Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-06-13
TO GIVE is TO LIVE.
BY MARY E. coMsTocK.

BY MARY Z. CoMsTOCK.
I've lost my situation, Edna and
Hal Ellerton camo into til room
where his sister was coloring photo
graphs, and dofing his cap stood
erect, as though the fact announced
: had bracing rather than depressing
effect.
why, Halr and sweet face
looked up in surprise, and regarded
the frank, handsome countenance
inquiringly.
Yes; Hatherton has nephew who
wants something to do here in town
and the place is to be given to him.
declare, Eddy, Pm stung little,
After all I've done there, too but
never mind that! What's to be done
now? that's the question:
Doesn't Hatherton offer to procure
you another situation p
That's not his way, you know. l
shall have one before many DAYS,
however; there is enough to do In
the worldp and he raised his good
right arm and twirled his cap in the
air. A sudden mist came to his ewes,
however, big fellow though he was,
and he took the nearest seat, as though
strength had gone from him.
4 am all right till think of Allie
wearing her life ont in the old acad-
envy, and that is too much for me-,
and the clear-toned voice became
suddenly unsteady. i thought
should do so we'll this year | should
be able to persuade her to take nice
long rest, and now
Never mind, Hal; Alice is living.
A startled look came into the boy IS
face. sDo you think her so bad, Edna!'
TO give is to live, you know she
reJoined, quickly, with a reassuring
smile; 'and Alice Is giving largely.
While we are blessed with activity of
faculty we have cause for rejoicing
| hear from every quarter how much
good Alice is doing the large class of
girls now under her care; how her
influence is felt through them in their
homes-Alice is happy in her work. )
But she is doing too much. She
looks so tired nights, when she comes
home. She will have to stop as you
did
'One wiser than we, who has the
control of circumstances is the best
judge of that!' The words were
spoken as light foam crests proud bill
lows; they were borne tenderly, yet
exultantly on the low yet joyful, tones
OF loving faith. allie and / are
happy; you must not be otherwise.
Think how much you have done this
year,
Not much, Sis. Only enough to
keep these rooms, and no treat but
the two pictures which | could not
resist buying
'Ah, but, Hal, what you have donel
That is the thing to look at. Don't
you remember what father used to
say, that sone of the dear Lords
choicest blessings to a man is to use
him. and you have been able to do
great deal for the Hathertons beyond
strict requirement besides the help
you have given Cousin Fred at night,
with his bookkeeping. 1t was needed
help, too. Fred can i'll brook such
close confinement. He says your help
has been a god-send. He could not
have kept up without it,
sBut, Edna, do you think-do you
call such doing, getting along in the
world? p The words came hesitat-
ingly, and were much less in them
selves than the tone and piquant
doubt of facial expression, original
variety of which the boy was largely
endowed with. Making ones way,
you know be supplemented, (which
is a fellows duty!' and dropping his
head and pursuing bis lips into
comma, interrogation points radiated
from very honest, wide-awake eyes.
Edna dropped the photograph she
was coloring, and leaning back rest
fully in the high-backed chair made a
very pretty picture, her pure face
resting against the crimson cover,
while she laughed happy, amused
laugh that seemed to come ripping
up from loving depths within.
'Hal, tie sight of you does me good;
that is fact Your comicality keeps
sense of the ludicrous alive in me !!
But seriously, yes. / do think that
doing with ones might whatever Of
fers to be done, independent of stipu-
lated reward, is really getting along
in the world; if not exactly in the
worlds way, yet in the true way.
There will always be the two classes,
rich and poor, you know, Hal. Only
the current coin will be of different
quality from that now in circulation.
l think you've laid up treasure this
year.
Il understand your drift, but gust
ho,o', Eddy? as little Ben says when
/ try to show him fractions. Just
amplify a bit on that text of yours
about current coin My vision is
confused between the real article and
the metaphorical Which is one and
which is the other? As in the poem
that Duryea recites, there's contra
diction. One view says--"This is the
false and that is the true;' the other
THAT Is the false and this is the true.
How is it Eddy?
Hal, dear, you could tell me better
than / you that it is what we are, not
what we have in outward possession
that makes us rich here, or enobles US
to lay up treasure in the Beyond. Gull
tivation of the heart and faculty thr'o
active use is, we know, the way to
acquire the true wealth that cannot
be taken from u.s.
There was little silence, during
which Edna used her brush.
You have increased your capital of
ability, Hail. resumed his sister. You
can execute quicker. You have con-
frmed yourself in habits of punctual-
ity, and of turning readily from one
duty to another. Through exercise
you have by sure law strengthened
every faculty you have exerted-
Il never should have reckoned it IN
that way perhaps; but / certainly
have learned the business pretty thor
ougnly,' spoke Hal, at the heightened