The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-01

ABOUT H. ltu brought your DOok 10
help Nature, suppose"
sYes- Limitation of Christ l set
aside certain hours daily, ineNorably,
for determination; and find old
Thomas a kempls my seyerest guide 20
the weaknesses and falsity of my own
motives. Pardon me" cOloring slight
Is, al did not mean 20 introduce that
subject. W hen religion is dragged into
conversation the etiec. upon my mind
always is 10 make me express opinions
from hearsay, not from my own eNpe-
Renee"
Mrs. Sears lid not say what the ef-
feet upon her mind was, simply because
she saw that other people or their
minds were matters which did not con-
Germ Miss HOyt in the least She be-
gan % talk Of the leaves about them
and their tints, and found her cOmpa-
MON better acquainted with their pre-
paratiOn and arrangement than her
self.
cit may seem trivial; but | feel as
though the identifying of home for my
father was not waste of my time"
she said
"Your father IS always an invalid,
my son tells me.n
s'He has been confined 20 his room
for nine years. His suffering has been
a blessing to me, however. If [ had
been obliged, like many young girls, 20
search out objects Of care and kindness,
| am sure / should never have done IT,
He put one in my own home, and so de
veloped IN me precisely the qualities
wherein | was lacking"
I Mrs. Sears preached another subject,
and another; always % be brought up
against the dead wall Of Miss Hovt's
nature, or faults, or emotions. Mean
while the girl felt a trepidatiOn, which
she did not betray. She loved George
Sears sincerely. She was anxious 10
please his mother. She was ashamed
Of both feelings, As they seemed 10 him
/ der her everlasting task Of self-develop-
ment. keeping under my body" she
said 20 herself now. Again and again
she felt her breath coming quicker in
her talk with these two people, who
counted more than al the world 10 her.
In short, there were two Elizabeth
HOyts-One that talked and acted; and
the other who sat back, judging
every word and act, applauding or de-
plOring them
Now came one, two, three o'clock.
Mrs Sears was chilled and half-starved
Yet they sat still on the old log. Miss
Hoyt did not ask them into the house
or make any mention of dinner. She
brought, out basket Of grapes and dry
rolls, saying that they must share her
meal with her. 1.-The truth is, ! meant
TO Join in Natures festival to-day, she
said, "and share her Thanksgiving. -"
She looked Is If she had done it. Her
cheek, in spite of her self-control, was
flushed, her eye brimmed with light,
her radiant, tender face turned witA
shy glances alternately 20 the woods,
70 the sky, with is golden mist, 20 her
lover al her side. She knew, as never
before, that be loved her, and half for
got 20 question the effect which that
love would have on her character or re-
ligious life.
A. rive Mrs. Sears and her son re-
turned 70 the Mountain House.
81 am 80 glad / met you here" said
Elizabeth, with a certain exaltation
such as 3 child might show in face and
manner. cit has been 80 different
get this day"
George did not dare 70 question his
mother until she was warmed and
cheered by the dinner Of turkey and
cranberries and plum-pudding which
the landlord Of the Mountain House set
before them.
Mother he said, A" wish YOU to
tell me your candid opinion Of Miss
Hoyt"
"My dear boy, have seen dozens Of
girls belonging to precisely the same
type IN country piaces-girls whose
piety and culture raise them little 0st
Of the society around them. Miss Hoyt
l. prettier and younger than the ma
iority. confess"
"She is beautiful and not vain,
either"
"No," said Mrs. Sears. promptly.
'she is not vain. She Is thoroughly
sincere, too. Her religious experience
is real. believe her. too, to be a hum
bic woman, apt 20 underrato herself"
"She does not fail in any duty, am
sure. She Is the most patient, tender
daughter, the most unseifish -
"Unselfiss, perhaps; but self-cos-
sclors IN every movement Of brain and
BODY OH I've known many ike her,
George. Their idea Of religion is not
love 10 God and help TO Others; but the
saving oftheir own souls. Seif-growthi
self-tevelOpmentl Why, the girl sctu-
ally was so intent upon considering her
own rare enjoyment Of Nature aud your
presence that she quite forgot that
was frozen and starvingl" putting her
plump feet up 20 the glowing crate.
"Then you think his face angry
and set.
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