Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-08

| rlght 10 complain if her faith was
/ abused was 10 be hedged by a barrier
which one might indeed climb, but which
| could OuIy be surrounded by more de-
I lberate intent toward evil than often
/ visits men. Lacking the protection of
/ both father aud mother Rose had been
/ thrown from ner lnfan cy entirely upOn her
! brothers. care, and the pains watch her
/ nature and education had cost him were
| not things 70 diminish his affection for
/ her, while she looked up % him grateful
/ ly as her chllIlsh hero. When her sensi-
/ bic training at the excellent provincial
I school IN which he had placed her was
| complete she had found for few years a
! home in a family whose members had
been friends of her mother. She had
taught the children and occupied herself
| Win the duties OF = gUyeTness under the
| most urbane discipline and mild require
/ ments. Her experience had naturally
impaired certain independence to her
character, but II had not ROBBED it Of its
/ essential genLleness and grace. she was
! kAONn for her energy, which was indOmi-
! table, though not Of tie restless sort
( which quite deprives the subject of its
I kindly Efforts Of comfort in order 10 make
/ them comfortable.
one went about the reform of her broth
Z er's house with modest but relentless
( Yig0r. Her revolutions were wrought
with the quickness of conspiracy and
/ were usually accomplished, alter the IN
[ geniOus WOmanly manner, when no men
were about 10 interfere. she caused Nr.
/ keatOr TO spend day with her IN Phila-
/ delphia where she surprised the deliberate
/ shoEkeeper5 by her uncommon familiar
" with her designs and intentions and
( the alertness Of her decisions touching
papers and carpets. They must have
| something simple, she said, but something
raff 70 md Frtar ~
/ desideraJum she secured, despite the pI
testatiOns Of the shOpkeepers that the pat
[ terms she described were not In their
( stocks. Sac waited patiently until they
| had proved themselves wrong, and tnen
! gently declined their offers of richer arti-
! cies-Offers made IN u manner which
/ ought to nave convinced anyone of their
mistake in imagining that they knew
1 what they wished.
When she returned to Judea she called
| in the services Of q brother who had
! served an apprenticeship to a paper
| hanger before joining the community,
and with Benicia and one Of the young
! boys a. carpet layers she worked a trans
! formation in the course of a week which
! won Mr.. Keator's praise. He had not been
I accustomed 70 reckon with The adOrn-
ments OF life, but he recognized their
/ grace and efficacy now that they were Of
| lered 10 MIN, and he had dim sense of
[ pride In such a sister. The neatness and
! propriety Of his table, Roses becoming
] presidency at the head OF 1T, the ingeni-
| Gus devices, OF her pianuIng. for making
| ner life smooth IN small matters, gave him
! an OBSCURE sort OF satisfaction. He would
| scarcely have supposed himself capable
I Of finding pleasure in such things, but
| the charm Of them grew upon him. He
| began to enjoy her energy, which spent
Itself wisely but unsparingly upon the
| mysterious needs OF housekeeping. Be-
| nicia had rot given him the idea that
! there was so much to do, and he began to
/ tell his sister that he iancied she invent
/ cd work To keep her hands busy.
Owe never did 50 much before" he de-
| clared.
You were camping out, you know,
brother"
Il nope we have begun to live in fit
! dwelling" be said, taking one Of her
| hands with his kindly smile.
''Do you like it?''
81 like everything, dear-everything
that you've DONE" He stopped and
| kissed her. you have been a magician
TO the house; but the best thing in il will
always be its MISTRESS"
Her light laugh in the old parsonage
seemed to Undue him with its cheerful
ness; her wOmanly step and carriage, the
| rustic of her briet skirts, the def, vision
Gu, 0 we'd finger that went before nm eve s..
where fOr US comfort, her II IN little d.
I u at the hTeside, even her anxious quar-
ug Of the dinner t.b grew dear TO nlm.
| in his pleasure III her presence the
| tOrmentiug thoughts which had haunted
! his loneliness retreated and only attacked
| him at intervals. He felt sometimes lit
tie reasonable, but he went steadily on
with his church work and usually sue
Ceeded in keeping his memories at bay.
At home he summed himself in the light OF
Roses atfectiOnate care for him. In this
cOmplaisant humOT he was ready to be-
iev5, as WAS indeed partly true, that his
people, who began to love his sister,
would see how nearly she hlled the place
which thew desired to see filled and be
content until he could solve MS dificulty.
If they only wished TO see him happy ii
I seemed to him that his present condition
must b. entirely satisfying; he was also
much stronger recently. When, as fire.
| quently happened, despite his wish, he
thought OF Constance he remembered that
she had munticently given him year,
and he was willing TO postpone the act OF
Remuneration.
Rose was an unimpeachable MOravian,
| and she Went about the work of the
chOirs and the church with the energy OF
her housekeeping. The Messiah" was in
course Of rehearsal for Christmas and en-.
gagged much of her attention. She was
offered solo part, but declined it for the
office of leader of the girls chorus. she
said that she thought she could be more
useful there, which was another way oil
saying that the place enabled her to null
tply the force of her musical training.
undcrst Cd t. be uncommon, instead OF
barrenly exhibiting il. Her devotion t.
the girls chorus when she had taken il
up was strenuous. The constant use OF
music among the MOraYans made them
.
pleasures to gather them about the old
organ in the sisters choir house and play
over HaudePs inspiring music. Ii spoke
dearly 10 her OF the things which she
| knew and most sweetly of the myriad
mysterious things which she only guessed
and dreamed. The clear voices OF the
! girls made harmonious accompaniment.
She found time too to interest herself in
mission work, and assisted in the making
up of a box sent TO Greenland full of
clothing with a scanty provision of Gates
/ aud cOmtits tucked away in the corners.
! In the sisters choir there was O mis5iOn3-
~ cupboard from which cOlOred repre-
/ sensations OF scenes in the SaviOur's lie
/ and certain tracts were added to the box
for the GreenlandeRs' education. But the
| Christmas festival pressed too closely to
allow any work less urgent to occupy
her. she had many gifts 10 make for her
new friends, and as presents of the season
| were, by custom and partly OF necessity,
usually the work of the giyer's hands,
this involved much labor. She knitted
work-bags, gauntlets, mutatees and wrist
lets; for the old women she made pref
ty caps of muslin with close-clipped
bank Of black ribbon atop; for the chill
dren she prepared sweetmeats and con-
fectiOns Of every sort. She was Obliged
to duplicate many of her gifts, aud the
gathering of pasteb0ard alumette stands,
| covered with luminous paper which sat
ON her table Christmas eve, was small
host. All the day preceding Christmas
she spent gliding walnuts, stringing
popped corn and making lace candy
stockings for the tree which was dis
played TO the children that evening before
the regular Christmas eve services. Mr..
KeatOr, who had the faculty of talking to
children told them the story of the Christ
child. AMI for the time forgot ali
pains in watching their simple glee as
their gifts were handed to them, and they
/ gazed in childish rapture on the tree bril-
| liantly alight with hOGcy-scented candles.
| His sister was busiest among the group
| that unloaded the tree for the children,
| and her nimble fingers outstripped the
uneager m0;iOas of the sisters.