The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-25

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my home and that OF these poor chill
drenW
"And remember my chiId,n the
lady urged, "that oauh OF us have
crosses aud disappointmcuts 70 bear Ia
this life. You should endeayor to be
patient under any disappointment, and
| endeavOr 10 become u true Christian,
that you mny exert u good influence
over your parents, and 10y your illlal
obedience 10 them, andyour plous con.
duet, you may yet he the means OF
bringing them both 10 repentanoc,n
Estello's heart bounded with JOY at
the thought aud she silently resolved
70 make the eflort.
al have saddened your little heart, y
resumed the lady sly presenting this
scene Of misery within the house 10
your view, aud 10 cheer you again, we
viii now hasten TO more genial quar-
tiers "N"fTr TUFET. HE
Before Icstelle could make any reply
SHE found herself standing with her
guide in front of large, handsome
residence resembling her own home,
They mounted the marble Steps, aud
standing beside II window looked In
upon the home picture. 4 soft, yield
ing carpet covered the ilooE aud crlm-
sou velvet SONS, sttomans, and arm
chairs stood ut convenient Intervals
around the room; and in the centre OF
the floor, the crownlng ornament ofall,
stood Christmas tree, laden with toys
and glittering with wax tapers, A
group of happy children stood around
the beautiful tree, receiving presents
from the hands of their iath,r ami
mother, and the smiling iaees OF the
household servants were seen In the
background awaiting their turn to
receive each u present for the Christ
mas. r
The distribution OF the presents was
the closing scene Of the eveniug's ga-
tiles, aud Estclle and her guide lo0lScd
on, the children at q word num ,hpir
parents quietly took their seats The
father then opened the large family
Billie, aud read chapter, after which
the children joined IN hymn of
praise to God, then listened to their
l4thels earnest prayer OF thanks 20 the
great Giv0r Of all good and perfect
EllIH' L'''' VI NiiNih N'iNu 'NNNiNNh II
good.nigh !, kiss from their parent,
and retired 10 sleep, their lItle hearts
throhbing with love and happiness.
Estelle leGau g vety much engrosst d
with the happy picture, and was only
recalled TO herself by The lady's voice
"Gou see this family heve given all
honor due to God-have thanked Him
for his blessings OestoWedup0n themN
"Oh! how happy those children
seem Oh hthat my home was like
this in etery respect ~ Es,e!le cx-
claimed, u. qulyering tones. ..o go.
The lovely lady drew her arm caress.
iuply around the dropping figure Of the
little girl, aud whispered low words of
C mfdrt into her listening cav, which
bought the smiles again to her face.
owe nMst move onward to yCnr
home now" the lady thtu said, "lor
the night IL advancing " They walked
ON and suddenly paus i be ore a lsrPe,
itilliaGt y .lgLle,t cuiilGe, from Whith
strains 81. exquisite nusic came
bursting forth, Ed'ih lealHyd that
sue was standing with her guide upon
an elevation OF some kiUd, which
commanded view Of the interior Of
the building which her guide informed
her was an opera house, Estelle's eye
wandered over the brilliant assembly
in the lighted hail, over the waving
pIumes and sparkling gems, and at
last rested upon the eyes of her moth
er, who occupied q conspicuous place
in the fashionable throng.
Estelle loved her beautiful, worldly
mother with love amounting almost
to idolatry; and when she saw her
there her mind reverted to the scene
OF the Christmas tree which she had
witnessed only few minutes before
the scene in which kind mother
shared in all the joys of her children;
and the little girl knew how well her
own lovely mother coHld grace such
scene, and how much brightness
she could add thereto. Her loving
heart yearnod toward her mother now
with feeling inexpressible, aud,
stretching forth her little hands, the
words involuntarily escaped her "My
mother! oh, my motherl come to
YOUR little girlin
Again the lovely guide clasped her
arms around Estelle, saying in low,
musical tones.
'Be comforted, my child, for hence
| forth I will be always near you, to
cheer YOU in your efforts to do right,
and / will shield you from harm,
for | know your heart is pure
and guileiess. fnIET am your
| gaditlidn angel, but tonight | have
assumed human form that | might
conduct yo,lin afety to behold some
OF the scenes TRANSPORTING Tonight, that
YOU might gain inslructiOn from them
But must now leave you, and wish
YOU to remem Der that viii be always
near, though Invisible, to you; nndiny
! parting counsel to you is to endeavoi