The Arizona sentinel., 1885-12-12
J. W. DORRINGTON, Proprietor.

was restlessly tossing from side to side in a high fever. Tired out at school" said the old doctor, who never favored hard study for growing ing girls. But the immediate cause must have been something else," he added, as he listened to her incoherent talk, ''some sudden shock; a strong, healthy girl like Kate is not inclined to brain trouble"
 John heard, and blushed for shame. His father said nothing, but he gave the boy look which he never forgot. Kate's good constitution soon came to the aid of the nurse and doctor, and before many weeks she was almost her. self again. On the first day when she was able to. come down to dinner, Johns father called the boy aside for a little talk.
 You have had a good lesson, my son, !" he said, when he had spoken few serious words on the habit of teas ing. '1 hope it may be sufficient. And now Iwant to tell you true story of some acGuaintances of mine in India. MT. Chester was vigorous man, who had lived rough life from his boy hood. His wife was a poor, nervous girl, who had been petted and shielded all her life. Mr. Chester loved her and meant to be kind, but he honestly thought it was his duty not to yield to her little whims, but to try and make her as self-reliant and fearless as him. self. Like many other people, he thought nervous fears were all imagin- ary, and that her foolish foibles ought to give way to his superior strength and judgment.
 ''One day one of the servants brought in cobra which had been killed in the compound. Mrs. Chester had horror of snakes of all kinds, and the venom Ous cobra had been terror to her ever since she had set foot in India Her husband brought the dead snake into the room to show it to her, and, al- though she had known all the circum- stances of its being Killed, she shrank away from the sight of it with scream of terror Her husband thought thls very silly and childish, as it certainly was, but poor Mrs. Chester only begged him to take the snake away. He was naturally very arbitrary man, and, veXed by her foolishness, told her plainly that she must control herself. and that if she would sit down calmly close by the dead snake she would soon overcome her fears. At last, he ended his argument by locking the door and leaving her in the room alone with 1t. He went to distant part of the house, assured that he was really very kind to take so much pains to cure his wife of her nervousness. How little he i'm agined the result Cobras usually go in pairs, and the mate of the one which had been killed was in the compound near the house. The light lace curtain had blown from the window and rested on the ground just outside, forming an easy entrance for the horrible snake. When MT. Chester returned to the room his wife lay lifeless on the floor, while the dead and the living cobra were coiled together beside her.
 When Johns father had finished his story he went to the bookcase, and, taking down an old-fashioned. leather covered book, he turned over the leaves for some time without speaking. When he had found what he was looking for he brought the book to John and said: Here are six lines of poetry which l wish you to learn by heart before you leave the room. Hannah More wrote them more than fifty years ago, and I think they will help you to look at your habit of teasing in its true light"
 John took the book and read " Since triies make the sum of human things
 And half our misery from foibles
 springs;
 Since life's best gifts consist of peace and
 ease.
 And few may save or serve, but all may
 please,
 Oh. let the unqentle spirit learn from
 hence,
 A small unkindness IS a great oEonse.'
 -Susan Anna BIot0H, iv COngregG. HonaltSt.