Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-04-14
WEAVERyIIIE CALIFORNIA SATURDAY. APRIL H. 1877.

he ate (which was the most perfect and
graceful piec" of mnrtv,d1m | ever saw
IN "A man. And then | got courage to
tell him how | burned it. That Mrs.
Chapel must have that dress, and the
mnchine had begun to squeak in the
most Terrible way that | Oiled it, and
fused with it, all to no purpose. and how
| was to finish that dress of Mrs. Chap
re'> with that dread i'll noise di,tracting
my poor brain l didn't know.
Wen look at it,, he said, in that
resting, comforting, soul cheering way
of his and as | followed him into the
sltting-ronm | knew in nv heart he
would exercise that squpnking demon
from the mnchinc. And he did.
It's the ball." he said {; " it becomes
smooth from friction, and you'll bring
me "a little flour or meal, Airs. Sweet
stay ! here l. piece of chalk, which i
better than all and with that little white
lump that he took from his wai>tcoat
pocket he made the machine perfect in
live-in two minutes.
Now how could help watching him
from the door agnn, rs he walked away
to school ; and let his cont tails flap rs
they may, or be he knocll-Anrcd tn ctnr-
nifty, how could help sending after him
my hrart;e-t brrcdiction and blessing ?
And can it he wondered at that when.
only two or three months after, he told
he was going away WIS like one ,tunn
ed aud hcw.d,rDd ? We were sitting in
the little front room. and was finishing
off chat diagonal overslirt for Mrs. Chnp.
pei. Charley had gone nuttiug, for it
wa, already autumn, and an early frost
had set the leaves anlm4. A breeze
from the west blew nv hair into my
eyes, and pat it back with II trembling
hnd. The soft, warm day of golden
light seemed to cloud over and become
one OF moody sadness.
- have an opportunity for advance
ment in my Profession which it would i'll
hrhoove me to put by. In my native
town is offered me position Of trust and
confdrnce-no less, may ,ay to you.
dear madam, than professors chair"
II hadn't the least idea what he meant
| knew that one chair dltf.red very much
from another. and whereas one was epsy.
com .ortnblr and enjoynble, another might
be or the time being sent of torture.
hut wherein p ofeesor's chair excpllcd
! could not at that tim" impgine. Snt
quite -til, and the rulllr fell from my
hand /; my foot rested upon the trrndlp
Of the mnchiue, aud sat and stared at
Mr.. S.ndr like one drmeutpd.
And it has occurred to me that the
position | have held here, which is an cx
ceedingy easy and pleasant one, might
and suitably be filled 10y one
Of the other sex; the duties are not Mt ali
and could be performed more
rraGily, 1t appears To me, than those per
taining to the needle. | have spoken to
tuF N'lllllh''t ~ Sb'll 'cHulti dlIu WIN II
little attention on your part to the singh
requirements necessary, and
II little heIp Of mine, you will be ready
TO fill the position at once"
Who ? |, Mr.. S.ade e? Why, you
must be crazy ~ Then, feeling that thi,
was not respectful way to speak, | add
I'd that his kindness for me had led him
to ovprrate my capabilities.
Why, Mr.. S,ade," said I, " ] never
got beyond the first four rules in arithme
tic"
And upon these depend everything"
be replied. Come, pat by y,ur work,
,nd let us see what we can do in the first
lttempt."
l was Of no use to refuse. His was
pne of those mastery natures that always
,onqler.
Halt an hour after | was sitting close
by his side at the table, with Charry's
lute under my blurred eyes and Char
ey's pencil in my trembling fingers. The
'osy evening light -treamed in upon u,
he sot south wind bringing rcsnou-
'dnrs through the window from the woods
where Charley yet fingered.
Now, my dear Mrs. Sweet" said
Mr.. Snde-nnd the very gentleness of
lis tone and the tender rendering Of my
lame, made me shiver and shake; for
.ouidn't get the thought from my head
hat when he was gone there was nobody
cit to deal tonderIy with me or mine
now plav try and give your thought,
. the subject in hand. 1t Is The >Iaplest
hing in the world aud these rudimeut,
'nce conquered, the rest viii totow.-
Now, man sod his farm iOr IS, $50, and
ou teen li.teenths pt this is seven ninths
II the cost OF his house, and the house
o-t thte ee times rs much n The store
low what was the cost OF The house and
tore ?"
His voice was SO persuasive, SO distinct;
N to ut -cho)I, even it he poor little
,lockhcad> cuuid MAKE neither head nor
all o. his meaning.
lnuhed at Mr.. Slade, then out Of tie
window, where the mellow nght OF sun
ct shone, aud way over the wooded hills
,eyont, and thought how such little
While ago it was II Spring landscape all
athed in tendere,t green, and now 1t
vas Autumn, the gla-s was sere and
'rown, the leaves falling, the branches
Ike skeletons against the evening sky.
Madam my dear Mrs. Sweet, " said I
he voice OF the sehoolmaster, | beg
our attention to these few first rules. II
; di-taste!ul to me to leave you prey to
be coarse habits OF these village women,