The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22

IcCliUu. Auo" shos " wealth. ouu
family give me all the fame l have and
that PEOPLE really care NO more for me
than for the groom that tends my
horse"
"Your soul is hungry and you have
been overlooking it with food that il
cannot assimilate and you wonder that
it grows thin and lean and is starving.
"Money nor selfish qualification never
nourish the soul. The most pitiable
object is a symmetrical, well cared for
body tenanted by hungry, shriveled,
shrunken soul. Your groom is bet
ter man than you are, Ellsworth, and
deserves to be more thought Of.
When you both get up to the gate and
are weighed, your gold or the estimate
you put upon yourself will not be put
into the scales only your moral Worth.
And if you'll think back to your child
hood days you cannot remember when
you was actuated by an unseIfish
motive"
"You are q poor comforter. 1 bad
better let you sleep. say, Lee. Mrs.
Noah seems interested in you. She
has watched you ever since We started.
On leaving Warsaw Aunt Poliy's
thoughts of Moses and home had been
interrupted by Lees voice that came
above the din Of the cars like echoes
from the past. She had heard that
voice before; but whose or where?
Lees face was turned from her and
she thought she had never seen him
before. but the voice-she could not be
mistaken about that. As Harry
spoke, Clarence turned and their eyes
met. The eyes were so like those of
Myrtle Irving, Johns first wife.
''Harry, where have We seen that
face before /? There can be but few like
it on earth. Modesty, gentleness and
purity are written upon it. say,
Ellsworth, where have we seen herr"
Il do not belong to her grade
of society and make but
few acquaintance out Of my
set and pay too little attention to the
plebian to remember any of them
long. You are SO like your Uncle
Lee, it is a wonder you did not marry
some rustic beauty as he did,"
1.-The only reason did not marry
Iona Lambert is, she would not
have me-"
"Why, how was that, Lee? 1 did
not know you had seen her before she
was married"
"Well, Iii tell you the whole story.
1t is full of romance. Years ago
Uncle John came out to this western
country to see after Ibis same land
that we have been looking up and
Aunt Myrtle came with him. You
remember her. She was mothers
youngest sister and but a few years
older than we. She was taken sick at
Warsaw and Mr.. Lambert, who sup
piled the hotel with butter, learning
how low she was and how poor the
accommodations we're, asked uncle to
take her out to his farm house, where
she could be more comfortable and
better cared for"
"Well, I've read of such kindness;
but thought it existed only in books.
"You have lived with the rich and
grand who, as a class, are too selfish |
to know aught of the better emotions
of the soul. The comfortable livers
are our best people. They are not
exposed to the seductive evils of
riches nor the vices of abject poverty. |
But to my story. The best that the |
house afforded was freely offered the
strangers. Mrs. Lambert nursed her
with motherly care. Little Iona |
stole in and out, in her quiet way,
doing all she could for the patient
sufferer. After weeks of suffering
she saped away, but not
until she had crept into the hearts of
that family, and their grief seemed al
most as great as though she had been
one of their own. Uncle offered to
pay Mr.. Lambert, but his courteous
but decided no left no room for in
,isting. Then he asked if he might
be allowed to educate Iona.
"Mr. Lambert said no, again; that
was his great aim in life; but if he
would. he might select her teachers
and kinder see arter her larnen
when it was convanyent.'
Uncle availed himself of this OPP
portunity to show his gratitude. He
selected as LOnas first instructor Prof
Lanau, niddle-aged, cultivated gen.
lleman. She daily grew in knowl-
edge, grace and goodness. She
studied at home; for the old people
lid not wish her to leave them. Her
summer months were spent with
uncle and myself in travel
ng. They were at first gladstone