Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-01-01
Carving n Name.

The children had been playing in
| the woods all the afternoon. They had
been a band Of gipsi-s for while wh.r
they made fire and roasted some pc
tatoes Then they concluded to he In
dams ; they built wigwam ard shot a
great quantity Of Imaginary game witt
theii bows AMI arrows. After that they
bacam. civilized children once NOR
and played hide-and-Se-k among 'h'
| bushes until they were tired enough IL
sit down and rest.
IL never took Joe long to rest and
by and by he wandered away from til.
others. and finding great smooth tree
began TO carve his name upon it as
| high as he could conveniently reach
1t was slow cutting, and before he had
| his work.
sob, cut my name too :" said Lily,
won't you. Joe ~
81 haven't done my own yet
"Well. Won needn't cut it all only
make your first name and then put
Lily under it, she coax.d.
"But, you see, ! want my whole
name, and real deep too, so it will last
Tor years and years. answered Joe.
"Never mind, Lily III cut yours,
said Fred, good mai urrdly; and select
ing another tree, he drew his knife
from his pocket and b.g,n to carve the
letters while the little girl watched
HIM.
"rher- I've put mine whore it will
stay for one while,' said Joe, when he
had completed his work.
Erred has put his where it will stay
too, " said Aunt Lucy, who had been
quietly looking on.
Erred don't See where he has
carved his name at all" answered Joe.
"Once upon time began Aunt
Lucy, leaning back against a tree.
"A story story !" laughed the
children, gathering around her.
"Oncr upon a time she repeated.
smilingly, there was a very ambitious
man. He knew that he must some time
die, but he did not want to he forgotten
SO he determined to put his name where
It would always last. Perhaps he b"
gan by carving it on 4 tree first; but
the owner of tn" forest f'll"d the tree,
and his name was gone.
"Thrn he built gt"at monument
and gravel his uam" on til" top OF 1t;
int tn. lightning is drawn to high
points, and his monument was Shatter-
ed in single night, Then h" said i
will find the very highest and 'most
solid mountain in all tn" world, and |
will cut my name on its upmost rock,
and then it will last. So he travelled
over oceans and plains, through towns
and villages, to find the mountain. He
passed tired people by the way who
asked him to help them; but he was
too anxious about carving his name,
and he would not stop. At last he
found the highest mountain, and after
ong and toisolne climbing, he cut his
name on its top. Then an earthquake
shook the mountain and tumbled great
rocks from its summit to the valley be-
low, and His nam" was swept away"
"Tired, disappointed and growing
DID, h. said: 1t is Of no use! Nothing
on earth will last, and will not try
any more. | will be as happy as can,
and make others happy too, and think
no more about my name. So he began
to help the poor, to feed the hungry
and do deeds of kindness wherever he
could, and people began to love him.
One day a little girl said to him, 4
shall love you always for helping us
so much; Pm sure shall never forget
Won if live thousand wears.
"'But you will not live so long he
answered, with smile at the child,
who looked up to him so lovingly.
"'Yes, | shall-a great deal longer,
she said. Souls do not die, and Pm
sure III remember in heaven, and |
will remember you.'
"Then the man was convinced that he
had now done what he had been trying
to do for 50 long-put his name where
it would not be forgotten; written il
on something that could not be des-
troyed."
The children were silent, and after
minute Aunt Lucy added thoughtful
ly, "But any one who had been living
such a life of unselish ssrvice to others
"a true, good lifr--would have ceased
to be anxious about his name by tEat
time. because he would have learned
to know the Lord, who says to all that
serve him, "The righteous shall be held
in everlasting remembrance. "-kute
w. Hamilton, in the Sabbath School
Visitor.