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The Brookhaven leader., 1885-12-24

Catherine wasche them till they turned
:he corner and the huttering ribbons OF the
iol's blue dress were lost in the distance
1t was most pathetic TO hear John Keller
tell of that ride aftcrward:
Il never saw aiiJ human bein' as happy as
that boy. Every squirt that crossed the
road pleased him. Every bird that few over
our heads delighted him He made that fool
ish little fox In hi pocket beI.I a hundred
times. | reckon. aad he sail ha never had
such "A nice ride before. Ton my word, |
couldn't keep the tears out o me eyes to see
him 80 happy and know where he was g0iu'
to.
II don't saa how them larson children
could send him away; | really don't. IL he
had been mean or stubborn or ugly in any
way could understand it, but Davy-why,
Davy was as sweet-tempered and kind a
critter as ever was born Wouldn't harm A
fly. Didn't know anything but COOL; didn't
seem TO have ever heard there was any bad
in the world
II was some time after they reached their
destination that John Keller began 10 have
trouble. Davy forgot all about going home till
the sun went down He had been interested
in the new sights and new people, had eaten
his dinner with the sharp appetite Of youth
and had enjoyed the day; hut now that he
recognized the signs of approaching night he
looked at his new flie1,is with genuine alarm
in his big eyes, anl sail, entreatingly, 81
want to 90 home"
Are they kini to you at home, DavyF'
aske,l Keller.
'.Ya-as," he answered, hardly understand
ing.
DO they never scold youp
"Na-ugh"
"Do you love them, Davy-love George
and Katy and JuliaF
"Y -e-es-love them all-and the cat-and
the fox--and--LizZie Ann Ihe doll.
but Lizzie Ann and the fox are here with
you, and You ought to be contented. Come
my boy, make up your mind to stay here
awhile and visit us" said the kind Keller
81 want to 60 home; want to go home,
walled Davy.
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I George decided that money was the best
thing attainable, and set about getting rich
Catherine managed the housekeeping; Julia
made music her profession, and Annette, the
youngest and lovelicst of the sisters, married
and went away. '' '+'.H t+' '5.~h'
For awhile Davy was not neglected. His
brothers and sisters, remembering their
mothers tireltss tenderness and their fathers
unyarying patience towards his helplessness
did their best to make him happy. He was
their one great charge, a holy one had they
only known it His weakness and trustful-
ness were continual monitors to their hearts.
But the days went on and their cares in
creased and their interests widened. Each
had aspirations outside the circle of home.
Contact with the world, successful contact,
began to do its work. 1t was teaching them
to value the tinsel gliding Of life higher than
the pure gold. 1t was teaching them false
standard Of worth. 1t was inoculating them
with the insidious sin of selfshness and at
last it taught them to be ashamed Of Davy.
Being ashamed Of him they tried to keep
him hidden, and assumed to have forgotten
his existence. They were never unkind to
him: but by and by there seemed to be no
place for him. .H4tg.
he didn't notice the change In his simple
soul there was. neither suspicion nor discon-
tent He rocked his dolls, talked to the birls
and dogs still watched at the gate at times
for his mother and father, and still loved all
the world
+ They could never afterward tell who sug-
gested it. Perhaps il was Catherine, who
had grown less kind of late, or perhaps it
was George, whose pursuit Of money grew
more engrossing every day; or it might have
been Julia, who was continually sought after
by what they were pleased to call society" I"
They had all, thought of it, but just who
had dared to first utter it they could never
aftsrwafd quite determine. After it had
been spoken, however, it was easy enough to
give Il shape and development It is the
first expression Of evil that Is difficult After
that the way Is smooth. At last it was talked
Of quite plainly. Davy was In the way He
was q discredit TO them and an obstacle to
their Advertisement They were ashamed Of
him, bl.I Jssf .vfglly eu.fs r. .t.4.a
| Something ought to, be dons with him.
That was the verdict They talked 1t over
until they really felt hike martyrs, and actu-
ally persuaded themselves, as people often
viii when they are about to do something
very mean. that they are doing IL for the
| victims good
Catherine urged that Davy wandered away
so much that she was always uneasy about
him, and she was too busy to be continually
hunting him up. Besides, she thought be
was growing more peculiar and ought not to
have so mach freedom. She couldn't answer
for what he might do.
George Was absorbed in the great business
II getting rich and did not dissent Julia,
too, seemed TO have given up all weakness in
the shape Of love for Davy, and agreed with
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II came upon the midnight clear. ssas
That glorious song OF oil,
From angels bending near the earth -'
To touch their harps of gold: s.5 a. ...-.f..
ssPeace to the earth, good will TO mea
From Heavens sllgracious king! ''
The word in solemn stiffness ay er
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies hey come,
With peaceful wings unfurlAI;
And still their heavenlI muSl; ho4ti 9.-
Ger al the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on heavenly wings,
And ever Ger its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
Yet with the woes of sin aud shifs
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-straiu have rolte1
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man at war W th man hears not ii
The love-song which they bring;
Oh, hush the noise, ye men OF strife,
And hear the angels sing s. .si
And ye, beneath iife's crushing load, \
Whose forms are bending low;
Who toll along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow
Look now! for glad and golden hostrs .-
Come swiftly Oh the wing;
Oh! rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing.
For 10! the days are fastening on,
By prophet hards foretold
When with the ever circling years,
Comes round the age Of gold
When peace shall over all the earth
| Its ancient splendors fling.
Aud the who world send back ths ng
Which now the angels sing.
EDMUND II. SEARS.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-12-24

and waited for them always with patience
that was more than mortal, and longing
that m lde his chill lish face at times look old
aud sick ta
There were days when he was so sure they
would come back that he sat by the gate from
morning until night, looking down the street
over which the long dark wagon had driven
when il carried them AWAY asleep-sat there
hopeful and happy, eager TO be, the first tc
greet them.
One day Reverend Winthrop walked by
and was touched by the longing in the boys
face. The hunger Of the heart had tempor
arily extinguished the look Of vacancy i'll his
eyes, and they burned with pathos that was
indescribable He sat rocking a worn-out
doll i'm his strong arms, alternately kissing
and holding it up that IL might see those ht
waited for while they were still far off,
What are you doing Davyp said the min
istcr, kindly. HA
"Waitin' for mother'n father" answered
the big child, his face breaking into laugh
at the mention of their names.
Mr. Winthrop had kind heart, but was
sometimes clumsy in his methods Of impart
ing instruction. He revered the truth, and
thought he ought to bring it within the com
prehension of the child's feeble mind; and so
with the best intentions in the world, he be
gan by trying to rob him OF his sweet hope
They viii never come, Davy; never
rever in this world again"
"Ehl' said the boy, and the momentary
look of hope gave way to one of bewilder
ment He did not understand
The minister. continued: ''They will never
come, Davy. Not to-day, nor to morrow
H., vyr
They cannot come. They are dead"
Dead? deadr' echoed the child, looking
into distance. "Dead like the birds tina,
can't fly or sing; like the dog that kept Sc
still and was put into the ground; like the
treei No, they couldn't die. My mothsr
couldn't die. My father couldn't die"
He said this with such calm as urance
such unruffied hope, that the minister stood
abashed and rebuked Here was the perfect
faith he had vainly tried to instil into
greater minds; the sum of all his teaching
The soul he had tried to enlighten was or
higher ground than heL It knew no doubt
He repeated over and over the boys words
"They couldn't die" as he walked away
seeing clearer than ever what is meant bJ
the scriptural assertion that out of the mouths
of babes cometh wisdom.
Yes, the Carson children"-as the neigh
bors called them though they were all grow
up--had done well with themselves since tbeil
parents died. The four who constituted the
working force developed a genius for thu
science of getting along" They were a.
ambitious, practical and worldly as theii
father had been dreamy and unworldly
They reached out after the successes cf hft
with hungry hands. The prizes he had passed
by with indifference they strove for and
gained
They held together and in year or two
bought back the old home and brought it out
of dilapidation into smiling compsnonshiI
with its modern neighbors They liked tt
advance themselves in that never-to-be de
fined circle which calls itself society.
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Catherine did not answer She stood lean
ing on the gate, with dry eyes and a hor-
rible heaviness in her heart She could not
have spoken if the penalty for not speaking
had been death. The others had gone away
|, like towards, leaving her to go through the
ugly work alone, as they had always done
when disagreeable things were 70 be met.
She was silent, but she suffered She real
lied that she had helped to do 9 hateful
thing, but she was sulIen over ID and wosld
say nothing.
John Kellsr's face grew very white where
the stabble Of bis beard did not shade it, and
his big hands fumbled nervously with his
cost. He ended the SCENE by slapping the
lines on the horses back, and away they
went Davy turned around, and with a grin
that covered his entire face called out,
"Good-by" loeder than ever, aud holding
the doll up helped her bow an angraceful
adien.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-12-24
CHRISTMAS CRUMBS.

GERTRUDE GARRISON.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-12-24

IVWT UJFIIIFT IN TIT
They had sent him away because h IN
terfered with heir success, AMI nov that hs
wa out Of their way forever thaT wurs fille1
with unavailing regret What wOuta thy
not have given To go back AMI ualo their
dreadful work, now beyoni re all.
OF what avail was il TINT they went bitte:'
tears over Davys body, when they had let
him die for 2 sight of familiar faces! No
could they extinguish the remorso i'll their
hearts by clothing his deal flesh with fine
garments and coverins his coffin with flow
ers They looked o1 his saddenei and
wasted face with sharp self-reproach and re-
nlemhered that they had been fa,se to \
mothers trust. AMI that memory fingered
with them always.
GERTRUDE GARRISON.
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punishment which had overtaSel then
would b. sufficient of it elf.
And it was. They had never colternn'atei
mch retribution as this. They bad meas
ured ont .Davy's needs by the REQUIREMENTS
Of the boIy, taking NO account of tho hungry
and loving soul.
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Gunpowder VS.. Dynamite.

/ on Saturday, two week ago, O'Don-
ovan Rossa's emissaries attempted to
blow up the Parliament buildings in
London with dynamite, He. and his
paper, the United Irishman,n applaud
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/ tion of life and property, under the plea
/ that Ireland is unable to meet her op-
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by violence came very near being ex-
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at 4 o'clock last Monday evening An
English woman by the name Of Mrs.
Dudley sought an interview with him,
pretending to be d friend of the Irish
cause. aud offering to furnish money
for the purchase Of dynamite, &c This
was only to sound him on tile use of
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nected with the explosions which had
occurred in England. Having satisfied
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Eve shots at his back as he walked in
front of her. One shot took effect, giving
him a painful But not dangerous wound
in the back, near the shoulder blade.
She claims to be an English patriot,
and made herself the Nemesis OF her
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the dynamite explosion III London.
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respective roles, and as such will elicit
no sympathy from people who res
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