The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-10-11

/ WOOuDy WIS nearly al nOuT perI6cLlng
ii, including the interruption of getting
a light, as her mother was not present to
get it for her. She was reading this par
agraph over for the fourth time, with
unbounded satisfaction, when her broth
er, with neighboring boy, came troop
| ing in. He brought in the other boy to
show him book that had been given
him. He approached the table with the
enthusiasm peculiar to youth, and with
noisy hospitality observed:
Bring up chair, Bill, and look at
the pictures"
"Charlesr' exclaimed his sister. al
most paralyzed by the audacity of this
| movement, don't you see Pm writing ~
"What of that ?' he surlily demand
ed, 81 amt a touching you, am I?''
But you bother me and won't stand
it. Now you just take your book away"
This was very pleasant for BILL who
had come in to spend the evening and
improve his mind.
Il guess I'll show Bill this book if l
want to-" sputtered Charles.
You won't show it in here, can tell
YOU"
But we won't make bit of noise,
Will we Bill ?" he cried to the great dis
tress of Bill, who was quite overwhelm-
ed by the reference to himself
81 tell you l won't have you here, any
way" retorted his sister, growing white
with passion. ''Are you going to leave,
or shall help your There was such
an ominOus expression to both voice and
face that 'Bill' involuntarily shrank to
the door, while the angered Charley none
| the less impressed with the advisability
of departing, threw down the book with
slap on the table, requested his sister,
with great feeling, to go to blazes, and
escaped with his companion. A mo-
nent later she was restored to compo-
sure, by the sublimity of her theme. She
wrote:
True nobility is life cOnsecrated to
the veal of others. There can come no
| true nobility without this conservation.
| And that, to be effective, must lean on a
| higher power. Without His help it is
impossible to overcome self. Set the
mark as high as we may, human weak
ness Will prevent its attainment. Only
in Him and through Him can we rise to
this nobility"
Hereupon, finding that it was getting
late, Miss Woody put up her writing
and retired to bed.
Immediately after eating her break
fast the next morning, she hurried to her
room and began again. Her mother told
her she would want her help in clearing
off the breakfast table, but she felt she
| could not spare the time, and took ad-
vantage of her parents absence from the
table to get away. She wrote:
But we ourselves must strive. He
will not make this better life for us,
but if we are determined to reach il He
| will help us. The secret of success is
care for little things, the attending con-
scientiously to the performance of the
smallest duties. That duty which comes
first, whatever it may be, is the one to
be performed. That claim which is the
| first presented upon us is the one to
| honor"
/ At this point in the essay the door
lopened, and her brother presented him.
self He had not forgotten the episode
of the night before. He surlily observed
Ma wants you to comb my hair and
tie my bow, so l can get ready for
SCHOOL,
at amt time for you to go to school
yet, in an hour, and you know it," she
impatiently replied.
"Well, don't | want to go out in the
streets? he demanded. you dom
s'pose I'm going to stay in the house al
the timer
II don't care where you stay or what
you do. am not going to leave my
work to bother with you, and if yoU
want to go out to play you can go as you
are, or stay in doors till get ready Il
attend to you"
81 won't stay in"
"Then let ma comb it. I'll comb i
with chair if you don't get out of sight
You are enough to drive a saint mad.
Whether this encomium to his quail
tiles was all that he desired is not known
but he left, and reported to his mothe
the result of his errand, and pestered he
until she dropped her work and mad,
him ready for the street.
II wish your sisters essay was in tn,
fire, I" she was driven to say.
Before Miss Woodby could commence
again fellow pupil called, and the tim,
till school was taken up in conversation
upon graduation toilets.
In the afternoon she got down to worl
J at the sitting room window.
: Looking affair off to the accomplish
ment of some great service, while little
helpful things at our hand are left un
done, is not the way to seek a true no
bility. Every day should be set apar
to duty. 1t should be entered upon witt
firm determination to slight nothing
to avail ourselves of everything that will
tend to make those about us happier ant
better. Thus determined and with al
unbroken reliance on Providence, sue
cess must Gomez
"a sudden movement in the yard be
meath the window attracted her atten
ton. She looked out and beheld he
brother and two other boys playing Oh
: the grass. A dark frown settled on he
: face.
Charles" she cried, ego away from
there with your noise"
: go way?'' he repeated. "What ar
: we doing to your
"You disturb me in my writing G.
on the other side of the house"
"But the sun is there"
. Il don't care if it is; it won't huI
you"
. why don't you go somewhere else t
write " he saucily inquired.
Don't you be impudent to me, youn
E man, or III go out there and pull you
ears for you. Go away at once, l tel
4 you"
"Come on, boys" he suddenly crieC
E jumping up, let's go away from tn
I cross old stick. We don't ask any odd
of her"
And they trooped off.
e Miss Woody could have almost erie
at the ungenerous speech, she was S
!, vexed.
THE selfish imp" she whispered {
!. her wounded heart, referring to her rud
I brother. rt nf
linen Sne resumed her place at th
S writing and continued:
: ais il not worth the battle? Is not
7 triumph which shall bring ourselves il
|, to subsection to the better impulses {
T our nature, and bring sunshine into th
lives of those with whom we come j
e contact something to be proud of an
= rejoice overP How debasing is the selfis
4 life in comparison to this How insi.
{ nificant and unworthy appear the thinS
e of the world in contrast TO the pure, M
. selfish generous life. How can any on
d content himself 70 live only for the a
g vancement Of selfG To grovel In the dui
q rather than 20 mount to the clouds
, Dear friend, would you be happy, woul
you be honored by others, would Won
a lifted God-wardf Then commence L
night seeking the welfare of others rat
er than yourself, and thus reach Tru
n Nobility"
Everybody at the exercises was plea
ed with the essay; and many a youn
\ man of noble impulse looked upon Ii
fair authoress and wished in the yer
b depths of his heart that he might haE
such a one for q life companion. Mi
G WOOdbV Is rroiner into the s.z,s,,,@,---