went around her dainty
| housework singing snatches of her own native
country airs. and growing plump and hand
| some every day.
The outer world was represented bq Lottys
| twin brother Carlo Benini-shouted to Char
| ley Ben by plain Yankee tongues that havn't
time, in the driving business of life, to wres-
| tie with the quirks of Italian pronunciation.
| He had ben left with Lofty at the Poor House
| ten years before, when their mother came,
| a sick stranger, to the iowa, and died the
| next day. But for two or three years had
| been separated from his sister, and working
| for his board and clothes.
NOW uc"esel Ihalii'a ~. nao i.lsi.eu ni,l ~
snale 'h.l nol' anu u: n ,is was lnauce9
| with the rest.
| 1t was very happy family. as I said, and
| for genuine, heartfelt happiness you must 90
to those who have reached some quiet heaven
| after long years of buffeting the tempests of
| life.
| "ouu pieiei no' =, lusheion naheau
SONS anu tnelr wives. rof Tue eTedlI OF ne-
lnaniy woulu lather hoC zen low 0enn
WI. WE canle 70 sec net .he very Jay sue ne?ru
eue news, anu was 81 sIau HtouteT was Yong
W uato 'no ou noo w., moiu seou oo iial
hIal W gee iisl Inele, anu l'.tie pehhy woui9
9e So peasea u come up anu see Sranohia anu
pi,uS ner soile NUS he nao satheteu HUI
sen.
ana my cheeks ourn WIN shame lof ann
wnell .eil nom oeoise-wnu hau n, loo,ii,
nor Iolper at n's co,uloi.aple laoie' ier us
ne.ll'-oaohen oiu ,iosnee ~ ner oays VI pow
ely-Saiiie ovGl III .le evening, anu salu now
soary ne pau Always oeeh tnat 1t was So ana
ohereo 10 senu ner lhilh every oay, as they
nau lnore lnaii lucy co.uu USE; anu itiso pro-
poseu " lnves. neI nioi.y w neI'
anu snuuoeL ~ .niih ., lne lesson OF
avalce lauSnI tuoSe sianueInuIen WIZ a r
W StoiS u"y Wy" Lin y. ouICei' vi " ~"
i me apps Is sot she anoh" 'ney hau never
ne1slu sp I'LL, y. Doo,e' an
-. 81 =
Wi,,la'n WIZ esiiie up auu pileu arouhu III
~ sue slpos., aho ostiy WIZ. anu sussesleu
W mo :p:.: ' tn sno oe.Iel pe CAUTIOUS
'oou. ,usl'ns W. many " snale hel ih1neS'
o oe1s 'ne 'n'sn' 'ioO law onouu 'oi heis-
sell.
IL IS pleasanter 10 TURN 10 tne old lady ner
self-iny herolne-who received all these ad-
Vahces win quiet dlshlty, anu VINO answered
all TINS adVice ana protestation with the re-
marx taat sne ioveu tnem because tney
were neI sons anu she nau neiu tnein III her
arms wnen they were helpiess paoies, ana
mother love could endure much; ana she
loved their chiidren because they were theirs;
out ner money-Wnat she had-Was IN Law
yer Anthonys hands, ana ne wou,o invest 1t
ior her; ana When she dled II would De lett TO
hep the destitute"
Let us turn from inns Illuminating picture
OF human nature, the worst thlng ABOUT
Wnlch IS tnat II is true.
fieasantiy tne years roheG by. ,Lotty-no
longer Lofty Ben, put Cariotta Benlnl-be-
sldes masking tne wnole mouse bright with
| her cneerful ways all these years, went to
school, and grew into sweet-tempered, self
reliant woman, tender-hearted 20 all the poor,
| but tender beyond WORDS TO her aged bene-
factor ana her ola friend.
| Carlo, her brother, advanced from the very
foundatIon 10 positions OF trust IN business,
accumulated means 10 commence LOT hlmseit,
ana IN lne course OF years, married, ana
lives useiui he IN the village;
Gradually the Two ola friends drlfted near,
er the rosy dawn Oh the heavenly Gay ana
graaually, OUT OF long anu earnest taiks at
tneir ntesaes, grew pan-a pan 10 make
snas cneefiul hooh Ill tnc "ofid perfect
norie.
AaWyei AiltnVhy was caiieu iiito the coun-
~, atu s,o"iy ~ .ne Wnoie 'ni.,s tooh pefina-
mJ I'LL, ,o 4. lne p1ace anu tne oondsInto
mnlou lne tboney h"u oeeei turneG-Whicn
Ge.e .t1 ~, " aiia ,A, eoiollaoe ,vius lol
Ut VI pa p.opJ "o1e " neip themselves anu
WI, WV =. e Go.o New h4siano Ways, was
e, az aru 0at,e'.a Denn, II, Iruse ior
po,nnod hait .'. u paupeis' WIZ wele W
fsst as o,,e a;9d nr honanna ,uI puu 80
nthor civ, III VI oaloo W a,.,o an
Su ia are ~ .ne plata Uu.s peIpie as wen
t a. 'u ,h %ee w ou a'. VI 'ne numue,
rnaS .In ImasG o1 solne ouS stoWn
nd ~ ta ~, ,ne
s;nns Vn,,m onri, UaU 't ~ uouu,
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