The Republican journal., 1880-12-09
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would not go on any finger. Then
bright thought came to her. She went
out of the door, and cut the crossed end
OF fir twig from the great green tower
| OF a Norway tir that guarded the north
| door; she tied the cross pieces straight to
bit of wire and hung the symbol above
! her mantlepiece; simple reminder of
| her duty; touching enough had any spec
tator seen it gathered and placed there.
but to her humble, simple soul lust the
| help she needed.
Years atter, when grace bad ripened
and sottened her still more, Miss Lydia
would never allow any scorn or ridicule
to he poured upon the symbols Of other
| sects before her.
Maybe it helps them greatly" she al
/ ways said. "Such things do sometimes;
/ I've been helped by EN- myself"
! After this was pinned and tackled safe
| ly. she went about her preparations for
| dinner, and when that was over made up
| a bed for her guest in the spare chamber,
| then tying on her bonnet went to the
! cars. Lyndon station was a lonely plat
/ form, half 4 mile from the small village,
| and she was the only waiting woman So
When the train stopped it was no wonder
| that Mariette at glance threw herself
INTO Miss Lydia's arms crying out.
You are Aunt Lyddy, amt you Oh,
You dear, DEAR thing ~
Miss LYDIA was taken by storm ; never
| IN her lie had she seen anything like this
! pretty child, for Marette was small of
/ her age, and only II at that; her face was
/ pure red and white as the fragile petals
OF a sweet pea, and the hazel eyes and
] red-broWn hair, curling in countless rings
and waves about her pretty head betray-
ed an eXcitable temperament that the
| ciinging arms and chattering tongue did
not belle Miss Lydia could not help
| fu!dlng her arms about the little thing
! and giving her kiss that was most moth
/ erly there was something so bright and
sweet and chldlke in the girls aspect
nobody could help petting her and Miss
/ Lydia conveyed her home in state of
Shametaced triumph that surprised her
| self
This, however was the beginning a
hundred times a day the tiny green cross
helped Miss Lydia to bear the dailv an
noyance that this pretty child brought
into her quiet home yet as Dtfen as she
louhtu 'I II dIld remembered lof Nn0Se
9,'Nr S''r n'nS' ht natl"nt ana gentle Win
this burden that had come on her, lust SO
often she took step forward in the di-
vine life and learned to know the Lord
who led her. For If any man will know
OF the doctrine" let him first put it to the
test Of practices the work that Christ re-
veals to us, also reveals Him; if we love
llIIn we Keep MS commandments ana ID
hctP-H1 mem ItdIll 70 loFt ftlu more ana
more Y i lrue mat the haoII ol a me-
ttHl' VIZ 10y al once broken uaN ulttr
uaE "heh MaMtttes dlsorder " careless,
lulr hablls manifested themselves, MISS
LytIia dId more than once snap at her,
dI'l more IMAM once the oIu word )f
gross rose 70 her npS hut mat
worked JUS own remedy the primitive
meaning oi iltr ldNollte expression rose
up ana confronted her every time. ana
sue l3,i AGAIN To DOW htI Htad III shame
"liu aSh grace 10 heIP heF-
le' WIN al ine niiiluF lfIdiS ol hel
presence Ely, as She learned to gan Aer
niece SleW dedIeT daI} youth and
oeaulN aAd -aIelN seemed ~ illuminate
lne formal mousse IKE an nraInatt sum
Iltr allu thnuGh AZ Erst MISS LIdld even
IepeIied at ihe flowers winch "rrt gath
! Greg ~ geek the pdfIoi she!l dnd lhr oit-
t-hg- tanle every gay, She opened
lleF htdrt 20 theh before long, as she had
TO EllE'
or a lie" weeks MaIlette was restless
ana tApectaht e|l.IentIy she wondered
ana 4f,e\eI because hrr love" neither
,oil"Wed nor wrote 70 htr. Nunt LYDIA
h@d Iel per parents know OF her SAFE a.-
llN" ~ Lyndon put even from nome n.o
answer game. " Idst the pool tAllu \
IelCeuce -aNe way she leaned her attl-
il- htad M tAe splnStefS shoulder ana
poured 'ul hel ElrIiSh SORROWS aNd pT"-
luse Tears toSethtr. u was strange
once % Mss Lldld, lhat q colnIoItet 4
pul Sne 0id as Wen ,'S sne could anG per-
maps oelltr lflah Sht knew ~ assuring
h''H lHdI no 'Iotpl VT. Peck was great
scamp, ana nau heNtE loved h'f al al
Inns H3turaIl! llldde Malletle angry, So
angry Ih3t Sht forgot to cry ana raIle4!
Aunt LSdl heaflleS' oId hlaI9 m -ooH
SET terms, so GlpuSInL tine ancient AQdm