Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-02
EVENING STAR
DOUBLE SHEET.
A NEw-YEAR.s SrORY

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All OF our readers who knew Horrex tn
teioimef, VIII remember that he chose Ns-
eaI's Tor his wedding-day. ssThera h 10 me >,
ne said, "a deep symbolism in this point l.
even have come TO help usher In the nes
year OF the world" And AZ that his ans So
flashed, and lis whole figure expanded Horf.V
Ss1 bVt measure I'VE ieet Tour an his boots, bat
his disciples always thought OF him a. 4 tall
man. His disciples bad firm faith IN Horrey.
ne Was 10 them John the Baptist in coat AMI
, u9~ssts :h ana rennsylvsniA church going Tar
khods Mott was willing 10 marry him on NeW
Years or ON any day; she was heartily ia love
wife n.In, oat ne never, ss long As they lived,
John the Baptist or not. Hisdiseiples SAID ths,
me marriage was the enc@slng and dehasiua of
SH. spsLit sitn common clay, ami nobody could
Ter, Of-fsct fairies, who preside AZ tae birth OF
elsht out OF ten girls, hal given her the usual
0nnouceable ngure and ordinary features had
hdded no especial gift Of genius, ana male heT
the daughter OF the village storekeeper. YET
every body IN the county (Oarring the said dis
clplts) ieE that hOrrey had done A srOns 10
them personally in taking Rhors asAy fhe
middle-sgeu women in their black silks snd
false "fFOuts" dSclAred the sewing circle could
not so on without her; there was not one OF
their husbands bus had some iaVOrite old song
which sue had taken pains TO learn tor him
why did you young ieilcws let that wtad bag
hOrfSy carry on No;t's daughter they sa.d =
their sons. "She humly, may be. has ..tsL.'s A
EiTI 10 count in" The Young fellows hal
s'SsYs been used to swarm around her
Il
The welding thty stOUd a!OOf, cOuscIou. thai
HOTrey had taken away something wh,ch they
could never rePisce-s friend who was Heater
ttbn sister aud more Clear-slghted tIAn a
wiie. The Truth that tbs gtrl, with hs
troad, sweet mature and honest gayetv, ~ss
Ike well OF water in blgote1, caTping Flrrv-
town. Anybody, even the Old farmers, talking
90 her for an hour, gained youth from her anu
went away with q new ring in their voice.
hearty and genial Rhoda shook hands with
Them all, but b. de nobody good bye. Sac took
all her friends into her married lie with her
just s. Rachel of old did her household gods
In fact, this young woman never lost a friend
out OF her life. She might not see them for
years but they tuFIed 10 her as faithful As the
bits OF steel are 20 the magnet forever after IL
has once touched them.
People from TATrytOwn, when they came 20
this CITY, always went over 10 the Jersey town,
where the HoTTeys lived, 20 spend n d4y with
Rhoda. They brought back word from time
20 time OF her large family, "a great table
full OF boys aud girls, aud always spare plates
laid in case a friend should drop in" There
we're no carpets on the fooEs, they reported,
and the boys and girls we're dressed in jeans and
calico. "MOney was terribly scarce, and Rhoda
gave the children the best of schooling, and kent
open house TO- friends and the poor. There
was piano, too, and the boys PLAYED on the
violin. and q merrier house could not be found
Rhoda as young and plump a. the youngest
there" They actually seemed TO bring a whif
or youth aud freshness back with them TO Tar
TytOWn. HOrrey, As We constantly heard from
the newspapers, was playing pioneer first in
one reform and then another, and announcing
TO dawn. He was leading spiritualist and
gave UP al concerns Of this world tor that re-
Vesled by the Fishes and Foxes. He took the
money which kbods had laid aside 20 buy a
COW, and shoes for the BOYS (she supported the
family by sewing them to 20 out 10 Ohio 20
investigate Mckain's hut, where spiritual from
bones and iddles had just been heard. Bat
the shoes for the children 2" she said. " They
must learn TO bear for the truth" he replied
Through rough ways 70 the stars "We'il not
20 baTefOoted TO tho Sc lrs at any rate, bows"
when nv hrf IA
water stood in her eyes. She opened q little
store after that, and prOspered. Rich and poor
felt the line qusiity In the woman, the strong
sentences; the rich pushed her children on aud
the poor prayed for her and them. Horny,
next winter, went to India as a missionary.
The reforming spirit appears TO direct 50 en-
tirely the nervous energy and noble efforts of
man to the enlightenment of humanity,
that nothing is LEFT for his wife and children
but the ashes of the flame; in fact, il is
generally advisable that his reforms should be
carried on at as great q distance as possible
from bis family. Horrey came back the other
day, old and broken down, after his five years'
sojourn, having influenced (he hopedl two boys
70 consider the Christian religion. The New
Year had begun to dawn, he said, by midas
coral strand. De found strange silence in the
little town, and great cOncOurse of people
tending TO one point. "Was any public man
dea0?' he asked. They told him, No, only
good woman but she had been a friend 20 All OF
them. He went with the crowd, for il was 90
ing toward his own house. Among them be saw
that there were many little children. aud maav
Ga the very poorest OF the poor, and he knew
from their words there was not one there who
wa rot the better and hopefuller and ne arer to
Christ because this woman had lived. He found
her at last with her children about her aud COW
cred with flowers, and on her sweet face the
smile OF ere who Is 81 Rome at last with all her
friends about her. Not one forgotten or left be-
hipd.
In this New Years season, when so many wo-
men open their hearts aud homes 10 cheer their
friends, we thought it not uniting TO recall
this woman, who IN her gracious hospitality
made OF her whole life New Years Day.-N
y. TYibEte, LIST.