Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-05-21

unto me all that are weary and heavy
laden, and | win give you rest"
=" Come unto mes" he does not de-
ceive, Lizzy. He loves you and me,
too, and he will take care of u.s. He is
going to give me rest up in Heaven"
But the sister was not to be comforted
Tom was all the world to her. TO lose
him was to lose everything
The day wore on. Night came. Tom
. lay looking at the lily, and no ore knows
how very many sweet thoughts it sug-
gested to him. Now and then his sister
left her work and came to see if he want
ed anything. He always thanked her
with sweet smile.
" Father is late Tonight" he said
at last when darkness came; and he
sighed.
/" He will be here soon," said Lizzy,
uttering words of hope, in which she
hardly Believed herself "Try to sleep
little, dear"
So Tom at last fell off into doze
Ten o'clock came, and yet no father
Worn out with fatigue and anxiety,
Lizzy crept into bed by her brothers
side and sank to sleep also.
1t was midnight when the father came
in. The noise woke Tom up. He half
rose on his elbow and looked around.
AT that moment the moon emerged from
cloud and its light, falling through the
window, lit up the sick boys face with
the glory of seraph's.
The father started back, sobered at
once. 1t seemed to him as if halo d.
rect from Heaven cncrcled his boys
head.
:. Father" said Tom, come here,
please"
The man went softly to his sons bed
side, sank on his knees, and took the
lads wan hand tenderly in his own. He
was awed.
" BE kind to Lizzy," said Tom, visit
fully, looking into his fathers face.
''She won't have any but you when I'm
dead, father. Let her 20 to school
again, please; she is so fond of school .
Oh my son, my son" interrupted
the now penitent father, bursting into
sobs. You will get well yet"
. | Shall never get we'll said Tom.
but don't cry, father, shall see moth
er, you know. And by-aud-by," and
strange look came on his face, a look Of
10y and faith inexpressible. " by-ond-by
we'll meet again shan't we? Kiss me
please, and then 60 the bed, or we'll
wake sister"
The father, choking back his sobs,
kissed the boy. Il promise 10 be kind
to Lizzy," he whispered. ''She shall 90
to school. | will never drink. another
drop. AS God is my witness be added
solemnly, IL never will"
Tom took his little arms from around
his fathers neck, where he had put them
for the last kiss, and then sank back on
his pillow very much exhausted "How
sweet the flower looks in the moonlight, /"
thought Tom "What a happy boy
am 10 have it! And to have father
promise to do betterp' he went on, "and
to say he'll love Lizzy, aud that he'll
send her to school" and then lie forgot
himself in sleep.
The night passed Morning dawned
-Lizzy woke before the sun rose. Her
first thought was of Tom.
I've slept all night, she said re-
proachfully. "And ! didn't mean to
sleep five minutes. Wonder if Tom
wanted me in the night He must be
better, or he'd have called.
He was better As she leaned to look
at him, Lizzy was startled by the strange.
yet beautiful, look on his face, a look Of
divine joy, as when martyr had passed
through fire into everlasting rest. lie
would never suffer more.
The lily had done its work. 1t had
sweetened the last hours of the suffering
boy, suggested beautiful thoughts; aud
as Ella Bronson called early in the morn
ing to see Lizzy, she found it lying on
the breast Of the dead child. clasped in
his two waxen hands; and she thought
Of the lilies Of paradise, aud Of the saints
who held them, and Of the words Of
scripture again, "Inasmuch as We have
done it unto the least of one Of these, We
have done il unto me -"
A better work even had been also done
The last words Of Tom never were for
gotten by his father, who from that night
became a reformed man. Lizzy went to
school, and more than that, never again
heard harsh word at home
Ella and Lizzy became great friends
The former from her superior position
was able to do much for the latter. II I
was chance, rely on il that made Ella I
give away, at some sacrifice, that lily.
"As ye SOW, so shall ye reap"
EcoNoMIcAL YoUSG WOMEN Thirty
one young ladies in Warsaw, Ky, have
signed a new kind Of pledge which reads
1--WE the undersigned ladies Of Warsaw,
desiring by our example to promote econ
omy and to discountenance extrava-
gance, and thereby tighten in some
measures the burdens Of our husbands
and fathers by prudent retrepcbment in
our household expenses. therefore, pledge
our word Of honor each to the other:
That we will not during period Of one
year from the 1st Of May, 1875, pur-
chase any material for wearing apparel
the cost Of which shall exceed twenty
five cents per yard. Aud shall further
promise TO observe a strict economy in
all our household pertainances, and cheer
fully add by those delicate sacrifices to
the general stock Of home comforts-too
often dispensed with for the frivolous
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