The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-04


Laugh while you can, but do not scorn
/ Your nelghbor'S cherries solemn mood:
AL who have been, or viii be DO n,
i Must bear lies III, aS well RS good.
Laugh while you can, there comes day
When tears these mefry. cheeks must trace
And WISH their rosy TINS away
/ And leave behind asober face.
Laugh, II y0u win, but bear In mind
whate'e your fault or unbellet,
Search where You may. You ns'eE will And
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THE TWO SISTERS.
.canapO oera.. q 77ls
| "Joan," said Grizzle, ,..'haye. 70 seel
adght o'my black cat tile morn?"
r0u,ia 10y. I saw the beast an gave hin
a kick for his thieyin.. He had . bit Q
my tripe in his mouth, an was chokin an
giowerip' as though he wad gang cleal
ont o his head. Gin / catch him at hi
tricks again there'll no be eneuch o hin
Ileft to max dinner for Aud Sandy
dog" at'6 fs $3.50: '.t'i
SHOOT, boot, Joan Ken We no the word
o holy Writ: The merciful mon is mer
cifulu bis beast an with what meas
ure yet mete it shall.be measured to 20,
again?'"
"lyeel, Grizzle, the beast is nanc 0
mine, an gin any mon catches me stealth
his dinner frae him he may serve mas HI
chooses q tlS7i "
"Therc now, Joan, ye're clean wrarg
The puir beast hae no the sense to ker
like q human. An his nature bein' 4
steal, it is clear that he maun haze beer
predestined to live in that way for the
glory o God. Hoo, then, ye reconcile
It wi,yer ain conscience 10 abuse the pull
beastie?"
,s.Aii' hoo cud I bae kicked him for 1t
gin Ina been predestined to do it? An
swer me that moo, Gtixzle."
'sHech. 1sadly fear yewere so predes
tined, an that 1t shows We TO be yet in thu
gall o bitterness an theibond o iniquity
bein' even as Pharaoh, whose heart was
hardened by the Laird" Ht
"Gin Pharaoh were like We, Grizzle, an
cared MAR for a beast than for q human
twas no,a hard matter to harden hi
heart"
"The Laird keus weel thata puir beastit
is. better nor q human, whites. Deed,
nisdoubsme sair, that He'll haze some o
them in glory, for though the GUIDE Bool
says Without are dogs, 1t says nae WORD
o. cats, es.t 5NISS !stEitt
"Hoot, toot, what blasphemy are "
sayin' Gdzzle2 fear We are one o. these
unSary souls wrestling the Scriptures L
their ain destruction, as Paul says. Min
We not the words O. john: II any NOR
shallad anything to this book, God shal
add unto him the plaques in this book ?
Hand your tongue Grizzle, an be mort
carefn, hoo ye speyk,o' the Laifds dc
crees." 3 y =
Ii ..tIt's,no bltsphemy. Let no mon thinI
lo' himself highly than he ought TO think
saith the Good Book; and l (. haze thought
lang syne, Joan, We were takin' too much
iup6 yerseF!! The Laird did ma ask yos
ABBOTT His DEGREES, an whan gat We private
information O. them?"
,"Gin We speyk that gait to me, Grizzle,
I'll never speyk TO ye again,"
9"Sma' loss will 1T be then Joan, gin ye
spend yer time taliin' me the Laird has
predestined me 10 the III place. ] hae nat
wish 10 hear We talk till ye can say some
thing pleasanter to hear nor that"
The fury Of the sisters was now at Whit
heat. They sat, each with Killed skirt, OF
her own side Of the fireplace without
speaking for an hour. Then Joan suddenly
rose and, goingto her huge workbaske
that stood on the east window ledge, tool
out piece Of ichalk'a and string. Coming
back she measured accurately from III,
middle 81 the one door the little cottag,
possessed to the middle Of the fireplace
and drew q chalk line connecting the two
Some articles OF Grizzlies that were on he
side she put across this line, and then so
down and, taking up the big old Bible, be
gan 10 read. Grizzle watched her q min
ute, and then muttering to herself "Gil
she gaes to heaven she'll fin me ther,
tool" took up an old Bible that lay on he
side Of the room andibeganyto pour over 1t
The cottage had but a single room. /
faced the south, and opposite the OLE
fashioned divided door was the marrow
fire; place. On each side otthe chalk linz
That now lay across tlIe red brick aoor y, We
n bed a schair did d little stand. Tit
upper half OF the door was open, and The
simmer sunshine and the sweet summer
air came in like a benediction, while tn.
two gray old women-for they were pas
fifty years old-sat like incarnations o
hate and wrath and read their Bibles. Z
p when the san began to set Joan rose
and bringing out the simple stores that
were in the cottage, divided them and thu
dishes without q word. Then she gave
Grizsle half the ready money, and then
closing the door, began TO prepare he
evening meal. GrizSle did the same.
q This was the beginning of a terrible
life. And the rest Of 1t was according u
this, beginning! For twenty years the,
Lived, those two sIstern, one on each sid
of that hideous chalk line. Every tende
thought and loving action in the past tina
should have drawn them together ono
inorewas Ieealledto add bitterness to thu
estraneemant. It was sight to max
angels weep when the two knelt down
each At her own bedside, at night, an,
prayed tie Lord TO have mercy upon tn
| heathen, and those in foreign lands, I
prepare His true servants for their en-
trance into glory, ending with the awir
cry, "Come, Laird, Jesus, come quickly
\ an tax Thine ain home, an let Thin
enemies who will narepent perish in thei
place forever, An Thine sail be the glor,
Amen l,'EZot, Al g4geFhlng, when -, Il y
\ Joan's window and tinged the gray fade,
Horns with a lovely hue, as they knelt b.
\ Their separate little stands and said "ou
\ Father !lh'-or, to4wat6h them walking Of
i tie Sabbath day to Kirk, and sitting de
corously side bylside iH'theln marrow pew
while they joined in the psalm singing q