The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31

soaked m the skin peeled off their
faces?" queried Ted, eagerly.
Aunt Ray laughed quietly, and Archie
put his arm round her neck, and said,
coaxingly, Now you don't really mean
it; you're only trying to teach us some
thing, aren't you?"
81 saw people like your pictures both
in Europe and America; I see them every
day, though don't know as they have
to be soaked, as Ted says. You've seen
them yourself, Archie"
sob, auntie / never did, know"
Well, I'll tell you of some, and you
will understand what L mean. / was
walking in London one day when I
noticed man on the street who was well
dressed, and whose face was very pleas
ant when be spoke to the friends he met.
thought him a gentleman, and when a
poor little crossing sweeper held out his
hand for penny felt sure he would
get something. But how that mans face
changed He didn't love to give, and
the child's asking lifted the mask and
showed his true features as they glared
and frowned at the poor boy. Another
time was walking with lady in her
lovely garden. She wore long, trailing
robe Of white lawn, her hair was dressed
in beautiful curls and braids, her eyes
were dark and soft-looking as she talked
to me, and I thought her one of the
sweetest women 1 had ever seen, until
her little daughter, who was walking
with us, happened to step on the long,
white gown and tore sad rent in it. If
you had seen the woman's face then you
would have been frightened. 1t was
horrible with anger as she shook the lit
tie girl and gave her severe scolding.
She wasn't what 1 thought she was at
all.
"Once 1 was in railway car with a
great crowd. A little way off sat poor
addressed, plain-faced woman with bas-
ket. I thought her queer looking per-
son, and didn't notice her again till I
heard baby crying very hard. Then I
saw the plain woman take the baby from
it's tired mother with kind smile, while
she found something in her basket to
amuse it. The baby's face was soon hap
Ply; SO was the mammals; but the loveliest
face was that of the kind woman. Some.
thing in what was around them changed
these faces, you see, the same as your
peeling off the paper cover shows diff
ferent face in your picture"
81 guess I understand little; don't
you, Teddie?" cried Archie. ct remem-
Der when Bill Sykes joined the pledge.
When he went to the meeting he was the
ugliest looking man; his eyes were half
shut up, n his head hanging down, m
when he went up to write his name he
was go straight n broad I didn't know
him. All them cold water speeches
pulled the rum cover off, didn't they?"
" Yes, dear. Now I must tell you
something saw once nearer home"
Archie kept very still. Auntie often
reproved his faults by stories, and he
knew something of that sort was coming
now.
:" I once saw little boy sitting down
reading book; his face was rosy and
happy, and enjoyed watching him and
thinking what nice little boy he was.
Pretty soon his baby sister came toddling
into the room with her arms full of her
brothers Pansies," which she had found
upstairs. Pity books said she; and he
looked up. The covering came off in
minute, and I saw cheeks crimson with
passion and eyes shining with anger as he
flung down his book and snatched away
the magazines from his little sister, de-
claring she should never have them
again as long as she lived"
Archie's head dropped, and then he
glanced sorrowfully at Aunt Ray.
"That means me. But Bess is SO
bothery sometimes"
st know it, dear; but we must over
come the bothery things. God wants
us TO. One more magic picture. 1 hear
Sally coming with the tea things"
"I looked out of the window one
morning and saw boy going to school.
He was eating an apple, and didn't seem
to notice little, ragged fellow who
was going along crying as if his heart
would break. I'm afraid that's selfish
boy I said to myself. II he had any
kind feelings for others, they would sure
ly appear now He passed the crying
boy, finished his apple, and took another
from his basket. Then he turned sud-
denly and went toward the other, hold
ing out an apple and saying, Poor boy,
what's the matter? Here's an apple for
Won. and TIM an sorry Won feaI hadt,