Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-07-17

ID not ka0w ene aaother 80 suak
back where they deserve % -, u she
past. IT, happiaess makes tune fy 4
eevtainly also makes some rnoments
seem ia6aiae. She hss I'D &c &c
story &C Der lie: o lie - hasd. . ialI
= pgosaic work 90 daily brsai end De-
vasd of pleasures, that I alasosa feel con-
demsed Eer haslsg lived &C my ssss
while she has been walking sush tisosnY
paths. Hes faIher and mosheF disA
whens she was aehsld; ahen 80 was
taken - 60 annk mho was - - -
% she knew hgB - he, ~ asAeaasei.
'ousIy ersel - - aensiaise ehiads--
Cruel becsuse she. szarxsd her of .whai
her ambssioa aad taients demanded,
books, leisure for sfudy and little aid
in the path she knsw herself .fitted. .by
nature % tread. she really liked me,
I think, said Priscilla, but on farm
yop know there i not much ready
maney, ,essn. 90. those who IRE enti-
tIed 10 q. II was aatural they should
see1 Z was II the way, and that they
should fully appreciate their own char
ity in doing % much for me. So part
" from desiFe for independence, and
pastly because ] wanted o new lie, /
succeeded In teaching term or two Of
Q district school. then went TO private
school where I took few classes In
return for tuision In several branches.
then more district school. aud here i
am, ~ you see.' And here ! am de-
Vermined she shall not be long. She
has no other claims to consider, no
friends who have . right TO dictate or
even advise her, and why should We
wait before beginaing our new LIE TO.
gether. The mere faetofthe life and per.
sonality Of this woHan coming in contact
with mime has changed the current Of
my thought completely, and hope for
ever. There 10 no more doubt len me
Of The solemnity. the supreme impor-
lance of everyday life, because have
found IN interest in the human ! never
had before. The essv;ne and ideal are
not iessened in importance 90 me, bat
I cannot believe q is-right Tor q man 10
look sleogether away from the poor it-
lle planet where he - born. lt 10 not
only has privilege 10 attempt daring
fights into the unknown, but 20 make
harmonious the workings Of common
existence. When I say this levolu-
s.on has been wrought in me by her, ]
mean ratker that il has taken place from
the mere fact Of my loving her. Lovk
has created me o home. has gwen me
my own Little foothold on the eartE
which makes me think more kindly 8:
the whole globe. As to whether these
new ideas will change my external life
I cannot say; my past failures, at least.
can be more easily borne since the rel
alive importance ofall work is becoming
more clear 10 me. So that now, If
must submit TO living quiet life which
shall offer no grand result to the world,
! can accept ID without the feeling that
because ] have failed in what have
aspired 70, everything else must neces-
sarily be OF no value. who can draw
the line between singing the mighty
song Of even . greater than Homer, and
guiding the tiniest wheels Of the uni
verse even though they run noiselessly
and out Of sightl am not learning 70
underrate great deeds, but only begin
ming 10 realize that the earth belongs 10
me as much as 10 The most richly en-
dowed among men. I CLAIM my birth
right or love end beauty and even sor-
row, my privilege Of forming part oi
humanity.