Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-06-19

he tied his portfolio.
yes; mother does not put currants il
her cakes. Sometimes on our BIRTHDAYS
when father has not been out, we have :
cake; but then we have no seeds in it."
'And those are not so nice ?''
"Oh, no, sir, of course notr' answered
Charlie, surprised that any one should ask
such question
"Well, l am glad you like it. lam going
back to the city in day or two, but shall
put another piece of cake in my knapsack
IN case L meet you again before 90. Look
here; do You know what this is ?''
Charlie glanced at the little picture Eus.
tace held out to him, and then he gave a
scream of surprise.
why, it's me and father!'
And so it was; and even though Eustace
should live to be an old man, he will never
succeed in making anything more true to
nature than that hurried sketch. He had
just caught the tired, wistful look on the
child's face, and it was all the more strik-
ing as it was brought into such contrast
with the vacant countenance of the tipsy
sleeper, who looked so thoroughly out of
place beside the child, and the pleasant
green background of the hedge, where the
convolvulus blossoms mingled with the
wild rose and blackberry flowers. 'fWait
moment said Eustace, and then he
wrote at the bottom of the sketch three
lines from poem of Burns
70 wad some power the giftie gle US
10 see oursels as ithers see us,
II Wad free many blunder frse us.''
"There," he continued, putting the pic
ture in the child's hands. "You shall
have that, and if you like to show it to
your father one of these days, do so; it NAV
| teach him lesson.'' And, before the
child could make any reply, Eustace was
OH and away, tramping along the high
road
Five years had passed before the Young
artist had the time and chance to visit the
quiet village again. In those five years he
had done good Work-had thought, and
worked, and painted, until people had be-
gun to believe in him, and talked of him
as one of the most promising painters of the
day.
Still, in the midst of it all, he often re-
membered his little sketch, and wondered
without much hope in the wonder,
though-whether his idea that it might do
coed had come to pass; and on the day he
sIayeked down to Morrison, the memory of
the scene came clearly before him with the
thought of the grand old words-"C thy
bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find
It after many days"
"Such poor little crumb of good though
it was" said Eustace to himself, ssstili i
wonder-l wonderland I'll try to and it
out, too.''
And as it happened, Russace did find Il
out more quickly than he expected, for that
very evening, as he was returning from a
wally, u the course of which he had visited
some OF his old haunts, there passed him ON
the road a man and handsome bow of
about thirteen.
MY little friend and his father" sud-
denly thought Eustace, whose quick, ,.artist
eye seldom forgot face OF figure, and he
quickened his pace in order to keep within
short distance of the boy,
80 the three Went on, PASS the corner of
the field where the sketch had been taken.
down tAe road and across the narrow
bridge, till the man and boy reached little
cottage, the small fronrts garden of which
was gay With h.ilight-colored, old-fashoned
VIZ nat looks promising" thought Eus-
tace; ''no drunkard ever had garden like
that;'' and, determined to ascertain the
facts of the case, he went up to the door
with the intention of asking the nearest
way to the next village.
| Through the open door he caught
glimpse of the neatly kept cottage kitchen,
as Charlie came forward to answer the
strangers question; but before half the
right turns had been described, a bright
smile broke over the boys face, and, half
turning around, he exclaimed
"Father, it's my painter" and, to his
surprise, Eustace found that in that house
hold, at least, he was hero; and the young
artist never felt more reverence for his art
than he did as he listened to the account of
the good his picture had done.
For some time Charlie had kept the
sketch, and had been afraid to show it to
his father, but the man found it by chance,
one day, and SIT was more than I could
stand, sir" he said, addressing Eustaee.
81 did not need any one to tell me what it
meant, but although I wondered where it
came from, was ashamed to ask. Some
how l could not get the picture out of my
head. l even used to dream of it at night
until it fairly worried me so that I gave up
the drink; and had the picture hung UP
there, that | might not have a chance Of
forgetting what dragged myself down tc
once"
So the story ended; and in his heart Eus-
hanging in common black frame over the
mantelpiece of the country cottage, than he
would be if he should paint picture that
wou d make his name famous throughout
his life.
WORDS OF WIsDoM.-It is upon the
smooth ice we slip; the roughest path is
safest.
There is always hope in man that actu
ally and earnestly works.
Vivacty in youth is often mistaken fol
genius, and solidity for dullness.
To conceal fault by lie has been sale
to be subtituting hole for stain.
Life is battle. From its erliest dawn tC
it's latest breath we are struggling with
something.
A true and faithful friend is living
treasure, a comfort in solitude and sane
tuary in distress
When you fret and fume at the petty ill!
. of life, remember that the wheels which g
round without creaking last the longest.
The soul of q man is audible, not visible
A sound alone betrays the flowing of tht
eternal fountain, invisible to man.
The man whose soul is in his work find
his best reward in the work itself. The JOY
of achievement is vastly beyond the joy o
reward.
Whatever busies the mind without cor
rupting it has at least this use, that it rescue
the day from idleness; and he that is neve
idle will not often be vicious-indeed, i
wisely busy, he cannot be SO.
He that has never known adversely is bu
half acquainted with others or with himself
Constant success shows us but one side O
the world, for, as it surrounds us will
friends who will tell us only our merits, 81
| it silences those enemies from whom alon
we can learn our defects.
*x*"Fools take to themselves the respec
given to their office" Kidney Wort com
mands respect for it's own solid merits
tested, tried, and not found wanting il
any essential principle required for the cur
of dvsneDsia niles malaria and all disease