The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-07-14

"You have been to tea, of cours-p'
inquired of the gentleman, who had agail
taken up his book.
Yes, Tut l should like n few straw
berries, il you can spare me some" Sc
it Glanced that lie drew chair up to the
little round table, proving most lnter
esting companion.
In an hour or more after our little mea
was over, sat on the door.stone alone
) watching for grandma her. Then be
came 10 the door and said:
You needn't expect her before 8 O..
clock. l wish 1 could sit here with
you"
"And why not2" asked.
because | am still in quarantine.
Perhaps | might make it pleasant for you
Indoors, Ii you are fond of being read
To, will do M best"
And there is nothing am funder of, '
| answered, and followed him into the
house.
"Make your selection" he said, point.
ing to table quite overlaid With books.
"Somelhing of hers" l replied, plck.
Ing mp an edition of Mrs. Browning
"All right now to please me, open at
rlndom, and 1 will read there"
huGhingly assented, and placed nv
Tor, finger plump on Lord Walters wife
but why do you go?" said the lady. .as both
sat under the yew,
Aud her eyes were olive in their depths, as
the kraken beneath the sea blue
Because fear you," he answered.; because
you are far too iair,
And able tu strangle my soul in mesh of
your golden hair"
'Please don't go on" 1 interrupted
Il like the poem, but someway it isn't
pleasant now"
Hardly appropriate he answered,
closing the volume dreamily, aud tLeu
added
Il suppose you think L rd Walters
friend n fool2'
He is the type of a large class; but
Mr.. Alcott are we not treading on dan
gerors ground? Do YOU know wLat
lies just beyoncP'
Yes, that most exasperating ques-
ton of 'woman's rights Aurora Lehigh
settles that for me-"
1T takes a soul to move a body >
he repeated slowly. " 1t takes higl =
souled man 10 move the masses. even to
cleaner style. 1t takes the ideal to
blow hairs breadth Of the dust of the
actual. AL! your Fouriers failed be-
cause not roets enough to understand
that fe develops from within
Nev'T was trutr word spoken than
that, Miss Ellis from within! ~
takes a soul to move the masses;' aud,
according to my observations, it makes
very little difference to whom the soul
belongs. Men Of intellect never have
snbordlnated women. See what excel.
lent care Goethe takes of them. Look
at Fausts Margaret the instinctively
pure child growing into self-reliant wo-
man; and see how, as Wilhelm Meiser
| develops, spiritually and intellectually.
he comes naturally upon women cf
purer and more innately refined type
first Mignon, then Natalie, afterwards
Theresa aud Macara the last a star
soul"
Il thought as much" said grandmoth-
er, entering just here. II felt sure you
had come when l saw the light;" and no
pet last child, baby, was ever more
welcomed than 1 10y my dear dead faith.
er's mother.
You promised me. David, you would
| certainly go 10 bed at o'clock" said the
old lady, reproachfully, after having sa,-
isfied herself that hadn't changed bit
since she last saw me.
But how could II" he asked, with a
comical gesture in my direction.
We'll, hope you won't be any the
worse for it to morrow" said she; "and
now to bed with you this minuter
Dear old Vagrant, goodnight" said
the gentleman, with rare smile. obey
ing Instantly; 'and pleasant dreams to
you, Miss Ellis"
Nice boy that, said grandmother, as
the door closed.
"Bol?' repeated.
Yes, boy!"
He is twenty-five years old if he is a
day"
What Of that? You are twenty ana
what are you buta girl. Ishould iuquirt2
-Four weels ago there didu't anybody
round here think he'd ever get ont again
The doctors gave him mp, and his sister
WAS almost crazy; but the fever turned.
and he went to sleep and sl4pt two days
steadily, AMI when he woke up lie was as
bright as n button."
did not see my new friend for two
days. He had over-excited himself, and
the result was solitude for this length OF
time. roamed the fields. aud haunted
tue woods, read. wrote and thought. !
never did so much thinking in so short
a space OF tims, with such unsatisfactory
results.
'Where under the sun have you been
all this afternoou?' said grandmother, MS
at sunset the second Gay, 1 dragged in to
the kitchen porch.
Up tree"
up tree?" this with considerable
disdain in voice and manner.
You have torn great slit in your
dress, Sue, aud you look like a fright
l have W mt ynI-mor'n your worth
for the last three hours"
"whlt are you making, grandmother
"Panada."
"How many quarts Of this stuff does